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MRI and PFG NMR Studies of Percolation Effects in Advanced Melting during a Cryoporometry Characterisation of Disordered Mesoporous Alumina (2024)
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Himona, E., Stevens, L., Williams, H., & Rigby, S. P. (2024). MRI and PFG NMR Studies of Percolation Effects in Advanced Melting during a Cryoporometry Characterisation of Disordered Mesoporous Alumina. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Article 113202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2024.113202

Cryoporometry (or thermoporometry) offers a way of pore structural characterisation for mesoporous materials that often needs little sample preparation, is relatively quick, and is statistically-representative for macroscopic samples. While it is wel... Read More about MRI and PFG NMR Studies of Percolation Effects in Advanced Melting during a Cryoporometry Characterisation of Disordered Mesoporous Alumina.

The biomolecules of Euglena gracilis: Harnessing biology for natural solutions to future problems (2024)
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Bedard, S., Roxborough, E., O’Neill, E., & Mangal, V. (2024). The biomolecules of Euglena gracilis: Harnessing biology for natural solutions to future problems. Protist, 175(4), Article 126044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2024.126044

Over the past decade, the autotrophic and heterotrophic protist Euglena gracilis (E. gracilis) has gained popularity across the studies of environmental science, biosynthesis experiments, and nutritional substitutes. The unique physiology and versati... Read More about The biomolecules of Euglena gracilis: Harnessing biology for natural solutions to future problems.

Solvent flashcards: a visualisation tool for sustainable chemistry (2024)
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Heeley, J., Boobier, S., & Hirst, J. D. (2024). Solvent flashcards: a visualisation tool for sustainable chemistry. Journal of Cheminformatics, 16, Article 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13321-024-00854-9

Selecting greener solvents during experiment design is imperative for greener chemistry. While many solvent selection guides are currently used in the pharmaceutical industry, these are often paper-based guides which can make it difficult to identi... Read More about Solvent flashcards: a visualisation tool for sustainable chemistry.

Spectroscopy Unlocked: An Escape Room activity for Introductory Chemistry Courses (2024)
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Mahomed, M., Sisodia, L., Williams, D. P., & Villa-Marcos, B. (2024). Spectroscopy Unlocked: An Escape Room activity for Introductory Chemistry Courses. Journal of Chemical Education, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c01320

Spectroscopy Unlocked is an escape room activity cocreated by student and staff authors. The escape room presents students with a series of activities that they must complete in the laboratory in order to reveal a series of codes and clues that can b... Read More about Spectroscopy Unlocked: An Escape Room activity for Introductory Chemistry Courses.

Nickel‐Catalysed syn‐Selective Arylnickelation and Cyclisation of Ketone/Imine‐Tethered Terminal Alkynes with Arylboronic Acids (2024)
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Morgan, D. M., Lam, H. W., & Guiry, P. J. (2024). Nickel‐Catalysed syn‐Selective Arylnickelation and Cyclisation of Ketone/Imine‐Tethered Terminal Alkynes with Arylboronic Acids. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, Article e202400445. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202400445

Herein we report a syn-arylnickelative cyclisation with ketone- and imine-tethered terminal alkynes (16 examples) in yields of up to 89 %. The reaction proceeds via a syn-aryl nickelation of a terminal alkyne followed by cyclisation of the resulting... Read More about Nickel‐Catalysed syn‐Selective Arylnickelation and Cyclisation of Ketone/Imine‐Tethered Terminal Alkynes with Arylboronic Acids.

Enabling high-fidelity personalised pharmaceutical tablets through multimaterial inkjet 3D printing with a water-soluble excipient (2024)
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Rivers, G., Lion, A., Putri, N. R. E., Rance, G. A., Moloney, C., Taresco, V., …He, Y. (2024). Enabling high-fidelity personalised pharmaceutical tablets through multimaterial inkjet 3D printing with a water-soluble excipient. Materials Today Advances, 22, Article 100493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtadv.2024.100493

Additive manufacturing offers manufacture of personalised pharmaceutical tablets through design freedoms and material deposition control at an individual voxel level. This control goes beyond geometry and materials choices: inkjet based 3D printing e... Read More about Enabling high-fidelity personalised pharmaceutical tablets through multimaterial inkjet 3D printing with a water-soluble excipient.

Magnetic structure and properties of the honeycomb antiferromagnet [Na(OH2)3]Mn(NCS)3 (2024)
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Geers, M., Gill, T. B., Burnett, A. D., Bassey, E. N., Fabelo, O., Cañadillas-Delgado, L., & Cliffe, M. J. (in press). Magnetic structure and properties of the honeycomb antiferromagnet [Na(OH2)3]Mn(NCS)3. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cp01265h

We report the magnetic structure and properties of a thiocyanate-based honeycomb magnet [Na(OH2)3]Mn(NCS)3 which crystallises in the unusual low-symmetry trigonal space group P3̄. Magnetic measurements on powder samples show this material is an antif... Read More about Magnetic structure and properties of the honeycomb antiferromagnet [Na(OH2)3]Mn(NCS)3.

