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Growing spherulitic calcite grains in saline, hyperalkaline lakes: experimental evaluation of the effects of Mg-clays and organic acids (2016)
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Mercedes-Martín, R., Rogerson, M., Brasier, A., Vonhof, H., Prior, T., Fellows, S., …Pedley, H. (2016). Growing spherulitic calcite grains in saline, hyperalkaline lakes: experimental evaluation of the effects of Mg-clays and organic acids. Sedimentary Geology, 335, 93-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2016.02.008

The origin of spherical-radial calcite bodies - spherulites - in sublacustrine, hyperalkaline and saline systems is unclear, and therefore their palaeoenvironmental significance as allochems is disputed. Here, we experimentally investigate two hypoth... Read More about Growing spherulitic calcite grains in saline, hyperalkaline lakes: experimental evaluation of the effects of Mg-clays and organic acids.

On-chip acoustophoretic isolation of microflora including S. typhimurium from raw chicken, beef and blood samples (2016)
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Ngamsom, B., Lopez-Martinez, M. J., Raymond, J., Broyer, P., Patel, P., & Pamme, N. (2016). On-chip acoustophoretic isolation of microflora including S. typhimurium from raw chicken, beef and blood samples. Journal of microbiological methods, 123, 79-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2016.01.016

Pathogen analysis in food samples routinely involves lengthy growth-based pre-enrichment and selective enrichment of food matrices to increase the ratio of pathogen to background flora. Similarly, for blood culture analysis, pathogens must be isolate... Read More about On-chip acoustophoretic isolation of microflora including S. typhimurium from raw chicken, beef and blood samples.

Lab-on-a-chip workshop activities for secondary school students (2016)
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Esfahani, M. M. N., Tarn, M. D., Choudhury, T. A., Hewitt, L. C., Mayo, A. J., Rubin, T. A., …Pamme, N. (2016). Lab-on-a-chip workshop activities for secondary school students. Biomicrofluidics, 10(1), Article 011301. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940884

The ability to engage and inspire younger generations in novel areas of science is important for bringing new researchers into a burgeoning field, such as lab-on-a-chip. We recently held a lab-on-a-chip workshop for secondary school students, for whi... Read More about Lab-on-a-chip workshop activities for secondary school students.

Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of a new photoactive hydrogel against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria (2016)
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Spagnul, C., Greenman, J., Wainwright, M., Kamil, Z., & Boyle, R. W. (2016). Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of a new photoactive hydrogel against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 4(8), 1499-1509. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5tb02569a

© 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2013, the World Health Organization reported that 884 million people lack access to clean potable water. Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) is a very promising alternative to conventional antibiot... Read More about Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of a new photoactive hydrogel against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

Mono- and bis-alkylation of glyoxal-bridged tetraazamacrocycles using mechanochemistry (2016)
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Abdulwahaab, B. H., Burke, B. P., Domarkas, J., Silversides, J. D., Prior, T. J., & Archibald, S. J. (2016). Mono- and bis-alkylation of glyoxal-bridged tetraazamacrocycles using mechanochemistry. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 81(3), 890-898. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5b02464

Glyoxal-bridged bisaminal tetraazamacrocyclic derivatives of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane (cyclen) and 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (cyclam) can be N-functionalized to incorporate coordinating groups or for conjugation to biomolecules. Herein,... Read More about Mono- and bis-alkylation of glyoxal-bridged tetraazamacrocycles using mechanochemistry.

A pyrene-functionalized triazole-linked hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene as a fluorescent chemosensor for Zn²⁺ ions (2016)
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Wu, C., Ikejiri, Y., Zhao, J., Jiang, X., Ni, X., Zeng, X., …Yamato, T. (2016). A pyrene-functionalized triazole-linked hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene as a fluorescent chemosensor for Zn²⁺ ions. Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, 228(2 June), 480-485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.01.051

A new pyrenyl appended hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene L featuring 1,2,3-triazole linkers was synthesized as a fluorescent chemosensor for Zn²⁺ in mixed aqueous media. It exhibited high affinity toward Zn²⁺, and the monomer and excimer emission of the py... Read More about A pyrene-functionalized triazole-linked hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene as a fluorescent chemosensor for Zn²⁺ ions.

Design, synthesis and RAFT polymerisation of a quinoline-based monomer for use in metal-binding composite microfibers (2016)
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Isakova, A., Efremova, O., Pullan, N., Lüer, L., & Topham, P. D. (2016). Design, synthesis and RAFT polymerisation of a quinoline-based monomer for use in metal-binding composite microfibers. RSC advances, 6(8), 6598-6606. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra25551a

Metal-binding polymer fibres have attracted major attention for diverse applications in membranes for metal sequestration from waste waters, non-woven wound dressings, matrices for photocatalysis, and many more. This paper reports the design and synt... Read More about Design, synthesis and RAFT polymerisation of a quinoline-based monomer for use in metal-binding composite microfibers.

A matrix isolation and computational study of molecular palladium fluorides : does PdF₆ exist? (2016)
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Wilson, A. V., Nguyen, T., Brosi, F., Wang, X., Andrews, L., Riedel, S., …Young, N. A. (2016). A matrix isolation and computational study of molecular palladium fluorides : does PdF₆ exist?. Inorganic chemistry, 55(3), 1108-1123. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02273

Palladium atoms generated by thermal evaporation and laser ablation were reacted with and trapped in F₂ /Ar, F₂ /Ne, and neat F₂ matrices. The products were characterized by electronic absorption and infrared spectroscopy, together with relativistic... Read More about A matrix isolation and computational study of molecular palladium fluorides : does PdF₆ exist?.

Pickering emulsions stabilized by hydrophilic nanoparticles: in situ surface modification by oil (2016)
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Binks, B. P., & Yin, D. (2016). Pickering emulsions stabilized by hydrophilic nanoparticles: in situ surface modification by oil. Soft matter, 12(32), 6858-6867. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6SM01214K

We propose a novel route for the stabilization of oil-in-water Pickering emulsions using inherently hydrophilic nanoparticles. In the case of dialkyl adipate oils, in situ hydrophobisation of the particles by dissolved oil molecules in the aqueous ph... Read More about Pickering emulsions stabilized by hydrophilic nanoparticles: in situ surface modification by oil.

Functionalization of Pyrene To Prepare Luminescent Materials—Typical Examples of Synthetic Methodology (2016)
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Feng, X., Hu, J. Y., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2016). Functionalization of Pyrene To Prepare Luminescent Materials—Typical Examples of Synthetic Methodology. Chemistry: a European journal, 22(34), 11898-11916. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201600465

Pyrene-based π-conjugated materials are considered to be an ideal organic electro-luminescence material for application in semiconductor devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) and organic phot... Read More about Functionalization of Pyrene To Prepare Luminescent Materials—Typical Examples of Synthetic Methodology.

The stabilisation of the Nx phase in mixtures (2016)
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Ramou, E., Ahmed, Z., Welch, C., Karahaliou, P. K., & Mehl, G. H. (2016). The stabilisation of the Nx phase in mixtures. Soft matter, 12(3), 888-899. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5sm01961c

The phase behaviour of mixtures between two symmetric dimers, CBC9CB and the ether-linked analogue CBOC9OCB was investigated by Polarizing Optical Microscopy (POM), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) studies. The dime... Read More about The stabilisation of the Nx phase in mixtures.