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The contribution of the major planet search surveys to EChO target selection (2014)
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Micela, G., Bakos, G. Á., Lopez-Morales, M., Maxted, P. F. L., Pagano, I., Sozzetti, A., & Wheatley, P. J. (2015). The contribution of the major planet search surveys to EChO target selection. Experimental Astronomy, 40(2-3), 577-593. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-014-9412-3

The EChO core science will be based on a three tier survey, each with increasing sensitivity, in order to study the population of exo-planets from super-Earths to Jupiter-like planets, in the very hot to temperate zones (temperatures of 300 K - 3000... Read More about The contribution of the major planet search surveys to EChO target selection.

Liquid-Phase Enantioselective Chromatographic Resolution Using Interpenetrated, Homochiral Framework Materials (2014)
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Boer, S. A., Nolvachai, Y., Kulsing, C., McCormick, L. J., Hawes, C. S., Marriott, P. J., & Turner, D. R. (2014). Liquid-Phase Enantioselective Chromatographic Resolution Using Interpenetrated, Homochiral Framework Materials. Chemistry - A European Journal, 20(36), 11308-11312. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201404047

Effective separation of mixtures of enantiomers is of continuing interest in analytical and preparative chromatography, with new materials frequently designed and tested. We report two new enantiomerically pure 2D→3D interpenetrated materials used as... Read More about Liquid-Phase Enantioselective Chromatographic Resolution Using Interpenetrated, Homochiral Framework Materials.

The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG: IV. A planetary system around XO-2S⋆⋆⋆ (2014)
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Desidera, S., Bonomo, A. S., Claudi, R. U., Damasso, M., Biazzo, K., Sozzetti, A., …Zanmar Sanchez, R. (2014). The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG: IV. A planetary system around XO-2S⋆⋆⋆. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 567, Article L6. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424339

We performed an intensive radial velocity monitoring of XO-2S, the wide companion of the transiting planet-host XO-2N, using HARPS-N at TNG in the framework of the GAPS programme. The radial velocity measurements indicate the presence of a new planet... Read More about The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG: IV. A planetary system around XO-2S⋆⋆⋆.

A novel perovskite based catalyst with high selectivity and activity for partial oxidation of methane for fuel cell applications (2014)
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Staniforth, J., Evans, S. E., Good, O. J., Darton, R. J., & Ormerod, R. M. (2014). A novel perovskite based catalyst with high selectivity and activity for partial oxidation of methane for fuel cell applications. Dalton Transactions, 43(40), 15022-15027. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4dt01288g

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have the potential to revolutionise the present fuel economy due to their higher fuel conversion efficiency compared with standard heat engines and the possibility of utilizing the heat produced in a combined heat and p... Read More about A novel perovskite based catalyst with high selectivity and activity for partial oxidation of methane for fuel cell applications.

Educational egaming: The future for geoscience virtual learners? (2014)
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Pringle. (2014). Educational egaming: The future for geoscience virtual learners?. Geology Today, 30(4), 145 - 148 (4). https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12058

Current student learners will mostly comprise so-called Generation Y who have grown up with personal computer and egaming technologies. They are used to a variety of digital learning environments and educational egaming may therefore provide effectiv... Read More about Educational egaming: The future for geoscience virtual learners?.

Synthesis of a heparin-related GlcN-IdoA sulfation-site variable disaccharide library and analysis by Raman and ROA spectroscopy (2014)
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Miller, G. J., Hansen, S. U., Baráth, M., Johannessen, C., Blanch, E. W., Jayson, G. C., & Gardiner, J. M. (2014). Synthesis of a heparin-related GlcN-IdoA sulfation-site variable disaccharide library and analysis by Raman and ROA spectroscopy. Carbohydrate Research, 400, 44 -53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2014.06.026

Synthesis of an array of differentially sulfated GlcN–IdoA disaccharides, accessible on good scale, directly from l-iduronate components is described. These are specifically directed to provide the sulfation variability at the key most common biologi... Read More about Synthesis of a heparin-related GlcN-IdoA sulfation-site variable disaccharide library and analysis by Raman and ROA spectroscopy.

Eclipsing binary stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud: results from the EROS-2, OGLE and VMC surveys★ (2014)
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Muraveva, T., Clementini, G., Maceroni, C., Evans, C. J., Moretti, M. I., Cioni, M. L., …van Loon, J. T. (2014). Eclipsing binary stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud: results from the EROS-2, OGLE and VMC surveys★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 443(1), 432-445. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1151

We present a catalogue of 1768 eclipsing binary stars (EBs) detected in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) by the second generation of the EROS survey (hereinafter EROS-2); 493 of them are new discoveries located in outer regions (out of the central ba... Read More about Eclipsing binary stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud: results from the EROS-2, OGLE and VMC surveys★.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: the first abundance determination of the pre-main-sequence cluster gamma Velorum (2014)
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Spina, L., Randich, S., Palla, F., Sacco, G. G., Magrini, L., Franciosini, E., …Worley, C. (2014). The Gaia-ESO Survey: the first abundance determination of the pre-main-sequence cluster gamma Velorum. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 567, Article A55. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423527

Context. Knowledge of the abundance distribution of star forming regions and young clusters is critical to investigate a variety of issues, from triggered star formation and chemical enrichment by nearby supernova explosions to the ability to form pl... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: the first abundance determination of the pre-main-sequence cluster gamma Velorum.

Overcoming carbon deactivation in biogas reforming using a hydrothermally synthesised nickel perovskite catalyst (2014)
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Evans, S. E., Good, O. J., Staniforth, J. Z., Ormerod, R. M., & Darton, R. J. (in press). Overcoming carbon deactivation in biogas reforming using a hydrothermally synthesised nickel perovskite catalyst. RSC advances, 4(58), 30816-30819. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra00846d

A hydrothermally synthesised nickel-strontium zirconate perovskite is shown to have excellent selectivity towards biogas reforming without suffering from deactivation due to carbon formation. Experiments reveal that this material is capable of very e... Read More about Overcoming carbon deactivation in biogas reforming using a hydrothermally synthesised nickel perovskite catalyst.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: the Galactic thick to thin disc transition (2014)
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Recio-Blanco, A., de Laverny, P., Kordopatis, G., Helmi, A., Hill, V., Gilmore, G., …Maiorca, E. (2014). The Gaia-ESO Survey: the Galactic thick to thin disc transition. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 567, Article A5. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322944

Aims. The nature of the thick disc and its relation to the thin disc is presently an important subject of debate. In fact, the structural and chemo-dynamical transition between disc populations can be used as a test of the proposed models of Galactic... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: the Galactic thick to thin disc transition.