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Polymer Photoelectrodes for Solar Fuel Production: Progress and Challenges (2022)
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Thangamuthu, M., Ruan, Q., Ohemeng, P. O., Luo, B., Jing, D., Godin, R., & Tang, J. (2022). Polymer Photoelectrodes for Solar Fuel Production: Progress and Challenges. Chemical Reviews, 122(13), 11778-11829. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00971

Converting solar energy to fuels has attracted substantial interest over the past decades because it has the potential to sustainably meet the increasing global energy demand. However, achieving this potential requires significant technological advan... Read More about Polymer Photoelectrodes for Solar Fuel Production: Progress and Challenges.

Antimicrobial ‘inks’ for 3D printing: block copolymer-silver nanoparticle composites synthesised using supercritical CO2 (2022)
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Larder, R. R., Krumins, E., Jacob, P. L., Kortsen, K., Cavanagh, R., Jiang, L., Vuotto, C., Francolini, I., Tuck, C., Taresco, V., & Howdle, S. M. (2022). Antimicrobial ‘inks’ for 3D printing: block copolymer-silver nanoparticle composites synthesised using supercritical CO2. Polymer Chemistry, 13(25), 3768-3779. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2py00398h

Silver nanoparticles (AgNP) are widely exploited for their effective antimicrobial activity against a range of pathogens. Their high efficacy in this regard has seen the global demand for AgNP in consumer products steadily increase in recent years, n... Read More about Antimicrobial ‘inks’ for 3D printing: block copolymer-silver nanoparticle composites synthesised using supercritical CO2.

Synthesis of New Morphinan Opioids by TBADT‐Catalyzed Photochemical Functionalization at the Carbon Skeleton (2022)
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Gorbachev, D., Smith, E., Argent, S. P., Newton, G. N., & Lam, H. W. (2022). Synthesis of New Morphinan Opioids by TBADT‐Catalyzed Photochemical Functionalization at the Carbon Skeleton. Chemistry - A European Journal, 28(50), Article e202201478. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202201478

The synthesis of new morphinan opioids by the addition of photochemically generated carbon-centered radicals to substrates containing an enone in the morphinan C-ring, is described. Using tetrabutylammonium decatungstate (TBADT) as a hydrogen atom tr... Read More about Synthesis of New Morphinan Opioids by TBADT‐Catalyzed Photochemical Functionalization at the Carbon Skeleton.

Structural and Electronic Studies of Substituted m-Terphenyl Group 12 Complexes (2022)
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Valentine, A. J., Taylor, L. J., Geer, A. M., Huke, C. D., Wood, K. E., Tovey, W., Lewis, W., Argent, S. P., Teale, A. M., Mcmaster, J., & Kays, D. L. (2022). Structural and Electronic Studies of Substituted m-Terphenyl Group 12 Complexes. Organometallics, 41(11), 1426-1433. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00156

The effects of para-substitution on the structural and electronic properties of four series of two-coordinate m-terphenyl Group 12 complexes (R-Ar#)2M (M = Zn, Cd, Hg; R = t-Bu 1-3, SiMe34-6, Cl 7-9, CF310-12, where R-Ar#= 2,6-{2,6-Xyl}2-4-R-C6H2and... Read More about Structural and Electronic Studies of Substituted m-Terphenyl Group 12 Complexes.

Modulating the porosity of activated carbons via pre-mixed precursors for simultaneously enhanced gravimetric and volumetric methane uptake (2022)
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Altwala, A., & Mokaya, R. (2022). Modulating the porosity of activated carbons via pre-mixed precursors for simultaneously enhanced gravimetric and volumetric methane uptake. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10(26), 13744-13757. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ta00421f

Pre-mixed precursors containing biomass-derived carbonaceous matter of varying O/C ratio and polypyrrole have been used as starting materials to modulate the porosity of activated carbons. The use of pre-mixtures of polypyrrole and CNL carbon (from a... Read More about Modulating the porosity of activated carbons via pre-mixed precursors for simultaneously enhanced gravimetric and volumetric methane uptake.

