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Alkoxy-functionalized schiff-base ligation at aluminum and zinc: Synthesis, structures and rop capability (2021)
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Zhang, X., Chen, K., Chicoma, M., Goins, K., Prior, T. J., Nile, T. A., & Redshaw, C. (2021). Alkoxy-functionalized schiff-base ligation at aluminum and zinc: Synthesis, structures and rop capability. Catalysts, 11(9), Article 1090. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11091090

The Schiff-base compounds 2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-(((3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)imino)methyl)phenol (L1H), 2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-(((2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)imino)methyl)phenol (L2H), 2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-(((2,4-trimethoxyphenyl)imino)methyl)phenol) (L3H) derived... Read More about Alkoxy-functionalized schiff-base ligation at aluminum and zinc: Synthesis, structures and rop capability.

The Uptake of Sporopollenin Exine Capsules and Associated Bioavailability of Adsorbed Oestradiol in Selected Aquatic Invertebrates (2021)
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Chapman, E., Meichanetzoglou, A., Boa, A. N., Hetjens, H., Faetsch, S., Teuchies, J., …Rotchell, J. M. (2021). The Uptake of Sporopollenin Exine Capsules and Associated Bioavailability of Adsorbed Oestradiol in Selected Aquatic Invertebrates. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 107, 876–882. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-021-03364-8

Lycopodium clavatum sporopollenin exine capsules (SpECs) are known to both adsorb and absorb chemicals. The aim of the present work was to determine whether oestradiol (E2) is ‘bioavailable’ to bioindicator species, either pre-adsorbed to, or in the... Read More about The Uptake of Sporopollenin Exine Capsules and Associated Bioavailability of Adsorbed Oestradiol in Selected Aquatic Invertebrates.

Pyrene-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) with less colour migration for anti-counterfeiting applications (2021)
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Wang, X., Wang, L., Mao, X., Wang, Q., Mu, Z., An, L., …Tang, B. Z. (2021). Pyrene-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) with less colour migration for anti-counterfeiting applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 9(37), 12828-12838. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1tc03022a

Traditional luminescent materials are subject to aggregation-caused quenching, which limits their use for high-technological applications in the solid state. In an attempt to address such issues when using luminescent materials in fluorescent inks, b... Read More about Pyrene-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) with less colour migration for anti-counterfeiting applications.

Allosteric binding properties of a 1,3-alternate thiacalix[4]arene-based receptor having phenylthiourea and 2-pyridylmethyl moieties on opposite faces (2021)
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Rahman, S., Tomiyasu, H., Wang, C. Z., Georghiou, P. E., Alodhayb, A., Carpenter-Warren, C. L., …Yamato, T. (2021). Allosteric binding properties of a 1,3-alternate thiacalix[4]arene-based receptor having phenylthiourea and 2-pyridylmethyl moieties on opposite faces. New journal of chemistry = Nouveau journal de chimie, 45(41), 19235-19243. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nj02991f

The synthesis of three new heteroditopic receptors (5a-c) which are based on thiacalix[4]arenes in the 1,3-alternate conformation is reported herein. These new receptors each have two thiourea moieties linking phenyl groups, two of which are substitu... Read More about Allosteric binding properties of a 1,3-alternate thiacalix[4]arene-based receptor having phenylthiourea and 2-pyridylmethyl moieties on opposite faces.

PdCu single atom alloys supported on alumina for the selective hydrogenation of furfural (2021)
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Islam, M. J., Granollers Mesa, M., Osatiashtiani, A., Manayil, J. C., Isaacs, M. A., Taylor, M. J., …Kyriakou, G. (2021). PdCu single atom alloys supported on alumina for the selective hydrogenation of furfural. Applied catalysis. B, Environmental, 299, Article 120652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120652

Single-atom catalysts serve as a skilful control of precious metals on heterogenous catalysts where all active sites are accessible for catalytic reactions. Here we report the adoption of PdCu single-atom alloys supported on alumina for the selective... Read More about PdCu single atom alloys supported on alumina for the selective hydrogenation of furfural.

Ultra-small FeS2nanoparticles for highly efficient chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of nitroarenes (2021)
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Southouse, J. P., Lazzarini, L., Ibhadon, A. O., & Francesconi, M. G. (2021). Ultra-small FeS2nanoparticles for highly efficient chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of nitroarenes. New journal of chemistry = Nouveau journal de chimie, 45(38), 17808-17815. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nj03297f

Ultra-small FeS2nanoparticles were prepared and used as catalysts in a hydrogen transfer reaction for the synthesis of substituted anilines. The catalytic performance is superior to current systems across all reactions, within the timeframe of two ho... Read More about Ultra-small FeS2nanoparticles for highly efficient chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of nitroarenes.

