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Recent developments in the application of nanomaterials to understanding molecular level processes in cobalt catalysed Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (2014)
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Beaumont, S. K. (2014). Recent developments in the application of nanomaterials to understanding molecular level processes in cobalt catalysed Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16(11), 5034-5043. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cp55030c

This perspective offers an overview of using nanomaterials for understanding cobalt catalysed Fischer–Tropsch chemistry. Nanomaterials now afford unprecedented control of size, shape and structure at the nanometre scale. This makes them invaluable to... Read More about Recent developments in the application of nanomaterials to understanding molecular level processes in cobalt catalysed Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.

Dy/Dy*: Variations Arising from Mantle Sources and Petrogenetic Processes (2013)
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Davidson, J., Turner, S., & Plank, T. (2013). Dy/Dy*: Variations Arising from Mantle Sources and Petrogenetic Processes. Journal of Petrology, 54(3), 525-537. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egs076

Dy/Dy* is the measured value of Dy, a representative middle rare earth element (REE), compared with the value interpolated between La and Yb on a REE plot. It is essentially a measure of the ‘concavity’ of a REE pattern. The use of Dy/Dy* as a proxy... Read More about Dy/Dy*: Variations Arising from Mantle Sources and Petrogenetic Processes.

Synthesis of (-)-Hennoxazole A: Integrating Batch and Flow Chemistry Methods (2013)
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Fernandez, A., Levine, Z. G., Baumann, M., Sulzer-Mosse, S., Sparr, C., Schlaeger, S., …Ley, S. V. (2013). Synthesis of (-)-Hennoxazole A: Integrating Batch and Flow Chemistry Methods. Synlett: Accounts and Rapid Communications in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 24(4), 514-518. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1318109

A new total synthesis of (–)-hennoxazole A is reported. The synthetic approach is based on the preparation of three similarly sized fragments resulting in a fast and convergent assembly of the natural product. The three key reactions of the synthesis... Read More about Synthesis of (-)-Hennoxazole A: Integrating Batch and Flow Chemistry Methods.

An overview of the synthetic routes to the best selling drugs containing 6-membered heterocycles (2013)
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Baumann, M., & Baxendale, I. R. (2013). An overview of the synthetic routes to the best selling drugs containing 6-membered heterocycles. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 9, 2265-2319. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.9.265

This review which is the second in this series summarises the most common synthetic routes as applied to the preparation of many modern pharmaceutical compounds categorised as containing a six-membered heterocyclic ring. The reported examples are bas... Read More about An overview of the synthetic routes to the best selling drugs containing 6-membered heterocycles.

Arts versus science - Academic background implicitly activates gender stereotypes on cognitive abilities with threat raising men's (but lowering women's) performance (2014)
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Hausmann, M. (2014). Arts versus science - Academic background implicitly activates gender stereotypes on cognitive abilities with threat raising men's (but lowering women's) performance. Intelligence, 46, 235-245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2014.07.004

There is ongoing debate as to whether “innate” cognitive sex differences contribute to the underrepresentation of women in science and engineering careers. Decades of gender research have revealed good evidence that both biological (e.g. sex hormones... Read More about Arts versus science - Academic background implicitly activates gender stereotypes on cognitive abilities with threat raising men's (but lowering women's) performance.

New high resolution geochemistry of Lower Jurassic marine sections in western North America: A global positive carbon isotope excursion in the Sinemurian? (2014)
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Porter, S., Smith, P., Carruthers, A., Hou, P., Gröcke, D., & Selby, D. (2014). New high resolution geochemistry of Lower Jurassic marine sections in western North America: A global positive carbon isotope excursion in the Sinemurian?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 397, 19-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.023

Recognising variations in the carbon isotope compositions of marine organic-rich sedimentary rocks can provide insight into changes in ocean chemistry throughout geological time. Further, identification of global excursions in the carbon isotope reco... Read More about New high resolution geochemistry of Lower Jurassic marine sections in western North America: A global positive carbon isotope excursion in the Sinemurian?.

