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Multiple phase inversion of emulsions stabilized by in situ surface activation of CaCO3 Nanoparticles via Adsorption of Fatty Acids (2011)
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Cui, Z. -., Cui, C. -., Zhu, Y., & Binks, B. P. (2012). Multiple phase inversion of emulsions stabilized by in situ surface activation of CaCO3 Nanoparticles via Adsorption of Fatty Acids. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 28(1), 314-320. https://doi.org/10.1021/la204021v

The in situ surface activation of raw CaCO3 nanoparticles by interaction with a series of sodium carboxylates of chain length between 6 and 12 as well as sodium 2-ethylhexylsulfosuccinate (AOT) was studied, and the impact of this on the stabilization... Read More about Multiple phase inversion of emulsions stabilized by in situ surface activation of CaCO3 Nanoparticles via Adsorption of Fatty Acids.

Reply to “Analysis of NO and its metabolites by mass spectrometry. Comment on ‘Detection of nitric oxide in tissue samples by ESI-MS’” (2011)
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Zheng, S., Webster, A., Zheng, S., Welham, K. J., Dyer, C. E., Greenman, J., …Haswell, S. J. (2011). Reply to “Analysis of NO and its metabolites by mass spectrometry. Comment on ‘Detection of nitric oxide in tissue samples by ESI-MS’”. Analyst, 136(2), 411-411. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0an00729c

Comment by Tsikas et al. (Analyst, 2011, DOI: 10.1039/c0an00411a) on the preliminary work by Shen and colleagues (Analyst, 2010, 135, 302) describing the use of ESI-MS/MS for the detection of methylpiperazinobenzenediamine, as a probe for NO in tissu... Read More about Reply to “Analysis of NO and its metabolites by mass spectrometry. Comment on ‘Detection of nitric oxide in tissue samples by ESI-MS’”.

High internal phase emulsions: Catastrophic phase inversion, stability, and triggered destabilization (2011)
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Dunstan, T. S., Fletcher, P. D., & Mashinchi, S. (2012). High internal phase emulsions: Catastrophic phase inversion, stability, and triggered destabilization. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 28(1), 339-349. https://doi.org/10.1021/la204104m

We have investigated the formation, drop sizes, and stability of emulsions prepared by hand shaking in a closed vessel in which the emulsion is in contact with a single type of surface during its formation. The emulsions undergo catastrophic phase in... Read More about High internal phase emulsions: Catastrophic phase inversion, stability, and triggered destabilization.

Using high pressure to prepare polymorphs of the Ba2Co1-xZnxS3(0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) compounds (2011)
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Mezzadri, F., Gilioli, E., Calestani, G., Migliori, A., Harrison, M. R., Headspith, D. A., & Francesconi, M. G. (2012). Using high pressure to prepare polymorphs of the Ba2Co1-xZnxS3(0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) compounds. Inorganic chemistry, 51(1), 397-404. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic201773e

In this work, high pressure was used as a tool to induce structural transition and prepare metastable polymorphs of ternary sulfides. Structural transformations under high pressure of compounds belonging to the Ba 2 Co 1-x Zn x S 3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) seri... Read More about Using high pressure to prepare polymorphs of the Ba2Co1-xZnxS3(0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) compounds.

Synthesis, characterization and ethylene oligomerization behavior of N-(2-alkyl-5,6,7-trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)arylaminonickel(II) dichlorides (2011)
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Chai, W., Yu, J., Wang, L., Hu, X., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2012). Synthesis, characterization and ethylene oligomerization behavior of N-(2-alkyl-5,6,7-trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)arylaminonickel(II) dichlorides. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 385, 21-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2011.12.008

A series of N-(2-alkyl-5,6,7-trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)arylaminonickel(II) dichloride complexes were synthesized in a one-pot reaction with nickel dichloride. All nickel complexes were characterized by elemental and spectroscopic analysis. The molec... Read More about Synthesis, characterization and ethylene oligomerization behavior of N-(2-alkyl-5,6,7-trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)arylaminonickel(II) dichlorides.

Mokken scaling analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in individuals with cardiovascular disease (2011)
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Cosco, T. D., Doyle, F., Watson, R., Ward, M., & McGee, H. (2012). Mokken scaling analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in individuals with cardiovascular disease. General hospital psychiatry, 34(2), 167-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.11.005

Objective: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a prolifically used scale of anxiety and depression. The original bidimensional anxiety-depression latent structure of the HADS has come under significant scrutiny, with previous studies... Read More about Mokken scaling analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in individuals with cardiovascular disease.

