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Polyaniline- and poly(ethylenedioxythiophene)-cellulose nanocomposite electrodes for supercapacitors (2014)
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Liew, S. Y., Thielemans, W., & Walsh, D. A. (2014). Polyaniline- and poly(ethylenedioxythiophene)-cellulose nanocomposite electrodes for supercapacitors. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 18(12), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-014-2669-7

The formation and characterisation of films of polyaniline (PANI) and poly(ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) containing cellulose nanocrystals (CNXLs) from cotton are described. PANI/CNXL films were electrodeposited from a solution containing CNXLs, HC... Read More about Polyaniline- and poly(ethylenedioxythiophene)-cellulose nanocomposite electrodes for supercapacitors.

Porous macromolecular dihydropyridyl frameworks exhibiting catalytic and halochromic activity (2014)
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Xiao, B., Easun, T. L., Dhakshinamoorthy, A., Cebula, I., Beton, P. H., Titman, J. J., Garcia, H., Thomas, K. M., & Schröder, M. (2014). Porous macromolecular dihydropyridyl frameworks exhibiting catalytic and halochromic activity. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(46), 19889-19896. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ta02521k

New porous macromolecular frameworks (PMFs) have been designed and prepared by the condensation of dialdehydes with aminoacrylonitriles. Two porous materials were prepared by reacting 3,3′-benzene-1,4-diylbis(3-aminoprop-2-enenitrile) with benzene-1,... Read More about Porous macromolecular dihydropyridyl frameworks exhibiting catalytic and halochromic activity.

Short and Efficient Syntheses of Protoberberine Alkaloids using Palladium-Catalyzed Enolate Arylation (2014)
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Gatland, A. E., Pilgrim, B. S., Procopiou, P. A., & Donohoe, T. J. (2014). Short and Efficient Syntheses of Protoberberine Alkaloids using Palladium-Catalyzed Enolate Arylation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53(52), 14555-14558. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201409164

A concise synthesis of the biologically active alkaloid berberine is reported, and a versatile palladium‐catalyzed enolate arylation is used to form the isoquinoline core. The overall yield of 50 % is a large improvement over the single, previous syn... Read More about Short and Efficient Syntheses of Protoberberine Alkaloids using Palladium-Catalyzed Enolate Arylation.

A cost-effective volume miniaturized and microcontroller based cytochrome c assay (2014)
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Pandiaraj, M., Benjamin, A. R., Madasamy, T., Vairamani, K., Arya, A., Sethy, N. K., Bhargava, K., & Karunakaran, C. (2014). A cost-effective volume miniaturized and microcontroller based cytochrome c assay. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 220, 290-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2014.10.018

In this paper, a portable, cost-effective electrochemical assay is presented for rapid, sensitive, and quantitative detection of cytochrome c (cyt c) release. The developed cyt c assay consists of two parts: (i) a miniaturized electrochemical biosens... Read More about A cost-effective volume miniaturized and microcontroller based cytochrome c assay.

Ligand selectivity in stabilising tandem parallel folded G-quadruplex motifs in human telomeric DNA sequences (2014)
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Cousins, A. R., Searle, M. S., Ritson, D., Sharma, P., Stevens, M. F., & Moses, J. E. (2014). Ligand selectivity in stabilising tandem parallel folded G-quadruplex motifs in human telomeric DNA sequences. Chemical Communications, 50(96), 15202-15205. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc07487d

© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2014. Biophysical studies of ligand interactions with three human telomeric repeat sequences (d(AGGG(TTAGGG)n, n = 3, 7 and 11)) show that an oxazole-based 'click' ligand, which induces parallel folded quadruplexes, p... Read More about Ligand selectivity in stabilising tandem parallel folded G-quadruplex motifs in human telomeric DNA sequences.

A new pathway for heterogenization of molecular catalysts by non-covalent interactions with carbon nanoreactors (2014)
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Schröder, M. (2014). A new pathway for heterogenization of molecular catalysts by non-covalent interactions with carbon nanoreactors. Chemistry of Materials, 26(22), https://doi.org/10.1021/cm502986d

A novel approach to heterogenisation of catalytic molecules is demonstrated using the nanoscale graphitic step-edges inside hollow graphitised carbon nanofibres (GNFs). The presence of the fullerene C60 moiety within a fullerene-salen CuII complex is... Read More about A new pathway for heterogenization of molecular catalysts by non-covalent interactions with carbon nanoreactors.

Two-directional synthesis and biological evaluation of alkaloid 5-epi-cis-275B′ (2014)
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Procopiou, G., Aggarwal, P., Newton, A. F., Richards, D., Mellor, I. R., Harbottle, G., & Stockman, R. A. (2014). Two-directional synthesis and biological evaluation of alkaloid 5-epi-cis-275B′. Chemical Communications, 50(97), 15355-15357. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc07287a

© 2014 The Royal Society of Chemistry. The first total synthesis of myrmicine ant alkaloid 5-epi-cis-275B′ (4) is presented. A tandem cyclisation established the entire core of the structure in a single transformation as well as the required 2,5-anti... Read More about Two-directional synthesis and biological evaluation of alkaloid 5-epi-cis-275B′.

Intramolecular bonds resolved on a semiconductor surface (2014)
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Sweetman, A., Jarvis, S. P., Rahe, P., Champness, N. R., Kantorovich, L., & Moriarty, P. (2014). Intramolecular bonds resolved on a semiconductor surface. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 90(16), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.165425

Noncontact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM) is now routinely capable of obtaining submolecular resolution, readily resolving the carbon backbone structure of planar organic molecules adsorbed on metal substrates. Here we show that the same resolution... Read More about Intramolecular bonds resolved on a semiconductor surface.

Molecular simulations and visualization: introduction and overview (2014)
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Hirst, J., Glowacki, D., & Baaden, M. (2014). Molecular simulations and visualization: introduction and overview. Faraday Discussions, 169, https://doi.org/10.1039/C4FD90024C

Here we provide an introduction and overview of current progress in the field of molecular simulation and visualization, touching on the following topics: (1) virtual and augmented reality for immersive molecular simulations; (2) advanced visualizati... Read More about Molecular simulations and visualization: introduction and overview.