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Meeting the Challenge of Chemical Language Barriers in University Level Chemistry Education (2018)
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Rees, S., Kind, V., & Newton, D. (2019). Meeting the Challenge of Chemical Language Barriers in University Level Chemistry Education. Israel Journal of Chemistry, 59(6-7), 470-477. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijch.201800079

The specific yet varied challenges chemical language presents to students learning the subject are widely recognised. However, to effectively engage a student population becoming increasingly diverse in terms of culture, language and prior knowledge... Read More about Meeting the Challenge of Chemical Language Barriers in University Level Chemistry Education.

Tales from the outer limits: Archaeological geophysical prospection in lowland peat environments in the British Isles (2018)
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Armstrong, K., Cheetham, P., & Darvill, T. (2019). Tales from the outer limits: Archaeological geophysical prospection in lowland peat environments in the British Isles. Archaeological Prospection, 26(2), 91-101. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1725

In order to systematically investigate the potential of conventional near surface geophysical techniques to locate waterlogged archaeological targets in peatlands, the authors applied four conventional geophysical methods – earth resistance, ground‐p... Read More about Tales from the outer limits: Archaeological geophysical prospection in lowland peat environments in the British Isles.

Tracing the impact of coastal water geochemistry on the Re-Os systematics of macroalgae: Insights from the basaltic terrain of Iceland (2018)
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Sproson, A. D., Selby, D., Gannoun, A., Burton, K. W., Dellinger, M., & Lloyd, J. M. (2018). Tracing the impact of coastal water geochemistry on the Re-Os systematics of macroalgae: Insights from the basaltic terrain of Iceland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123(9), 2791-2806. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jg004492

This study presents rhenium (Re) and osmium (Os) elemental and isotope data for macroalgae, dissolved load and bed load from Icelandic coastal and/or river waters, an environment adjacent to predominantly basaltic terrains, ranging in age from histor... Read More about Tracing the impact of coastal water geochemistry on the Re-Os systematics of macroalgae: Insights from the basaltic terrain of Iceland.

Perspective: Current advances in solid-state NMR spectroscopy (2018)
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Ashbrook, S. E., & Hodgkinson, P. (2018). Perspective: Current advances in solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 149(4), Article 040901. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5038547

In contrast to the rapid and revolutionary impact of solution-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) on modern chemistry, the field of solid-state NMR has matured more slowly. This reflects the major technical challenges of much reduced spectral reso... Read More about Perspective: Current advances in solid-state NMR spectroscopy.

Reworked Precambrian metamorphic basement of the Lhasa terrane, southern Tibet: Zircons/Titanite U-Pb geochronology, Hf isotope geochemistry (2019)
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Dong, X., Zhang, Z., Niu, Y., Tian, Z., & Zhang, L. (2020). Reworked Precambrian metamorphic basement of the Lhasa terrane, southern Tibet: Zircons/Titanite U-Pb geochronology, Hf isotope geochemistry. Precambrian Research, 336, Article 105496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105496

Due to the paucity of exposure, the formation and evolution of the Precambrian basement of the Lhasa terrane remain poorly known. Here we report zircon and titanite in situ U–Pb ages, bulk-rock geochemical and zircon Hf isotopic data on the orthognei... Read More about Reworked Precambrian metamorphic basement of the Lhasa terrane, southern Tibet: Zircons/Titanite U-Pb geochronology, Hf isotope geochemistry.

Formative Assessment: improving students' experience in the teaching labs (2015)
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Milian, L. (2015). Formative Assessment: improving students' experience in the teaching labs. Online educational research journal,

Formative assessment is recognised as one of the most effective ways to help and promote students’ learning. Students consider laboratory learning to be challenging, though sometimes it is not appreciated and not recognised as a valuable source of le... Read More about Formative Assessment: improving students' experience in the teaching labs.

