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Synthesis and in Vitro Biological Evaluation of a Second-Generation Multimodal Water-Soluble Porphyrin-RAPTA Conjugate for the Dual-Therapy of Cancers (2020)
Journal Article
Sandland, J., Savoie, H., Boyle, R. W., & Murray, B. S. (2020). Synthesis and in Vitro Biological Evaluation of a Second-Generation Multimodal Water-Soluble Porphyrin-RAPTA Conjugate for the Dual-Therapy of Cancers. Inorganic chemistry, 59(11), 7884-7893. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01044

In this study, we report the synthesis and biological evaluation of a novel cationic porphyrin-[Ru(η6-arene)(C2O4)PTA] (RAPTA) conjugate with potential as a multimodal dual-therapeutic agent. In the absence of high intensity light, relative to untrea... Read More about Synthesis and in Vitro Biological Evaluation of a Second-Generation Multimodal Water-Soluble Porphyrin-RAPTA Conjugate for the Dual-Therapy of Cancers.

Composite Liquid Marbles as a Macroscopic Model System Representing Shedding of Enveloped Viruses (2020)
Journal Article
Roy, P. K., Binks, B. P., Fujii, S., Shoval, S., & Bormashenko, E. (2020). Composite Liquid Marbles as a Macroscopic Model System Representing Shedding of Enveloped Viruses. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11(11), 4279-4285. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01230

Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society. A model macroscopic system imitating the entry of viruses into living cells is suggested. The system represents the contact of a composite (core-shell) liquid marble with hydrophobic/hydrophilic particles.... Read More about Composite Liquid Marbles as a Macroscopic Model System Representing Shedding of Enveloped Viruses.

Transmissive flexoelectro-optic liquid crystal optical phase modulator with 2 π modulation (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, X., Fells, J. A. J., Ali, T., Lin, J. D., Welch, C., Mehl, G. H., Wilkinson, T. D., Booth, M. J., Morris, S. M., & Elston, S. J. (2020). Transmissive flexoelectro-optic liquid crystal optical phase modulator with 2 π modulation. AIP Advances, 10(5), Article 055011. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0009630

© 2020 Author(s). In this paper, we demonstrate analog phase modulation in a transmissive configuration using the flexoelectro-optic effect in short-pitch chiral nematic liquid crystal (LC) devices. Two different modes are considered, both of which a... Read More about Transmissive flexoelectro-optic liquid crystal optical phase modulator with 2 π modulation.

Bi2WO6/C-dots/TiO2: A novel z-scheme photocatalyst for the degradation of fluoroquinolone levofloxacin from aqueous medium (2020)
Journal Article
Elumalai, S., Sharma, S., Ibhadon, A. O., Grazia Francesconi, M., Mehta, S. K., Kansal, S. K., Umar, A., & Baskoutas, S. (2020). Bi2WO6/C-dots/TiO2: A novel z-scheme photocatalyst for the degradation of fluoroquinolone levofloxacin from aqueous medium. Nanomaterials, 10(5), Article 910. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10050910

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Photocatalytic materials and semiconductors of appropriate structural and morphological architectures as well as energy band gaps are materials needed for mitigating current environmental prob... Read More about Bi2WO6/C-dots/TiO2: A novel z-scheme photocatalyst for the degradation of fluoroquinolone levofloxacin from aqueous medium.

Aggregation-induced emission luminogen: A new perspective in the photo-degradation of organic pollutants (2020)
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Hu, Z., Li, Y., Kang, M., Islam, M. M., Chen, M., Zhang, J., Xiao, Y., Feng, X., Redshaw, C., Zhang, M., Chen, Q., Xie, S., Lam, J. W., & Tang, B. Z. (2020). Aggregation-induced emission luminogen: A new perspective in the photo-degradation of organic pollutants. Ecomat, 2(2), Article e12024. https://doi.org/10.1002/eom2.12024

Both the variety and uniqueness of organic semiconductors has contributed to the rapid development of environmental engineering applications and renewable fuel production, typified by the photodegradation of organic pollutants or water splitting. Thi... Read More about Aggregation-induced emission luminogen: A new perspective in the photo-degradation of organic pollutants.

A Study of the Interaction between Cucurbit[7]uril and Alkyl Substituted 4-Pyrrolidinopyridinium Salts (2020)
Journal Article
Xu, W., Zhu, X., Bian, B., Xiao, X., Tao, Z., & Redshaw, C. (2020). A Study of the Interaction between Cucurbit[7]uril and Alkyl Substituted 4-Pyrrolidinopyridinium Salts. Chemistry, 2(2), 262-273. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry2020017

The interaction between cucurbit[7]uril (Q[7]) and a series of 4-pyrrolidinopyridinium salts bearing aliphatic substituents at the pyridinium nitrogen, namely 4-(C4H8N)C5H5NRBr, where R = H (C0), Et (C2), n-butyl (C4), n-hexyl (C6), has been studied... Read More about A Study of the Interaction between Cucurbit[7]uril and Alkyl Substituted 4-Pyrrolidinopyridinium Salts.

