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Self-folding of supramolecular polymers into bioinspired topology. (2018)
Journal Article
Prabhu, D., Aratsu, K., Kitamoto, Y., Ouchi, H., Ohba, T., Hollamby, M., …Yagai, S. (2018). Self-folding of supramolecular polymers into bioinspired topology. Science Advances, 4(9), Article eaat8466. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat8466

Folding one-dimensional polymer chains into well-defined topologies represents an important organization process for proteins, but replicating this process for supramolecular polymers remains a challenging task. We report supramolecular polymers that... Read More about Self-folding of supramolecular polymers into bioinspired topology..

The impact of N,N-dimethyldodecylamine N-oxide (DDAO) concentration on the crystallisation of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) systems and the resulting changes to viscosity, crystal structure, shape and the kinetics of crystal growth (2018)
Journal Article
Summerton, E., Hollamby, M., Zimbitas, G., Snow, T., Smith, A., Sommertune, J., …Bakalis, S. (2018). The impact of N,N-dimethyldodecylamine N-oxide (DDAO) concentration on the crystallisation of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) systems and the resulting changes to viscosity, crystal structure, shape and the kinetics of crystal growth. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 527, Article 260-266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2018.05.058

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At low temperatures stability issues arise in commercial detergent products when surfactant crystallisation occurs, a process which is not currently well-understood. An understanding of the phase transition can be obtained using a simple... Read More about The impact of N,N-dimethyldodecylamine N-oxide (DDAO) concentration on the crystallisation of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) systems and the resulting changes to viscosity, crystal structure, shape and the kinetics of crystal growth.

The aggregation of an alkyl-C60 derivative as a function of concentration, temperature and solvent type. (2017)
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Hollamby, M., Smith, C., Britton, M., Danks, A., Schnepp, Z., Grillo, I., …Nakanishi, T. (2017). The aggregation of an alkyl-C60 derivative as a function of concentration, temperature and solvent type. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20(5), 3373-3380. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CP06348B

Contrast-variation small-angle neutron scattering (CV-SANS), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements of diffusion and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) are used to gain insight into the aggregation of a... Read More about The aggregation of an alkyl-C60 derivative as a function of concentration, temperature and solvent type..

Light-induced unfolding and refolding of supramolecular polymer nanofibres. (2017)
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Adhikari, B., Yamada, Y., Yamauchi, M., Wakita, K., Lin, X., Aratsu, K., …Shimizu, N. (2017). Light-induced unfolding and refolding of supramolecular polymer nanofibres. Nature communications, 8, Article 15254. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15254

Unlike classical covalent polymers, one-dimensionally (1D) elongated supramolecular polymers (SPs) can be encoded with high degrees of internal order by the cooperative aggregation of molecular subunits, which endows these SPs with extraordinary prop... Read More about Light-induced unfolding and refolding of supramolecular polymer nanofibres..

Mechanistic insights into the formation of porous carbons from gelatin (2017)
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Danks, A., Hollamby, M., Hammouda, B., Fletcher, D., Johnston-Banks, F., Rogers, S., & Schnepp, Z. (2017). Mechanistic insights into the formation of porous carbons from gelatin. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(23), 11644-11651. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TA10517C

Porous carbons are important for many energy applications. The biopolymer gelatin provides a simple and sustainable route to functional carbon foams with multimodal porosity. In this paper, small angle neutron scattering is applied alongside other te... Read More about Mechanistic insights into the formation of porous carbons from gelatin.

Simultaneous SAXS and SANS Analysis for the Detection of Toroidal Supramolecular Polymers Composed of Noncovalent Supermacrocycles in Solution (2016)
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Hollamby, M. J., Aratsu, K., Pauw, B. R., Rogers, S. E., Smith, A. J., Yamauchi, M., …Yagai, S. (2016). Simultaneous SAXS and SANS Analysis for the Detection of Toroidal Supramolecular Polymers Composed of Noncovalent Supermacrocycles in Solution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55(34), 9890-9893. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201603370

Simultaneous SAXS and SANS Analysis for the Detection of Toroidal Supramolecular Polymers Composed of Noncovalent Supermacrocycles in Solution. (2016)
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Hollamby, M., Aratsu, K., Pauw, B., Rogers, S., Smith, A., Yamauchi, M., …Yagai, S. (2016). Simultaneous SAXS and SANS Analysis for the Detection of Toroidal Supramolecular Polymers Composed of Noncovalent Supermacrocycles in Solution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 128(34), 9890 - 9893. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201603370

Molecular self-assembly primarily occurs in solution. To better understand this process, techniques capable of probing the solvated state are consequently required. Small-angle scattering (SAS) has a proven ability to detect and characterize solution... Read More about Simultaneous SAXS and SANS Analysis for the Detection of Toroidal Supramolecular Polymers Composed of Noncovalent Supermacrocycles in Solution..

