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Synthesis and Luminescence Properties of Cycloplatinated Complexes with a Chelating N∧C Pyridine-Derived N-Heterocyclic Carbene - Influence of 2,4,6-Triphenyl­phosphinine versus Triphenylphosphine (2016)
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Moussa, J., Freeman, G. R., Williams, J. G., Chamoreau, L., Herson, P., & Amouri, H. (2016). Synthesis and Luminescence Properties of Cycloplatinated Complexes with a Chelating N∧C Pyridine-Derived N-Heterocyclic Carbene - Influence of 2,4,6-Triphenyl­phosphinine versus Triphenylphosphine. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2016(5), https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201500879

Tuning the dipolar second-order nonlinear optical properties of 5-π-delocalized-donor-1,3-di(2-pyridyl) benzenes, related cyclometallated platinum(II) complexes and methylated salts (2016)
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Nisic, F., Cariati, E., Colombo, A., Dragonetti, C., Fantacci, S., Garoni, E., …Williams, J. (2017). Tuning the dipolar second-order nonlinear optical properties of 5-π-delocalized-donor-1,3-di(2-pyridyl) benzenes, related cyclometallated platinum(II) complexes and methylated salts. Dalton Transactions, 46(4), 1179-1185. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6dt04359c

The synthesis and characterization of three 5-π-delocalized-donor-1,3-di(2-pyridyl)benzenes is reported along with that of their related cyclometallated platinum(II) complexes and N,N-dimethylated iodide salts. The second-order nonlinear optical (NLO... Read More about Tuning the dipolar second-order nonlinear optical properties of 5-π-delocalized-donor-1,3-di(2-pyridyl) benzenes, related cyclometallated platinum(II) complexes and methylated salts.

Understanding surface interactions in aqueous miscible organic solvent treated layered double hydroxides (2016)
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Erastova, V., Degiacomi, M. T., O'Hare, D., & Greenwell, H. C. (2017). Understanding surface interactions in aqueous miscible organic solvent treated layered double hydroxides. RSC Advances, 7(9), 5076-5083. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra26834j

Layered materials are of interest for use in a wealth of technological applications, many of which require a high surface area for optimal properties and performance. Recently, an industrially scalable method to create high surface area layered doubl... Read More about Understanding surface interactions in aqueous miscible organic solvent treated layered double hydroxides.

Cyclotrimerisation of isocyanates catalysed by low-coordinate Mn(ii) and Fe(ii) m-terphenyl complexes (2016)
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Sharpe, H. R., Geer, A. M., Williams, H. E. L., Blundell, T. J., Lewis, W., Blake, A. J., & Kays, D. L. (2017). Cyclotrimerisation of isocyanates catalysed by low-coordinate Mn(ii) and Fe(ii) m-terphenyl complexes. Chemical Communications, 53(5), 937-940. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc07243g

Two- and three-coordinate m-terphenyl complexes of manganese and iron are efficient catalysts for the selective cyclotrimerisation of primary aliphatic isocyanates affording isocyanurates in short reaction times and under mild conditions.

Ab Initio Multiple Spawning Photochemical Dynamics of DMABN Using GPUs (2016)
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Curchod, B. F., Sisto, A., & Martínez, T. J. (2017). Ab Initio Multiple Spawning Photochemical Dynamics of DMABN Using GPUs. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 121(1), 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.6b09962

The ultrafast decay dynamics of 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)benzonitrile (DMABN) following photoexcitation was studied with the ab initio multiple spawning (AIMS) method, combined with GPU-accelerated linear-response time-dependent density functional theory... Read More about Ab Initio Multiple Spawning Photochemical Dynamics of DMABN Using GPUs.

Polysubstituted and ring-fused pyridazine systems from tetrafluoropyridazine (2016)
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Pattison, G., Sandford, G., Wilson, I., Yufit, D., Howard, J., Christopher, J., & Miller, D. (2017). Polysubstituted and ring-fused pyridazine systems from tetrafluoropyridazine. Tetrahedron, 73(5), 437-454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2016.12.006

Tetrafluoropyridazine 1 reacts with a range of oxygen-, nitrogen-, sulfur- and carbon-centred nucleophiles to give, in general, products 2 arising from substitution of fluorine para to ring nitrogen. Subsequent reaction of the trifluoropyridazine der... Read More about Polysubstituted and ring-fused pyridazine systems from tetrafluoropyridazine.