Peptide macrocyclisation via intramolecular interception of visible-light-mediated desulfurisation (2024)
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Smith, F. R., Meehan, D., Griffiths, R. C., Knowles, H. J., Zhang, P., Williams, H. E., …Mitchell, N. J. (2024). Peptide macrocyclisation via intramolecular interception of visible-light-mediated desulfurisation. Chemical Science, https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc05865d

Synthetic methods that enable the macrocyclisation of peptides facilitate the development of effective therapeutic and diagnostic tools. Herein we report a peptide cyclisation strategy based on intramolecular interception of visible-light-mediated cy... Read More about Peptide macrocyclisation via intramolecular interception of visible-light-mediated desulfurisation.

Zero-valent iron (ZVI) facilitated in-situ selenium (Se) immobilization and its recovery by magnetic separation: Mechanisms and implications for microbial ecology (2024)
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Wang, Z., Lü, C., Wang, Y., Gomes, R. L., Clarke, C. J., & Gomes, H. I. (2024). Zero-valent iron (ZVI) facilitated in-situ selenium (Se) immobilization and its recovery by magnetic separation: Mechanisms and implications for microbial ecology. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 473, Article 134591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134591

Selenium (Se(VI)) is environmentally toxic. One of the most popular reducing agents for Se(VI) remediation is zero-valent iron (ZVI). However, most ZVI studies were carried out in water matrices, and the recovery of reduced Se has not been investigat... Read More about Zero-valent iron (ZVI) facilitated in-situ selenium (Se) immobilization and its recovery by magnetic separation: Mechanisms and implications for microbial ecology.

Synthesis, anti-diabetic profiling and molecular docking studies of 2-(2- arylidenehydrazinyl)thiazol-4(5H)-ones (2024)
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Mehmood, H., Haroon, M., Akhtar, T., Woodward, S., Haq, S., & Alshehri, S. M. (2024). Synthesis, anti-diabetic profiling and molecular docking studies of 2-(2- arylidenehydrazinyl)thiazol-4(5H)-ones. Future Medicinal Chemistry,

Aims: To synthesize novel more potent anti-diabetic agents. Methodology: A simple cost effective Hantzsch's synthetic strategy was used to synthesize 2-(2-arylidenehydrazinyl)thiazol-4(5H)-ones. Results: Fifteen new 2-(2-arylidenehydrazinyl)thiazol-4... Read More about Synthesis, anti-diabetic profiling and molecular docking studies of 2-(2- arylidenehydrazinyl)thiazol-4(5H)-ones.

Enantioselective de novo synthesis of 14-hydroxy-6-oxomorphinans (2024)
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Moore, J. C., Modell, L., Glenn, J. R., Jones, K. D., Argent, S. P., Lane, J. R., …Lam, H. W. (in press). Enantioselective de novo synthesis of 14-hydroxy-6-oxomorphinans. Chemical Communications, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc01788a

The enantioselective de novo synthesis of pharmacologically important 14-hydroxy-6-oxomorphinans is described. 4,5-Desoxynaltrexone and 4,5-desoxynaloxone were prepared using this route and their biological activities against the opioid receptors wer... Read More about Enantioselective de novo synthesis of 14-hydroxy-6-oxomorphinans.

Process Intensification of the Continuous Synthesis of Bio-Derived Monomers for Sustainable Coatings Using a Taylor Vortex Flow Reactor (2024)
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Edwards, M. D., Pratley, M. T., Gordon, C. M., Teixeira, R. I., Ali, H., Mahmood, I., …George, M. W. (2024). Process Intensification of the Continuous Synthesis of Bio-Derived Monomers for Sustainable Coatings Using a Taylor Vortex Flow Reactor. Organic Process Research and Development, 28(5), 1917–1928. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.3c00462

We describe the optimization and scale-up of two consecutive reaction steps in the synthesis of bio-derived alkoxybutenolide monomers that have been reported as potential replacements for acrylate-based coatings ( Sci. Adv. 2020, 6, eabe0026). These... Read More about Process Intensification of the Continuous Synthesis of Bio-Derived Monomers for Sustainable Coatings Using a Taylor Vortex Flow Reactor.

