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Catalytic and mechanistic studies into the epoxidation of styrenes using manganese complexes of structurally similar polyamine ligands (2013)
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Ilyashenko, G., De Faveri, G., Follier, T., Al-Safadi, R., Motevalli, M., & Watkinson, M. (in press). Catalytic and mechanistic studies into the epoxidation of styrenes using manganese complexes of structurally similar polyamine ligands. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 12(7), 1124-1134. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ob42274g

Two structurally similar polyamine ligands (7 and 8) have been prepared, which differ only by the presence of either a secondary or tertiary nitrogen donor within their N5 donor set. The ligands, in combination with iron and manganese salts, have bee... Read More about Catalytic and mechanistic studies into the epoxidation of styrenes using manganese complexes of structurally similar polyamine ligands.

Constraints on massive star formation: Cygnus OB2 was always an association (2013)
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Wright, N. J., Parker, R. J., Goodwin, S. P., & Drake, J. J. (2014). Constraints on massive star formation: Cygnus OB2 was always an association. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(1), 639-646. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2232

We examine substructure and mass segregation in the massive OB association Cygnus OB2 to better understand its initial conditions. Using a well-understood Chandra X-ray selected sample of young stars, we find that Cyg OB2 exhibits considerable physic... Read More about Constraints on massive star formation: Cygnus OB2 was always an association.

Absolute dimensions of detached eclipsing binaries – III. The metallic-lined system YZ Cassiopeiae (2013)
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Pavlovski, K., Southworth, J., Kolbas, V., & Smalley, B. (2014). Absolute dimensions of detached eclipsing binaries – III. The metallic-lined system YZ Cassiopeiae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(1), 590-603. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2229

The bright binary system YZ Cassiopeiae is a remarkable laboratory for studying the Am phenomenon. It consists of a metallic-lined A2 star and an F2 dwarf on a circular orbit, which undergo total and annular eclipses. We present an analysis of 15 pub... Read More about Absolute dimensions of detached eclipsing binaries – III. The metallic-lined system YZ Cassiopeiae.

Thermal Emission Of Wasp-14b Revealed With Three Spitzer Eclipses (2013)
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Maxted, Blecic, J., Harrington, J., Madhusudhan, N., Stevenson, K. B., Hardy, R. A., …Maxted, P. F. L. (2013). Thermal Emission Of Wasp-14b Revealed With Three Spitzer Eclipses. Astrophysical Journal, 779(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/779/1/5

Exoplanet WASP-14b is a highly irradiated, transiting hot Jupiter. Joshi et al. calculate an equilibrium temperature (T eq) of 1866 K for zero albedo and reemission from the entire planet, a mass of 7.3 ± 0.5 Jupiter masses (M J), and a radius of 1.2... Read More about Thermal Emission Of Wasp-14b Revealed With Three Spitzer Eclipses.

A micrometer-size movable light emitting area in a resonant tunneling light emitting diode (2013)
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Pettinari, G., Balakrishnan, N., Makarovsky, O., Campion, R., Polimeni, A., Capizzi, M., & Patanè, A. (2013). A micrometer-size movable light emitting area in a resonant tunneling light emitting diode. Applied Physics Letters, 241105 - 241105. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4844975

We report on the fabrication of a micrometer-size movable light emitting area in a GaAs/AlAs quantum well resonant tunneling p-i-n diode. The spatial position of the micrometer-size light emitting area shifts linearly with increasing applied bias, up... Read More about A micrometer-size movable light emitting area in a resonant tunneling light emitting diode.

Tuning CO2 electroreduction efficiency at Pd shells on Au nanocores (2013)
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Plana. (2013). Tuning CO2 electroreduction efficiency at Pd shells on Au nanocores. Chemical Communications, 10962 - 10964. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC46543H

The faradaic efficiency of CO2 electroreduction is significantly affected by the thickness of Pd nanoshells on Au cores. The ratio of hydrogen evolution to CO2 reduction was determined by differential electrochemical mass spectrometry. Decreasing the... Read More about Tuning CO2 electroreduction efficiency at Pd shells on Au nanocores.

