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Mesogenic BODIPYs: An investigation of the correlation between liquid crystalline behaviour and fluorescence intensity (2011)
Journal Article
Benstead, M., Beeby, A., Rosser, G. A., Mehl, G. H., & Boyle, R. W. (2011). Mesogenic BODIPYs: An investigation of the correlation between liquid crystalline behaviour and fluorescence intensity. Photochemical & photobiological sciences : an international journal, 10(6), 992-999. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0pp00388c

A series of mesogenic molecules based on the 4,4¢-di?uoro-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY) ?uorophore have been synthesised and characterised. Each compound consists of one mesogenic unit, based on a cyanobiphenyl core, and one ?uorophore, of varying... Read More about Mesogenic BODIPYs: An investigation of the correlation between liquid crystalline behaviour and fluorescence intensity.

Sporopollenin capsules at fluid interfaces: Particle-stabilised emulsions and liquid marbles (2011)
Journal Article
Binks, B., Boa, A. N., Kibble, M. A., MacKenzie, G., & Rocher, A. (2011). Sporopollenin capsules at fluid interfaces: Particle-stabilised emulsions and liquid marbles. Soft matter, 7(8), 4017-4024. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0sm01516d

Hollow particles of sporopollenin from spores of the plant Lycopodium clavatum have been prepared. These particles possess ionisable groups on their surface such that they become increasingly negatively charged with an increase in pH. The particles a... Read More about Sporopollenin capsules at fluid interfaces: Particle-stabilised emulsions and liquid marbles.

Resolution of pentafluorophenyl 2-phenylpropanoate using combinations of quasi-enantiomeric oxazolidin-2-ones (2011)
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Al Shaye, N., Benoit, D. M., Chavda, S., Coulbeck, E., Dingjan, M., Eames, J., & Yohannes, Y. (2011). Resolution of pentafluorophenyl 2-phenylpropanoate using combinations of quasi-enantiomeric oxazolidin-2-ones. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 22(4), 413-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2011.02.022

The kinetic, mutual and parallel resolution of a series of structurally related active esters derived from 2-phenylpropanoic acid using a combination of quasi-enantiomeric oxazolidin-2-ones is discussed.

Biological responses to contaminants in the Humber Estuary: disentangling complex relationships (2011)
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García-Alonso, J., Greenway, G., Munshi, A., Gómez, J., Mazik, K., Knight, A. W., Hardege, J., & Elliott, M. (2011). Biological responses to contaminants in the Humber Estuary: disentangling complex relationships. Marine environmental research, 71(4), 295-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.02.004

Due to the ecological importance of estuaries, it is necessary to understand the biological effects that potentially toxic contaminants induce in bioindicator species. A key aspect is whether effects at lower levels of biological organisation transfe... Read More about Biological responses to contaminants in the Humber Estuary: disentangling complex relationships.

Magnetic Pickering emulsions stabilized by Fe3O4 nanoparticles (2011)
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Zhou, J., Qiao, X., Binks, B. P., Sun, K., Bai, M., Li, Y., & Liu, Y. (2011). Magnetic Pickering emulsions stabilized by Fe3O4 nanoparticles. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 27(7), 3308-3316. https://doi.org/10.1021/la1036844

Superparamagnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles prepared by a classical coprecipitation method were used as the stabilizer to prepare magnetic Pickering emulsions, and the effects of particle concentration, oil/water volume ratio, and oil polarity on the type,... Read More about Magnetic Pickering emulsions stabilized by Fe3O4 nanoparticles.

Synthesis, characterization and ethylene oligomerization behaviour of 8-(1-aryliminoethylidene)quinaldinylnickel dihalides (2011)
Journal Article
Song, S., Xiao, T., Liang, T., Wang, F., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W.-H. (2011). Synthesis, characterization and ethylene oligomerization behaviour of 8-(1-aryliminoethylidene)quinaldinylnickel dihalides. Catalysis science & technology, 1(1), 69-75. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0cy00002g

A series of 8-(1-aryliminoethylidene)quinaldines and the nickel halides thereof were synthesized and characterized, and the molecular structures of two representative nickel complexes were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. Upon t... Read More about Synthesis, characterization and ethylene oligomerization behaviour of 8-(1-aryliminoethylidene)quinaldinylnickel dihalides.

