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Scale-up of a photochemical flow reactor for the production of lignin-coated titanium dioxide as a sunscreen ingredient (2021)
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Fournier, K., Marina, N., Joshi, N., Berthiaume, V. R., Currie, S., Lanterna, A. E., & Scaiano, J. C. (2021). Scale-up of a photochemical flow reactor for the production of lignin-coated titanium dioxide as a sunscreen ingredient. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, 7, Article 100040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpap.2021.100040

Lignin-protected TiO2 can reduce the release of free radicals photogenerated by TiO2. This can be achieved through the intrinsic absorption of lignin that acts as an antioxidant strategically located on the surface of TiO2 particles while retaining –... Read More about Scale-up of a photochemical flow reactor for the production of lignin-coated titanium dioxide as a sunscreen ingredient.

Ubiquitin-Mediated Control of ETS Transcription Factors: Roles in Cancer and Development (2021)
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Ducker, C., & Shaw, P. E. (2021). Ubiquitin-Mediated Control of ETS Transcription Factors: Roles in Cancer and Development. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(10), Article 5119. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22105119

Genome expansion, whole genome and gene duplication events during metazoan evolution produced an extensive family of ETS genes whose members express transcription factors with a conserved winged helix-turn-helix DNA-binding domain. Unravelling their... Read More about Ubiquitin-Mediated Control of ETS Transcription Factors: Roles in Cancer and Development.

Decoupling manufacturing from application in additive manufactured antimicrobial materials (2021)
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Wales, D. J., Miralles-Comins, S., Franco-Castillo, I., Cameron, J. M., Cao, Q., Karjalainen, E., …Sans, V. (2021). Decoupling manufacturing from application in additive manufactured antimicrobial materials. Biomaterials Science, 9(16), 5397-5406. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1bm00430a

3D printable materials based on polymeric ionic liquids (PILs) capable of controlling the synthesis and stabilisation of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and their synergistic antimicrobial activity are reported. The interaction of the ionic liquid moiet... Read More about Decoupling manufacturing from application in additive manufactured antimicrobial materials.

RAFT polymerisation of renewable terpene (meth)acrylates and the convergent synthesis of methacrylate-acrylate-methacrylate triblock copolymers (2021)
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Atkinson, R. L., Monaghan, O., Elsmore, M. T., Topham, P. D., Toolan, D. T. W., Derry, M. J., …Howdle, S. M. (2021). RAFT polymerisation of renewable terpene (meth)acrylates and the convergent synthesis of methacrylate-acrylate-methacrylate triblock copolymers. Polymer Chemistry, 12(21), 3177-3189. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1py00326g

Terpenes are ideal candidates for sustainable polymer feedstocks, due to their natural abundance and availability from existing waste streams. Previously, we have shown that a range of terpene(meth)acrylate monomers can be synthesised from the most c... Read More about RAFT polymerisation of renewable terpene (meth)acrylates and the convergent synthesis of methacrylate-acrylate-methacrylate triblock copolymers.

Physicochemical design rules for the formulation of novel salt particles with optimised saltiness (2021)
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Hurst, K. E., Ayed, C., Derbenev, I. N., Hewson, L., & Fisk, I. D. (2021). Physicochemical design rules for the formulation of novel salt particles with optimised saltiness. Food Chemistry, 360, Article 129990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.129990

Novel sodium reduction strategies are urgently required by the food industry. We hypothesised that redesigning salt crystals (size, density, hydrophobicity and flow properties) will offer a new route to increase saltiness and therefore reduce sodium.... Read More about Physicochemical design rules for the formulation of novel salt particles with optimised saltiness.

Revealing the true impact of interstitial and substitutional nitrogen doping in TiO2 on photoelectrochemical applications (2021)
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Khan, S., Lemes Ruwer, T., Khan, N., Köche, A., Lodge, R. W., Coelho-Júnior, H., …Fernandes, J. A. (2021). Revealing the true impact of interstitial and substitutional nitrogen doping in TiO2 on photoelectrochemical applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(20), 12214-12224. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ta11494d

Application of photocatalysts that strongly absorb within the visible range is a common strategy to improve the efficiency of photoelectrochemical (PEC) systems; this may translate to high photocurrents, but it is not always the case. Here, we show t... Read More about Revealing the true impact of interstitial and substitutional nitrogen doping in TiO2 on photoelectrochemical applications.

A high-throughput screening of metal–organic framework based membranes for biogas upgrading (2021)
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Glover, J., & Besley, E. (2021). A high-throughput screening of metal–organic framework based membranes for biogas upgrading. Faraday Discussions, 231, 235-257. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1fd00005e

Applications of biomethane as a source of renewable energy and transport fuel rely heavily on successful implementation of purification methods capable of removing undesirable impurities from biogas and increasing its calorific content. Metal–organic... Read More about A high-throughput screening of metal–organic framework based membranes for biogas upgrading.

Linking the the thermal and electronic properties of functional dicationic salts with their molecular structures (2021)
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Clarke, C. J., Morgan, P. J., Hallett, J. P., & Licence, P. (2021). Linking the the thermal and electronic properties of functional dicationic salts with their molecular structures. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 9(18), 6224-6234. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c08564

The two major properties that underpin ionic liquids are tunability and the potential to create task-specific media. Together, these properties allow ionic liquids to surpass the roles long held by traditional molecular solvents. However, at elevated... Read More about Linking the the thermal and electronic properties of functional dicationic salts with their molecular structures.

Single-molecule imaging and kinetic analysis of intermolecular polyoxometalate reactions (2021)
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Jordan, J. W., Fung, K. L. Y., Skowron, S. T., Allen, C. S., Biskupek, J., Newton, G. N., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2021). Single-molecule imaging and kinetic analysis of intermolecular polyoxometalate reactions. Chemical Science, 12(21), 7377-7387. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sc01874d

We induce and study reactions of polyoxometalate (POM) molecules, [PW12O40]3− (Keggin) and [P2W18O62]6− (Wells–Dawson), at the single-molecule level. Several identical carbon nanotubes aligned side by side within a bundle provided a platform for spat... Read More about Single-molecule imaging and kinetic analysis of intermolecular polyoxometalate reactions.

Synthesis of water-soluble surfactants using catalysed condensation polymerisation in green reaction media (2021)
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Goddard, A. R., Apebende, E. A., Lentz, J. C., Carmichael, K., Taresco, V., Irvine, D. J., & Howdle, S. M. (2021). Synthesis of water-soluble surfactants using catalysed condensation polymerisation in green reaction media. Polymer Chemistry, 12(20), 2992-3003. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1py00415h

Sustainable and biobased surfactants are required for a wide range of everyday applications. Key drivers are cost, activity and efficiency of production. Polycondensation is an excellent route to build surfactant chains from bio-sourced monomers, but... Read More about Synthesis of water-soluble surfactants using catalysed condensation polymerisation in green reaction media.