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Phase field simulation of liquid filling on grooved surfaces for complete, partial, and pseudo-partial wetting cases (2023)
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Oktasendra, F., Jusufi, A., Konicek, A. R., Yeganeh, M. S., Panter, J. R., & Kusumaatmaja, H. (2023). Phase field simulation of liquid filling on grooved surfaces for complete, partial, and pseudo-partial wetting cases. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 158(20), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0144886

We develop and harness a phase field simulation method to study liquid filling on grooved surfaces. We consider both short-range and long-range liquid–solid interactions, with the latter including purely attractive and repulsive interactions as well... Read More about Phase field simulation of liquid filling on grooved surfaces for complete, partial, and pseudo-partial wetting cases.

Nanoscale probing of local dielectric changes at the interface between solids and aqueous saline solutions (2023)
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Trewby, W., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2023). Nanoscale probing of local dielectric changes at the interface between solids and aqueous saline solutions. Faraday Discussions, 246, 387-406. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3fd00021d

The mobility of dissolved ions and charged molecules at interfaces underpins countless processes in science and technology. Experimentally, this is typically measured from the averaged response of the charges to an electrical potential. High-resoluti... Read More about Nanoscale probing of local dielectric changes at the interface between solids and aqueous saline solutions.

Electronic Conductance and Thermopower of Cross-Conjugated and Skipped-Conjugated Molecules in Single-Molecule Junctions (2023)
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Salthouse, R. J., Hurtado-Gallego, J., Grace, I. M., Davidson, R., Alshammari, O., Agraït, N., …Bryce, M. R. (2023). Electronic Conductance and Thermopower of Cross-Conjugated and Skipped-Conjugated Molecules in Single-Molecule Junctions. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(28), 13751-13758. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00742

We report a combined experimental and theoretical study of a series of thiomethyl (SMe) anchored cross-conjugated molecules featuring an acyclic central bridging ketone and their analogous skipped-conjugated alcohol derivatives. Studies of these mole... Read More about Electronic Conductance and Thermopower of Cross-Conjugated and Skipped-Conjugated Molecules in Single-Molecule Junctions.

Platinum(II) Complexes of Nonsymmetrical NCN-Coordinating Ligands: Unimolecular and Excimeric Luminescence Properties and Comparison with Symmetrical Analogues (2023)
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Salthouse, R. J., Sil, A., Gildea, L. F., Yufit, D. S., & Williams, J. A. G. (2023). Platinum(II) Complexes of Nonsymmetrical NCN-Coordinating Ligands: Unimolecular and Excimeric Luminescence Properties and Comparison with Symmetrical Analogues. Inorganic Chemistry, 62(31), 12356-12371. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01439

A series of seven new platinum(II) complexes PtLnCl have been prepared, where Ln is an NCN-coordinating ligand comprising a benzene ring 1,3-disubstituted with two different azaheterocycles. In PtL1–5Cl, one heterocycle is a simple pyridine ring, whi... Read More about Platinum(II) Complexes of Nonsymmetrical NCN-Coordinating Ligands: Unimolecular and Excimeric Luminescence Properties and Comparison with Symmetrical Analogues.

Revisiting the Van Vleck second moment for characterizing molecular motion in organic solids (2023)
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Sturniolo, S., Wickins, H. M., & Hodgkinson, P. (2023). Revisiting the Van Vleck second moment for characterizing molecular motion in organic solids. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 158(24), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0151022

Van Vleck’s classic theory of the second moment of lineshapes in 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is reworked in a form that allows the effect of rapid molecular motion on second moments to be calculated in a semi-analytical fashion. This is much... Read More about Revisiting the Van Vleck second moment for characterizing molecular motion in organic solids.

Blocking D2/D3 dopamine receptors in male participants increases volatility of beliefs when learning to trust others (2023)
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Mikus, N., Eisenegger, C., Mathys, C., Clark, L., Müller, U., Robbins, T. W., …Naef, M. (2023). Blocking D2/D3 dopamine receptors in male participants increases volatility of beliefs when learning to trust others. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 4049. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39823-5

The ability to learn about other people is crucial for human social functioning. Dopamine has been proposed to regulate the precision of beliefs, but direct behavioural evidence of this is lacking. In this study, we investigate how a high dose of the... Read More about Blocking D2/D3 dopamine receptors in male participants increases volatility of beliefs when learning to trust others.

