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Syn-sedimentary to diagenetic Cu ± Co mineralization in Mesoproterozoic pyritic shale driven by magmatic-hydrothermal activity on the edge of the Great Falls tectonic zone – Black Butte, Helena Embayment, Belt-Purcell Basin, USA: Evidence from sulfide Re-Os isotope geochemistry (2021)
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Saintilan, N. J., Sheldrake, T. E., Creaser, R. A., Selby, D., Zieg, J., Boyce, A., & Chelle-Michou, C. (2021). Syn-sedimentary to diagenetic Cu ± Co mineralization in Mesoproterozoic pyritic shale driven by magmatic-hydrothermal activity on the edge of the Great Falls tectonic zone – Black Butte, Helena Embayment, Belt-Purcell Basin, USA: Evidence from sulfide Re-Os isotope geochemistry. Lithosphere, 2021(1), Article 7866186. https://doi.org/10.2113/2021/7866186

The ca. 1,500 to 1,325 Ma Mesoproterozoic Belt-Purcell Basin is an exceptionally preserved archive of Mesoproterozoic Earth and its paleo-environmental conditions. The Belt-Purcell Basin is also host to world-class base metal sediment-hosted minerali... Read More about Syn-sedimentary to diagenetic Cu ± Co mineralization in Mesoproterozoic pyritic shale driven by magmatic-hydrothermal activity on the edge of the Great Falls tectonic zone – Black Butte, Helena Embayment, Belt-Purcell Basin, USA: Evidence from sulfide Re-Os isotope geochemistry.

Lithospheric modification at the onset of the destruction of the North China Craton: Evidence from Late Triassic mafic dykes (2021)
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Wang, C., Song, S., Su, L., Allen, M. B., & Dong, J. (2021). Lithospheric modification at the onset of the destruction of the North China Craton: Evidence from Late Triassic mafic dykes. Chemical Geology, 566, Article 120105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120105

Mantle-derived magmatism provides important insights for understanding the mechanism of lithospheric thinning. Here we report the results of an integrated geochronological and geochemical study of Late Triassic mafic dykes in Eastern Hebei, northern... Read More about Lithospheric modification at the onset of the destruction of the North China Craton: Evidence from Late Triassic mafic dykes.

Timing of closure of the Mesozoic-Tethys Ocean: Constraints from remnants of a 141-135 ocean island within the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, Tibetan Plateau (2021)
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Fan, J., Niu, Y., Liu, Y., & Hao, Y. (2021). Timing of closure of the Mesozoic-Tethys Ocean: Constraints from remnants of a 141-135 ocean island within the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, Tibetan Plateau. GSA Bulletin, 133(9-10), 1875-1889. https://doi.org/10.1130/b35896.1

Knowledge of the timing of the closure of the Meso-Tethys Ocean as represented by the Bangong–Nujiang Suture Zone, i.e., the timing of the Lhasa-Qiangtang collision, is critical for understanding the Mesozoic tectonics of the Tibetan Plateau. But thi... Read More about Timing of closure of the Mesozoic-Tethys Ocean: Constraints from remnants of a 141-135 ocean island within the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone, Tibetan Plateau.

Unravelling the physics of multiphase AGN winds through emission line tracers (2021)
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Richings, A. J., Faucher-Giguère, C., & Stern, J. (2021). Unravelling the physics of multiphase AGN winds through emission line tracers. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503(2), 1568-1585. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab556

Observations of emission lines in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) often find fast (∼1000 km s−1) outflows extending to kiloparsec scales, seen in ionized, neutral atomic and molecular gas. In this work we present radiative transfer calculations of emis... Read More about Unravelling the physics of multiphase AGN winds through emission line tracers.

Fractional crystallization causes the iron isotope contrast between mid-ocean ridge basalts and abyssal peridotites (2021)
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Chen, Y., Niu, Y., Duan, M., Gong, H., & Guo, P. (2021). Fractional crystallization causes the iron isotope contrast between mid-ocean ridge basalts and abyssal peridotites. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1), Article 65. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00135-5

The iron isotope contrast between mid-ocean ridge basalts and abyssal peridotites is far greater than can be explained by mantle melting alone. Here we investigate a suite of mid-ocean ridge magma chamber rocks sampled by the Ocean Drilling Project H... Read More about Fractional crystallization causes the iron isotope contrast between mid-ocean ridge basalts and abyssal peridotites.

