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The Pink Box: Exclusive Homochiral Aromatic Stacking in a Bis-perylene Diimide Macrocycle (2022)
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Penty, S. E., Zwijnenburg, M. A., Orton, G. R., Stachelek, P., Pal, R., Xie, Y., …Barendt, T. A. (2022). The Pink Box: Exclusive Homochiral Aromatic Stacking in a Bis-perylene Diimide Macrocycle. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(27), 12290-12298. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c03531

This work showcases chiral complementarity in aromatic stacking interactions as an effective tool to optimize the chiroptical and electrochemical properties of perylene diimides (PDIs). PDIs are a notable class of robust dye molecules and their rich... Read More about The Pink Box: Exclusive Homochiral Aromatic Stacking in a Bis-perylene Diimide Macrocycle.

Novel Easy to Synthesize Benzonitrile Compounds with Mixed Carbazole and Phenoxazine Substituents Exhibiting Dual Emission and TADF Properties (2022)
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Maggiore, A., Qu, Y., Guillot, R., Pander, P., Vasylieva, M., Data, P., …Miomandre, F. (2022). Novel Easy to Synthesize Benzonitrile Compounds with Mixed Carbazole and Phenoxazine Substituents Exhibiting Dual Emission and TADF Properties. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysical Chemistry), 126(14), 2740-2753. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c00219

The photophysical and electrochemical properties of a new class of fluorinated benzonitrile compounds substituted with mixed phenoxazine and carbazole units have been investigated. When absorbing in a large range of the UV–vis spectrum due to both lo... Read More about Novel Easy to Synthesize Benzonitrile Compounds with Mixed Carbazole and Phenoxazine Substituents Exhibiting Dual Emission and TADF Properties.

Emission and Absorption Tuning in TADF B,N‐Doped Heptacenes: Toward Ideal‐Blue Hyperfluorescent OLEDs (2022)
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Stavrou, K., Madayanad Suresh, S., Hall, D., Danos, A., Kukhta, N. A., Slawin, A. M., …Zysman‐Colman, E. (2022). Emission and Absorption Tuning in TADF B,N‐Doped Heptacenes: Toward Ideal‐Blue Hyperfluorescent OLEDs. Advanced Optical Materials, 10(17), Article 2200688. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202200688

Developing high-efficiency purely organic blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) that meet the stringent industry standards is a major current research challenge. Hyperfluorescent device approaches achieve in large measure the desired high perfor... Read More about Emission and Absorption Tuning in TADF B,N‐Doped Heptacenes: Toward Ideal‐Blue Hyperfluorescent OLEDs.

Muon-Nitrogen Quadrupolar Level Crossing Resonance in a Charge Transfer Salt (2022)
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Berlie, A., Pratt, F. L., Huddart, B. M., Lancaster, T., & Cottrell, S. P. (2022). Muon-Nitrogen Quadrupolar Level Crossing Resonance in a Charge Transfer Salt. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126(17), 7529-7534. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c00617

Although muons are primarily regarded as a local spin probe, they can also access the charge state of an atom or molecule via quadrupolar level crossing resonance (QLCR) spectroscopy. We use Li+TCNQ– (TCNQ = 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane), a simpl... Read More about Muon-Nitrogen Quadrupolar Level Crossing Resonance in a Charge Transfer Salt.

Implementation of angularly ordered electroweak parton shower in Herwig 7 (2022)
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Masouminia, M., & Richardson, P. (2022). Implementation of angularly ordered electroweak parton shower in Herwig 7. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022(4), Article 112. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep04%282022%29112

We discuss the necessary steps for implementing an angularly ordered (AO) electroweak (EW) parton shower in Herwig 7 multi-purpose event generator. This includes calculating the helicity-dependent quasi-collinear EW branching functions that correspon... Read More about Implementation of angularly ordered electroweak parton shower in Herwig 7.

Critical current density of superconducting-normal-superconducting Josephson junctions and polycrystalline superconductors in high magnetic fields (2022)
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Blair, A., & Hampshire, D. (2022). Critical current density of superconducting-normal-superconducting Josephson junctions and polycrystalline superconductors in high magnetic fields. Physical Review Research, 4(2), Article 023123. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.4.023123

We investigate the in-field critical current density Jc (B) of superconducting-normal-superconducting (SNS) Josephson junctions (JJs) and polycrystalline superconducting systems with grain boundaries modeled as Josephson-type planar defects, both ana... Read More about Critical current density of superconducting-normal-superconducting Josephson junctions and polycrystalline superconductors in high magnetic fields.