Aspects of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysis by Metals (2011)
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Kyriakou, G., Beaumont, S. K., & Lambert, R. M. (2011). Aspects of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysis by Metals. Langmuir, 27(16), 9687-9695. https://doi.org/10.1021/la200009w

Some aspects of metal-catalyzed heterogeneous enantioselective reactions are reviewed with specific reference to four different systems where the phenomena that control enantioselection appear to be very different. In the case of glucose electro-oxid... Read More about Aspects of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysis by Metals.

Heterogeneously catalyzing C-C coupling reactions with precious metal nanoparticles (2012)
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Beaumont, S. K. (2012). Heterogeneously catalyzing C-C coupling reactions with precious metal nanoparticles. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 87(5), 595-600. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.3748

C–C coupling reactions are ubiquitous in synthetic chemistry, joining together fragments of larger molecules within overall synthetic schemes. Many obvious operational advantages would result from catalyzing such processes heterogeneously, however, t... Read More about Heterogeneously catalyzing C-C coupling reactions with precious metal nanoparticles.

Structure of Organic Solids at Low Temperature and High Pressure (2014)
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Lee, R., Howard, J., Probert, M., & Steed, J. (2014). Structure of Organic Solids at Low Temperature and High Pressure. Chemical Society Reviews, 43(13), 4300-4311. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cs00046c

This tutorial review looks at structural and supramolecular chemistry of molecular solids under extreme conditions, and introduces the instrumentation and facilities that enable single crystal diffraction studies on molecular crystals at both high pr... Read More about Structure of Organic Solids at Low Temperature and High Pressure.

Development of the mouse dermal adipose layer occurs independently of subcutaneous adipose tissue and is marked by restricted early expression of FABP4 (2013)
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Wojciechowicz, K., Gledhill, K., Ambler, C., Manning, C., & Jahoda, C. (2013). Development of the mouse dermal adipose layer occurs independently of subcutaneous adipose tissue and is marked by restricted early expression of FABP4. PLoS ONE, 8(3), Article e59811. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059811

The laboratory mouse is a key animal model for studies of adipose biology, metabolism and disease, yet the developmental changes that occur in tissues and cells that become the adipose layer in mouse skin have received little attention. Moreover, the... Read More about Development of the mouse dermal adipose layer occurs independently of subcutaneous adipose tissue and is marked by restricted early expression of FABP4.

Mechanochemistry: opportunities for new and cleaner synthesis (2012)
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James, S., Adams, C., Bolm, C., Braga, D., Collier, P., Friščić, T., …Waddell, D. (2012). Mechanochemistry: opportunities for new and cleaner synthesis. Chemical Society Reviews, 41(1), 413-447. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cs15171a

The aim of this critical review is to provide a broad but digestible overview of mechanochemical synthesis, i.e. reactions conducted by grinding solid reactants together with no or minimal solvent. Although mechanochemistry has historically been a si... Read More about Mechanochemistry: opportunities for new and cleaner synthesis.

Unweaving the rainbow: a review of the relationship between single-walled carbon nanotube molecular structures and their chemical reactivity (2012)
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Hodge, S. A., Bayazit, M. K., Coleman, K. S., & Shaffer, M. S. (2012). Unweaving the rainbow: a review of the relationship between single-walled carbon nanotube molecular structures and their chemical reactivity. Chemical Society Reviews, 41(12), 4409-4429. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cs15334c

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are a fundamental family of distinct molecules, each bearing the possibility of different reactivities due to their intrinsically distinct chemical properties. SWNT syntheses generate a heterogeneous mixture of... Read More about Unweaving the rainbow: a review of the relationship between single-walled carbon nanotube molecular structures and their chemical reactivity.

Pyrido[3,2-b][1,4]oxazine and pyrido[2,3-b][1,4]benzoxazine systems from tetrafluoropyridine derivatives (2014)
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Sandford, G., Slater, R., Yufit, D., Howard, J., & Vong, A. (2014). Pyrido[3,2-b][1,4]oxazine and pyrido[2,3-b][1,4]benzoxazine systems from tetrafluoropyridine derivatives. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 167, 91-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluchem.2014.05.003

Pyrido[3,2-b][1,4]oxazine and pyrido[2,3-b][1,4]benzoxazine systems were synthesised by annelation reactions involving highly fluorinated pyridine derivatives and nitrogen and oxygen centred difunctional nucleophiles by sequential regioselective nucl... Read More about Pyrido[3,2-b][1,4]oxazine and pyrido[2,3-b][1,4]benzoxazine systems from tetrafluoropyridine derivatives.