Engineering entanglement: controlling the formation of polycatenanes and polyrotaxanes using π interactions (2013)
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Boer, S. A., Hawes, C. S., & Turner, D. R. (in press). Engineering entanglement: controlling the formation of polycatenanes and polyrotaxanes using π interactions. Chemical Communications, 50(9), 1125-1127. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc48802k

A reproducible metallocyclic motif containing amino-acid functionalised aromatic diimides has been employed to demonstrate remarkable control over entanglement topologies. [2]-Catenane and pseudo-rotaxane units give rise to 1D → 2D polycatenation, th... Read More about Engineering entanglement: controlling the formation of polycatenanes and polyrotaxanes using π interactions.

The VMC Survey – X. Cepheids, RR Lyrae stars and binaries as probes of the Magellanic System's structure★ (2013)
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Moretti, M. I., Clementini, G., Muraveva, T., Ripepi, V., Marquette, J. B., Cioni, M. L., …van Loon, J. T. (2013). The VMC Survey – X. Cepheids, RR Lyrae stars and binaries as probes of the Magellanic System's structure★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(3), 2702-2719. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2081

The VISTA near-infrared Y, J, Ks survey of the Magellanic System (VMC) survey is obtaining multi-epoch photometry in the Ks band of the Magellanic System down to a limiting magnitude of Ks ∼ 19.3 for individual epoch data. The observations are spaced... Read More about The VMC Survey – X. Cepheids, RR Lyrae stars and binaries as probes of the Magellanic System's structure★.

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.

MOA-2010-BLG-328Lb: A SUB-NEPTUNE ORBITING VERY LATE M DWARF? (2013)
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Furusawa, K., Udalski, A., Sumi, T., Bennett, D., Bond, I., Gould, A., …Collaboration, T. P. (2013). MOA-2010-BLG-328Lb: A SUB-NEPTUNE ORBITING VERY LATE M DWARF?. Astrophysical Journal, 779(2), Article 91. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/779/2/91

We analyze the planetary microlensing event MOA-2010-BLG-328. The best fit yields host and planetary masses of M h = 0.11 ± 0.01 M ? and M p = 9.2 ± 2.2 M ?, corresponding to a very late M dwarf and sub-Neptune-mass planet, respectively. The system l... Read More about MOA-2010-BLG-328Lb: A SUB-NEPTUNE ORBITING VERY LATE M DWARF?.

Sources of Variation in Cuticular Hydrocarbons in the Ant Formica exsecta (2013)
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Martin, S. J., Vitikainen, E., Shemilt, S., Drijfhout, F. P., & Sundström, L. (2013). Sources of Variation in Cuticular Hydrocarbons in the Ant Formica exsecta. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 39(11-12), 1415-1423. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-013-0366-0

Phenotypic variation arises from interactions between genotype and environment, although how variation is produced and then maintained remains unclear. The discovery of the nest-mate recognition system in Formica exsecta ants has allowed phenotypic v... Read More about Sources of Variation in Cuticular Hydrocarbons in the Ant Formica exsecta.

The VMC Survey - VIII. First results for anomalous Cepheids (2013)
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Ripepi, V., Marconi, M., Moretti, M., Clementini, G., Cioni, M., de Grijs, R., …Oliveira, J. (2014). The VMC Survey - VIII. First results for anomalous Cepheids. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(3), 2307 -2319. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2047

The VISTA near-infrared YJKs survey of the Magellanic Clouds System (VMC, PI M.-R. L. Cioni) is collecting deep Ks-band time-series photometry of the pulsating variable stars hosted in the system formed by the two Magellanic Clouds and the Bridge con... Read More about The VMC Survey - VIII. First results for anomalous Cepheids.

