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A resource for development and comparison of multimodal brain 3T MRI harmonisation approaches (2023)
Journal Article
Warrington, S., Ntata, A., Mougin, O., Campbell, J., Torchi, A., Craig, M., …Sotiropoulos, S. N. (2023). A resource for development and comparison of multimodal brain 3T MRI harmonisation approaches. Imaging Neuroscience, 1(2023), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00042

Despite the huge potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in mapping and exploring the brain, MRI measures can often be limited in their consistency, reproducibility and accuracy which subsequently restricts their quantifiability. Nuisance nonbi... Read More about A resource for development and comparison of multimodal brain 3T MRI harmonisation approaches.

Portable single-beam cesium zero-field magnetometer for magnetocardiography (2023)
Journal Article
Dawson, R., O'Dwyer, C., Mrozowski, M. S., Irwin, E., McGilligan, J. P., Burt, D. P., …Riis, E. (2023). Portable single-beam cesium zero-field magnetometer for magnetocardiography. Journal of Optical Microsystems, 3(4), Article 044501. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jom.3.4.044501

Optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) are becoming common in the realm of biomagnetic measurements. We discuss the development of a prototype zero-field cesium portable OPM and its miniaturized components. Zero-field sensors operate in a very low sta... Read More about Portable single-beam cesium zero-field magnetometer for magnetocardiography.

Real-time ex-vivo assessment of basal cell carcinoma surgical margins in Mohs surgery by autofluorescence-Raman spectroscopy: a pilot study (2023)
Journal Article
Boitor, R., Varma, V., Sharma, A., Elsheikh, S., Kulkarni, K., Eldib, K., …Notingher, I. (in press). Real-time ex-vivo assessment of basal cell carcinoma surgical margins in Mohs surgery by autofluorescence-Raman spectroscopy: a pilot study. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology,

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 Real-time ex-vivo assessment of basal cell carcinoma surgical margins in Mohs surgery by autofluorescence-Raman spectroscopy: a pilot study.

General upper bounds on fluctuations of trajectory observables (2023)
Journal Article
Bakewell-Smith, G., Girotti, F., Guţǎ, M., & Garrahan, J. P. (2023). General upper bounds on fluctuations of trajectory observables. Physical Review Letters, 131(19), Article 197101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.197101

Thermodynamic uncertainty relations (TURs) are general lower bounds on the size of fluctuations of dynamical observables. They have important consequences, one being that the precision of estimation of a current is limited by the amount of entropy pr... Read More about General upper bounds on fluctuations of trajectory observables.

Rydberg-ion flywheel for quantum work storage (2023)
Journal Article
Martins, W. S., Carollo, F., Li, W., Brandner, K., & Lesanovsky, I. (2023). Rydberg-ion flywheel for quantum work storage. Physical Review A, 108(5), Article L050201. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.108.L050201

Trapped ions provide a platform for quantum technologies that offers long coherence times and high degrees of scalability and controllability. Here, we use this platform to develop a realistic model of a thermal device consisting of two laser-driven,... Read More about Rydberg-ion flywheel for quantum work storage.

Characterization of Herschel-selected strong lens candidates through HST and sub-mm/mm observations (2023)
Journal Article
Borsato, E., Marchetti, L., Negrello, M., Corsini, E. M., Wake, D., Amvrosiadis, A., …Young, A. (2024). Characterization of Herschel-selected strong lens candidates through HST and sub-mm/mm observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528(4), 6222-6279. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3381

We have carried out Hubble Space Telescope (HST) snapshot observations at 1.1 μm of 281 candidate strongly lensed galaxies identified in the wide-area extragalactic surveys conducted with the Herschel Space Observatory. Our candidates comprise system... Read More about Characterization of Herschel-selected strong lens candidates through HST and sub-mm/mm observations.