Viruses and fullerenes - symmetry as a common thread? (2014)
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Dechant, P., Wardman, J., Keef, T., & Twarock, R. (2014). Viruses and fullerenes - symmetry as a common thread?. Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances, 70(2), 162-167. https://doi.org/10.1107/s2053273313034220

The principle of affine symmetry is applied here to the nested fullerene cages (carbon onions) that arise in the context of carbon chemistry. Previous work on affine extensions of the icosahedral group has revealed a new organizational principle in v... Read More about Viruses and fullerenes - symmetry as a common thread?.

Affine extensions of non-crystallographic Coxeter groups induced by projection (2013)
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Dechant, P., Boehm, C., & Twarock, R. (2013). Affine extensions of non-crystallographic Coxeter groups induced by projection. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 54(9), Article 093508. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4820441

In this paper, we show that affine extensions of non-crystallographic Coxeter groups can be derived via Coxeter-Dynkin diagram foldings and projections of affine extended versions of the root systems E 8, D 6, and A 4. We show that the induced affine... Read More about Affine extensions of non-crystallographic Coxeter groups induced by projection.

Embedding language learning strategies within a Foundation Chemistry course using the FOCUS project (2014)
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Rees, S., & Bruce, M. (2014). Embedding language learning strategies within a Foundation Chemistry course using the FOCUS project. InForm (Reading. Print), 12-14

This article outlines the development of a corpus of good quality student texts in chemistry (The FOCUS project) and how it has been used to develop language understanding within a foundation Chemistry course. The functionality of the concordancing t... Read More about Embedding language learning strategies within a Foundation Chemistry course using the FOCUS project.

Utilising Data-driven Learning in Chemistry Teaching: a Shortcut to Improving Chemical Language Comprehension (2014)
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Rees, S., Bruce, M., & Bradley, S. (2014). Utilising Data-driven Learning in Chemistry Teaching: a Shortcut to Improving Chemical Language Comprehension. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 10(1), 12-19. https://doi.org/10.11120/ndir.2014.00028

This article describes the development of the FOCUS project and specific pedagogical strategies to improve understanding of the language of chemistry. The importance of language comprehension skills for success in learning chemistry has recently been... Read More about Utilising Data-driven Learning in Chemistry Teaching: a Shortcut to Improving Chemical Language Comprehension.

The projection and synaptic organisation of NTS afferent connections with presympathetic neurones, GABA and nNOS neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (2012)
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Affleck, V., Coote, J., & Pyner, S. (2012). The projection and synaptic organisation of NTS afferent connections with presympathetic neurones, GABA and nNOS neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Neuroscience, 219, 48-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.05.070

Elevated sympathetic nerve activity, strongly associated with cardiovascular disease, is partly generated from the presympathetic neurons of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN). The PVN-presympathetic neurons regulating cardiac and... Read More about The projection and synaptic organisation of NTS afferent connections with presympathetic neurones, GABA and nNOS neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus.

The n-alkane and sterol composition of living fen plants as a potential tool for palaeoecological studies (2013)
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Ronkainen, T., McClymont, E., Väliranta, M., & Tuittila, E. (2013). The n-alkane and sterol composition of living fen plants as a potential tool for palaeoecological studies. Organic Geochemistry, 59, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.03.005

In groundwater-fed fen peatlands, the surface biomass decays rapidly and, as a result, highly humified peat is formed. A high degree of humification constrains palaeoecological studies because reliable identification of plant remains is hampered. Org... Read More about The n-alkane and sterol composition of living fen plants as a potential tool for palaeoecological studies.

