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Naphthalocyanine Thin Films and Field Effect Transistors (2016)
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Esmail, A. M. S., Staddon, C. R., & Beton, P. H. (2016). Naphthalocyanine Thin Films and Field Effect Transistors. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(28), 15338-15341. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b06134

Naphthalocyanine (Nc) thin films have been grown by sublimation on SiO2. We have used atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction to show that the films are disordered for room temperature deposition, but show a highly crystalline needlelike morpho... Read More about Naphthalocyanine Thin Films and Field Effect Transistors.

Tissue diagnosis using power-sharing multifocal Raman micro-spectroscopy and auto-fluorescence imaging (2016)
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Sinjab, F., Kong, K., Gibson, G., Varma, S., Williams, H. C., Padgett, M., & Notingher, I. (2016). Tissue diagnosis using power-sharing multifocal Raman micro-spectroscopy and auto-fluorescence imaging. Biomedical Optics Express, 7(8), 2993–3006. https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.7.002993

We describe a multifocal Raman micro-spectroscopy detection method based on a digital micromirror device, which allows for simultaneous “power-sharing” acquisition of Raman spectra from ad hoc sampling points. As the locations of the points can be ra... Read More about Tissue diagnosis using power-sharing multifocal Raman micro-spectroscopy and auto-fluorescence imaging.

The dipolar endofullerene HF@C60 (2016)
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Krachmalnicoff, A., Bounds, R., Mamone, S., Alom, S., Concistrè, M., Meier, B., …Whitby, R. J. (2016). The dipolar endofullerene HF@C60. Nature Chemistry, 8(10), 953-957. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2563

The cavity inside fullerenes provides a unique environment for the study of isolated atoms and molecules. We report encapsulation of hydrogen fluoride inside C60 using molecular surgery to give the endohedral fullerene HF@C60. The key synthetic step... Read More about The dipolar endofullerene HF@C60.

The Herschel-ATLAS data release 1: II. Multi-wavelength counterparts to submillimetre sources (2016)
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Bourne, N., Dunne, L., Maddox, S., Dye, S., Furlanetto, C., Hoyos, C., …Wright, A. (2016). The Herschel-ATLAS data release 1: II. Multi-wavelength counterparts to submillimetre sources. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462(2), 1714-1734. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1654

This paper is the second in a pair of papers presenting data release 1 (DR1) of the Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS), the largest single open-time key project carried out with the HerschelSpace Observatory. The H-ATLAS is... Read More about The Herschel-ATLAS data release 1: II. Multi-wavelength counterparts to submillimetre sources.

Quantum Logic with Cavity Photons from Single Atoms (2016)
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Holleczek, A., Barter, O., Rubenok, A., Dilley, J., Nisbet-Jones, P. B., Langfahl-Klabes, G., …Matthews, J. C. (2016). Quantum Logic with Cavity Photons from Single Atoms. Physical Review Letters, 117(2), Article 023602. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.023602

© 2016 American Physical Society. We demonstrate quantum logic using narrow linewidth photons that are produced with an a priori nonprobabilistic scheme from a single Rb87 atom strongly coupled to a high-finesse cavity. We use a controlled-not gate i... Read More about Quantum Logic with Cavity Photons from Single Atoms.

The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster (2016)
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Hitomi Collaboration, , & Attwood, H. (2016). The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster. Nature, 535(7610), 117-121. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature18627

Clusters of galaxies are the most massive gravitationally bound objects in the Universe and are still forming. They are thus important probes1 of cosmological parameters and many astrophysical processes. However, knowledge of the dynamics of the perv... Read More about The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster.

Polygenic risk of psychosis and ventral striatal activation during reward processing in healthy adolescents (2016)
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Lancaster, T. M., Linden, D. E., Tansey, K. E., Banaschewski, T., Bokde, A. L., Bromberg, U., …Schumann, G. (in press). Polygenic risk of psychosis and ventral striatal activation during reward processing in healthy adolescents. JAMA Psychiatry, 73(8), https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.1135

Importance: Psychotic disorders are characterized by attenuated activity in the brain’s valuation system in key reward processing areas, such as the ventral striatum (VS), as measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging. Objective: To examine... Read More about Polygenic risk of psychosis and ventral striatal activation during reward processing in healthy adolescents.

