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Effect of Particle Wettability and Particle Concentration on the Enzymatic Dehydration of n-Octanaloxime in Pickering Emulsions (2020)
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Bago Rodriguez, A. M., Schober, L., Hinzmann, A., Gröger, H., & Binks, B. P. (2020). Effect of Particle Wettability and Particle Concentration on the Enzymatic Dehydration of n-Octanaloxime in Pickering Emulsions. Angewandte Chemie, 59, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202013171

© 2020 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH Pickering emulsion systems have emerged as platforms for the synthesis of organic molecules in biphasic biocatalysis. Herein, the catalytic performance was evalua... Read More about Effect of Particle Wettability and Particle Concentration on the Enzymatic Dehydration of n-Octanaloxime in Pickering Emulsions.

Light‐Responsive, Reversible Emulsification and Demulsification of Oil‐in‐Water Pickering Emulsions for Catalysis (2020)
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Li, Z., Shi, Y., Zhu, A., Zhao, Y., Wang, H., Binks, B. P., & Wang, J. (in press). Light‐Responsive, Reversible Emulsification and Demulsification of Oil‐in‐Water Pickering Emulsions for Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202010750

Pickering emulsions are an excellent platform for interfacial catalysis. However, developing simple and efficient strategies to achieve product separation and catalyst and emulsifier recovery is still a challenge. Herein, we report the reversible tra... Read More about Light‐Responsive, Reversible Emulsification and Demulsification of Oil‐in‐Water Pickering Emulsions for Catalysis.

Towards dual SPECT/optical bioimaging with a mitochondrial targeting, 99mTc(i) radiolabelled 1,8-naphthalimide conjugate (2020)
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Day, A. H., Domarkas, J., Nigam, S., Renard, I., Cawthorne, C., Burke, B. P., Bahra, G. S., Oyston, P. C. F., Fallis, I. A., Archibald, S. J., & Pope, S. J. A. (in press). Towards dual SPECT/optical bioimaging with a mitochondrial targeting, 99mTc(i) radiolabelled 1,8-naphthalimide conjugate. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 49(2), 511-523. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9dt04024b

A series of six different 1,8-naphthalimide conjugated dipicolylamine ligands (L1-6) have been synthesised and characterised. The ligands possess a range of different linker units between the napthalimide fluorophore and dipcolylamine chelator which... Read More about Towards dual SPECT/optical bioimaging with a mitochondrial targeting, 99mTc(i) radiolabelled 1,8-naphthalimide conjugate.

Synthesis, characterisation and ROP catalytic evaluation of Cu(II) complexes bearing 2,2ʹ-diphenylglycine-derived moieties (2020)
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Alshamrani, A. F. A., Santoro, O., Ounsworth, S., Prior, T. J., Stasiuk, G. J., & Redshaw, C. (2021). Synthesis, characterisation and ROP catalytic evaluation of Cu(II) complexes bearing 2,2ʹ-diphenylglycine-derived moieties. Polyhedron, 195, Article 114977. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2020.114977

The treatment of CuX2 (X = Cl, Br) with an equimolar amount of 2-2ʹ-diphenylglycine (DpgH) in EtOH at reflux afforded, after work up, the complexes [CuCl(Dpg)(EtOH)]2 (1) and [(CuBr2)2(Dpg)2Cu(EtOH)4] (2), respectively. The compounds were obtained mi... Read More about Synthesis, characterisation and ROP catalytic evaluation of Cu(II) complexes bearing 2,2ʹ-diphenylglycine-derived moieties.

Synthesis, structure and gas adsorption properties of coordination polymers based on mixed imidazole-containing ligands and carboxylate ligands (2020)
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Zhao, J. L., Wu, C., Redshaw, C., & Jin, Z. (2020). Synthesis, structure and gas adsorption properties of coordination polymers based on mixed imidazole-containing ligands and carboxylate ligands. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 517, Article 120193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2020.120193

Herein, we report the synthesis of two novel coordination polymers using a combination of imidazole-containing ligands, namely 1,3,5-tris((1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl)benzene (L1) and 3,3′,5,5′-tetra(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-1,1′-biphenyl (L2) and a carboxylate... Read More about Synthesis, structure and gas adsorption properties of coordination polymers based on mixed imidazole-containing ligands and carboxylate ligands.

Searching for Monomeric Nickel Tetrafluoride: Unravelling Infrared Matrix Isolation Spectra of Higher Nickel Fluorides (2020)
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Li, L., Sakr, A. K., Schlöder, T., Klein, S., Beckers, H., Kitsaras, M., Snelling, H. V., Young, N. A., Andrae, D., & Riedel, S. (2021). Searching for Monomeric Nickel Tetrafluoride: Unravelling Infrared Matrix Isolation Spectra of Higher Nickel Fluorides. Angewandte Chemie, 60(12), 6391-6394. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202015501

Binary transition metal fluorides are textbook examples combining complex electronic features with most fundamental molecular structures. High‐valent nickel fluorides are among the strongest known fluorinating and oxidizing agents, but there is a lac... Read More about Searching for Monomeric Nickel Tetrafluoride: Unravelling Infrared Matrix Isolation Spectra of Higher Nickel Fluorides.

