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Performance modelling of zeolite-based potentiometric sensors (2021)
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Jendrlin, M., Radu, A., Zholobenko, V., & Kirsanov, D. (2022). Performance modelling of zeolite-based potentiometric sensors. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemicall, 356, 131343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2021.131343

Developing simple and cost-effective electrochemical sensors for widespread on-site application is of considerable practical importance in agriculture, environmental monitoring and food science. Among multiple sensing platforms, potentiometry is part... Read More about Performance modelling of zeolite-based potentiometric sensors.

Indium(III) promoted oxidative P-P coupling of silylphosphines (2021)
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Cartlidge, A. J., & Matthews, P. (2022). Indium(III) promoted oxidative P-P coupling of silylphosphines. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 120772 - 120772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2021.120772

The reaction of indium(III) salts with Ph2PSiMe3 and PhP(SiMe3)2 gives rise to a one- and two-electron reductive P-P coupling respectively, with the formation of new P-P bonds resulting in the preparation of (Ph2P)2 and the cyclicoligophosphane compo... Read More about Indium(III) promoted oxidative P-P coupling of silylphosphines.

The Isaac Newton Telescope Monitoring Survey of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies. II. The Star-formation History of Andromeda I Derived from Long-period Variables (2021)
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Van Loon. (2021). The Isaac Newton Telescope Monitoring Survey of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies. II. The Star-formation History of Andromeda I Derived from Long-period Variables. Astrophysical Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac2d96

An optical monitoring survey in the nearby dwarf galaxies was carried out with the 2.5 m Isaac Newton Telescope. 55 dwarf galaxies and four isolated globular clusters in the Local Group were observed with the Wide Field Camera. The main aims of this... Read More about The Isaac Newton Telescope Monitoring Survey of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies. II. The Star-formation History of Andromeda I Derived from Long-period Variables.

Monitoring of simulated clandestine graves of dismembered victims using UAVs, electrical tomography, and GPR over one year to aid investigations of human rights violations in Colombia, South America (2021)
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Molina, C. M., Vasquez, A., Wisniewski, K., Heaton, V., Pringle, J., Avila, E. F., …Baena, A. (2022). Monitoring of simulated clandestine graves of dismembered victims using UAVs, electrical tomography, and GPR over one year to aid investigations of human rights violations in Colombia, South America. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 67(3), 1060-1071. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14962

In most Latin American countries there are significant numbers of missing people and forced disappearances, over 90,000 in Colombia alone. Successful detection of shallow buried human remains by forensic search teams is difficult in varying terrain a... Read More about Monitoring of simulated clandestine graves of dismembered victims using UAVs, electrical tomography, and GPR over one year to aid investigations of human rights violations in Colombia, South America.

Families and clusters of diffuse interstellar bands: a data-driven correlation analysis (2021)
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Van Loon. (2021). Families and clusters of diffuse interstellar bands: a data-driven correlation analysis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 3546 - 3560. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3651

More than 500 diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) have been observed in astronomical spectra, and their signatures and correlations in different environments have been studied over the past decades to reveal clues about the nature of the carriers. We c... Read More about Families and clusters of diffuse interstellar bands: a data-driven correlation analysis.

TOI-1201 b: A mini-Neptune transiting a bright and moderately young M dwarf (2021)
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Hellier. (2021). TOI-1201 b: A mini-Neptune transiting a bright and moderately young M dwarf. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141587

We present the discovery of a transiting mini-Neptune around TOI-1201, a relatively bright and moderately young early M dwarf (J ˜ 9.5 mag, ~600–800 Myr) in an equal-mass ~8 arcsecond-wide binary system, using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Surve... Read More about TOI-1201 b: A mini-Neptune transiting a bright and moderately young M dwarf.

Reaching new biocatalytic reactivity using continuous flow reactors (2021)
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Cosgrove, S. C., & Mattey, A. P. (2022). Reaching new biocatalytic reactivity using continuous flow reactors. Chemistry - A European Journal, 28(13), https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202103607

The use of flow reactors in biocatalysis has increased significantly in recent years. Chemists have begun to design flow systems that even allow new biocatalytic reactions to take place. This concept article will focus on the design of flow systems t... Read More about Reaching new biocatalytic reactivity using continuous flow reactors.

GJ 367b: A dense, ultrashort-period sub-Earth planet transiting a nearby red dwarf star. (2021)
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Hellier. (2021). GJ 367b: A dense, ultrashort-period sub-Earth planet transiting a nearby red dwarf star. Science, 1271 - 1275. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay3253

Ultrashort-period (USP) exoplanets have orbital periods shorter than 1 day. Precise masses and radii of USP exoplanets could provide constraints on their unknown formation and evolution processes. We report the detection and characterization of the U... Read More about GJ 367b: A dense, ultrashort-period sub-Earth planet transiting a nearby red dwarf star..

TIC 172900988: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet Detected in One Sector of TESS Data (2021)
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Hellier, & Maxted. (2021). TIC 172900988: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet Detected in One Sector of TESS Data. Astronomical Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac223a

We report the first discovery of a transiting circumbinary planet detected from a single sector of Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) data. During Sector 21, the planet TIC 172900988b transited the primary star and then five days later it t... Read More about TIC 172900988: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet Detected in One Sector of TESS Data.

REDISCUSSION OF ECLIPSING BINARIES. PAPER 7: DELTA SCUTI, GAMMA DORADUS, AND TIDALLY-PERTURBED PULSATIONS IN RR LYNCIS (2021)
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Taylor. (2021). REDISCUSSION OF ECLIPSING BINARIES. PAPER 7: DELTA SCUTI, GAMMA DORADUS, AND TIDALLY-PERTURBED PULSATIONS IN RR LYNCIS. Observatory, 141, 282

RR Lyn is a detached eclipsing binary with a 9.95 d orbit containing two A-stars: one metallic-lined and one possibly metal-poor. We use the light curve from the TESS satellite and two sets of published radial velocity measurements to determine the p... Read More about REDISCUSSION OF ECLIPSING BINARIES. PAPER 7: DELTA SCUTI, GAMMA DORADUS, AND TIDALLY-PERTURBED PULSATIONS IN RR LYNCIS.