Machine learning insights into predicting biogas separation in metal-organic frameworks (2024)
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Cooley, I., Boobier, S., Hirst, J. D., & Besley, E. (2024). Machine learning insights into predicting biogas separation in metal-organic frameworks. Communications Chemistry, 7(1), Article 102. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-024-01166-7

Breakthroughs in efficient use of biogas fuel depend on successful separation of carbon dioxide/methane streams and identification of appropriate separation materials. In this work, machine learning models are trained to predict biogas separation pro... Read More about Machine learning insights into predicting biogas separation in metal-organic frameworks.

Fluid-rock interaction experiments with andesite at 100°C for potential carbon storage in geothermal reservoirs (2024)
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Belshaw, G. E., Steer, E., Ji, Y., Azis, H., Sapiie, B., Muljadi, B., & Vandeginste, V. (2024). Fluid-rock interaction experiments with andesite at 100°C for potential carbon storage in geothermal reservoirs. Deep Underground Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1002/dug2.12097

Geothermal energy extraction often results in the release of naturally occurring carbon dioxide (CO2) as a byproduct. Research on carbon storage using volcanic rock types other than basalt under both acidic and elevated temperature conditions has bee... Read More about Fluid-rock interaction experiments with andesite at 100°C for potential carbon storage in geothermal reservoirs.

Mechanistic investigations of the Fe(ii) mediated synthesis of squaraines (2024)
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Liu, Y., Coles, N. T., Cajiao, N., Taylor, L. J., Davies, E. S., Barbour, A., …Kays, D. L. (2024). Mechanistic investigations of the Fe(ii) mediated synthesis of squaraines. Chemical Science, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SC01286K

The scission and homologation of CO is a fundamental process in the Fischer–Tropsch reaction. However, given the heterogeneous nature of the catalyst and forcing reaction conditions, it is difficult to determine the intermediates of this reaction. He... Read More about Mechanistic investigations of the Fe(ii) mediated synthesis of squaraines.

Strain-modulated defect engineering of two-dimensional materials (2024)
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Santra, P., Ghaderzadeh, S., Ghorbani-Asl, M., Komsa, H., Besley, E., & Krasheninnikov, A. V. (2024). Strain-modulated defect engineering of two-dimensional materials. npj 2D Materials and Applications, 8(1), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41699-024-00472-x

Strain- and defect-engineering are two powerful approaches to tailor the opto-electronic properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials, but the relationship between applied mechanical strain and behavior of defects in these systems remains elusive. Us... Read More about Strain-modulated defect engineering of two-dimensional materials.

Multiple drug-delivery strategies to enhance the pharmacological and toxicological properties of Mefenamic acid (2024)
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Cristiano, C., Cavanagh, R. J., Cuzzucoli Crucitti, V., Moloney, C., Axioti, E., Dixon, E., …Rimoli, M. G. (2024). Multiple drug-delivery strategies to enhance the pharmacological and toxicological properties of Mefenamic acid. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 175, Article 116647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2024.116647

Objective: To improve the biological and toxicological properties of Mefenamic acid (MA), the galactosylated prodrug of MA named MefeGAL was included in polymeric solid dispersions (PSs) composed of poly(glycerol adipate) (PGA) and Pluronic® F68 (Mef... Read More about Multiple drug-delivery strategies to enhance the pharmacological and toxicological properties of Mefenamic acid.

Simultaneous geraniol and citronellol transesterification using Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase for the production of fragrance and flavour esters: a kinetic study (2024)
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Wikaputri, A. S., Irvine, D. J., Stockman, R. A., & Shivaprasad, P. (2024). Simultaneous geraniol and citronellol transesterification using Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase for the production of fragrance and flavour esters: a kinetic study. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 16, Article 101186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101186

This study aims to develop, for the very first time, a kinetic model for the simultaneous transesterification of geraniol and citronellol using Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase to produce their respective esters. This allows us to test the feasibility... Read More about Simultaneous geraniol and citronellol transesterification using Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase for the production of fragrance and flavour esters: a kinetic study.

Synthesis and Structural Studies of peri-Substituted Acenaphthenes with Tertiary Phosphine and Stibine Groups (2024)
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Taylor, L. J., Lawson, E. E., Cordes, D. B., Athukorala Arachchige, K. S., Slawin, A. M. Z., Chalmers, B. A., & Kilian, P. (2024). Synthesis and Structural Studies of peri-Substituted Acenaphthenes with Tertiary Phosphine and Stibine Groups. Molecules, 29(8), Article 1841. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29081841

Two mixed peri-substituted phosphine-chlorostibines, Acenap(PiPr2)(SbPhCl) and Acenap(PiPr2)(SbCl2) (Acenap = acenaphthene-5,6-diyl) reacted cleanly with Grignard reagents or nBuLi to give the corresponding tertiary phosphine-stibines Acenap(PiPr2)(S... Read More about Synthesis and Structural Studies of peri-Substituted Acenaphthenes with Tertiary Phosphine and Stibine Groups.