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Inhibition of arginine methylation impairs platelet function (2021)
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Marsden, A. J., Riley, D. R. J., Barry, A., Khalil, J. S., Guinn, B. A., Kemp, N. T., …Beltran-Alvarez, P. (in press). Inhibition of arginine methylation impairs platelet function. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsptsci.1c00135

Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) catalyze the transfer of methyl groups to arginine residues in proteins. PRMT inhibitors are novel, promising drugs against cancer that are currently in clinical trials, which include oral administration of... Read More about Inhibition of arginine methylation impairs platelet function.

Polymer/TiO2Nanorod Nanocomposite Optical Memristor Device (2021)
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Jaafar, A. H., Al Chawa, M. M., Cheng, F., Kelly, S. M., Picos, R., Tetzlaff, R., & Kemp, N. T. (2021). Polymer/TiO2Nanorod Nanocomposite Optical Memristor Device. Journal of physical chemistry. C, 125(27), 14965–14973. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02799

Modulation of resistive switching memory by light opens the route to new optoelectronic devices that can be controlled both optically and electronically. Applications include integrated circuits with memory elements switchable by light and neuromorph... Read More about Polymer/TiO2Nanorod Nanocomposite Optical Memristor Device.

A Tutorial on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and Nanogap Electrodes for Biosensing Applications (2021)
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Kemp, N. T. (2021). A Tutorial on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and Nanogap Electrodes for Biosensing Applications. IEEE sensors journal, https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3084284

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) is a powerful measurement technique used by scientists and engineers to characterize and understand the interfacial behavior of liquid-solid interfaces. Such investigations are important in numerous applic... Read More about A Tutorial on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and Nanogap Electrodes for Biosensing Applications.

Multilevel Resistance Switching and Enhanced Spin Transition Temperature in Single- And Double-Molecule Spin Crossover Nanogap Devices (2020)
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Gee, A., Jaafar, A. H., Jaafar, A. H., Brachňaková, B., Massey, J., Marrows, C. H., …Kemp, N. T. (2020). Multilevel Resistance Switching and Enhanced Spin Transition Temperature in Single- And Double-Molecule Spin Crossover Nanogap Devices. Journal of physical chemistry. C, 124(24), 13393-13399. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c03824

Spin crossover (SCO) molecules are promising bistable magnetic switches with applications in molecular spintronics. However, little is known about the switching effects of a single SCO molecule when it is confined between two metal electrodes. Here,... Read More about Multilevel Resistance Switching and Enhanced Spin Transition Temperature in Single- And Double-Molecule Spin Crossover Nanogap Devices.

Nanoscale junctions for single molecule electronics fabricated using bilayer nanoimprint lithography combined with feedback controlled electromigration (2020)
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Gee, A., Jaafar, A. H., & Kemp, N. T. (2020). Nanoscale junctions for single molecule electronics fabricated using bilayer nanoimprint lithography combined with feedback controlled electromigration. Nanotechnology, 31(15), Article 155203. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab6473

Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is a fast, simple and high throughput technique that allows fabrication of structures with nanometre precision features at low cost. We present an advanced bilayer nanoimprint lithography approach to fabricate four termi... Read More about Nanoscale junctions for single molecule electronics fabricated using bilayer nanoimprint lithography combined with feedback controlled electromigration.

Dynamic electric field alignment of metal-organic framework micro- rods (2019)
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Cheng, F., Young, A. J., Bouillard, J. G., Kemp, N. T., Guillet-Nicolas, R., Hall, C. H., …Chin, J. M. (2019). Dynamic electric field alignment of metal-organic framework micro- rods. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(33), 12989-12993. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b06320

Alignment of Metal Organic Framework (MOF) crystals has previously been performed via careful control of oriented MOF growth on substrates, as well as by dynamic magnetic alignment. We show here that microrod crystals of the MOF NU-1000 can also be d... Read More about Dynamic electric field alignment of metal-organic framework micro- rods.

Wavelength dependent light tunable resistive switching graphene oxide nonvolatile memory devices (2019)
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Jaafar, A. H., & Kemp, N. T. (2019). Wavelength dependent light tunable resistive switching graphene oxide nonvolatile memory devices. Carbon, 153, 81-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2019.07.007

This paper reports on the first optically tunable graphene oxide memristor device. Modulation of resistive switching memory by light opens the route to new optoelectronic devices that can be switched optically and read electronically. Applications in... Read More about Wavelength dependent light tunable resistive switching graphene oxide nonvolatile memory devices.