Towards Unlocking/Tuning the Mott Transition Temperature in Alkaline-Doped Vanadium Oxide Thermochromic Coatings and Potential Green Air-Conditioning via Room Temperature VxOy-V-VxOy Layered Coatings (2023)
Journal Article
Khanyile, S., Numan, N., Simo, A., Nkosi, M., Mtshali, C. B., Khumalo, Z., …Maaza, M. (2023). Towards Unlocking/Tuning the Mott Transition Temperature in Alkaline-Doped Vanadium Oxide Thermochromic Coatings and Potential Green Air-Conditioning via Room Temperature VxOy-V-VxOy Layered Coatings. Nano-Horizons: Journal of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies, 2, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.25159/3005-2602/13618

In this contribution, we validate for the first time that the near infrared-infrared (NIR-IR) modulation of the optical transmission (DTTRANS = T(TTMIT)) of vanadium oxide-based nanomaterials can be controlled or tuned via a genuine approach with a s... Read More about Towards Unlocking/Tuning the Mott Transition Temperature in Alkaline-Doped Vanadium Oxide Thermochromic Coatings and Potential Green Air-Conditioning via Room Temperature VxOy-V-VxOy Layered Coatings.

Where have all the low-metallicity galaxies gone? Tracing evolution in the mass-metallicity plane since a redshift of 0.7 (2023)
Journal Article
Zhou, S., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Merrifield, M., & Sampaio, V. M. (2023). Where have all the low-metallicity galaxies gone? Tracing evolution in the mass-metallicity plane since a redshift of 0.7. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(2), 1935–1949. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3330

Even over relatively recent epochs, galaxies have evolved significantly in their location in the mass–metallicity plane, which must be telling us something about the latter stages of galaxy evolution. In this paper, we analyse data from the LEGA-C su... Read More about Where have all the low-metallicity galaxies gone? Tracing evolution in the mass-metallicity plane since a redshift of 0.7.

Ultrafast magnetoacoustics in Galfenol nanostructures (2023)
Journal Article
Scherbakov, A. V., Linnik, T. L., Kukhtaruk, S. M., Yakovlev, D. R., Nadzeyka, A., Rushforth, A. W., …Bayer, M. (2023). Ultrafast magnetoacoustics in Galfenol nanostructures. Photoacoustics, 34, Article 100565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacs.2023.100565

Phonons and magnons are prospective information carriers to substitute the transfer of charge in nanoscale communication devices. Our ability to manipulate them at the nanoscale and with ultimate speed is examined by ultrafast acoustics and femtoseco... Read More about Ultrafast magnetoacoustics in Galfenol nanostructures.

The three hundred project: thermodynamical properties, shocks, and gas dynamics in simulated galaxy cluster filaments and their surroundings (2023)
Journal Article
Rost, A. M., Nuza, S. E., Stasyszyn, F., Kuchner, U., Hoeft, M., Welker, C., …Yepes, G. (2024). The three hundred project: thermodynamical properties, shocks, and gas dynamics in simulated galaxy cluster filaments and their surroundings. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(1), 1301-1316. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3208

Using cosmological simulations of galaxy cluster regions from THE THREE HUNDRED project, we study the nature of gas in filaments feeding massive clusters. By stacking the diffuse material of filaments throughout the cluster sample, we measure average... Read More about The three hundred project: thermodynamical properties, shocks, and gas dynamics in simulated galaxy cluster filaments and their surroundings.

Constraints on thermal conductivity in the merging cluster Abell 2146 (2023)
Journal Article
Richard-Laferrière, A., Russell, H. R., Fabian, A. C., Chadayammuri, U., Reynolds, C. S., Canning, R. E. A., …Sanders, J. S. (2023). Constraints on thermal conductivity in the merging cluster Abell 2146. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 526(4), 6205–6213

The cluster of galaxies Abell 2146 is undergoing a major merger and is an ideal cluster to study ICM physics, as it has a simple geometry with the merger axis in the plane of the sky, its distance allows us to resolve features across the relevant sca... Read More about Constraints on thermal conductivity in the merging cluster Abell 2146.

COALAS II. Extended molecular gas reservoirs are common in a distant, forming galaxy cluster (2023)
Journal Article
Chen, Z., Dannerbauer, H., Lehnert, M., Emonts, B. H. C., Gu, Q., Allison, J. R., …Ziegler, B. (2024). COALAS II. Extended molecular gas reservoirs are common in a distant, forming galaxy cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(3), 8950–8972. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3128

This paper presents the results of 475 hours of interferometric observations with the Australia Telescope Compact Array towards the Spiderweb protocluster at (z=2.16). We search for large, extended molecular gas reservoirs among 46 previously detecte... Read More about COALAS II. Extended molecular gas reservoirs are common in a distant, forming galaxy cluster.

