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Evidence for a radiatively driven disc-wind in PDS 456? (2017)
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(2017). Evidence for a radiatively driven disc-wind in PDS 456?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, L15-L19. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slx129

We present a newly discovered correlation between the wind outflow velocity and the X-ray luminosity in the luminous ($L_{\rm bol}\sim10^{47}\,\rm erg\,s^{-1}$) nearby ($z=0.184$) quasar PDS\,456. All the contemporary XMM-Newton, NuSTAR and Suzaku ob... Read More about Evidence for a radiatively driven disc-wind in PDS 456?.

A Schiff-base cross-linked supramolecular polymer containing diiminophenol compartments and its interaction with copper(II) ions (2017)
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Klein-Hitpaß, M., Lynes, A. D., Hawes, C. S., Byrne, K., Schmitt, W., & Gunnlaugsson, T. (2018). A Schiff-base cross-linked supramolecular polymer containing diiminophenol compartments and its interaction with copper(II) ions. Supramolecular Chemistry, 30(2), 93-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2017.1362108

We report here the preparation of a Schiff-base linked organic polymer 1 based on linkages containing the potent supramolecular aggregator benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide, connected through 2,6-diiminophenol metal binding pockets into a cross-linked pol... Read More about A Schiff-base cross-linked supramolecular polymer containing diiminophenol compartments and its interaction with copper(II) ions.

Multidisciplinary Investigations at P.O.W. Camp 198, Bridgend, S. Wales: Site of a Mass Escape in March 1945 (2017)
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Rees-Hughes, L., Pringle, J., Russill, N., Wisniewski, K., & Doyle, P. (in press). Multidisciplinary Investigations at P.O.W. Camp 198, Bridgend, S. Wales: Site of a Mass Escape in March 1945. Journal of Conflict Archaeology, 11(2-3), https://doi.org/10.1080/15740773.2017.1357900

The largest escape of German Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) in WW2 was in March 1945 from Camp 198, situated in Bridgend, South Wales, UK. Since camp closure the site has become derelict, and has not been scientifically investigated. This paper reports on... Read More about Multidisciplinary Investigations at P.O.W. Camp 198, Bridgend, S. Wales: Site of a Mass Escape in March 1945.

Multi-disciplinary investigations at PoW Camp 198, Bridgend, S. Wales: site of a mass escape in March 1945 (2017)
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Rees-Hughes, L., Pringle, J., Russill, N., Wisniewski, K., & Doyle, P. (2017). Multi-disciplinary investigations at PoW Camp 198, Bridgend, S. Wales: site of a mass escape in March 1945. Journal of Conflict Archaeology, 11(2-3), https://doi.org/10.1080/15740773.2017.1357900

The largest escape of German Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) in WW2 was in March 1945 from Camp 198, situated in Bridgend, South Wales, UK. Since camp closure the site has become derelict, and has not been scientifically investigated. This paper reports on... Read More about Multi-disciplinary investigations at PoW Camp 198, Bridgend, S. Wales: site of a mass escape in March 1945.

Coordination polymers from a flexible alkyldiamine-derived ligand (2017)
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Emerson, A. J., Hawes, C. S., Knowles, G. P., Chaffee, A. L., Batten, S. R., & Turner, D. R. (in press). Coordination polymers from a flexible alkyldiamine-derived ligand. CrystEngComm, 19(34), 5137-5145. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ce01133d

Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Fluorophore Exhibits a Highly Ratiometric Fluorescent Response to Zn2+ in vitro and in Human Liver Cancer Cells (2017)
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Watkinson. (2017). Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Fluorophore Exhibits a Highly Ratiometric Fluorescent Response to Zn2+ in vitro and in Human Liver Cancer Cells. Chemistry - A European Journal, 13067 - 13075. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201701948

Two novel organic fluorophores, containing bis-naphthylamide and quinoline motifs, have been designed and synthesized. One of the fluorophores contains an isobutylene unit and exhibits a significant aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and a remarkable... Read More about Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Fluorophore Exhibits a Highly Ratiometric Fluorescent Response to Zn2+ in vitro and in Human Liver Cancer Cells.