Structure, essence and existence in chemistry (2023)
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Hendry, R. F. (2023). Structure, essence and existence in chemistry. Ratio: An international journal of analytic philosophy, https://doi.org/10.1111/rati.12387

Philosophers have often debated the truth of microstructural essentialism about chemical substances: whether or not the structure of a chemical substance at the molecular scale is what makes it the substance it is. Oddly they have tended to pursue th... Read More about Structure, essence and existence in chemistry.

Schools that make a difference to post-compulsory uptake of physical science subjects: some comparative case studies in England (2013)
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Bennett, J., Lubben, F., & Hampden-Thompson, G. (2013). Schools that make a difference to post-compulsory uptake of physical science subjects: some comparative case studies in England. International Journal of Science Education, 35, 663--689. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2011.641131

This paper presents the findings of the qualitative component of a combined methods research study that explores a range of individual and school factors that influence the uptake of chemistry and physics in post-compulsory study in England. The firs... Read More about Schools that make a difference to post-compulsory uptake of physical science subjects: some comparative case studies in England.

Post 16 physics and chemistry uptake: combining large-scale secondary analysis with in-depth qualitative methods (2011)
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Hampden-Thompson, G., Lubben, F., & Bennett, J. (2011). Post 16 physics and chemistry uptake: combining large-scale secondary analysis with in-depth qualitative methods. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 34, 289--307. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2011.609550

Quantitative secondary analysis of large-scale data can be combined with in-depth qualitative methods. In this paper, we discuss the role of this combined methods approach in examining the uptake of physics and chemistry in post compulsory schooling... Read More about Post 16 physics and chemistry uptake: combining large-scale secondary analysis with in-depth qualitative methods.

A dataset of energetic value estimates of wild and domesticated food items consumed by Congolese BaYaka foragers (2023)
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Benoit, L., Lew-Levy, S., Ouamba, Y. R., & Crittenden, A. N. (in press). A dataset of energetic value estimates of wild and domesticated food items consumed by Congolese BaYaka foragers. Journal of Ecological Anthropology, https://doi.org/10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.19453514.V1

We present a dataset that systematically estimates the energetic value of wild and domesticated food resources collected and consumed by Congolese BaYaka foragers. This dataset is unique in that it accounts for everyday practices of food processing a... Read More about A dataset of energetic value estimates of wild and domesticated food items consumed by Congolese BaYaka foragers.

1‐Azathioxanthone Appended Lanthanide(III) DO3A Complexes That Luminesce Following Excitation at 405 nm** (2023)
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Gundorff Nielsen, L., Ravnsborg Hansen, A. K., Stachelek, P., Pal, R., & Just Sørensen, T. (2023). 1‐Azathioxanthone Appended Lanthanide(III) DO3A Complexes That Luminesce Following Excitation at 405 nm**. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 26(24), Article e202300245. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202300245

Since the pioneering report by Selvin, we have been fascinated by the potential of using lanthanide luminescence in bioimaging. The uniquely narrow emission lines and long luminescence lifetimes both provide the potential for background free images t... Read More about 1‐Azathioxanthone Appended Lanthanide(III) DO3A Complexes That Luminesce Following Excitation at 405 nm**.

Far- and mid-infrared examination of nontronite-1 clay mineral – Redox and cation saturation effects (2022)
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Apeiranthitis, N., Greenwell, C. H., & Carteret, C. (2022). Far- and mid-infrared examination of nontronite-1 clay mineral – Redox and cation saturation effects. Applied Clay Science, 228, 106628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2022.106628

Infrared Spectroscopy is a very useful tool studying clay minerals in a structural level as well as interactions on their surfaces. In this study, middle- and far- infrared spectroscopy was utilised to better understand how iron-bearing smectites and... Read More about Far- and mid-infrared examination of nontronite-1 clay mineral – Redox and cation saturation effects.

