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Rod-shaped dopants for flexoelectric nematic mixtures (2009)
Journal Article
Aziz, N., Kelly, S. M., Duffy, W., & Goulding, M. (2009). Rod-shaped dopants for flexoelectric nematic mixtures. Liquid crystals, 36(5), 503-520. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290903031643

We report the synthesis and liquid crystalline behaviour of two series of para-substituted terphenyls as dopants with a rigid rod-like shape, rather than a wedge-, pear- or banana-shape, for guest-host nematic mixtures with flexoelectric properties.... Read More about Rod-shaped dopants for flexoelectric nematic mixtures.

Resolution of secondary arylalkyl alcohols using pentafluorophenyl 2-phenylbutanoate and zinc chloride (2009)
Journal Article
Coulbeck, E., & Eames, J. (2009). Resolution of secondary arylalkyl alcohols using pentafluorophenyl 2-phenylbutanoate and zinc chloride. Tetrahedron letters; the international organ for the rapid publication of preliminary communications in organic chemistry, 50(31), 4449-4451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.05.046

The resolution of racemic secondary arylalkyl alcohols using pentafluorophenyl 2-phenylbutanoate and zinc chloride is discussed. The levels of enantiomeric recognition were high leading to enantiomerically enriched alcohols in good yield. © 2009 Else... Read More about Resolution of secondary arylalkyl alcohols using pentafluorophenyl 2-phenylbutanoate and zinc chloride.

Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction of a photoaligned nematic semiconductor (2009)
Journal Article
Dröge, S., Khalifah, M. S. A., O'Neill, M., Thomas, H. E., Simmonds, H. S., Macdonald, J. E., …Kelly, S. M. (2009). Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction of a photoaligned nematic semiconductor. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113(1), 49-53. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp803379a

Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction is used to find the thin film morphology of an extended molecule with an irregular alternating fluorene - thiophene structure, which is used to obtain linearly polarized electroluminescence and the photovoltaic eff... Read More about Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction of a photoaligned nematic semiconductor.

Banana-shaped dopants for flexoelectric nematic mixtures (2008)
Journal Article
Aziz, N., Kelly, S. M., Duffy, W., & Goulding, M. (2008). Banana-shaped dopants for flexoelectric nematic mixtures. Liquid crystals, 35(11), 1279-1292. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290802522114

The synthesis is reported of new meta-substituted quaterphenyls and several related dimers as dopants for nematic mixtures with flexoelectric properties. The number and nature of the terminal substituents is varied from apolar with a small dipole mom... Read More about Banana-shaped dopants for flexoelectric nematic mixtures.

A new approach to photoalignment: photo-addition to a self-assembled monolayer (2008)
Journal Article
Dröge, S., O'Neill, M., Löbbert, A., Kitney, S. P., Kelly, S. M., Wei, P., & Dong, D. (2009). A new approach to photoalignment: photo-addition to a self-assembled monolayer. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19(2), 274-279. https://doi.org/10.1039/b812226a

Photoalignment used to control the orientation of nematic liquid crystals in LCDs usually involves the photochemical modification of the chemical structure of an organic thin film so that an optical and/or steric anisotropy is developed. We now demon... Read More about A new approach to photoalignment: photo-addition to a self-assembled monolayer.

Parallel kinetic resolution of racemic 1-phenylethanol using quasi-enantiomeric combinations of carboxylic acids mediated by N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and 3,5-lutidine (2008)
Journal Article
Al Shaye, N., Boa, A. N., Coulbeck, E., & Eames, J. (2008). Parallel kinetic resolution of racemic 1-phenylethanol using quasi-enantiomeric combinations of carboxylic acids mediated by N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and 3,5-lutidine. Tetrahedron letters; the international organ for the rapid publication of preliminary communications in organic chemistry, 49(31), 4661-4665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.05.036

The parallel kinetic resolution of racemic 1-phenylethanol using an equimolar combination of quasi-enantiomeric 2-arylpropionic and butanoic acids mediated by a N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC)/3,5-lutidine coupling is discussed. The levels of dia... Read More about Parallel kinetic resolution of racemic 1-phenylethanol using quasi-enantiomeric combinations of carboxylic acids mediated by N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and 3,5-lutidine.

