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Redox-active hierarchical assemblies of hybrid polyoxometalate nanostructures at carbon surfaces (2022)
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Amin, S. S., Cameron, J. M., Cousins, R. B., Wrigley, J., Liirò-Peluso, L., Sans, V., …Newton, G. N. (2022). Redox-active hierarchical assemblies of hybrid polyoxometalate nanostructures at carbon surfaces. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 9(8), 1777-1784. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2qi00174h

The self-assembly of hierarchical nanostructures on surfaces is a promising strategy for the development of a wide range of new technologies, such as energy-storage devices and sensors. In this work we show that amphiphilic, organofunctionalized hybr... Read More about Redox-active hierarchical assemblies of hybrid polyoxometalate nanostructures at carbon surfaces.

Gel-Polymer Electrolytes Based on Poly(Ionic Liquid)/Ionic Liquid Networks (2020)
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Sen, S., Goodwin, S. E., Barbará, P. V., Rance, G. A., Wales, D., Cameron, J. M., …Walsh, D. A. (2021). Gel-Polymer Electrolytes Based on Poly(Ionic Liquid)/Ionic Liquid Networks. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 3(1), 200-208. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.0c01042

The use of electrically charged, polymerized ionic liquids (polyILs) offers opportunities for the development of gel-polymer electrolytes (GPEs), but the rational design of such systems is in its infancy. In this work, we compare the properties of po... Read More about Gel-Polymer Electrolytes Based on Poly(Ionic Liquid)/Ionic Liquid Networks.

Continuous-flow crystallisation in 3D-printed compact devices (2019)
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Okafor, O., Robertson, K., Goodridge, R., & Sans, V. (2019). Continuous-flow crystallisation in 3D-printed compact devices. Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 4(9), 1682-1688. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9re00188c

© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry. A flexible and cost-effective methodology to develop compact flow devices with heat exchange ability is presented here. Additive manufacturing techniques allow the rapid design and manufacture of modular jackete... Read More about Continuous-flow crystallisation in 3D-printed compact devices.

Tuning the Reactivity of TEMPO during Electrocatalytic Alcohol Oxidations in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids (2019)
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Delorme, A. E., Sans, V., Licence, P., & Walsh, D. A. (2019). Tuning the Reactivity of TEMPO during Electrocatalytic Alcohol Oxidations in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 7(13), 11691-11699. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b01823

2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) is a promising, sustainable, metal-free mediator for oxidation of alcohols. In this contribution, we describe how the selectivity of TEMPO for electrocatalytic alcohol oxidations in room-temperature ionic... Read More about Tuning the Reactivity of TEMPO during Electrocatalytic Alcohol Oxidations in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids.

Highly efficient multifunctional ionic liquid for PET glycolysis under microwave irradiation (2019)
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Cot, S., Leu, M. K., Kalamiotis, A., Dimitrakis, G., Sans Sangorrin, V., de Pedro, I., & Cano, I. (2019). Highly efficient multifunctional ionic liquid for PET glycolysis under microwave irradiation. ChemPlusChem, 84(7), 786-793. https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201900075

An oxalate‐bridged binuclear iron(III) ionic liquid combined with an imidazolium based cation, (dimim)2[Fe2Cl4(μ‐ox)], was synthesized and characterized by a wide range of techniques. This halometallate ionic liquid was active in catalyzing the depol... Read More about Highly efficient multifunctional ionic liquid for PET glycolysis under microwave irradiation.

Investigation of pressure drop in 3D replicated open-cell foams: coupling CFD with experimental data on additively manufactured foams (2018)
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Bracconi, M., Ambrosetti, M., Okafor, O., Sans, V., Zhang, X., Ou, X., …Tronconi, E. (2018). Investigation of pressure drop in 3D replicated open-cell foams: coupling CFD with experimental data on additively manufactured foams. Chemical Engineering Journal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.10.060

Open-cell foams as structured catalyst supports are promising candidates for the design of high throughput catalytic processes. In this contribution, we employ a coupled numerical and experimental approach to assess the pressure losses in foams. Larg... Read More about Investigation of pressure drop in 3D replicated open-cell foams: coupling CFD with experimental data on additively manufactured foams.