Cylindrical Zwitterionic Particles via Interpolyelectrolyte Complexation on Molecular Polymer Brushes (2020)
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Pelras, T., Nonappa, Mahon, C. S., & Müllner, M. (2021). Cylindrical Zwitterionic Particles via Interpolyelectrolyte Complexation on Molecular Polymer Brushes. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 42(8), Article 2000401. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202000401

The fabrication of macromolecular architectures with high aspect ratio and well‐defined internal and external morphologies remains a challenge. The combination of template chemistry and self‐assembly concepts to construct peculiar polymer architectur... Read More about Cylindrical Zwitterionic Particles via Interpolyelectrolyte Complexation on Molecular Polymer Brushes.

Current Synthetic Routes to Peptidyl Mono-Fluoromethyl Ketones (FMKs) and Their Applications (2020)
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Lloyd, C. M., Colgin, N., & Cobb, S. L. (2020). Current Synthetic Routes to Peptidyl Mono-Fluoromethyl Ketones (FMKs) and Their Applications. Molecules, 25(23), Article 5601. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25235601

Peptidyl mono-fluoromethyl ketones (FMKs) are a class of biologically active molecules that show potential as both protease inhibitors for the treatment of a range of diseases and as chemical probes for the interrogation of cellular processes. This r... Read More about Current Synthetic Routes to Peptidyl Mono-Fluoromethyl Ketones (FMKs) and Their Applications.

A spatially orthogonal hierarchically porous acid–base catalyst for cascade and antagonistic reactions (2020)
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Isaacs, M. A., Parlett, C. M., Robinson, N., Durndell, L. J., Manayil, J. C., Beaumont, S. K., …Lee, A. F. (2020). A spatially orthogonal hierarchically porous acid–base catalyst for cascade and antagonistic reactions. Nature Catalysis, 3(11), 921-931. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-020-00526-5

Complex organic molecules are of great importance to research and industrial chemistry and typically synthesized from smaller building blocks by multistep reactions. The ability to perform multiple (distinct) transformations in a single reactor would... Read More about A spatially orthogonal hierarchically porous acid–base catalyst for cascade and antagonistic reactions.

As nice as π: aromatic reactions activated by π‐coordination to transition metals (2020)
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Williams, L. J., Bhonoah, Y., Wilkinson, L. A., & Walton, J. W. (2021). As nice as π: aromatic reactions activated by π‐coordination to transition metals. Chemistry - A European Journal, 27(11), 3650-3660. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202004621

π‐Coordination of aromatic molecules to metals dramatically alters their reactivity. For example, coordinated carbons become more electrophilic and C‐H bonds of coordinated rings become more acidic. For many years, this change in reactivity has been... Read More about As nice as π: aromatic reactions activated by π‐coordination to transition metals.

Designing magnesium-selective ligands using coordination chemistry principles (2020)
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Walter, E. R., Hogg, C., Parker, D., & Gareth Williams, J. (2021). Designing magnesium-selective ligands using coordination chemistry principles. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 428, Article 213622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213622

Progress in the selective binding and detection of magnesium ions has been slower than other biologically important divalent metal ions like calcium and zinc. The most widely used ligands for Mg2+ are by no means optimal, as they are not selective fo... Read More about Designing magnesium-selective ligands using coordination chemistry principles.

Accurate Crystal Structures and Chemical Properties from NoSpherA2 (2020)
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Kleemiss, F., Dolomanov, O. V., Bodensteiner, M., Peyerimhoff, N., Midgley, L., Bourhis, L. J., …Grabowsky, S. (2021). Accurate Crystal Structures and Chemical Properties from NoSpherA2. Chemical Science, 12, 1675-1692. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc05526c

The relationship between the structure and the properties of a drug or material is a key concept of chemistry. Knowledge of the three-dimensional structure is considered to be of such importance that almost every report of a new chemical compound is... Read More about Accurate Crystal Structures and Chemical Properties from NoSpherA2.

HFO-1234yf as a CF3-building block: Synthesis and Chemistry of CF­3-ynones (2020)
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Murray, B. J., Marsh, T. G., Yufit, D. S., Fox, M. A., Harsanyi, A., Boulton, L. T., & Sandford, G. (2020). HFO-1234yf as a CF3-building block: Synthesis and Chemistry of CF­3-ynones. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020(39), 6236-6244. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202001071

Reaction of low cost, readily available 4th generation refrigerant gas 2,3,3,3‐tetrafluoropropene (HFO‐1234yf) with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) leads to formation of lithium 3,3,3‐trifluoropropynide, addition of which to a range of aldehydes forme... Read More about HFO-1234yf as a CF3-building block: Synthesis and Chemistry of CF­3-ynones.