Polymorphic Solid Solutions in Molecular Crystals: Tips, Tricks, and Switches (2023)
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Hill, A., Kras, W., Theodosiou, F., Wanat, M., Lee, D., & Cruz-Cabeza, A. J. (2023). Polymorphic Solid Solutions in Molecular Crystals: Tips, Tricks, and Switches. Journal of the American Chemical Society, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c07105

Crystal polymorphism has been a topic of much interest for the past 20 years or so, especially since its scientific (and legal) importance to the pharmaceutical industry was realized. By contrast, the formation of solid solutions in molecular crystal... Read More about Polymorphic Solid Solutions in Molecular Crystals: Tips, Tricks, and Switches.

TADF Invariant of Host Polarity and Ultralong Fluorescence Lifetimes in a Donor‐Acceptor Emitter Featuring a Hybrid Sulfone‐Triarylboron Acceptor (2023)
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Urban, M., Marek‐Urban, P. H., Durka, K., Luliński, S., Pander, P., & Monkman, A. P. (2023). TADF Invariant of Host Polarity and Ultralong Fluorescence Lifetimes in a Donor‐Acceptor Emitter Featuring a Hybrid Sulfone‐Triarylboron Acceptor. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(9), https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202217530

10H-Dibenzo[b,e][1,4]thiaborinine 5,5-dioxide (SO2B)—a high triplet (T1=3.05 eV) strongly electron-accepting boracycle was successfully utilised in thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters PXZ-Dipp-SO2B and CZ-Dipp-SO2B. We demonstrat... Read More about TADF Invariant of Host Polarity and Ultralong Fluorescence Lifetimes in a Donor‐Acceptor Emitter Featuring a Hybrid Sulfone‐Triarylboron Acceptor.

Quantifying Molecular Disorder in Tri-Isopropyl Silane (TIPS) Pentacene Using Variable Coherence Transmission Electron Microscopy (2023)
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Alanazi, F., Eggeman, A. S., Stavrou, K., Danos, A., Monkman, A. P., & Mendis, B. G. (2023). Quantifying Molecular Disorder in Tri-Isopropyl Silane (TIPS) Pentacene Using Variable Coherence Transmission Electron Microscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14(36), 8183-8190. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01344

Structural disorder in molecular crystals is a fundamental limitation for achieving high charge carrier mobilities. Quantifying and uncovering the mechanistic origins of disorder are, however, extremely challenging. Here we use variable coherence tra... Read More about Quantifying Molecular Disorder in Tri-Isopropyl Silane (TIPS) Pentacene Using Variable Coherence Transmission Electron Microscopy.

Selective alkylation of mandelic acid to diarylacetic acids over a commercial zeolite (2023)
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Meacham, S. G., & Taylor, R. A. (2023). Selective alkylation of mandelic acid to diarylacetic acids over a commercial zeolite. Chemical Communications, 59(60), 9243-9246. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cc01444d

A commercial zeolite is shown to be a highly effective heterogeneous catalyst for the Friedel–Crafts alkyation of mandelic acid with aromatic substrates. The reaction yields mixed diarylacetic acids in one step avoiding the need for inert atmosphere... Read More about Selective alkylation of mandelic acid to diarylacetic acids over a commercial zeolite.

Covalently linked pyrene antennas for optically dense yet aggregation-resistant light-harvesting systems (2023)
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Salah, L., Makhseed, S., Ghazal, B., Abdel Nazeer, A., Etherington, M. K., Ponseca Jr., C. S., …Shuaib, A. (2023). Covalently linked pyrene antennas for optically dense yet aggregation-resistant light-harvesting systems. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(36), 24878-24882. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp02586a

In this study we present a novel energy transfer material inspired by natural light-harvesting antenna arrays, zinc(II) phthalocyanine-pyrene (ZnPcPy). The ZnPcPy system facilitates energy transfer from 16 covalently linked pyrene (Py) donor chromoph... Read More about Covalently linked pyrene antennas for optically dense yet aggregation-resistant light-harvesting systems.

Multicolor Luminescence of a Polyurethane Derivative Driven by Heat/Light-Induced Aggregation (2023)
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Jiang, N., Li, K., Xie, W., Zhang, S., Li, X., Hu, Y., …Bryce, M. R. (2023). Multicolor Luminescence of a Polyurethane Derivative Driven by Heat/Light-Induced Aggregation. Macromolecules, 56(19), 7721-7728. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01345

The study of aggregate formation and its controllable effect on luminescence behavior has a far-reaching influence in establishing a universal aggregation photophysical mechanism. In this paper, we obtained clusters with different extents of aggregat... Read More about Multicolor Luminescence of a Polyurethane Derivative Driven by Heat/Light-Induced Aggregation.