Machine learning for non-additive intermolecular potentials: quantum chemistry to first-principles predictions (2022)
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Graham, R. S., & Wheatley, R. J. (2022). Machine learning for non-additive intermolecular potentials: quantum chemistry to first-principles predictions. Chemical Communications, 58(49), 6898-6901. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cc01820a

Prediction of thermophysical properties from molecular principles requires accurate potential energy surfaces (PES). We present a widely-applicable method to produce first-principles PES from quantum chemistry calculations. Our approach accurately in... Read More about Machine learning for non-additive intermolecular potentials: quantum chemistry to first-principles predictions.

Self-assembled sulphur doped carbon nitride for photocatalytic water reforming of methanol (2022)
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Wang, H., Thangamuthu, M., Wu, Z., Yang, J., Yuan, H., Mustafa Kemal, B., & Tang, J. (2022). Self-assembled sulphur doped carbon nitride for photocatalytic water reforming of methanol. Chemical Engineering Journal, 445, Article 136790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.136790

The ability to effectively harness and store renewable solar energy in chemical forms, e.g., methanol has been widely recognised as a promising and sustainable strategy for H2 storage. Though traditional steam reforming of methanol enables effective... Read More about Self-assembled sulphur doped carbon nitride for photocatalytic water reforming of methanol.

Photosensitized selective semi-oxidation of tetrahydroisoquinoline: a singlet oxygen path (2022)
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Yaghmaei, M., Villanueva, M., Martín-García, I., Alonso, F., Zhang, X., Joshi, N., Lanterna, A. E., & Scaiano, J. C. (2022). Photosensitized selective semi-oxidation of tetrahydroisoquinoline: a singlet oxygen path. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 21(8), 1473-1479. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-022-00237-9

Selective semi-oxidation of tetrahydroisoquinoline (THIQ) leads to a valuable dihydroisoquinoline (DHIQ) derivative via singlet oxygen photooxidation process. Typical photosensitisers (i.e., Ru complexes) can activate the reaction even under heteroge... Read More about Photosensitized selective semi-oxidation of tetrahydroisoquinoline: a singlet oxygen path.

Inherent Spin–Polarization Coupling in a Magnetoelectric Vortex (2022)
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Das, S., Laguta, V., Inzani, K., Huang, W., Liu, J., Chatterjee, R., McCarter, M. R., Susarla, S., Ardavan, A., Junquera, J., Griffin, S. M., & Ramesh, R. (2022). Inherent Spin–Polarization Coupling in a Magnetoelectric Vortex. Nano Letters, 22(10), 3976-3982. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00496

Solid-state materials are currently being explored as a platform for the manipulation of spins for spintronics and quantum information science. More broadly, a wide spectrum of ferroelectric materials, spanning from inorganic oxides to polymeric syst... Read More about Inherent Spin–Polarization Coupling in a Magnetoelectric Vortex.

Oxidative cleavage of polysaccharides by a termite-derived superoxide dismutase boosts the degradation of biomass by glycoside hydrolases (2022)
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Franco Cairo, J. P., Mandelli, F., Tramontina, R., Cannella, D., Paradisi, A., Ciano, L., Ferreira, M., Liberato, M. V., Brenelli, L., Gonçalves, T., Rodrigues, G. N., Alvarez, T. M., Mofatto, L. S., Carazzolle, M. F., Pradella, J. G., Leme, A. P., Costa-Leonardo, A. M., Oliveira Neto, M., Damasio, A., Davies, G., …Squina, F. (2022). Oxidative cleavage of polysaccharides by a termite-derived superoxide dismutase boosts the degradation of biomass by glycoside hydrolases. Green Chemistry, 24(12), 4845-4858. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1gc04519a

Wood-feeding termites effectively degrade plant biomass through enzymatic degradation. Despite their high efficiencies, however, individual glycoside hydrolases isolated from termites and their symbionts exhibit anomalously low effectiveness in ligno... Read More about Oxidative cleavage of polysaccharides by a termite-derived superoxide dismutase boosts the degradation of biomass by glycoside hydrolases.