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The Secret Science of Superheroes (2017)
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Lorch, M., Mackenwells, B., Jesson, D., Pires, I., Day, K., Gentle, L., …Heathcoate-Marcz, F. (2017). M. Lorch, & A. Miah (Eds.). The Secret Science of Superheroes. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry

Ever wondered what a superhero eats for breakfast? Do they need a special diet to feed their superpowers? The odd metabolisms of superheroes must mean they have strange dietary needs, from the high calorie diets to fuel flaming bodies and super speed... Read More about The Secret Science of Superheroes.

Surface-active hollow titanosilicate particles as a Pickering interfacial catalyst for liquid-phase alkene epoxidation reactions (2017)
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Lv, G., Wang, F., Zhang, X., & Binks, B. P. (2018). Surface-active hollow titanosilicate particles as a Pickering interfacial catalyst for liquid-phase alkene epoxidation reactions. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 34(1), 302-310. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03633

Design of catalyst particles bearing excellent catalytic activity and suitable surface wettability is the key to the successful application of Pickering interfacial catalysis. In this study, the epoxidation of 1-hexene and cyclohexene with aqueous hy... Read More about Surface-active hollow titanosilicate particles as a Pickering interfacial catalyst for liquid-phase alkene epoxidation reactions.

Lipase immobilised on silica monoliths as continuous-flow microreactors for triglyceride transesterification (2017)
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Alotaibi, M., Manayil, J. C., Greenway, G. M., Haswell, S. J., Kelly, S. M., Lee, A. F., …Kyriakou, G. (2017). Lipase immobilised on silica monoliths as continuous-flow microreactors for triglyceride transesterification. Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 3(1), 68-74. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7re00162b

Lipase immobilised on silica monoliths has been prepared and applied as biocatalytic continuous-flow microreactors for the transesterification of tributyrin as a model bio-oil component. Candida antarctica lipase was trapped within the pores of silic... Read More about Lipase immobilised on silica monoliths as continuous-flow microreactors for triglyceride transesterification.

Reduction of phenylacetylenes using Raney Ni-Al alloy, Al powder in the presence of noble metal catalysts in water (2017)
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Rayhan, U., Kowser, Z., Islam, M. N., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2017). Reduction of phenylacetylenes using Raney Ni-Al alloy, Al powder in the presence of noble metal catalysts in water. Arkivoc, 2018(2), 241-251. https://doi.org/10.24820/ark.5550190.p010.277

Dedicated to Prof. Kenneth Laali on the occasion of his 66th birthday Received mm-dd-yyyy Accepted mm-dd-yyyy Published on line mm-dd-yyyy Dates to be inserted by editorial office Abstract The chemoselective reduction is based on the reaction of Rane... Read More about Reduction of phenylacetylenes using Raney Ni-Al alloy, Al powder in the presence of noble metal catalysts in water.

Emulsion stabilisation by complexes of oppositely charged synthetic polyelectrolytes (2017)
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Bago Rodriguez, A. M., Binks, B. P., & Sekine, T. (2018). Emulsion stabilisation by complexes of oppositely charged synthetic polyelectrolytes. Soft matter, 14(2), 239-254. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sm01845b

We investigate the possibility of stabilising oil-water emulsions from the polyelectrolyte complexes (PEC) obtained in mixtures of a strong cationic polyelectrolyte (poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride), PDADMAC) and a weak anionic one (poly(acryli... Read More about Emulsion stabilisation by complexes of oppositely charged synthetic polyelectrolytes.

Assembly of high-potency photosensitizer-antibody conjugates through application of dendron multiplier technology (2017)
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Rodrigues, J. M., Cheng, M. H., Bryden, F., Maruani, A., Rodrigues, J. M. M., Cheng, M. H. Y., …Boyle, R. W. (2018). Assembly of high-potency photosensitizer-antibody conjugates through application of dendron multiplier technology. Bioconjugate chemistry, 29(1), 176-181. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00678

© 2017 American Chemical Society. Exploitation of photosensitizers as payloads for antibody-based anticancer therapeutics offers a novel alternative to the small pool of commonly utilized cytotoxins. However, existing bioconjugation methodologies are... Read More about Assembly of high-potency photosensitizer-antibody conjugates through application of dendron multiplier technology.

Synthesis and structure of a chiral areno-bridged [2.4]metacyclophane (2017)
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Islam, M., Akther, T., Matsumoto, T., Tanaka, J., Thuéry, P., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2018). Synthesis and structure of a chiral areno-bridged [2.4]metacyclophane. Tetrahedron, 74(2), 329-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2017.11.075

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The reductive coupling reaction of 1,4-bis(3-acetyl-5-tert-butyl-2-methoxyphenyl)butane 3 was carried out using TiCl 4 -Zn in pyridine followed by a McMurry coupling reaction to afford the compounds anti and syn 1,2-dimethyl[2.4]M... Read More about Synthesis and structure of a chiral areno-bridged [2.4]metacyclophane.

Molybdocalix[4]arene N,O-Schiff-base ligands (2017)
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Wang, X., Zhao, K. Q., Elsegood, M. R., & Redshaw, C. (2018). Molybdocalix[4]arene N,O-Schiff-base ligands. Supramolecular chemistry, 30(5-6), 404-410. https://doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2017.1403608

The ‘one-pot’ reaction of 2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylaldehyde with in situ generated ‘amino calixarene’ (from {Mo[(2-NC 6 H 4 ) 2 CH 2 CH 2 ]Cl 2 (DME)}, KOtBu and p-tert-butylcalix[4]areneH 4 LH 4 ) afforded, after work-up, the heterobimetall... Read More about Molybdocalix[4]arene N,O-Schiff-base ligands.

Nucleosome acidic patch-targeting binuclear ruthenium compounds induce aberrant chromatin condensation (2017)
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Davey, G. E., Dyson, P. J., Davey, C. A., Davey, G., Adhireksan, Z., Ma, Z., …Davey, C. (2017). Nucleosome acidic patch-targeting binuclear ruthenium compounds induce aberrant chromatin condensation. Nature communications, 8(1), Article 1575. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01680-4

© 2017 The Author(s). The 'acidic patch' is a highly electronegative cleft on the histone H2A-H2B dimer in the nucleosome. It is a fundamental motif for protein binding and chromatin dynamics, but the cellular impact of targeting this potentially the... Read More about Nucleosome acidic patch-targeting binuclear ruthenium compounds induce aberrant chromatin condensation.

Amino acid based gallium-68 chelators capable of radiolabeling at neutral pH (2017)
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Kubicek, V., Bohmova, Z., Price, T. W., Gallo, J., Kubíček, V., Böhmová, Z., …Stasiuk, G. J. (2017). Amino acid based gallium-68 chelators capable of radiolabeling at neutral pH. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 46(48), 16973-16982. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7dt03398b

Gallium-68 ( 68 Ga) has been the subject of increasing interest for its potential in the production of radiotracers for diagnosis of diseases. In this work we report the complexation of 68 Ga by the amino acid based tripodal chelate H 3 Dpaa, and two... Read More about Amino acid based gallium-68 chelators capable of radiolabeling at neutral pH.