Effects of donor position and multiple charge transfer pathways in asymmetric pyridyl-sulfonyl TADF emitters (2022)
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Haykir, G., Aydemir, M., Tekin, A., Tekin, E., Danos, A., Yuksel, F., …Turksoy, F. (2022). Effects of donor position and multiple charge transfer pathways in asymmetric pyridyl-sulfonyl TADF emitters. Materials Today Communications, 31, Article 103550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103550

We have designed and synthesized a pair of highly asymmetric D-aA-D′ type pyridyl-sulfonyl based isomers comprising phenothiazine (PTZ) and carbazole (Cz) donor units, which are able to emit thermally activated delayed fluorescence. PTZ-pS4-Py-2Cz an... Read More about Effects of donor position and multiple charge transfer pathways in asymmetric pyridyl-sulfonyl TADF emitters.

TADF dendronized polymer with vibrationally enhanced direct spin-flip between charge-transfer states for efficient non-doped solution-processed OLEDs (2022)
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Li, C., Harrison, A. K., Liu, Y., Zhao, Z., Dias, F. B., Zeng, C., …Ren, Z. (2022). TADF dendronized polymer with vibrationally enhanced direct spin-flip between charge-transfer states for efficient non-doped solution-processed OLEDs. Chemical Engineering Journal, 435, Article 134924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.134924

A novel type of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) dendronized polymer was designed and synthesized. Firstly, one side of the asymmetric TADF unit was encapsulated by 3,6-di-tert-butylcarbazole via a conjugated linkage with strong twiste... Read More about TADF dendronized polymer with vibrationally enhanced direct spin-flip between charge-transfer states for efficient non-doped solution-processed OLEDs.

Variation of plagioclase shape with size in intermediate magmas: a window into incipient plagioclase crystallisation (2022)
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Mangler, M. F., Humphreys, M. C., Wadsowrth, F. B., Iveson, A. A., & Higgins, M. D. (2022). Variation of plagioclase shape with size in intermediate magmas: a window into incipient plagioclase crystallisation. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 177(6), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-022-01922-9

Volcanic rocks commonly display complex textures acquired both in the magma reservoir and during ascent to the surface. While variations in mineral compositions, sizes and number densities are routinely analysed to reconstruct pre-eruptive magmatic h... Read More about Variation of plagioclase shape with size in intermediate magmas: a window into incipient plagioclase crystallisation.

Fe3-xInSnxO6 (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5): A family of corundum derivatives with Sn-induced polarization and above room temperature antiferromagnetic ordering (2022)
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Frank, C. E., McCabe, E. E., Orlandi, F., Manuel, P., Tan, X., Deng, Z., …Greenblatt, M. (2022). Fe3-xInSnxO6 (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5): A family of corundum derivatives with Sn-induced polarization and above room temperature antiferromagnetic ordering. Chemistry of Materials, 34(11), 5020-5029. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00312

Three new double corundum derived compounds, Fe3-xInSnxO6, (x = 0. 0.25, 0.5) were synthesized at high pressure and temperature (6 GPa, 1400-1450 C) All the compounds order antiferromagnetically well above room temperature, TN = 608 K, 532K, and 432... Read More about Fe3-xInSnxO6 (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5): A family of corundum derivatives with Sn-induced polarization and above room temperature antiferromagnetic ordering.

Magnetoelastic resonance as a probe for exchange springs at antiferromagnet-ferromagnet interfaces (2022)
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Seemann, K., Gomonay, O., Mokrousov, Y., Hörner, A., Valencia, S., Klamser, P., …Fischer, P. (2022). Magnetoelastic resonance as a probe for exchange springs at antiferromagnet-ferromagnet interfaces. Physical Review B, 105(14), Article 144432. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.105.144432

In prototype ferromagnet-antiferromagnet interfaces we demonstrate that surface acoustic waves can be used to identify complex magnetic phases arising upon evolution of exchange springs in an applied field. Applying sub-GHz surface acoustic waves to... Read More about Magnetoelastic resonance as a probe for exchange springs at antiferromagnet-ferromagnet interfaces.

Quantum theory of magnon excitation by high energy electron beams (2022)
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Mendis, B. (2022). Quantum theory of magnon excitation by high energy electron beams. Ultramicroscopy, 239, Article 113548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2022.113548

The role of magnon inelastic scattering in high energy electron diffraction of spin unpolarised electron beams, including vortex beams, is investigated theoretically for a Heisenberg ferromagnet. The interaction is between the atomic magnetic dipoles... Read More about Quantum theory of magnon excitation by high energy electron beams.

Multiple low-energy excitons and optical response of d0 double perovskite Ba2ScTaO6 (2022)
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Himanshu, A., Kumar, S., Dey, U., & Ray, R. (2022). Multiple low-energy excitons and optical response of d0 double perovskite Ba2ScTaO6. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 637, Article 413856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2022.413856

Large bandgap insulators are considered promising for applications such as photocatalysts, dielectric resonators and interference lters. Based on synchrotron X-ray diraction, diuse re ectance measurement and density functional theory, we report the c... Read More about Multiple low-energy excitons and optical response of d0 double perovskite Ba2ScTaO6.