Tephra analysis in ombrotrophic peatlands: A geochemical comparison of acid digestion and density separation techniques (2015)
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Roland, T., Mackay, H., & Hughes, P. (2015). Tephra analysis in ombrotrophic peatlands: A geochemical comparison of acid digestion and density separation techniques. Journal of Quaternary Science, 30(1), 3-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2754

Ombrotrophic peatlands often lack any substantial local mineral component and therefore present exceptional opportunities for the extraction and identification of tephra horizons. Following concerns of shard geochemistry alteration during isolation u... Read More about Tephra analysis in ombrotrophic peatlands: A geochemical comparison of acid digestion and density separation techniques.

Pseudocapacitive Effect of Carbons Doped with Different Functional Groups as Electrode Materials for Electrochemical Capacitors (2020)
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Mirzaeian, M., Abbas, Q., Hunt, M. R., & Hall, P. (2020). Pseudocapacitive Effect of Carbons Doped with Different Functional Groups as Electrode Materials for Electrochemical Capacitors. Energies, 13(21), Article 5577. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13215577

In this study, RF-based un-doped and nitrogen-doped aerogels were produced by polymerisation reaction between resorcinol and formaldehyde with sodium carbonate as catalyst and melamine as the nitrogen source. Carbon/activated carbon aerogels were obt... Read More about Pseudocapacitive Effect of Carbons Doped with Different Functional Groups as Electrode Materials for Electrochemical Capacitors.

Adsorption of phosphate by halloysite (7Å) nanotubes (HNTs) (2020)
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Gray-Wannell, N., Holliman, P., Greenwell, H., Delbos, E., & Hillier, S. (2020). Adsorption of phosphate by halloysite (7Å) nanotubes (HNTs). Clay Minerals, 55(2), 184-193. https://doi.org/10.1180/clm.2020.24

The adsorption and retention of phosphates in soil systems is of wide environmental importance, and understanding the surface chemistry of halloysite (a common soil clay mineral) is also of prime importance in many emerging technological applications... Read More about Adsorption of phosphate by halloysite (7Å) nanotubes (HNTs).

Synthesis, structure, photophysical and chiroptical properties of dinuclear rhenium complexes with a bridging helicene‐bis‐bipyridine ligand (2020)
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Crassous, J., Saleh, N., Kundu, D., Vanthuyne, N., Olesiak, J., Pniakowska, A., …Autschbach, J. (2020). Synthesis, structure, photophysical and chiroptical properties of dinuclear rhenium complexes with a bridging helicene‐bis‐bipyridine ligand. ChemPlusChem, 85(11), 2446-2454. https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202000559

By attaching pyridine groups to a diaza[6]helicene, a helical, bis‐ditopic, bis‐N^N‐coordinating ligand can be accessed. Dinuclear rhenium complexes featuring this bridging ligand, of the form [{Re(CO)3Cl}2(N^N–N^N)], have been prepared and resolved... Read More about Synthesis, structure, photophysical and chiroptical properties of dinuclear rhenium complexes with a bridging helicene‐bis‐bipyridine ligand.

Mineral separation protocol for accurate and precise rhenium-osmium (Re-Os) geochronology and sulphur isotope composition of individual sulphide species (2020)
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Saintilan, N., Selby, D., Hughes, J., Schlatter, D., Kolb, J., & Boyce, A. (2020). Mineral separation protocol for accurate and precise rhenium-osmium (Re-Os) geochronology and sulphur isotope composition of individual sulphide species. MethodsX, 7, Article 100944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2020.100944

A temporal framework for mineral deposits is essential when addressing the history of their formation and conceptualizing genetic models of their origin. This knowledge is critical to understand how crust-forming processes are related to metal accumu... Read More about Mineral separation protocol for accurate and precise rhenium-osmium (Re-Os) geochronology and sulphur isotope composition of individual sulphide species.

Geometric and electronic structure probed along the isomerisation coordinate of a photoactive yellow protein chromophore (2020)
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Anstöter, C. S., Curchod, B. F., & Verlet, J. R. (2020). Geometric and electronic structure probed along the isomerisation coordinate of a photoactive yellow protein chromophore. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 2827. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16667-x

Understanding the connection between the motion of the nuclei in a molecule and the rearrangement of its electrons lies at the heart of chemistry. While many experimental methods have been developed to probe either the electronic or the nuclear struc... Read More about Geometric and electronic structure probed along the isomerisation coordinate of a photoactive yellow protein chromophore.