On the structure and chiroptical properties of (S)-4-isopropyl-oxazolidin-2-one (2008)
Journal Article
Benoit, D., Coulbeck, E., Eames, J., & Motevalli, M. (2008). On the structure and chiroptical properties of (S)-4-isopropyl-oxazolidin-2-one. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 19(9), 1068-1077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2008.03.032

The specific rotation of (S)-4-isopropyl-oxazolidin-2-one is extremely solvent dependent. In chloroform it is dextrorotatory {[α] D 26 = + 15.5 (c 5.2, CHCl 3 )}, whereas in ethanol it is levorotatory {[α] D 26 = - 16.1 (c 5.2, EtOH)}. © 2008 Elsevie... Read More about On the structure and chiroptical properties of (S)-4-isopropyl-oxazolidin-2-one.

White-light OLEDs using liquid crystal polymer networks (2008)
Journal Article
Liedtke, A., O'Neill, M., Wertmöller, A., Kitney, S. P., & Kelly, S. M. (2008). White-light OLEDs using liquid crystal polymer networks. Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society, 20(11), 3579-3586. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm702925f

We have mixed nematic light-emitting liquid crystals and incorporated them as insoluble cross-linked polymer networks in a liquid crystal white-light organic light-emitting diode (LC-WOLED). The light emission is not voltage-dependent and polarized w... Read More about White-light OLEDs using liquid crystal polymer networks.

Room temperature photoluminescence at 4.5 μm from InAsN (2008)
Journal Article
Zhuang, Q., Godenir, A. M. R., Krier, A., Lai, K. T., & Haywood, S. K. (2008). Room temperature photoluminescence at 4.5 μm from InAsN. Journal of applied physics, 103(6), 063520. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2896638

Nitrogen incorporation in InAsN epilayers grown by radio-frequency plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy was investigated as a function of growth conditions. Reduced growth rate, growth temperature, and arsenic flux significantly enhance the nitroge... Read More about Room temperature photoluminescence at 4.5 μm from InAsN.

The guppy as a conservation model: Implications of parasitism and inbreeding for reintroduction success (2007)
Journal Article
Van Oosterhout, C., Smith, A. M., Hänfling, B., Ramnarine, I. W., Mohammed, R. S., & Cable, J. (2007). The guppy as a conservation model: Implications of parasitism and inbreeding for reintroduction success. Conservation Biology, 21(6), 1573-1583. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00809.x

Ex situ conservation is of increasing importance to prevent the extinction of endangered animals in the wild. Despite low success rates of reintroduction programs few researchers have investigated empirically the efficacy of captive breeding regimes... Read More about The guppy as a conservation model: Implications of parasitism and inbreeding for reintroduction success.

Physical and biological development of a newly breached managed realignment site, Humber estuary, UK (2007)
Journal Article
Mazik, K., Smith, J. E., Leighton, A., & Elliott, M. (2007). Physical and biological development of a newly breached managed realignment site, Humber estuary, UK. Marine pollution bulletin, 55(10-12), 564-578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.09.017

As part of the Humber flood defence upgrade works (Urgent works) undertaken by the Environment Agency, the Paull Holme Strays site was identified as one of twelve potential managed realignment sites within the Humber catchment. The site was breached... Read More about Physical and biological development of a newly breached managed realignment site, Humber estuary, UK.

Electric field induced blueshift of the e1-hh1 exciton transition in a GaAs1-xNx/GaAs (x<1%) stepped quantum well (2006)
Journal Article
Hill, G., Hopkinson, M., Steer, M. J., Gupta, R., Lim, A. C., & Haywood, S. K. (2006). Electric field induced blueshift of the e1-hh1 exciton transition in a GaAs1-xNx/GaAs (x

The authors present room temperature photoluminescence and photocurrent measurements on a three layer GaAsNGaAs Al0.35 Ga0.65 As (N≤1%) stepped quantum well. A blueshift in the ground state transition energy is observed with the application of an ele... Read More about Electric field induced blueshift of the e1-hh1 exciton transition in a GaAs1-xNx/GaAs (x<1%) stepped quantum well.

