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A lithium-air battery and gas handling system demonstrator (2023)
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Jordan, J. W., Vailaya, G., Holc, C., Jenkins, M., McNulty, R. C., Puscalau, C., …Johnson, L. R. (2024). A lithium-air battery and gas handling system demonstrator. Faraday Discussions, 248, 381-391. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3fd00137g

The lithium-air (Li-air) battery offers one of the highest practical specific energy densities of any battery system at >400 W h kgsystem−1. The practical cell is expected to operate in air, which is flowed into the positive porous electrode where it... Read More about A lithium-air battery and gas handling system demonstrator.

Application of a Synthetic Ferredoxin‐Inspired [4Fe4S]‐Peptide Maquette as the Redox Partner for an [FeFe]‐Hydrogenase (2023)
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Bombana, A., Shanmugam, M., Collison, D., Kibler, A. J., Newton, G. N., Jäger, C. M., …Mitchell, N. J. (2023). Application of a Synthetic Ferredoxin‐Inspired [4Fe4S]‐Peptide Maquette as the Redox Partner for an [FeFe]‐Hydrogenase. ChemBioChem, 24(18), Article e202300250. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202300250

‘Bacterial-type’ ferredoxins host a cubane [4Fe4S]2+/+ cluster that enables these proteins to mediate electron transfer and facilitate a broad range of biological processes. Peptide maquettes based on the conserved cluster-forming motif have previous... Read More about Application of a Synthetic Ferredoxin‐Inspired [4Fe4S]‐Peptide Maquette as the Redox Partner for an [FeFe]‐Hydrogenase.

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.

Redox?Active Hybrid Polyoxometalate?Stabilised Gold Nanoparticles (2020)
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Martin, C., Kastner, K., Cameron, J. M., Hampson, E., Alves Fernandes, J., Gibson, E. K., …Newton, G. N. (2020). Redox‐Active Hybrid Polyoxometalate‐Stabilised Gold Nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59(34), 14331-14335. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202005629

We report the design and preparation of multifunctional hybrid nanomaterials through the stabilization of gold nanoparticles with thiol‐functionalised hybrid organic–inorganic polyoxometalates (POMs). The covalent attachment of the hybrid POM forms n... Read More about Redox?Active Hybrid Polyoxometalate?Stabilised Gold Nanoparticles.

Asymmetric Hybrid Polyoxometalates: A Platform for Multifunctional Redox‐Active Nanomaterials (2019)
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Hampson, E., Cameron, J. M., Amin, S., Kyo, J., Watts, J. A., Oshio, H., & Newton, G. N. (2019). Asymmetric Hybrid Polyoxometalates: A Platform for Multifunctional Redox‐Active Nanomaterials. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(50), 18281-18285. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201912046

Access to asymmetrically functionalised polyoxometalates is a grand challenge as it could lead to new molecular nanomaterials with multiple or modular functionality. Here, a simple “one-pot” synthetic approach to the isolation of an asymmetrically fu... Read More about Asymmetric Hybrid Polyoxometalates: A Platform for Multifunctional Redox‐Active Nanomaterials.

A Brønsted ligand molecular switch with five accessible states (2019)
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Shiga, T., Saiki, R., Akiyama, L., Kumai, R., Natke, D., Renz, F., …Oshio, H. (2019). A Brønsted ligand molecular switch with five accessible states. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(17), 5658-5662. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201900909

A mononuclear Fe(II) complex, prepared with a Brønsted diacid ligand, H2L (H2L = 2-[5-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-3-yl] 6benzimidazole pyridine), shows switchable physical properties and was isolated in five different electronic states. The spin crossover (SC... Read More about A Brønsted ligand molecular switch with five accessible states.

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.

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.