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Carbon Nanotubes as Electrically Active Nanoreactors for Multi-Step Inorganic Synthesis: Sequential Transformations of Molecules to Nanoclusters and Nanoclusters to Nanoribbons (2016)
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Botos, A., Biskupek, J., Chamberlain, T. W., Rance, G. A., Stoppiello, C. T., Sloan, J., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2016). Carbon Nanotubes as Electrically Active Nanoreactors for Multi-Step Inorganic Synthesis: Sequential Transformations of Molecules to Nanoclusters and Nanoclusters to Nanoribbons. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(26), 8175-8183. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b03633

In organic synthesis, the composition and structure of products are predetermined by the reaction conditions; however, the synthesis of well-defined inorganic nanostructures often presents a significant challenge yielding non-stoichiometric or polymo... Read More about Carbon Nanotubes as Electrically Active Nanoreactors for Multi-Step Inorganic Synthesis: Sequential Transformations of Molecules to Nanoclusters and Nanoclusters to Nanoribbons.

Enantioselective nickel-catalyzed anti-carbometallative cyclizations of alkynyl electrophiles enabled by reversible alkenylnickel E/Z isomerization (2016)
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Clarke, C., Incerti-Pradillos, C. A., & Lam, H. W. (2016). Enantioselective nickel-catalyzed anti-carbometallative cyclizations of alkynyl electrophiles enabled by reversible alkenylnickel E/Z isomerization. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(26), https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b04206

Nickel-catalyzed additions of arylboronic acids to alkynes, followed by enantioselective cyclizations of the alkenylnickel species onto tethered ketones or enones, are reported. These reactions are reliant upon the formal anti-carbonickelation of the... Read More about Enantioselective nickel-catalyzed anti-carbometallative cyclizations of alkynyl electrophiles enabled by reversible alkenylnickel E/Z isomerization.

Enabling the Scale-Up of a Key Asymmetric Hydrogenation Step in the Synthesis of an API Using Continuous Flow Solid-Supported Catalysis (2016)
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Amara, Z., Poliakoff, M., Duque, R., Geier, D., Franciò, G., Gordon, C. M., …Leitner, W. (2016). Enabling the Scale-Up of a Key Asymmetric Hydrogenation Step in the Synthesis of an API Using Continuous Flow Solid-Supported Catalysis. Organic Process Research and Development, 20(7), 1321-1327. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.6b00143

© 2016 American Chemical Society. The development of a continuous flow process for asymmetric hydrogenation with a heterogenized molecular catalyst in a real industrial context is reported. The key asymmetric step in the synthesis of an API (active p... Read More about Enabling the Scale-Up of a Key Asymmetric Hydrogenation Step in the Synthesis of an API Using Continuous Flow Solid-Supported Catalysis.

Improved particle size control for the dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate in supercritical carbon dioxide (2016)
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McAllister, T. D., Farrand, L. D., & Howdle, S. M. (in press). Improved particle size control for the dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate in supercritical carbon dioxide. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201600131

Dispersion polymerization is a well-established method of producing polymer particles that are easily handled and processed. With careful choice of reaction conditions this technique can yield well defined, spherical particles for a wide range of app... Read More about Improved particle size control for the dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate in supercritical carbon dioxide.

Yb3+ doping effects on thermal conductivity and thermal expansion of Yttrium aluminium garnet (2016)
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Wang, J., Xu, F., Wheatley, R., Neate, N. C., & Hou, X. (2016). Yb3+ doping effects on thermal conductivity and thermal expansion of Yttrium aluminium garnet. Ceramics International, 42(12), 14228-14235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.06.034

Yttrium Aluminium Garnet (YAG) is an attractive candidate as thermal barrier material used for turbine blade in aero engines, due to its relatively low thermal conductivity, low oxygen diffusivity and good phase stability at high temperature. YAG has... Read More about Yb3+ doping effects on thermal conductivity and thermal expansion of Yttrium aluminium garnet.