3D printable photochromic molecular materials for reversible information storage (2018)
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Wales, D. J., Cao, Q., Kastner, K., Karjalainen, E., Newton, G. N., & Sans, V. (2018). 3D printable photochromic molecular materials for reversible information storage. Advanced Materials, 30(26), Article 1800159. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201800159

The formulation of advanced molecular materials with bespoke polymeric ionic liquid matrices that stabilize and solubilize hybrid organic-inorganic polyoxometalates and allow their processing by additive manufacturing, is effectively demonstrated. Th... Read More about 3D printable photochromic molecular materials for reversible information storage.

Tuneable ionic control of polymeric films for inkjet based 3D printing (2018)
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Karjalainen, E., Wales, D. J., Gunasekera, D. H., Dupont, J., Licence, P., Wildman, R. D., & Sans, V. (in press). Tuneable ionic control of polymeric films for inkjet based 3D printing. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b04279

Inkjet printing is a powerful additive manufacturing (AM) technique to generate advanced and complex geometries. However, requirements of low viscosity and surface tension are limiting the range of functional inks available, thus hindering the develo... Read More about Tuneable ionic control of polymeric films for inkjet based 3D printing.

Tuneable 3D printed bioreactors for transaminations under continuous-flow (2017)
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Peris, E., Okafor, O., Kulchinskaja, E., Goodridge, R. D., Luis, S. V., Garcia-Verdugo, E., …Sans, V. (2017). Tuneable 3D printed bioreactors for transaminations under continuous-flow. Green Chemistry, 19(22), https://doi.org/10.1039/C7GC02421E

A method to efficiently immobilize enzymes on 3D printed continuous-flow devices is presented. Application of these chemically modified devices enables rapid screening of immobilization mechanisms and reaction conditions, simple transfer of optimised... Read More about Tuneable 3D printed bioreactors for transaminations under continuous-flow.

A Simple Approach to the Visible-Light Photoactivation of Molecular Metal Oxides (2017)
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Fujimoto, S., Cameron, J. M., Wei, R. J., Kastner, K., Robinson, D., Sans, V., …Oshio, H. (2017). A Simple Approach to the Visible-Light Photoactivation of Molecular Metal Oxides. Inorganic Chemistry, 56(20), 12169-12177. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01499

© 2017 American Chemical Society. This study explores a new method to maximize the visible-light-driven photocatalytic performance of organic-inorganic hybrid polyoxometalates (POMs). Experimental and theoretical investigations of a family of phospho... Read More about A Simple Approach to the Visible-Light Photoactivation of Molecular Metal Oxides.

An autonomous organic reaction search engine for chemical reactivity (2017)
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Dragone, V., Sans, V., Henson, A. B., Granda, J. M., & Cronin, L. (2017). An autonomous organic reaction search engine for chemical reactivity. Nature Communications, 8, Article 15733. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15733

The exploration of chemical space for new reactivity, reactions and molecules is limited by the need for separate work-up-separation steps searching for molecules rather than reactivity. Herein we present a system that can autonomously evaluate chemi... Read More about An autonomous organic reaction search engine for chemical reactivity.

Coding the assembly of polyoxotungstates with a programmable reaction system (2017)
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Ruiz de la Oliva, A., Sans, V., Miras, H. N., Long, D., & Cronin, L. (in press). Coding the assembly of polyoxotungstates with a programmable reaction system. Inorganic Chemistry, 56, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00206

Chemical transformations are normally conducted in batch or flow mode, thereby allowing the chemistry to be temporally or spatially controlled, but these approaches are not normally combined dynamically. However, the investigation of the underlying c... Read More about Coding the assembly of polyoxotungstates with a programmable reaction system.

Advanced reactor engineering with 3D printing for the continuous-flow synthesis of silver nanoparticles (2017)
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Okafor, O., Weilhard, A., Fernandes, J. A., Karjalainen, E., Goodridge, R., & Sans, V. (2017). Advanced reactor engineering with 3D printing for the continuous-flow synthesis of silver nanoparticles. Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 2(2), 129-136. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6re00210b

© 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry. The implementation of advanced reactor engineering concepts employing additive manufacturing is demonstrated. The design and manufacturing of miniaturised continuous flow oscillatory baffled reactors (mCOBR) emp... Read More about Advanced reactor engineering with 3D printing for the continuous-flow synthesis of silver nanoparticles.