Two helices from one chiral centre - self organization of disc shaped chiral nanoparticles (2020)
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Mehl, G. H., Yu, H., Qu, W., & Liu, F. (2021). Two helices from one chiral centre - self organization of disc shaped chiral nanoparticles. Chemical science, 12(5), 1778-1782. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc05100d

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been prepared and surface-functionalized with a mixture of 1-hexanethiol co-ligands and chiral discogen ligands separated from a disulfide functionviaa flexible spacer. Polarized optical microscopy together with differ... Read More about Two helices from one chiral centre - self organization of disc shaped chiral nanoparticles.

Smart active antibiotic nanocarriers with protease surface functionality can overcome biofilms of resistant bacteria (2020)
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Weldrick, P. J., Hardman, M. J., & Paunov, V. N. (2021). Smart active antibiotic nanocarriers with protease surface functionality can overcome biofilms of resistant bacteria. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 5(2), 961-972. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0qm00874e

Treating bacterial infections with species demonstrating antibiotic resistance to the chosen antibiotic is often hindered due to the ability of certain bacteria to grow biofilms where they can effectively hide and resist the antibiotic action. We rep... Read More about Smart active antibiotic nanocarriers with protease surface functionality can overcome biofilms of resistant bacteria.

Short axially asymmetrically 1,3-disubstituted pyrene-based color-tunable emitters: Synthesis, characterization and optical properties (2020)
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Wang, C. Z., Pang, Z. J., Yu, Z. D., Zeng, Z. X., Zhao, W. X., Zhou, Z. Y., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2021). Short axially asymmetrically 1,3-disubstituted pyrene-based color-tunable emitters: Synthesis, characterization and optical properties. Tetrahedron, 78, Article 131828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2020.131828

In contrast to conventional pyrene-based emitters which feature D-π-A type structures, a new class of emitters possessing a short axis are gaining interest owing to both their academic importance and promising applications in organic optoelectronic m... Read More about Short axially asymmetrically 1,3-disubstituted pyrene-based color-tunable emitters: Synthesis, characterization and optical properties.

Pyrene-fused Dibenzoazatetracenes: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, Photophysical Properties and their Morphologies (2020)
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Wang, Q., Gao, W., Chen, Y., Wang, X., Zeng, J., Liu, Y., Ran, H., Hu, Z., Bai, J., Feng, X., Redshaw, C., Chen, Q., & Hu, J. Y. (2021). Pyrene-fused Dibenzoazatetracenes: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, Photophysical Properties and their Morphologies. Asian journal of organic chemistry an ACES journal, 10(1), 233-240. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.202000616

Molecular packing and microstructure can play a crucial role in the photophysical and electronic properties of organic semiconductor materials. This article presents six pyrene-fused dibenzoazatetracenes 3 and the relationship between their molecular... Read More about Pyrene-fused Dibenzoazatetracenes: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, Photophysical Properties and their Morphologies.

Foaming honey: particle or molecular foaming agent? (2020)
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Tyowua, A. T., Echendu, A. M., Yiase, S. G., Adejo, S. O., Leke, L., Mbawuaga, E. M., & Binks, B. P. (in press). Foaming honey: particle or molecular foaming agent?. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1080/01932691.2020.1845718

Honey foam was prepared using particle (precipitated CaCO3) or molecular (sodium lauryl sulfate) foaming agent. We noted the foam volume and the time it took a foam sample to collapse completely so as to determine the best foaming agent. Foams were p... Read More about Foaming honey: particle or molecular foaming agent?.

Vanadium complexes derived from oxacalix[6]arenes: structural studies and use in the ring opening homo-/co-polymerization of ε-caprolactone/δ-valerolactone and ethylene polymerization (2020)
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Xing, T., Prior, T. J., Elsegood, M. R. J., Semikolenova, N. V., Soshnikov, I. E., Bryliakov, K. P., Chen, K., & Redshaw, C. (2021). Vanadium complexes derived from oxacalix[6]arenes: structural studies and use in the ring opening homo-/co-polymerization of ε-caprolactone/δ-valerolactone and ethylene polymerization. Catalysis science & technology, 11(2), 624-636. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cy01979h

Reaction of Na[VO(tBuO)4] (generated in-situ from VOCl3 and NaOtBu) with p-tert-butyltetrahomodioxacalix[6]areneH6 (L1H6) afforded, after work-up (in MeCN), the mixed-metal complex [(VO)2(μ-O)Na2(L1)(MeCN)4]·5(MeCN) (1·5MeCN), whilst the oxo complex... Read More about Vanadium complexes derived from oxacalix[6]arenes: structural studies and use in the ring opening homo-/co-polymerization of ε-caprolactone/δ-valerolactone and ethylene polymerization.

Catalysis in Pickering emulsions (2020)
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Rodriguez, A. M. B., & Binks, B. P. (2020). Catalysis in Pickering emulsions. Soft matter, 16(45), 10221-10243. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sm01636e

Particle-stabilised or Pickering emulsions are versatile systems. In the past 10 years a new application has emerged in the field of catalysis to use them as vehicles to carry out catalytic reactions, allowing a more environmentally friendly process... Read More about Catalysis in Pickering emulsions.