Accelerating relaxation through Liouvillian exceptional point (2023)
Journal Article
Zhou, Y., Yu, X., Wu, C., Li, X., Zhang, J., Li, W., & Chen, P. (2023). Accelerating relaxation through Liouvillian exceptional point. Physical Review Research, 5(4), Article 043036. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.043036

We investigate speeding up of relaxation of Markovian open quantum systems with the Liouvillian exceptional point (LEP), where the slowest decay mode degenerate with a faster decay mode. The degeneracy significantly increases the gap of the Liouvilli... Read More about Accelerating relaxation through Liouvillian exceptional point.

Conducting poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) materials with sustainable carrageenan counter-ions and their thermoelectric properties (2023)
Journal Article
Duan, Z., Phillips, J., Liirò-Peluso, L., Woodward, S., Makarovsky, O., Weir, M. P., …Amabilino, D. B. (2023). Conducting poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) materials with sustainable carrageenan counter-ions and their thermoelectric properties. Materials Advances, 4(22), 5573-5584. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ma00547j

The preparation and properties of conducting polymers comprising poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) and two types of carrageenan – each on their own or combined – as counter-ions are described. The aim of the work is to provide alternative, mor... Read More about Conducting poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) materials with sustainable carrageenan counter-ions and their thermoelectric properties.

Test-retest reliability of the human connectome: An OPM-MEG study (2023)
Journal Article
Rier, L., Michelmann, S., Ritz, H., Shah, V., Hill, R. M., Osborne, J., …Boto, E. (2023). Test-retest reliability of the human connectome: An OPM-MEG study. Imaging Neuroscience, 1, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00020

Magnetoencephalography with optically pumped magnetometers (OPM-MEG) offers a new way to record electrophysiological brain function, with significant advantages over conventional MEG, including adaptability to head shape/size, free movement during sc... Read More about Test-retest reliability of the human connectome: An OPM-MEG study.

ISMRM Open Science Initiative for Perfusion Imaging (OSIPI): ASL pipeline inventory (2023)
Journal Article
Fan, H., Mutsaerts, H. J. M. M., Anazodo, U., Arteaga, D., Baas, K. P. A., Buchanan, C., …Petr, J. (2024). ISMRM Open Science Initiative for Perfusion Imaging (OSIPI): ASL pipeline inventory. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 91(5), 1787-1802. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.29869

Purpose: To create an inventory of image processing pipelines of arterial spin labeling (ASL) and list their main features, and to evaluate the capability, flexibility, and ease of use of publicly available pipelines to guide novice ASL users in sele... Read More about ISMRM Open Science Initiative for Perfusion Imaging (OSIPI): ASL pipeline inventory.

Overview of the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Reynolds, C. S., Kara, E. A., Mushotzky, R. F., Ptak, A., Koss, M. J., Williams, B. J., …Zhang, W. W. (2023). Overview of the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS). Proceedings of SPIE, 12678, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677468

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) is a Probe-class concept that will build on the legacy of the Chandra X-ray Observatory by providing low-background, arcsecond-resolution imaging in the 0.3-10 keV band across a 450 arcminute 2 field of vie... Read More about Overview of the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS).

Room temperature bio-engineered multifunctional carbonates for CO2 sequestration and valorization (2023)
Journal Article
Mohamed, H., Hkiri, K., Botha, N., Cloete, K., Azizi, S., Ahmed, A. A. Q., …Maaza, M. (in press). Room temperature bio-engineered multifunctional carbonates for CO2 sequestration and valorization. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 16783. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42905-5

This contribution reports, for the first time, on an entirely green bio-engineering approach for the biosynthesis of single phase crystalline 1-D nano-scaled calcite CaCO3. This was validated using H2O as the universal solvent and natural extract of... Read More about Room temperature bio-engineered multifunctional carbonates for CO2 sequestration and valorization.

Wafer-Scale Two-Dimensional Semiconductors for Deep UV Sensing (2023)
Journal Article
Shiffa, M., Dewes, B. T., Bradford, J., Cottam, N. D., Cheng, T. S., Mellor, C. J., …Patanè, A. (2024). Wafer-Scale Two-Dimensional Semiconductors for Deep UV Sensing. Small, 20(7), Article 2305865. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202305865

2D semiconductors (2SEM) can transform many sectors, from information and communication technology to healthcare. To date, top‐down approaches to their fabrication, such as exfoliation of bulk crystals by “scotch‐tape,” are widely used, but have limi... Read More about Wafer-Scale Two-Dimensional Semiconductors for Deep UV Sensing.