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Soot in the Lubricating Oil: An Overlooked Concern for the Gasoline Direct Injection Engine? (2019)
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Pfau, S. A., La Rocca, A., Haffner-Staton, E., Rance, G. A., Fay, M. W., & McGhee, M. (2019). Soot in the Lubricating Oil: An Overlooked Concern for the Gasoline Direct Injection Engine?. SAE Technical Papers, 2019-April, Article 2019-01-0301. https://doi.org/10.4271/2019-01-0301

Formation of soot is a known phenomenon for diesel engines, however, only recently emerged for gasoline engines with the introduction of direct injection systems. Soot-in-oil samples from a three-cylinder turbo-charged gasoline direct injection (GDI)... Read More about Soot in the Lubricating Oil: An Overlooked Concern for the Gasoline Direct Injection Engine?.

An antimicrobial impregnated urinary catheter that reduces mineral encrustation and prevents colonisation by multi-drug resistant organisms for up to 12  weeks (2019)
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Belfield, K., Chen, X., Smith, E. F., Ashraf, W., & Bayston, R. (2019). An antimicrobial impregnated urinary catheter that reduces mineral encrustation and prevents colonisation by multi-drug resistant organisms for up to 12  weeks. Acta Biomaterialia, 90, 157-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2019.03.042

Two major complications of indwelling urinary catheterisation include infection and mineral encrustation of the catheter. Our antimicrobial urinary catheter (AUC) impregnated with rifampicin, triclosan, and sparfloxacin has demonstrated long-term pro... Read More about An antimicrobial impregnated urinary catheter that reduces mineral encrustation and prevents colonisation by multi-drug resistant organisms for up to 12  weeks.

Towards more sustainable synthesis of diketopyrrolopyrroles (2019)
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Pop, F., Humphreys, J., Schwarz, J., Brown, L., van den Berg, A., & Amabilino, D. B. (2019). Towards more sustainable synthesis of diketopyrrolopyrroles. New Journal of Chemistry, 43(15), 5783-5790. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nj01074b

The alkylation of 1,4-diketo-3,6-arylpyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrroles (ArDPP) is one of the most important steps in the synthesis of soluble materials based on these molecules and the polymers derived from them (that are employed widely in putative organic sol... Read More about Towards more sustainable synthesis of diketopyrrolopyrroles.

Halofrax volcanii as immobilised whole cell biocatalyst: new applications for halophilic systems (2019)
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Haque, R., Paradisi, F., & Allers, T. (2019). Halofrax volcanii as immobilised whole cell biocatalyst: new applications for halophilic systems. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 103(9), 3807-3817. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-019-09725-y

Enzyme-mediated synthesis of pharmaceutical compounds is a ‘green’ alternative to traditional synthetic chemistry, and microbial engineering opens up the possibility of using whole cells as mini-factories. Whole-cell biocatalysis reduces cost by elim... Read More about Halofrax volcanii as immobilised whole cell biocatalyst: new applications for halophilic systems.

A Highly Active Bidentate Magnesium Catalyst for Amine‐Borane Dehydrocoupling: Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies (2019)
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Ried, A., Taylor, L., Geer, A., Williams, H., Lewis, W., Blake, A., & Kays, D. L. (2019). A Highly Active Bidentate Magnesium Catalyst for Amine‐Borane Dehydrocoupling: Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies. Chemistry - A European Journal, 25(27), 6840-6846. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201901197

A magnesium complex (1) featuring a bidentate aminopyridinato ligand is a remarkably selective catalyst for the dehydrocoupling of amine-boranes. This reaction proceeds to completion with low catalyst loadings (1 mol%) und... Read More about A Highly Active Bidentate Magnesium Catalyst for Amine‐Borane Dehydrocoupling: Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies.

Highly Electrophilic Titania Hole as a Versatile and Efficient Photochemical Free Radical Source (2019)
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Hainer, A., Marina, N., Rincon, S., Costa, P., Lanterna, A. E., & Scaiano, J. C. (2019). Highly Electrophilic Titania Hole as a Versatile and Efficient Photochemical Free Radical Source. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(11), 4531-4535. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b13422

Photogenerated holes in nanometric semiconductors, such as TiO2, constitute remarkable powerful electrophilic centers, capable of capturing an electron from numerous donors such as ethers, or nonactivated substrates like toluene or acetonitrile, and... Read More about Highly Electrophilic Titania Hole as a Versatile and Efficient Photochemical Free Radical Source.

