Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (757)

Impact of newly measured 26Al(n, p)26Mg and 26Al(n, α)23Na reaction rates on the nucleosynthesis of 26Al in stars (2023)
Journal Article
Battino, U., Lederer-Woods, C., Pignatari, M., Soós, B., Lugaro, M., Vescovi, D., Cristallo, S., Woods, P. J., & Karakas, A. (2023). Impact of newly measured 26Al(n, p)26Mg and 26Al(n, α)23Na reaction rates on the nucleosynthesis of 26Al in stars. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520(2), 2436-2444. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad106

The cosmic production of the short-lived radioactive nuclide 26Al is crucial for our understanding of the evolution of stars and galaxies. However, simulations of the stellar sites producing 26Al are still weakened by significant nuclear uncertaintie... Read More about Impact of newly measured 26Al(n, p)26Mg and 26Al(n, α)23Na reaction rates on the nucleosynthesis of 26Al in stars.

Boosting hydrogen production of uniform CuCo-ZIF nanododecahedrons by bimetal node and glycerol (2023)
Journal Article
Wang, Q., Teng, Y., Ma, B., Zhang, X., Yuan, X., Li, Z., Jiang, W., Teng, F., Ruan, W., & Ibhadon, A. O. (2023). Boosting hydrogen production of uniform CuCo-ZIF nanododecahedrons by bimetal node and glycerol. Materials Today Chemistry, 28, Article 101359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.101359

Compared with fossil fuels reforming to hydrogen, electrolytic water to hydrogen is highly energy-intensive. It is still a big challenge to decrease the cost of electrolytic water to hydrogen. Herein, we investigate the electrocatalytic activity of u... Read More about Boosting hydrogen production of uniform CuCo-ZIF nanododecahedrons by bimetal node and glycerol.

Stark Effect Control of the Scattering Properties of Plasmonic Nanogaps (2022)
Journal Article
Pagnotto, D., Muravitskaya, A., Benoit, D. M., Bouillard, J. S. G., & Adawi, A. M. (2023). Stark Effect Control of the Scattering Properties of Plasmonic Nanogaps. ACS Applied Optical Materials, 1(1), 500–506. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaom.2c00135

The development of actively tunable plasmonic nanostructures enables real-time and on-demand enhancement of optical signals. This is an essential requirement for a wide range of applications such as sensing and nanophotonic devices. Here we show that... Read More about Stark Effect Control of the Scattering Properties of Plasmonic Nanogaps.

Pharmacogenomics of GLP-1 receptor agonists: a genome-wide analysis of observational data and large randomised controlled trials (2022)
Journal Article
Dawed, A. Y., Mari, A., Brown, A., McDonald, T. J., Li, L., Wang, S., …Jonsson, A. (2023). Pharmacogenomics of GLP-1 receptor agonists: a genome-wide analysis of observational data and large randomised controlled trials. Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 11(1), 33-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587%2822%2900340-0

Background: In the treatment of type 2 diabetes, GLP-1 receptor agonists lower blood glucose concentrations, body weight, and have cardiovascular benefits. The efficacy and side effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists vary between people. Human pharmacoge... Read More about Pharmacogenomics of GLP-1 receptor agonists: a genome-wide analysis of observational data and large randomised controlled trials.

Machine learning-based predictions of gamma passing rates for virtual specific-plan verification based on modulation maps, monitor unit profiles, and composite dose images (2022)
Journal Article
Quintero, P., Benoit, D., Cheng, Y., Moore, C., & Beavis, A. (2022). Machine learning-based predictions of gamma passing rates for virtual specific-plan verification based on modulation maps, monitor unit profiles, and composite dose images. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 67(24), Article 245001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aca38a

Machine learning (ML) methods have been implemented in radiotherapy to aid virtual specific-plan verification protocols, predicting gamma passing rates (GPR) based on calculated modulation complexity metrics because of their direct relation to dose d... Read More about Machine learning-based predictions of gamma passing rates for virtual specific-plan verification based on modulation maps, monitor unit profiles, and composite dose images.

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Extended intragroup light in a group at z = 0.2 from deep Hyper Suprime-Cam images (2022)
Journal Article
Pimbblet, K. A., Martínez-Lombilla, C., Brough, S., Montes, M., Baena-Gallé, R., Akhlaghi, M., …Robotham, A. S. (2023). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Extended intragroup light in a group at z = 0.2 from deep Hyper Suprime-Cam images. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518(1), 1195-1213. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3119

We present a pilot study to assess the potential of Hyper Suprime-Cam Public Data Release 2 (HSC-PDR2) images for the analysis of extended faint structures within groups of galaxies. We examine the intragroup light (IGL) of the group 400138 (Mdyn = 1... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Extended intragroup light in a group at z = 0.2 from deep Hyper Suprime-Cam images.

