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Versatile, Cheap, Readily Modifiable Sample Delivery Method for Analysis of Air-/Moisture-Sensitive Samples Using Atmospheric Pressure Solids Analysis Probe Mass Spectrometry (2022)
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Strong, K. A., Stokes, P., Parker, D., Buckley, A. K., Mosely, J. A., Brodie, C. N., & Dyer, P. W. (2022). Versatile, Cheap, Readily Modifiable Sample Delivery Method for Analysis of Air-/Moisture-Sensitive Samples Using Atmospheric Pressure Solids Analysis Probe Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, 94(32), 11315-11320. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02039

A cheap, versatile, readily modified, and reusable glass probe system enabling delivery of solid air-/moisture-sensitive samples for mass spectrometric (MS) analysis using an Atmospheric pressure Solids Analysis Probe (ASAP) is described. The simplic... Read More about Versatile, Cheap, Readily Modifiable Sample Delivery Method for Analysis of Air-/Moisture-Sensitive Samples Using Atmospheric Pressure Solids Analysis Probe Mass Spectrometry.

Photooxidation of the Phenolate Anion is Accelerated at the Water/Air Interface (2022)
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Jordan, C. J., Lowe, E. A., & Verlet, J. R. (2022). Photooxidation of the Phenolate Anion is Accelerated at the Water/Air Interface. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(31), 14012-14015. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c04935

Molecular photodynamics can be dramatically affected at the water/air interface. Probing such dynamics is challenging, with product formation often probed indirectly through its interaction with interfacial water molecules using time-resolved and pha... Read More about Photooxidation of the Phenolate Anion is Accelerated at the Water/Air Interface.

Electrostatic Fermi level tuning in large-scale self-assembled monolayers of oligo(phenylene–ethynylene) derivatives (2022)
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Wang, X., Ismael, A., Ning, S., Althobaiti, H., Al-Jobory, A., Girovsky, J., …Ford, C. J. (2022). Electrostatic Fermi level tuning in large-scale self-assembled monolayers of oligo(phenylene–ethynylene) derivatives. Nanoscale Horizons, 7(10), 1201-1209. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2nh00241h

Understanding and controlling the orbital alignment of molecules placed between electrodes is essential in the design of practically-applicable molecular and nanoscale electronic devices. The orbital alignment is highly determined by the molecule–ele... Read More about Electrostatic Fermi level tuning in large-scale self-assembled monolayers of oligo(phenylene–ethynylene) derivatives.

Discovery of Leishmania Druggable Serine Proteases by Activity-Based Protein Profiling (2022)
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Porta, E. O., Isern, J. A., Kalesh, K., & Steel, P. G. (2022). Discovery of Leishmania Druggable Serine Proteases by Activity-Based Protein Profiling. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 13, https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.929493

Leishmaniasis are a group of diseases caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Leishmania. Current treatments are limited by difficult administration, high cost, poor efficacy, toxicity, and growing resistance. New agents, with new mechanisms of act... Read More about Discovery of Leishmania Druggable Serine Proteases by Activity-Based Protein Profiling.

Synthesis, Mesomorphism, Photophysics, and Device Properties of Liquid-Crystalline Pincer Complexes of Gold(III) Containing Semiperfluorinated Chains (2022)
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Parker, R. R., Stracey, R. F., McEllin, A. J., Chen, X., Wang, Y., Williams, J. G., …Bruce, D. W. (2022). Synthesis, Mesomorphism, Photophysics, and Device Properties of Liquid-Crystalline Pincer Complexes of Gold(III) Containing Semiperfluorinated Chains. ACS Omega, 7(28), 24903-24917. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c03669

Gold(III) complexes of C∧N∧C-coordinating 2,6-diphenylpyridine pincer ligands with arylacetylide co-ligands are known triplet emitters at room temperature. We have reported previously that by functionalizing both the pincer ligand and the phenylacety... Read More about Synthesis, Mesomorphism, Photophysics, and Device Properties of Liquid-Crystalline Pincer Complexes of Gold(III) Containing Semiperfluorinated Chains.

Quantum interference dependence on molecular configurations for cross-conjugated systems in single-molecule junctions (2022)
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Hurtado-Gallego, J., Davidson, R., Grace, I. M., Rincón-García, L., Batsanov, A. S., Bryce, M. R., …Agraït, N. (2022). Quantum interference dependence on molecular configurations for cross-conjugated systems in single-molecule junctions. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 7(10), 1287-1293. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2me00074a

We report a combined experimental and computational study of seven cross-conjugated enediyne derivatives functionalised with a pendant group (diphenyl, 9-fluorenyl, 9-thioxanthene or cyclohexyl) at the central alkene site, and with thiomethyl (SMe) o... Read More about Quantum interference dependence on molecular configurations for cross-conjugated systems in single-molecule junctions.

