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Stabilization of Polyoxometalate Charge Carriers via Redox‐Driven Nanoconfinement in Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes (2022)
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Jordan, J. W., Cameron, J. M., Lowe, G. A., Rance, G. A., Fung, K. L. Y., Johnson, L. R., …Newton, G. N. (2022). Stabilization of Polyoxometalate Charge Carriers via Redox‐Driven Nanoconfinement in Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(8), Article e202115619. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202115619

We describe the preparation of hybrid redox materials based on polyoxomolybdates encapsulated within single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Polyoxomolybdates readily oxidize SWNTs under ambient conditions in solution, and here we study their charge-... Read More about Stabilization of Polyoxometalate Charge Carriers via Redox‐Driven Nanoconfinement in Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes.

Stabilization of Polyoxometalate Charge Carriers via Redox‐Driven Nanoconfinement in Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes (2022)
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Jordan, J. W., Cameron, J. M., Lowe, G. A., Rance, G. A., Fung, K. L. Y., Johnson, L. R., …Newton, G. N. (2022). Stabilization of Polyoxometalate Charge Carriers via Redox‐Driven Nanoconfinement in Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Angewandte Chemie, 134(8), Article e202115619. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202115619

We describe the preparation of hybrid redox materials based on polyoxomolybdates encapsulated within single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Polyoxomolybdates readily oxidize SWNTs under ambient conditions in solution, and here we study their charge-... Read More about Stabilization of Polyoxometalate Charge Carriers via Redox‐Driven Nanoconfinement in Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes.

Magnetic nanoribbons with embedded cobalt grown inside single-walled carbon nanotubes (2021)
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Krichevsky, D. M., Shi, L., Baturin, V. S., Rybkovsky, D. V., Wu, Y., Fedotov, P. V., …Chernov, A. I. (2022). Magnetic nanoribbons with embedded cobalt grown inside single-walled carbon nanotubes. Nanoscale, 14(5), 1978-1989. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr06179h

Molecular magnetism and specifically magnetic molecules have recently gained plenty of attention as key elements for quantum technologies, information processing, and spintronics. Transition to the nanoscale and implementation of ordered structures w... Read More about Magnetic nanoribbons with embedded cobalt grown inside single-walled carbon nanotubes.

An Expanded 2D Fused Aromatic Network with 90-Ring Hexagons (2021)
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Riaño, A., Strutyński, K., Liu, M., Stoppiello, C. T., Lerma‐Berlanga, B., Saeki, A., …Mateo-Alonso, A. (2022). An Expanded 2D Fused Aromatic Network with 90-Ring Hexagons. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(2), Article e202113657. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202113657

Two-dimensional fused aromatic networks (2D FANs) have emerged as a highly versatile alternative to holey graphene. The synthesis of 2D FANs with increasingly larger lattice dimensions will enable new application perspectives. However, the synthesis... Read More about An Expanded 2D Fused Aromatic Network with 90-Ring Hexagons.

Front Cover: Palladium Nanoparticles Hardwired in Carbon Nanoreactors Enable Continually Increasing Electrocatalytic Activity During the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (ChemSusChem 22/2021) (2021)
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Aygün, M., Guillen‐Soler, M., Vila‐Fungueiriño, J. M., Kurtoglu, A., Chamberlain, T. W., Khlobystov, A. N., & Carmen Gimenez‐Lopez, M. (2021). Front Cover: Palladium Nanoparticles Hardwired in Carbon Nanoreactors Enable Continually Increasing Electrocatalytic Activity During the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (ChemSusChem 22/2021). ChemSusChem, 14(22), 4846-4846. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202102198

Counting molecules in nano test tubes: a method for determining the activation parameters of thermally driven reactions through direct imaging (2021)
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Fung, K. L. Y., Skowron, S. T., Allen, C. S., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2021). Counting molecules in nano test tubes: a method for determining the activation parameters of thermally driven reactions through direct imaging. Chemical Communications, 57(81), 10628-10631. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cc03827c

A methodology for measuring activation parameters of a thermally driven chemical reaction by direct imaging and counting reactant molecules has been developed. The method combines the use of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) as a nano test tube,... Read More about Counting molecules in nano test tubes: a method for determining the activation parameters of thermally driven reactions through direct imaging.

Palladium Nanoparticles Hardwired in Carbon Nanoreactors Enable Continually Increasing Electrocatalytic Activity During the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (2021)
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Aygün, M., Guillen-Soler, M., Manuel Vila-Fungueiriño, J., Kurtoglu, A., Chamberlain, T., Khlobystov, A. N., & del Carmen Gimenez Lopez, M. (2021). Palladium Nanoparticles Hardwired in Carbon Nanoreactors Enable Continually Increasing Electrocatalytic Activity During the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ChemSusChem, 14(22), 4973-4984. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202101236

Catalysts typically lose effectiveness during operation, with much effort invested in stabilising active metal centres to prolong their functional lifetime for as long as possible. In this study palladium nanoparticles (PdNP) supported inside hollow... Read More about Palladium Nanoparticles Hardwired in Carbon Nanoreactors Enable Continually Increasing Electrocatalytic Activity During the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.

