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Designing Optimal Loop, Saddle, and Ellipse-Based Magnetic Coils by Spherical Harmonic Mapping (2023)
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Hobson, P. J., Hardwicke, N. L., Davis, A., Smith, T. X., Morley, C., Packer, M., …Fromhold, M. (2023). Designing Optimal Loop, Saddle, and Ellipse-Based Magnetic Coils by Spherical Harmonic Mapping. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 72, Article 1005815. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2023.3284138

Adaptable, low-cost, coils designed by carefully selecting the arrangements and geometries of simple primitive units are used to generate magnetic fields for diverse applications. These extend from magnetic resonance and fundamental physics experimen... Read More about Designing Optimal Loop, Saddle, and Ellipse-Based Magnetic Coils by Spherical Harmonic Mapping.

Higgs-induced screening mechanisms in scalar-tensor theories (2023)
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Burrage, C., & Millington, P. (2024). Higgs-induced screening mechanisms in scalar-tensor theories. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1531(1), 95-103. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15092

We consider the theory of a light conformally coupled scalar field, that is, one that is coupled directly to the Ricci scalar of the gravitational sector. This theory can be written equivalently as one of a light scalar that is coupled to the Standar... Read More about Higgs-induced screening mechanisms in scalar-tensor theories.

Hole diffusion effect on the minority trap detection and non-ideal behavior of NiO/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction (2023)
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Labed, M., Alotaibi, S., Min, J. Y., Almalki, A., Henini, M., & Rim, Y. S. (2023). Hole diffusion effect on the minority trap detection and non-ideal behavior of NiO/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction. Applied Physics Letters, 123(25), Article 253504. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0180427

A NiO/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction was fabricated by sputtering a highly p-doped NiO layer onto β-Ga2O3. This heterojunction showed a low leakage current and a high turn-on voltage (Von) compared to a Ni/β-Ga2O3 Schottky barrier diode. The extracted Von fr... Read More about Hole diffusion effect on the minority trap detection and non-ideal behavior of NiO/β-Ga2O3 heterojunction.

Processing of new efficient Cr1-xNaxO3 catalysts for sodium borohydride methanolysis (2023)
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Alshammari, K., Alhassan, S., Alshammari, M., Alshammari, A. H., Alotaibi, T., Mohaymen Taha, T. A., & Henini, M. (2024). Processing of new efficient Cr1-xNaxO3 catalysts for sodium borohydride methanolysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 53, 698-705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.12.078

This study reports the development of a novel Cr1-xNaxO3 catalyst using a simple cost-effective method for hydrogen production from NaBH4 methanolysis. The properties of the nanocomposites were investigated by employing XRD, FTIR, SEM and XPS charact... Read More about Processing of new efficient Cr1-xNaxO3 catalysts for sodium borohydride methanolysis.

Entangled time-crystal phase in an open quantum light-matter system (2023)
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Mattes, R., Lesanovsky, I., & Carollo, F. (2023). Entangled time-crystal phase in an open quantum light-matter system. Physical Review A, 108(6), Article 062216. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.108.062216

Time crystals are nonequilibrium many-body phases in which the state of the system dynamically approaches a limit cycle. While these phases have recently been the focus of intensive research, it is still far from clear whether they can host quantum c... Read More about Entangled time-crystal phase in an open quantum light-matter system.

On-chip phonon-magnon reservoir for neuromorphic computing (2023)
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Yaremkevich, D. D., Scherbakov, A. V., De Clerk, L., Kukhtaruk, S. M., Nadzeyka, A., Campion, R., …Bayer, M. (2023). On-chip phonon-magnon reservoir for neuromorphic computing. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 8296. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43891-y

Reservoir computing is a concept involving mapping signals onto a high-dimensional phase space of a dynamical system called “reservoir” for subsequent recognition by an artificial neural network. We implement this concept in a nanodevice consisting o... Read More about On-chip phonon-magnon reservoir for neuromorphic computing.

