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Synthesis, structural studies, and oxidation catalysis of the manganese(II), iron(II), and copper(II) complexes of a 2-pyridylmethyl pendant armed side-bridged cyclam (2015)
Journal Article
Shircliff, A. D., Wilson, K. R., Cannon-Smith, D. J., Jones, D. G., Zhang, Z., Chen, Z., …Hubin, T. J. (2015). Synthesis, structural studies, and oxidation catalysis of the manganese(II), iron(II), and copper(II) complexes of a 2-pyridylmethyl pendant armed side-bridged cyclam. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 59, 71-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2015.07.002

Abstract The first 2-pyridylmethyl pendant armed structurally reinforced cyclam ligand has been synthesized and successfully complexed to Mn2 +, Fe2 +, and Cu2 + cations. X-ray crystal structures were obtained for the diprotonated ligand and its Cu2... Read More about Synthesis, structural studies, and oxidation catalysis of the manganese(II), iron(II), and copper(II) complexes of a 2-pyridylmethyl pendant armed side-bridged cyclam.

The development of RAPTA compounds for the treatment of tumors (2015)
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Murray, B. S., Babak, M. V., Hartinger, C. G., & Dyson, P. J. (2016). The development of RAPTA compounds for the treatment of tumors. Coordination chemistry reviews, 306(P1), 86-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2015.06.014

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Ruthenium(II)-arene RAPTA-type compounds have been extensively explored for their medicinal properties. Herein a comprehensive review of this class of compounds is provided. A discussion of the basic RAPTA structure is given toge... Read More about The development of RAPTA compounds for the treatment of tumors.

Mononuclear Cu(II) complexes of novel salicylidene Schiff bases: synthesis and mesogenic properties (2015)
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Cretu, C., Cseh, L., Tang, B. J., Sasca, V., Badea, V., Szerb, E. I., …Costisor, O. (2015). Mononuclear Cu(II) complexes of novel salicylidene Schiff bases: synthesis and mesogenic properties. Liquid crystals, 42(8), 1139-1147. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2015.1028491

Two new Schiff base ligands 1 and 2 (where 1 = 4-(2-hydroxybenzilidenamino)-phenyl-4-(decyloxy)-2-(pent-4-enyloxy)benzoate, 2 = 4-(4-(decyloxy)-2-hydroxybenziliden amino)-phenyl-4-(decyloxy)-2-(pent-4-enyloxy)benzoate) and their copper (Cu)(II) compl... Read More about Mononuclear Cu(II) complexes of novel salicylidene Schiff bases: synthesis and mesogenic properties.

Particles at oil–air surfaces : powdered oil, liquid oil marbles, and oil foam (2015)
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Binks, B. P., Johnston, S. K., Sekine, T., & Tyowua, A. T. (2015). Particles at oil–air surfaces : powdered oil, liquid oil marbles, and oil foam. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7(26), 14328-14337. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b02890

The type of material stabilized by four kinds of fluorinated particles (sericite and bentonite platelet clays and spherical zinc oxide) in air–oil mixtures has been investigated. It depends on the particle wettability and the degree of shear. Upon vi... Read More about Particles at oil–air surfaces : powdered oil, liquid oil marbles, and oil foam.

Molybdenum complexes derived from the oxydianiline [(2-NH₂C₆H₄)₂O] : synthesis, characterization and ε-caprolactone ROP capability (2015)
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Yang, W., Zhao, K., Redshaw, C., & Elsegood, M. R. J. (2015). Molybdenum complexes derived from the oxydianiline [(2-NH₂C₆H₄)₂O] : synthesis, characterization and ε-caprolactone ROP capability. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 44(29), 13133-13140. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5dt01799h

The reaction of Na₂MoO₄ with 2,2′-oxydianiline (2-aminophenylether), (2-NH₂C₆H₄)₂O, LH₄, in DME (DME = 1,2-dimethoxyethane) in the presence of Et₃N and Me₃SiCl afforded either the bis(imido) molybdenum(VI) complex {Mo(L)Cl₂(DME)} (1), where L = (2-NC... Read More about Molybdenum complexes derived from the oxydianiline [(2-NH₂C₆H₄)₂O] : synthesis, characterization and ε-caprolactone ROP capability.

Bionanomaterials from plant viruses (2015)
Book Chapter
Aljabali, A. A. A., & Evans, D. (2015). Bionanomaterials from plant viruses. In Y. Khudyakov, & P. Pumpens (Eds.), Viral Nanotechnology (263-278). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b18596-20

Plant virus capsids have emerged as useful biotemplates for material synthesis. All plant virus capsids are assembled with high-precision, three-dimensional structures providing nanoscale architectures that are highly monodisperse, can be produced in... Read More about Bionanomaterials from plant viruses.