A G-quadruplex aptamer based impedimetric sensor for free lysine and arginine (2016)
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Carter, Z., & Kataky, R. (2017). A G-quadruplex aptamer based impedimetric sensor for free lysine and arginine. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 243, 904-909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.12.010

This paper describes a label free sensor for the sensitive detection of certain, basic primary amino acids containing free ethyl and methyl amino acids. The control of interfacial electron transfer of a G-quadruplex DNA aptamer, using a Fe(CN)63–/4−... Read More about A G-quadruplex aptamer based impedimetric sensor for free lysine and arginine.

The nutritional aspects of biorefined Saccharina latissima, Ascophyllum nodosum and Palmaria palmata (2016)
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Schiener, P., Zhao, S., Theodoridou, K., Carey, M., Mooney-McAuley, K., & Greenwell, H. (2017). The nutritional aspects of biorefined Saccharina latissima, Ascophyllum nodosum and Palmaria palmata. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 7(2), 221-235. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-016-0227-5

The chemical profile of biorefined Saccharina latissima, Ascophyllum nodosum and Palmaria palmata after carbohydrate and polyphenol extraction was analysed with the aim to evaluate the nutritional aspects of biorefined seaweeds as a novel animal feed... Read More about The nutritional aspects of biorefined Saccharina latissima, Ascophyllum nodosum and Palmaria palmata.

Synthesis and Chiroptical Properties of Hexa-, Octa-, and Decaazaborahelicenes: Influence of Helicene Size and of the Number of Boron Atoms (2016)
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Shen, C., Srebro-Hooper, M., Jean, M., Vanthuyne, N., Toupet, L., Williams, J., …Crassous, J. (2017). Synthesis and Chiroptical Properties of Hexa-, Octa-, and Decaazaborahelicenes: Influence of Helicene Size and of the Number of Boron Atoms. Chemistry - A European Journal, 23(2), 407-418. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201604398

Four members of a new class of cycloborylated hexa-, octa-, and deca-helicenes (1 a–d) have been prepared in enantiopure form, along with two cycloplatinated deca-helicenes (1 d′, 1 d1), further extending the family of cycloplatinated hexa- and octa-... Read More about Synthesis and Chiroptical Properties of Hexa-, Octa-, and Decaazaborahelicenes: Influence of Helicene Size and of the Number of Boron Atoms.

Osmium uptake, distribution, and 187Os/188Os and 187Re/188Os compositions in Phaeophyceae macroalgae, Fucus vesiculosus: Implications for determining the 187Os/188Os composition of seawater (2016)
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Racionero-Gómez, B., Sproson, A., Selby, D., Gannoun, A., Gröcke, D., Greenwell, H., & Burton, K. (2016). Osmium uptake, distribution, and 187Os/188Os and 187Re/188Os compositions in Phaeophyceae macroalgae, Fucus vesiculosus: Implications for determining the 187Os/188Os composition of seawater. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 199, 48-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.11.033

The osmium isotopic composition (187Os/188Os) of seawater reflects the balance of input from mantle-, continental- and anthropogenic-derived sources. This study utilizes the Phaeophyceae, Fucus vesiculosus, to analyse its Os abundance and uptake, as... Read More about Osmium uptake, distribution, and 187Os/188Os and 187Re/188Os compositions in Phaeophyceae macroalgae, Fucus vesiculosus: Implications for determining the 187Os/188Os composition of seawater.

Peptoid efficacy against polymicrobial biofilms determined using propidium monoazide-modified quantitative PCR (2016)
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Luoa, Y., Bolt, H., Eggimann, G., McAuley, D., McMullan, R., Curran, T., …Lundy, F. (2017). Peptoid efficacy against polymicrobial biofilms determined using propidium monoazide-modified quantitative PCR. ChemBioChem, 18(1), 111-118. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201600381

Biofilms containing C. albicans are responsible for a wide variety of clinical infections. The protective effects of the biofilm matrix, the low metabolic activity of microorganisms within a biofilm and their high mutation rate, significantly enhance... Read More about Peptoid efficacy against polymicrobial biofilms determined using propidium monoazide-modified quantitative PCR.

Communication: XFAIMS—eXternal Field Ab Initio Multiple Spawning for electron-nuclear dynamics triggered by short laser pulses (2016)
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Mignolet, B., Curchod, B. F., & Martínez, T. J. (2016). Communication: XFAIMS—eXternal Field Ab Initio Multiple Spawning for electron-nuclear dynamics triggered by short laser pulses. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 145(19), Article 191104. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4967761

Attoscience is an emerging field where attosecond pulses or few cycle IR pulses are used to pump and probe the correlated electron-nuclear motion of molecules. We present the trajectory-guided eXternal Field Ab Initio Multiple Spawning (XFAIMS) metho... Read More about Communication: XFAIMS—eXternal Field Ab Initio Multiple Spawning for electron-nuclear dynamics triggered by short laser pulses.