Percolation threshold enables optical resistive‐memory switching and light‐tuneable synaptic learning in segregated nanocomposites (2019)
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Jaafar, A. H., O'Neill, M., Kelly, S. M., Verrelli, E., & Kemp, N. T. (2019). Percolation threshold enables optical resistive‐memory switching and light‐tuneable synaptic learning in segregated nanocomposites. Advanced Electronic Materials, 5(7), Article 1900197. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201900197

An optical memristor where the electrical resistance memory depends on the history of both the current flowing through the device and the irradiance of incident light onto it is demonstrated. It is based on a nanocomposite consisting of functionalize... Read More about Percolation threshold enables optical resistive‐memory switching and light‐tuneable synaptic learning in segregated nanocomposites.

A label-free aptamer-based nanogap capacitive biosensor with greatly diminished electrode polarization effects (2019)
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Ghobaei Namhil, Z., Kemp, C., Verrelli, E., Iles, A., Pamme, N., Adawi, A. M., & Kemp, N. (2019). A label-free aptamer-based nanogap capacitive biosensor with greatly diminished electrode polarization effects. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 21(2), 681-691. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cp05510f

A significant impediment to the use of impedance spectroscopy in bio-sensing is the electrode polarization effect that arises from the movement of free ions to the electrode-solution interface, forming an electrical double layer (EDL). The EDL screen... Read More about A label-free aptamer-based nanogap capacitive biosensor with greatly diminished electrode polarization effects.

Passive memristor synaptic circuits with multiple timing dependent plasticity mechanisms (2018)
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Šuch, O., Klimo, M., Kemp, N. T., & Škvarek, O. (2018). Passive memristor synaptic circuits with multiple timing dependent plasticity mechanisms. AEÜ - International Journal of Electronics and Communications / Archiv für Elektronik und Übertragungstechnik, 96, 252-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeue.2018.09.025

Adaptation of synaptic strength is central to memory and learning in biological systems, enabling important high-level processes such as the ability of animals to respond to a changing environment. Memristor devices are a promising new, nanoscale tec... Read More about Passive memristor synaptic circuits with multiple timing dependent plasticity mechanisms.

Lyotropic 'hairy' TiO2 nanorods (2018)
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Cheng, F., Verrelli, E., Alharthi, F. A., Kelly, S. M., O'Neill, M., Kemp, N. T., …Anthopoulos, T. (2019). Lyotropic 'hairy' TiO2 nanorods. Nanoscale advances, 1(1), 254-264. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8na00054a

We report the synthesis of the first stable, solution-processable and photocrosslinkable hybrid organic/inorganic titanium dioxide nanorods as ‘hairy rods’ coated with phosphonate ligands with photoreactive coumarin groups located in a terminal posit... Read More about Lyotropic 'hairy' TiO2 nanorods.

Method to reduce the formation of crystallites in ZnO nanorod thin-films grown via ultra-fast microwave heating (2018)
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Gray, R. J., Jaafar, A. H., Verrelli, E., & Kemp, N. T. (2018). Method to reduce the formation of crystallites in ZnO nanorod thin-films grown via ultra-fast microwave heating. Thin solid films, 662, 116-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2018.07.034

© 2018 This paper discusses the nucleation and growth mechanisms of ZnO nanorod thin-films and larger sized crystallites that form within the solution and on surfaces during an ultra-fast microwave heating growth process. In particular, the work focu... Read More about Method to reduce the formation of crystallites in ZnO nanorod thin-films grown via ultra-fast microwave heating.

Solution-processable, niobium-doped titanium oxide nanorods for application in low-voltage, large-area electronic devices (2017)
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Alharthi, F. A., Cheng, F., Verrelli, E., Kemp, N. T., Lee, A. F., Isaacs, M. A., …Kelly, S. M. (2017). Solution-processable, niobium-doped titanium oxide nanorods for application in low-voltage, large-area electronic devices. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6(5), 1038-1047. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7tc04197g

We report for the first time the one-step synthesis of solution-processable, highly crystalline, niobiumdoped titanium dioxide (Nb-TiO2) nanorods in the anatase phase by the hydrolytic condensation of Ti(OiPr)4 and niobium(V) ethoxide using oleic aci... Read More about Solution-processable, niobium-doped titanium oxide nanorods for application in low-voltage, large-area electronic devices.

