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Acid directed in situ oxidation and decarboxylation of 4,4′,6,6′-tetra-methyl-2,2′-bipyridine: Synthesis and structural characterisation of 4,4′,6-tri-carboxy-2,2′-bipyridine and its copper(II) coordination polymer (2012)
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Kelly, N. R., Goetz, S., Hawes, C. S., & Kruger, P. E. (2013). Acid directed in situ oxidation and decarboxylation of 4,4′,6,6′-tetra-methyl-2,2′-bipyridine: Synthesis and structural characterisation of 4,4′,6-tri-carboxy-2,2′-bipyridine and its copper(II) coordination polymer. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 403, 102-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2012.12.033

Computer modelling of undoped and Eu 3+ ‐doped LiLa(WO 4 ) 2 (2012)
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Amaral, J. B., de Moraes, J. R., Baldochi, S. L., Jackson, R. A., & Valerio, M. E. G. (2013). Computer modelling of undoped and Eu 3+ ‐doped LiLa(WO 4 ) 2. physica status solidi (c), 10(2), 165-167. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssc.201200510

In this work, computer modelling of the undoped and Eu3+-doped LiLa(WO4)2 structure was successfully achieved by energy minimization and mean field theory. The results were compared with experimental data previously published and are in good agreemen... Read More about Computer modelling of undoped and Eu 3+ ‐doped LiLa(WO 4 ) 2.

Atomistic modelling of actinide oxides for nuclear fuel applications (2012)
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Walker, S. R., Jackson, R. A., & Read, M. S. D. (2013). Atomistic modelling of actinide oxides for nuclear fuel applications. physica status solidi (c), 10(2), 197-201. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssc.201200513

Atomistic computer simulations were performed for the actinide oxides (UO2, PuO2 and MOX) in the temperature range 300 K-2000 K, in order to elucidate the physical and defect properties of these nuclear fuel materials. Parameterised cation-anion Buck... Read More about Atomistic modelling of actinide oxides for nuclear fuel applications.

Flow Chemistry Syntheses of Styrenes, Unsymmetrical Stilbenes and Branched Aldehydes (2012)
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Bourne, S. L., O'Brien, M., Kasinathan, S., Koos, P., Tolstoy, P., Hu, D. X., …Ley, S. V. (2013). Flow Chemistry Syntheses of Styrenes, Unsymmetrical Stilbenes and Branched Aldehydes. ChemCatChem, 5(1), 159-172. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201200778

Two tandem flow chemistry processes have been developed. A single palladium-catalysed Heck reaction with ethylene gas provides an efficient synthesis for functionalised styrenes. Through further elaboration the catalyst becomes multi-functional and p... Read More about Flow Chemistry Syntheses of Styrenes, Unsymmetrical Stilbenes and Branched Aldehydes.

First Gram-Scale Synthesis of a Heparin-Related Dodecasaccharide (2012)
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Hansen, S. U., Miller, G. J., Jayson, G. C., & Gardiner, J. M. (2013). First Gram-Scale Synthesis of a Heparin-Related Dodecasaccharide. Organic Letters, 15(1), 88 - 91. https://doi.org/10.1021/ol303112y

The first example of a gram-scale synthesis of a structurally defined, heparin-related dodecasaccharide is reported. An iterative 14-step process using an iduronate donor disaccharide delivers >1g quantities of the dodecasaccharide sequence [GlcNS-Id... Read More about First Gram-Scale Synthesis of a Heparin-Related Dodecasaccharide.

THE12C +12C REACTION AND THE IMPACT ON NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN MASSIVE STARS (2012)
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Pignatari, M., Hirschi, R., Wiescher, M., Gallino, R., Bennett, M., Beard, M., …Timmes, F. X. (2013). THE12C +12C REACTION AND THE IMPACT ON NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN MASSIVE STARS. Astrophysical Journal, 762(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/762/1/31

Despite much effort in the past decades, the C-burning reaction rate is uncertain by several orders of magnitude, and the relative strength between the different channels 12C(12C, α)20Ne, 12C(12C, p)23Na, and 12C(12C, n)23Mg is poorly determined. Add... Read More about THE12C +12C REACTION AND THE IMPACT ON NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN MASSIVE STARS.