Spheroid-on-chip microfluidic technology for the evaluation of the impact of continuous flow on metastatic potential in cancer models in vitro (2021)
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Collins, T., Pyne, E., Christensen, M., Iles, A., Pamme, N., & Pires, I. M. (2021). Spheroid-on-chip microfluidic technology for the evaluation of the impact of continuous flow on metastatic potential in cancer models in vitro. Biomicrofluidics, 15(4), Article 044103. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0061373

The majority of cancer deaths are linked to tumor spread, or metastasis, but 3D in vitro metastasis models relevant to the tumor microenvironment (including interstitial fluid flow) remain an area of unmet need. Microfluidics allows us to introduce c... Read More about Spheroid-on-chip microfluidic technology for the evaluation of the impact of continuous flow on metastatic potential in cancer models in vitro.

Red/Green Tunable-Emission Carbon Nanodots for Smart Visual Precision pH Sensing (2021)
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Zhao, J. L., Luo, Q. Y., Ruan, Q., Chen, K., Liu, C., Redshaw, C., & Jin, Z. (in press). Red/Green Tunable-Emission Carbon Nanodots for Smart Visual Precision pH Sensing. Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c01620

The development of novel carbon nanodots (CDs) with excellent optical properties and promising applications is an attractive but a challenging area. Herein, we demonstrate that the fluorescence properties of CDs can be optimized by simple modificatio... Read More about Red/Green Tunable-Emission Carbon Nanodots for Smart Visual Precision pH Sensing.

Patient activation and patient-reported outcomes of men from a community pharmacy lifestyle intervention after prostate cancer treatment (2021)
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Lemanska, A., Poole, K., Manders, R., Marshall, J., Nazar, Z., Noble, K., …Faithfull, S. (2022). Patient activation and patient-reported outcomes of men from a community pharmacy lifestyle intervention after prostate cancer treatment. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 30(1), 347-358. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06404-5

Purpose: To report patient activation, which is the knowledge, skills, and confidence in self-managing health conditions, and patient-reported outcomes of men after prostate cancer treatment from a community pharmacy lifestyle intervention. Methods:... Read More about Patient activation and patient-reported outcomes of men from a community pharmacy lifestyle intervention after prostate cancer treatment.

Mechanistic Insights into Iron-Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation and C-C Coupling (2021)
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Brewer, S. M., Schwartz, T. M., Mekhail, M. A., Turan, L. S., Prior, T. J., Hubin, T. J., …Green, K. N. (in press). Mechanistic Insights into Iron-Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation and C-C Coupling. Organometallics, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00211

Iron-catalyzed C-C coupling reactions of pyrrole provide a unique alternative to the traditional Pd-catalyzed counterpart. However, many details regarding the actual mechanism remain unknown. A series of macrocyclic iron(III) complexes were used to e... Read More about Mechanistic Insights into Iron-Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation and C-C Coupling.

Host-pathogen adhesion as the basis of innovative diagnostics for emerging pathogens (2021)
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van Belkum, A., Almeida, C., Bardiaux, B., Barrass, S. V., Butcher, S. J., Çaykara, T., …Linke, D. (2021). Host-pathogen adhesion as the basis of innovative diagnostics for emerging pathogens. Diagnostics, 11(7), Article 1259. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11071259

Infectious diseases are an existential health threat, potentiated by emerging and re-emerging viruses and increasing bacterial antibiotic resistance. Targeted treatment of infectious diseases requires precision diagnostics, especially in cases where... Read More about Host-pathogen adhesion as the basis of innovative diagnostics for emerging pathogens.

Deciphering helix assembly in the heliconical nematic phase via tender resonant X-ray scattering (2021)
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Cao, Y., Feng, J., Nallapaneni, A., Arakawa, Y., Zhao, K., Zhang, H., …Liu, F. (2021). Deciphering helix assembly in the heliconical nematic phase via tender resonant X-ray scattering. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 9(31), 10020-10028. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1tc02027g

Being a link between a uniaxial nematic and a chiral nematic, the twist bend nematic (NTB) has been an intriguing topic for research over the last decade as a key to understanding chirality generation. Accurate description and understanding of resona... Read More about Deciphering helix assembly in the heliconical nematic phase via tender resonant X-ray scattering.

A highly selective turn-on fluorescent probe for the detection of zinc (2021)
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Shen, L. Y., Chen, X. L., Yang, X. J., Xu, H., Huang, Y. L., Zhang, X., …Zhang, Q. L. (2021). A highly selective turn-on fluorescent probe for the detection of zinc. Molecules, 26(13), Article 3825. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26133825

A novel turn-on fluorescence probe L has been designed that exhibits high selectivity and sensitivity with a detection limit of 9.53 × 10−8 mol/L for the quantification of Zn2+ .1H-NMR spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveal... Read More about A highly selective turn-on fluorescent probe for the detection of zinc.

