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Glass wool: a novel support for heterogeneous catalysis (2018)
Journal Article
Elhage, A., Wang, B., Marina, N., Marin, M. L., Cruz, M., Lanterna, A. E., & Scaiano, J. C. (in press). Glass wool: a novel support for heterogeneous catalysis. Chemical Science, 9(33), 6844-6852. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sc02115e

Heterogeneous catalysis presents significant advantages over homogeneous catalysis such as ease of separation and reuse of the catalyst. Here we show that a very inexpensive, manageable and widely available material – glass wool – can act as a cataly... Read More about Glass wool: a novel support for heterogeneous catalysis.

On the real catalytically active species for CO2 fixation into cyclic carbonates under near ambient conditions: dissociation equilibrium of [BMIm][Fe(NO)2Cl2] dependant on reaction temperature (2018)
Journal Article
Leu, M. K., Vicente, I., Fernandes, J. A., de Pedro, I., Dupont, J., Sans, V., Licence, P., Gual, A., & Cano, I. (2019). On the real catalytically active species for CO2 fixation into cyclic carbonates under near ambient conditions: dissociation equilibrium of [BMIm][Fe(NO)2Cl2] dependant on reaction temperature. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 245, 240-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.12.062

An imidazolium based iron-containing ionic liquid [BMIm][Fe(NO)2Cl2] (BMIm = 1-n-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium) has been synthesized for the first time and fully characterized employing a wide range of techniques. The iron-based containing ionic liquid... Read More about On the real catalytically active species for CO2 fixation into cyclic carbonates under near ambient conditions: dissociation equilibrium of [BMIm][Fe(NO)2Cl2] dependant on reaction temperature.

Unravelling overlaps and torsion-facilitated coupling using two-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence (2018)
Journal Article
Kemp, D. J., Gardner, A. M., Tuttle, W. D., & Wright, T. G. (2019). Unravelling overlaps and torsion-facilitated coupling using two-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence. Molecular Physics, 117(21), 3011-3026. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2018.1554865

Two-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence (2D-LIF) spectroscopy is employed to identify contributions to fluorescence excitation spectra that arise from both overlapping bands and coupling between zero-order states (ZOSs). Evidence is found for the... Read More about Unravelling overlaps and torsion-facilitated coupling using two-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence.

Geometry alone influences stem cell differentiation in a precision 3D printed stem cell niche (2018)
Preprint / Working Paper
Prina, E., Sidney, L., Tromayer, M., Moore, J., Liska, R., Bertolin, M., Ferrari, S., Hopkinson, A., Dua, H., Yang, J., Wildman, R., & Rose, F. R. Geometry alone influences stem cell differentiation in a precision 3D printed stem cell niche

Stem cells within epithelial tissues reside in anatomical structures known as crypts that are known to contribute to the mechanical and chemical milieu important for function. To date, epithelial stem cell therapies have largely ignored the niche and... Read More about Geometry alone influences stem cell differentiation in a precision 3D printed stem cell niche.

Biocompatibility and photo-induced antibacterial activity of lignin-stabilized noble metal nanoparticles (2018)
Journal Article
Rocca, D. M., Vanegas, J. P., Fournier, K., Becerra, M. C., Scaiano, J. C., & Lanterna, A. E. (2018). Biocompatibility and photo-induced antibacterial activity of lignin-stabilized noble metal nanoparticles. RSC Advances, 8(70), 40454-40463. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ra08169g

One-pot thermal and photochemical syntheses of lignin-doped silver and gold nanoparticles were developed and their antimicrobial properties were studied against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. The nature of the lignin as well as the metal... Read More about Biocompatibility and photo-induced antibacterial activity of lignin-stabilized noble metal nanoparticles.

Synthesis of methacrylate-terminated block copolymers with reduced transesterification by controlled ring-opening polymerization (2018)
Journal Article
Ruiz-Cantu, L. A., Pearce, A. K., Burroughs, L., Bennett, T. M., Vasey, C. E., Wildman, R., Irvine, D. J., Alexander, C., & Taresco, V. (2019). Synthesis of methacrylate-terminated block copolymers with reduced transesterification by controlled ring-opening polymerization. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 220(2), Article 1800459. https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201800459

This work presents a robust method to achieve the synthesis of low molecular weight polyesters 26 via ring-opening polymerization (ROP) initiated by 2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylate (HEMA) 27 when using triazabicyclodecene (TBD) as catalyst. The effect th... Read More about Synthesis of methacrylate-terminated block copolymers with reduced transesterification by controlled ring-opening polymerization.

New renewably-sourced polyesters from limonene-derived monomers (2018)
Journal Article
Thomsett, M. R., Moore, J. C., Buchard, A., Stockman, R. A., & Howdle, S. M. (2019). New renewably-sourced polyesters from limonene-derived monomers. Green Chemistry, 21(1), 149-156. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8gc02957a

The functionalisation of limonene has enabled the synthesis of two renewably-sourced monomers for the formation of terpene-derived polyesters. Three methods for the synthesis of the novel hydroxy-acid 6 are reported and their green-credentials scruti... Read More about New renewably-sourced polyesters from limonene-derived monomers.

Changes in chemical and ultrastructural composition of ameroid constrictors following in vitro expansion (2018)
Journal Article
Anderson, T. S., Rance, G. A., Jiang, L., Piggott, M. J., Field, E. J., & Chanoit, G. P. (2018). Changes in chemical and ultrastructural composition of ameroid constrictors following in vitro expansion. PLoS ONE, 13(11), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207471

Objective
To (1) characterise the chemical and ultra-structural composition of ameroid constrictors, at a native state and during in vitro expansion and (2) determine the presence of irritant compounds at the surface or within the bulk of the constr... Read More about Changes in chemical and ultrastructural composition of ameroid constrictors following in vitro expansion.