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Cobalt-molybdenum co-catalyst for heterogeneous photocatalytic H-mediated transformations (2019)
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Wang, B., Duke, K., Scaiano, J. C., & Lanterna, A. E. (2019). Cobalt-molybdenum co-catalyst for heterogeneous photocatalytic H-mediated transformations. Journal of Catalysis, 379, 33-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2019.09.015

Earth abundant materials, Mo and Co, are used to decorate TiO2 and work as co-catalyst for the selective semi-hydrogenation of alkynes and isomerization of estragole in a H2-free environment under UVA irradiation. Catalytic efficiency is higher than... Read More about Cobalt-molybdenum co-catalyst for heterogeneous photocatalytic H-mediated transformations.

Time resolved transient circular dichroism spectroscopy using synchrotron natural polarization (2019)
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Auvray, F., Dennetiere, D., Giuliani, A., Jamme, F., Wien, F., Nay, B., …Réfrégiers, M. (2019). Time resolved transient circular dichroism spectroscopy using synchrotron natural polarization. Structural Dynamics, 6(5), Article 054307. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5120346

Ultraviolet (UV) synchrotron radiation circular dichroism (SRCD) spectroscopy has made an important contribution to the determination and understanding of the structure of bio-molecules. In this paper, we report an innovative approach that we term ti... Read More about Time resolved transient circular dichroism spectroscopy using synchrotron natural polarization.

Discovery, activity and characterisation of an AA10 lytic polysaccharide oxygenase from the shipworm symbiont Teredinibacter turnerae (2019)
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Fowler, C. A., Sabbadin, F., Ciano, L., Hemsworth, G. R., Elias, L., Bruce, N., …Walton, P. H. (2019). Discovery, activity and characterisation of an AA10 lytic polysaccharide oxygenase from the shipworm symbiont Teredinibacter turnerae. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 12(1), Article 232. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-019-1573-x

In Situ Sulfidation of Pd/C: A Straightforward Method for Chemoselective Conjugate Reduction by Continuous Hydrogenation (2019)
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Moore, J. C., Howie, R. A., Bourne, S. L., Jenkins, G. N., Licence, P., Poliakoff, M., & George, M. W. (2019). In Situ Sulfidation of Pd/C: A Straightforward Method for Chemoselective Conjugate Reduction by Continuous Hydrogenation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 7(19), 16814-16819. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04347

A method has been developed for the in situ sulfidation of Pd/C under continuous flow. The approach provides a cheap, sustainable, and operationally convenient method for chemoselective conjugate reduction by continuous hydrogenation. High conversio... Read More about In Situ Sulfidation of Pd/C: A Straightforward Method for Chemoselective Conjugate Reduction by Continuous Hydrogenation.

Poly (glycerol adipate) (PGA), an Enzymatically Synthesized Functionalizable Polyester and Versatile Drug Delivery Carrier: A Literature Update (2019)
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Swainson, S. M., Styliari, I. D., Taresco, V., & Garnett, M. C. (2019). Poly (glycerol adipate) (PGA), an Enzymatically Synthesized Functionalizable Polyester and Versatile Drug Delivery Carrier: A Literature Update. Polymers, 11(10), 1561. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11101561

The enzymatically synthesized poly (glycerol adipate) (PGA) has demonstrated all the desirable key properties required from a performing biomaterial to be considered a versatile “polymeric-tool” in the broad field of drug delivery. The step-growth po... Read More about Poly (glycerol adipate) (PGA), an Enzymatically Synthesized Functionalizable Polyester and Versatile Drug Delivery Carrier: A Literature Update.

Structural basis for chain release from the enacyloxin polyketide synthase (2019)
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Kosol, S., Gallo, A., Griffiths, D., Valentic, T. R., Masschelein, J., Jenner, M., …Lewandowski, J. R. (2019). Structural basis for chain release from the enacyloxin polyketide synthase. Nature Chemistry, 11(10), 913-923. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-019-0335-5

Modular polyketide synthases and nonribosomal peptide synthetases are molecular assembly lines consisting of several multienzyme subunits that undergo dynamic selfassembly to form a functional mega-complex. N- and C-terminal docking domains are usual... Read More about Structural basis for chain release from the enacyloxin polyketide synthase.

Highly coloured and electrophoretically active polymer microparticles via staggered dispersion polymerisation in supercritical carbon dioxide and dodecane (2019)
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McAllister, T. D., Bennett, T. M., Petrillo, C., Topping, C., Farrand, L. D., Smith, N., & Howdle, S. M. (2019). Highly coloured and electrophoretically active polymer microparticles via staggered dispersion polymerisation in supercritical carbon dioxide and dodecane. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7(39), 12194-12203. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9tc03558c

Devices featuring electrophoretic displays (EPD) have become extremely popular in recent years because of their low power consumption, high readability and thin display designs, but a product with a full colour gamut comparable with liquid crystal di... Read More about Highly coloured and electrophoretically active polymer microparticles via staggered dispersion polymerisation in supercritical carbon dioxide and dodecane.

Quantification of energy of activation to supramolecular nanofibre formation reveals enthalpic and entropic effects and morphological consequence (2019)
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Samperi, M., Perez-Garcia, L., & Amabilino, D. B. (2019). Quantification of energy of activation to supramolecular nanofibre formation reveals enthalpic and entropic effects and morphological consequence. Chemical Science, 2019(44), 10256-10266. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sc03280k

We show a self-assembly process leading to fibres from a system that starts far from equilibrium because of fast solvent – anti-solvent mixing and analyse the activation energies associated with the aggregation. It is in some ways reminiscent of dive... Read More about Quantification of energy of activation to supramolecular nanofibre formation reveals enthalpic and entropic effects and morphological consequence.

Synthesis of folic acid functionalized gold nanoclusters for targeting folate receptor-positive cells (2019)
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Liu, Z., Turyanska, L., Zamberlan, F., Pacifico, S., Bradshaw, T. D., Moro, F., …Thomas, N. R. (2019). Synthesis of folic acid functionalized gold nanoclusters for targeting folate receptor-positive cells. Nanotechnology, 30(50), Article 505102. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab437c

We report on the synthesis of water-soluble gold nanoclusters capped with polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based ligands and further functionalized with folic acid for specific cellular uptake. The dihydrolipoic acid-PEG-based ligands terminated with -OMe,... Read More about Synthesis of folic acid functionalized gold nanoclusters for targeting folate receptor-positive cells.

A Wavy Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework from Core-Twisted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (2019)
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Melle-Franco, M., Martínez-Abadía, M., Stoppiello, C. T., Strutynski, K., Lerma-Berlanga, B., Martí-Gastaldo, C., …Mateo-Alonso, A. (2019). A Wavy Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework from Core-Twisted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(36), 14403-14410. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b07383

A high degree of crystallinity is an essential aspect in two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks, as many properties depend strongly on the structural arrangement of the different layers and their constituents. We introduce herein a new design st... Read More about A Wavy Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework from Core-Twisted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.