Recent Advances in Fabrication Methods for Flexible Antennas in Wearable Devices: State of the Art (2019)
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Mohamadzade, B., Hashmi, R. M., Simorangkir, R. B. V. B., Gharaei, R., Ur Rehman, S., & Abbasi, Q. H. (2019). Recent Advances in Fabrication Methods for Flexible Antennas in Wearable Devices: State of the Art. Sensors, 19(10), Article 2312. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19102312

Antennas are a vital component of the wireless body sensor networks devices. A wearable antenna in this system can be used as a communication component or energy harvester. This paper presents a detailed review to recent advances fabrication methods... Read More about Recent Advances in Fabrication Methods for Flexible Antennas in Wearable Devices: State of the Art.

Multifunctional Flexible Sensor Based on Laser-Induced Graphene (2019)
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Han, T., Nag, A., Simorangkir, R. B. V. B., Afsarimanesh, N., Liu, H., Mukhopadhyay, S. C., …Sauleau, R. (2019). Multifunctional Flexible Sensor Based on Laser-Induced Graphene. Sensors, 19(16), Article 3477. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19163477

The paper presents the design and fabrication of a low-cost and easy-to-fabricate laser-induced graphene sensor together with its implementation for multi-sensing applications. Laser-irradiation of commercial polymer film was applied for photo-therma... Read More about Multifunctional Flexible Sensor Based on Laser-Induced Graphene.

Flexible and Transparent Circularly Polarized Patch Antenna for Reliable Unobtrusive Wearable Wireless Communications (2022)
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Sayem, A. S. M., Simorangkir, R. B. V. B., Esselle, K. P., Lalbakhsh, A., Gawade, D. R., O’Flynn, B., & Buckley, J. L. (2022). Flexible and Transparent Circularly Polarized Patch Antenna for Reliable Unobtrusive Wearable Wireless Communications. Sensors, 22(3), 1276. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22031276

This paper presents a circularly polarized flexible and transparent circular patch antenna suitable for body-worn wireless-communications. Circular polarization is highly beneficial in wearable wireless communications, where antennas, as a key compon... Read More about Flexible and Transparent Circularly Polarized Patch Antenna for Reliable Unobtrusive Wearable Wireless Communications.

The outer dusty edge of accretion disks in active galactic nuclei (2023)
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Landt, H. (2023). The outer dusty edge of accretion disks in active galactic nuclei. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 10, 1256088. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2023.1256088

Recent models for the inner structure of active galactic nuclei (AGN) aim at connecting the outer region of the accretion disk with the broad-line region and dusty torus through a radiatively accelerated, dusty outflow. Such an outflow not only requi... Read More about The outer dusty edge of accretion disks in active galactic nuclei.

Electrochemical and thermal detection of allergenic substance lysozyme with molecularly imprinted nanoparticles (2023)
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Singla, P., Kaur, S., Jamieson, O., Dann, A., Garg, S., Mahon, C., …Peeters, M. (2023). Electrochemical and thermal detection of allergenic substance lysozyme with molecularly imprinted nanoparticles. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 415(18), 4467-4478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-023-04638-2

Lysozyme (LYZ) is a small cationic protein which is widely used for medical treatment and in the food industry to act as an anti-bacterial agent; however, it can trigger allergic reactions. In this study, high-affinity molecularly imprinted nanoparti... Read More about Electrochemical and thermal detection of allergenic substance lysozyme with molecularly imprinted nanoparticles.

Equilibrium partitioning and isotopic fractionation of nitrogen between biotite, plagioclase, and K-feldspar during magmatic differentiation (2023)
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Boocock, T. J., Stüeken, E. E., Bybee, G. M., König, R., Boyce, A. J., Prytulak, J., …Mikhail, S. (2023). Equilibrium partitioning and isotopic fractionation of nitrogen between biotite, plagioclase, and K-feldspar during magmatic differentiation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 356, 116-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.07.010

A significant portion of the continental crust is composed of plutonic igneous rocks. However, little is known about the geochemical behaviour of N between the different minerals during magmatic differentiation. To provide new constraints for the... Read More about Equilibrium partitioning and isotopic fractionation of nitrogen between biotite, plagioclase, and K-feldspar during magmatic differentiation.

