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Flourescent liquid pyrene derivative-in-water mircoemulsions (2016)
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A fluorescent liquid pyrene derivative with a high fluorescence quantum yield (65%) in the bulk state is reported. With this as the sole oil phase, stable luminescent oil-in-water microemulsions have been prepared. Increasing the loading of liquid py... Read More about Flourescent liquid pyrene derivative-in-water mircoemulsions.

Doped-carbon electrocatalysts with trimodal porosity from a homogeneous polypeptide gel (2013)
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One of the biggest challenges for materials science is to design facile routes to structurally complex materials, which is particularly important for global applications such as fuel cells. Doped nanostructured carbons are targeted as noble metal-fre... Read More about Doped-carbon electrocatalysts with trimodal porosity from a homogeneous polypeptide gel.

Nonvolatile liquid anthracenes for facile full-colour luminescence tuning at single blue-light excitation (2013)
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Nonvolatile room-temperature luminescent molecular liquids are a new generation of organic soft materials. They possess high stability, versatile optical properties, solvent-free fluid behaviour and can effectively accommodate dopant dye molecules. H... Read More about Nonvolatile liquid anthracenes for facile full-colour luminescence tuning at single blue-light excitation.

Alkylated-C-60 based soft materials: regulation of self-assembly and optoelectronic properties by chain branching (2013)
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Derivatization of fullerene (C60) with branched aliphatic chains softens C60-based materials and enables the formation of thermotropic liquid crystals and room temperature nonvolatile liquids. This work demonstrates that by carefully tuning parameter... Read More about Alkylated-C-60 based soft materials: regulation of self-assembly and optoelectronic properties by chain branching.

The power of branched chains: optimising functional molecular materials (2013)
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The power of branched alkyl substituents to alter material properties is known to soft matter chemistry, with examples found in both surfactants and ionic liquids. Here, we highlight their potency in organic molecular/polymeric materials with optoele... Read More about The power of branched chains: optimising functional molecular materials.

A flexible one-pot route to metal/metal oxide nanocomposites (2010)
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We report a one-pot route to Au/CeO2 nanocomposites. A readily-available biopolymer, sodium alginate, is exploited for controlled formation and stabilisation of gold nanoparticles followed by in situ growth of a sponge-like network of CeO2 nanopartic... Read More about A flexible one-pot route to metal/metal oxide nanocomposites.

Fluorinated microemulsions as reaction media for fluorous nanoparticles (2010)
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New fluorinated microemulsions (F-MEs) formulated from partially fluorinated solvent–co-solvent mixtures and fluorinated anionic AOT-analogue surfactants are reported. These F-MEs permit incorporation of water into fluorinated solvents, up to a volum... Read More about Fluorinated microemulsions as reaction media for fluorous nanoparticles.