From Phosphorescence to Delayed Fluorescence in One Step: Tuning Photophysical Properties by Quaternisation of an sp2-Hybridised Nitrogen Atom (2022)
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Klimash, A., Prlj, A., Yufit, D., Mallick, A., Curchod, B., McGonigal, P., …Etherington, M. (2022). From Phosphorescence to Delayed Fluorescence in One Step: Tuning Photophysical Properties by Quaternisation of an sp2-Hybridised Nitrogen Atom. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 10(25), 9484-9491. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2tc01737g

Control of the delayed emission of organic compounds is an important factor in the development of new display technology and for the emerging use of organic emitters in sensing and fluorescence microscopy. In particular, there is a need to understand... Read More about From Phosphorescence to Delayed Fluorescence in One Step: Tuning Photophysical Properties by Quaternisation of an sp2-Hybridised Nitrogen Atom.

Dominant dimer emission provides colour stability for red thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter (2022)
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Cardeynaels, T., Etherington, M. K., Paredis, S., Batsanov, A. S., Deckers, J., Stavrou, K., …Maes, W. (2022). Dominant dimer emission provides colour stability for red thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 10(15), https://doi.org/10.1039/d1tc04913e

Colour purity and stability in multi-donor thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters has significant implications for commercial organic light-emitting diode (OLED) design. The formation of emissive dimer states in the well-known 1,2,3... Read More about Dominant dimer emission provides colour stability for red thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter.

Magnetism in the Néel-skyrmion host GaV4S8 under pressure (2022)
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Hicken, T., Wilson, M., Holt, S., Khassanov, R., Lees, M., Gupta, R., …Lancaster, T. (2022). Magnetism in the Néel-skyrmion host GaV4S8 under pressure. Physical Review B, 105(13), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.105.134414

We present magnetization and muon-spin spectroscopy measurements of Néel-skyrmion host GaV4S8 under the application of hydrostatic pressures up to P = 2.29 GPa. Our results suggest that the magnetic phase diagram is altered with pressure via a reduct... Read More about Magnetism in the Néel-skyrmion host GaV4S8 under pressure.

Tribological Behavior of Microalloyed Cu50Zr50 Alloy (2021)
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Younes, A., De la Flor, S., Clark, S., Nutter, J., Birkett, M., Watson, J., …Gonzalez, S. (2022). Tribological Behavior of Microalloyed Cu50Zr50 Alloy. Journal of Tribology, 144(2), Article 021706. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052363

Promoting the martensitic transformation through optimum microalloying with Fe and/or Mn was observed to be an effective method to enhance the wear resistance of the Cu50Zr50 at% shape memory alloy (SMA). Among all the potential microelements and con... Read More about Tribological Behavior of Microalloyed Cu50Zr50 Alloy.

Electrospray ionization of native membrane proteins proceeds via a charge equilibration step (2022)
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Yen, H., Abramsson, M. L., Agasid, M. T., Lama, D., Gault, J., Liko, I., …Landreh, M. (2022). Electrospray ionization of native membrane proteins proceeds via a charge equilibration step. RSC Advances, 12(16), 9671-9680. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ra01282k

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry is increasingly applied to study the structures and interactions of membrane protein complexes. However, the charging mechanism is complicated by the presence of detergent micelles during ionization. Here, we... Read More about Electrospray ionization of native membrane proteins proceeds via a charge equilibration step.

Extended Conjugation Attenuates the Quenching of Aggregation-Induced Emitters by Photocyclization Pathways (2022)
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Turley, A., Saha, P., Danos, A., Bismillah, A., Monkman, A., Yufit, D., …McGonigal, P. (2022). Extended Conjugation Attenuates the Quenching of Aggregation-Induced Emitters by Photocyclization Pathways. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(24), Article e202202193. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202202193

Herein, we expose how the antagonistic relationship between solid-state luminescence and photocyclization of oligoaryl alkenes chromophores is modulated by the conjugation length of their alkenyl backbones. Heptaaryl cycloheptatriene molecular rotors... Read More about Extended Conjugation Attenuates the Quenching of Aggregation-Induced Emitters by Photocyclization Pathways.

Quantum Spin 1/2 Dimers in a Low Dimensional Tetrabromocuprate Magnet (2022)
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Sampson, G., Bristowe, N. C., Carr, S. T., Saib, A., Stenning, G. B., Clark, E. R., & Saines, P. J. (2022). Quantum Spin 1/2 Dimers in a Low Dimensional Tetrabromocuprate Magnet. Chemistry - A European Journal, 28(32), Article e202200855. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202200855

This work describes a homometallic spin-urn:x-wiley:09476539:media:chem202200855:chem202200855-math-0001 tetrabromocuprate adopting a bilayer structure. Magnetic-susceptibility measurements show a broad maximum centred near 70 K, with fits to this da... Read More about Quantum Spin 1/2 Dimers in a Low Dimensional Tetrabromocuprate Magnet.