Biomechanical characteristics of silver enriched diamond-like carbon coatings for medical applications (2023)
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Zia, A. W., Anestopoulos, I., Panayiotidis, M. I., Bowen, L., & Birkett, M. (2023). Biomechanical characteristics of silver enriched diamond-like carbon coatings for medical applications. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 958, Article 170473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.170473

Silver enriched diamond-like carbon (Ag/DLC) coatings are gaining a reputation for medical applications as Ag doping improves the intrinsic biocompatibility and antimicrobial features of DLC, and higher Ag amounts improve its hemocompatibility and gr... Read More about Biomechanical characteristics of silver enriched diamond-like carbon coatings for medical applications.

Quantitative Raman microscopy to describe structural organisation in hollow microcrystals built from silicon catecholate and amines (2023)
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Volkov, V. V., Blundell, T. J., Argent, S., & Perry, C. C. (2023). Quantitative Raman microscopy to describe structural organisation in hollow microcrystals built from silicon catecholate and amines. Dalton Transactions, 52(21), 7249-7257. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3dt00856h

Macroscopic scale hollow microcrystals are a promising group of materials for gas and liquid uptake as well as sensing. In this contribution we describe the structure of hollow hexagonal cross-section crystals formulated as salts of a silicon catecho... Read More about Quantitative Raman microscopy to describe structural organisation in hollow microcrystals built from silicon catecholate and amines.

Understanding the mechanism by which Gd( iii ) coiled coils achieve magnetic resonance relaxivity – a study into the water coordination chemistry (2023)
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Newton, S. L., Franke, A., Zahl, A., Molinaro, G., Kenwright, A., Smith, D. J., …Peacock, A. F. A. (2023). Understanding the mechanism by which Gd( iii ) coiled coils achieve magnetic resonance relaxivity – a study into the water coordination chemistry. Dalton Transactions, 43(52), 15665-15668. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3dt02909c

A class of Gd(iii) coiled coils achieve high MRI relaxivity, in part due to their slow rotational correlation time. However, extending their length is unable to further enhance performance, as the mechanism by which relaxivity is achieved is dominate... Read More about Understanding the mechanism by which Gd( iii ) coiled coils achieve magnetic resonance relaxivity – a study into the water coordination chemistry.

Adatom controlled emergence of high hardness in biocompatible beta-Ti3Au intermetallic thin film surfaces (2023)
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Lukose, C. C., Anestopoulos, I., Bowen, L., Panayiotidis, M. I., & Birkett, M. (2023). Adatom controlled emergence of high hardness in biocompatible beta-Ti3Au intermetallic thin film surfaces. Surfaces and Interfaces, 40, Article 103034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2023.103034

There is growing international interest in hard biocompatible thin film surface coatings to extend the lifetime of medical implants. Parameters of the physical vapour deposition technique can be utilized to fine tune the microstructure and resulting... Read More about Adatom controlled emergence of high hardness in biocompatible beta-Ti3Au intermetallic thin film surfaces.

Local colonisations and extinctions of European birds are poorly explained by changes in climate suitability (2023)
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Howard, C., Marjakangas, E., Morán-Ordóñez, A., Milanesi, P., Abuladze, A., Aghababyan, K., …Willis, S. G. (2023). Local colonisations and extinctions of European birds are poorly explained by changes in climate suitability. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 4304. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39093-1

Climate change has been associated with both latitudinal and elevational shifts in species’ ranges. The extent, however, to which climate change has driven recent range shifts alongside other putative drivers remains uncertain. Here, we use the chang... Read More about Local colonisations and extinctions of European birds are poorly explained by changes in climate suitability.

No V-Fe-Zn isotopic variation in basalts from the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption (2023)
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Stow, M., Prytulak, J., Burton, K., Nowell, G., Marshall, E., Halldórsson, S., …Caracciolo, A. (2023). No V-Fe-Zn isotopic variation in basalts from the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption. Geochemical perspectives letters, 27, 54-58. https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.2335

The Earth’s mantle is chemically heterogeneous in space and time, which is often reflected by variable isotopic compositions of mantle derived basalts. Basalts from the first 40 days of the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland,... Read More about No V-Fe-Zn isotopic variation in basalts from the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption.