Near-Infrared Circularly Polarised Luminescence from Helically Extended Chiral N,N,O,O -Boron Chelated Dipyrromethenes (2022)
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Algoazy, N., Clarke, R. G., Penfold, T. J., Waddell, P. G., Probert, M. R., Aerts, R., …Knight, J. G. (2022). Near-Infrared Circularly Polarised Luminescence from Helically Extended Chiral N,N,O,O -Boron Chelated Dipyrromethenes. ChemPhotoChem, 6(9), Article e202200090. https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202200090

Synthetically straightforward π-extension of helically chiral N,N,O,O-boron chelated borondipyrromethenes (BODIPYs) has been achieved by incorporation of naphthyl rings into the BODIPY 3- and 5-positions. The effect of this extension on the photophys... Read More about Near-Infrared Circularly Polarised Luminescence from Helically Extended Chiral N,N,O,O -Boron Chelated Dipyrromethenes.

The Pink Box: Exclusive Homochiral Aromatic Stacking in a Bis-perylene Diimide Macrocycle (2022)
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Penty, S. E., Zwijnenburg, M. A., Orton, G. R., Stachelek, P., Pal, R., Xie, Y., …Barendt, T. A. (2022). The Pink Box: Exclusive Homochiral Aromatic Stacking in a Bis-perylene Diimide Macrocycle. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(27), 12290-12298. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c03531

This work showcases chiral complementarity in aromatic stacking interactions as an effective tool to optimize the chiroptical and electrochemical properties of perylene diimides (PDIs). PDIs are a notable class of robust dye molecules and their rich... Read More about The Pink Box: Exclusive Homochiral Aromatic Stacking in a Bis-perylene Diimide Macrocycle.

Dual-emission luminescence thermometry using LaGaO3:Cr3+, Nd3+ phosphors (2022)
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Mullins, A. L., Ćirić, A., Zekovic, I., Williams, J. G., Dramicanin, M., & Evans, I. R. (2022). Dual-emission luminescence thermometry using LaGaO3:Cr3+, Nd3+ phosphors. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 10(28), 10396-10403. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2tc02011d

A series of La1-xGa0.99O3: Cr0.01, Ndx phosphors (where x = 0.005, 0.01, 0.02) for luminescence thermometry have been synthesised by a solid-state method, structurally characterised using powder X-ray diffraction data, and investigated by ambient and... Read More about Dual-emission luminescence thermometry using LaGaO3:Cr3+, Nd3+ phosphors.

Prediction and Preparation of Coamorphous Phases of a Bislactam (2022)
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Chambers, L. I., Musa, O. M., & Steed, J. W. (2022). Prediction and Preparation of Coamorphous Phases of a Bislactam. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 19(7), 2651-2661. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00357

The effectiveness of a partial least squares-discriminant analysis coamorphous prediction model was tested using coamorphous screening data for a promising coamorphous former, the dimer of N-vinyl(caprolactam) (bisVCap) with a range of active pharmac... Read More about Prediction and Preparation of Coamorphous Phases of a Bislactam.

Defects and disorder in apatite-type silicate oxide ion conductors: implications for conductivity (2022)
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Fuller, C. A., Gutmann, M. J., Ling, C. D., Wang, C., Zhang, W., Halasyamani, P. S., …Evans, J. S. (2022). Defects and disorder in apatite-type silicate oxide ion conductors: implications for conductivity. Journal of Materials Chemistry A: materials for energy and sustainability, 10(27), https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ta02328h

The structure and composition of La-silicate apatite oxide ion conductor, La10Si6O27, in which the types of defects it contains are controversial, has been thoroughly investigated. Large crystals were grown using the floating zone method, and their s... Read More about Defects and disorder in apatite-type silicate oxide ion conductors: implications for conductivity.

Enolate SNAr of unactivated arenes via [(η6-arene)RuCp]+ intermediates (2022)
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Williams, L. J., Bhonoah, Y., & Walton, J. W. (2022). Enolate SNAr of unactivated arenes via [(η6-arene)RuCp]+ intermediates. Chemical Communications, 58(80), 11240-11243. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cc02508f

A series of complexes of the general formula [(η6-arene)RuCp][PF6] (where arene = aryl halides or nitroarenes) were synthesised and the arene ring was found to be reactive towards an intermolecular nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) reaction w... Read More about Enolate SNAr of unactivated arenes via [(η6-arene)RuCp]+ intermediates.

Interaction potential for NaCs for ultracold scattering and spectroscopy (2022)
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Brookes, S. G. H., & Hutson, J. M. (2022). Interaction potential for NaCs for ultracold scattering and spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 126(25), 3987-4001. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.2c01810

We obtain the interaction potential for NaCs by fitting to experiments on ultracold scattering and spectroscopy in optical tweezers. The central region of the potential has been accurately determined from Fourier-Transform spectroscopy at higher temp... Read More about Interaction potential for NaCs for ultracold scattering and spectroscopy.

