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Encapsulation of copper phenanthroline within horse spleen apoferritin: characterisation, cytotoxic activity and ability to retain temozolomide (2024)
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Cassioli, M. L., Fay, M., Turyanska, L., Bradshaw, T. D., Thomas, N. R., & Pordea, A. (2024). Encapsulation of copper phenanthroline within horse spleen apoferritin: characterisation, cytotoxic activity and ability to retain temozolomide. RSC Advances, 14(20), 14008-14016. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ra07430g

Protein capsules are promising drug delivery vehicles for cancer research therapies. Apoferritin (AFt) is a self-assembling 12 nm diameter hollow nanocage with many desirable features for drug delivery, however, control of drug retention inside the p... Read More about Encapsulation of copper phenanthroline within horse spleen apoferritin: characterisation, cytotoxic activity and ability to retain temozolomide.

Synergy of nanocrystalline carbon nitride with Cu single atom catalyst leads to selective photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol (2024)
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LeMercier, T. M., Thangamuthu, M., Kohlrausch, E. C., Chen, Y., Stoppiello, C. T., Fay, M. W., Rance, G. A., Aliev, G. N., Theis, W., Biskupek, J., Kaiser, U., Lanterna, A. E., Alves Fernandes, J., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2024). Synergy of nanocrystalline carbon nitride with Cu single atom catalyst leads to selective photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 1691-1703. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SE00028E

Carbon nitride (C3N4) possesses both a band gap in the visible range and a low-lying conduction band potential, suitable for water splitting and CO2 reduction reactions (CO2RR). Yet, bulk C3N4 (b-C3N4) suffers from structural disorder leading to slug... Read More about Synergy of nanocrystalline carbon nitride with Cu single atom catalyst leads to selective photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol.

Atomic-Scale Time-Resolved Imaging of Krypton Dimers, Chains and Transition to a One-Dimensional Gas (2024)
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Cardillo-Zallo, I., Biskupek, J., Bloodworth, S., Marsden, E. S., Fay, M. W., Ramasse, Q. M., Rance, G. A., Stoppiello, C. T., Cull, W. J., Weare, B. L., Whitby, R. J., Kaiser, U., Brown, P. D., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2024). Atomic-Scale Time-Resolved Imaging of Krypton Dimers, Chains and Transition to a One-Dimensional Gas. ACS Nano, 18(4), 2958–2971. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c07853

Single-atom dynamics of noble-gas elements have been investigated using time-resolved transmission electron microscopy (TEM), with direct observation providing for a deeper understanding of chemical bonding, reactivity, and states of matter at the na... Read More about Atomic-Scale Time-Resolved Imaging of Krypton Dimers, Chains and Transition to a One-Dimensional Gas.

Nitrogen vacancy defects in single-particle nanodiamonds sense paramagnetic transition metal spin noise from nanoparticles on a transmission electron microscopy grid (2023)
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Flinn, B. T., Radu, V., Fay, M. W., Tyler, A. J., Pitcairn, J., Cliffe, M. J., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2023). Nitrogen vacancy defects in single-particle nanodiamonds sense paramagnetic transition metal spin noise from nanoparticles on a transmission electron microscopy grid. Nanoscale Advances, 2023(23), 6423-6434. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3na00155e

Spin-active nanomaterials play a vital role in current and upcoming quantum technologies, such as spintronics, data storage and computing. To advance the design and application of these materials, methods to link size, shape, structure, and chemical... Read More about Nitrogen vacancy defects in single-particle nanodiamonds sense paramagnetic transition metal spin noise from nanoparticles on a transmission electron microscopy grid.

Reactions of polyaromatic molecules in crystals under electron beam of the transmission electron microscope (2022)
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Fung, K. L., Weare, B. L., Fay, M. W., Argent, S. P., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2023). Reactions of polyaromatic molecules in crystals under electron beam of the transmission electron microscope. Micron, 165, Article 103395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2022.103395

Reactivity of a series of related molecules under the 80 keV electron beam have been investigated and correlated with their structures and chemical composition. Hydrogenated and halogenated derivatives of hexaazatrinaphthylene, coronene, and phthaloc... Read More about Reactions of polyaromatic molecules in crystals under electron beam of the transmission electron microscope.

