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Host–Guest Chemistry in Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Interactions with Polyoxometalates and Mechanism of Encapsulation (2022)
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Jordan, J. W., Chernov, A. I., Rance, G. A., Stephen Davies, E., Lanterna, A. E., Alves Fernandes, J., Grüneis, A., Ramasse, Q., Newton, G. N., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2023). Host–Guest Chemistry in Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Interactions with Polyoxometalates and Mechanism of Encapsulation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(2), 1206-1215. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10961

Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are an emerging class of molecular container offering new functionalities and possibilities for studying molecules at the nanoscale. Herein, BNNTs are demonstrated as highly effective nanocontainers for polyoxometalate... Read More about Host–Guest Chemistry in Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Interactions with Polyoxometalates and Mechanism of Encapsulation.

Effect of sweeteners and carbonation on aroma partitioning and release in beverage systems (2022)
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Yeo, H. Q., Linforth, R., MacNaughtan, W., Williams, H., Hewson, L., & Fisk, I. D. (2023). Effect of sweeteners and carbonation on aroma partitioning and release in beverage systems. Food Research International, 164, 112373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112373

The effect of monosaccharides (glucose, fructose and galactose) and disaccharides (sucrose and lactose) at 10, 20 and 30 % w/v on the in-vitro aroma partitioning of C4 – C10 aldehydes and ethyl esters, as well as limonene (concentration of aroma comp... Read More about Effect of sweeteners and carbonation on aroma partitioning and release in beverage systems.

Comparative analysis of protein expression systems and PTM landscape in the study of transcription factor ELK-1 (2022)
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Ducker, C., Ratnam, M., Shaw, P. E., & Layfield, R. (2023). Comparative analysis of protein expression systems and PTM landscape in the study of transcription factor ELK-1. Protein Expression and Purification, 203, Article 106216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pep.2022.106216

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are important for protein folding and activity, and the ability to recreate physiologically relevant PTM profiles on recombinantly-expressed proteins is vital for meaningful functional analysis. The ETS transcr... Read More about Comparative analysis of protein expression systems and PTM landscape in the study of transcription factor ELK-1.

Understanding ground and excited-state molecular structure in strong magnetic fields using the maximum overlap method (2022)
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Wibowo, M., Huynh, B. C., Cheng, C. Y., Irons, T. J. P., & Teale, A. M. (2022). Understanding ground and excited-state molecular structure in strong magnetic fields using the maximum overlap method. Molecular Physics, Article e2152748. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2022.2152748

The maximum overlap method (MOM) provides a simple but powerful approach for performing calculations on excited states by targeting solutions with non-Aufbau occupations from a reference set of molecular orbitals. In this work, the MOM is used to acc... Read More about Understanding ground and excited-state molecular structure in strong magnetic fields using the maximum overlap method.

meta-Selective C–H arylation of phenols via regiodiversion of electrophilic aromatic substitution (2022)
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Senior, A., Ruffell, K., & Ball, L. T. (2022). meta-Selective C–H arylation of phenols via regiodiversion of electrophilic aromatic substitution. Nature Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-022-01101-0

Electrophilic aromatic substitution is among the most widely used mechanistic manifolds in organic chemistry. Access to certain substitution patterns is, however, precluded by intrinsic and immutable substituent effects that ultimately restrict the d... Read More about meta-Selective C–H arylation of phenols via regiodiversion of electrophilic aromatic substitution.

Microporous metallic scaffolds supported liquid infused icephobic construction (2022)
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Wu, M., Wang, J., Ling, S., Wheatley, R., & Hou, X. (2023). Microporous metallic scaffolds supported liquid infused icephobic construction. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 634, 369-378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.12.034

Hypothesis: Ice accretion on component surfaces often causes severe impacts or accidents. Liquid-infused surfaces (LIS) have drawn much attention as icephobic materials for ice mitigation in recent years due to their outstanding icephobicity. However... Read More about Microporous metallic scaffolds supported liquid infused icephobic construction.

Glycosylated proteins in the protozoan alga Euglena gracilis: a proteomic approach (2022)
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O'Neill, E. C. (2023). Glycosylated proteins in the protozoan alga Euglena gracilis: a proteomic approach. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 370, Article fnac120. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnac120

Protein glycosylation, and in particular N-linked glycans, is a hallmark of eukaryotic cells and has been well-studied in mammalian cells and parasites. However, little research has been conducted to investigate the conservation and variation of prot... Read More about Glycosylated proteins in the protozoan alga Euglena gracilis: a proteomic approach.

Reactions of polyaromatic molecules in crystals under electron beam of the transmission electron microscope (2022)
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Fung, K. L., Weare, B. L., Fay, M. W., Argent, S. P., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2023). Reactions of polyaromatic molecules in crystals under electron beam of the transmission electron microscope. Micron, 165, Article 103395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2022.103395

Reactivity of a series of related molecules under the 80 keV electron beam have been investigated and correlated with their structures and chemical composition. Hydrogenated and halogenated derivatives of hexaazatrinaphthylene, coronene, and phthaloc... Read More about Reactions of polyaromatic molecules in crystals under electron beam of the transmission electron microscope.

Nanostructured, Alkaline Titanate‐Converted, and Heat‐Treated Ti6Al4V Microspheres via Wet‐Chemical Alkaline Modification and their ORR Electrocatalytic Response (2022)
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Wadge, M. D., Bird, M. A., Sankowski, A., Constantin, H., Fay, M. W., Cooper, T. P., O'Shea, J. N., Khlobystov, A. N., Walsh, D. A., Johnson, L. R., Felfel, R. M., Ahmed, I., & Grant, D. M. (2023). Nanostructured, Alkaline Titanate‐Converted, and Heat‐Treated Ti6Al4V Microspheres via Wet‐Chemical Alkaline Modification and their ORR Electrocatalytic Response. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10(5), Article 2201523. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202201523

This study describes the chemical conversion and heat treatment of Ti6Al4V microspheres (Ti6_MS), and the resulting effects on their electrocatalytic properties. The wet-chemical conversion (5.0m NaOH, 60°C, 24h; Sample label: Ti6_TC) converts the to... Read More about Nanostructured, Alkaline Titanate‐Converted, and Heat‐Treated Ti6Al4V Microspheres via Wet‐Chemical Alkaline Modification and their ORR Electrocatalytic Response.

Design, and synthesis of selectively anticancer 4-cyanophenyl substituted thiazol-2-ylhydrazones (2022)
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Mehmood, H., Musa, M., Woodward, S., Hossan, M. S., Bradshaw, T. D., Haroon, M., Nortcliffe, A., & Akhtar, T. (2022). Design, and synthesis of selectively anticancer 4-cyanophenyl substituted thiazol-2-ylhydrazones. RSC Advances, 12(52), 34126-34141. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ra03226k

Cyclization of substituted thiosemicarbazones with α-bromo-4-cyanoacetophenone allows rapid single-step sustainable syntheses of 4-cyanophenyl-2-hydrazinylthiazoles libraries (30 examples, 66–79%). All show anticancer efficacy against HCT-116 and MCF... Read More about Design, and synthesis of selectively anticancer 4-cyanophenyl substituted thiazol-2-ylhydrazones.