Evidence that 1-methyl-L-tryptophan is a food-related odorant for the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) (2011)
Journal Article
Velez, Z., Hubbard, P. C., Hardege, J. D., Welham, K. J., Barata, E. N., & Canário, A. V. M. (2011). Evidence that 1-methyl-L-tryptophan is a food-related odorant for the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis). Aquaculture, 314(1-4), 153-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.01.025

Nocturnal animals often rely heavily on olfactory cues to locate their food. This is especially true for fish whose prey live buried in the substrate. The aim of the current study was to identify non-polar odorants released by the ragworm (Hediste di... Read More about Evidence that 1-methyl-L-tryptophan is a food-related odorant for the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis).

Methylaluminium 8-quinolinolates: Synthesis, characterization and use in ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of ε-caprolactone (2011)
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Sun, W. H., Shen, M., Zhang, W., Huang, W., Liu, S., & Redshaw, C. (2011). Methylaluminium 8-quinolinolates: Synthesis, characterization and use in ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of ε-caprolactone. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 40(11), 2645-2653. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0dt01207f

The stoichiometric reactions of 2-(2,6-R-phenylimino)quinolin-8-ol (L1-L5, L1: R = Me, L2: R = Et, L3: R = iPr, L4: R = Cl, L5: R = F) with Me3Al afforded the dimeric aluminium complexes [Me 2AlL]2 (1-5) in good yields. By contrast, stoichiometric re... Read More about Methylaluminium 8-quinolinolates: Synthesis, characterization and use in ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of ε-caprolactone.

Synthesis, characterization and ethylene oligomerization behavior of 2-benzoimidazol-8-ethoxyquinolylnickel dihalides (2011)
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Liu, H., Zhang, L., Chen, L., Redshaw, C., Li, Y., & Sun, W. H. (2011). Synthesis, characterization and ethylene oligomerization behavior of 2-benzoimidazol-8-ethoxyquinolylnickel dihalides. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 40(11), 2614-2621. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0dt01331e

A series of 2-benzoimidazol-8-ethoxyquinolines (L1-L6) and the nickel dihalides thereof (C1-C12) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis and infrared spectroscopy. The molecular structures of representative complexes were determined... Read More about Synthesis, characterization and ethylene oligomerization behavior of 2-benzoimidazol-8-ethoxyquinolylnickel dihalides.

Aqueous foams stabilized solely by particles (2011)
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Stocco, A., Rio, E., Binks, B. P., & Langevin, D. (2011). Aqueous foams stabilized solely by particles. Soft matter, 7(4), 1260-1267. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0sm01290d

Foams are dispersions of bubbles in liquids, often water. They are frequently stabilized by surfactant or polymer, but like Pickering emulsions, they can be also stabilized solely by particles. If the particles have a moderate hydrophobicity, the foa... Read More about Aqueous foams stabilized solely by particles.

Measuring the three-phase contact angle of nanoparticles at fluid interfaces (2010)
Journal Article
Arnaudov, L. N., Cayre, O. J., Cohen Stuart, M. A., Stoyanov, S. D., & Paunov, V. N. (2010). Measuring the three-phase contact angle of nanoparticles at fluid interfaces. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 12(2), 328-331. https://doi.org/10.1039/b917353f

We report a generic technique to image and study the wettability of spherical nanoparticles adsorbed at liquid surfaces and demonstrate that nanoparticle monolayers can be imprinted at air-water and oil-water interfaces and their three-phase contact... Read More about Measuring the three-phase contact angle of nanoparticles at fluid interfaces.

The fate of oilfield corrosion inhibitors in multiphase systems (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Horsup, D. I., Clark, J. C., Binks, B. P., Fletcher, P. D. I., & Hicks, J. T. The fate of oilfield corrosion inhibitors in multiphase systems

Corrosion inhibitors have been used for many years to protect oil and gas pipelines, The application of small quantifies of an inhibitor to production fluids is often one of the most cost-effective methods for, imparting corrosion protection in a sys... Read More about The fate of oilfield corrosion inhibitors in multiphase systems.

Oil foams stabilised solely by particles (2010)
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Binks, B. P., Rocher, A., & Kirkland, M. (2011). Oil foams stabilised solely by particles. Soft matter, 7(5), 1800-1808. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0sm01129k

The influence of the surface tension of the liquid (γla) on the material formed upon aerating mixtures of the liquid and fluoroethylene particles is investigated. For non-polar oils of relatively low tension, an oil dispersion of particles is formed... Read More about Oil foams stabilised solely by particles.

