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The use of portable XRF as a forensic geoscience non-destructive trace evidence tool for environmental and criminal investigations (2022)
Journal Article
Pringle, J., Jeffery, A., Ruffell, A., Stimpson, I., Pirrie, D., Bergslien, E., …Partridge, J. (2022). The use of portable XRF as a forensic geoscience non-destructive trace evidence tool for environmental and criminal investigations. Forensic Science International, 111175 - 111175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111175

Hand-held, portable X-Ray fluorescence instruments (pXRF) provide a means of rapid, in-situ chemical characterisation that has considerable application as a rapid trace evidence characterisation tool in forensic geoscience. This study presents both a... Read More about The use of portable XRF as a forensic geoscience non-destructive trace evidence tool for environmental and criminal investigations.

Tripodal 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxamide ligand with dipicolinic acid units and its binding with Eu(III) ions (2022)
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Klangwart, N., Ruijs, C., Hawes, C. S., Gunnlaugsson, T., & Kotova, O. (2022). Tripodal 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxamide ligand with dipicolinic acid units and its binding with Eu(III) ions. Supramolecular Chemistry, 34(1), 10-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2023.2177162

The synthesis and characterisation of tripodal ligand 1 containing 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxamide core and diethyl 4-(phenylethynyl)pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate is described. The crystal structure of the intermediate tripodal molecule 7 exhibits an unusua... Read More about Tripodal 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxamide ligand with dipicolinic acid units and its binding with Eu(III) ions.

The structure and dynamics of the Vela OB2 association (2021)
Thesis
Armstrong, J. (2021). The structure and dynamics of the Vela OB2 association. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis presents studies of the structure and dynamics of the Vela OB2 association. OB associations are sparse, gravitationally unbound groups of young stars, vital for studying the formation and early evolution of stars and star-forming regions,... Read More about The structure and dynamics of the Vela OB2 association.

Performance modelling of zeolite-based potentiometric sensors (2021)
Journal Article
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.

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.

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.

Families and clusters of diffuse interstellar bands: a data-driven correlation analysis (2021)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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..

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.

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.

Proper motions of OB stars in the far Carina Arm (2021)
Journal Article
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.