Dendrimer Conjugate of [4-(Tetradecanoylamino)benzyl]phosphonic Acid (S32826) as an Autotaxin Inhibitor. (2013)
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Fisher, N., Hilton-Bolt, T., G Edwards, M., J Haxton, K., McKenzie, M., Allin, S. M., & Richardson, A. (2014). Dendrimer Conjugate of [4-(Tetradecanoylamino)benzyl]phosphonic Acid (S32826) as an Autotaxin Inhibitor. ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 5(1), 34-39. https://doi.org/10.1021/ml4003106

Autotaxin is an extracellular phospholipase D that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lysophosphatidyl choline (LPC) to bioactive lipid lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). LPA has been implicated in many pathological processes relevant to cancer, including cell mi... Read More about Dendrimer Conjugate of [4-(Tetradecanoylamino)benzyl]phosphonic Acid (S32826) as an Autotaxin Inhibitor..

EL CVn-type binaries - discovery of 17 helium white dwarf precursors in bright eclipsing binary star systems (2013)
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Maxted, P. F. L., Bloemen, S., Heber, U., Geier, S., Wheatley, P. J., Marsh, T. R., …Hadigal, S. (2014). EL CVn-type binaries - discovery of 17 helium white dwarf precursors in bright eclipsing binary star systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(2), 1681-1697. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2007

The star 1SWASP J024743.37−251549.2 was recently discovered to be a binary star in which an A-type dwarf star eclipses the remnant of a disrupted red giant star (WASP 0247−25 B). The remnant is in a rarely observed state evolving to higher effective... Read More about EL CVn-type binaries - discovery of 17 helium white dwarf precursors in bright eclipsing binary star systems.

A lithium depletion boundary age of 21 Myr for the Beta Pictoris moving group (2013)
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Binks, A. S., & Jeffries, R. D. (2014). A lithium depletion boundary age of 21 Myr for the Beta Pictoris moving group. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 438(1), L11-L15. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slt141

Optical spectroscopy is used to confirm membership for eight low-mass candidates in the young Beta Pic moving group (BPMG) via their radial velocities, chromospheric activity and kinematic parallaxes. We searched for the presence of the Li I 6708 Å r... Read More about A lithium depletion boundary age of 21 Myr for the Beta Pictoris moving group.

Self-assembly of discrete and polymeric metallosupramolecular architectures from cyclen-derived ligands (2013)
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Hawes, C. S., Batten, S. R., & Turner, D. R. (2014). Self-assembly of discrete and polymeric metallosupramolecular architectures from cyclen-derived ligands. CrystEngComm, 16(18), 3737-3748. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ce42141d

Two divergent ligands 1,4,7,10-tetrakis-(4-cyanobenzyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane L1 and 1,4,7,10-tetrakis-(4-carboxybenzyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane dihydrochloride dihydrate H6L2·2Cl·2H2O have been prepared and structurally characterised... Read More about Self-assembly of discrete and polymeric metallosupramolecular architectures from cyclen-derived ligands.

Optical transmission photometry of the highly inflated exoplanet WASP-17b★ (2013)
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Bento, J., Wheatley, P. J., Copperwheat, C. M., Fortney, J. J., Dhillon, V. S., Hickman, R., …Southworth, J. (2014). Optical transmission photometry of the highly inflated exoplanet WASP-17b★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(2), 1511-1518. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1979

We present ground-based high-precision observations of the transit of WASP-17b using the multiband photometer ULTRACAM on ESO's New Technology Telescope (NTT) in the context of performing transmission spectrophotometry of this highly inflated exoplan... Read More about Optical transmission photometry of the highly inflated exoplanet WASP-17b★.

A GROUND-BASED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM OF WASP-6b (2013)
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Jordán, A., Espinoza, N., Rabus, M., Eyheramendy, S., Sing, D. K., Désert, J., …Szentgyorgyi, A. (in press). A GROUND-BASED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM OF WASP-6b. Astrophysical Journal, 778(2), 184. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/778/2/184

We present a ground-based optical transmission spectrum of the inflated sub-Jupiter-mass planet WASP-6b. The spectrum was measured in 20 spectral channels from 480 nm to 860 nm using a series of 91 spectra over a complete transit event. The observati... Read More about A GROUND-BASED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM OF WASP-6b.