Synthesis of ultrathin rhenium disulfide nanoribbons using nano test tubes (2021)
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Norman, L. T., Biskupek, J., Rance, G. A., Stoppiello, C. T., Kaiser, U., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2022). Synthesis of ultrathin rhenium disulfide nanoribbons using nano test tubes. Nano Research, 15(2), 1282-1287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3650-2

The synthesis of ultrathin rhenium disulfide (ReS2) nanoribbons within single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has been established. Dirhenium decacarbonyl complex is encapsulated into the SWNTs to provide a source of confined rhenium atoms, which rea... Read More about Synthesis of ultrathin rhenium disulfide nanoribbons using nano test tubes.

Blurring the Boundary between Homogenous and Heterogeneous Catalysis using Palladium Nanoclusters with Dynamic Surfaces (2021)
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Cano, I., Weilhard, A., Martin, C., Pinto, J., Lodge, R. W., Santos, A. R., …Fernandes, J. A. (2021). Blurring the Boundary between Homogenous and Heterogeneous Catalysis using Palladium Nanoclusters with Dynamic Surfaces. Nature Communications, 12(1), Article 4965. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25263-6

Using a magnetron sputtering approach that allows size-controlled formation of nanoclusters, we have created palladium nanoclusters that combine the features of both heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts. Here we report the atomic structures and el... Read More about Blurring the Boundary between Homogenous and Heterogeneous Catalysis using Palladium Nanoclusters with Dynamic Surfaces.

Electrochemistry of redox-active molecules confined within narrow carbon nanotubes (2021)
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Jordan, J. W., Townsend, W. J. V., Johnson, L. R., Walsh, D. A., Newton, G. N., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2021). Electrochemistry of redox-active molecules confined within narrow carbon nanotubes. Chemical Society Reviews, 50(19), 10895-10916. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cs00478f

Confinement of molecules within nanocontainers can be a powerful tool for controlling the states of guest-molecules, tuning properties of host-nanocontainers and triggering the emergence of synergistic properties within the host–guest systems. Among... Read More about Electrochemistry of redox-active molecules confined within narrow carbon nanotubes.

Piecing Together Large Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Fullerenes: A Combined ChemTEM Imaging and MALDI-ToF Mass Spectrometry Approach (2021)
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Gover, R. K. E., Chamberlain, T. W., Sarre, P. J., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2021). Piecing Together Large Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Fullerenes: A Combined ChemTEM Imaging and MALDI-ToF Mass Spectrometry Approach. Frontiers in Chemistry, 9, Article 700562. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2021.700562

Motivated by their importance in chemistry, physics, astronomy and materials science, we investigate routes to the formation of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules and the fullerene C60 from specific smaller PAH building blocks. The... Read More about Piecing Together Large Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Fullerenes: A Combined ChemTEM Imaging and MALDI-ToF Mass Spectrometry Approach.

Wear performance of graphene nano platelets incorporated WC-Co coatings deposited by hybrid high velocity oxy fuel thermal spray (2021)
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Derelizade, K., Venturi, F., Wellman, R. G., Kholobysov, A., & Hussain, T. (2021). Wear performance of graphene nano platelets incorporated WC-Co coatings deposited by hybrid high velocity oxy fuel thermal spray. Wear, 482-483, Article 203974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2021.203974

WC-Co coatings have been used as wear resistant coatings in aero engines for decades, and research is still ongoing to further improve the performance of these coatings through compositional modifications to reduce wear. The coatings are used for unl... Read More about Wear performance of graphene nano platelets incorporated WC-Co coatings deposited by hybrid high velocity oxy fuel thermal spray.

Single-molecule imaging and kinetic analysis of intermolecular polyoxometalate reactions (2021)
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Jordan, J. W., Fung, K. L. Y., Skowron, S. T., Allen, C. S., Biskupek, J., Newton, G. N., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2021). Single-molecule imaging and kinetic analysis of intermolecular polyoxometalate reactions. Chemical Science, 12(21), 7377-7387. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sc01874d

We induce and study reactions of polyoxometalate (POM) molecules, [PW12O40]3− (Keggin) and [P2W18O62]6− (Wells–Dawson), at the single-molecule level. Several identical carbon nanotubes aligned side by side within a bundle provided a platform for spat... Read More about Single-molecule imaging and kinetic analysis of intermolecular polyoxometalate reactions.