The EBLM project - III. A Saturn-size low-mass star at the hydrogen-burning limit (2017)
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Hellier, Smalley, & Maxted. (2017). The EBLM project - III. A Saturn-size low-mass star at the hydrogen-burning limit. Astronomy & Astrophysics, L6 -L6. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731107

We report the discovery of an eclipsing binary system with mass-ratio q ~ 0.07. After identifying a periodic photometric signal received by WASP, we obtained CORALIE spectroscopic radial velocities and follow-up light curves with the Euler and TRAPPI... Read More about The EBLM project - III. A Saturn-size low-mass star at the hydrogen-burning limit.

The use of geoscience methods for aquatic forensic searches (2017)
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Ruffell, A., Pringle, J., Cassella, J., Morgan, R., Ferguson, M., Heaton, V., …McKinley, J. (2017). The use of geoscience methods for aquatic forensic searches. Earth-Science Reviews, 171, 323-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.04.012

There have been few publications on the forensic search of water and fewer still on the use of geoforensic techniques when exploring aqueous environments. Here we consider what the nature of the aqueous environment is, what the forensic target(s) may... Read More about The use of geoscience methods for aquatic forensic searches.

Testing a one-dimensional prescription of dynamical shear mixing with a two-dimensional hydrodynamic simulation (2017)
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Edelman, P., Röpke, F., Hirschi, R., Georgy, C., & Jones, S. (2017). Testing a one-dimensional prescription of dynamical shear mixing with a two-dimensional hydrodynamic simulation. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 604, Article A25. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629873

Context. The treatment of mixing processes is still one of the major uncertainties in 1D stellar evolution models. This is mostly due to the need to parametrize and approximate aspects of hydrodynamics in hydrostatic codes. In particular, the effect... Read More about Testing a one-dimensional prescription of dynamical shear mixing with a two-dimensional hydrodynamic simulation.

A tale of three cities - OmegaCAM discovers multiple sequences in the color-magnitude diagram of the Orion Nebula Cluster (2017)
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Wright, N. J. (2017). A tale of three cities - OmegaCAM discovers multiple sequences in the color-magnitude diagram of the Orion Nebula Cluster. Astronomy and Astrophysics, A22 - A22. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730432

As part of the accretion discs in Ha with OmegaCAM (ADHOC) survey, we imaged a region of 12 × 8 square degrees around the Orion Nebula Cluster in r, i and Ha. Thanks to the high-quality photometry obtained, we discovered three well-separated pre-main... Read More about A tale of three cities - OmegaCAM discovers multiple sequences in the color-magnitude diagram of the Orion Nebula Cluster.

Synthesis and organogelating behaviour of amino acid-functionalised triphenylenes (2017)
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Meegan, J. E., Yang, X., Rungsirisakun, R., Cosgrove, S. C., Bushby, R. J., Sadeghpour, A., …Ansell, R. J. (in press). Synthesis and organogelating behaviour of amino acid-functionalised triphenylenes. Soft Matter, 13(35), 5922-5932. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sm00676d

Four novel amino acid-functionalised triphenylenes have been prepared with glycine, L-alanine, L-phenylalanine and L-tryptophan ethyl ester side-chains. The glycine derivative is a good gelator of chloroform, the alanine derivative gels ethanol and t... Read More about Synthesis and organogelating behaviour of amino acid-functionalised triphenylenes.

Updating the road map to metal-halide perovskites for photovoltaics (2017)
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Matthews, P., Lewis, D., & O'Brien, P. (2017). Updating the road map to metal-halide perovskites for photovoltaics. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 17135-17150. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA04544A

Metal-halide perovskites have revolutionised photovoltaics in a short space of time due to their large power-conversion efficiencies and flexibility in device processing. However, questions loom over the deployment of these materials in photovoltaic... Read More about Updating the road map to metal-halide perovskites for photovoltaics.

The synthesis and characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films from melt reactions using xanthate precursors (2017)
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Savjani, N., Zhong, X., Wang, Y., Missous, M., Al-Shakban, M., Matthews, P., & O'Brien, P. (2017). The synthesis and characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films from melt reactions using xanthate precursors. Journal of Materials Science, 12761 - 12771. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1367-0

Kesterite, Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS), is a promising absorber layer for use in photovoltaic cells. We report the use of copper, zinc and tin xanthates in melt reactions to produce Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films. The phase of the as-produced CZTS is dependent on... Read More about The synthesis and characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films from melt reactions using xanthate precursors.