Surface effects of vapour-liquid-solid driven Bi surface droplets formed during molecular-beam-epitaxy of GaAsBi (2016)
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Steele, J., Lewis, R., Horvat, J., Nancarrow, M., Henini, M., Fan, D., …Salamo, G. (in press). Surface effects of vapour-liquid-solid driven Bi surface droplets formed during molecular-beam-epitaxy of GaAsBi. Scientific Reports, 6(28860), https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28860

Herein we investigate a (001)-oriented GaAs1−xBix/GaAs structure possessing Bi surface droplets capable of catalysing the formation of nanostructures during Bi-rich growth, through the vapourliquid-solid mechanism. Specifically, self-aligned “nanotra... Read More about Surface effects of vapour-liquid-solid driven Bi surface droplets formed during molecular-beam-epitaxy of GaAsBi.

The minimization of mechanical work in vibrated granular matter (2016)
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Clewett, J. P., Wade, J., Bowley, R., Herminghaus, S., Swift, M. R., & Mazza, M. G. (in press). The minimization of mechanical work in vibrated granular matter. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 28726. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28726

Experiments and computer simulations are carried out to investigate phase separation in a granular gas under vibration. The densities of the dilute and the dense phase are found to follow a lever rule and obey an equation of state. Here we show that... Read More about The minimization of mechanical work in vibrated granular matter.

Front propagation versus bulk relaxation in the annealing dynamics of a kinetically constrained model of ultrastable glasses (2016)
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Gutierrez, R., & Garrahan, J. P. (in press). Front propagation versus bulk relaxation in the annealing dynamics of a kinetically constrained model of ultrastable glasses. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2016/07/074005

Glasses prepared by physical vapour deposition have been shown to be remarkably more stable than those prepared by standard cooling protocols, with properties that appear to be similar to systems aged for extremely long times. When subjected to a rap... Read More about Front propagation versus bulk relaxation in the annealing dynamics of a kinetically constrained model of ultrastable glasses.

Galaxy Zoo: comparing the demographics of spiral arm number and a new method for correcting redshift bias (2016)
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Hart, R. E., Bamford, S. P., Willett, K. W., Masters, K. L., Cardamone, C., Lintott, C. J., …Smethurst, R. J. (2016). Galaxy Zoo: comparing the demographics of spiral arm number and a new method for correcting redshift bias. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 461(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1588

The majority of galaxies in the local Universe exhibit spiral structure with a variety of forms. Many galaxies possess two prominent spiral arms, some have more, while others display a many-armed flocculent appearance. Spiral arms are associated with... Read More about Galaxy Zoo: comparing the demographics of spiral arm number and a new method for correcting redshift bias.

Contributions from coherent and incoherent lattice excitations to ultrafast optical control of magnetic anisotropy of metallic films (2016)
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Kats, V. N., Linnik, T. L., Salasyuk, A. S., Rushforth, A. W., Wang, M., Wadley, P., …Scherbakov, A. V. (2016). Contributions from coherent and incoherent lattice excitations to ultrafast optical control of magnetic anisotropy of metallic films. Proceedings of SPIE, 9835(98351Q), https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238020

Spin-lattice coupling is one of the most prominent interactions mediating response of spin ensemble to ultrafast optical excitation. Here we exploit optically generated coherent and incoherent phonons to drive coherent spin dynamics, i.e. precession,... Read More about Contributions from coherent and incoherent lattice excitations to ultrafast optical control of magnetic anisotropy of metallic films.

High Antiferromagnetic Domain Wall Velocity Induced by Néel Spin-Orbit Torques (2016)
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Gomonay, O., Jungwirth, T., & Sinova, J. (2016). High Antiferromagnetic Domain Wall Velocity Induced by Néel Spin-Orbit Torques. Physical Review Letters, 117(1), Article 017202. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.017202

We demonstrate the possibility to drive an antiferromagnetic domain wall at high velocities by fieldlike Néel spin-orbit torques. Such torques arise from current-induced local fields that alternate their orientation on each sublattice of the antiferr... Read More about High Antiferromagnetic Domain Wall Velocity Induced by Néel Spin-Orbit Torques.

Highly mismatched GaN1−xSbxalloys: synthesis, structure and electronic properties (2016)
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Yu, K., Sarney, W., Novikov, S. V., Segercrantz, N., Ting, M., Shaw, M., …Foxon, C. (2016). Highly mismatched GaN1−xSbxalloys: synthesis, structure and electronic properties. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 31(8), https://doi.org/10.1088/0268-1242/31/8/083001

Highly mismatched alloys (HMAs) is a class of semiconductor alloys whose constituents are distinctly different in terms of size, ionicity and/or electronegativity. Electronic properties of the alloys deviate significantly from an interpolation scheme... Read More about Highly mismatched GaN1−xSbxalloys: synthesis, structure and electronic properties.