The VMC Survey: VI. Quasars behind the Magellanic system⋆ (2012)
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Cioni, M. L., Kamath, D., Rubele, S., van Loon, J. T., Wood, P. R., Emerson, J. P., …Ripepi, V. (2013). The VMC Survey: VI. Quasars behind the Magellanic system⋆. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, Article A29. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219696

Context. The number and spatial distribution of confirmed quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) behind the Magellanic system is limited. This undermines their use as astrometric reference objects for different types of studies. Aims. We have searched for c... Read More about The VMC Survey: VI. Quasars behind the Magellanic system⋆.

Discrete and Polymeric Cu(II) Coordination Complexes with a Flexible bis-(pyridylpyrazole) Ligand: Structural Diversity and Unexpected Solvothermal Reactivity (2012)
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Hawes, C. S., & Kruger, P. E. (2013). Discrete and Polymeric Cu(II) Coordination Complexes with a Flexible bis-(pyridylpyrazole) Ligand: Structural Diversity and Unexpected Solvothermal Reactivity. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 66(4), 401. https://doi.org/10.1071/ch12443

Reported here is the synthesis and structural characterisation of five copper complexes derived from the bis-bidentate ligand 4,4′-methylenebis(1-(2-pyridyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazole), L. Complex 1, [Cu2L(CH3COO)4(OH2)2]·6H2O, is a single stranded unsatu... Read More about Discrete and Polymeric Cu(II) Coordination Complexes with a Flexible bis-(pyridylpyrazole) Ligand: Structural Diversity and Unexpected Solvothermal Reactivity.

The EBLM project: I. Physical and orbital parameters, including spin-orbit angles, of two low-mass eclipsing binaries on opposite sides of the brown dwarf limit (2012)
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Triaud, A. H. M. J., Hebb, L., Anderson, D. R., Cargile, P., Collier Cameron, A., Doyle, A. P., …West, R. G. (2013). The EBLM project: I. Physical and orbital parameters, including spin-orbit angles, of two low-mass eclipsing binaries on opposite sides of the brown dwarf limit. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, A18. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219643

This paper introduces a series of papers aiming to study the dozens of low-mass eclipsing binaries (EBLM), with F, G, K primaries, that have been discovered in the course of the WASP survey. Our objects are mostly single-line binaries whose eclipses... Read More about The EBLM project: I. Physical and orbital parameters, including spin-orbit angles, of two low-mass eclipsing binaries on opposite sides of the brown dwarf limit.

The transiting system GJ1214: high-precision defocused transit observations and a search for evidence of transit timing variation (2012)
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Harpsøe, K. B. W., Hardis, S., Hinse, T. C., Jørgensen, U. G., Mancini, L., Southworth, J., …Wertz, O. (2013). The transiting system GJ1214: high-precision defocused transit observations and a search for evidence of transit timing variation. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, Article A10. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219996

Aims. We present 11 high-precision photometric transitobservations of the transiting super-Earth planet GJ 1214 b. Combining these data with observations from other authors, we investigate the ephemeris for possible signs of transit timing variations... Read More about The transiting system GJ1214: high-precision defocused transit observations and a search for evidence of transit timing variation.

Transits and starspots in the WASP-19 planetary system (2012)
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Tregloan-Reed, J., Southworth, J., & Tappert, C. (2013). Transits and starspots in the WASP-19 planetary system. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428(4), 3671-3679. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts306

We have developed a new model for analysing light curves of planetary transits when there are starspots on the stellar disc. Because the parameter space contains a profusion of local minima we developed a new optimization algorithm which combines the... Read More about Transits and starspots in the WASP-19 planetary system.

