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Bond Dissociation and Reactivity of HF and H2O in a Nano Test Tube (2020)
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Biskupek, J., Skowron, S. T., Stoppiello, C. T., Alom, S., Rance, G. A., Fung, K. L. Y., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2020). Bond Dissociation and Reactivity of HF and H2O in a Nano Test Tube. ACS Nano, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c02661

Molecular motion and bond dissociation are two of the most fundamental phenomena underpinning the properties of molecular materials. We entrapped HF and H2O molecules within the fullerene C60 cage, encapsulated within a single-walled carbon nanotube... Read More about Bond Dissociation and Reactivity of HF and H2O in a Nano Test Tube.

Accurate EELS background subtraction – an adaptable method in MATLAB (2020)
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Fung, K. L., Fay, M. W., Collins, S. M., Kepaptsoglou, D. M., Skowron, S. T., Ramasse, Q. M., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2020). Accurate EELS background subtraction – an adaptable method in MATLAB. Ultramicroscopy, 217, Article 113052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2020.113052

Electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) is a technique that can give useful information on elemental composition and bonding environments. However in practice, the complexity of the background contributions, which can arise from multiple sources, ca... Read More about Accurate EELS background subtraction – an adaptable method in MATLAB.

WS2/MoS2 Heterostructures through Thermal Treatment of MoS2 Layers Electrostatically Functionalized with W3S4 Molecular Clusters (2020)
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Morant‐Giner, M., Brotons‐Alcázar, I., Shmelev, N. Y., Gushchin, A. L., Norman, L. T., Khlobystov, A. N., …Coronado, E. (2020). WS2/MoS2 Heterostructures through Thermal Treatment of MoS2 Layers Electrostatically Functionalized with W3S4 Molecular Clusters. Chemistry - A European Journal, 26(29), 6670-6678. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202000248

The preparation of 2D stacked layers combining flakes of different nature gives rise to countless numbers of heterostructures where new band alignments, defined at the interfaces, control the electronic properties of the system. Among the large famil... Read More about WS2/MoS2 Heterostructures through Thermal Treatment of MoS2 Layers Electrostatically Functionalized with W3S4 Molecular Clusters.

Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Inside Carbon Nanoreactors for Selective Allylic Oxidation of Cyclohexene (2020)
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Agasti, N., Astle, M. A., Rance, G. A., Alves Fernandes, J., Dupont, J., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2020). Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Inside Carbon Nanoreactors for Selective Allylic Oxidation of Cyclohexene. Nano Letters, 20(2), 1161-1171. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04579

The confinement of cerium oxide (CeO2) nanoparticles within hollow carbon nanostructures has been achieved and harnessed to control the oxidation of cyclohexene. Graphitized carbon nanofibers (GNF) have been used as the nanoscale tubular host and fil... Read More about Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Inside Carbon Nanoreactors for Selective Allylic Oxidation of Cyclohexene.

A Wavy Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework from Core-Twisted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (2019)
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Melle-Franco, M., Martínez-Abadía, M., Stoppiello, C. T., Strutynski, K., Lerma-Berlanga, B., Martí-Gastaldo, C., …Mateo-Alonso, A. (2019). A Wavy Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework from Core-Twisted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(36), 14403-14410. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b07383

A high degree of crystallinity is an essential aspect in two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks, as many properties depend strongly on the structural arrangement of the different layers and their constituents. We introduce herein a new design st... Read More about A Wavy Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework from Core-Twisted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

An integrated approach to determine interactive genotoxic and global gene expression effects of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) on marine mussels: evidence of reverse ‘Trojan Horse’ effects (2019)
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Barranger, A., Rance, G. A., Aminot, Y., Dallas, L. J., Sforzini, S., Weston, N. J., …Jha, A. N. (2019). An integrated approach to determine interactive genotoxic and global gene expression effects of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) on marine mussels: evidence of reverse ‘Trojan Horse’ effects. Nanotoxicology, 13(10), 1324-1343. https://doi.org/10.1080/17435390.2019.1654003

The interactions between carbon-based engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) and organic pollutants might enhance the uptake of contaminants into biota. The present integrated study aimed to assess this potential ‘Trojan Horse’, probing the interactive effe... Read More about An integrated approach to determine interactive genotoxic and global gene expression effects of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) on marine mussels: evidence of reverse ‘Trojan Horse’ effects.

