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Catalytic nanosponges of acidic aluminosilicates for plastic degradation and CO2 to fuel conversion (2020)
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Maity, A., Chaudhari, S., Titman, J. J., & Polshettiwar, V. (2020). Catalytic nanosponges of acidic aluminosilicates for plastic degradation and CO2 to fuel conversion. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 3828 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17711-6

The synthesis of solid acids with strong zeolite-like acidity and textural properties like amorphous aluminosilicates (ASAs) is still a challenge. In this work, we report the synthesis of amorphous “acidic aluminosilicates (AAS)”, which possesses Brø... Read More about Catalytic nanosponges of acidic aluminosilicates for plastic degradation and CO2 to fuel conversion.

Mechanistic basis of substrate–O2 coupling within a chitin-active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase: An integrated NMR/EPR study (2020)
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Courtade, G., Ciano, L., Paradisi, A., Lindley, P. J., Forsberg, Z., Sørlie, M., Wimmer, R., Davies, G. J., Eijsink, V. G. H., Walton, P. H., & Aachmann, F. L. (2020). Mechanistic basis of substrate–O2 coupling within a chitin-active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase: An integrated NMR/EPR study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(32), Article 202004277. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2004277117

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) have a unique ability to activate molecular oxygen for subsequent oxidative cleavage of glycosidic bonds. To provide insight into the mode of action of these industrially important enzymes, we have performe... Read More about Mechanistic basis of substrate–O2 coupling within a chitin-active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase: An integrated NMR/EPR study.

Modulating the Biological Function of Protein by Tailoring the Adsorption Orientation on Nanoparticles (2020)
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Jain, A., Trindade, G., Hicks, J. M., Potts, J. C., Rahman, R., Hague, R., Amabilino, D. B., Pérez-García, L., & Rawson, F. Modulating the Biological Function of Protein by Tailoring the Adsorption Orientation on Nanoparticles

Protein orientation in nanoparticle-protein conjugates plays a crucial role in binding to cell receptors and ultimately, defines their targeting efficiency. Therefore, understanding fundamental aspects of the role of protein orientation upon adsorpti... Read More about Modulating the Biological Function of Protein by Tailoring the Adsorption Orientation on Nanoparticles.

Strengthening the Magnetic Interactions in Pseudobinary First-Row Transition Metal Thiocyanates, M(NCS)2 (2020)
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Bassey, E. N., Paddison, J. A., Keyzer, E. N., Lee, J., Manuel, P., da Silva, I., Dutton, S. E., Grey, C. P., & Cliffe, M. J. (2020). Strengthening the Magnetic Interactions in Pseudobinary First-Row Transition Metal Thiocyanates, M(NCS)2. Inorganic Chemistry, 59(16), 11627–11639. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01478

Understanding the effect of chemical composition on the strength of magnetic interactions is key to the design of magnets with high operating temperatures. The magnetic divalent first-row transition metal (TM) thiocyanates are a class of chemically s... Read More about Strengthening the Magnetic Interactions in Pseudobinary First-Row Transition Metal Thiocyanates, M(NCS)2.

Heterogeneous photocatalysis of azides: extending nitrenes photochemistry to longer wavelengths (2020)
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Lemir, I. D., Argüello, J. E., Lanterna, A. E., & Scaiano, J. C. (2020). Heterogeneous photocatalysis of azides: extending nitrenes photochemistry to longer wavelengths. Chemical Communications, 56(70), 10239-10242. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cc04118a

The photodecomposition of azides to generate nitrenes usually requires wavelengths in the

Tuning the Cation-Anion Interactions by Methylation of the Pyridinium Cation: An X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of Picolinium Ionic Liquids (2020)
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Men, S., Licence, P., Luo, H., & Dai, S. (2020). Tuning the Cation-Anion Interactions by Methylation of the Pyridinium Cation: An X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of Picolinium Ionic Liquids. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 124(30), 6657-6663. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c05872

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is used to investigate the impact of methylation on the electronic environment of pyridinium cations. Because of the electron-donating effect of the methyl group, there is a significant increase in electron density on... Read More about Tuning the Cation-Anion Interactions by Methylation of the Pyridinium Cation: An X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of Picolinium Ionic Liquids.

Predictable and targeted activation of biomass to carbons with high surface area density and enhanced methane storage capacity (2020)
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Altwala, A., & Mokaya, R. (2020). Predictable and targeted activation of biomass to carbons with high surface area density and enhanced methane storage capacity. Energy and Environmental Science, 13(9), 2967-2978. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ee01340d

© The Royal Society of Chemistry. A challenge in the synthesis of activated carbons is that currently there is no way to prepare materials with predictable and targeted properties. In particular, there are no material parameters or characteristics of... Read More about Predictable and targeted activation of biomass to carbons with high surface area density and enhanced methane storage capacity.

Decoupling vibration and electron energy dependencies in the photoelectron circular dichroism of a terpene, 3-carene (2020)
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Ganjitabar, H., Garcia, G., Nahon, L., & Powis, I. (2020). Decoupling vibration and electron energy dependencies in the photoelectron circular dichroism of a terpene, 3-carene. Journal of Chemical Physics, 153(3), Article 034302. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0013448

A fresh perspective on the interaction of electron and nuclear motions in photon induced dynamical processes can be provided by the coupling of photoelectron angular distributions and cation vibrational states in the photoionization of chiral molecul... Read More about Decoupling vibration and electron energy dependencies in the photoelectron circular dichroism of a terpene, 3-carene.

Photochemical benzylic radical arylation promoted by supported Pd nanostructures (2020)
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Gawargy, T. A., Costa, P., Lanterna, A. E., & Scaiano, J. C. (2020). Photochemical benzylic radical arylation promoted by supported Pd nanostructures. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 18(31), 6047-6052. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ob01227k

We report a novel way to promote photochemical benzylic radical arylations using Pd nanostructures. Traditional benzylic radical reaction pathways are challenged by the presence of metal centres that provoke unprecedented regioselectivity towards mor... Read More about Photochemical benzylic radical arylation promoted by supported Pd nanostructures.

Morphology and Defect Control of Metal Halide Perovskite Films for High-Performance Optoelectronics (2020)
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Lei, L., Li, M., Grant, D. M., Yang, S., Yu, Y., Watts, J. A., & Amabilino, D. B. (2020). Morphology and Defect Control of Metal Halide Perovskite Films for High-Performance Optoelectronics. Chemistry of Materials, 32(14), 5958–5972. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c00798

Delicate morphology and defect control are crucial for high-performance optoelectronics. For metal halide perovskites, antisolvent precipitation is the most common process to realize the control and develop the state-of-art devices. However, the solu... Read More about Morphology and Defect Control of Metal Halide Perovskite Films for High-Performance Optoelectronics.