Unprecedented sea-ice minima enhances algal production deposited at the Arctic seafloor (2023)
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Stevenson, M. A., Airs, R. L., & Abbott, G. D. (2023). Unprecedented sea-ice minima enhances algal production deposited at the Arctic seafloor. Environmental Research Letters, 18(11), Article 114046. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad044a

Sea-ice in the Arctic is declining, with 2018 a particularly low year for ice extent, driven by anomalously warm atmospheric circulation in winter 2017/18. This is consistent with a multi-decadal trend to an earlier ice-free Barents Sea as climate ch... Read More about Unprecedented sea-ice minima enhances algal production deposited at the Arctic seafloor.

Structural Diversity in Cyclometalated Diiridium(III) Complexes with Bridging syn and anti μ2‐Oxamidato and μ2‐Dithioxamidato Ligands (2023)
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M'hamedi, A., Batsanov, A. S., Fox, M. A., Aguilar, J. A., & Bryce, M. R. (2023). Structural Diversity in Cyclometalated Diiridium(III) Complexes with Bridging syn and anti μ2‐Oxamidato and μ2‐Dithioxamidato Ligands. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202300423

Six new diiridium complexes containing 2-methyl-6-phenylpyridyl as the cyclometalating ligand with a μ2-oxamidato or a μ2-dithioxamidato ligand as the bridge have been synthesized in 60–73 % yields. These complexes were revealed by multinuclear NMR s... Read More about Structural Diversity in Cyclometalated Diiridium(III) Complexes with Bridging syn and anti μ2‐Oxamidato and μ2‐Dithioxamidato Ligands.

Alternating Subplinian and phreatomagmatic phases during the construction of a phonolitic maar-diatreme volcano (Caldera del Rey, Tenerife, Canary Islands) (2023)
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Bowers, O., Dávila Harris, P., Winstanley, R., Wadsworth, F. B., & Brown, R. J. (2023). Alternating Subplinian and phreatomagmatic phases during the construction of a phonolitic maar-diatreme volcano (Caldera del Rey, Tenerife, Canary Islands). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 443, 107920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107920

The Early Pleistocene, well exposed, Caldera del Rey maar-diatreme volcano, Tenerife, Canary Islands was constructed during a ∼ VEI 4 phonolitic eruption that involved two cycles of magmatic-to-phreatomagmatic activity and resulted in two overlapping... Read More about Alternating Subplinian and phreatomagmatic phases during the construction of a phonolitic maar-diatreme volcano (Caldera del Rey, Tenerife, Canary Islands).

How Elongator Acetylates tRNA Bases (2020)
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Abbassi, N., Biela, A., Glatt, S., & Lin, T. (2020). How Elongator Acetylates tRNA Bases. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(21), 8209. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218209

Elp3, the catalytic subunit of the eukaryotic Elongator complex, is a lysine acetyltransferase that acetylates the C5 position of wobble-base uridines (U34) in transfer RNAs (tRNAs). This Elongator-dependent RNA acetylation of anticodon bases affects... Read More about How Elongator Acetylates tRNA Bases.

Decarbonising electrical grids using photovoltaics with enhanced capacity factors (2023)
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Williams, C., Michaels, H., Crossland, A. F., Zhang, Z., Shirshova, N., MacKenzie, R. C. I., …Groves, C. (2023). Decarbonising electrical grids using photovoltaics with enhanced capacity factors. Energy & Environmental Science, 16(10), 4650-4659. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ee00633f

Many scenarios for Net Zero anticipate substantial growth of Solar PV generation to satisfy 30% of our electricity needs. However, this scale of deployment introduces challenges as supply may not meet demand, thereby necessitating energy storage and... Read More about Decarbonising electrical grids using photovoltaics with enhanced capacity factors.