Long-lived metal complexes open up microsecond lifetime imaging microscopy under multiphoton excitation: from FLIM to PLIM and beyond (2013)
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Baggaley, E., Botchway, S. W., Haycock, J. W., Morris, H., Sazanovich, I. V., Williams, J. G., & Weinstein, J. A. (2013). Long-lived metal complexes open up microsecond lifetime imaging microscopy under multiphoton excitation: from FLIM to PLIM and beyond. Chemical Science, 5(3), 879-886. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sc51875b

Lifetime imaging microscopy with sub-micron resolution provides essential understanding of living systems by allowing both the visualisation of their structure, and the sensing of bio-relevant analytes in vivo using external probes. Chemistry is pivo... Read More about Long-lived metal complexes open up microsecond lifetime imaging microscopy under multiphoton excitation: from FLIM to PLIM and beyond.

Serpentinization: Connecting geochemistry, ancient metabolism and industrial hydrogenation (2018)
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Preiner, M., Xavier, J. C., Sousa, F. L., Zimorski, V., Neubeck, A., Lang, S. Q., …Martin, W. F. (2018). Serpentinization: Connecting geochemistry, ancient metabolism and industrial hydrogenation. Life, 8(4), Article 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/life8040041

Rock–water–carbon interactions germane to serpentinization in hydrothermal vents have occurred for over 4 billion years, ever since there was liquid water on Earth. Serpentinization converts iron(II) containing minerals and water to magnetite (Fe3O4)... Read More about Serpentinization: Connecting geochemistry, ancient metabolism and industrial hydrogenation.

Insights into the economic organization of the Phoenician homeland: a multidisciplinary investigation of the later Iron Age II and Persian period Phoenician amphorae from Tell el-Burak (2018)
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Schmit, A., Badreshany, K., Tachatou, E., & Sader, H. (2018). Insights into the economic organization of the Phoenician homeland: a multidisciplinary investigation of the later Iron Age II and Persian period Phoenician amphorae from Tell el-Burak. Levant, 50(1), 52-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2018.1547004

This paper details the results of a large-scale multi-disciplinary analysis of Iron Age pottery from a settlement in the core of the Phoenician homeland. The research presented is centred upon a large corpus of Phoenician carinated-shoulder amphorae... Read More about Insights into the economic organization of the Phoenician homeland: a multidisciplinary investigation of the later Iron Age II and Persian period Phoenician amphorae from Tell el-Burak.

Petrophysical, Geochemical, and Hydrological Evidence for Extensive Fracture-Mediated Fluid and Heat Transport in the Alpine Fault's Hanging-Wall Damage Zone (2017)
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Townend, J., Sutherland, R., Toy, V., Doan, M., Célérier, B., Massiot, C., …Zimmer, M. (2017). Petrophysical, Geochemical, and Hydrological Evidence for Extensive Fracture-Mediated Fluid and Heat Transport in the Alpine Fault's Hanging-Wall Damage Zone. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(12), 4709-4732. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017gc007202

Fault rock assemblages reflect interaction between deformation, stress, temperature, fluid, and chemical regimes on distinct spatial and temporal scales at various positions in the crust. Here we interpret measurements made in the hanging-wall of the... Read More about Petrophysical, Geochemical, and Hydrological Evidence for Extensive Fracture-Mediated Fluid and Heat Transport in the Alpine Fault's Hanging-Wall Damage Zone.

Hair Follicle Dermal Cells Support Expansion of Murine and Human Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Promote Haematopoiesis in Mouse Cultures (2018)
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Liu, J., Higgins, C. A., Whitehouse, J. C., Harris, S. J., Crawford, H., Christiano, A. M., …Jahoda, C. A. (2018). Hair Follicle Dermal Cells Support Expansion of Murine and Human Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Promote Haematopoiesis in Mouse Cultures. Stem Cells International, 2018, Article 8631432. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/8631432

In the hair follicle, the dermal papilla (DP) and dermal sheath (DS) support and maintain proliferation and differentiation of the epithelial stem cells that produce the hair fibre. In view of their regulatory properties, in this study, we investigat... Read More about Hair Follicle Dermal Cells Support Expansion of Murine and Human Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Promote Haematopoiesis in Mouse Cultures.

Modelling the molecular composition and nuclear-spin chemistryof collapsing pre-stellar sources★ (2018)
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Hily-Blant, P., Faure, A., Rist, C., Pineau des Forêts, G., & Flower, D. (2018). Modelling the molecular composition and nuclear-spin chemistryof collapsing pre-stellar sources★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 477(4), 4454-4472. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty881

We study the gravitational collapse of pre-stellar sources and the associated evolution of their chemical composition. We use the University of Grenoble Alpes Astrochemical Network (UGAN), which includes reactions involving the different nuclear-spin... Read More about Modelling the molecular composition and nuclear-spin chemistryof collapsing pre-stellar sources★.