Novel xanthate complexes for the size-controlled synthesis of copper sulfide nanorods (2017)
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Matthews, P., Deogratius, G., McNaughter, P., Rafery, J., O'Brien, P., Vitorica-Yrezabal, I., …Al-Shakban, M. (2017). Novel xanthate complexes for the size-controlled synthesis of copper sulfide nanorods. Inorganic Chemistry, 9247-9254. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01288

We present a simple, easily scalable route to monodisperse copper sulfide nanocrystals by the hot injection of a series of novel copper(I) xanthate single-source precursors [(PPh3)2Cu(S2COR)] (R = isobutyl, 2-methoxyethyl, 2-ethoxyethyl, 1-methoxy-2-... Read More about Novel xanthate complexes for the size-controlled synthesis of copper sulfide nanorods.

Emission lines in the atmosphere of the irradiated brown dwarf WD0137-349B (2017)
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Longstaff, E., Casewell, S., Wynn, G., Maxted, P., & Helling, C. (2017). Emission lines in the atmosphere of the irradiated brown dwarf WD0137-349B. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471(2), 1728 - 1736. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1786

We present new optical and near-infrared spectra of WD0137-349; a close white dwarf–brown dwarf non-interacting binary system with a period of ˜114 min. We have confirmed the presence of Ha emission and discovered He, Na, Mg, Si, K, Ca, Ti and Fe emi... Read More about Emission lines in the atmosphere of the irradiated brown dwarf WD0137-349B.

1,2,3,4-Tetra-O-Acetyl- ß-D-Mannuronic Acid (2017)
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Miller, G., & Beswick, L. (2017). 1,2,3,4-Tetra-O-Acetyl- ß-D-Mannuronic Acid. Molbank, 2017(3), Article M947. https://doi.org/10.3390/M947

1,2,3,4-Tetra-O-acetyl--D-mannuronic acid was synthesized in three steps from commercial D-mannose in 21% yield. Regioselective 6-O-tritylation followed by per-acetylation and 6-OTr removal using HBr/AcOH gave the required primary alcohol substrate,... Read More about 1,2,3,4-Tetra-O-Acetyl- ß-D-Mannuronic Acid.

WASP-167b/KELT-13b: joint discovery of a hot Jupiter transiting a rapidly rotating F1V star (2017)
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Temple, L., Hellier, C., Albrow, M., Anderson, D., Bayliss, D., Beatty, T., …Zhou, G. (2017). WASP-167b/KELT-13b: joint discovery of a hot Jupiter transiting a rapidly rotating F1V star. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471(3), 2743 - 2752. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1729

We report the joint WASP/KELT discovery of WASP-167b/KELT-13b, a transiting hot Jupiter with a 2.02-d orbit around a V = 10.5, F1V star with [Fe/H] = 0.1 ± 0.1. The 1.5 RJup planet was confirmed by Doppler tomography of the stellar line profiles duri... Read More about WASP-167b/KELT-13b: joint discovery of a hot Jupiter transiting a rapidly rotating F1V star.

How do binary clusters form? (2017)
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Arnold, B., P. Goodwin, S., Griffiths, D. W., & Parker, R. J. (2017). How do binary clusters form?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471(2), 2498-2507. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1719

Approximately 10 per cent of star clusters are found in pairs, known as binary clusters. We propose a mechanism for binary cluster formation; we use N-body simulations to show that velocity substructure in a single (even fairly smooth) region can cau... Read More about How do binary clusters form?.

Star formation histories in NGC 147 and NGC 185 (2017)
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Van Loon. (2017). Star formation histories in NGC 147 and NGC 185. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/869/1/012087

NGC 147 and NGC 185 are two of the most massive satellites of the Andromeda galaxy (M 31). With similar mass and morphological type dE, they possess different amounts of interstellar gas and tidal distortion. The question therefore is, how do their h... Read More about Star formation histories in NGC 147 and NGC 185.

Indium coverage of the Si(111)- 7×3 -In surface (2017)
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Suzuki, T., Lawrence, J., Walker, M., Morbec, J., Blowey, P., Yagyu, K., …Costantini, G. (2017). Indium coverage of the Si(111)- 7×3 -In surface. Physical Review B, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.035412

The indium coverage of the Si(111)-v7×v3-In surface is investigated by means of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and first-principles density functional theory calculations. Both experimental and theoretical results indicate that the In coverage is a... Read More about Indium coverage of the Si(111)- 7×3 -In surface.