Low-field thermal mixing in [1-13C] pyruvic acid for brute-force hyperpolarization (2016)
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Peat, D. T., Hirsch, M. L., Gadian, D. G., Horsewill, A. J., Owers-Bradley, J. R., & Kempf, J. G. (2016). Low-field thermal mixing in [1-13C] pyruvic acid for brute-force hyperpolarization. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18(28), 19173-19182. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP02853E

We detail the process of low-field thermal mixing (LFTM) between 1H and 13C nuclei in neat [1-13C] pyruvic acid at cryogenic temperatures (4–15 K). Using fast-field-cycling NMR, 1H nuclei in the molecule were polarized at modest high field (2 T) and... Read More about Low-field thermal mixing in [1-13C] pyruvic acid for brute-force hyperpolarization.

Electrical performance of conducting polymer (SPAN) grown on GaAs with different substrate orientations (2016)
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Jameel, D., Aziz, M., Felix, J., Al Saqri, N., Taylor, D., Albalawi, H., …Henini, M. (2016). Electrical performance of conducting polymer (SPAN) grown on GaAs with different substrate orientations. Applied Surface Science, 387, 228-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.06.097

This article reports the effect of n-type GaAs substrate orientation, namely (100), (311)A and (311)B, on the electrical properties of sulfonated polyaniline (SPAN)/GaAs heterojunction devices. In addition, the inhomogeneity of the interface between... Read More about Electrical performance of conducting polymer (SPAN) grown on GaAs with different substrate orientations.

Piezo voltage controlled planar hall effect devices (2016)
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Zhang, B., Meng, K., Yang, M., Edmonds, K., Zhang, H., Cai, K., …Wang, K. (2016). Piezo voltage controlled planar hall effect devices. Scientific Reports, 6(1), Article 28458. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28458

The electrical control of the magnetization switching in ferromagnets is highly desired for future spintronic applications. Here we report on hybrid piezoelectric (PZT)/ferromagnetic (Co2FeAl) devices in which the planar Hall voltage in the ferromagn... Read More about Piezo voltage controlled planar hall effect devices.

Organisation and ordering of 1D porphyrin polymers synthesised by on-surface Glaser coupling (2016)
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Saywell, A., Browning, A. S., Rahe, P., Anderson, H. L., & Beton, P. H. (2016). Organisation and ordering of 1D porphyrin polymers synthesised by on-surface Glaser coupling. Chemical Communications, 52(68), 10342-10345. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC03758E

One-dimensional polymer chains consisting of ?-conjugated porphyrin units are formed via Glaser coupling on a Ag(111) surface. Scanning probe microscopy reveals the covalent structure of the products and their ordering. The conformational flexibility... Read More about Organisation and ordering of 1D porphyrin polymers synthesised by on-surface Glaser coupling.

GAMA/H-ATLAS: common star formation rate indicators and their dependence on galaxy physical parameters (2016)
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Wang, L., Norberg, P., Gunawardhana, M., Heinis, S., Baldry, I., Bland-Hawthorn, J., …van der Werf, P. (2016). GAMA/H-ATLAS: common star formation rate indicators and their dependence on galaxy physical parameters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 461(2), 1898-1916. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1450

We compare common star formation rate (SFR) indicators in the local Universe in the Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) equatorial fields (∼160 deg2), using ultraviolet (UV) photometry from GALEX, far-infrared and sub-millimetre (sub-mm) photometry from... Read More about GAMA/H-ATLAS: common star formation rate indicators and their dependence on galaxy physical parameters.

The formation of bulges, discs and two-component galaxies in the CANDELS Survey at z < 3 (2016)
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Margalef-Bentabol, B., Conselice, C. J., Mortlock, A., Hartley, W., Duncan, K., Ferguson, H. C., …Primack, J. R. (2016). The formation of bulges, discs and two-component galaxies in the CANDELS Survey at z < 3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 461(3), 2728-2746. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1451

We examine a sample of 1495 galaxies in the CANDELS fields to determine the evolution of two-component galaxies, including bulges and discs, within massive galaxies at the epoch 1 < z < 3 when the Hubble sequence forms. We fit all of our galaxies’ li... Read More about The formation of bulges, discs and two-component galaxies in the CANDELS Survey at z < 3.