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Critical assessment of the evidence for striped nanoparticles (2014)
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Shankar, S. S., Stirling, J., Lekkas, I., Sweetman, A., Djuranovic, P., Guo, Q., …Moriarty, P. (2014). Critical assessment of the evidence for striped nanoparticles. PLoS ONE, 9(11), Article e108482. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108482

There is now a significant body of literature which reports that stripes form in the ligand shell of suitably functionalised Au nanoparticles. This stripe morphology has been proposed to strongly affect the physicochemical and biochemical properties... Read More about Critical assessment of the evidence for striped nanoparticles.

Intramolecular bonds resolved on a semiconductor surface (2014)
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Sweetman, A., Jarvis, S. P., Rahe, P., Champness, N. R., Kantorovich, L., & Moriarty, P. (2014). Intramolecular bonds resolved on a semiconductor surface. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 90(16), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.165425

Noncontact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM) is now routinely capable of obtaining submolecular resolution, readily resolving the carbon backbone structure of planar organic molecules adsorbed on metal substrates. Here we show that the same resolution... Read More about Intramolecular bonds resolved on a semiconductor surface.

Mapping the force field of a hydrogen-bonded assembly (2014)
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Sweetman, A., Jarvis, S. P., Sang, H., Lekkas, I., Rahe, P., Wang, Y., …Moriarty, P. (2020). Mapping the force field of a hydrogen-bonded assembly. Nature Communications, 5, Article 3931. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4931

Hydrogen bonding underpins the properties of a vast array of systems spanning a wide variety of scientific fields. From the elegance of base pair interactions in DNA to the symmetry of extended supramolecular assemblies, hydrogen bonds play an essent... Read More about Mapping the force field of a hydrogen-bonded assembly.

Unique determination of “subatomic” contrast by imaging covalent backbonding (2014)
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Sweetman, A., Rahe, P., & Moriarty, P. (2014). Unique determination of “subatomic” contrast by imaging covalent backbonding. Nano Letters, 14(5), https://doi.org/10.1021/nl4041803

The origin of so-called “subatomic” resolution in dynamic force microscopy has remained controversial since its first observation in 2000. A number of detailed experimental and theoretical studies have identified different possible physicochemical me... Read More about Unique determination of “subatomic” contrast by imaging covalent backbonding.

Scanning probe image wizard: a toolbox for automated scanning probe microscopy data analysis (2013)
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Stirling, J., Woolley, R., & Moriarty, P. (2013). Scanning probe image wizard: a toolbox for automated scanning probe microscopy data analysis. Review of Scientific Instruments, 84(113701), Article 113701. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4827076

We describe SPIW (scanning probe image wizard), a new image processing toolbox for SPM (scanning probe microscope) images. SPIW can be used to automate many aspects of SPM data analysis, even for images with surface contamination and step edges prese... Read More about Scanning probe image wizard: a toolbox for automated scanning probe microscopy data analysis.

Fingering Instabilities in Dewetting Nanofluids (2008)
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Pauliac-Vaujour, E., Stannard, A., Martin, C., Blunt, M., Notingher, I., Moriarty, P., …Thiele, U. (2008). Fingering Instabilities in Dewetting Nanofluids. Physical Review Letters, 100,

The growth of fingering patterns in dewetting nanofluids (colloidal solutions of thiol-passivated gold nanoparticles) has been followed in real time using contrast-enhanced video microscopy. The fingering instability on which we focus here arises fro... Read More about Fingering Instabilities in Dewetting Nanofluids.

Anisotropic Assembly of Colloidal Nanoparticles: Exploiting Substrate Crystallinity (2007)
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Hayton, J., Pauliac-Vaujour, E., & Moriarty, P. (2007). Anisotropic Assembly of Colloidal Nanoparticles: Exploiting Substrate Crystallinity. NANO, 2(6), https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793292007000714

We show that the crystal structure of a substrate can be exploited to drive the anisotropic assembly of colloidal nanoparticles. Pentanethiol-passivated Au particles of approximately 2 nm diameter deposited from toluene onto hydrogen-passivated Si(11... Read More about Anisotropic Assembly of Colloidal Nanoparticles: Exploiting Substrate Crystallinity.

Controlling Pattern Formation in Nanoparticle Assemblies via Directed Solvent Dewetting (2007)
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Martin, C., Blunt, M., Pauliac-Vaujour, E., Stannard, A., Moriarty, P., Vancea, I., & Thiele, U. (2007). Controlling Pattern Formation in Nanoparticle Assemblies via Directed Solvent Dewetting. Physical Review Letters, 99,

We have achieved highly localised control of pattern formation in two dimensional nanoparticle assemblies by direct modification of solvent dewetting dynamics. A striking dependence of nanoparticle organisation on the size of atomic force microscope-... Read More about Controlling Pattern Formation in Nanoparticle Assemblies via Directed Solvent Dewetting.

Nanotechnology: radical new science or plus ça change? (2005)
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Moriarty, P. (2005). Nanotechnology: radical new science or plus ça change?. Nanotechnology Perceptions, 1,

Is a radical nanotechnology involving the construction of macroscopic products via software-directed manipulation of single molecules possible? Are we only a few decades away from a technological utopia where virtually any product may be constructed... Read More about Nanotechnology: radical new science or plus ça change?.