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3D ordered gold strings by coating nanoparticles with mesogens (2009)
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Zeng, X., Liu, F., Fowler, A. G., Ungar, G., Cseh, L., Mehl, G. H., & Macdonald, J. E. (2009). 3D ordered gold strings by coating nanoparticles with mesogens. Advanced materials, 21(17), 1746-1750. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200803403

Gold nanoparticles covered with a nematic liquid-crystal ligand laterally attached via a thioalkyl spacer and a thioalkane "diluent" exhibit 3D ordering in strings jacketed by the mesogens with controllable interparticle spacing. The particles form r... Read More about 3D ordered gold strings by coating nanoparticles with mesogens.

Preparation and Characterization of Bis(μ-1,2-diaminoethane)cobalt(II) Hexavanadate: A Layered Polyoxovanadate Pillared by a Cobalt Coordination Complex (2009)
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Yotnoi, B., Limtrakul, J., Prior, T., & Rujiwatra, A. (2009). Preparation and Characterization of Bis(μ-1,2-diaminoethane)cobalt(II) Hexavanadate: A Layered Polyoxovanadate Pillared by a Cobalt Coordination Complex. Journal of chemical crystallography, 39(7), 525-529. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10870-009-9529-9

The first example of polyoxovanadate layered framework with a cobalt coordination complex as a pillaring unit, CoII(mu-C2N2H8)(2)[(V4V2O14)-V-IV-O-V], was readily synthesized under hydrothermal conditions. The structure can be solved and refined in m... Read More about Preparation and Characterization of Bis(μ-1,2-diaminoethane)cobalt(II) Hexavanadate: A Layered Polyoxovanadate Pillared by a Cobalt Coordination Complex.

(1-Butyl-1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octon-1-ium-κN4)trichloridocobalt(II) (2009)
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Luachan, S., Yotnoi, B., Prior, T. J., & Rujiwatra, A. (2009). (1-Butyl-1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octon-1-ium-κN4)trichloridocobalt(II). Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications, 65(3), m321-m322. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600536809005893

The title compound, [Co(C 10 H 21 N 2 )Cl3], was obtained as the by-product of the attempted synthesis of a cobalt sulfate framework using 1,4-diaza-bicyclo-[2.2.2] octane as an organic template. The asymmetric unit comprises two distinct mol-ecules,... Read More about (1-Butyl-1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octon-1-ium-κN4)trichloridocobalt(II).

Binding Optimization through Coordination Chemistry: CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor Antagonists from Ultrarigid Metal Complexes (2009)
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Khan, A., Nicholson, G., McRobbie, G., Pannecouque, C., De Clercq, E., Ullom, R., Maples, D. L., Maples, R. D., Silversides, J. D., Hubin, T. J., Archibald, S. J., Madden, L., & Greenman, J. (2009). Binding Optimization through Coordination Chemistry: CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor Antagonists from Ultrarigid Metal Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131(10), 3416-3417. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja807921k

A new copper(II) containing bis-macrocyclic CXCR4 chemokine receptor antagonist is shown to have improved binding properties to the receptor protein in comparison to the drug AMD3100 (Plerixafor, Mozobil). The interaction of the metallodrug has been... Read More about Binding Optimization through Coordination Chemistry: CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor Antagonists from Ultrarigid Metal Complexes.

Virus-templated silica nanoparticles (2009)
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Steinmetz, N. F., Shah, S. N., Barclay, J. E., Rallapalli, G., Lomonossoff, G. P., & Evans, D. J. (2009). Virus-templated silica nanoparticles. Small, 5(7), 813-816. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.200801348

An engineered variant of the plant virus, Cowpea mosaic virus, can template the controlled fabrication of silica nanoparticles of ≈30 nm diameter under environmentally benign conditions at ambient temperature and in aqueous solvent. This is the first... Read More about Virus-templated silica nanoparticles.

An investigation of the high temperature reaction between the apatite oxide ion conductor La9.33Si6O26 and NH3 (2009)
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Kendrick, E., Headspith, D., Orera, A., Apperley, D. C., Smith, R. I., Francesconi, M. G., & Slater, P. R. (2009). An investigation of the high temperature reaction between the apatite oxide ion conductor La9.33Si6O26 and NH3. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19(6), 749-754. https://doi.org/10.1039/b808215d

There is growing interest in the use of ammonia as a fuel in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). However, the possible reaction between the electrolyte and ammonia, and its potential effect on performance, has received little attention. In this paper, we... Read More about An investigation of the high temperature reaction between the apatite oxide ion conductor La9.33Si6O26 and NH3.

Interference effects in 157 nm laser ablated cones in polycarbonate and application to spatial coherence measurement (2009)
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Dyer, P. E., Walton, C. D., & Zakaria, R. (2009). Interference effects in 157 nm laser ablated cones in polycarbonate and application to spatial coherence measurement. Applied physics. A, Materials science & processing, 95(2), 319-323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-009-5102-9

Conical structures formed in 157 nm laser-ablated polycarbonate exhibit a well-defined fringe structure with a period of a few 100 nm surrounding the cone base. Experiments and modelling studies of the interference produced by these micro-conical mir... Read More about Interference effects in 157 nm laser ablated cones in polycarbonate and application to spatial coherence measurement.

Reductive Amination-A convenient method for generating diverse, mono-functionalised 5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl porphyrins (2009)
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Welch, C., Archibald, S. J., & Boyle, R. (2009). Reductive Amination-A convenient method for generating diverse, mono-functionalised 5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl porphyrins. SYNTHESIS, 2009(4), 551-556. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1083335

Formylation followed by reductive amination of 5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl porphyrin (TPP) is shown to be a versatile synthetic procedure for monosubstitution of the porphyrin core re-giospecifically at one β-position. A diverse range of substituents can... Read More about Reductive Amination-A convenient method for generating diverse, mono-functionalised 5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl porphyrins.

Simple practical approach for sample loading prior to DNA extraction using a silica monolith in a microfluidic device (2009)
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Shaw, K. J., Docker, P. T., Haswell, S. J., Joyce, D. A., Dyer, C. E., Greenman, J., & Greenway, G. M. (2009). Simple practical approach for sample loading prior to DNA extraction using a silica monolith in a microfluidic device. Lab on a chip, 9(23), 3430-3432. https://doi.org/10.1039/b913309g

A novel DNA loading methodology is presented for performing DNA extraction on a microfluidic system. DNA in a chaotropic salt solution was manually loaded onto a silica monolith orthogonal to the subsequent flow of wash and elution solutions. DNA was... Read More about Simple practical approach for sample loading prior to DNA extraction using a silica monolith in a microfluidic device.

In Situ Characterization of Elusive Salt Hydrates-The Crystal Structures of the Heptahydrate and Octahydrate of Sodium Sulfate (2008)
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Oswald, I. D. H., Hamilton, A., Hall, C., Marshall, W. G., Prior, T. J., & Pulham, C. R. (2008). In Situ Characterization of Elusive Salt Hydrates-The Crystal Structures of the Heptahydrate and Octahydrate of Sodium Sulfate. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(52), 17795-17800. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja805429m

An important intermediate phase in the crystallization of aqueous solutions of sodium sulfate is the highly metastable sodium sulfate heptahydrate (Na2SO4 center dot 7H(2)O). This has been structurally characterized for the first time by in situ sing... Read More about In Situ Characterization of Elusive Salt Hydrates-The Crystal Structures of the Heptahydrate and Octahydrate of Sodium Sulfate.