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Boron-induced transformation of ultrathin Au films into two-dimensional metallic nanostructures (2024)
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Preobrajenski, A., Vinogradov, N., Duncan, D. A., Lee, T.-L., Tsitsvero, M., Taketsugu, T., & Lyalin, A. (2024). Boron-induced transformation of ultrathin Au films into two-dimensional metallic nanostructures. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 10518. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54464-y

The synthesis of large, freestanding, single-atom-thick two-dimensional (2D) metallic materials remains challenging due to the isotropic nature of metallic bonding. Here, we present a bottom-up approach for fabricating macroscopically large, nearly f... Read More about Boron-induced transformation of ultrathin Au films into two-dimensional metallic nanostructures.

Quantitative Measurement of Cooperative Binding in Partially Dissociated Water Dimers at the Hematite “R-Cut” Surface (2024)
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Ryan, P. T., Sombut, P., Rafsanjani-Abbasi, A., Wang, C., Eratam, F., Goto, F., Franchini, C., Diebold, U., Meier, M., Duncan, D. A., & Parkinson, G. S. (2024). Quantitative Measurement of Cooperative Binding in Partially Dissociated Water Dimers at the Hematite “R-Cut” Surface. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 128(40), 16977-16985. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c04537

Water-solid interfaces pervade the natural environment and modern technology. On some surfaces, water-water interactions induce the formation of partially dissociated interfacial layers; understanding why is important to model processes in catalysis... Read More about Quantitative Measurement of Cooperative Binding in Partially Dissociated Water Dimers at the Hematite “R-Cut” Surface.

Structure Determination of F4TCNQ on Ag(111): A Systematic Trend in Metal Adatom Incorporation (2024)
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Hobson, A. L., Hussain, H., Mousley, P. J., Duncan, D. A., Braim, M., Costantini, G., Nicklin, C., & Woodruff, D. P. (2024). Structure Determination of F4TCNQ on Ag(111): A Systematic Trend in Metal Adatom Incorporation. ACS Omega, 9(29), 32193-32200. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c04860

A structure determination of the commensurate phase formed by 7,7,8,8-tetracyano-2,3,5,6-tetrafluoroquinodimethane (F4TCNQ) absorbed on Ag(111) is reported. Initial characterization was performed using low-energy electron diffraction and synchrotron... Read More about Structure Determination of F4TCNQ on Ag(111): A Systematic Trend in Metal Adatom Incorporation.

Group A Streptococcus induces CD1a-autoreactive T cells and promotes psoriatic inflammation (2023)
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Chen, Y.-L., Ng, J. S. W., Ottakandathil Babu, R., Woo, J., Nahler, J., Hardman, C. S., Kurupati, P., Nussbaum, L., Gao, F., Dong, T., Ladell, K., Price, D. A., Duncan, D. A., Johnson, D., Gileadi, U., Koohy, H., & Ogg, G. S. (2023). Group A Streptococcus induces CD1a-autoreactive T cells and promotes psoriatic inflammation. Science Immunology, 8(84), https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.add9232

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection is associated with multiple clinical sequelae, including different subtypes of psoriasis. Such post-streptococcal disorders have been long known but are largely unexplained. CD1a is expressed at constitutively hi... Read More about Group A Streptococcus induces CD1a-autoreactive T cells and promotes psoriatic inflammation.

Donor–Acceptor Co-Adsorption Ratio Controls the Structure and Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Alkali–Organic Networks on Ag(100) (2023)
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Sohail, B., Blowey, P. J., Rochford, L. A., Ryan, P. T. P., Duncan, D. A., Lee, T.-L., Starrs, P., Costantini, G., Woodruff, D. P., & Maurer, R. J. (2023). Donor–Acceptor Co-Adsorption Ratio Controls the Structure and Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Alkali–Organic Networks on Ag(100). Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(5), 2716-2727. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c08688

The results are presented of a detailed combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the influence of coadsorbed electron-donating alkali atoms and the prototypical electron acceptor molecule 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) on the A... Read More about Donor–Acceptor Co-Adsorption Ratio Controls the Structure and Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Alkali–Organic Networks on Ag(100).

N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Molecular Porters of Surface Mounted Ru-Porphyrins (2022)
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Knecht, P., Meier, D., Reichert, J., Duncan, D. A., Schwarz, M., Küchle, J. T., Lee, T., Deimel, P. S., Feulner, P., Allegretti, F., Auwärter, W., Médard, G., Seitsonen, A. P., Barth, J. V., & Papageorgiou, A. C. (2022). N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Molecular Porters of Surface Mounted Ru-Porphyrins. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(49), Article e202211877. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202211877

Ru-porphyrins act as convenient pedestals for the assembly of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) on solid surfaces. Upon deposition of a simple NHC ligand on a close packed Ru-porphyrin monolayer, an extraordinary phenomenon can be observed: Ru-porphyrin... Read More about N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Molecular Porters of Surface Mounted Ru-Porphyrins.

Silicene’s pervasive surface alloy on Ag(111): a scaffold for two-dimensional growth (2022)
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Küchle, J. T., Baklanov, A., Seitsonen, A. P., Ryan, P. T. P., Feulner, P., Pendem, P., Lee, T.-L., Muntwiler, M., Schwarz, M., Haag, F., Barth, J. V., Auwärter, W., Duncan, D. A., & Allegretti, F. (2022). Silicene’s pervasive surface alloy on Ag(111): a scaffold for two-dimensional growth. 2D Materials, 9(4), Article 045021. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ac8a01

Silicene, the two-dimensional (2D) allotrope of silicon, is a promising material for electronics. So far, the most direct synthesis strategy has been to grow it epitaxially on metal surfaces; however, the effect of the strong silicon-metal interactio... Read More about Silicene’s pervasive surface alloy on Ag(111): a scaffold for two-dimensional growth.

Experimental measurement and prediction of ionic liquid ionisation energies (2021)
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Seymour, J. M., Gousseva, E., Large, A. I., Clarke, C. J., Licence, P., Fogarty, R. M., Duncan, D. A., Ferrer, P., Venturini, F., Bennett, R. A., Palgrave, R. G., & Lovelock, K. R. J. (2021). Experimental measurement and prediction of ionic liquid ionisation energies. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23(37), 20957-20973. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp02441h

Ionic liquid (IL) valence electronic structure provides key descriptors for understanding and predicting IL properties. The ionisation energies of 60 ILs are measured and the most readily ionised valence state of each IL (the highest occupied molecul... Read More about Experimental measurement and prediction of ionic liquid ionisation energies.

Pre-existing asthma as a comorbidity does not modify cytokine responses and severity of COVID-19 (2021)
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Luo, J., Chen, Y.-L., Chen, W., Duncan, D. A., Mentzer, A., Knight, J. C., Ogg, G., Klenerman, P., Pavord, I. D., & Xue, L. (2021). Pre-existing asthma as a comorbidity does not modify cytokine responses and severity of COVID-19. Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, 17, Article 67. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13223-021-00569-8

Background
A significant portion of COVID-19 sufferers have asthma. The impacts of asthma on COVID-19 progression are still unclear but a modifying effect is plausible as respiratory viruses are acknowledged to be an important trigger for asthma exa... Read More about Pre-existing asthma as a comorbidity does not modify cytokine responses and severity of COVID-19.