Local Thermoelectric Response from a Single Néel Domain Wall (2022)
Journal Article
Puttock, R., Barton, C., Saugar, E., Klapetek, P., Fernández-Scarioni, A., Freitas, P., Schumacher, H. W., Ostler, T., & Kazakova, O. (2022). Local Thermoelectric Response from a Single Néel Domain Wall. Science Advances, 8(47), https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adc9798

Spatially resolved thermoelectric detection of magnetic systems provides a unique platform for the investigation of spintronic and spin caloritronic effects. Hitherto, these investigations have been resolution limited, confining analysis of the therm... Read More about Local Thermoelectric Response from a Single Néel Domain Wall.

Chemical evolution of fluorine in the Milky Way (2022)
Journal Article
Womack, K., Vincenzo, F., Gibson, B., Côté, B., Pignatari, M., Brinkman, H. E., …Karakas, A. (2023). Chemical evolution of fluorine in the Milky Way. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518(1), 1543-1556. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3180

Fluorine has many different potential sites and channels of production, making narrowing down a dominant site of fluorine production particularly challenging. In this work, we investigate which sources are the dominant contributors to the galactic fl... Read More about Chemical evolution of fluorine in the Milky Way.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly: galaxy morphology in the green valley, prominent rings, and looser spiral arms (2022)
Journal Article
Smith, D., Haberzettl, L., Porter, L. E., Porter-Temple, R., Henry, C. P., Holwerda, B., …Géron, T. (2022). Galaxy And Mass Assembly: galaxy morphology in the green valley, prominent rings, and looser spiral arms. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 517(3), 4575-4589. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2258

Galaxies fall broadly into two categories: star-forming (blue) galaxies and quiescent (red) galaxies. In between, one finds the less populated 'green valley'. Some of these galaxies are suspected to be in the process of ceasing their star formation t... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly: galaxy morphology in the green valley, prominent rings, and looser spiral arms.

Horizons: nuclear astrophysics in the 2020s and beyond (2022)
Journal Article
Schatz, H., Becerril Reyes, A. D., Best, A., Brown, E. F., Chatziioannou, K., Chipps, K. A., …Pignatari, M. (2022). Horizons: nuclear astrophysics in the 2020s and beyond. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 49(11), Article 110502. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/ac8890

Nuclear astrophysics is a field at the intersection of nuclear physics and astrophysics, which seeks to understand the nuclear engines of astronomical objects and the origin of the chemical elements. This white paper summarizes progress and status of... Read More about Horizons: nuclear astrophysics in the 2020s and beyond.

Timescales and contribution of heating and helicity effect in helicity-dependent all-optical switching (2022)
Journal Article
Li, G.-Q., Zheng, X.-Y., Wang, J.-L., Lu, X.-Y., Wu, J., Cai, J.-W., …Xu, Y.-B. (2023). Timescales and contribution of heating and helicity effect in helicity-dependent all-optical switching. Rare Metals, 42(1), 234-243. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-022-02117-8

The heating and helicity effects induced by circularly polarized laser excitation are entangled in the helicity-dependent all-optical switching (HD-AOS), which hinders understanding the magnetization dynamics involved. Here, applying a dual-pump lase... Read More about Timescales and contribution of heating and helicity effect in helicity-dependent all-optical switching.

Bn2DT3A, a Chelator for 68Ga Positron Emission Tomography: Hydroxide Coordination Increases Biological Stability of [68Ga][Ga(Bn2DT3A)(OH)]− (2022)
Journal Article
Price, T. W., Renard, I., Prior, T. J., Kubíček, V., Benoit, D. M., Archibald, S. J., …Stasiuk, G. J. (2022). Bn2DT3A, a Chelator for 68Ga Positron Emission Tomography: Hydroxide Coordination Increases Biological Stability of [68Ga][Ga(Bn2DT3A)(OH)]−. Inorganic chemistry, 61(43), 17059–17067. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01992

The chelator Bn2DT3A was used to produce a novel 68Ga complex for positron emission tomography (PET). Unusually, this system is stabilized by a coordinated hydroxide in aqueous solutions above pH 5, which confers sufficient stability for it to be use... Read More about Bn2DT3A, a Chelator for 68Ga Positron Emission Tomography: Hydroxide Coordination Increases Biological Stability of [68Ga][Ga(Bn2DT3A)(OH)]−.

