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Platinum(IV) Complexes with Tridentate, NNC-Coordinating Ligands: Synthesis, Structures, and Luminescence (2023)
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Dikova, Y. M., Yufit, D. S., & Williams, J. G. (2023). Platinum(IV) Complexes with Tridentate, NNC-Coordinating Ligands: Synthesis, Structures, and Luminescence. Inorganic Chemistry, 62(4), 1306-1322. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c04116

Platinum(II) complexes of NNC-cyclometalating ligands based on 6-phenyl-2,2′-bipyridine (HL1) have been widely investigated for their luminescence properties. We describe how PtL1Cl and five analogues with differently substituted aryl rings, PtL2–6Cl... Read More about Platinum(IV) Complexes with Tridentate, NNC-Coordinating Ligands: Synthesis, Structures, and Luminescence.

Graphitization by Metal Particles (2023)
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Goldie, S. J., & Coleman, K. S. (2023). Graphitization by Metal Particles. ACS Omega, 8(3), 3278-3285. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c06848

Graphitization of carbon offers a promising route to upcycle waste biomass and plastics into functional carbon nanomaterials for a range of applications including energy storage devices. One challenge to the more widespread utilization of this techno... Read More about Graphitization by Metal Particles.

Self-assembled nanoparticles based on cationic mono-/AIE tetra-nuclear Ir(III) complexes: long wavelength absorption/near-infrared emission photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy (2023)
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Wang, Z., Li, L., Wang, W., Wang, R., Li, G., Bian, H., …Bryce, M. R. (2023). Self-assembled nanoparticles based on cationic mono-/AIE tetra-nuclear Ir(III) complexes: long wavelength absorption/near-infrared emission photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy. Dalton Transactions, 52(6), 1595-1601. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2dt03809a

Cyclometalated Ir(III) complexes as photosensitizers (PSs) have attracted widespread attention because of their good photostability and efficient 1O2 production ability. However, their strong absorption in the UV-vis region severely limits their appl... Read More about Self-assembled nanoparticles based on cationic mono-/AIE tetra-nuclear Ir(III) complexes: long wavelength absorption/near-infrared emission photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy.

Low-Energy Shape Resonances of a Nucleobase in Water (2022)
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Cooper, G. A., Clarke, C. J., & Verlet, J. R. (2022). Low-Energy Shape Resonances of a Nucleobase in Water. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(2), 1319-1326. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c11440

When high-energy radiation passes through aqueous material, low-energy electrons are produced which cause DNA damage. Electronic states of anionic nucleobases have been suggested as an entrance channel to capture the electron. However, identifying th... Read More about Low-Energy Shape Resonances of a Nucleobase in Water.

Chelating chloride using binuclear lanthanide complexes in water (2022)
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Alexander, C., Thom, J. A., Kenwright, A. M., Christensen, K. E., Sørensen, T. J., & Faulkner, S. (2023). Chelating chloride using binuclear lanthanide complexes in water. Chemical Science, 14(5), 1194-1204. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sc05417e

Halide recognition by supramolecular receptors and coordination complexes in water is a long-standing challenge. In this work, we report chloride binding in water and in competing media by pre-organised binuclear kinetically inert lanthanide complexe... Read More about Chelating chloride using binuclear lanthanide complexes in water.

In Situ Self‐Assembly of Nanoscale Particles into Macroscale Ordered Monolayers with Enhanced Memory Performance (2022)
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Li, W., Sun, K., Yang, L., Mao, X., Deng, S., Jiang, H., …Zhu, J. (2023). In Situ Self‐Assembly of Nanoscale Particles into Macroscale Ordered Monolayers with Enhanced Memory Performance. Small, 29(11), Article 2207468. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202207468

In situ fabrication of macroscale ordered monolayers of nanoparticles (NPs) on targeted substrates is highly desirable for precision electronic and optical devices, while it remains a great challenge. In this study, a solution is provided to address... Read More about In Situ Self‐Assembly of Nanoscale Particles into Macroscale Ordered Monolayers with Enhanced Memory Performance.

Bullseye Analysis: A Fluorescence Microscopy Technique to Detect Local Changes in Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Production (2022)
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Hughes, J. G., Chisholm, D. R., Whiting, A., Girkin, J. M., & Ambler, C. A. (2023). Bullseye Analysis: A Fluorescence Microscopy Technique to Detect Local Changes in Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Production. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 29(2), 529-539. https://doi.org/10.1093/micmic/ozac040

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are naturally produced compounds that play important roles in cell signaling, gene regulation, and biological defense, including involvement in the oxidative burst that is central to the anti-microbial actions of macroph... Read More about Bullseye Analysis: A Fluorescence Microscopy Technique to Detect Local Changes in Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Production.