A degree is not enough: a quantitative study of aspects of pre-service science teachers' chemistry content knowledge (2013)
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Kind, V. (2014). A degree is not enough: a quantitative study of aspects of pre-service science teachers' chemistry content knowledge. International Journal of Science Education, 36(8), 1313-1345. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2013.860497

Aspects of chemistry content knowledge held by 265 UK-based pre-service teachers (PSTs) were probed using 28 diagnostic questions in five chemistry concept areas, Particle theory and changes of state, Mass conservation (taught to 11–14-year-olds), an... Read More about A degree is not enough: a quantitative study of aspects of pre-service science teachers' chemistry content knowledge.

Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-10 in human bladder transitional cell carcinoma (2005)
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Seargent, J., Loadman, P., Martin, S., Naylor, B., Bibby, M., & Gill, J. (2005). Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-10 in human bladder transitional cell carcinoma. Urology, 65(4), 815-820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2004.11.016

OBJECTIVES: To analyze matrix metalloproteinase-10 (MMP-10) expression in transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder, evaluate the correlations between MMP-10 protein expression and clinicopathologic parameters, and address the viability of MMP... Read More about Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-10 in human bladder transitional cell carcinoma.

Anharmonicity, solvation forces, and resolution in atomic force microscopy at the solid-liquid interface (2013)
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Voïtchovsky, K. (2013). Anharmonicity, solvation forces, and resolution in atomic force microscopy at the solid-liquid interface. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 88(2), Article 022407. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.88.022407

Solid-liquid interfaces are central to nanoscale science and technology and control processes as diverse as self-assembly, heterogeneous catalysis, wetting, electrochemistry, or protein function. Experimentally, measuring the structure and dynamics o... Read More about Anharmonicity, solvation forces, and resolution in atomic force microscopy at the solid-liquid interface.

Reforming of C₂ Hydrocarbons Over Model Pt Nanoparticle Catalysts (2012)
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Alayoglu, S., Pushkarev, V. V., Musselwhite, N., An, K., Beaumont, S. K., & Somorjai, G. A. (2012). Reforming of C₂ Hydrocarbons Over Model Pt Nanoparticle Catalysts. Topics in Catalysis, 55(11-13), 723-730. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-012-9873-4

Size-controlled model Pt nanoparticle catalysts, synthesized by colloidal chemistry, were used to study the hydrogenative reforming of three C6 hydrocarbons in mixtures with 5:1 excess of H2: methylcyclopentane, n-hexane and 2-methylpentane. We found... Read More about Reforming of C₂ Hydrocarbons Over Model Pt Nanoparticle Catalysts.

Palaeoclimate reconstructions reveal a strong link between El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Tropical Pacific mean state (2013)
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Sadekov, A., Ganeshram, R., Pichevin, L., Berdin, R., McClymont, E., Elderfield, H., & Tudhope, A. (2013). Palaeoclimate reconstructions reveal a strong link between El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Tropical Pacific mean state. Nature Communications, 4(11), Article 2692. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3692

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of the most important components of the global climate system, but its potential response to an anthropogenic increase in atmospheric CO2 remains largely unknown. One of the major limitations in ENSO pre... Read More about Palaeoclimate reconstructions reveal a strong link between El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Tropical Pacific mean state.

NAD(P)H:Quinone oxidoreductase-1 C609T polymorphism analysis in human superficial bladder cancers: relationship of genotype status to NQO1 phenotype and clinical response to Mitomycin C (2004)
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Basu, S., Brown, J., Flannigan, G., Gill, J., Loadman, P., Martin, S., …Phillips, R. (2004). NAD(P)H:Quinone oxidoreductase-1 C609T polymorphism analysis in human superficial bladder cancers: relationship of genotype status to NQO1 phenotype and clinical response to Mitomycin C. International Journal of Oncology, 25(4), 921-928

NAD(P)H:Quinone oxidoreductase-1 (NQO1) has been implicated in the bioreductive activation of the clinically active anticancer drug Mitomycin C (MMC) and a polymorphic variant of NQO1 which lacks functional enzyme activity (NQO1*2) has been linked wi... Read More about NAD(P)H:Quinone oxidoreductase-1 C609T polymorphism analysis in human superficial bladder cancers: relationship of genotype status to NQO1 phenotype and clinical response to Mitomycin C.

