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Petrographic and diagenetic investigation of the distal Triassic ‘Budleighensis’ fluvial system in the Solway and Carlisle Basins for potential CO2 storage (2022)
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Marsh, J., Jones, S., Meadows, N., & Gluyas, J. (2022). Petrographic and diagenetic investigation of the distal Triassic ‘Budleighensis’ fluvial system in the Solway and Carlisle Basins for potential CO2 storage. Petroleum Geoscience, 28(3), 2021- 2065. https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2021-065

Failure to find hydrocarbon prospects in the Solway Basin region has resulted in a lack of research into the local Sherwood Sandstone Group petrography, reservoir quality and depositional history compared to the analogous southern reservoirs in the E... Read More about Petrographic and diagenetic investigation of the distal Triassic ‘Budleighensis’ fluvial system in the Solway and Carlisle Basins for potential CO2 storage.

Double-deconvolution method for the separation of thermalised emissions from chromium-doped lanthanum gallate and its potential in luminescence-based thermometry (2022)
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Mullins, A. L., Ćirić, A., Ristić, Z., Williams, J. G., Radosavljević Evans, I., & Dramićanin, M. D. (2022). Double-deconvolution method for the separation of thermalised emissions from chromium-doped lanthanum gallate and its potential in luminescence-based thermometry. Journal of Luminescence, 246, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2022.118847

A series of LaGa1–xO3:Cr3+x phosphors (x = 0.002, 0.005, 0.01, 0.02, 0.04) were synthesised by solid-state reaction and structurally characterised by Rietveld refinement from powder X-ray diffraction data. Amongst the five compounds, that with x = 0.... Read More about Double-deconvolution method for the separation of thermalised emissions from chromium-doped lanthanum gallate and its potential in luminescence-based thermometry.

Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) investigations of a large‐scale buried ice‐marginal landsystem, Skeiðarársandur, SE Iceland (2022)
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Harrison, D., Ross, N., Russell, A. J., & Jones, S. J. (2022). Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) investigations of a large‐scale buried ice‐marginal landsystem, Skeiðarársandur, SE Iceland. Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research, 51(4), 824-846. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12587

The sedimentary record of Icelandic ice-contact environments provides critical insights into past glacier margin dynamics and position, relative sea level, and the geomorphic processes that drive the evolution of proglacial environments. This importa... Read More about Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) investigations of a large‐scale buried ice‐marginal landsystem, Skeiðarársandur, SE Iceland.

The Effect of Imide Substituents on the Excited State Properties of Perylene Diimide Derivatives (2022)
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Aksoy, E., Danos, A., Li, C., Monkman, A., & Varlikli, C. (2022). The Effect of Imide Substituents on the Excited State Properties of Perylene Diimide Derivatives. Turkish journal of science and technology, 17(1), 11-21. https://doi.org/10.55525/tjst.952823

Solid state optical properties of fluorescent materials are important for many photonic devices such as organic light emitting diodes, frequency down-converters or luminescent solar concentrators. Perylene diimides (PDIs) represent one of the most po... Read More about The Effect of Imide Substituents on the Excited State Properties of Perylene Diimide Derivatives.

Origin and evolution of the slab fluids since subduction inception in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana: A comparison with the southeast Mariana fore-arc rift (2022)
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Ribeiro, J., MacLeod, C., Lissenberg, J., Ryan, J., & Macpherson, C. (2022). Origin and evolution of the slab fluids since subduction inception in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana: A comparison with the southeast Mariana fore-arc rift. Chemical Geology, 601, Article 120813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.120813

Subduction zones have played a central role in exchanging volatiles (H2O, CO2, S, halogens) between the different Earth's reservoirs throughout its history. Fluids that are released as the subducted plates dehydrate are major agents that transfer the... Read More about Origin and evolution of the slab fluids since subduction inception in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana: A comparison with the southeast Mariana fore-arc rift.

Computational Simulations Using Time-Dependent Ginzburg–Landau Theory for Nb–Ti-Like Microstructures (2022)
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Haddon, C., Blair, A., Schoofs, F., & Hampshire, D. (2022). Computational Simulations Using Time-Dependent Ginzburg–Landau Theory for Nb–Ti-Like Microstructures. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 32(4), Article 8800105. https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2022.3156916

Simulations based on time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau theory are employed to determine the critical current for a model system which represents a Nb–Ti-like pinning landscape at low drawing strain. The system consists of ellipsoids of normal metal, wit... Read More about Computational Simulations Using Time-Dependent Ginzburg–Landau Theory for Nb–Ti-Like Microstructures.