Assemblies of cucurbit[6]uril-based coordination complexes with disulfonate ligands: From discrete complexes to one: From two-dimensional polymers (2020)
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Chen, K., Hua, Z. Y., Li, R., Peng, Y. Y., Zhu, Q. Z., Zhao, J. L., & Redshaw, C. (2021). Assemblies of cucurbit[6]uril-based coordination complexes with disulfonate ligands: From discrete complexes to one: From two-dimensional polymers. CrystEngComm, 23(2), 465-481. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ce01456g

In this work, the combination of cucurbit[6]uril (Q[6]) with various naphthalene disulfonates and alkaline-earth metal ions allows for successful isolation of 9 novel Q[6]-based coordination complexes with the formulas [Ca(H2O)4(Q[6])0.5(1,5-NDA)0.5]... Read More about Assemblies of cucurbit[6]uril-based coordination complexes with disulfonate ligands: From discrete complexes to one: From two-dimensional polymers.

A Compact Full 2π Flexoelectro‐Optic Liquid Crystal Phase Modulator (2020)
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Wang, X., Fells, J. A. J., Shi, Y., Ali, T., Welch, C., Mehl, G. H., Wilkinson, T. D., Booth, M. J., Morris, S. M., & Elston, S. J. (2020). A Compact Full 2π Flexoelectro‐Optic Liquid Crystal Phase Modulator. Advanced Materials Technologies, 5(12), Article 2000589. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202000589

Wavefront shaping, which is often achieved using liquid crystal (LC) spatial light modulators, is particularly important for a wide range of applications including laser microfabrication and micromanipulation, microscopy, and quantum optics. In this... Read More about A Compact Full 2π Flexoelectro‐Optic Liquid Crystal Phase Modulator.

High-throughput fabrication of hepatic cell clusteroids with enhanced growth and functionality for tissue engineering applications (2020)
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Wang, A., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2020). High-throughput fabrication of hepatic cell clusteroids with enhanced growth and functionality for tissue engineering applications. Materials Advances, 1(8), 3022-3032. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ma00635a

Culturing of cells as three-dimensional (3D) clusters can enhance in vitro tests for basic biological research as well as for therapeutics development. Such 3D culture models, however, are often more complicated, cumbersome and expensive than two-dim... Read More about High-throughput fabrication of hepatic cell clusteroids with enhanced growth and functionality for tissue engineering applications.

Advanced biomedical applications based on emerging 3D cell culturing platforms (2020)
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Wang, A., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2020). Advanced biomedical applications based on emerging 3D cell culturing platforms. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 8(46), 10487-10501. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tb01658f

It is of great value to develop reliable in vitro models for cell biology and toxicology. However, ethical issues and the decreasing number of donors restrict the further use of traditional animal models in various fields, including the emerging fiel... Read More about Advanced biomedical applications based on emerging 3D cell culturing platforms.

Recent advances in drug discovery for diabetic kidney disease (2020)
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Danta, C. C., Boa, A. N., Bhandari, S., Sathyapalan, T., & Xu, S. Z. (2021). Recent advances in drug discovery for diabetic kidney disease. Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 16(4), 447-461. https://doi.org/10.1080/17460441.2021.1832077

Introduction: Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and 40% of patients with diabetes develop DKD. Although some pathophysiological mechanisms and drug targets of DKD have been described, the effectivenes... Read More about Recent advances in drug discovery for diabetic kidney disease.

Light-Responsive, Reversible Emulsification and Demulsification of Oil-in-Water Pickering Emulsions for Catalysis (2020)
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Wang, J., Li, Z., Shi, Y., Zhu, A., Zhao, Y., Wang, H., Binks, B. P., & Wang, J. (in press). Light-Responsive, Reversible Emulsification and Demulsification of Oil-in-Water Pickering Emulsions for Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202010750

© 2020 Wiley-VCH GmbH Pickering emulsions are an excellent platform for interfacial catalysis. However, developing simple and efficient strategies to achieve product separation and catalyst and emulsifier recovery is still a challenge. Herein, we rep... Read More about Light-Responsive, Reversible Emulsification and Demulsification of Oil-in-Water Pickering Emulsions for Catalysis.

Bioimprint Mediated Label-Free Isolation of Pancreatic Tumor Cells from a Healthy Peripheral Blood Cell Population (2020)
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Pelle, M., Das, A. A. K., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (in press). Bioimprint Mediated Label-Free Isolation of Pancreatic Tumor Cells from a Healthy Peripheral Blood Cell Population. Advanced Biosystems, Article 2000054. https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202000054

New techniques are required for earlier diagnosis and response to treatment of pancreatic cancer. Here, a label-free approach is reported in which circulating pancreatic tumor cells are isolated from healthy peripheral blood cells via cell bioimprint... Read More about Bioimprint Mediated Label-Free Isolation of Pancreatic Tumor Cells from a Healthy Peripheral Blood Cell Population.