Graphene-philic surfactants for nanocomposites in latex technology (2016)
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Mohamed, A., Ardyani, T., Abu Bakar, S., Brown, P., Hollamby, M., Sagisaka, M., & Eastoe, J. (2016). Graphene-philic surfactants for nanocomposites in latex technology. Advances in colloid and interface science, 230, 54-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2016.01.003

Graphene is the newest member of the carbon family, and has revolutionized materials science especially in the field of polymer nanocomposites. However, agglomeration and uniform dispersion remains an Achilles' heel (even an elephant in the room), ha... Read More about Graphene-philic surfactants for nanocomposites in latex technology.

In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Study of the Sol–Gel Synthesis of Fe3N and Fe3C (2015)
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Schnepp, Z., Danks, A. E., Hollamby, M. J., Pauw, B. R., Murray, C. A., & Tang, C. C. (2015). In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Study of the Sol–Gel Synthesis of Fe3N and Fe3C. Chemistry of Materials, 27(14), 5094-5099. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01811

Sol–gel chemistry is a powerful tool for the synthesis of porous or nanocrystalline structures of a wide range of materials. The morphology and composition of the final product can be strongly dependent on the mechanism that operates during the heati... Read More about In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Study of the Sol–Gel Synthesis of Fe3N and Fe3C.

Directed assembly of optoelectronically active alkyl-p-conjugated molecules by adding n-alkanes or p-conjugated species (2014)
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Hollamby, M., Karny, M., Bomans, P., Sommerdijk, N., Saeki, A., Seki, S., …Nakanishi, T. (2014). Directed assembly of optoelectronically active alkyl-p-conjugated molecules by adding n-alkanes or p-conjugated species. Nature Chemistry, 6, 690 - 696. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1977

Supramolecular assembly can yield ordered structures by taking advantage of the cumulative effect of multiple non-covalent interactions between adjacent molecules. The thermodynamic origin of many self-assembled structures in water is the balance bet... Read More about Directed assembly of optoelectronically active alkyl-p-conjugated molecules by adding n-alkanes or p-conjugated species.

A family of oxide-carbide-carbon and oxide-nitride-carbon nanocomposites. (2013)
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Schnepp, Z., Hollamby, M. J., Tanaka, M., Matsushita, Y., Xu, Y., & Sakka, Y. (2014). A family of oxide-carbide-carbon and oxide-nitride-carbon nanocomposites. Chemical Communications, 50(40), 5364 - 5366. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC47480A

This paper describes a powerful and versatile approach that combines the benefits of sol-gel processing with controlled phase separation to yield oxide-carbide-carbon or oxide-nitride-carbon nanocomposites.

Practical applications of small-angle neutron scattering. (2013)
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Hollamby, M. (2013). Practical applications of small-angle neutron scattering. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(26), 10566 - 10579. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CP50293G

Recent improvements in beam-line accessibility and technology have led to small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) becoming more frequently applied to materials problems. SANS has been used to study the assembly, dispersion, alignment and mixing of nano... Read More about Practical applications of small-angle neutron scattering..

Recent advances in nanoparticle synthesis with reversed micelles (2006)
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Eastoe, J., Hollamby, M. J., & Hudson, L. (2006). Recent advances in nanoparticle synthesis with reversed micelles. Advances in colloid and interface science, 128-130, 5 -15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2006.11.009

Synthesis of nanoparticles in microemulsions is an area of considerable current interest. This subject can be broadly divided into two sections defined by the nature of the host microemulsion reaction medium. Water-in-oil microemulsions have been use... Read More about Recent advances in nanoparticle synthesis with reversed micelles.