Critical Current Densities through Josephson Junctions in Low Magnetic Fields (2022)
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Din, B., Blair, A., Schoofs, F., & Hampshire, D. (2022). Critical Current Densities through Josephson Junctions in Low Magnetic Fields. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 32(4), Article 8000805. https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2022.3156908

Understanding the properties of grain boundaries in polycrystalline superconductors is essential for optimizing their critical current density. Here, we provide computational simulations of 2D Josephson junctions (JJs) in low magnetic fields using ti... Read More about Critical Current Densities through Josephson Junctions in Low Magnetic Fields.

Characterization of crystalline and amorphous forms of irbesartan by multi-nuclear solid-state NMR (2022)
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Skotnicki, M., & Hodgkinson, P. (2022). Characterization of crystalline and amorphous forms of irbesartan by multi-nuclear solid-state NMR. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 118, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssnmr.2022.101783

Irbesartan (IRB) is an antihypertensive drug which exhibits the rare phenomenon of desmotropy; its 1H- and 2H- tetrazole tautomers can be isolated as distinct crystalline forms. The crystalline forms of IRB are poorly soluble, hence the amorphous for... Read More about Characterization of crystalline and amorphous forms of irbesartan by multi-nuclear solid-state NMR.

Magnetic damping in ferromagnetic/heavy-metal systems: The role of interfaces and the relation to proximity-induced magnetism (2022)
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Swindells, C., Głowiński, H., Choi, Y., Haskel, D., Michałowski, P., Hase, T., …Atkinson, D. (2022). Magnetic damping in ferromagnetic/heavy-metal systems: The role of interfaces and the relation to proximity-induced magnetism. Physical Review B, 105(9), Article 094433. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.105.094433

Damping and spin transport in spintronic multilayered systems continues to be a topic of active research. The enhancement of damping in ferromagnet (FM)/spacer layer (SL)/heavy-metal (HM) thin-film systems was studied for Co 25 Fe 75 / SL / Pt with a... Read More about Magnetic damping in ferromagnetic/heavy-metal systems: The role of interfaces and the relation to proximity-induced magnetism.

A study of the dynamics and structure of the dielectric anomaly within the molecular solid TEA(TCNQ)2 (2022)
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Berlie, A., Terry, I., Szablewski, M., Telling, M., Apperley, D., Hodgkinson, P., & Zeller, D. (2022). A study of the dynamics and structure of the dielectric anomaly within the molecular solid TEA(TCNQ)2. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24(12), 7481-7492. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cp00142j

With rising interest in organic-based functional materials, it is important to understand the nature of magnetic and electrical transitions within these types of systems. One intriguing material is triethylammonium bis-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethan... Read More about A study of the dynamics and structure of the dielectric anomaly within the molecular solid TEA(TCNQ)2.

The Role of the Fused Ring in Bicyclic Triazolium Organocatalysts: Kinetic, X-ray, and DFT Insights (2022)
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Zhu, J., Moreno, I., Quinn, P., Yufit, D. S., Song, L., Young, C. M., …O’Donoghue, A. C. (2022). The Role of the Fused Ring in Bicyclic Triazolium Organocatalysts: Kinetic, X-ray, and DFT Insights. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 87(6), 4241-4253. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c03073

Bicyclic triazolium scaffolds are widely employed in N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organocatalysis. While the incorporation of a fused ring was initially for synthetic utility in accessing chiral, modular triazolyl scaffolds, recent results highlight... Read More about The Role of the Fused Ring in Bicyclic Triazolium Organocatalysts: Kinetic, X-ray, and DFT Insights.

The Principles of Helium Exploration (2022)
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Danabalan, D., Gluyas, J. G., Macpherson, C. G., Abraham-James, T. H., Bluett, J. J., Barry, P. H., & Ballentine, C. J. (2022). The Principles of Helium Exploration. Petroleum Geoscience, 28(2), petgeo2021-029. https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2021-029

Commercial helium systems have been found to date as a serendipitous by-product of petroleum exploration. There are nevertheless significant differences in the source and migration properties of helium compared with petroleum. An understanding of the... Read More about The Principles of Helium Exploration.