Crystal chemistry of natural layered double hydroxides. 5. Single-crystal structure refinement of hydrotalcite, [Mg6Al2(OH)16](CO3)(H2O)4 (2018)
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Zhitova, E., Krivovichev, S., Pekov, I., & Greenwell, H. (2019). Crystal chemistry of natural layered double hydroxides. 5. Single-crystal structure refinement of hydrotalcite, [Mg6Al2(OH)16](CO3)(H2O)4. Mineralogical Magazine, 83(2), 269-280. https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2018.145

Hydrotalcite, ideally [Mg6Al2(OH)16](CO3)(H2O)4, was studied in samples from Dypingdal, Snarum, Norway (3R and 2H), Zelentsovskaya pit (2H) and Praskovie–Evgenievskaya pit (2H) (both Southern Urals, Russia), Talnakh, Siberia, Russia (3R), Khibiny, Ko... Read More about Crystal chemistry of natural layered double hydroxides. 5. Single-crystal structure refinement of hydrotalcite, [Mg6Al2(OH)16](CO3)(H2O)4.

Technical note: in situ measurement of flux and isotopic composition of CO2 released during oxidative weathering of sedimentary rocks (2018)
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Soulet, G., Hilton, R., Garnett, M., Dellinger, M., Croissant, T., Ogrič, M., & Klotz, S. (2018). Technical note: in situ measurement of flux and isotopic composition of CO2 released during oxidative weathering of sedimentary rocks. Biogeosciences, 15(13), 4087-4102. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4087-2018

Oxidative weathering of sedimentary rocks can release carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere and is an important natural CO2 emission. Two mechanisms operate – the oxidation of sedimentary organic matter and the dissolution of carbonate minerals by s... Read More about Technical note: in situ measurement of flux and isotopic composition of CO2 released during oxidative weathering of sedimentary rocks.

Copper-Boryl Mediated Organic Synthesis (2018)
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Hemming, D., Fritzemeier, R., Westcott, S. A., Santos, W. L., & Steel, P. G. (2018). Copper-Boryl Mediated Organic Synthesis. Chemical Society Reviews, 47(19), 7477-7494. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cs00816c

Organoboron compounds are valuable synthetic intermediates that find application in a diverse variety of processes including both C–X and C–C bond-forming transformations. This has been achieved by using a variety of boron derivatives. Of these, boro... Read More about Copper-Boryl Mediated Organic Synthesis.

Lubricating properties of single metal ions at interfaces (2018)
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Cafolla, C., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2018). Lubricating properties of single metal ions at interfaces. Nanoscale, 10(25), 11831-11840. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr02859a

The behaviour of ionic solutions confined in nanoscale gaps is central to countless processes, from biomolecular function to electrochemistry, energy storage and lubrication. However, no clear link exists between the molecular-level behaviour of the... Read More about Lubricating properties of single metal ions at interfaces.

The ortho-to-para ratio of water in interstellar clouds (2019)
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Faure, A., Hily-Blant, P., Rist, C., Pineau des Forêts, G., Matthews, A., & Flower, D. (2019). The ortho-to-para ratio of water in interstellar clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487(3), 3392-3403. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1531

The nuclear-spin chemistry of interstellar water is investigated using the University of Grenoble Alpes Astrochemical Network (UGAN). This network includes reactions involving the different nuclear-spin states of the hydrides of carbon, nitrogen, oxy... Read More about The ortho-to-para ratio of water in interstellar clouds.

Light-Harvesting Antennae using the Host-Guest Chemistry of Mesoporous Organosilica (2017)
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Cucinotta, F., Jarman, B. P., Caplan, C., Cooper, S. J., Riggs, H. J., Martinelli, J., …Puntoriero, F. (2018). Light-Harvesting Antennae using the Host-Guest Chemistry of Mesoporous Organosilica. ChemPhotoChem, 2(3), 196-206. https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.201700144

This study presents two series of new host–guest chromophoric systems, where BODIPY dyes are organized into mesoporous silica. The dyes self‐assemble with surfactants to generate micellar templates that can direct the formation of the silica networks... Read More about Light-Harvesting Antennae using the Host-Guest Chemistry of Mesoporous Organosilica.