Host–Guest Hybrid Redox Materials Self‐Assembled from Polyoxometalates and Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes (2019)
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Jordan, J. W., Lowe, G. A., McSweeney, R. L., Stoppiello, C. T., Lodge, R. W., Skowron, S. T., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2019). Host–Guest Hybrid Redox Materials Self‐Assembled from Polyoxometalates and Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Advanced Materials, 31(41), Article 1904182. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201904182

The development of next‐generation molecular‐electronic, electrocatalytic, and energy‐storage systems depends on the availability of robust materials in which molecular charge‐storage sites and conductive hosts are in intimate contact. It is shown he... Read More about Host–Guest Hybrid Redox Materials Self‐Assembled from Polyoxometalates and Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes.

Antagonistic Interactions between Benzo[a]pyrene and Fullerene (C60) in Toxicological Response of Marine Mussels (2019)
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Barranger, A., Langan, L. M., Sharma, V., Rance, G. A., Aminot, Y., Weston, N. J., …Jha, A. N. (2019). Antagonistic Interactions between Benzo[a]pyrene and Fullerene (C60) in Toxicological Response of Marine Mussels. Nanomaterials, 9(7), https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9070987

© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This study aimed to assess the ecotoxicological effects of the interaction of fullerene (C60) and benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) on the marine mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis. The uptake of nC60, B[... Read More about Antagonistic Interactions between Benzo[a]pyrene and Fullerene (C60) in Toxicological Response of Marine Mussels.

Wall- and Hybridisation-Selective Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (2019)
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Carini, M., Shi, L., Chamberlain, T., Liu, M., Valenti, G., Melle-Franco, M., …Mateo-Alonso, A. (2019). Wall- and Hybridisation-Selective Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(30), 10276-10280. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201905559

Controlled nitrogen-doping is a powerful methodology to modify the properties of carbon nanostructures and produce functional materials for electrocatalysis, energy conversion and storage, and sensing, among others. Herein, we report a wall- and hybr... Read More about Wall- and Hybridisation-Selective Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.

Core–Shell NaHoF4@TiO2 NPs: A Labeling Method to Trace Engineered Nanomaterials of Ubiquitous Elements in the Environment (2019)
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Cui, X., Fryer, B., Zhou, D., Lodge, R. W., Khlobystov, A. N., Valsami-Jones, E., & Lynch, I. (2019). Core–Shell NaHoF4@TiO2 NPs: A Labeling Method to Trace Engineered Nanomaterials of Ubiquitous Elements in the Environment. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11(21), 19452-19461. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b03062

Understanding the fate and behavior of nanoparticles (NPs) in the natural environment is important to assess their potential risk. Single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (spICP-MS) allows for the detection of NPs at extremely lo... Read More about Core–Shell NaHoF4@TiO2 NPs: A Labeling Method to Trace Engineered Nanomaterials of Ubiquitous Elements in the Environment.

Direct synthesis of multiplexed metal nanowire based devices using carbon nanotubes as vector templates (2019)
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Clément, P., Xu, X., Stoppiello, C. T., Rance, G. A., Attanzio, A., O’Shea, J. N., …Palma, M. (2019). Direct synthesis of multiplexed metal nanowire based devices using carbon nanotubes as vector templates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(29), 9928-9932. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201902857

We present the synthesis of metal nanowires in a multiplexed device configuration using single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) as nanoscale vector templates. The SWNT templates control the dimensionality of the wires, allowing precise control of thei... Read More about Direct synthesis of multiplexed metal nanowire based devices using carbon nanotubes as vector templates.

Molybdenum dioxide in carbon nanoreactors as a catalytic nanosponge for the efficient desulfurization of liquid fuels (2019)
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Astle, M. A., Rance, G. A., Loughlin, H. J., Peters, T. D., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2019). Molybdenum dioxide in carbon nanoreactors as a catalytic nanosponge for the efficient desulfurization of liquid fuels. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(17), Article 1808092. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201808092

The principle of a “catalytic nanosponge” that combines the catalysis of organosulfur oxidation and sequestration of the products from reaction mixtures is demonstrated. Group VI metal oxide nanoparticles (CrOx, MoOx, WOx) are embedded within hollow... Read More about Molybdenum dioxide in carbon nanoreactors as a catalytic nanosponge for the efficient desulfurization of liquid fuels.

Steric and electronic control of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions in carbon nanotube nanoreactors (2019)
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Miners, S. A., Fay, M. W., Baldoni, M., Besley, E., Khlobystov, A. N., & Rance, G. A. (2019). Steric and electronic control of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions in carbon nanotube nanoreactors. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123(10), 6294-6302. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b01190

The use of single-walled carbon nanotubes as effective nanoreactors for preparative bimolecular reactions has been demonstrated for the first time. We show that the extreme spatial confinement of guest reactant molecules inside host carbon nanotubes... Read More about Steric and electronic control of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions in carbon nanotube nanoreactors.