Spatial estimation of groundwater quality, hydrogeochemical investigation, and health impacts of shallow groundwater in Kabul city, Afghanistan (2022)
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Hamidi, M. D., Kissane, S., Bogush, A. A., Karim, A. Q., Sagintayev, J., Towers, S., & Greenwell, H. C. (2023). Spatial estimation of groundwater quality, hydrogeochemical investigation, and health impacts of shallow groundwater in Kabul city, Afghanistan. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 9(1), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-022-00808-9

The management of groundwater in densely populated areas with no centralized water treatment is critical for the prevention of diseases and maintaining sanitation. Here, we determine the bacteriological and chemical characteristics of groundwater in... Read More about Spatial estimation of groundwater quality, hydrogeochemical investigation, and health impacts of shallow groundwater in Kabul city, Afghanistan.

Iridium‐Catalysed C−H Borylation of Fluoroarenes: Insights into the Balance between Steric and Electronic Control of Regioselectivity (2022)
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Ding, M., Reuven, J. A., Hones, A. C., Fox, M. A., & Steel, P. G. (2022). Iridium‐Catalysed C−H Borylation of Fluoroarenes: Insights into the Balance between Steric and Electronic Control of Regioselectivity. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022(47), https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202201005

The iridium catalysed C−H borylation of polyfluorinated arenes and heteroarenes occurs rapidly and efficiently. As with other borylation reactions, whilst steric parameters dominate, an underlying electronic influence on reaction selectivity can be o... Read More about Iridium‐Catalysed C−H Borylation of Fluoroarenes: Insights into the Balance between Steric and Electronic Control of Regioselectivity.

Fine‐Tuning the Photophysics of Donor‐Acceptor (D‐A 3 ) Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters Using Isomerisation (2022)
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L. dos Santos, P., de Sa Pereira, D., Eng, J., Ward, J. S., Bryce, M. R., Penfold, T. J., & Monkman, A. P. (2023). Fine‐Tuning the Photophysics of Donor‐Acceptor (D‐A 3 ) Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters Using Isomerisation. ChemPhotoChem, 7(2), Article e202200248. https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202200248

Here two D–A3 regioisomers, comprising three dibenzothiophene-S,S-dioxide acceptor units attached to a central triazatruxene core, are studied. Both molecules show thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF), however, the efficiency of the TADF m... Read More about Fine‐Tuning the Photophysics of Donor‐Acceptor (D‐A 3 ) Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters Using Isomerisation.

Spectroscopic dataset of Hedione's derivatives gathered during process development (2022)
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Sharley, J. S., Gambacorta, G., Pérez, A. M. C., Ferri, E. E., Miranda, A. F., Quesada, J. S., & Baxendale, I. R. (2023). Spectroscopic dataset of Hedione's derivatives gathered during process development. Data in Brief, 46, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108801

The dataset of spectroscopic analysis performed on starting materials, intermediates, and products relating to the synthesis of Hedione are hereby presented. The data were acquired in Durham university during the period between October 2020 and Septe... Read More about Spectroscopic dataset of Hedione's derivatives gathered during process development.

Feshbach Spectroscopy of Cs Atom Pairs in Optical Tweezers (2022)
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Brooks, R. V., Guttridge, A., Frye, M. D., Ruttley, D. K., Spence, S., Hutson, J. M., & Cornish, S. L. (2022). Feshbach Spectroscopy of Cs Atom Pairs in Optical Tweezers. New Journal of Physics, 24, Article 113051. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac99f6

We prepare pairs of 133Cs atoms in a single optical tweezer and perform Feshbach spectroscopy for collisions of atoms in the states (f = 3, mf = ±3). We detect enhancements in pair loss using a detection scheme where the optical tweezers are repeated... Read More about Feshbach Spectroscopy of Cs Atom Pairs in Optical Tweezers.

Affective Labor in Integrative STS Research (2022)
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Branch, T. Y., & Duché, G. M. (2024). Affective Labor in Integrative STS Research. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 49(1), 131-150. https://doi.org/10.1177/01622439221143804

Science and technology studies (STS) practitioners regularly use qualitative research methods to describe the structures and practices of science. Despite a long history of collaborative inter- and transdisciplinary research in the field, key aspects... Read More about Affective Labor in Integrative STS Research.

Photochemical Synthesis of Pyrazolines from Tetrazoles in Flow (2022)
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Baumann, M., Burke, A., Spiccio, S., & Di Filippo, M. (2023). Photochemical Synthesis of Pyrazolines from Tetrazoles in Flow. SynOpen, 07(01), https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1995-1859

Pyrazolines and their pyrazole congeners are important heterocyclic building blocks with numerous applications in the fine chemical industries. However, traditional routes towards these entities are based on multistep syntheses generating substantial... Read More about Photochemical Synthesis of Pyrazolines from Tetrazoles in Flow.