Heat shock proteins are differentially expressed in brain and spinal cord: implications for multiple sclerosis (2018)
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Gorter, R. P., Nutma, E., Jahreiβ, M., de Jonge, J. C., Quinlan, R., van der Valk, P., …Amor, S. (2018). Heat shock proteins are differentially expressed in brain and spinal cord: implications for multiple sclerosis. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 194(2), 137-152. https://doi.org/10.1111/cei.13186

Aims: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease characterised by demyelination, inflammation and neurodegeneration throughout the central nervous system. Although spinal cord pathology is an important factor contributing to disea... Read More about Heat shock proteins are differentially expressed in brain and spinal cord: implications for multiple sclerosis.

Accelerating black hole chemistry (2019)
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Gregory, R., & Scoins, A. (2019). Accelerating black hole chemistry. Physics Letters B, 796, 191-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.06.071

We introduce a new set of chemical variables for the accelerating black hole. We show how these expressions suggest that conical defects emerging from a black hole can be considered as true hair – a new charge that the black hole can carry – and disc... Read More about Accelerating black hole chemistry.

The identification of carbon dioxide mediated protein post-translational modifications (2018)
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Linthwaite, V., Janus, J., Brown, A., Wong-Pascua, D., O’Donoghue, A., Porter, A., …Cann, M. (2018). The identification of carbon dioxide mediated protein post-translational modifications. Nature Communications, 9, Article 3092. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05475-z

Carbon dioxide is vital to the chemistry of life processes including metabolism, cellular homoeostasis, and pathogenesis. CO2 is generally unreactive but can combine with neutral amines to form carbamates on proteins under physiological conditions. T... Read More about The identification of carbon dioxide mediated protein post-translational modifications.

Copper binding and redox chemistry of the Aβ16 peptide and its variants: insights into determinants of copper-dependent reactivity (2017)
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Yako, N., Young, T. R., Cottam Jones, J. M., Hutton, C. A., Wedd, A. G., & Xiao, Z. (2017). Copper binding and redox chemistry of the Aβ16 peptide and its variants: insights into determinants of copper-dependent reactivity. Metallomics, 9(3), 278-291. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6mt00299d

The metal-binding sites of Aβ peptides are dictated primarily by the coordination preferences of the metal ion. Consequently, Cu(I) is typically bound with two His ligands in a linear mode while Cu(II) forms a pseudo-square planar stereochemistry wit... Read More about Copper binding and redox chemistry of the Aβ16 peptide and its variants: insights into determinants of copper-dependent reactivity.

Electrochemically grafted single molecule junctions exploiting a chemical protection strategy (2016)
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Liang, J., Smith, R. E., Vezzoli, A., Xie, L., Milan, D. C., Davidson, R., …Nichols, R. J. (2016). Electrochemically grafted single molecule junctions exploiting a chemical protection strategy. Electrochimica Acta, 220, 436-443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.10.095

Diazonium grafted oligo(phenylene ethynylene) (OPE) monolayers suitable for single molecule conductance studies have been prepared. The surface-bound OPE is prepared from the amino tolan, 4-(2-(4-(2-(triisopropylsilyl)ethynyl)phenyl)ethynyl)benzamine... Read More about Electrochemically grafted single molecule junctions exploiting a chemical protection strategy.

Provenance, depositional setting, and crustal evolution of the Cathaysia Block, South China: Insights from detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of clastic rocks (2018)
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Xiong, C., Chen, H., Niu, Y., Chen, A., Zhang, C., Li, F., …Yang, S. (2019). Provenance, depositional setting, and crustal evolution of the Cathaysia Block, South China: Insights from detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of clastic rocks. Geological Journal, 53(5), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.3253

We report the results of a combined study of detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and bulk‐rock elemental geochemistry on late Neoproterozoic to Cambrian clastic sedimentary rocks from South Jiangxi within Cathaysia. These clastic rocks are characteriz... Read More about Provenance, depositional setting, and crustal evolution of the Cathaysia Block, South China: Insights from detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of clastic rocks.