Dynamic Coordination between a Triphenylamine-Functionalized Salicylaldehyde Schiff Base and a Copper(II) Ion (2021)
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Zhang, X., Wu, S. T., Yang, X. J., Shen, L. Y., Huang, Y. L., Xu, H., …Feng, X. (2021). Dynamic Coordination between a Triphenylamine-Functionalized Salicylaldehyde Schiff Base and a Copper(II) Ion. Inorganic chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00523

The coordination between a ligand and a metal is a spontaneous and uncontrollable process. In this Article, we successfully observe the formation of metal coordination in a triphenylamine-functionalized salicylaldehyde Schiff base with a copper(II) i... Read More about Dynamic Coordination between a Triphenylamine-Functionalized Salicylaldehyde Schiff Base and a Copper(II) Ion.

Scandium calix[n]arenes (n= 4, 6, 8): structural, cytotoxicity and ring opening polymerization studies (2021)
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Alshamrani, A. F., Santoro, O., Prior, T. J., Alamri, M. A., Stasiuk, G. J., Elsegood, M. R. J., & Redshaw, C. (2021). Scandium calix[n]arenes (n= 4, 6, 8): structural, cytotoxicity and ring opening polymerization studies. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 50(24), 8302-8306. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1dt01330k

Interaction of [Sc(OR)3] (R = iPr or triflate) with p-tert-butylcalix[n]arenes, where n = 4, 6, or 8, affords a number of intriguing structural motifs, which are relatively non-toxic (cytotoxicity evaluated against cell lines HCT116 and HT-29) and a... Read More about Scandium calix[n]arenes (n= 4, 6, 8): structural, cytotoxicity and ring opening polymerization studies.

The beauty of twist-bend nematic phase: Fast switching domains, first order fréedericksz transition and a hierarchy of structures (2021)
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Panov, V. P., Song, J. K., Mehl, G. H., & Vij, J. K. (2021). The beauty of twist-bend nematic phase: Fast switching domains, first order fréedericksz transition and a hierarchy of structures. Crystals, 11(6), 621. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11060621

The twist-bend nematic phase (NTB) exhibits a complicated hierarchy of structures responsible for several intriguing properties presented here. These are: the observation of a fast electrooptic response, the exhibition of a large electroclinic effect... Read More about The beauty of twist-bend nematic phase: Fast switching domains, first order fréedericksz transition and a hierarchy of structures.

An Air-Stable Organic Radical from a Controllable Photoinduced Domino Reaction of a Hexa-aryl Substituted Anthracene (2021)
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Mao, X., Zhang, J., Wang, X., Zhang, H., Wei, P., Sung, H. H. Y., …Tang, B. Z. (2021). An Air-Stable Organic Radical from a Controllable Photoinduced Domino Reaction of a Hexa-aryl Substituted Anthracene. Journal of Organic Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c00233

Air-stable organic radicals and radical ions have attracted great attention for their far-reaching application ranging from bioimaging to organic electronics. However, because of the highly reactive nature of organic radicals, the design and synthesi... Read More about An Air-Stable Organic Radical from a Controllable Photoinduced Domino Reaction of a Hexa-aryl Substituted Anthracene.

A 1-hydroxy-2,4-diformylnaphthalene-based fluorescent probe and its detection of sulfites/bisulfite (2021)
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Shi, Q., Shen, L. Y., Xu, H., Wang, Z. Y., Yang, X. J., Huang, Y. L., …Zhang, Q. L. (2021). A 1-hydroxy-2,4-diformylnaphthalene-based fluorescent probe and its detection of sulfites/bisulfite. Molecules, 26(11), Article 3064. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26113064

A novel 1-hydroxy-2,4-diformylnaphthalene-based fluorescent probe L was synthesized by a Knoevenagel reaction and exhibited excellent sensitivity and selectivity towards sulfite ions (SO32−) and bisulfite ions (HSO3−). The detection limits of the pro... Read More about A 1-hydroxy-2,4-diformylnaphthalene-based fluorescent probe and its detection of sulfites/bisulfite.

Pyrene-fused hexaarylbenzene luminogens: Synthesis, characterization, and aggregation-induced emission enhancement (2021)
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Wang, C. Z., Yu, Z. D., Zhao, W. X., Yang, K., Noda, Y., Zhao, Y., …Yamato, T. (2021). Pyrene-fused hexaarylbenzene luminogens: Synthesis, characterization, and aggregation-induced emission enhancement. Dyes and pigments : an international journal, 192, Article 109452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2021.109452

Six novel pyrene-fused hexaarylbenzene derivatives (3a-f) were designed, synthesized, and characterized, which exhibited aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) in the aggregated state by means of THF/H2O mixtures. Techniques such as theoreti... Read More about Pyrene-fused hexaarylbenzene luminogens: Synthesis, characterization, and aggregation-induced emission enhancement.