Polymorph exploration of bismuth stannate using first-principles phonon mode mapping (2020)
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Rahim, W., Skelton, J. M., Savory, C. N., Evans, I. R., Evans, J. S., Walsh, A., & Scanlon, D. O. (2020). Polymorph exploration of bismuth stannate using first-principles phonon mode mapping. Chemical Science, 11(30), 7904-7909. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc02995e

Accurately modelling polymorphism in crystalline solids remains a key challenge in computational chemistry. In this work, we apply a theoretically-rigorous phonon mode-mapping approach to understand the polymorphism in the ternary metal oxide Bi2Sn2O... Read More about Polymorph exploration of bismuth stannate using first-principles phonon mode mapping.

Defeating the trypanosomatid trio: proteomics of the protozoan parasites causing neglected tropical diseases (2020)
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Parthasarathy, A., & Karunakaran, K. (2020). Defeating the trypanosomatid trio: proteomics of the protozoan parasites causing neglected tropical diseases. RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 11(6), 625-645. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0md00122h

Mass spectrometry-based proteomics enables accurate measurement of the modulations of proteins on a large scale upon perturbation and facilitates the understanding of the functional roles of proteins in biological systems. It is a particularly releva... Read More about Defeating the trypanosomatid trio: proteomics of the protozoan parasites causing neglected tropical diseases.

A Triassic to Jurassic arc in north Borneo: Geochronology, geochemistry, and genesis of the Segama Valley Felsic Intrusions and the Sabah ophiolite (2020)
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Burton-Johnson, A., Macpherson, C., Millar, I., Whitehouse, M., Ottley, C., & Nowell, G. (2020). A Triassic to Jurassic arc in north Borneo: Geochronology, geochemistry, and genesis of the Segama Valley Felsic Intrusions and the Sabah ophiolite. Gondwana Research, 84, 229-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2020.03.006

New field, geochemical, and geochronological data from the Segama Valley Felsic Intrusions (SVFI) of Sabah, north Borneo, shows them to be arc-derived tonalites; not windows or partial melts of a crystalline basement beneath Sabah. UPb zircon ages da... Read More about A Triassic to Jurassic arc in north Borneo: Geochronology, geochemistry, and genesis of the Segama Valley Felsic Intrusions and the Sabah ophiolite.

Nanoscale mapping of the directional flow patterns at liquid-solid interfaces (2020)
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Piantanida, L., Payam, A., Zhong, J., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2020). Nanoscale mapping of the directional flow patterns at liquid-solid interfaces. Physical Review Applied, 13(6), Article 064003. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.13.064003

The nanoscale behavior of liquid molecules and solutes along the interface with solids controls many processes such as molecular exchanges, wetting, electrochemistry, nanofluidics, biomolecular function, and lubrication. Experimentally, several techn... Read More about Nanoscale mapping of the directional flow patterns at liquid-solid interfaces.

Distribution and morphology of sensory and autonomic fibres in the subendocardial plexus of the rat heart (2020)
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Shenton, F., Campbell, T., Jones, J., & Pyner, S. (2020). Distribution and morphology of sensory and autonomic fibres in the subendocardial plexus of the rat heart. Journal of Anatomy, 238(1), 36-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13284

Cardiac reflexes originating from sensory receptors in the heart ensure blood supply to vital tissues and organs in the face of constantly changing demands. Atrial volume receptors are mechanically sensitive vagal afferents which relay to the medulla... Read More about Distribution and morphology of sensory and autonomic fibres in the subendocardial plexus of the rat heart.

Anchoring the Late Devonian mass extinction in absolute time by integrating climatic controls and radio-isotopic dating (2020)
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Da Silva, A., Sinnesael, M., Claeys, P., Davies, J. H., de Winter, N. J., Percival, L., …De Vleeschouwer, D. (2020). Anchoring the Late Devonian mass extinction in absolute time by integrating climatic controls and radio-isotopic dating. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 12940. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69097-6

The Devonian Frasnian–Famennian (F–F) boundary marks one of the five main extinction intervals of the Phanerozoic Aeon. This time was characterized by two pulses of oceanic anoxia, named the Lower and Upper Kellwasser events, during which massive mar... Read More about Anchoring the Late Devonian mass extinction in absolute time by integrating climatic controls and radio-isotopic dating.