N-(5,6,7-Trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)-2-benzhydrylbenzenaminonickel halide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene polymerization (2011)
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Hou, X., Cai, Z., Chen, X., Wang, L., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2012). N-(5,6,7-Trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)-2-benzhydrylbenzenaminonickel halide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene polymerization. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 41(5), 1617-1623. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1dt11766a

A series of N-(5,6,7-trihydroquinolinylidene)-2-benzhydrylbenzenamine ligands was synthesized and characterized by 1H/ 13C NMR and IR spectroscopy, and by elemental analysis. These ligands reacted with NiCl 2 or NiBr 2(DME) to form the title halide c... Read More about N-(5,6,7-Trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)-2-benzhydrylbenzenaminonickel halide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene polymerization.

Investigating students' success in solving and attitudes towards context-rich open-ended problems in chemistry (2011)
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Overton, T. L., & Potter, N. M. (2011). Investigating students' success in solving and attitudes towards context-rich open-ended problems in chemistry. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 12(3), 294-302. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1rp90036f

Much research has been carried out on how students solve algorithmic and structured problems in chemistry. This study is concerned with how students solve open-ended, ill-defined problems in chemistry. Over 200 undergraduate chemistry students solved... Read More about Investigating students' success in solving and attitudes towards context-rich open-ended problems in chemistry.

Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior of nickel dihalide complexes bearing bulky unsymmetrical α-diimine ligands (2011)
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Liu, H., Zhao, W., Yu, J., Yang, W., Hao, X., Redshaw, C., …Sun, W. H. (2012). Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior of nickel dihalide complexes bearing bulky unsymmetrical α-diimine ligands. Catalysis science & technology, 2012(2), 415-422. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cy00319d

A series of nickel(ii) dihalide complexes (C1-C10) bearing unsymmetrical α-diimine ligands of the type 2,4-dibenzhydryl-N-(2- phenyliminoacenaphthylenylidene)-6-methylbenzenamine (L1-L5) were synthesized and fully characterized. Single-crystal X-ray... Read More about Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior of nickel dihalide complexes bearing bulky unsymmetrical α-diimine ligands.

Cellular uptake of a fluorescent vanadyl sulfonylcalix[4]arene (2011)
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Redshaw, C., Elsegood, M. R. J., Wright, J. A., Baillie-Johnson, H., Yamato, T., Giovanni, S. D., & Mueller, A. (2012). Cellular uptake of a fluorescent vanadyl sulfonylcalix[4]arene. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 48(8), 1129-1131. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc16480a

Vanadyl bearing calix[4]arene ligands have undergone evaluation against several cell lines, and show varying degrees of toxicity. For vanadyl complexed to a sulfonylcalix[4]arene, monitoring of the strong blue fluorescence revealed slow uptake kineti... Read More about Cellular uptake of a fluorescent vanadyl sulfonylcalix[4]arene.

Controlling the ethylene polymerization parameters in iron pre-catalysts of the type 2-[1-(2,4-dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino) ethyl] pyridyliron dichloride (2011)
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Zhao, W., Yu, J., Song, S., Yang, W., Liu, H., Hao, X., …Sun, W. H. (2012). Controlling the ethylene polymerization parameters in iron pre-catalysts of the type 2-[1-(2,4-dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino) ethyl] pyridyliron dichloride. Polymer, 53(1), 130-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2011.11.024

The ligand series 2-[1-(2,4-dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1- (arylimino)ethyl]pyridines and the iron(II) chloride complexes thereof have been synthesized and characterized by elemental and spectroscopic analyses. The molecular structures... Read More about Controlling the ethylene polymerization parameters in iron pre-catalysts of the type 2-[1-(2,4-dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino) ethyl] pyridyliron dichloride.

Ferroelectricity in liquid crystals—materials, properties and applications (2011)
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Hird, M. (2011). Ferroelectricity in liquid crystals—materials, properties and applications. Liquid crystals, 38(11-12), 1467-1493. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2011.625126

Molecular chirality confers the necessary reduced symmetry to tilted smectic liquid crystals and disordered crystals to generate ferroelectric properties. By definition, ferroelectrics are materials that possess a spontaneous polarisation in the abse... Read More about Ferroelectricity in liquid crystals—materials, properties and applications.

Dimroth-type rearrangement of 1-benzyl- and 1-glycosyl-5-aminoimidazoles to 4-(N-substituted amino)imidazoles (2011)
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Costanzi, S., Rouse, S. P., Vanbaelinghem, L., Prior, T., Ewing, D. F., Boa, A. N., & Mackenzie, G. (2012). Dimroth-type rearrangement of 1-benzyl- and 1-glycosyl-5-aminoimidazoles to 4-(N-substituted amino)imidazoles. Tetrahedron letters; the international organ for the rapid publication of preliminary communications in organic chemistry, 53(4), 412-415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.11.058

An efficient route is described to an unusual exocyclic 4-β-d-ribofuranosyl-aminoimidazole nucleoside, related 4-N-benzylaminoimidazoles and imidazole analogues of precursors in the de novo biosynthesis of purines, via a regiospecific and stereoselec... Read More about Dimroth-type rearrangement of 1-benzyl- and 1-glycosyl-5-aminoimidazoles to 4-(N-substituted amino)imidazoles.