Sonogashira Coupling on an Extended Gold Surface in Vacuo: Reaction of Phenylacetylene with Iodobenzene on Au(111) (2010)
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Kanuru, V. K., Kyriakou, G., Beaumont, S. K., Papageorgiou, A. C., Watson, D. J., & Lambert, R. M. (2010). Sonogashira Coupling on an Extended Gold Surface in Vacuo: Reaction of Phenylacetylene with Iodobenzene on Au(111). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132(23), 8081-8086. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja1011542

Temperature-programmed reaction measurements supported by scanning tunneling microscopy have shown that phenylacetylene and iodobenzene react on smooth Au(111) under vacuum conditions to yield biphenyl and diphenyldiacetylene, the result of homocoupl... Read More about Sonogashira Coupling on an Extended Gold Surface in Vacuo: Reaction of Phenylacetylene with Iodobenzene on Au(111).

Long-term preservation of slab signatures in the mantle inferred from hydrogen isotopes (2012)
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Shaw, A., Hauri, E., Behn, M., Hilton, D., Macpherson, C., & Sinton, J. (2012). Long-term preservation of slab signatures in the mantle inferred from hydrogen isotopes. Nature Geoscience, 5(3), 224-228. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1406

Seismic tomographic images indicate that subducted lithosphere is transported into the deep mantle. Petrologic modelling shows that water contained in subducted slabs can be carried to depths of at least 200 km (ref. 2); however, whether the hydrated... Read More about Long-term preservation of slab signatures in the mantle inferred from hydrogen isotopes.

Small-volume melts of lithospheric mantle during continental collision: late Cenozoic lavas of Mahabad, NW Iran (2013)
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Kheirkhah, M., Neill, I., Allen, M., & Ajdari, K. (2013). Small-volume melts of lithospheric mantle during continental collision: late Cenozoic lavas of Mahabad, NW Iran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 74, 37-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.06.002

Basanites and alkali basalts from Mahabad in the West Azerbaijan province of Iran are part of a widespread series of Late Miocene–Quaternary mantle-derived magmas erupted within the Turkish–Iranian orogenic plateau, itself part of the active Arabia–E... Read More about Small-volume melts of lithospheric mantle during continental collision: late Cenozoic lavas of Mahabad, NW Iran.

Minor and Trace Element and Re-Os Chemistry of the Upper Devonian Woodford Shale, Permian Basin, West Texas: Insights into Metal Abundance and Basin Processes (2013)
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Harris, N., Mnich, C., Selby, D., & Korn, D. (2013). Minor and Trace Element and Re-Os Chemistry of the Upper Devonian Woodford Shale, Permian Basin, West Texas: Insights into Metal Abundance and Basin Processes. Chemical Geology, 356, 76-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.07.018

The trace and minor element and Re–Os geochemistry of the Upper Devonian Woodford Shale are analyzed in order to characterize elemental abundances, to identify associations among trace elements and to constrain paleoceanographic conditions and deposi... Read More about Minor and Trace Element and Re-Os Chemistry of the Upper Devonian Woodford Shale, Permian Basin, West Texas: Insights into Metal Abundance and Basin Processes.

Marine 187Os/188Os isotope stratigraphy reveals the interaction of volcanism and ocean circulation during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (2014)
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Du Vivier, A., Selby, D., Sageman, B., Jarvis, I., Gröcke, D., & Voigt, S. (2014). Marine 187Os/188Os isotope stratigraphy reveals the interaction of volcanism and ocean circulation during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 389(1), 23-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.12.024

High-resolution osmium (Os) isotope stratigraphy across the Cenomanian–Turonian Boundary Interval from 6 sections for four transcontinental settings has produced a record of seawater chemistry that demonstrates regional variability as a function of t... Read More about Marine 187Os/188Os isotope stratigraphy reveals the interaction of volcanism and ocean circulation during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2.

