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Constraining SN Ia Progenitors from the Observed Fe-peak Elemental Abundances in the Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy Satellites (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Alexander, R., & Vincenzo, F. Constraining SN Ia Progenitors from the Observed Fe-peak Elemental Abundances in the Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy Satellites

Chemical abundances of iron-peak elements in the red giants of ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (UFD) and dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSph) are among the best diagnostics in the cosmos to probe the origin of Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia). We incorporate metal... Read More about Constraining SN Ia Progenitors from the Observed Fe-peak Elemental Abundances in the Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy Satellites.

Evaluation of interfacial photophysical processes by time-resolved optical spectroscopy in perovskite solar cells (2024)
Journal Article
Khan, J. I., Yang, Y., Palmer, J. R., Tyndall, S. B., Chaudhuri, S., Liu, C., Grater, L., North, J. D., Chen, B., Young, R. M., Schatz, G. C., Wasielewski, M. R., Kanatzidis, M. G., Swearer, D. F., & Sargent, E. H. (in press). Evaluation of interfacial photophysical processes by time-resolved optical spectroscopy in perovskite solar cells. Matter, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2024.05.046

Predictions for CO emission and the CO-to-H2 conversion factor in galaxy simulations with non-equilibrium chemistry (2024)
Journal Article
Thompson, O. A., Richings, A. J., Gibson, B. K., Faucher-Giguère, C. A., Feldmann, R., & Hayward, C. C. (2024). Predictions for CO emission and the CO-to-H2 conversion factor in galaxy simulations with non-equilibrium chemistry. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 532(2), 1948-1965. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1486

Our ability to trace the star-forming molecular gas is important to our understanding of the Universe. We can trace this gas using CO emission, converting the observed CO intensity into the H2 gas mass of the region using the CO-to-H2 conversion fact... Read More about Predictions for CO emission and the CO-to-H2 conversion factor in galaxy simulations with non-equilibrium chemistry.

The environmental dependence of the stellar mass-gas metallicity relation in Horizon Run 5 (2024)
Journal Article
Rowntree, A., Singh, A., Vincenzo, F., Gibson, B. K., Gouin, C., Galárrag a-Espinosa, D., Lee, J., Kim, J., Laigle, C., Park, C., Pichon, C., Few, G., Hong, S. E., & Kim, Y. (2024). The environmental dependence of the stellar mass-gas metallicity relation in Horizon Run 5. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(4), 3858-3875. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1384

Metallicity offers a unique window into the baryonic history of the cosmos, being instrumental in probing evolutionary processes in galaxies between different cosmic environments. We aim to quantify the contribution of these environments to the scatt... Read More about The environmental dependence of the stellar mass-gas metallicity relation in Horizon Run 5.

Impact of Newly Measured Nuclear Reaction Rates on 26Al Ejected Yields from Massive Stars (2024)
Journal Article
Battino, U., Roberti, L., Lawson, T. V., Laird, A. M., & Todd, L. (2024). Impact of Newly Measured Nuclear Reaction Rates on 26Al Ejected Yields from Massive Stars. Universe, 10(5), Article 204. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe10050204

Over the last three years, the rates of all the main nuclear reactions involving the destruction and production of 26Al in stars (26Al(n, p)26Mg, 26Al(n, α)23Na, 26Al(p, γ)27Si and 25Mg(p, γ)26Al) have been re-evaluated thanks to new high-precision e... Read More about Impact of Newly Measured Nuclear Reaction Rates on 26Al Ejected Yields from Massive Stars.

Predicting the ages of galaxies with an artificial neural network (2024)
Journal Article
Hunt, L. J., Pimbblet, K. A., & Benoit, D. M. (2024). Predicting the ages of galaxies with an artificial neural network. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529(1), 479-498. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae479

We present a new method of predicting the ages of galaxies using a machine learning (ML) algorithm with the goal of providing an alternative to traditional methods. We aim to match the ability of traditional models to predict the ages of galaxies by... Read More about Predicting the ages of galaxies with an artificial neural network.