Ex vivo assessment of basal cell carcinoma surgical margins in Mohs surgery by autofluorescence‐Raman spectroscopy: A pilot study (2023)
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Boitor, R., Varma, S., Sharma, A., Elsheikh, S., Kulkarni, K., Eldib, K., …Notingher, I. (2023). Ex vivo assessment of basal cell carcinoma surgical margins in Mohs surgery by autofluorescence‐Raman spectroscopy: A pilot study. JEADV Clinical Practice, https://doi.org/10.1002/jvc2.336

Background: Autofluorescence (AF)‐Raman spectroscopy is a technology that can detect tumour tissue in surgically excised skin specimens. The technique does not require tissue fixation, staining, labelling or sectioning, and provides quantitative diag... Read More about Ex vivo assessment of basal cell carcinoma surgical margins in Mohs surgery by autofluorescence‐Raman spectroscopy: A pilot study.

BubbleDet: a Python package to compute functional determinants for bubble nucleation (2023)
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Ekstedt, A., Gould, O., & Hirvonen, J. (2023). BubbleDet: a Python package to compute functional determinants for bubble nucleation. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(12), Article 56. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep12%282023%29056

We present a Python package BubbleDet for computing one-loop functional determinants around spherically symmetric background fields. This gives the next-to-leading order correction to both the vacuum decay rate, at zero temperature, and to the bubble... Read More about BubbleDet: a Python package to compute functional determinants for bubble nucleation.

Higher orders for cosmological phase transitions: a global study in a Yukawa model (2023)
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Gould, O., & Xie, C. (2023). Higher orders for cosmological phase transitions: a global study in a Yukawa model. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(12), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep12%282023%29049

We perform a state-of-the-art global study of the cosmological thermal histories of a simple Yukawa model, and find higher perturbative orders to be important for determining both the presence and strength of strong first-order phase transitions. Usi... Read More about Higher orders for cosmological phase transitions: a global study in a Yukawa model.

An examination of resting-state functional connectivity in patients with active Crohn's disease (2023)
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Francis, S. T., Moran, G. W., Eldeghaidy, S., Radford, S., & Thapaliya, G. (2023). An examination of resting-state functional connectivity in patients with active Crohn's disease. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, Article 1265815. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1265815

Background: Alterations in resting state functional connectivity (rs-FC) in Crohn’s Disease (CD) have been documented in default mode network (DMN) and frontal parietal network (FPN) areas, visual, cerebellar, salience and attention resting-state-net... Read More about An examination of resting-state functional connectivity in patients with active Crohn's disease.

An examination of resting-state functional connectivity in patients with active Crohn’s disease (2023)
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Thapaliya, G., Eldeghaidy, S., Radford, S. J., Francis, S. T., & Moran, G. W. (in press). An examination of resting-state functional connectivity in patients with active Crohn’s disease. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, Article 1265815. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1265815

Background: Alterations in resting state functional connectivity (rs-FC) in Crohn’s Disease (CD) have been documented in default mode network (DMN) and frontal parietal network (FPN) areas, visual, cerebellar, salience and attention resting-state-net... Read More about An examination of resting-state functional connectivity in patients with active Crohn’s disease.

The stellar mass function of quiescent galaxies in 2 < z < 2.5 protoclusters (2023)
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Edward, A. H., Balogh, M. L., Bahé, Y. M., Cooper, M. C., Hatch, N. A., Marchioni, J., …Xie, L. (2024). The stellar mass function of quiescent galaxies in 2 < z < 2.5 protoclusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(3), 8598–8617. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3751

We present an analysis of the galaxy stellar mass function (SMF) of 14 known protoclusters between 2.0 < z < 2.5 in the COSMOS field, down to a mass limit of 10 9.5 M⊙. We use existing photometric redshifts with a statistical background subtraction,... Read More about The stellar mass function of quiescent galaxies in 2 < z < 2.5 protoclusters.