Experimental Simulation of Burial Diagenesis and Subsequent 2D-3D Characterization of Sandstone Reservoir Quality (2022)
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Charlaftis, D., Dobson, K. J., Jones, S. J., Lakshtanov, D., Crouch, J., & Cook, J. (2022). Experimental Simulation of Burial Diagenesis and Subsequent 2D-3D Characterization of Sandstone Reservoir Quality. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, Article 766145. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.766145

Characterization of deeply buried sandstones and their reservoir quality is of paramount importance for exploring, developing, and subsurface storage of energy resources. High reservoir quality in deeply buried sandstones is commonly correlated with... Read More about Experimental Simulation of Burial Diagenesis and Subsequent 2D-3D Characterization of Sandstone Reservoir Quality.

Determining non-radiative decay rates in TADF compounds using coupled transient and steady state optical data (2022)
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Sem, S., Jenatsch, S., Stavrou, K., Danos, A., Monkman, A. P., & Ruhstaller, B. (2022). Determining non-radiative decay rates in TADF compounds using coupled transient and steady state optical data. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 10(12), 4878-4885. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1tc05594a

Thermally-activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) compounds are promising materials used in emissive layers of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Their main benefit is that they allow the internal quantum efficiency of the OLED to reach up to 100%... Read More about Determining non-radiative decay rates in TADF compounds using coupled transient and steady state optical data.

Anion-Responsive Fluorescent Supramolecular Gels (2022)
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Picci, G., Mulvee, M. T., Caltagirone, C., Lippolis, V., Frontera, A., Gomila, R. M., & Steed, J. W. (2022). Anion-Responsive Fluorescent Supramolecular Gels. Molecules, 27(4), Article 1257. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27041257

Three novel bis-urea fluorescent low-molecular-weight gelators (LMWGs) based on the tetraethyl diphenylmethane spacer—namely, L1, L2, and L3, bearing indole, dansyl, and quinoline units as fluorogenic fragments, respectively, are able to form gel in... Read More about Anion-Responsive Fluorescent Supramolecular Gels.

The “Magic Linker”: Highly Effective Gelation from Sterically Awkward Packing (2022)
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Smith, J. P., Yufit, D. S., McCabe, J. F., & Steed, J. W. (2022). The “Magic Linker”: Highly Effective Gelation from Sterically Awkward Packing. Crystal Growth and Design, 22(3), 1914-1921. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.1c01470

Bis(urea)s based on the 4,4′-methylenebis(2,6-diethylphenylene) (4,4′-MDEP) spacer are highly effective low molecular weight gelators, and the first single crystal structure of a bis(urea) based on this spacer is reported. The structure is a conforma... Read More about The “Magic Linker”: Highly Effective Gelation from Sterically Awkward Packing.

Probing the magnetic polaron state in the ferromagnetic semiconductor HgCr2Se4 with muon-spin spectroscopy and resistance-fluctuation measurements (2022)
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Mitschek, M., Hicken, T. J., Yang, S., Wilson, M. N., Pratt, F. L., Wang, C., …Müller, J. (2022). Probing the magnetic polaron state in the ferromagnetic semiconductor HgCr2Se4 with muon-spin spectroscopy and resistance-fluctuation measurements. Physical Review B, 105(6), Article 064404. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.105.064404

Combined resistance noise and muon-spin relaxation (μSR) measurements of the ferromagnetic semiconductor HgCr2Se4 suggest a degree of magnetoelectric coupling and provide evidence for the existence of isolated magnetic polarons. These form at elevate... Read More about Probing the magnetic polaron state in the ferromagnetic semiconductor HgCr2Se4 with muon-spin spectroscopy and resistance-fluctuation measurements.

Energy-gap driven low-temperature magnetic and transport properties in Cr1/3MS2(M = Nb, Ta) (2022)
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Hicken, T., Hawkhead, Z., Wilson, M., Huddart, B., Hall, A., Balakrishnan, G., …Lancaster, T. (2022). Energy-gap driven low-temperature magnetic and transport properties in Cr1/3MS2(M = Nb, Ta). Physical Review B, 105(6), Article L060407. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.105.l060407

The helimagnets Cr1/3MS2 (M = Nb or Ta) have attracted renewed attention due to the discovery of a chiral soliton lattice (CSL) stabilized in an applied magnetic field, but reports of unusual low-temperature transport and magnetic properties in this... Read More about Energy-gap driven low-temperature magnetic and transport properties in Cr1/3MS2(M = Nb, Ta).

Earth Science (2022)
Book Chapter
Jones, S. J., & Saville, C. (in press). Earth Science. In C. Harrison, K. Aston, A. Childs, & V. Kind (Eds.), Teaching Secondary Chemistry. (3rd ed.). Hodder Education