Effect of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring in people with diabetes with a psychosocial indication for initiation (2024)
Journal Article
Ssemmondo, E., Deshmukh, H., Wilmot, E. G., Adeleke, K. A., Shah, N., Walton, C., Barnes, D., Ryder, R. E., & Sathyapalan, T. (2024). Effect of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring in people with diabetes with a psychosocial indication for initiation. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 26(4), 1340-1345. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.15435

Aim: To understand the effect of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM) in people with diabetes with a ‘psychosocial’ indication for access. Methods: The study utilized baseline and follow-up data from the Association of British... Read More about Effect of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring in people with diabetes with a psychosocial indication for initiation.

Enhanced Switching in Solid Polymer Electrolyte Memristor Devices via the addition of Interfacial Barriers and Quantum Dots (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gater, M., Adawi, A., & Kemp, N. (2023, December). Enhanced Switching in Solid Polymer Electrolyte Memristor Devices via the addition of Interfacial Barriers and Quantum Dots. Presented at NANOARCH 2023: IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures, Dresden, Germany

We report on the electrical effects of single and double polymer (polymethacrylate) barriers on polyethylene oxide (PEO) based memristors. The single barrier device with an active layer embedded with WS2 quantum dots is also investigated. The additio... Read More about Enhanced Switching in Solid Polymer Electrolyte Memristor Devices via the addition of Interfacial Barriers and Quantum Dots.

GTC Follow-up Observations of Very Metal-poor Star Candidates from DESI (2023)
Journal Article
Allende Prieto, C., Aguado, D. S., González Hernández, J. I., Rebolo, R., Najita, J., Manser, C. J., …Zou, H. (2023). GTC Follow-up Observations of Very Metal-poor Star Candidates from DESI. The Astrophysical journal, 957(2), Article 76. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acfa96

The observations from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will significantly increase the numbers of known extremely metal-poor stars by a factor of ~10, improving the sample statistics to study the early chemical evolution of the Milky W... Read More about GTC Follow-up Observations of Very Metal-poor Star Candidates from DESI.

Long-Range and High-Efficiency Plasmon-Assisted Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (2023)
Journal Article
Hamza, A. O., Al-Dulaimi, A., Bouillard, J. S. G., & Adawi, A. M. (2023). Long-Range and High-Efficiency Plasmon-Assisted Förster Resonance Energy Transfer. Journal of physical chemistry. C, 127(44), 21611–21616. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04281

The development of a long-range and efficient Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) process is essential for its application in key enabling optoelectronic and sensing technologies. Via controlling the delocalization of the donor’s electric field... Read More about Long-Range and High-Efficiency Plasmon-Assisted Förster Resonance Energy Transfer.

Thermally-Induced Degradation in PM6:Y6-Based Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells (2023)
Journal Article
Alam, S., Aldosari, H., Petoukhoff, C. E., Váry, T., Althobaiti, W., Alqurashi, M., Tang, H., Khan, J. I., Nádaždy, V., Müller-Buschbaum, P., Welch, G. C., & Laquai, F. (2024). Thermally-Induced Degradation in PM6:Y6-Based Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials, 34(6), Article 2308076. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202308076

Thermally induced degradation of organic photovoltaic devices hinders the commercialization of this emerging PV technology. Thus, a precise understanding of the origin of thermal device instability, as well as identifying strategies to circumvent deg... Read More about Thermally-Induced Degradation in PM6:Y6-Based Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells.

Intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring and hypoglycaemia awareness in drivers with diabetes: Insights from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists Nationwide audit (2023)
Journal Article
Mark-Wagstaff, C., Deshmukh, H., Wilmot, E. G., Walker, N., Barnes, D., Parfitt, V., Saunders, S., Gregory, R., Choudhary, P., Patmore, J., Walton, C., Ryder, R. E., & Sathyapalan, T. (2024). Intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring and hypoglycaemia awareness in drivers with diabetes: Insights from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists Nationwide audit. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 26(1), 46-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.15283

Aim: Frequent hypoglycaemia results in disruption to usual hypoglycaemic autonomic responses leading to impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia, which is associated with an increased risk of severe hypoglycaemia requiring third-party assistance (SH). The... Read More about Intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring and hypoglycaemia awareness in drivers with diabetes: Insights from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists Nationwide audit.

Magnetic Mode Coupling in Hyperbolic Bowtie Meta-Antennas (2023)
Journal Article
Ebrahimi, S., Muravitskaya, A., Adawi, A. M., Baudrion, A. L., Adam, P. M., & Bouillard, J. S. G. (2023). Magnetic Mode Coupling in Hyperbolic Bowtie Meta-Antennas. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14(35), 7824-7832. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01620

Hyperbolic metaparticles have emerged as the next step in metamaterial applications, providing tunable electromagnetic properties on demand. However, coupling of optical modes in hyperbolic meta-antennas has not been explored. Here, we present in det... Read More about Magnetic Mode Coupling in Hyperbolic Bowtie Meta-Antennas.

Simulations of magnetization reversal in FM/AFM bilayers with THz frequency pulses (2023)
Journal Article
Hirst, J., Ruta, S., Jackson, J., & Ostler, T. (2023). Simulations of magnetization reversal in FM/AFM bilayers with THz frequency pulses. Scientific reports, 13(1), Article 12270. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39175-6

It is widely known that antiferromagnets (AFMs) display a high frequency response in the terahertz (THz) range, which opens up the possibility for ultrafast control of their magnetization for next generation data storage and processing applications.... Read More about Simulations of magnetization reversal in FM/AFM bilayers with THz frequency pulses.

Inhomogeneous Galactic chemical evolution: modelling ultra-faint dwarf galaxies of the Large Magellanic Cloud (2023)
Journal Article
Alexander, R. K., Vincenzo, F., Ji, A. P., Richstein, H., Jordan, C. J., & Gibson, B. K. (2023). Inhomogeneous Galactic chemical evolution: modelling ultra-faint dwarf galaxies of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522(4), 5415-5433. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1312

Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (UFDs) are among the oldest and most metal-poor galaxies in the cosmos, observed to contain no gas and a high dark matter mass fraction. Understanding the chemical abundance dispersion in such extreme environments could she... Read More about Inhomogeneous Galactic chemical evolution: modelling ultra-faint dwarf galaxies of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Organic copolymer lasing from single defect microcavity fabricated using laser patterning (2023)
Journal Article
Claronino, P., Jayaprakash, R., Jessewitsch, T., Kilbride, R. C., Thornber, T., Muravitskaya, A., …Lidzey, D. G. (2023). Organic copolymer lasing from single defect microcavity fabricated using laser patterning. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, https://doi.org/10.1039/d2tc05360h

Reducing the lasing threshold in optically pumped organic lasers is a necessary component of the drive to develop an organic laser diode, as this may help mitigate the losses associated with electrical contacts and charge injection. In this study we... Read More about Organic copolymer lasing from single defect microcavity fabricated using laser patterning.

Empirical constraints on the nucleosynthesis of nitrogen (2023)
Journal Article
Johnson, J. W., Weinberg, D. H., Vincenzo, F., Bird, J. C., & Griffith, E. J. (2023). Empirical constraints on the nucleosynthesis of nitrogen. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520(1), 782-803. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad057

We derive empirical constraints on the nucleosynthetic yields of nitrogen by incorporating N enrichment into our previously developed and empirically tuned multizone galactic chemical evolution model. We adopt a metallicity-independent (‘primary’) N... Read More about Empirical constraints on the nucleosynthesis of nitrogen.