A set of highly water-soluble tetraethyleneglycol-substituted Zn(ii) phthalocyanines: synthesis, photochemical and photophysical properties, interaction with plasma proteins and in vitro phototoxicity (2010)
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Tuncel, S., Dumoulin, F., Gailer, J., Sooriyaarachchi, M., Atilla, D., Durmuş, M., Bouchu, D., Savoie, H., Boyle, R. W., & Ahsen, V. (2011). A set of highly water-soluble tetraethyleneglycol-substituted Zn(ii) phthalocyanines: synthesis, photochemical and photophysical properties, interaction with plasma proteins and in vitro phototoxicity. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 40(16), 4067-4079. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0dt01260b

Three Zn(II) phthalocyanines substituted by hydroxyl-terminated tetraethylene glycol chains have been synthesized. In order to evaluate the potential of these highly water-soluble phthalocyanines as type II-photosensitisers for photodynamic therapy,... Read More about A set of highly water-soluble tetraethyleneglycol-substituted Zn(ii) phthalocyanines: synthesis, photochemical and photophysical properties, interaction with plasma proteins and in vitro phototoxicity.

Quantitative prediction of the reduction of corrosion inhibitor effectiveness due to parasitic adsorption onto a competitor surface (2010)
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Binks, B. P., Fletcher, P. D. I., Salama, I. E., Horsup, D. I., & Moore, J. A. (2011). Quantitative prediction of the reduction of corrosion inhibitor effectiveness due to parasitic adsorption onto a competitor surface. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 27(1), 469-473. https://doi.org/10.1021/la103570e

We have investigated how the effectiveness of a corrosion inhibitor added to an aqueous solution to suppress the corrosion rate of steel is reduced by the addition of sand. The equilibrium adsorption isotherms of the inhibitor with respect to both th... Read More about Quantitative prediction of the reduction of corrosion inhibitor effectiveness due to parasitic adsorption onto a competitor surface.

TRPA1 is activated by direct addition of cysteine residues to the N-hydroxysuccinyl esters of acrylic and cinnamic acids (2010)
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Sadofsky, L. R., Boa, A. N., Maher, S. A., Birrell, M. A., Belvisi, M. G., & Morice, A. H. (2011). TRPA1 is activated by direct addition of cysteine residues to the N-hydroxysuccinyl esters of acrylic and cinnamic acids. Pharmacological research : the official journal of the Italian Pharmacological Society, 63(1), 30-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2010.11.004

The nociceptor TRPA1 is thought to be activated through covalent modification of specific cysteine residues on the N terminal of the channel. The precise mechanism of covalent modification with unsaturated carbonyl-containing compounds is unclear, th... Read More about TRPA1 is activated by direct addition of cysteine residues to the N-hydroxysuccinyl esters of acrylic and cinnamic acids.

Functionalization of whole-cell bacterial reporters with magnetic nanoparticles (2010)
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Zhang, D., Fakhrullin, R. F., Özmen, M., Wang, H., Wang, J., Paunov, V. N., Li, G., & Huang, W. E. (2011). Functionalization of whole-cell bacterial reporters with magnetic nanoparticles. Microbial Biotechnology, 4(1), 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-7915.2010.00228.x

We developed a biocompatible and highly efficient approach for functionalization of bacterial cell wall with magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). Three Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 chromosomally based bioreporters, which were genetically engineered to express... Read More about Functionalization of whole-cell bacterial reporters with magnetic nanoparticles.

Development of a real-world direct interface for integrated DNA extraction and amplification in a microfluidic device (2010)
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Shaw, K. J., Joyce, D., Docker, P. T., Dyer, C. E., Greenway, G. M., Greenman, J., & Haswell, S. J. (2011). Development of a real-world direct interface for integrated DNA extraction and amplification in a microfluidic device. Lab on a chip, 11(3), 443-448. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0lc00346h

Integrated DNA extraction and amplification have been carried out in a microfluidic device using electro-osmotic pumping (EOP) for fluidic control. All the necessary reagents for performing both DNA extraction and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ampl... Read More about Development of a real-world direct interface for integrated DNA extraction and amplification in a microfluidic device.

Viability of plant spore exine capsules for microencapsulation (2010)
Journal Article
Barrier, S., Diego-Taboada, A., Thomasson, M. J., Madden, L., Pointon, J. C., Wadhawan, J. D., Beckett, S. T., Atkin, S. L., & Mackenzie, G. (2011). Viability of plant spore exine capsules for microencapsulation. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(4), 975-981. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0jm02246b

Sporopollenin exine capsules (SECs) (outer exoskeletal wall of the spores of Lycopodium clavatum) were extracted and examined for their potential use as microcapsules. They were shown, by laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM), to be void of their... Read More about Viability of plant spore exine capsules for microencapsulation.