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Impact of Ring-Closing on the Photophysical Properties of One-Dimensional π-Conjugated Molecular Aggregate (2024)
Journal Article
Takahashi, S., Matsumoto, T., Hollamby, M. J., Miyasaka, H., Vacha, M., Sotome, H., & Yagai, S. (in press). Impact of Ring-Closing on the Photophysical Properties of One-Dimensional π-Conjugated Molecular Aggregate. Journal of the American Chemical Society, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c11407

The self-assembled state of molecules plays a pivotal role in determining how inherent molecular properties transform and give rise to supramolecular functionalities and has long attracted attention. However, understanding the influence of morphologi... Read More about Impact of Ring-Closing on the Photophysical Properties of One-Dimensional π-Conjugated Molecular Aggregate.

The human factor: results of a small‐angle scattering data analysis round robin (2023)
Journal Article
Pauw, B. R., Smales, G. J., Anker, A. S., Annadurai, V., Balazs, D. M., Bienert, R., …Wuttke, J. (in press). The human factor: results of a small‐angle scattering data analysis round robin. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 56, 1618-1629. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600576723008324

A round‐robin study has been carried out to estimate the impact of the human element in small‐angle scattering data analysis. Four corrected datasets were provided to participants ready for analysis. All datasets were measured on samples containing s... Read More about The human factor: results of a small‐angle scattering data analysis round robin.

Supramolecular Polymer Polymorphism: Spontaneous Helix-Helicoid Transition through Dislocation of Hydrogen-Bonded π-Rosettes. (2023)
Journal Article
Otsuka, C., Takahashi, S., Isobe, A., Saito, T., Aizawa, T., Tsuchida, R., …Hollamby, M. J. (2023). Supramolecular Polymer Polymorphism: Spontaneous Helix-Helicoid Transition through Dislocation of Hydrogen-Bonded π-Rosettes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(41), 22563-22576. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c07556

Polymorphism, a phenomenon whereby disparate self-assembled products can be formed from identical molecules, has incited interest in the field of supramolecular polymers. Conventionally, the monomers that constitute supramolecular polymers are engine... Read More about Supramolecular Polymer Polymorphism: Spontaneous Helix-Helicoid Transition through Dislocation of Hydrogen-Bonded π-Rosettes..

Fine-tuning of the size of supramolecular nanotoroids suppresses the subsequent catenation of nano-[2]catenane (2023)
Journal Article
Itabashi, H., Datta, S., Tsukuda, R., Hollamby, M. J., & Yagai, S. (2023). Fine-tuning of the size of supramolecular nanotoroids suppresses the subsequent catenation of nano-[2]catenane. Chemical Science, 14(12), 3270 - 3276. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SC07063D

A judicious combination of ring-closing supramolecular polymerization and secondary nucleation can hierarchically organize a diphenylnaphthalene barbiturate monomer bearing a 3,4,5-tri(dodecyloxy)benzyloxy unit into self-assembled nano-polycatenanes... Read More about Fine-tuning of the size of supramolecular nanotoroids suppresses the subsequent catenation of nano-[2]catenane.

In Situ and Ex Situ X-ray Diffraction and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Investigations of the Sol-Gel Synthesis of Fe3N and Fe3C. (2022)
Journal Article
Chambers, M., Hunter, R., Hollamby, M., Pauw, B., Smith, A., Snow, T., …Schnepp, Z. (2022). In Situ and Ex Situ X-ray Diffraction and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Investigations of the Sol-Gel Synthesis of Fe3N and Fe3C. Inorganic Chemistry, 61(18), 6742-6749. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03442

Iron nitride (Fe3N) and iron carbide (Fe3C) nanoparticles can be prepared via sol-gel synthesis. While sol-gel methods are simple, it can be difficult to control the crystalline composition, i.e., to achieve a Rietveld-pure product. In a previous in... Read More about In Situ and Ex Situ X-ray Diffraction and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Investigations of the Sol-Gel Synthesis of Fe3N and Fe3C..

Non-uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers. (2021)
Journal Article
Tashiro, K., Katayama, K., Tamaki, K., Pesce, L., Shimizu, N., Takagi, H., …Yagai, S. (2021). Non-uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60(52), 26986-26993. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202110224

Synthesis of one-dimensional nanofibers with distinct topological (higher-order structural) domains in the same main chain is one of the challenging topics in modern supramolecular polymer chemistry. Non-uniform structural transformation of supramole... Read More about Non-uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers..

Non‐uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers (2021)
Journal Article
Tashiro, K., Katayama, K., Tamaki, K., Pesce, L., Shimizu, N., Takagi, H., …Yagai, S. (2021). Non‐uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers. Angewandte Chemie, 133(52), 27192-27199. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202110224

AbstractSynthesis of one‐dimensional nanofibers with distinct topological (higher‐order structural) domains in the same main chain is one of the challenging topics in modern supramolecular polymer chemistry. Non‐uniform structural transformation of s... Read More about Non‐uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers.

Diarylethene-Powered Light-Induced Folding of Supramolecular Polymers. (2021)
Journal Article
Fukushima, T., Tamaki, K., Isobe, A., Hirose, T., Shimizu, N., Takagi, H., …Yagai, S. (2021). Diarylethene-Powered Light-Induced Folding of Supramolecular Polymers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143(15), 5845 - 5854. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c00592

Helical folding of randomly coiled linear polymers is an essential organization process not only for biological polypeptides but also for synthetic functional polymers. Realization of this dynamic process in supramolecular polymers (SPs) is, however,... Read More about Diarylethene-Powered Light-Induced Folding of Supramolecular Polymers..

Developing the Scientific Reporting Skills of Chemistry Students (2020)
Book Chapter
McGarvey, D., Beaumont, K., Capel, N., Hancock, L., Haxton, K., Hollamby, M., …Plana, D. (2020). Developing the Scientific Reporting Skills of Chemistry Students. In On Your Marks: Learner-Focused Feedback Practices and Feedback Literacy. Advance HE

Laboratory Safety for Undergraduate Chemistry Students (2020)
Book Chapter
Hancock, L. M., Hollamby, M. J., & Jones, G. R. (2020). Laboratory Safety for Undergraduate Chemistry Students. In Challenges for Health and Safety in Higher Education and Research Organisations (111-141). Royal Society of Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781839162497-00111

From our perspective as chemistry lecturers our primary goal is to graduate trained chemists who can enter into employment or research degrees and can operate safely within a laboratory; the sort of chemist whose first thought is ‘how do I carry out... Read More about Laboratory Safety for Undergraduate Chemistry Students.