Mutation in NSUN2, which Encodes an RNA Methyltransferase, Causes Autosomal-Recessive Intellectual Disability (2012)
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Khan, M., Rafiq, M., Noor, A., Hussain, S., Flores, J., Rupp, V., …Vincent, J. (2012). Mutation in NSUN2, which Encodes an RNA Methyltransferase, Causes Autosomal-Recessive Intellectual Disability. American Journal of Human Genetics, 90(5), 856-863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.03.023

Causes of autosomal-recessive intellectual disability (ID) have, until very recently, been under researched because of the high degree of genetic heterogeneity. However, now that genome-wide approaches can be applied to single multiplex consanguineou... Read More about Mutation in NSUN2, which Encodes an RNA Methyltransferase, Causes Autosomal-Recessive Intellectual Disability.

Opening of a trans-Pangaean marine corridor during the Early Jurassic: Insights from osmium isotopes across the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian GSSP, Robin Hood's Bay, UK (2013)
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Porter, S., Selby, D., Suzuki, K., & Gröcke, D. (2013). Opening of a trans-Pangaean marine corridor during the Early Jurassic: Insights from osmium isotopes across the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian GSSP, Robin Hood's Bay, UK. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 375, 50-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.02.012

The Hispanic Corridor represents a significant phase of continental reorganisation of the Early Jurassic that eventually provided connectivity between the western Tethyan and eastern Pacific oceans along the Central Atlantic rift zone. Although the i... Read More about Opening of a trans-Pangaean marine corridor during the Early Jurassic: Insights from osmium isotopes across the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian GSSP, Robin Hood's Bay, UK.

Structural chemistry of (PPh4)2M(WS4)2 materials. (2008)
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Crossland, C. J., Evans, I. R., & Evans, J. S. (2008). Structural chemistry of (PPh4)2M(WS4)2 materials. Dalton Transactions, 1597-1601. https://doi.org/10.1039/b716407f

In this paper we discuss the structural chemistry of (PPh4)2M(WS4)2 (M = Co, Ni, Zn) materials. For M = Ni we and others have been unable to grow single crystals and we report the structure determination from powder diffraction. The material is tricl... Read More about Structural chemistry of (PPh4)2M(WS4)2 materials..

Ligand Redox Non-Innocence in Transition-Metal sigma-Alkynyl and Related Complexes (2012)
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Schauer, P., & Low, P. (2012). Ligand Redox Non-Innocence in Transition-Metal sigma-Alkynyl and Related Complexes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2012(3), 390-411. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201100995

Transition-metal σ-alkynyl complexes are valuable functional materials that have found application as sructural units in the assembly of polymetallic arrays and large molecular structures, reagents for the transfer, oligomerisation or functionalisati... Read More about Ligand Redox Non-Innocence in Transition-Metal sigma-Alkynyl and Related Complexes.

Blending gelators to tune gel properties and probe anion-induced disassembly (2014)
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Foster, J., Edkins, R., Cameron, G., Colgin, N., Fucke, K., Ridgeway, S., …Steed, J. (2014). Blending gelators to tune gel properties and probe anion-induced disassembly. Chemistry - A European Journal, 20(1), 279-291. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201303153

Blending different low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs) provides a convenient route to tune the properties of a gel and incorporate functionalities such as fluorescence. Blending a series of gelators having a common bis-urea motif, and functionalise... Read More about Blending gelators to tune gel properties and probe anion-induced disassembly.

Direct observation of Cu,Zn cation disorder in Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell absorber material using aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (2012)
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Mendis, B., Shannon, M., Goodman, M., Major, J., Claridge, R., Halliday, D., & Durose, K. (2014). Direct observation of Cu,Zn cation disorder in Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell absorber material using aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy. Progress in Photovoltaics, 22(1), 24-34. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2279

Chemical analysis of individual atom columns was carried out to determine the crystal structure and local point defect chemistry of Cu2ZnSnS4. Direct evidence for a nanoscale composition inhomogeneity, in the form of Zn enrichment and Cu depletion, w... Read More about Direct observation of Cu,Zn cation disorder in Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell absorber material using aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy.