Thermal Behavior of Benzoic Acid/Isonicotinamide Binary Cocrystals (2015)
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Buanz, A., Prior, T. J., Burley, J. C., Raimi-Abraham, B. T., Telford, R., Hart, M., …Williams, G. R. (2015). Thermal Behavior of Benzoic Acid/Isonicotinamide Binary Cocrystals. Crystal growth & design, 15(7), 3249-3256. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00351

© 2015 American Chemical Society. A comprehensive study of the thermal behavior of the 1:1 and 2:1 benzoic acid/isonicotinamide cocrystals is reported. The 1:1 material shows a simple unit cell expansion followed by melting upon heating. The 2:1 crys... Read More about Thermal Behavior of Benzoic Acid/Isonicotinamide Binary Cocrystals.

Doping of inorganic materials in microreactors – preparation of Zn doped Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles (2015)
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Simmons, M. D., Jones, N., Evans, D. J., Wiles, C., Watts, P., Salamon, S., …Francesconi, M. G. (2015). Doping of inorganic materials in microreactors – preparation of Zn doped Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles. Lab on a chip, 15(15), 3154-3162. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5lc00287g

Microreactor systems are now used more and more for the continuous production of metal nanoparticles and metal oxide nanoparticles owing to the controllability of the particle size, an important property in many applications. Here, for the first time... Read More about Doping of inorganic materials in microreactors – preparation of Zn doped Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles.

Synthesis and conformational studies of calixarene analogue chiral [3.3.1]metacyclophanes (2015)
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Islam, M. M., Hirotsugu, T., Thuery, P., Matsumoto, T., Tanaka, J., Elsegood, M. R., …Yamato, T. (2015). Synthesis and conformational studies of calixarene analogue chiral [3.3.1]metacyclophanes. Journal of molecular structure, 1098, 47-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.05.036

Trihydroxy[3.3.1]metacyclophane, which can be regarded as an unsymmetrical or incomplete “homocalix[3]arene”, has been prepared from trimethoxy[3.3.1]metacyclophane by demethylation with trimethylsilyl iodide in MeCN. Di-O-methylation at the lower ri... Read More about Synthesis and conformational studies of calixarene analogue chiral [3.3.1]metacyclophanes.

Non-close-packed breath figures via ion-partitioning-mediated self-assembly (2015)
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Aw, J. E., Goh, G. T. W., Huang, S., Reithofer, M. R., Thong, A. Z., & Chin, J. M. (2015). Non-close-packed breath figures via ion-partitioning-mediated self-assembly. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 31(24), 6688-6694. https://doi.org/10.1021/la504656j

We report a one-step method of forming non-close-packed (NCP) pore arrays of micro- and sub-micropores using chloroform-based solutions of polystyrene acidified with hydrogen bromide for breath figure (BF) patterning. As BF patterning takes place, wa... Read More about Non-close-packed breath figures via ion-partitioning-mediated self-assembly.

Synthesis and bioactivity of a conjugate composed of green tea catechins and hyaluronic acid (2015)
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Lee, F., Lim, J., Reithofer, M. R., Lee, S. S., Chung, J. E., Hauser, C. A. E., & Kurisawa, M. (2015). Synthesis and bioactivity of a conjugate composed of green tea catechins and hyaluronic acid. Polymer chemistry, 6(24), 4462-4472. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5py00495k

(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is a green tea polyphenol that has several biological activities, including anti-cancer activity and anti-inflammation. Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a naturally-occurring polysaccharide that is widely used as a biomat... Read More about Synthesis and bioactivity of a conjugate composed of green tea catechins and hyaluronic acid.

Stabilised columnar mesophases formed by 1 : 1 mixtures of hexaalkoxytriphenylenes with a hexaphenyltriphenylene-based polymer (2015)
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McLaren, S. R., Tate, D. J., Lozman, O. R., Mehl, G. H., & Bushby, R. J. (2015). Stabilised columnar mesophases formed by 1 : 1 mixtures of hexaalkoxytriphenylenes with a hexaphenyltriphenylene-based polymer. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 3(22), 5754-5763. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5tc00661a

The synthesis is reported for a main chain polymer in which the repeat units are 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexaphenyltriphenylene moieties linked through flexible dodecyl chains. In compositions with a series of 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexakis(alkoxy)triphenylenes (HATn)... Read More about Stabilised columnar mesophases formed by 1 : 1 mixtures of hexaalkoxytriphenylenes with a hexaphenyltriphenylene-based polymer.

Tailoring pH-responsive acrylic acid microgels with hydrophobic crosslinks for drug release (2015)
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Lu, B., Tarn, M. D., Pamme, N., & Georgiou, T. K. (2015). Tailoring pH-responsive acrylic acid microgels with hydrophobic crosslinks for drug release. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3(22), 4524-4529. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5tb00222b

Amphiphilic microgels based on the hydrophilic acrylic acid (AA) and hydrophobic crosslinks of different compositions were synthesised using a lab-on-a-chip device. The microgels were formed by polymerising hydrophobic droplets. The droplets were gen... Read More about Tailoring pH-responsive acrylic acid microgels with hydrophobic crosslinks for drug release.

