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The vibrational properties of benzene on an ordered water ice surface (2021)
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Clark, V. H., & Benoit, D. M. (2021). The vibrational properties of benzene on an ordered water ice surface. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508(3), 3239-3250. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2670

We present a hybrid CCSD(T) + PBE-D3 approach to calculating the vibrational signatures for gas-phase benzene and benzene adsorbed on an ordered water ice surface. We compare the results of our method against experimentally recorded spectra and calcu... Read More about The vibrational properties of benzene on an ordered water ice surface.

Impaired Awareness of Hypoglycemia and Severe Hypoglycemia in Drivers With Diabetes: Insights From the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists Nationwide Audit (2021)
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Deshmukh, H., Wilmot, E. G., Choudhary, P., Narendran, P., Shah, N., Barnes, D., …Sathyapalan, T. (2021). Impaired Awareness of Hypoglycemia and Severe Hypoglycemia in Drivers With Diabetes: Insights From the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists Nationwide Audit. Diabetes Care, 44(11), e190-e191. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc21-1181

The Gaia-ESO Survey: A new approach to chemically characterising young open clusters (2021)
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Baratella, M., D'Orazi, V., Sheminova, V., Spina, L., Carraro, G., Gratton, R., …Zaggia, S. (2021). The Gaia-ESO Survey: A new approach to chemically characterising young open clusters. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 653, Article A67. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141069

Context. Young open clusters (ages of less than 200 Myr) have been observed to exhibit several peculiarities in their chemical compositions. These anomalies include a slightly sub-solar iron content, super-solar abundances of some atomic species (e.g... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: A new approach to chemically characterising young open clusters.

Pulsars with NenuFAR: Backend and pipelines (2021)
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Bondonneau, L., Grießmeier, J. M., Theureau, G., Cognard, I., Brionne, M., Kondratiev, V., …Tasse, C. (2021). Pulsars with NenuFAR: Backend and pipelines. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 652, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039339

Context. NenuFAR (New extension in Nançay upgrading LOFAR) is a new radio telescope developed and built on the site of the Nançay Radio Observatory. It is designed to observe the largely unexplored frequency window from 10 to 85 MHz, offering a high... Read More about Pulsars with NenuFAR: Backend and pipelines.

Polymer/TiO2Nanorod Nanocomposite Optical Memristor Device (2021)
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Jaafar, A. H., Al Chawa, M. M., Cheng, F., Kelly, S. M., Picos, R., Tetzlaff, R., & Kemp, N. T. (2021). Polymer/TiO2Nanorod Nanocomposite Optical Memristor Device. Journal of physical chemistry. C, 125(27), 14965–14973. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02799

Modulation of resistive switching memory by light opens the route to new optoelectronic devices that can be controlled both optically and electronically. Applications include integrated circuits with memory elements switchable by light and neuromorph... Read More about Polymer/TiO2Nanorod Nanocomposite Optical Memristor Device.

A Tutorial on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and Nanogap Electrodes for Biosensing Applications (2021)
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Kemp, N. T. (2021). A Tutorial on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and Nanogap Electrodes for Biosensing Applications. IEEE sensors journal, https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3084284

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) is a powerful measurement technique used by scientists and engineers to characterize and understand the interfacial behavior of liquid-solid interfaces. Such investigations are important in numerous applic... Read More about A Tutorial on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and Nanogap Electrodes for Biosensing Applications.

Polarization tuning of an H1 organic–inorganic nano-cavity (2021)
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Murshidy, M. M., Adawi, A. M., Fry, P. W., & Lidzey, D. G. (2021). Polarization tuning of an H1 organic–inorganic nano-cavity. Journal of applied physics, 129(20), Article 203103. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0050458

We investigate the optical properties of the dipole-like modes of an H1 nano-cavity consisting of a single missing airhole imbedded into a triangular two-dimensional silicon nitride (Si3N4) based photonic crystal coated with a red-fluorescent molecul... Read More about Polarization tuning of an H1 organic–inorganic nano-cavity.

Ocean Acidification Amplifies the Olfactory Response to 2-Phenylethylamine: Altered Cue Reception as a Mechanistic Pathway? (2021)
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Hardege, J. D., Schirrmacher, P., Roggatz, C. C., & Benoit, D. M. (in press). Ocean Acidification Amplifies the Olfactory Response to 2-Phenylethylamine: Altered Cue Reception as a Mechanistic Pathway?. Journal of Chemical Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-021-01276-9

With carbon dioxide (CO2) levels rising dramatically, climate change threatens marine environments. Due to increasing CO2 concentrations in the ocean, pH levels are expected to drop by 0.4 units by the end of the century. There is an urgent need to u... Read More about Ocean Acidification Amplifies the Olfactory Response to 2-Phenylethylamine: Altered Cue Reception as a Mechanistic Pathway?.