Reversible optical switching memristors with tunable STDP synaptic plasticity: a route to hierarchical control in artificial intelligent systems (2017)
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Jaafar, A. H., Gray, R. J., Verrelli, E., O'Neill, M., Kelly, S. M., & Kemp, N. T. (2017). Reversible optical switching memristors with tunable STDP synaptic plasticity: a route to hierarchical control in artificial intelligent systems. Nanoscale, 9(43), 17091-17098. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nr06138b

© 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Optical control of memristors opens the route to new applications in optoelectronic switching and neuromorphic computing. Motivated by the need for reversible and latched optical switching we report on the devel... Read More about Reversible optical switching memristors with tunable STDP synaptic plasticity: a route to hierarchical control in artificial intelligent systems.

Modelling and simulation analysis for the prediction of the performance of intrinsic conducting polymer current limiting device (2017)
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Jabarullah, N. H., Mauldin, C., Navarro, L. A., Golden, J., Madianos, L., & Kemp, N. T. (2017). Modelling and simulation analysis for the prediction of the performance of intrinsic conducting polymer current limiting device. Advanced science letters, 23(6), 5117-5120. https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2017.7322

© 2017 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved. Previous studies have shown that the current limiting concept and interruption of short-circuit currents in low power applications have been introduced, particularly in polymer switch based o... Read More about Modelling and simulation analysis for the prediction of the performance of intrinsic conducting polymer current limiting device.

Large dopant dependence of the current limiting properties of intrinsic conducting polymer surge protection devices (2016)
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Jabarullah, N. H., Verrelli, E., Gee, A., Mauldin, C., Navarro, L. A., Golden, J. H., & Kemp, N. T. (in press). Large dopant dependence of the current limiting properties of intrinsic conducting polymer surge protection devices. RSC advances, 6(89), 85710-85717. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra18549e

New two terminal surge protection devices based on intrinsic conducting polymers are demonstrated to be strongly affected by the dopant molecule type. Thermogravimetric analysis combined with current–voltage studies show a causal link between the dop... Read More about Large dopant dependence of the current limiting properties of intrinsic conducting polymer surge protection devices.

Super hydrophobic SAM modified electrodes for enhanced current limiting properties in intrinsic conducting polymer surge protection devices (2015)
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Jabarullah, N. H., Verrelli, E., Mauldin, C., Navarro, L. A., Golden, J. H., Madianos, L. M., & Kemp, N. T. (2015). Super hydrophobic SAM modified electrodes for enhanced current limiting properties in intrinsic conducting polymer surge protection devices. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 31(22), 6253-6264. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00686

Surface interface engineering using superhydrophobic gold electrodes made with 1-dodecanethiol self-assembled monolayer (SAM) has been used to enhance the current limiting properties of novel surge protection devices based on the intrinsic conducting... Read More about Super hydrophobic SAM modified electrodes for enhanced current limiting properties in intrinsic conducting polymer surge protection devices.

Heteronanojunctions with atomic size control using a lab-on-chip electrochemical approach with integrated microfluidics (2011)
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Popa, P. L., Dalmas, G., Faramarzi, V., Dayen, J. F., Majjad, H., Kemp, N. T., & Doudin, B. (2011). Heteronanojunctions with atomic size control using a lab-on-chip electrochemical approach with integrated microfluidics. Nanotechnology, 22(21), 215302. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/22/21/215302

A versatile tool for electrochemical fabrication of heteronanojunctions with nanocontacts made of a few atoms and nanogaps of molecular spacing is presented. By integrating microfluidic circuitry in a lab-on-chip approach, we keep control of the elec... Read More about Heteronanojunctions with atomic size control using a lab-on-chip electrochemical approach with integrated microfluidics.

Magnetoresistance signature of resonant states in electromigrated Ni nanocontacts (2011)
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Beaufrand, J. B., Dayen, J. F., Kemp, N. T., Sokolov, A., & Doudin, B. (2011). Magnetoresistance signature of resonant states in electromigrated Ni nanocontacts. Applied physics letters, 98(14), 142504-1 - 142504-3. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3576939

Fundamental insight is reported into magnetoresistance properties of ballistic-type atomic size Ni nanojunctions obtained at low temperatures. Feedback-controlled electromigration was used to reveal the ballistic nature of the transport and stabilize... Read More about Magnetoresistance signature of resonant states in electromigrated Ni nanocontacts.

Electronic transport in conducting polymer nanowire array devices (2011)
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Kemp, N. T., Newbury, R., Cochrane, J. W., & Dujardin, E. (2011). Electronic transport in conducting polymer nanowire array devices. Nanotechnology, 22(10), Article ARTN 105202. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/22/10/105202

We report on the temperature dependent conductivity and current-voltage (I-V) properties of novel polyaniline nanowire array devices. Below 60 K, I-V measurements show a transition to non-linear behaviour, leading to the onset at 30 K of a threshold... Read More about Electronic transport in conducting polymer nanowire array devices.