Proper motions of OB stars in the far Carina Arm (2021)
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Wright. (2021). Proper motions of OB stars in the far Carina Arm. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 4952 - 4968. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2905

ABSTRACT In large-scale maps of the Galactic disc, the Carina Arm stands out as a clear spiral feature, hosting prominent star clusters and associations rich in massive stars. We study the proper motions of 4199 O and early B most likely in the far C... Read More about Proper motions of OB stars in the far Carina Arm.

Analysis of Early Science observations with the CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) using pycheops (2021)
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Maxted, P. F. L., Ehrenreich, D., Wilson, T. G., Alibert, Y., Cameron, A. C., Hoyer, S., …Walton, N. A. (2022). Analysis of Early Science observations with the CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) using pycheops. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 514(1), 77-104. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3371

CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) is an ESA S-class mission that observes bright stars at high cadence from low-Earth orbit. The main aim of the mission is to characterize exoplanets that transit nearby stars using ultrahigh precision photo... Read More about Analysis of Early Science observations with the CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) using pycheops.

Fecht's acid revisited: a spirocyclic dicarboxylate for non-aromatic MOFs (2021)
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Slyusarchuk, V. D., & Hawes, C. S. (2022). Fecht's acid revisited: a spirocyclic dicarboxylate for non-aromatic MOFs. CrystEngComm, 24(3), 484-490. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ce01542g

Spiro[3.3]heptane-2,6-dicarboxylic acid (Fecht's acid, H2SHDC) is examined as a non-aromatic terephthalic acid isostere for the first time. The rigid spirocyclic backbone provides greater steric bulk than conventional aromatic dicarboxylates with con... Read More about Fecht's acid revisited: a spirocyclic dicarboxylate for non-aromatic MOFs.

Chemistry Students' Perceptions of 'Active Learning' (2021)
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(2021). Chemistry Students' Perceptions of 'Active Learning'. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/jgjp-jk03

Whilst active learning strategies have been gaining increasing attention over recent years, the traditional lecture has remained commonplace in higher education teaching. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has provided stimulus for educators to re-examin... Read More about Chemistry Students' Perceptions of 'Active Learning'.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Membership probabilities for stars in 63 open and 7 globular clusters from 3D kinematics (2021)
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Wright, & Jeffries. (2021). The Gaia-ESO Survey: Membership probabilities for stars in 63 open and 7 globular clusters from 3D kinematics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3032

Spectroscopy from the final internal data release of the Gaia-ESO Survey (GES) has been combined with Gaia EDR3 to assign membership probabilities to targets observed towards 63 Galactic open clusters and 7 globular clusters. The membership probabili... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: Membership probabilities for stars in 63 open and 7 globular clusters from 3D kinematics.

The changing face of AU Mic b: stellar spots, spin-orbit commensurability, and transit timing variations as seen by CHEOPS and TESS (2021)
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Maxted. (2021). The changing face of AU Mic b: stellar spots, spin-orbit commensurability, and transit timing variations as seen by CHEOPS and TESS. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 654, Article A159

AU Mic is a young planetary system with a resolved debris disc showing signs of planet formation and two transiting warm Neptunes near mean-motion resonances. Here we analyse three transits of AU Mic b observed with the CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satel... Read More about The changing face of AU Mic b: stellar spots, spin-orbit commensurability, and transit timing variations as seen by CHEOPS and TESS.

Prospects for anti-Candida therapy through targeting the cell wall: A mini-review (2021)
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Ahmadipour, S., Field, R. A., & Miller, G. (2021). Prospects for anti-Candida therapy through targeting the cell wall: A mini-review. The Cell Surface, 7, Article 100063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcsw.2021.100063

The impact of fungal infections on humans is a serious public health issue that has received much less attention than bacterial infection and treatment, despite ever-increasing incidence exacerbated by an increased incidence of immunocompromised indi... Read More about Prospects for anti-Candida therapy through targeting the cell wall: A mini-review.

Non‐uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers (2021)
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Tashiro, K., Katayama, K., Tamaki, K., Pesce, L., Shimizu, N., Takagi, H., …Yagai, S. (2021). Non‐uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers. Angewandte Chemie, 133(52), 27192-27199. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202110224

AbstractSynthesis of one‐dimensional nanofibers with distinct topological (higher‐order structural) domains in the same main chain is one of the challenging topics in modern supramolecular polymer chemistry. Non‐uniform structural transformation of s... Read More about Non‐uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers.

Non-uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers. (2021)
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Tashiro, K., Katayama, K., Tamaki, K., Pesce, L., Shimizu, N., Takagi, H., …Yagai, S. (2021). Non-uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60(52), 26986-26993. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202110224

Synthesis of one-dimensional nanofibers with distinct topological (higher-order structural) domains in the same main chain is one of the challenging topics in modern supramolecular polymer chemistry. Non-uniform structural transformation of supramole... Read More about Non-uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers..

The Infrared Evolution of Dust in V838 Monocerotis (2021)
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(2021). The Infrared Evolution of Dust in V838 Monocerotis. Astronomical Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac1f1e

Luminous Red Variables (LRVs) are most likely eruptions that are the outcome of stellar mergers. V838 Mon is one of the best-studied members of this class, representing an archetype for stellar mergers resulting from B-type stars. As result of the me... Read More about The Infrared Evolution of Dust in V838 Monocerotis.