Polaritonic Enhancement of Near-Field Scattering of Small Molecules Encapsulated in Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Chemical Reactions in Confined Spaces (2021)
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Datz, D., Németh, G., Walker, K. E., Rance, G. A., Pekker, Á., Khlobystov, A. N., & Kamarás, K. (2021). Polaritonic Enhancement of Near-Field Scattering of Small Molecules Encapsulated in Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Chemical Reactions in Confined Spaces. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4(5), 4335–4339. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c00064

Nanotubes have been extensively utilized as nanocontainers for molecules and as nanoreactors for chemical reactions in confinement, with the potential for applications in hydrogen storage and catalysis. We show that phonon polaritons of boron nitride... Read More about Polaritonic Enhancement of Near-Field Scattering of Small Molecules Encapsulated in Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Chemical Reactions in Confined Spaces.

Epitaxy of boron nitride monolayers for graphene-based lateral heterostructures (2021)
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Wrigley, J., Bradford, J., James, T., Cheng, T. S., Thomas, J., Mellor, C. J., …Beton, P. H. (2021). Epitaxy of boron nitride monolayers for graphene-based lateral heterostructures. 2D Materials, 8(3), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/abea66

Monolayers of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are grown on graphite substrates using high-temperature molecular beam epitaxy (HT-MBE). The hBN monolayers are observed to grow predominantly from step edges on the graphite surface and exhibit a strong de... Read More about Epitaxy of boron nitride monolayers for graphene-based lateral heterostructures.

??Interpenetrated 3D Covalent Organic Frameworks from Distorted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (2021)
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Martínez‐Abadía, M., Strutyński, K., Lerma‐Berlanga, B., Stoppiello, C. T., Khlobystov, A. N., Martí‐Gastaldo, C., …Mateo‐Alonso, A. (2021). π‐Interpenetrated 3D Covalent Organic Frameworks from Distorted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60(18), 9941-9946. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202100434

Three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (3D COFs) with a pcu topology have been obtained from distorted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons acting as triangular antiprismatic (D3d) nodes. Such 3D COFs are six-fold interpenetrated as the result of... Read More about ??Interpenetrated 3D Covalent Organic Frameworks from Distorted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

Imaging and analysis of covalent organic framework crystallites on a carbon surface: a nanocrystalline scaly COF/nanotube hybrid (2021)
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Weare, B. L., Lodge, R. W., Zyk, N., Weilhard, A., Housley, C. L., Strutyński, K., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2021). Imaging and analysis of covalent organic framework crystallites on a carbon surface: a nanocrystalline scaly COF/nanotube hybrid. Nanoscale, 13(14), 6834-6845. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0nr08973g

Synthesis of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) is well-advanced but understanding their nanoscale structure and interaction with other materials remains a significant challenge. Here, we have developed a methodology for the detailed imaging and anal... Read More about Imaging and analysis of covalent organic framework crystallites on a carbon surface: a nanocrystalline scaly COF/nanotube hybrid.

Understanding charge transport in wavy 2D covalent organic frameworks (2021)
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Martínez-Abadía, M., Strutyński, K., Stoppiello, C. T., Lerma Berlanga, B., Martí-Gastaldo, C., Khlobystov, A. N., …Mateo-Alonso, A. (2021). Understanding charge transport in wavy 2D covalent organic frameworks. Nanoscale, 13(14), 6829-6833. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0nr08962a

Understanding charge transport in 2D covalent organic frameworks is crucial to increase their performance. Herein a new wavy 2D covalent organic framework has been designed, synthesized and studied to shine light on the structural factors that domina... Read More about Understanding charge transport in wavy 2D covalent organic frameworks.

Kerogen nanoscale structure and CO2 adsorption in shale micropores (2021)
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Gonciaruk, A., Hall, M. R., Fay, M. W., Parmenter, C. D. J., Vane, C. H., Khlobystov, A. N., & Ripepi, N. (2021). Kerogen nanoscale structure and CO2 adsorption in shale micropores. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 3920. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83179-z

Gas storage and recovery processes in shales critically depend on nano-scale porosity and chemical composition, but information about the nanoscale pore geometry and connectivity of kerogen, insoluble organic shale matter, is largely unavailable. Usi... Read More about Kerogen nanoscale structure and CO2 adsorption in shale micropores.

Direct Imaging of Atomic Permeation Through a Vacancy Defect in the Carbon Lattice (2020)
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Cao, K., Skowron, S. T., Stoppiello, C. T., Biskupek, J., Khlobystov, A. N., & Kaiser, U. (2020). Direct Imaging of Atomic Permeation Through a Vacancy Defect in the Carbon Lattice. Angewandte Chemie, 132(51), 23122-23127. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202010630

Porous graphene has shown promise as a new generation of selective membrane for sieving atoms, ions and molecules. However, the atomistic mechanisms of permeation through defects in the graphenic lattice are still unclear and remain unobserved in act... Read More about Direct Imaging of Atomic Permeation Through a Vacancy Defect in the Carbon Lattice.