Consistent lensing and clustering in a low-S8 Universe with BOSS, DES Year 3, HSC Year 1, and KiDS-1000 (2022)
Journal Article
Amon, A., Robertson, N. C., Miyatake, †. H., Heymans, C., White, M., Derose, J., …Zhang, Y. (2023). Consistent lensing and clustering in a low-S8 Universe with BOSS, DES Year 3, HSC Year 1, and KiDS-1000. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518(1), 477-503. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2938

We evaluate the consistency between lensing and clustering based on measurements from BOSS combined with galaxy-galaxy lensing from DES-Y3, HSC-Y1, KiDS-1000. We find good agreement between these lensing datasets. We model the observations using the... Read More about Consistent lensing and clustering in a low-S8 Universe with BOSS, DES Year 3, HSC Year 1, and KiDS-1000.

Energy exchange dependent transient ferromagnetic like state of ultrafast magnetization dynamics (2022)
Journal Article
Gao, S., Liu, D., Zheng, T., Ostler, T., Chantrell, R., & Xu, C. (2022). Energy exchange dependent transient ferromagnetic like state of ultrafast magnetization dynamics. New Journal of Physics, 24(10), Article 103013. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac95ba

The study of laser-induced ultrafast magnetization dynamics is crucial for the development of information recording technology. Due to the complex mechanism, there is still a lack of comprehensive understanding for ultrafast magnetization dynamics. A... Read More about Energy exchange dependent transient ferromagnetic like state of ultrafast magnetization dynamics.

Formation and Morphology of the First Galaxies in the Cosmic Morning (2022)
Journal Article
Park, C., Lee, J., Kim, J., Jeong, D., Pichon, C., Gibson, B. K., …Few, C. G. (2022). Formation and Morphology of the First Galaxies in the Cosmic Morning. The Astrophysical journal, 937(1), https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac85b5

We investigate the formation and morphological evolution of the first galaxies in the cosmic morning (10 ≳ z ≳ 4) using the Horizon Run 5 (HR5) simulation. For galaxies above the stellar mass M ⋆ , min = 2 × 10 9 M ⊙ , we classify them into disk, sph... Read More about Formation and Morphology of the First Galaxies in the Cosmic Morning.

KiDS and Euclid: Cosmological implications of a pseudo angular power spectrum analysis of KiDS-1000 cosmic shear tomography (2022)
Journal Article
Loureiro, A., Whittaker, L., Spurio Mancini, A., Joachimi, B., Cuceu, A., Asgari, M., …Tereno, I. (2022). KiDS and Euclid: Cosmological implications of a pseudo angular power spectrum analysis of KiDS-1000 cosmic shear tomography. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 665, Article A56. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142481

We present a tomographic weak lensing analysis of the Kilo Degree Survey Data Release 4 (KiDS-1000), using a new pseudo angular power spectrum estimator (pseudo-C) under development for the ESA Euclid mission. Over 21 million galaxies with shape info... Read More about KiDS and Euclid: Cosmological implications of a pseudo angular power spectrum analysis of KiDS-1000 cosmic shear tomography.

A Temperature Dependent Micromagnetic Model of the Antiferromagnet Mn 2 Au: A Multiscale Approach (2022)
Journal Article
Hirst, J., Atxitia, U., Ruta, S., Jackson, J., Petit, L., & Ostler, T. (2022). A Temperature Dependent Micromagnetic Model of the Antiferromagnet Mn 2 Au: A Multiscale Approach. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 106(9), Article 094402. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.094402

Antiferromagnets (AFMs) are strong candidates for the future spintronic and memory applications largely because of their inherently fast dynamics and lack of stray fields, with Mn2Au being one of the most promising. For the numerical modelling of mag... Read More about A Temperature Dependent Micromagnetic Model of the Antiferromagnet Mn 2 Au: A Multiscale Approach.

Time in range following flash glucose monitoring: Relationship with glycaemic control, diabetes-related distress and resource utilisation in the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists national audit (2022)
Journal Article
Deshmukh, H., Wilmot, E., Pieri, B., Choudhary, P., Shah, N., Gregory, R., …Sathyapalan, T. (2022). Time in range following flash glucose monitoring: Relationship with glycaemic control, diabetes-related distress and resource utilisation in the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists national audit. Diabetic medicine, Article e14942. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14942

Aims: The aim of this study was to understand the relationship between time in range (TIR) achieved using the isCGM with changes in glycaemic control, diabetes-related distress (DRD) and resource utilisation in people living with diabetes. Methods: C... Read More about Time in range following flash glucose monitoring: Relationship with glycaemic control, diabetes-related distress and resource utilisation in the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists national audit.

Impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia: Prevalence and associated factors before and after FreeStyle Libre use in the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists audit (2022)
Journal Article
Pieri, B., Deshmukh, H., Wilmot, E. G., Choudhary, P., Shah, N., Gregory, R., …Sathyapalan, T. (2023). Impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia: Prevalence and associated factors before and after FreeStyle Libre use in the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists audit. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 25(1), 302-305. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.14841