Origin of the LLSVPs at the base of the mantle is a consequence of plate tectonics – A petrological and geochemical perspective (2018)
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Niu, Y. (2018). Origin of the LLSVPs at the base of the mantle is a consequence of plate tectonics – A petrological and geochemical perspective. Geoscience Frontiers, 9(5), 1265-1278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2018.03.005

In studying the petrogenesis of intra-plate ocean island basalts (OIB) associated with hotspots or mantle plumes, we hypothesized that the two large-low-shear-wave-velocity provinces(LLSVPs) at the base of the mantle beneath the Pacific (Jason) and A... Read More about Origin of the LLSVPs at the base of the mantle is a consequence of plate tectonics – A petrological and geochemical perspective.

Multiphase magma intrusion, ore-enhancement and hydrothermal carbonatisation in the Siah-Kamar porphyry Mo deposit, Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic zone, NW Iran (2019)
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Rabiee, A., Rossetti, F., Tecce, F., Asahara, Y., Azizi, H., Glodny, J., …Selby, D. (2019). Multiphase magma intrusion, ore-enhancement and hydrothermal carbonatisation in the Siah-Kamar porphyry Mo deposit, Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic zone, NW Iran. Ore Geology Reviews, 110, Article 102930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.05.016

The Siah-Kamar Mo deposit (SKMD) is located at the northwestern termination of the Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic zone and it is the only porphyry Mo ore reserve in Iran. The exploration program documented 39.2 Mt proved reserves @ 539 ppm Mo and 66.4 Mt p... Read More about Multiphase magma intrusion, ore-enhancement and hydrothermal carbonatisation in the Siah-Kamar porphyry Mo deposit, Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic zone, NW Iran.

Can language focussed activities improve understanding of chemical language in non-traditional students? (2018)
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Rees, S., Kind, V., & Newton, D. (2018). Can language focussed activities improve understanding of chemical language in non-traditional students?. Chemistry education research and practice, 19(3), 755-766. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8rp00070k

Students commonly find the language of chemistry challenging and a barrier to developing understanding. This study investigated developments in chemical language understanding by a group of non-traditional students over the duration of a one year pre... Read More about Can language focussed activities improve understanding of chemical language in non-traditional students?.

An integrated study of the affinities of the Aβ16 peptide for Cu(I) and Cu(II): implications for the catalytic production of reactive oxygen species (2014)
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Young, T. R., Kirchner, A., Wedd, A. G., & Xiao, Z. (2014). An integrated study of the affinities of the Aβ16 peptide for Cu(I) and Cu(II): implications for the catalytic production of reactive oxygen species. Metallomics, 6(3), 505-517. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4mt00001c

A new fluorescent probe Aβ16wwa based upon the Aβ16 peptide has been developed with two orders of magnitude greater fluorescence intensity for sensitive detection of interactions with Cu(II). In combination with the Cu(I) probe Ferene S, it is confir... Read More about An integrated study of the affinities of the Aβ16 peptide for Cu(I) and Cu(II): implications for the catalytic production of reactive oxygen species.

Investigation and Application of Thallium Isotope Fractionation (2017)
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Nielsen, S., Rehkämper, M., & Prytulak, J. (2017). Investigation and Application of Thallium Isotope Fractionation. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 82(1), 759-798. https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2017.82.18

This contribution summarizes the current state of understanding and recent advances made in the field of stable thallium (Tl) isotope geochemistry. High precision measurements of Tl isotope compositions were developed in the late 1990s with the adven... Read More about Investigation and Application of Thallium Isotope Fractionation.

Effects of tephra falls on vegetation: A Late-Quaternary record from southern Italy (2018)
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Allen, J., & Huntley, B. (2018). Effects of tephra falls on vegetation: A Late-Quaternary record from southern Italy. Journal of Ecology, 106(6), 2456-2472. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12998

Impacts of tephra deposition on vegetation are recorded in a series of 10 high temporal resolution absolute pollen diagrams from Lago Grande di Monticchio, each diagram spanning a single tephra deposition event during the last glacial–interglacial cy... Read More about Effects of tephra falls on vegetation: A Late-Quaternary record from southern Italy.