Three dimensional nanoscale analysis reveals aperiodic mesopores in a covalent organic framework and conjugated microporous polymer (2019)
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Stoppiello, C. T., Isla, H., Martínez-Abadía, M., Fay, M. W., Parmenter, C. D. J., Roe, M. J., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2019). Three dimensional nanoscale analysis reveals aperiodic mesopores in a covalent organic framework and conjugated microporous polymer. Nanoscale, 11(6), 2848-2854. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr10086a

The integrated analytical approach developed in this study offers a powerful methodology for the structural characterization of complex molecular nanomaterials. Structures of a covalent organic framework based on boronate esters (COF-5) and a conjuga... Read More about Three dimensional nanoscale analysis reveals aperiodic mesopores in a covalent organic framework and conjugated microporous polymer.

Synthesis of hydroxylated group IV metal oxides inside hollow graphitised carbon nanofibers: nano-sponges and nanoreactors for enhanced decontamination of organophosphates (2018)
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Astle, M. A., Rance, G. A., Fay, M. W., Notman, S., Sambrook, M. R., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2018). Synthesis of hydroxylated group IV metal oxides inside hollow graphitised carbon nanofibers: nano-sponges and nanoreactors for enhanced decontamination of organophosphates. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(41), 20444-20453. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ta08100j

The confinement and enhanced catalytic properties of hydroxylated group IV metal oxide nanostructures inside hollow graphitised carbon nanofibers (GNF) has been demonstrated. GNF – a structural analogue of carbon nanotubes – were effectively filled w... Read More about Synthesis of hydroxylated group IV metal oxides inside hollow graphitised carbon nanofibers: nano-sponges and nanoreactors for enhanced decontamination of organophosphates.

Comparison of atomic scale dynamics for the middle and late transition metal nanocatalysts (2018)
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Cao, K., Zoberbier, T., Biskupek, J., Botos, A., McSweeney, R. L., Kurtoglu, A., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2018). Comparison of atomic scale dynamics for the middle and late transition metal nanocatalysts. Nature Communications, 9, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05831-z

Catalysis of chemical reactions by nanosized clusters of transition metals holds the key to the provision of sustainable energy and materials. However, the atomistic behaviour of nanocatalysts still remains largely unknown due to uncertainties associ... Read More about Comparison of atomic scale dynamics for the middle and late transition metal nanocatalysts.

Magnetically recyclable catalytic carbon nanoreactors (2018)
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Aygün, M., Chamberlain, T. W., Gimenez-Lopez, M. D. C., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2018). Magnetically recyclable catalytic carbon nanoreactors. Advanced Functional Materials, 28(34), Article 1802869. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201802869

Multifunctional nanoreactors are assembled using hollow graphitized carbon nanofibers (GNFs) combined with nanocatalysts (Pd or Pt) and magnetic nanoparticles. The latter are introduced in the form of carbon‐coated cobalt nanomagnets (Co@Cn) adsorbed... Read More about Magnetically recyclable catalytic carbon nanoreactors.

High-temperature molecular beam epitaxy of hexagonal boron nitride with high active nitrogen fluxes (2018)
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Cheng, T. S., Summerfield, A., Mellor, C. J., Khlobystov, A. N., Eaves, L., Foxon, C. T., …Novikov, S. V. (2018). High-temperature molecular beam epitaxy of hexagonal boron nitride with high active nitrogen fluxes. Materials, 11(7), https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11071119

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has attracted much attention as a key component in van der Waals heterostructures and as a wide band gap material for deep-ultraviolet devices. We have recently demonstrated plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PA-MBE... Read More about High-temperature molecular beam epitaxy of hexagonal boron nitride with high active nitrogen fluxes.

High-temperature molecular beam epitaxy of hexagonal boron nitride layers (2018)
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Cheng, T. S., Summerfield, A., Mellor, C. J., Davies, A., Khlobystov, A. N., Eaves, L., …Novikov, S. V. (in press). High-temperature molecular beam epitaxy of hexagonal boron nitride layers. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 36(2), Article 02D103-1. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5011280

The growth and properties of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have recently attracted much attention due to applications in graphene-based monolayer thick 2D-structures and at the same time as a wide band gap material for deep-ultraviolet device (DUV) a... Read More about High-temperature molecular beam epitaxy of hexagonal boron nitride layers.