Pseudouridines in RNAs: switching atoms means shifting paradigms (2021)
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Lin, T., Mehta, R., & Glatt, S. (2021). Pseudouridines in RNAs: switching atoms means shifting paradigms. FEBS Letters, 595(18), 2310-2322. https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.14188

The structure, stability, and function of various coding and noncoding RNAs are influenced by chemical modifications. Pseudouridine (Ψ) is one of the most abundant post-transcriptional RNA base modifications and has been detected at individual positi... Read More about Pseudouridines in RNAs: switching atoms means shifting paradigms.

Enzyme encapsulation by protein cages (2020)
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Chakraborti, S., Lin, T., Glatt, S., & Heddle, J. G. (2020). Enzyme encapsulation by protein cages. RSC Advances, 10(22), 13293-13301. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ra10983h

Protein cages are hollow protein shells with a nanometric cavity that can be filled with useful materials. The encapsulating nature of the cages means that they are particularly attractive for loading with biological macromolecules, affording the gue... Read More about Enzyme encapsulation by protein cages.

The Elongator subunit Elp3 is a non-canonical tRNA acetyltransferase (2019)
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Lin, T., Abbassi, N. E. H., Zakrzewski, K., Chramiec-Głąbik, A., Jemioła-Rzemińska, M., Różycki, J., & Glatt, S. (2019). The Elongator subunit Elp3 is a non-canonical tRNA acetyltransferase. Nature Communications, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08579-2

The Elongator complex catalyzes posttranscriptional tRNA modifications by attaching carboxy-methyl (cm5) moieties to uridine bases located in the wobble position. The catalytic subunit Elp3 is highly conserved and harbors two individual subdomains, a... Read More about The Elongator subunit Elp3 is a non-canonical tRNA acetyltransferase.

Liquid Crystalline Granules Align in a Hierarchical Structure To Produce Spider Dragline Microfibrils (2017)
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Lin, T., Masunaga, H., Sato, R., Malay, A. D., Toyooka, K., Hikima, T., & Numata, K. (2017). Liquid Crystalline Granules Align in a Hierarchical Structure To Produce Spider Dragline Microfibrils. Biomacromolecules, 18(4), 1350-1355. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00086

Global patterns of climate change impacts on desert bird communities (2023)
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Ma, L., Conradie, S. R., Crawford, C. L., Gardner, A. S., Kearney, M. R., Maclean, I. M. D., …Wilcove, D. S. (2023). Global patterns of climate change impacts on desert bird communities. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 211. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35814-8

The world’s warm deserts are predicted to experience disproportionately large temperature increases due to climate change, yet the impacts on global desert biodiversity remain poorly understood. Because species in warm deserts live close to their phy... Read More about Global patterns of climate change impacts on desert bird communities.

The impact of land use on non-native species incidence and number in local assemblages worldwide (2023)
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Liu, D., Semenchuk, P., Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Moser, D., Blackburn, T. M., …Dullinger, S. (2023). The impact of land use on non-native species incidence and number in local assemblages worldwide. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 2090. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37571-0

While the regional distribution of non-native species is increasingly well documented for some taxa, global analyses of non-native species in local assemblages are still missing. Here, we use a worldwide collection of assemblages from five taxa - ant... Read More about The impact of land use on non-native species incidence and number in local assemblages worldwide.

Full thermoelectric characterization of a single molecule (2023)
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Gemma, A., Tabatabaei, F., Drechsler, U., Zulji, A., Dekkiche, H., Mosso, N., …Gotsmann, B. (2023). Full thermoelectric characterization of a single molecule. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 3868. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39368-7

Molecules are predicted to be chemically tunable towards high thermoelectric efficiencies and they could outperform existing materials in the field of energy conversion. However, their capabilities at the more technologically relevant temperature of... Read More about Full thermoelectric characterization of a single molecule.

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.

Diversity of viscoelastic properties of an engineered muscle-inspired protein hydrogel (2023)
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Aufderhorst-Roberts, A., Cussons, S., Brockwell, D. J., & Dougan, L. (2023). Diversity of viscoelastic properties of an engineered muscle-inspired protein hydrogel. Soft Matter, 19(17), 3167-3178. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sm01225a

Folded protein hydrogels are prime candidates as tuneable biomaterials but it is unclear to what extent their mechanical properties have mesoscopic, as opposed to molecular origins. To address this, we probe hydrogels inspired by the muscle protein t... Read More about Diversity of viscoelastic properties of an engineered muscle-inspired protein hydrogel.