Accelerated 19F·MRI Detection of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2/-9 through Responsive Deactivation of Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement (2019)
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Faas, H. M., Krupa, J. L., Taylor, A. J., Zamberlan, F., Philp, C. J., Williams, H. E., …Meersmann, T. (2019). Accelerated 19F·MRI Detection of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2/-9 through Responsive Deactivation of Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement. Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging, 2019, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/4826520

Paramagnetic gadolinium ions (Gd III), complexed within DOTA-based chelates, have become useful tools to increase the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast in tissues of interest. Recently, " on/off " probes serving as 19 F·MRI biosensor for targ... Read More about Accelerated 19F·MRI Detection of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2/-9 through Responsive Deactivation of Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement.

Molybdenum dioxide in carbon nanoreactors as a catalytic nanosponge for the efficient desulfurization of liquid fuels (2019)
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Astle, M. A., Rance, G. A., Loughlin, H. J., Peters, T. D., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2019). Molybdenum dioxide in carbon nanoreactors as a catalytic nanosponge for the efficient desulfurization of liquid fuels. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(17), Article 1808092. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201808092

The principle of a “catalytic nanosponge” that combines the catalysis of organosulfur oxidation and sequestration of the products from reaction mixtures is demonstrated. Group VI metal oxide nanoparticles (CrOx, MoOx, WOx) are embedded within hollow... Read More about Molybdenum dioxide in carbon nanoreactors as a catalytic nanosponge for the efficient desulfurization of liquid fuels.

Identification of Bio-oil Compound Utilizing Yeasts Through Phenotypic Microarray Screening (2019)
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Kostas, E. T., Cooper, M., Shepherd, B. J., & Robinson, J. P. (2020). Identification of Bio-oil Compound Utilizing Yeasts Through Phenotypic Microarray Screening. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 11, 2507-2519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-019-00636-7

© 2019, The Author(s). Abstract: Biomass pyrolysis bio-oil contains a plethora of carbon sources with the potential to be utilized by microorganisms and converted into high value products. However, the majority of these compounds are either highly to... Read More about Identification of Bio-oil Compound Utilizing Yeasts Through Phenotypic Microarray Screening.

Hydrophobic silver nanoparticles interacting with phospholipids and stratum corneum mimic membranes in Langmuir monolayers (2019)
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Villanueva, M. E., Lanterna, A. E., & Vico, R. V. (2019). Hydrophobic silver nanoparticles interacting with phospholipids and stratum corneum mimic membranes in Langmuir monolayers. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 543, 247-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.02.069

The interaction of hydrophobic silver nanoparticles with different phospholipids and stratum corneum mimic (SCM) membranes is studied in Langmuir monolayers. Thus, silver nanoparticles coated with oleic acid (AgNP-OA) were synthesized, characterized... Read More about Hydrophobic silver nanoparticles interacting with phospholipids and stratum corneum mimic membranes in Langmuir monolayers.

Unequivocal experimental evidence of the relationship between emission energies and aurophilic interactions (2019)
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Blake, A. J., Donamaría, R., Lippolis, V., López-de-Luzuriaga, J. M., Monge, M., Olmos, M. E., …Weinstein, J. A. (2019). Unequivocal experimental evidence of the relationship between emission energies and aurophilic interactions. Inorganic Chemistry, 58(8), 4954-4961. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03621

In this paper we describe experimental evidence of the change in emission energy as a function of gold-gold distance. We have employed a luminescent complex exhibiting an aurophilic interaction, which is weak enough to allow its length to be modifie... Read More about Unequivocal experimental evidence of the relationship between emission energies and aurophilic interactions.

Steric and electronic control of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions in carbon nanotube nanoreactors (2019)
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Miners, S. A., Fay, M. W., Baldoni, M., Besley, E., Khlobystov, A. N., & Rance, G. A. (2019). Steric and electronic control of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions in carbon nanotube nanoreactors. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123(10), 6294-6302. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b01190

The use of single-walled carbon nanotubes as effective nanoreactors for preparative bimolecular reactions has been demonstrated for the first time. We show that the extreme spatial confinement of guest reactant molecules inside host carbon nanotubes... Read More about Steric and electronic control of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions in carbon nanotube nanoreactors.