Realisation of a sub-wavelength dimple using a 193 nm wavelength photonic nano jet (2020)
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Al-Jarwany, Q. A., Mohammed, A. F., Hamza, A. O., Bouillard, J. S., Adawi, A. M., Pamme, N., & Walton, C. D. (2020). Realisation of a sub-wavelength dimple using a 193 nm wavelength photonic nano jet. Chemical Physics Letters, 750, Article 137400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137400

There are many areas of research that benefit from tight focussing of light. We report experimental and computational results of a laser irradiated silica microsphere, 1 μm diameter localised on an SU-8 substrate. A single pulse from an ArF excimer l... Read More about Realisation of a sub-wavelength dimple using a 193 nm wavelength photonic nano jet.

A turn-off fluorescent probe for the detection of Cu2+ based on a tetraphenylethylene-functionalized salicylaldehyde Schiff-base (2020)
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Xie, H. F., Yu, C. J., Huang, Y. L., Xu, H., Zhang, Q. L., Sun, X. H., Feng, X., & Redshaw, C. (2020). A turn-off fluorescent probe for the detection of Cu2+ based on a tetraphenylethylene-functionalized salicylaldehyde Schiff-base. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 4(5), 1500-1506. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9qm00759h

A non-planar tetraphenylethylene-functionalized salicylaldehyde Schiff-base fluorescent probe (TPE-An-Py) with aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE) characteristics was synthesized via a classical Knoevenagel condensation reaction, and exhibit... Read More about A turn-off fluorescent probe for the detection of Cu2+ based on a tetraphenylethylene-functionalized salicylaldehyde Schiff-base.

Electrochemical immunoassay for the detection of stress biomarkers (2020)
Journal Article
Abdulsattar, J. O., Greenway, G. M., & Wadhawan, J. D. (2020). Electrochemical immunoassay for the detection of stress biomarkers. Heliyon, 6(3), Article e03558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03558

A rapid electrochemical immunoassay method was developed to detect and measure stress biomarkers (cortisol and cortisone) in two biological samples (Zebrafish whole-body and artificial saliva). This methodology utilizes an immunoassay approach taking... Read More about Electrochemical immunoassay for the detection of stress biomarkers.

A pyrenyl-appended C3v-symmetric hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene for selective fluorescence sensing of iodide (2020)
Journal Article
Xie, H. F., Wu, C., Zou, J., Yang, Y. X., Xu, H., Zhang, Q. L., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2020). A pyrenyl-appended C3v-symmetric hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene for selective fluorescence sensing of iodide. Dyes and pigments : an international journal, 178, Article 108340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108340

A new C3v-symmetric hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene L bearing pyrene moieties as fluorophores has been designed and synthesized. L exhibits a significant fluorescence quenching response to I− even when in the presence of other potentially competing anion... Read More about A pyrenyl-appended C3v-symmetric hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene for selective fluorescence sensing of iodide.

Stability of bubbles in wax-based oleofoams: decoupling the effects of bulk oleogel rheology and interfacial rheology (2020)
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Saha, S., Saint-Michel, B., Leynes, V., Binks, B. P., & Garbin, V. (2020). Stability of bubbles in wax-based oleofoams: decoupling the effects of bulk oleogel rheology and interfacial rheology. Rheologica Acta, 59(4), 255-266. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-020-01192-x

Oleofoams are dispersions of gas bubbles in a continuous oil phase and can be stabilized by crystals of fatty acids or waxes adsorbing at the oil-air interface. Because excess crystals in the continuous phase form an oleogel, an effect of the bulk rh... Read More about Stability of bubbles in wax-based oleofoams: decoupling the effects of bulk oleogel rheology and interfacial rheology.

Silver nanoparticles in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos: Uptake, growth and molecular responses (2020)
Journal Article
Qiang, L., Arabeyyat, Z. H., Xin, Q., Paunov, V. N., Dale, I. J., Lloyd Mills, R. I., Rotchell, J. M., & Cheng, J. (2020). Silver nanoparticles in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos: Uptake, growth and molecular responses. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(5), Article 1876. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21051876

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are widely used in commercial applications as antimicrobial agents, but there have recently been increasing concerns raised about their possible environmental and... Read More about Silver nanoparticles in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos: Uptake, growth and molecular responses.

Temperature dependence of bend elastic constant in oblique helicoidal cholesterics (2020)
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Iadlovska, O. S., Babakhanova, G., Mehl, G. H., Welch, C., Cruickshank, E., Strachan, G. J., Storey, J. M. D., Imrie, C. T., Shiyanovskii, S. V., & Lavrentovich, O. D. (2020). Temperature dependence of bend elastic constant in oblique helicoidal cholesterics. Physical Review Research, 2(1), Article 013238. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013248

Elastic moduli of liquid crystals, known as Frank constants, are of quintessential importance for understanding fundamental properties of these materials and for the design of their applications. Although there are many methods to measure the Frank c... Read More about Temperature dependence of bend elastic constant in oblique helicoidal cholesterics.