In crystallo lattice adaptivity triggered by solid-gas reactions of cationic group 7 pincer complexes (2023)
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Goodall, J. C., Page, S. J., Sajjad, M. A., Thompson, E. A., Kerrigan, A. M., Jenkins, H. T., …Weller, A. S. (2023). In crystallo lattice adaptivity triggered by solid-gas reactions of cationic group 7 pincer complexes. Chemical Communications, 59(72), 10749-10752. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cc03201a

The group 7 complexes [M(κ3-2,6-(R2PO)2C5H3N)(CO)2L][BArF4] [M = Mn, R = iPr, L = THF; M = Re, R = tBu, L = vacant site] undergo in crystallo solid-gas reactivity with CO to form the products of THF substitution or CO addition respectively. There is... Read More about In crystallo lattice adaptivity triggered by solid-gas reactions of cationic group 7 pincer complexes.

An Electrochemistry and Computational Study at an Electrified Liquid–Liquid Interface for Studying Beta-Amyloid Aggregation (2023)
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Silwane, B., Wilson, M., & Kataky, R. (2023). An Electrochemistry and Computational Study at an Electrified Liquid–Liquid Interface for Studying Beta-Amyloid Aggregation. Membranes, 13(6), Article 584. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13060584

Amphiphilic peptides, such as Aß amyloids, can adsorb at an interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES). Based on previous work (vide infra), a hydrophilic/hydrophobic interface is used as a simple biomimetic system for studying dr... Read More about An Electrochemistry and Computational Study at an Electrified Liquid–Liquid Interface for Studying Beta-Amyloid Aggregation.

Driving a Molecular Spin-Peierls System into a Short Range Ordered State through Chemical Substitution (2023)
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Berlie, A., Terry, I., & Szablewski, M. (2023). Driving a Molecular Spin-Peierls System into a Short Range Ordered State through Chemical Substitution. Magnetochemistry, 9(6), Article 150. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry9060150

Chemically altering molecules can have dramatic effects on the physical properties of a series of very similar molecular compounds. A good example of this is within the quasi-1D spin-Peierls system potassium TCNQ (TCNQ = 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoqunidimetha... Read More about Driving a Molecular Spin-Peierls System into a Short Range Ordered State through Chemical Substitution.

Highlight Induced Transcriptional Priming against a Subsequent Drought Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana (2023)
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Holness, S., Bechtold, U., Mullineaux, P., Serino, G., & Vittorioso, P. (2023). Highlight Induced Transcriptional Priming against a Subsequent Drought Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(7), Article 6608. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076608

In plants, priming allows a more rapid and robust response to recurring stresses. However, while the nature of plant response to a single stress can affect the subsequent response to the same stress has been deeply studied, considerably less is known... Read More about Highlight Induced Transcriptional Priming against a Subsequent Drought Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Single-Molecule Junction Formation in Deep Eutectic Solvents with Highly Effective Gate Coupling (2023)
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Qiao, X., Vezzoli, A., Smith, S., Higgins, S. J., Davidson, R. J., Beeby, A., & Nichols, R. J. (2023). Single-Molecule Junction Formation in Deep Eutectic Solvents with Highly Effective Gate Coupling. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(26), 12802-12810. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c03129

The environment surrounding a molecular junction affects its charge-transport properties and, therefore, must be chosen with care. In the case of measurements in liquid media, the solvent must provide good solvation, grant junction stability, and, in... Read More about Single-Molecule Junction Formation in Deep Eutectic Solvents with Highly Effective Gate Coupling.

Influence of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in the synthesis of luminescent NaYF4:Yb,Er upconversion nanoparticles (2023)
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Birch, R., Bruckbauer, J., Gajewska, M., Cios, G., Pal, R., & MacKenzie, L. E. (2023). Influence of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in the synthesis of luminescent NaYF4:Yb,Er upconversion nanoparticles. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence, 11(3), Article 034001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2050-6120/acd837

Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) can be used to produce upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) in an advantageous manner, i.e. at modest temperatures in open-to-air conditions with simple hotplate and flask apparatus. However, the influence of PVP parameters o... Read More about Influence of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in the synthesis of luminescent NaYF4:Yb,Er upconversion nanoparticles.