Material Characterisation of William Burges’ Great Bookcase within the Disruption of a Global Pandemic (2022)
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Ghigo, T., Bone, D., Howell, D., Domoney, K., Gironda, M., & Beeby, A. (2024). Material Characterisation of William Burges’ Great Bookcase within the Disruption of a Global Pandemic. Studies in Conservation, 69(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393630.2022.2153463

This contribution presents the results of a technical investigation on the pigments of William Burges’ Great Bookcase (1859–62), preserved at the Ashmolean Museum. It is the first thorough material investigation of a remarkable piece of Gothic Reviva... Read More about Material Characterisation of William Burges’ Great Bookcase within the Disruption of a Global Pandemic.

Highly Thermally Resistant Bisamide Gelators as Pharmaceutical Crystallization Media (2022)
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Torres-Moya, I., Sánchez, A., Saikia, B., Yufit, D. S., Prieto, P., Carrillo, J. R., & Steed, J. W. (2022). Highly Thermally Resistant Bisamide Gelators as Pharmaceutical Crystallization Media. Gels, 9(1), Article 26. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels9010026

Three simple bisamide derivatives (G1, G2 and G3) with different structural modifications were synthesized with easy synthetic procedures in order to test their gel behaviour. The outcomes showed that hydrogen bonding was essential in gel formation;... Read More about Highly Thermally Resistant Bisamide Gelators as Pharmaceutical Crystallization Media.

Rate and equilibrium constants for the addition of triazolium salt derived N-heterocyclic carbenes to heteroaromatic aldehydes (2022)
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Duan, Z., Young, C. M., Zhu, J., Slawin, A. M., O'Donoghue, A. C., & Smith, A. D. (2023). Rate and equilibrium constants for the addition of triazolium salt derived N-heterocyclic carbenes to heteroaromatic aldehydes. Chemical Science, 14(1), 162-170. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sc05704b

Heteroaromatic aldehydes are often used preferentially or exclusively in a range of NHC-catalysed processes that proceed through the generation of a reactive diaminoenol or Breslow Intermediate (BI), with the reason for their unique reactivity curren... Read More about Rate and equilibrium constants for the addition of triazolium salt derived N-heterocyclic carbenes to heteroaromatic aldehydes.

Near-infrared electroluminescence beyond 940 nm in Pt(N^C^N)X complexes: influencing aggregation with the ancillary ligand X (2022)
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Salthouse, R. J., Pander, P., Yufit, D. S., Dias, F. B., & Williams, J. G. (2022). Near-infrared electroluminescence beyond 940 nm in Pt(N^C^N)X complexes: influencing aggregation with the ancillary ligand X. Chemical Science, 13(45), 13600-13610. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sc05023d

We present a study of aggregate excited states formed by complexes of the type Pt(N^C^N)X, where N^C^N represents a tridentate cyclometallating ligand, and X = SCN or I. These materials display near-infrared (NIR) photoluminescence in film and electr... Read More about Near-infrared electroluminescence beyond 940 nm in Pt(N^C^N)X complexes: influencing aggregation with the ancillary ligand X.

Nature-inspired trapped air cushion surfaces for environmentally sustainable antibiofouling (2022)
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Rawlinson, J. M., Cox, H. J., Hopkins, G., Cahill, P., & Badyal, J. P. S. (2023). Nature-inspired trapped air cushion surfaces for environmentally sustainable antibiofouling. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 656, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130491

Feathers of seabirds and waterfowl (for example the mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos)) consist of hierarchical fibrillar structures encapsulated with hydrophobic preen oil. These characteristics afford waterproofing through the entrapment of air pock... Read More about Nature-inspired trapped air cushion surfaces for environmentally sustainable antibiofouling.

Slow magnetic relaxation in Fe(ii) m-terphenyl complexes (2022)
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Valentine, A. J., Geer, A. M., Blundell, T. J., Tovey, W., Cliffe, M. J., Davies, E. S., …Kays, D. L. (2022). Slow magnetic relaxation in Fe(ii) m-terphenyl complexes. Dalton Transactions, 51(47), 18118-18126. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2dt03531f

Two-coordinate transition metal complexes are exciting candidates for single-molecule magnets (SMMs) because their highly axial coordination environments lead to sizeable magnetic anisotropy. We report a series of five structurally related two-coordi... Read More about Slow magnetic relaxation in Fe(ii) m-terphenyl complexes.