Quantum reaction-limited reaction-diffusion dynamics of annihilation processes (2023)
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Perfetto, G., Carollo, F., Garrahan, J. P., & Lesanovsky, I. (2023). Quantum reaction-limited reaction-diffusion dynamics of annihilation processes. Physical Review E, 108(6), Article 064104. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.108.064104

We investigate the quantum reaction-diffusion dynamics of fermionic particles which coherently hop in a one-dimensional lattice and undergo annihilation reactions. The latter are modelled as dissipative processes which involve losses of pairs 2A→∅, t... Read More about Quantum reaction-limited reaction-diffusion dynamics of annihilation processes.

Interference of cavity light by a single atom acting as a double slit (2023)
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Zhou, Y., Li, X., Li, W., & Zhang, H. (2023). Interference of cavity light by a single atom acting as a double slit. Physical Review A, 108(6), Article 063711. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.108.063711

Young's double-slit interference experiment is central to quantum mechanics. While it has been demonstrated that an array of atoms can produce interference in light, it is a fundamental question to ask whether a single atom can act as a double slit w... Read More about Interference of cavity light by a single atom acting as a double slit.

Optimisation of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in small animal model (2023)
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Dooley, M., Luckett, J., Alexander, M. R., Matousek, P., Dehghani, H., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., & Notingher, I. (2023). Optimisation of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in small animal model. Biomedical Optics Express, 14(12), 6592-6606. https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.512118

Diffuse Raman spectroscopy (DRS) allows subsurface molecular analysis of optically turbid samples. Numerical modelling of light propagation was used as a method for improving the design of an DRS instrument to maximize the signal to noise ratio (SNR)... Read More about Optimisation of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in small animal model.

Optimization of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in a small animal model (2023)
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Dooley, M., Luckett, J., Alexander, M. R., Matousek, P., Dehghani, H., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., & Notingher, I. (2023). Optimization of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in a small animal model. Biomedical Optics Express, 14(12), 6592-6606. https://doi.org/10.1364/boe.512118

Diffuse Raman spectroscopy (DRS) allows subsurface molecular analysis of optically turbid samples. Numerical modeling of light propagation was used as a method for improving the design of an DRS instrument to maximize the signal to noise ratio (SNR)... Read More about Optimization of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in a small animal model.

Bi2Se3 interlayer treatments affecting the Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) platinum spin Seebeck effect (2023)
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Hu, Y., Weir, M. P., Pereira, H. J., Amin, O. J., Pitcairn, J., Cliffe, M. J., …Woodward, S. (2023). Bi2Se3 interlayer treatments affecting the Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) platinum spin Seebeck effect. Applied Physics Letters, 123(22), Article 223902. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0157778

In this work, we present a method to enhance the longitudinal spin Seebeck effect at platinum/yttrium iron garnet (Pt/YIG) interfaces. The introduction of a partial interlayer of bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3, 2.5% surface coverage) interfaces significant... Read More about Bi2Se3 interlayer treatments affecting the Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) platinum spin Seebeck effect.

A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes. (2023)
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Ng, C., Dellschaft, N. S., Hoad, C., Marciani, L., Spiller, R., Crooks, C., …Smyth, A. R. (2023). A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes. NIHR Open Research, 3(65), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13510.1

Background People with cystic fibrosis (CF) can experience recurrent chest infections, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and gastrointestinal symptoms. New cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator drugs improve lung fun... Read More about A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes..

Tri-axial rubidium and helium optically pumped magnetometers for on-scalp magnetoencephalography recording of interictal epileptiform discharges: a case study (2023)
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Feys, O., Corvilain, P., Labyt, E., Mahmoudzadeh, M., Routier, L., Sculier, C., …De Tiège, X. (2023). Tri-axial rubidium and helium optically pumped magnetometers for on-scalp magnetoencephalography recording of interictal epileptiform discharges: a case study. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, Article 1284262. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1284262

Cryogenic magnetoencephalography (MEG) enhances the presurgical assessment of refractory focal epilepsy (RFE). Optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) are cryogen-free sensors that enable on-scalp MEG recordings. Here, we investigate the application of... Read More about Tri-axial rubidium and helium optically pumped magnetometers for on-scalp magnetoencephalography recording of interictal epileptiform discharges: a case study.