Nanostructured, Alkaline Titanate‐Converted, and Heat‐Treated Ti6Al4V Microspheres via Wet‐Chemical Alkaline Modification and their ORR Electrocatalytic Response (2022)
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Wadge, M. D., Bird, M. A., Sankowski, A., Constantin, H., Fay, M. W., Cooper, T. P., …Grant, D. M. (2023). Nanostructured, Alkaline Titanate‐Converted, and Heat‐Treated Ti6Al4V Microspheres via Wet‐Chemical Alkaline Modification and their ORR Electrocatalytic Response. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10(5), Article 2201523. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202201523

This study describes the chemical conversion and heat treatment of Ti6Al4V microspheres (Ti6_MS), and the resulting effects on their electrocatalytic properties. The wet-chemical conversion (5.0m NaOH, 60°C, 24h; Sample label: Ti6_TC) converts the to... Read More about Nanostructured, Alkaline Titanate‐Converted, and Heat‐Treated Ti6Al4V Microspheres via Wet‐Chemical Alkaline Modification and their ORR Electrocatalytic Response.

Catalysis enabled synthesis, structures, and reactivities of fluorinated S8-corona[n]arenes (n = 8–12) (2022)
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Turley, A. T., Hanson-Heine, M. W. D., Argent, S. P., Hu, Y., Jones, T. A., Fay, M., & Woodward, S. (2023). Catalysis enabled synthesis, structures, and reactivities of fluorinated S8-corona[n]arenes (n = 8–12). Chemical Science, 14(1), 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sc05348a

Previously inaccessible large S8-corona[n]arene macrocycles (n = 8-12) with alternating aryl and 1,4-C6F4 subunits are easily prepared on up to gram scales, without the need for chromatography (up to 45% yield, 10 different examples) through new high... Read More about Catalysis enabled synthesis, structures, and reactivities of fluorinated S8-corona[n]arenes (n = 8–12).

Kerogen nanoscale structure and CO2 adsorption in shale micropores (2021)
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Gonciaruk, A., Hall, M. R., Fay, M. W., Parmenter, C. D. J., Vane, C. H., Khlobystov, A. N., & Ripepi, N. (2021). Kerogen nanoscale structure and CO2 adsorption in shale micropores. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 3920. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83179-z

Gas storage and recovery processes in shales critically depend on nano-scale porosity and chemical composition, but information about the nanoscale pore geometry and connectivity of kerogen, insoluble organic shale matter, is largely unavailable. Usi... Read More about Kerogen nanoscale structure and CO2 adsorption in shale micropores.

Etoposide and olaparib polymer-coated nanoparticles within a bioadhesive sprayable hydrogel for post-surgical localised delivery to brain tumours (2020)
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McCrorie, P., Mistry, J., Taresco, V., Lovato, T., Fay, M., Ward, I., …Rahman, R. (2020). Etoposide and olaparib polymer-coated nanoparticles within a bioadhesive sprayable hydrogel for post-surgical localised delivery to brain tumours. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 157, 108-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2020.10.005

Glioblastoma is a malignant brain tumour with a median survival of 14.6 months from diagnosis. Despite maximal surgical resection and concurrent chemoradiotherapy, reoccurrence is inevitable. To try combating the disease at a stage of low residual tu... Read More about Etoposide and olaparib polymer-coated nanoparticles within a bioadhesive sprayable hydrogel for post-surgical localised delivery to brain tumours.

Metabolic characterisation of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1 using LC-MS-based metabolite profiling (2020)
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Abdelrazig, S., Safo, L., Rance, G. A., Fay, M. W., Theodosiou, E., Topham, P. D., …Fernández-Castané, A. (2020). Metabolic characterisation of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1 using LC-MS-based metabolite profiling. RSC Advances, 10(54), 32548-32560. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ra05326k

Magnetosomes are nano-sized magnetic nanoparticles with exquisite properties that can be used in a wide range of healthcare and biotechnological applications. They are biosynthesised by magnetotactic bacteria (MTB), such as Magnetospirillum gryphiswa... Read More about Metabolic characterisation of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1 using LC-MS-based metabolite profiling.