Geochronology and geochemistry of exotic blocks of Cadomian crust from the salt diapirs of SE Zagros: the Chah-Banu example (2020)
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Asadi Sarshar, M., Moghadam, H. S., Griffin, W. L., Santos, J. F., Stern, R. J., Ottley, C. J., …O’Reilly, S. Y. (2022). Geochronology and geochemistry of exotic blocks of Cadomian crust from the salt diapirs of SE Zagros: the Chah-Banu example. International Geology Review, 64(10), 1409-1430. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2020.1787236

Cadomian calc-alkaline I-type and within-plate A-type igneous rocks are widespread in the crust of Iran where they are ascribed to a convergent margin associated with the southward subduction of Prototethyan oceanic lithosphere beneath N Gondwana. Th... Read More about Geochronology and geochemistry of exotic blocks of Cadomian crust from the salt diapirs of SE Zagros: the Chah-Banu example.

Opening the Egg Box: NMR spectroscopic analysis of the interactions between s-block cations and kelp monosaccharides (2021)
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Rowbotham, J., Greenwell, C., & Dyer, P. W. (2021). Opening the Egg Box: NMR spectroscopic analysis of the interactions between s-block cations and kelp monosaccharides. Dalton Transactions, 50(38), 13246-13255. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0dt04375c

The best-known theory accounting for metal-alginate complexation is the so-called “Egg Box” model. In order to gain greater insight into the metal-saccharide interactions that underpin this model, the coordination chemistry of the corresponding monom... Read More about Opening the Egg Box: NMR spectroscopic analysis of the interactions between s-block cations and kelp monosaccharides.

Tracking the ultraviolet-induced photochemistry of thiophenone during and after ultrafast ring opening (2020)
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Pathak, S., Ibele, L. M., Boll, R., Callegari, C., Demidovich, A., Erk, B., …Rolles, D. (2020). Tracking the ultraviolet-induced photochemistry of thiophenone during and after ultrafast ring opening. Nature Chemistry, 12, 795-800. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-0507-3

Photoinduced isomerization reactions lie at the heart of many chemical processes in nature. The mechanisms of such reactions are determined by a delicate interplay of coupled electronic and nuclear dynamics occurring on the femtosecond scale, followe... Read More about Tracking the ultraviolet-induced photochemistry of thiophenone during and after ultrafast ring opening.

Source of gold in Neoarchean orogenic-type deposits in the North Atlantic Craton, Greenland: Insights for a proto-source of gold in sub-seafloor hydrothermal arsenopyrite in the Mesoarchean (2020)
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Saintilan, N., Selby, D., Hughes, J., Schlatter, D., Kolb, J., & Boyce, A. (2020). Source of gold in Neoarchean orogenic-type deposits in the North Atlantic Craton, Greenland: Insights for a proto-source of gold in sub-seafloor hydrothermal arsenopyrite in the Mesoarchean. Precambrian Research, 343, Article 105717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105717

Given that gold (Au) mostly remained in the incipient Earth mantle until ca. 3.9–3.8 Ga, a “proto-source” of gold may have been present in the dominantly mafic crust precursor born through first-stage melting of the early Earth mantle. In south-weste... Read More about Source of gold in Neoarchean orogenic-type deposits in the North Atlantic Craton, Greenland: Insights for a proto-source of gold in sub-seafloor hydrothermal arsenopyrite in the Mesoarchean.

Long‐lived circularly‐polarized phosphorescence in helicene‐NHC‐rhenium(I) complexes: the influence of helicene, halogen and stereochemistry on emission properties (2020)
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Crassous, J., Gauthier, E. S., Abella, L., Hellou, N., Darquié, B., Caytan, E., …Autschbach, J. (2020). Long‐lived circularly‐polarized phosphorescence in helicene‐NHC‐rhenium(I) complexes: the influence of helicene, halogen and stereochemistry on emission properties. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59(22), 8394-8400. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202002387

First enantiopure, chiral‐at‐rhenium complexes of the form fac ‐ReX(CO) 3 (:C^N) have been prepared, where:C^N is a helicene N‐heterocyclic carbene ligand and X = Cl or I. They have shown strong changes in the emission characteristics, notably strong... Read More about Long‐lived circularly‐polarized phosphorescence in helicene‐NHC‐rhenium(I) complexes: the influence of helicene, halogen and stereochemistry on emission properties.

On the Theoretical Determination of Photolysis Properties for Atmospheric Volatile Organic Compounds (2020)
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Prlj, A., Ibele, L. M., Marsili, E., & Curchod, B. F. (2020). On the Theoretical Determination of Photolysis Properties for Atmospheric Volatile Organic Compounds. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11(14), 5418-5425. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01439

Volatile organic compounds (VOC) are ubiquitous atmospheric molecules that generate a complex network of chemical reactions in the troposphere, often triggered by the absorption of sunlight. Understanding the VOC composition of the atmosphere relies... Read More about On the Theoretical Determination of Photolysis Properties for Atmospheric Volatile Organic Compounds.