2H‐fractionations during the biosynthesis of carbohydrates and lipids imprint a metabolic signal on the δ2H values of plant organic compounds (2018)
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Cormier, M., Werner, R. A., Sauer, P. E., Gröcke, D. R., Leuenberger, M. C., Wieloch, T., …Kahmen, A. (2018). 2H‐fractionations during the biosynthesis of carbohydrates and lipids imprint a metabolic signal on the δ2H values of plant organic compounds. New Phytologist, 218(2), 479-491. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15016

Summary: Hydrogen (H) isotope ratio (δ2H) analyses of plant organic compounds have been applied to assess ecohydrological processes in the environment despite a large part of the δ2H variability observed in plant compounds not being fully elucidated.... Read More about 2H‐fractionations during the biosynthesis of carbohydrates and lipids imprint a metabolic signal on the δ2H values of plant organic compounds.

A walk through the approximations of ab initio multiple spawning (2018)
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Mignolet, B., & Curchod, B. F. (2018). A walk through the approximations of ab initio multiple spawning. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 148(13), Article 134110. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5022877

Full multiple spawning offers an in principle exact framework for excited-state dynamics, where nuclear wavefunctions in different electronic states are represented by a set of coupled trajectory basis functions that follow classical trajectories. Th... Read More about A walk through the approximations of ab initio multiple spawning.

The Indium and Zinc-Mediated Acyloxyallylation of Protected and Unprotected Aldotetroses - Revealing a Pronounced Diastereodivergence and a Fundamental Difference in the Performance of the Mediating Metal (2018)
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Draskovits, M., Stanetty, C., Baxendale, I. R., & Mihovilovic, M. D. (2018). The Indium and Zinc-Mediated Acyloxyallylation of Protected and Unprotected Aldotetroses - Revealing a Pronounced Diastereodivergence and a Fundamental Difference in the Performance of the Mediating Metal. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 83(5), 2647-2659. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.7b03063

The acyloxyallylation of unprotected aldoses was first demonstrated more than a decade ago as a potentially elegant two-carbon homologation of reducing sugars (upon ozonolysis); however, its application in real case syntheses remained scarce. Followi... Read More about The Indium and Zinc-Mediated Acyloxyallylation of Protected and Unprotected Aldotetroses - Revealing a Pronounced Diastereodivergence and a Fundamental Difference in the Performance of the Mediating Metal.

Identifying inhibitors of the Leishmania inositol phosphorylceramide synthase with antiprotozoal activity using a yeast-based assay and ultra-high throughput screening platform (2018)
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Norcliffe, J., Mina, J., Alvarez-Ruiz, E., Cantizani-Perez, J., de Dios-Anton, F., Colmenarejo, G., …Denny, P. (2018). Identifying inhibitors of the Leishmania inositol phosphorylceramide synthase with antiprotozoal activity using a yeast-based assay and ultra-high throughput screening platform. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 3938. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22063-9

Leishmaniasis is a Neglected Tropical Disease caused by the insect-vector borne protozoan parasite, Leishmania species. Infection affects millions of the world’s poorest, however vaccines are absent and drug therapy limited. Recently, public-private... Read More about Identifying inhibitors of the Leishmania inositol phosphorylceramide synthase with antiprotozoal activity using a yeast-based assay and ultra-high throughput screening platform.

Spine growth and seismogenic faulting at Mt. Unzen, Japan (2015)
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Hornby, A. J., Kendrick, J. E., Lamb, O. D., Hirose, T., De Angelis, S., von Aulock, F. W., …Lavallée, Y. (2015). Spine growth and seismogenic faulting at Mt. Unzen, Japan. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, 120(6), 4034-4054. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014jb011660

The concluding episode of activity during the recent eruption of Mt. Unzen (October 1994 to February 1995) was characterized by incremental spine extrusion, accompanied by seismicity. Analysis of the seismic record reveals the occurrence of two domin... Read More about Spine growth and seismogenic faulting at Mt. Unzen, Japan.