Computer assisted orthopaedic surgical system for insertion of distal locking screws in intra-medullary nails: a valid and reliable navigation system (2005)
Journal Article
Malek, S., Phillips, R., Mohsen, A., Viant, W., Bielby, M., & Sherman, K. (2005). Computer assisted orthopaedic surgical system for insertion of distal locking screws in intra-medullary nails: a valid and reliable navigation system. International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 1(4), 34-44. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcs.54

The insertion of distal locking screws is a difficult task in intra-medullary (IM) nailing operations of long bones and contributes a significant proportion to the overall operating time. The current technique to insert these screws uses numerous flu... Read More about Computer assisted orthopaedic surgical system for insertion of distal locking screws in intra-medullary nails: a valid and reliable navigation system.

A phantom based approach to fluoroscopic navigation for orthopaedic surgery (2004)
Book Chapter
Phillips, R., Mohsen, A., Viant, W., Malek, S., Li, Q., Shah, N., …Sherman, K. (2004). A phantom based approach to fluoroscopic navigation for orthopaedic surgery. In Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2004; Lecture Notes in Computer Science (621-628). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30136-3_76

The use of the C-arm fluoroscope for surgical navigation in various Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery Systems (CAOS) has been an important success of research into CAOS technology. To use the fluoroscope for quantitative surgical navigation invol... Read More about A phantom based approach to fluoroscopic navigation for orthopaedic surgery.

A systematic review of telemonitoring for the management of heart failure (2003)
Journal Article
Louis, A. A., Turner, T., Gretton, M., Baksh, A., & Cleland, J. G. (2003). A systematic review of telemonitoring for the management of heart failure. European journal of heart failure, 5(5), 583-590. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1388-9842%2803%2900160-0

Background: Telemonitoring allows a clinician to monitor, on a daily basis, physiological variables measured by patients at home. This provides a means to keep patients with heart failure under close supervision, which could reduce the rate of admiss... Read More about A systematic review of telemonitoring for the management of heart failure.

Recovery of distal hole axis in intramedullary nail trajectory planning (2002)
Journal Article
Zhu, Y., Phillips, R., Griffiths, J. G., Viant, W., Mohsen, A., & Bielby, M. (2002). Recovery of distal hole axis in intramedullary nail trajectory planning. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 216(5), 323-332. https://doi.org/10.1243/09544110260216595

In intramedullary nail (IMN) surgical operations, one of the main efforts for surgeons is to find the axes of two distal holes. Two distal holes on an IMN, which are inside the intramedullary canal of a patient's femur, can only be seen in a lateral... Read More about Recovery of distal hole axis in intramedullary nail trajectory planning.

Calamatic liquid crystal blends for organic photovoltaics
Presentation / Conference
Lei, C., Al Khalifah, M. S., O'Neill, M., Aldred, M. P., Kitney, S. P., Vlachos, P., & Kelly, S. M. Calamatic liquid crystal blends for organic photovoltaics. Paper presented at Organic Photovoltaics IX

Four different perylene-based electron-acceptors having similar electron affinities, but different thermotropic phases are blended with nematic liquid crystalline electron-donors with a fluorene-thiophene structure to form single layer photovoltaic d... Read More about Calamatic liquid crystal blends for organic photovoltaics.

Photopolymerization studies of a light-emitting liquid crystal with methacrylate reactive groups for electroluminescence
Presentation / Conference
Woon, K. L., Liedtke, A., O'Neill, M., Aldred, M. P., Kitney, S. P., Vlachos, P., …Kelly, S. M. Photopolymerization studies of a light-emitting liquid crystal with methacrylate reactive groups for electroluminescence. Paper presented at Liquid Crystals XII

Light-emitting reactive mesogens are promising materials for photolithographically processable organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). We study the photopolymerization of a fluorene-based mesogen with methacrylate photoreactive groups. We find that th... Read More about Photopolymerization studies of a light-emitting liquid crystal with methacrylate reactive groups for electroluminescence.