Chronologically dating the early assembly of the Milky Way (2021)
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Montalbán, J., Mackereth, J. T., Miglio, A., Vincenzo, F., Chiappini, C., Buldgen, G., …Chaplin, W. J. (2021). Chronologically dating the early assembly of the Milky Way. Nature Astronomy, 5(7), 640-647. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01347-7

The standard cosmological model predicts that galaxies are built through hierarchical assembly on cosmological timescales1,2. The Milky Way, like other disk galaxies, underwent violent mergers and accretion of small satellite galaxies in its early hi... Read More about Chronologically dating the early assembly of the Milky Way.

New Experimental 23Na(α, p)26Mg Reaction Rate for Massive Star and Type Ia Supernova Models (2021)
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Fynbo, H. O., Diget, C. A., Hubbard, N. J., Diget, C. A., Fox, S. P., Fynbo, H. O. U., …Tomlinson, J. R. (2021). New Experimental 23Na(α, p)26Mg Reaction Rate for Massive Star and Type Ia Supernova Models. The Astrophysical journal, 912(1), 59. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abee91

The 23Na(α, p)26Mg reaction has been identified as having a significant impact on the nucleosynthesis of several nuclei between Ne and Ti in Type Ia supernovae, and of 23Na and 26Al in massive stars. The reaction has been subjected to renewed experim... Read More about New Experimental 23Na(α, p)26Mg Reaction Rate for Massive Star and Type Ia Supernova Models.

New experimental 23Na(α,p)26Mg Reaction Rate for Massive Star and Type-Ia Supernova models (2021)
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J. Hubbard, N., Aa. Diget, C., P. Fox, S., O. U. Fynbo, H., M. Howard, A., S. Kirsebom, O., M. Laird, A., Munch, M., Parikh, A., Pignatari, M., & R. Tomlinson, J. (2021). New experimental 23Na(α,p)26Mg Reaction Rate for Massive Star and Type-Ia Supernova models. The Astrophysical journal, 912(1), Article 59. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abee91

The 23Na(α,p)26Mg reaction has been identified as having a significant impact on the nucleosynthesis of several nuclei between Ne and Ti in type-Ia supernovae, and of 23Na and 26Al in massive stars. The reaction has been subjected to renewed experime... Read More about New experimental 23Na(α,p)26Mg Reaction Rate for Massive Star and Type-Ia Supernova models.

Effect of treatment planning system parameters on beam modulation complexity for treatment plans with single-layer multi-leaf collimator and dual-layer stacked multi-leaf collimator (2021)
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Quintero, P., Cheng, Y., Benoit, D., Moore, C., & Beavis, A. (2021). Effect of treatment planning system parameters on beam modulation complexity for treatment plans with single-layer multi-leaf collimator and dual-layer stacked multi-leaf collimator. British Journal of Radiology, 94(1122), Article 20201011. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20201011

OBJECTIVE: High levels of beam modulation complexity (MC) and monitor units (MU) can compromise the plan deliverability of intensity-modulated radiotherapy treatments. Our study evaluates the effect of three treatment planning system (TPS) parameters... Read More about Effect of treatment planning system parameters on beam modulation complexity for treatment plans with single-layer multi-leaf collimator and dual-layer stacked multi-leaf collimator.

Adsorption trajectories of nonspherical particles at liquid interfaces (2021)
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Buzza, D. M. A., Stasiuk, G. J., Horozov, T. S., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J.-S. G., Lowe, C., …Morgan, S. O. (2021). Adsorption trajectories of nonspherical particles at liquid interfaces. Physical Review E, 103(4), Article 042604. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.042604

The adsorption of colloidal particles at liquid interfaces is of great importance scientifically and industrially, but the dynamics of the adsorption process is still poorly understood. In this paper we use a Langevin model to study the adsorption dy... Read More about Adsorption trajectories of nonspherical particles at liquid interfaces.

HAYDN: High-precision AsteroseismologY of DeNse stellar fields (2021)
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Miglio, A., Girardi, L., Grundahl, F., Mosser, B., Bastian, N., Bragaglia, A., …Vincenzo, F. (2021). HAYDN: High-precision AsteroseismologY of DeNse stellar fields. Experimental astronomy, 51(3), 963-1001. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-021-09711-1

In the last decade, the Kepler and CoRoT space-photometry missions have demonstrated the potential of asteroseismology as a novel, versatile and powerful tool to perform exquisite tests of stellar physics, and to enable precise and accurate character... Read More about HAYDN: High-precision AsteroseismologY of DeNse stellar fields.