Boron Monolayer Doping: Role of Oxide Capping Layer, Molecular Fragmentation, and Doping Uniformity at the Nanoscale (2020)
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Tzaguy, A., Karadan, P., Killi, K., Hazut, O., Amit, I., Rosenwaks, Y., & Yerushalmi, R. (2020). Boron Monolayer Doping: Role of Oxide Capping Layer, Molecular Fragmentation, and Doping Uniformity at the Nanoscale. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 7(5), Article 1902198. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201902198

Doping methodologies using monolayers offer controlled, ex situ doping of nanowires (NWs), and 3D device architectures using molecular monolayers as dopant sources with uniform, self‐limiting characteristics. Comparing doping levels and uniformity fo... Read More about Boron Monolayer Doping: Role of Oxide Capping Layer, Molecular Fragmentation, and Doping Uniformity at the Nanoscale.

Crisis spillover of corporate environmental misconducts: The roles of perceived similarity, familiarity, and corporate environmental responsibility in determining the impact on oppositional behavioral intention (2020)
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Ouyang, Z., Yao, N., & Hu, X. (2020). Crisis spillover of corporate environmental misconducts: The roles of perceived similarity, familiarity, and corporate environmental responsibility in determining the impact on oppositional behavioral intention. Business Strategy and the Environment, 29(4), 1797-1808. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2474

Negative impact of a firm's environmental misconduct can spread to other firms under the same category due to stakeholders' categorization. Such problem implies a sociocognitive process that has yet to be explored. Therefore, this study extends the c... Read More about Crisis spillover of corporate environmental misconducts: The roles of perceived similarity, familiarity, and corporate environmental responsibility in determining the impact on oppositional behavioral intention.

Metalation: nature’s challenge in bioinorganic chemistry (2020)
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Robinson, N. J., & Glasfeld, A. (2020). Metalation: nature’s challenge in bioinorganic chemistry. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 25(4), 543-545. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00775-020-01790-3

The association of proteins with metals, metalation, is challenging because the tightest binding metals are rarely the correct ones. Inside cells, correct metalation is enabled by controlled bioavailability plus extra mechanisms for tricky combinatio... Read More about Metalation: nature’s challenge in bioinorganic chemistry.

Calcium cyclic carboxylates as structural models for calcium carbonate scale inhibitors (2020)
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Hong, Y., Yufit, D. S., Letzelter, N., & Steed, J. W. (2020). Calcium cyclic carboxylates as structural models for calcium carbonate scale inhibitors. CrystEngComm, 22(15), 2585-2592. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ce00243g

Cyclic oligocarboxylic acids are the most commonly explored phosphate-free inhibitors for calcium carbonate scale deposition. The structural chemistry of calcium complexes of candidate inhibitors has the potential to give insight into inhibitor mode... Read More about Calcium cyclic carboxylates as structural models for calcium carbonate scale inhibitors.

Caveat when using ADC(2) for studying the photochemistry of carbonyl-containing molecules (2021)
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Marsili, E., Prlj, A., & Curchod, B. F. (2021). Caveat when using ADC(2) for studying the photochemistry of carbonyl-containing molecules. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12945-12949. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp02185k

Several electronic-structure methods are available to study the photochemistry and photophysics of organic molecules. Among them, ADC(2) stands as a sweet spot between computational efficiency and accuracy. As a result, ADC(2) has recently seen its n... Read More about Caveat when using ADC(2) for studying the photochemistry of carbonyl-containing molecules.

Unraveling the origins and P-T-t evolution of the allochthonous Sobrado unit (Órdenes Complex, NW Spain) using combined U–Pb titanite, monazite and zircon geochronology and rare-earth element (REE) geochemistry (2020)
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Benítez-Pérez, J. M., Castiñeiras, P., Gómez-Barreiro, J., Martínez Catalán, J. R., Kylander-Clark, A., & Holdsworth, R. E. (2020). Unraveling the origins and P-T-t evolution of the allochthonous Sobrado unit (Órdenes Complex, NW Spain) using combined U–Pb titanite, monazite and zircon geochronology and rare-earth element (REE) geochemistry. Solid Earth, 11(6), 2303-2325. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2303-2020

The Sobrado unit, within the upper part of the Órdenes Complex (NW Spain) represents an allochthonous tectonic slice of exhumed high-grade metamorphic rocks formed during a complex sequence of orogenic processes in the middle to lower crust. In order... Read More about Unraveling the origins and P-T-t evolution of the allochthonous Sobrado unit (Órdenes Complex, NW Spain) using combined U–Pb titanite, monazite and zircon geochronology and rare-earth element (REE) geochemistry.