Biosensor for determining average iron content of ferritin by measuring its optical dispersion (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gupta, R., Alamrani, N. A., Greenway, G. M., Pamme, N., & Goddard, N. J. Biosensor for determining average iron content of ferritin by measuring its optical dispersion. Presented at SPIE BIOS: Microfluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems XVIII, San Francisco, California

© 2020 SPIE. Average iron content of ferritin has a potential to serve as a biomarker for early identification of high-risk trauma patients at point-of-care (PoC). Appropriate therapies can then be administered to reduce morbidity and mortality. Curr... Read More about Biosensor for determining average iron content of ferritin by measuring its optical dispersion.

Supramolecular assemblies controlled by cucurbit[: N] uril size (n = 6, 7, 8 and 10) (2020)
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Dalgarno, S. J., Xu, W., De Ng, X., Xiao, X., Bian, B., Chen, Q., Dalgarno, S., Tao, Z., & Redshaw, C. (2020). Supramolecular assemblies controlled by cucurbit[: N] uril size (n = 6, 7, 8 and 10). New journal of chemistry = Nouveau journal de chimie, 44(11), 4311-4318. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0nj00087f

This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. A benzyl substituted 4-pyrrolidinopyridinium salt (G) with multiple active sites including benzyl, pyridinium and pyrrole groups has been synthesiz... Read More about Supramolecular assemblies controlled by cucurbit[: N] uril size (n = 6, 7, 8 and 10).

A fluorescent probe based on cucurbit[7]uril for the selective recognition of phenylalanine (2020)
Journal Article
Shan, P. H., Kan, J. L., Deng, X. Y., Redshaw, C., Bian, B., Fan, Y., Tao, Z., & Xiao, X. (2020). A fluorescent probe based on cucurbit[7]uril for the selective recognition of phenylalanine. Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 233, Article 118177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2020.118177

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Herein we describe a simple fluorescence quenching method for the selective recognition and determination of the amino acid phenylalanine (Phe). The use of 1H NMR spectroscopy revealed that the alkaloid palmatine (PAL) can encaps... Read More about A fluorescent probe based on cucurbit[7]uril for the selective recognition of phenylalanine.

Evaluation of a bispidine‐based chelator for gallium‐68 and of the porphyrin conjugate as PET/PDT theranostic agent (2020)
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Price, T., Yap, S. Y., Gillet, R., Savoie, H., Charbonnière, L. J., Boyle, R. W., Nonat, A. M., & Stasiuk, G. J. (2020). Evaluation of a bispidine‐based chelator for gallium‐68 and of the porphyrin conjugate as PET/PDT theranostic agent. Chemistry: a European journal, 26(34), 7602-7608. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201905776

In this study a bispidine ligand has been applied to the complexation of gallium(III) and radiolabelled with gallium-68 for the first time. Despite its 5-coordinate nature, the resulting complex is stable in serum for over two hours, demonstrating a... Read More about Evaluation of a bispidine‐based chelator for gallium‐68 and of the porphyrin conjugate as PET/PDT theranostic agent.

Use of titanium complexes bearing diphenolate or calix[n]arene ligands in α-olefin polymerization and the ROP of cyclic esters (2020)
Journal Article
Santoro, O., & Redshaw, C. (2020). Use of titanium complexes bearing diphenolate or calix[n]arene ligands in α-olefin polymerization and the ROP of cyclic esters. Catalysts, 10(2), Article 210. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10020210

In this review, we discuss the use of titanium complexes bearing either bridged diphenolate or calix[n]arene (n = 4, 6, 8) ligation, in the formation of plastics from α-olefins or via the ring opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic esters. The synthe... Read More about Use of titanium complexes bearing diphenolate or calix[n]arene ligands in α-olefin polymerization and the ROP of cyclic esters.

Two dimensional coordination polymers based on 3,5-di(1H-imidazol-1-yl)pyridine and their fluorescence properties (2020)
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Zhang, H., Zhu, Z. Q., Zhou, F. H., Redshaw, C., Chen, K., & Xu, J. (2020). Two dimensional coordination polymers based on 3,5-di(1H-imidazol-1-yl)pyridine and their fluorescence properties. Journal of molecular structure, 1207, Article 127818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.127818

The solvothermal synthesis of three new 2D MOFs is reported. From the reaction of 3,5-di(1H-imidazol-
1-yl)pyridine (dip) and the metal salts Co(NO3)2$6H2O, Cd(NO3)2$4H2O or Zn(NO3)2$4H2O, the three
MOFs [Co(dip)2(SCN)2] (1), {[Cd(dip)2(H2O)2]$(NO3... Read More about Two dimensional coordination polymers based on 3,5-di(1H-imidazol-1-yl)pyridine and their fluorescence properties.

Analog modulation by the flexoelectric effect in liquid crystals (2020)
Journal Article
Yip, W. C., Welch, C., Mehl, G. H., & Wilkinson, T. D. (2020). Analog modulation by the flexoelectric effect in liquid crystals. Applied optics, 59(9), 2668-2673. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.386096

We have solved the long-standing problems of stability and hysteresis, and we are able to obtain the homogeneous uniform lying helix structure in polymer-free cholesteric liquid crystals. This is instrumental for the present work to demonstrate the a... Read More about Analog modulation by the flexoelectric effect in liquid crystals.