Sea-surface temperature records of Termination 1 in the Gulf of California: challenges for seasonal and inter-annual analogues of tropical Pacific climate change (2012)
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McClymont, E., Ganeshram, R., Pichevin, L., Talbot, H., van Dongen, B., Thunell, R., …Valdes, P. (2012). Sea-surface temperature records of Termination 1 in the Gulf of California: challenges for seasonal and inter-annual analogues of tropical Pacific climate change. Paleoceanography, 27, Article PA2202. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011pa002226

Centennial-scale records of sea-surface temperature and opal composition spanning the Last Glacial Maximum and Termination 1 (c. 25 – 6 ka) are presented here from Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California. Through the application of two organic geoche... Read More about Sea-surface temperature records of Termination 1 in the Gulf of California: challenges for seasonal and inter-annual analogues of tropical Pacific climate change.

Silicic acid biogeochemistry in the Gulf of California: Insights from sedimentary Si isotopes (2012)
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Pichevin, L., Ganeshram, R., Reynolds, B., Prahl, F., Pedersen, T., Thunell, R., & McClymont, E. (2012). Silicic acid biogeochemistry in the Gulf of California: Insights from sedimentary Si isotopes. Paleoceanography, 27(2), Article PA2201. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011pa002237

Iron is considered to play a large role in the cycling of Si in Fe limited regions of the ocean but little is known about its role in Si biogeochemistry outside these areas. Here, we present published sediment trap data, new nutrient profiles and hig... Read More about Silicic acid biogeochemistry in the Gulf of California: Insights from sedimentary Si isotopes.

Pliocene-Quaternary volcanic rocks of NW Armenia: Magmatism and lithospheric dynamics within an active orogenic plateau (2013)
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Neill, I., Meliksetian, K., Allen, M., Navasardyan, G., & Karapetyan, S. (2013). Pliocene-Quaternary volcanic rocks of NW Armenia: Magmatism and lithospheric dynamics within an active orogenic plateau. Lithos, 180-181, 200-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2013.05.005

The Pliocene–Quaternary volcanic rocks of Armenia are a key component of the Arabia–Eurasia collision, representing intense magmatism within the Turkish–Iranian plateau, tens of millions of years after the onset of continental collision. Here we pres... Read More about Pliocene-Quaternary volcanic rocks of NW Armenia: Magmatism and lithospheric dynamics within an active orogenic plateau.

Orbital energies and negative electron affinities from density functional theory: Insight from the integer discontinuity (2008)
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Teale, A., De Proft, F., & Tozer, D. (2008). Orbital energies and negative electron affinities from density functional theory: Insight from the integer discontinuity. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 129(4), Article 044110. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2961035

Orbital energies in Kohn–Sham density functional theory (DFT) are investigated, paying attention to the role of the integer discontinuity in the exact exchange-correlation potential. A series of closed-shell molecules are considered, comprising some... Read More about Orbital energies and negative electron affinities from density functional theory: Insight from the integer discontinuity.

HyperMacs – long chain hyperbranched polymers: A dramatically improved synthesis and qualitative rheological analysis (2008)
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Clarke, N., De Luca, E., Dodds, J., Kimani, S., & Hutchings, L. (2008). HyperMacs – long chain hyperbranched polymers: A dramatically improved synthesis and qualitative rheological analysis. European Polymer Journal, 44(3), 665-676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2007.12.022

We have previously reported a novel (albeit modestly successful) strategy for the synthesis of polystyrene HyperMacs – long chain branched analogues of hyperbranched polymers. The building blocks for HyperMacs, AB2 macromonomers are synthesized by li... Read More about HyperMacs – long chain hyperbranched polymers: A dramatically improved synthesis and qualitative rheological analysis.

Synthesis and properties of MIDA boronate containing aromatic amino acids: New peptide building blocks (2011)
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Colgin, N., Flinn, T., & Cobb, S. (2011). Synthesis and properties of MIDA boronate containing aromatic amino acids: New peptide building blocks. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 9(6), 1864-1870. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0ob00847h

Herein, we report the synthesis of novel phenylalanine and tyrosine derivatives containing a N-methyliminodiacetic acid boronate group. These compounds can be prepared enantiomerically pure, they are stable to column chromatography and they can be st... Read More about Synthesis and properties of MIDA boronate containing aromatic amino acids: New peptide building blocks.