Geochemistry and iron isotope systematics of coexisting Fe-bearing minerals in magmatic Fe-Ti deposits: A case study of the Damiao titanomagnetite ore deposits, North China Craton (2019)
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Wei, Y., Niu, Y., Gong, H., Duan, M., Chen, S., Guo, P., & Sun, P. (2020). Geochemistry and iron isotope systematics of coexisting Fe-bearing minerals in magmatic Fe-Ti deposits: A case study of the Damiao titanomagnetite ore deposits, North China Craton. Gondwana Research, 81, 240-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2019.12.001

Geochemical and iron isotopic compositions of magnetite, ilmenite and pyrite separates from the FeTi oxide ores hosted in the Damiao anorthosite-type FeTi ore deposit were analyzed to investigate sub-solidus cooling history of the titanomagnetite. Th... Read More about Geochemistry and iron isotope systematics of coexisting Fe-bearing minerals in magmatic Fe-Ti deposits: A case study of the Damiao titanomagnetite ore deposits, North China Craton.

Petroleum evolution within the Tarim Basin, northwestern China: Insights from organic geochemistry, fluid inclusions, and rhenium–osmium geochronology of the Halahatang oil field (2020)
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Ge, X., Shen, C., Selby, D., Feely, M., & Zhu, G. (2020). Petroleum evolution within the Tarim Basin, northwestern China: Insights from organic geochemistry, fluid inclusions, and rhenium–osmium geochronology of the Halahatang oil field. AAPG Bulletin, 104(2), 329-355. https://doi.org/10.1306/05091917253

The newly discovered Halahatang oil field in the northern Tarim Basin has a potential resource of more than 70 billion bbl of oil. Oil organic geochemical data from the Halahatang oil field indicate that the oils are of moderate maturity, biodegraded... Read More about Petroleum evolution within the Tarim Basin, northwestern China: Insights from organic geochemistry, fluid inclusions, and rhenium–osmium geochronology of the Halahatang oil field.

Ancient agriculture in Southeast Arabia: A three thousand year record of runoff farming from central Oman (Rustaq) (2021)
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Purdue, L., Kennet, D., Garnier, A., Parton, A., Djerbi, H., Botan, S., …Moger, D. (2021). Ancient agriculture in Southeast Arabia: A three thousand year record of runoff farming from central Oman (Rustaq). CATENA, 204, Article 105406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105406

Runoff farming is a key hydro-agricultural strategy that has proven efficient in arid areas. Research in Arabia on the function, development, maintenance, durability and abandonment of this technology is scarce. A multiproxy investigation (cartograph... Read More about Ancient agriculture in Southeast Arabia: A three thousand year record of runoff farming from central Oman (Rustaq).

Understanding the role of electrons in the magnetism of a colossal permittivity dielectric material (2019)
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Berlie, A., Terry, I., Cottrell, S. P., Hu, W., & Liu, Y. (2020). Understanding the role of electrons in the magnetism of a colossal permittivity dielectric material. Materials Horizons, 7(1), 188-192. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9mh00983c

Creating new materials that show potential for technological devices is one of the most important and active areas of solid state chemistry and physics. For data storage, multiferroics present some great advantages due to the coupling of their electr... Read More about Understanding the role of electrons in the magnetism of a colossal permittivity dielectric material.

Osmium isotopic constraints on sulphide formation in the epithermal environment of magmatic-hydrothermal mineral deposits (2021)
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Saintilan, N. J., Sproson, A. D., Selby, D., Rottier, B., Casanova, V., Creaser, R. A., …Zambito, J. J. (2021). Osmium isotopic constraints on sulphide formation in the epithermal environment of magmatic-hydrothermal mineral deposits. Chemical Geology, 564, Article 120053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.120053

In the magmatic-hydrothermal environment, fluids with similar metal concentrations and sources may yield contrasting mineral assemblages in successive stages of sulphide mineralization. These differences are linked to the physico-chemical conditions... Read More about Osmium isotopic constraints on sulphide formation in the epithermal environment of magmatic-hydrothermal mineral deposits.

