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How polymer additives reduce the pour point of hydrocarbon solvents containing wax crystals (2015)
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Binks, B. P., Fletcher, P. D. I., Roberts, N. A., Dunkerley, J., Greenfield, H., Mastrangelo, A., & Trickett, K. (2015). How polymer additives reduce the pour point of hydrocarbon solvents containing wax crystals. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 17(6), 4107-4117. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cp04329d

We have investigated how four different pour point depressant (PPD) polymers affect the pour point transition in mixtures of a single pure wax in a solvent. We used either n-eicosane (C20), CH3(CH2)18CH3, n-tetracosane (C24), CH3(CH2)22CH3 or n-hexat... Read More about How polymer additives reduce the pour point of hydrocarbon solvents containing wax crystals.

Do the short helices exist in the nematic TB phase? (2015)
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Górecka, E., Salamończyk, M., Zep, A., Pociecha, D., Welch, C., Ahmed, Z., & Mehl, G. H. (2015). Do the short helices exist in the nematic TB phase?. Liquid crystals, 42(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2014.984646

Dimeric compounds forming twist-bend nematic, Ntb, phase show unusual optical textures related to the formation of arrays of focal conic defects (FCDs). Some of the focal conics exhibit submicron internal structure with 8 nm periodicity, which is ver... Read More about Do the short helices exist in the nematic TB phase?.

Positive and negative allosteric effects of thiacalix[4]arene-based receptors having urea and crown-ether moieties (2015)
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Tomiyasu, H., Zhao, J.-L., Ni, X.-L., Zeng, X., Elsegood, M. R. J., Jones, B., Redshaw, C., Teat, S. J., & Yamato, T. (2015). Positive and negative allosteric effects of thiacalix[4]arene-based receptors having urea and crown-ether moieties. RSC advances, 5(19), 14747-14755. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra15905e

Heteroditopic receptors (4ₐ₋ₑ) based on a thiacalix[4]arene in the 1,3-alternate conformation, which have two urea moieties linking various phenyl groups substituted with either electron-donating or -withdrawing groups at their m-, or p-positions wit... Read More about Positive and negative allosteric effects of thiacalix[4]arene-based receptors having urea and crown-ether moieties.

Mono- and tetra-nuclear copper complexes bearing bis(imino)phenoxide derived ligands: catalytic evaluation for benzene oxidation and ROP of ε-caprolactone (2015)
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Wang, X., Zhao, K.-Q., Elsegood, M. R. J., Prior, T. J., Liu, X., Wu, L., Sanz, S., Brechin, E. K., & Redshaw, C. (2015). Mono- and tetra-nuclear copper complexes bearing bis(imino)phenoxide derived ligands: catalytic evaluation for benzene oxidation and ROP of ε-caprolactone. RSC advances, 5(71), 57414-57424. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra08696e

Complexes of the type [Cu(L)₂] (1) and [Cu₄L₂(μ₄-O)(OAc)₄] (2) have been obtained from the reaction of the phenoxydiimine 1,3-(2,6-R²₂C₆H₃N=CH)₂-5-R¹ C₆H₂OH-2 (LH) (where R¹ = Me, tBu, Cl; R² = Me, iPr) with copper(II) acetate [Cu(OAc)₂]; changing th... Read More about Mono- and tetra-nuclear copper complexes bearing bis(imino)phenoxide derived ligands: catalytic evaluation for benzene oxidation and ROP of ε-caprolactone.

A fibre forming smectic twist-bent liquid crystalline phase (2015)
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Tamba, M. G., Salili, S. M., Zhang, C., Jákli, A., Mehl, G. H., Stannarius, R., & Eremin, A. (2015). A fibre forming smectic twist-bent liquid crystalline phase. RSC advances, 5(15), 11207-11211. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra14669g

We demonstrate the nanostructure and filament formation of a novel liquid crystal phase of a dimeric mesogen below the twist–bend nematic phase. The new fibre-forming phase is distinguished by a short-correlated smectic order combined with an additio... Read More about A fibre forming smectic twist-bent liquid crystalline phase.