Controlled polymerisation and purification of branched poly(lactic acid) surfactants in supercritical carbon dioxide (2016)
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Goddard, A. R., Pérez-Nieto, S., Passos, T. M., Quilty, B., Carmichael, K., Irvine, D. J., & Howdle, S. M. (in press). Controlled polymerisation and purification of branched poly(lactic acid) surfactants in supercritical carbon dioxide. Green Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1039/c6gc00745g

Product degradability, sustainability and low-toxicity are driving demand for the synthesis of biobased polymers and surfactants. Here we report the synthesis of novel surface active polymers using cyclic esters (D,L-lactide) and temperature sensitiv... Read More about Controlled polymerisation and purification of branched poly(lactic acid) surfactants in supercritical carbon dioxide.

Effect of supercritical CO2 on the copolymerization behavior of cyclohexene oxide/CO2 and copolymer properties with DMC/salen-Co(III) catalyst system (2016)
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Meng, Q.-Y., Pepper, K., Cheng, R.-H., Howdle, S. M., & Liu, B.-P. (in press). Effect of supercritical CO2 on the copolymerization behavior of cyclohexene oxide/CO2 and copolymer properties with DMC/salen-Co(III) catalyst system. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1002/pola.28162

The copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide (CHO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) was carried out under supercritical CO2 (scCO2) conditions to afford poly (cyclohexene carbonate)(PCHC) in high yield. The scCO2 provided not only the C1 feedstock but also prov... Read More about Effect of supercritical CO2 on the copolymerization behavior of cyclohexene oxide/CO2 and copolymer properties with DMC/salen-Co(III) catalyst system.

Quantum confinement and photoresponsivity of β-In2Se3 nanosheets grown by physical vapour transport (2016)
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Balakrishnan, N., Staddon, C. R., Smith, E. F., Stec, J., Gay, D., Mudd, G. W., …Beton, P. H. (in press). Quantum confinement and photoresponsivity of β-In2Se3 nanosheets grown by physical vapour transport. 2D Materials, 3(2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/3/2/025030

We demonstrate that β-In2Se3 layers with thickness ranging from 2.8 – 100 nm can be grown on SiO2/Si, mica and graphite using a physical vapour transport method. The β-In2Se3 layers are chemically stable at room temperature and exhibit a blue-shift o... Read More about Quantum confinement and photoresponsivity of β-In2Se3 nanosheets grown by physical vapour transport.

Perfluorinated Ligands Induce Meridional Metal Stereochemistry to Generate M8L12, M10L15, and M12L18 Prisms (2016)
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Kieffer, M., Pilgrim, B. S., Ronson, T. K., Roberts, D. A., Aleksanyan, M., & Nitschke, J. R. (2016). Perfluorinated Ligands Induce Meridional Metal Stereochemistry to Generate M8L12, M10L15, and M12L18 Prisms. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(21), 6813-6821. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b02445

FeII4L6 tetrahedral cage 1 undergoes post-assembly modification (PAM) via a Diels–Alder cycloaddition of the anthracene panels of the cage with tetracyanoethylene (TCNE). The modified cage 2 possesses an enclosed cavity suitable for encapsulation of... Read More about Perfluorinated Ligands Induce Meridional Metal Stereochemistry to Generate M8L12, M10L15, and M12L18 Prisms.

Hydrogen Electrooxidation under Conditions of High Mass Transport in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids and the Role of Underpotential-Deposited Hydrogen (2016)
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Goodwin, S. E., & Walsh, D. A. (2016). Hydrogen Electrooxidation under Conditions of High Mass Transport in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids and the Role of Underpotential-Deposited Hydrogen. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(21), 11498-11507. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b01592

The hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR), an electrocatalytic reaction of fundamental and applied interest, was studied in the protic ionic liquid (PIL) diethylmethylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonate, [dema][TfO], at Pt electrodes using rotating disk e... Read More about Hydrogen Electrooxidation under Conditions of High Mass Transport in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids and the Role of Underpotential-Deposited Hydrogen.