2-(1-Arylimino)quinolylnickel halides: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene (2011)
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Song, S., Xiao, T., Wang, L., Redshaw, C., Wang, F., & Sun, W. H. (2012). 2-(1-Arylimino)quinolylnickel halides: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene. Journal of organometallic chemistry, 699, 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2011.11.001

A series of 2-(1-arylimino)quinolylnickel halides were synthesized and characterized by IR and elemental analyses. Distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometries are adopted for the nickel complexes C1, C4, C7 and C11 as crystallized from either DMF or me... Read More about 2-(1-Arylimino)quinolylnickel halides: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene.

Pickering emulsions stabilized by surface-modified Fe3O4 nanoparticles (2011)
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Zhou, J., Wang, L., Qiao, X., Binks, B. P., & Sun, K. (2012). Pickering emulsions stabilized by surface-modified Fe3O4 nanoparticles. Journal of colloid and interface science, 367(1), 213-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2011.11.001

Unmodified Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles do not stabilize Pickering emulsions of a polar oil like butyl butyrate. In order to obtain stable emulsions, the Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles were modified by either carboxylic acid (RCOOH) or silane coupling agents (RSi(... Read More about Pickering emulsions stabilized by surface-modified Fe3O4 nanoparticles.

Synthesis and characterization of dialkylaluminum amidates and their ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone (2011)
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Zhang, W., Wang, Y., Cao, J., Wang, L., Pan, Y., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2011). Synthesis and characterization of dialkylaluminum amidates and their ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone. Organometallics, 30(22), 6253-6261. https://doi.org/10.1021/om2008343

The stoichiometric reactions of N-(2-methylquinolin-8-yl) (R)amides (L1-L8; L1, R = Ph; L2, R = p-FPh; L3, R = p-ClPh; L4, R = p-(MeO)Ph; L5, R = o-MePh; L6, R = p-MePh; L7, R = Me; L8, R = CF3) with Me3Al afforded the corresponding dimethylaluminum... Read More about Synthesis and characterization of dialkylaluminum amidates and their ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone.

Integrated DNA extraction and amplification using electrokinetic pumping in a microfluidic device (2011)
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Parton, J., Birch, C., Kemp, C., Haswell, S. J., Pamme, N., & Shaw, K. J. (2012). Integrated DNA extraction and amplification using electrokinetic pumping in a microfluidic device. Analytical Methods, 4(1), 96-100. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1ay05552f

An integrated system employing anion exchange for the extraction of DNA from biological samples prior to polymerase chain reaction DNA amplification has been developed, based on microfluidic methodology utilising electrokinetic pumping. In this syste... Read More about Integrated DNA extraction and amplification using electrokinetic pumping in a microfluidic device.

Controlled silanization of silica nanoparticles to stabilize foams, climbing films, and liquid marbles (2011)
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Fletcher, P. D. I., & Holt, B. L. (2011). Controlled silanization of silica nanoparticles to stabilize foams, climbing films, and liquid marbles. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 27(21), 12869-12876. https://doi.org/10.1021/la2028725

We describe a method for the synthesis of multigram amounts of silica nanoparticles which are controllably hydrophobized to different extents using a room temperature vapor phase silanization process. The extent of hydrophobization of the particles c... Read More about Controlled silanization of silica nanoparticles to stabilize foams, climbing films, and liquid marbles.

Dynamic nuclear polarization-enhanced solid-state NMR of a 13C-labeled signal peptide bound to lipid-reconstituted sec translocon (2011)
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Reggie, L., Lopez, J. J., Collinson, I., Glaubitz, C., & Lorch, M. (2011). Dynamic nuclear polarization-enhanced solid-state NMR of a 13C-labeled signal peptide bound to lipid-reconstituted sec translocon. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(47), 19084-19086. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja209378h

Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) has made it possible to record 2D double-quantum-filtered (DQF) solid-state NMR (ssNMR) spectra of a signal peptide bound to a lipid-reconstituted SecYEG translocon complex. The small quantity of peptide in the sampl... Read More about Dynamic nuclear polarization-enhanced solid-state NMR of a 13C-labeled signal peptide bound to lipid-reconstituted sec translocon.