An integrated transcriptional analysis of the developing human retina (2019)
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Mellough, C. B., Bauer, R., Collin, J., Dorgau, B., Zerti, D., Dolan, D. W., …Lako, M. (2019). An integrated transcriptional analysis of the developing human retina. Development, 146(2), Article dev169474. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.169474

The scarcity of embryonic/foetal material as a resource for direct study means that there is still limited understanding of human retina development. Here, we present an integrated transcriptome analysis combined with immunohistochemistry in human ey... Read More about An integrated transcriptional analysis of the developing human retina.

Capturing the interplay between spin-orbit coupling and non-Condon effects on the photoabsorption spectra of Ru and Os dyes (2019)
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Keane, T., Rees, T. W., Baranoff, E. D., & Curchod, B. F. (2019). Capturing the interplay between spin-orbit coupling and non-Condon effects on the photoabsorption spectra of Ru and Os dyes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 7(22), 6564--6570. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8tc06403b

In this work, we investigate the factors influencing the shape of the low-energy tail of the absorption spectrum of a homoleptic biscyclometalated ruthenium complex with terdentate ligands [Rees et al., Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 56, 9903] by combini... Read More about Capturing the interplay between spin-orbit coupling and non-Condon effects on the photoabsorption spectra of Ru and Os dyes.

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy as a Tool for Electrochemical Rate Constant Estimation (2018)
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Chulkin, P., & Data, P. (2018). Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy as a Tool for Electrochemical Rate Constant Estimation. Journal of Visualized Experiments, Article e56611. https://doi.org/10.3791/56611

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was used for advanced characterization of organic electroactive compounds along with cyclic voltammetry (CV). In the case of fast reversible electrochemical processes, current is predominantly affected by... Read More about Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy as a Tool for Electrochemical Rate Constant Estimation.

Rhenium–osmium geochronology and oil-source correlation of the Duvernay petroleum system, Western Canada sedimentary basin: Implications for the application of the rhenium–osmium geochronometer to petroleum systems (2018)
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Liu, J., Selby, D., Obermajer, M., & Mort, A. (2018). Rhenium–osmium geochronology and oil-source correlation of the Duvernay petroleum system, Western Canada sedimentary basin: Implications for the application of the rhenium–osmium geochronometer to petroleum systems. AAPG Bulletin, 102(8), 1627-1657. https://doi.org/10.1306/12081717105

The Re–Os geochronometer has been applied to many petroleum systems worldwide. However, it is debated if the Re–Os systematics in petroleum actually record the timing of oil generation. Here, we investigate the Re–Os isotope systematics of the Duvern... Read More about Rhenium–osmium geochronology and oil-source correlation of the Duvernay petroleum system, Western Canada sedimentary basin: Implications for the application of the rhenium–osmium geochronometer to petroleum systems.

The mantle of Scotland viewed through the Glen Gollaidh aillikite (2018)
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Hutchison, M. T., Faithfull, J. W., Barfod, D. N., Hughes, J. W., & Upton, B. G. (2018). The mantle of Scotland viewed through the Glen Gollaidh aillikite. Mineralogy and Petrology, 112(S1), 115-132. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-018-0610-y

The Glen Gollaidh aillikite dyke (58.36741°N 4.69751°W), N.W. Scotland, occurs within the Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks of the Moine Supergroup ~4 km east of the Moine Thrust. Phlogopite 40Ar/36Ar measurements give a late Devonian maximum emplacem... Read More about The mantle of Scotland viewed through the Glen Gollaidh aillikite.

Local Control Theory in Trajectory Surface Hopping Dynamics Applied to the Excited-State Proton Transfer of 4-Hydroxyacridine (2015)
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Curchod, B. F., Penfold, T. J., Rothlisberger, U., & Tavernelli, I. (2015). Local Control Theory in Trajectory Surface Hopping Dynamics Applied to the Excited-State Proton Transfer of 4-Hydroxyacridine. ChemPhysChem, 16(10), 2127-2133. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201500190

The application of local control theory combined with nonadiabatic ab initio molecular dynamics to study the photoinduced intramolecular proton transfer reaction in 4‐hydroxyacridine was investigated. All calculations were performed within the framew... Read More about Local Control Theory in Trajectory Surface Hopping Dynamics Applied to the Excited-State Proton Transfer of 4-Hydroxyacridine.