Immobilized photosensitizers for antimicrobial applications (2015)
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Spagnul, C., Turner, L. C., & Boyle, R. W. (2015). Immobilized photosensitizers for antimicrobial applications. Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology, 150(September), 11-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2015.04.021

Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) is a very promising alternative to conventional antibiotics for the efficient inactivation of pathogenic microorganisms; this is due to the fact that it is virtually impossible for resistant strains to d... Read More about Immobilized photosensitizers for antimicrobial applications.

Vanadium(V) tetra-phenolate complexes: synthesis, structural studies and ethylene homo-(co-)polymerization capability (2015)
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Redshaw, C., Walton, M. J., Elsegood, M. R. J., Prior, T. J., & Michiue, K. (2015). Vanadium(V) tetra-phenolate complexes: synthesis, structural studies and ethylene homo-(co-)polymerization capability. RSC advances, 5(109), 89783-89796. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra20177b

Reaction of α,α,α′,α′-tetrakis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxyphenyl)-p-xylene (p-L¹H₄) with two equivalents of [VO(OR)₃] (R = nPr, tBu) in refluxing toluene afforded, after work-up, the complexes {[VO(OnPr)(THF)]₂ (μ-p-L¹)}·2(THF) (1·2(THF)) or {[VO(OtB... Read More about Vanadium(V) tetra-phenolate complexes: synthesis, structural studies and ethylene homo-(co-)polymerization capability.

Nanotoxicity of polyelectrolyte-functionalized titania nanoparticles towards microalgae and yeast: Role of the particle concentration, size and surface charge (2015)
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Al-Awady, M. J., Greenway, G. M., & Paunov, V. N. (2015). Nanotoxicity of polyelectrolyte-functionalized titania nanoparticles towards microalgae and yeast: Role of the particle concentration, size and surface charge. RSC advances, 5(46), 37044-37059. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra05577f

We studied the nanotoxicity of titania nanoparticles (TiO₂NPs) of various hydrodynamic diameters and crystallite sizes towards C. reinhardtii microalgae and S. cerevisiae (yeast) upon illumination with UV and visible light. The cell viability was ass... Read More about Nanotoxicity of polyelectrolyte-functionalized titania nanoparticles towards microalgae and yeast: Role of the particle concentration, size and surface charge.

Self-propulsion of liquid marbles: Leidenfrost-like levitation driven by marangoni flow (2015)
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Bormashenko, E., Bormashenko, Y., Grynyov, R., Aharoni, H., Whyman, G., & Binks, B. P. (2015). Self-propulsion of liquid marbles: Leidenfrost-like levitation driven by marangoni flow. Journal of physical chemistry. C, 119(18), 9910-9915. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01307

Self-propulsion of liquid marbles filled with aqueous alcohol solutions and placed on a water surface is reported. The characteristic velocity of the marbles is ca. 0.1 m/s. The phenomenon of self-propulsion is related to the Marangoni solutocapillar... Read More about Self-propulsion of liquid marbles: Leidenfrost-like levitation driven by marangoni flow.

Synthesis, structural studies, kinetic stability, and oxidation catalysis of the late first row transition metal complexes of 4,10-dimethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazabicyclo[6.5.2]pentadecane (2015)
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Matz, D. L., Jones, D. G., Roewe, K. D., Gorbet, M., Zhang, Z., Chen, Z., …Hubin, T. J. (2015). Synthesis, structural studies, kinetic stability, and oxidation catalysis of the late first row transition metal complexes of 4,10-dimethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazabicyclo[6.5.2]pentadecane. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 44(27), 12210-12224. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5dt00742a

© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015. Synthetic details for 4,11-dimethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazabicyclo[6.5.2]pentadecane, the dimethyl ethylene cross-bridged homocyclen ligand are presented for the first time. Its novel Mn 2+ , Fe 2+ , Mn 3+ , and Fe 3+... Read More about Synthesis, structural studies, kinetic stability, and oxidation catalysis of the late first row transition metal complexes of 4,10-dimethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazabicyclo[6.5.2]pentadecane.

NMR study of a bimesogenic liquid crystal with two nematic phases (2015)
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Burnell, E. E., Dong, R. Y., Kohlmeier, A., Tamba, M. G., Welch, C., & Mehl, G. H. (2015). NMR study of a bimesogenic liquid crystal with two nematic phases. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 610(1), 100-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/15421406.2015.1025211

Recent interest in bimesogenic liquid crystals showing two nematic phases has led us to investigate the nematic mean-field interactions in these nematic phases by using rigid solutes as probes. The nematic potential that is modelled by two independen... Read More about NMR study of a bimesogenic liquid crystal with two nematic phases.

PET/PDT theranostics: Synthesis and biological evaluation of a peptide-targeted gallium porphyrin (2015)
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Bryden, F., Savoie, H., Rosca, E. V., & Boyle, R. W. (2015). PET/PDT theranostics: Synthesis and biological evaluation of a peptide-targeted gallium porphyrin. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 44(11), 4925-4932. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4dt02949f

The development of novel theranostic agents is an important step in the pathway towards personalised medicine, with the combination of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities into a single treatment agent naturally lending itself to the optimisation an... Read More about PET/PDT theranostics: Synthesis and biological evaluation of a peptide-targeted gallium porphyrin.