Mode Engineering in Large Arrays of Coupled Plasmonic–Dielectric Nanoantennas (2021)
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Córdova‐Castro, R. M., Krasavin, A. V., Nasir, M. E., Wang, P., Bouillard, J. S. G., McPolin, C. P. T., & Zayats, A. V. (in press). Mode Engineering in Large Arrays of Coupled Plasmonic–Dielectric Nanoantennas. Advanced Optical Materials, Article 2001467. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202001467

Strong electromagnetic field confinement and enhancement can be readily achieved in plasmonic nanoantennas, however, this is considerably more difficult to realize over large areas, which is essential for many applications. Here, dispersion engineeri... Read More about Mode Engineering in Large Arrays of Coupled Plasmonic–Dielectric Nanoantennas.

APOGEE DR16: A multi-zone chemical evolution model for the Galactic disc based on MCMC methods (2021)
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Spitoni, E., Verma, K., Silva Aguirre, V., Vincenzo, F., Matteucci, F., Vaičekauskaitė, B., …Calura, F. (2021). APOGEE DR16: A multi-zone chemical evolution model for the Galactic disc based on MCMC methods. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 647, Article A73. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039864

Context. The analysis of the latest release of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment project (APOGEE DR16) data suggests the existence of a clear distinction between two sequences of disc stars at different Galactocentric distanc... Read More about APOGEE DR16: A multi-zone chemical evolution model for the Galactic disc based on MCMC methods.

Unifying femtosecond and picosecond single-pulse magnetic switching in Gd-Fe-Co (2021)
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Jakobs, F., Ostler, T. A., Lambert, C. H., Yang, Y., Salahuddin, S., Wilson, R. B., …Atxitia, U. (2021). Unifying femtosecond and picosecond single-pulse magnetic switching in Gd-Fe-Co. Physical Review B, 103(10), Article 104422. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.104422

Many questions are still open regarding the physical mechanisms behind the magnetic switching in Gd-Fe-Co alloys by single optical pulses. Phenomenological models suggest a femtosecond scale exchange relaxation between sublattice magnetization as the... Read More about Unifying femtosecond and picosecond single-pulse magnetic switching in Gd-Fe-Co.

129I and 247Cm in meteorites constrain the last astrophysical source of solar r-process elements (2021)
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Côté, B., Eichler, M., Yagüe, A., Vassh, N., R. Mumpower, M., Világos, B., Soós, B., Arcones, A., M. Sprouse, T., Surman, R., Pignatari, M., Pető, M. K., Wehmeyer, B., Rauscher, T., & Lugaro, M. (2021). 129I and 247Cm in meteorites constrain the last astrophysical source of solar r-process elements. Science, 371(6532), 945-948. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba1111

Meteoritic analysis demonstrates that radioactive nuclei heavier than iron were present in the early Solar System. Among them, $^{129}$I and $^{247}$Cm both have a rapid neutron-capture process ($r$ process) origin and decay on the same timescale ($\... Read More about 129I and 247Cm in meteorites constrain the last astrophysical source of solar r-process elements.

NIR-quantum dots in biomedical imaging and their future (2021)
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Gil, H. M., Price, T. W., Chelani, K., Bouillard, J. S. G., Calaminus, S. D., & Stasiuk, G. J. (2021). NIR-quantum dots in biomedical imaging and their future. iScience, 24(3), Article 102189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102189

Fluorescence imaging has gathered interest over the recent years for its real-time response and high sensitivity. Developing probes for this modality has proven to be a challenge. Quantum dots (QDs) are colloidal nanoparticles that possess unique opt... Read More about NIR-quantum dots in biomedical imaging and their future.

Project ThaiPASS: international outreach blending astronomy and Python (2021)
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Keegans, J. D., Stancliffe, R. J., Bilton, L. E., Cashmore, C. R., Gibson, B. K., Kristensen, M. T., Lawson, T. V., Pignatari, M., Vaezzadeh, I., Côté, B., & Chongchitnan, S. (2021). Project ThaiPASS: international outreach blending astronomy and Python. Physics Education, 56(3), Article 035001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/abdae7

We present our outreach program, the Thailand–UK Python+Astronomy Summer School (ThaiPASS), a collaborative project comprising UK and Thai institutions and assess its impact and possible application to schools in the United Kingdom. Since its incepti... Read More about Project ThaiPASS: international outreach blending astronomy and Python.