Organic matter provenance and depositional environment of marine-to-continental mudstones and coals in eastern Ordos Basin, China—Evidence from molecular geochemistry and petrology (2019)
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Qi, Y., Ju, Y., Tan, J., Bowen, L., Cai, C., Yu, K., …Zhang, W. (2020). Organic matter provenance and depositional environment of marine-to-continental mudstones and coals in eastern Ordos Basin, China—Evidence from molecular geochemistry and petrology. International Journal of Coal Geology, 217, Article 103345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2019.103345

Cyclothems, composed of interbedded mudstone, coal and sandstone layers, make up the Taiyuan and Shanxi Formations in the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian in North China under a marine-to-continental depositional environment. The cyclothems act as... Read More about Organic matter provenance and depositional environment of marine-to-continental mudstones and coals in eastern Ordos Basin, China—Evidence from molecular geochemistry and petrology.

Revisiting the Great Ordovician Diversification of land plants: Recent data and perspectives (2019)
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Servais, T., Cascales-Miñana, B., Cleal, C. J., Gerrienne, P., Harper, D. A., & Neumann, M. (2019). Revisiting the Great Ordovician Diversification of land plants: Recent data and perspectives. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 534, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109280

Recent molecular clock data suggest with high probability a Cambrian origin of Embryophyta (also called land plants), indicating that their terrestrialization most probably started about 500 Ma. The fossil record of the ‘Cambrian Explosion’ was limit... Read More about Revisiting the Great Ordovician Diversification of land plants: Recent data and perspectives.

Dinuclear metal complexes: multifunctional properties and applications (2020)
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Li, G., Zhu, D., Wang, X., Su, Z., & Bryce, M. R. (2020). Dinuclear metal complexes: multifunctional properties and applications. Chemical Society Reviews, 49(3), 765-838. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cs00660a

The development of metal complexes for optoelectronic applications is a fertile area of research. In contrast to the rigorous development of mononuclear metal complexes, dinuclear species have been less well studied and their fundamental chemistry an... Read More about Dinuclear metal complexes: multifunctional properties and applications.

Predicting Hemiwicking Dynamics on Textured Substrates (2020)
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Natarajan, B., Jaishankar, A., King, M., Oktasendra, F., Avis, S. J., Konicek, A. R., …Yeganeh, M. S. (2021). Predicting Hemiwicking Dynamics on Textured Substrates. Langmuir, 37(1), 188-195. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02737

The ability to predict liquid transport rates on textured surfaces is key to the design and optimization of devices and processes such as oil recovery, coatings, reaction-separation, high-throughput screening, and thermal management. In this work we... Read More about Predicting Hemiwicking Dynamics on Textured Substrates.

Influence of PVAc/PVA Hydrolysis on Additive Surface Activity (2020)
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Squillace, O., Fong, R., Shepherd, O., Hind, J., Tellam, J., Steinke, N., & Thompson, R. L. (2020). Influence of PVAc/PVA Hydrolysis on Additive Surface Activity. Polymers, 12(1), Article 205. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12010205

This aims to establish design rules for the influence of complex polymer matrices on the surface properties of small molecules. Here, we consider the dependence of the surface behaviour of some model additives on polymer matrix hydrophobicity. With s... Read More about Influence of PVAc/PVA Hydrolysis on Additive Surface Activity.

Re-Os geochronology and isotope systematics, and organic and sulfur geochemistry of the middle-late Paleocene Waipawa Formation, New Zealand: Insights into early Paleogene seawater Os isotope composition (2020)
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Rotich, K., Handler, M., Naeher, S., Selby, D., Hollis, C., & Sykes, R. (2020). Re-Os geochronology and isotope systematics, and organic and sulfur geochemistry of the middle-late Paleocene Waipawa Formation, New Zealand: Insights into early Paleogene seawater Os isotope composition. Chemical Geology, 536, Article 119473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119473

In the middle–late Paleocene, a marine, organic-rich sedimentary unit (Waipawa Formation [Fm]) in which the organic matter was derived mainly from terrestrial plants was deposited in many of New Zealand's sedimentary basins. The unique organofacies o... Read More about Re-Os geochronology and isotope systematics, and organic and sulfur geochemistry of the middle-late Paleocene Waipawa Formation, New Zealand: Insights into early Paleogene seawater Os isotope composition.

Ultrafast valence to non-valence excited state dynamics in a common anionic chromophore (2019)
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Bull, J. N., Anstöter, C. S., & Verlet, J. R. (2019). Ultrafast valence to non-valence excited state dynamics in a common anionic chromophore. Nature Communications, 10(1), Article 5820. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13819-6

Non-valence states in neutral molecules (Rydberg states) have well-established roles and importance in photochemistry, however, considerably less is known about the role of non-valence states in photo-induced processes in anions. Here, femtosecond ti... Read More about Ultrafast valence to non-valence excited state dynamics in a common anionic chromophore.