Early-stage young stellar objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud (2012)
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Oliveira, J., Th. van Loon, J., Sloan, G., Sewiło, M., Kraemer, K., Wood, P., …Simon, J. (2013). Early-stage young stellar objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428(4), 3001-3033. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts250

We present new observations of 34 YSO candidates in the SMC. The anchor of the analysis is a set of Spitzer-IRS spectra, supplemented by groundbased 3-5 micron spectra, Spitzer and NIR photometry, optical spectroscopy and radio data. The sources' SED... Read More about Early-stage young stellar objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Accurate spectroscopic parameters of WASP planet host stars★ (2012)
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Doyle, A. P., Smalley, B., Maxted, P. F. L., Anderson, D. R., Cameron, A. C., Gillon, M., …West, R. G. (2013). Accurate spectroscopic parameters of WASP planet host stars★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428(4), 3164-3172. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts267

We have made a detailed spectral analysis of 11 Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) planet host stars using high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) HARPS spectra. Our line list was carefully selected from the spectra of the Sun and Procyon, and we made a c... Read More about Accurate spectroscopic parameters of WASP planet host stars★.

Potential Use of Hydrocarbons for AgingLucilia sericataBlowfly Larvae to Establish the Postmortem Interval (2012)
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Moore, H. E., Adam, C. D., & Drijfhout, F. P. (2013). Potential Use of Hydrocarbons for AgingLucilia sericataBlowfly Larvae to Establish the Postmortem Interval. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 58(2), 404-412. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12016

Previous studies on Diptera have shown the potential for the use of cuticular hydrocarbons' analysis in the determination of larval age and hence the postmortem interval (PMI) for an associated cadaver. In this work, hydrocarbon compounds, extracted... Read More about Potential Use of Hydrocarbons for AgingLucilia sericataBlowfly Larvae to Establish the Postmortem Interval.

Long term time-lapse microgravity and geotechnical monitoring of relict salt-mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK. (2012)
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Pringle, J. K., Styles, P., Howell, C. P., Branston, M. W., Furner, R., & Toon, S. M. (2012). Long term time-lapse microgravity and geotechnical monitoring of relict salt-mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK. Geophysics, 77(6), B287 - B294 (8). https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2011-0491.1

The area around the town of Northwich in Cheshire, U. K., has a long history of catastrophic ground subsidence caused by a combination of natural dissolution and collapsing abandoned mine workings within the underlying Triassic halite bedrock geology... Read More about Long term time-lapse microgravity and geotechnical monitoring of relict salt-mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK..

WASP-78b and WASP-79b: Two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus (2012)
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Smalley, B., R. Anderson, D., Collier-Cameron, A., P. Doyle, A., Fumel, A., Gillon, M., …G. West, R. (2012). WASP-78b and WASP-79b: Two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 547, Article A61. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219731

We report the discovery of WASP-78b and WASP-79b, two highly-bloated Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type host stars. WASP-78b orbits its V=12.0 host star (TYC 5889-271-1) every 2.175 days and WASP-79b orbits its V=10.1 host star (CD-30 1812) ever... Read More about WASP-78b and WASP-79b: Two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus.

Band-gap profiling by laser writing of hydrogen-containing III-N-Vs (2012)
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Martelli, F., Patanè, A., Rubini, S., Balakrishnan, N., Pettinari, G., Makarovsky, O., …Capizzi, M. (2012). Band-gap profiling by laser writing of hydrogen-containing III-N-Vs. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.155307

We show that the dissociation of the N-H complex in hydrogenated III-N-Vs can be laser activated at temperatures that are significantly smaller than those (>200?°C) required for thermal dissociation due to a resonant photon absorption by the N-H comp... Read More about Band-gap profiling by laser writing of hydrogen-containing III-N-Vs.

Synthesis and characterisation of dinuclear Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) unsaturated helical complexes from a novel dipyridyl-bispyrazole ligand (2012)
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Hawes, C. S., & Kruger, P. E. (2013). Synthesis and characterisation of dinuclear Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) unsaturated helical complexes from a novel dipyridyl-bispyrazole ligand. Polyhedron, 52, 255-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2012.09.035

Reported here is the synthesis of a novel bis-bidentate ligand 4,4′-methylenebis(1-(2-pyridyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazole), L, along with the synthesis and structural characterisation of three unsaturated dinuclear helical complexes that it forms with Co(I... Read More about Synthesis and characterisation of dinuclear Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) unsaturated helical complexes from a novel dipyridyl-bispyrazole ligand.