Emission and Absorption Tuning in TADF B,N‐Doped Heptacenes: Toward Ideal‐Blue Hyperfluorescent OLEDs (2022)
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Stavrou, K., Madayanad Suresh, S., Hall, D., Danos, A., Kukhta, N. A., Slawin, A. M., …Zysman‐Colman, E. (2022). Emission and Absorption Tuning in TADF B,N‐Doped Heptacenes: Toward Ideal‐Blue Hyperfluorescent OLEDs. Advanced Optical Materials, 10(17), Article 2200688. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202200688

Developing high-efficiency purely organic blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) that meet the stringent industry standards is a major current research challenge. Hyperfluorescent device approaches achieve in large measure the desired high perfor... Read More about Emission and Absorption Tuning in TADF B,N‐Doped Heptacenes: Toward Ideal‐Blue Hyperfluorescent OLEDs.

High-Ionic-Strength Wastewater Treatment via Catalytic Wet Oxidation over a MnCeOx Catalyst (2022)
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Ou, X., Daly, H., Fan, X., Beaumont, S. K., Chansai, S., Garforth, A., …Hardacre, C. (2022). High-Ionic-Strength Wastewater Treatment via Catalytic Wet Oxidation over a MnCeOx Catalyst. ACS Catalysis, 12(13), 7598-7608. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c01952

Catalytic wastewater treatment has rarely been applied to treat high-ionic-strength wastewater (HISWW) as it contains large amounts of catalyst poisons (e.g., Cl–). This work investigates the catalytic wet oxidation (CWO) of phenol over a MnCeOx cata... Read More about High-Ionic-Strength Wastewater Treatment via Catalytic Wet Oxidation over a MnCeOx Catalyst.

Modulated Fluorescence in LB Films Based on DADQs—A Potential Sensing Surface? (2022)
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Szablewski, M., Thompson, R. L., & Pålsson, L. (2022). Modulated Fluorescence in LB Films Based on DADQs—A Potential Sensing Surface?. Molecules, 27(12), Article 3893. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27123893

Novel fluorescent Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films have been constructed from three different amphiphilic dicynaoquinodimethanes (DADQs). The DADQs varied in functional group structure, which had an impact on the LB film structure and the fluorescence pr... Read More about Modulated Fluorescence in LB Films Based on DADQs—A Potential Sensing Surface?.

Photoelectron Imaging Study of the Diplatinum Iodide Dianions [Pt2I6]2– and [Pt2I8]2– (2022)
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Gibbard, J. A., & Verlet, J. R. (2022). Photoelectron Imaging Study of the Diplatinum Iodide Dianions [Pt2I6]2– and [Pt2I8]2–. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 126(22), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.2c02008

Photoelectron spectroscopy has been used to study the electronic structure, photodetachment, and photodissociation of the stable diplatinum iodide dianions [Pt2I6]2– and [Pt2I8]2–. Photoelectron spectra over a range of photon energies show the charac... Read More about Photoelectron Imaging Study of the Diplatinum Iodide Dianions [Pt2I6]2– and [Pt2I8]2–.

From Phosphorescence to Delayed Fluorescence in One Step: Tuning Photophysical Properties by Quaternisation of an sp2-Hybridised Nitrogen Atom (2022)
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Klimash, A., Prlj, A., Yufit, D., Mallick, A., Curchod, B., McGonigal, P., …Etherington, M. (2022). From Phosphorescence to Delayed Fluorescence in One Step: Tuning Photophysical Properties by Quaternisation of an sp2-Hybridised Nitrogen Atom. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 10(25), 9484-9491. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2tc01737g

Control of the delayed emission of organic compounds is an important factor in the development of new display technology and for the emerging use of organic emitters in sensing and fluorescence microscopy. In particular, there is a need to understand... Read More about From Phosphorescence to Delayed Fluorescence in One Step: Tuning Photophysical Properties by Quaternisation of an sp2-Hybridised Nitrogen Atom.

Molecular conductors from bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene with tris(oxalato)gallate and tris(oxalato)iridate (2022)
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Blundell, T. J., Morritt, A. L., Rusbridge, E. K., Quibell, L., Oakes, J., Akutsu, H., …Martin, L. (2022). Molecular conductors from bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene with tris(oxalato)gallate and tris(oxalato)iridate. Materials Advances, 3(11), 4724-4735. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ma00384h

We present the synthesis, crystal structures and conducting properties of six new BEDT-TTF radical-cation salts with the tris(oxalato)gallate or -iridate anion. The use of halobenzenes gives 4 : 1 β′′ metallic or superconducting salts with tris(oxala... Read More about Molecular conductors from bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene with tris(oxalato)gallate and tris(oxalato)iridate.