Engineering new defective phases of UiO family metal-organic frameworks with water (2019)
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Firth, F. C. N., Cliffe, M. J., Vulpe, D., Aragones-Anglada, M., Moghadam, P. Z., Fairen-Jimenez, D., …Grey, C. P. (2019). Engineering new defective phases of UiO family metal-organic frameworks with water. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(13), 7459-7469. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA10682G

© The Royal Society of Chemistry. As defects significantly affect the properties of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)—from changing their mechanical properties to enhancing their catalytic ability—obtaining synthetic control over defects is essential t... Read More about Engineering new defective phases of UiO family metal-organic frameworks with water.

Synthesis and characterisation of rylene diimide dimers using molecular handcuffs (2019)
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Yang, L., Langer, P., Davies, E. S., Baldoni, M., Wickham, K., Besley, N. A., …Champness, N. R. (2019). Synthesis and characterisation of rylene diimide dimers using molecular handcuffs. Chemical Science, 10(13), 3723-3732. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sc00167k

A strategy for positioning, and loosely connecting, molecules in close proximity using mechanically interlocked handcuffs is described. The strategy is demonstrated using rylene diimides, creating dimeric structures in which two components are linked... Read More about Synthesis and characterisation of rylene diimide dimers using molecular handcuffs.

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.

Complexity surrounding an apparently simple Fermi resonance in p-fluorotoluene revealed using two-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence (2D-LIF) spectroscopy (2019)
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Kemp, D. J., Whalley, L. E., Gardner, A. M., Tuttle, W. D., Warner, L. G., & Wright, T. G. (2019). Complexity surrounding an apparently simple Fermi resonance in p-fluorotoluene revealed using two-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence (2D-LIF) spectroscopy. Journal of Chemical Physics, 150(6), 064306/1-064306/14. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5083682

Two-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence (2D-LIF) spectroscopy is a powerful tool allowing overlapped features in an electronic spectrum to be separated, and interactions between vibrations and torsions to be identified. Here the technique is emplo... Read More about Complexity surrounding an apparently simple Fermi resonance in p-fluorotoluene revealed using two-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence (2D-LIF) spectroscopy.

Transcriptome, proteome and draft genome of Euglena gracilis (2019)
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Ebenezer, T. E., Zoltner, M., Burrell, A., Nenarokova, A., Novák Vanclová, A. M. G., Prasad, B., …Field, M. C. (2019). Transcriptome, proteome and draft genome of Euglena gracilis. BMC Biology, 17(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-019-0626-8

Background Photosynthetic euglenids are major contributors to fresh water ecosystems. Euglena gracilis in particular has noted metabolic flexibility, reflected by an ability to thrive in a range of harsh environments. E. gracilis has been a popular... Read More about Transcriptome, proteome and draft genome of Euglena gracilis.

Three dimensional nanoscale analysis reveals aperiodic mesopores in a covalent organic framework and conjugated microporous polymer (2019)
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Stoppiello, C. T., Isla, H., Martínez-Abadía, M., Fay, M. W., Parmenter, C. D. J., Roe, M. J., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2019). Three dimensional nanoscale analysis reveals aperiodic mesopores in a covalent organic framework and conjugated microporous polymer. Nanoscale, 11(6), 2848-2854. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr10086a

The integrated analytical approach developed in this study offers a powerful methodology for the structural characterization of complex molecular nanomaterials. Structures of a covalent organic framework based on boronate esters (COF-5) and a conjuga... Read More about Three dimensional nanoscale analysis reveals aperiodic mesopores in a covalent organic framework and conjugated microporous polymer.

Ion exchange and binding in selenium remediation materials using DNP-enhanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy (2019)
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Mais, M., Torroba, J., Barrow, N. S., Paul, S., & Titman, J. J. (2019). Ion exchange and binding in selenium remediation materials using DNP-enhanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 98, 19-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssnmr.2019.01.004

Selenate-loaded selenium water remediation materials based on polymer fibres have been investigated by dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) enhanced solid-state NMR. For carbon-13 a significant reduction in experiment time is obtained with DNP even whe... Read More about Ion exchange and binding in selenium remediation materials using DNP-enhanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy.