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Impact of Ring-Closing on the Photophysical Properties of One-Dimensional π-Conjugated Molecular Aggregate (2024)
Journal Article

The self-assembled state of molecules plays a pivotal role in determining how inherent molecular properties transform and give rise to supramolecular functionalities and has long attracted attention. However, understanding the influence of morphologi... Read More about Impact of Ring-Closing on the Photophysical Properties of One-Dimensional π-Conjugated Molecular Aggregate.

The human factor: results of a small‐angle scattering data analysis round robin (2023)
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A round‐robin study has been carried out to estimate the impact of the human element in small‐angle scattering data analysis. Four corrected datasets were provided to participants ready for analysis. All datasets were measured on samples containing s... Read More about The human factor: results of a small‐angle scattering data analysis round robin.

Supramolecular Polymer Polymorphism: Spontaneous Helix-Helicoid Transition through Dislocation of Hydrogen-Bonded π-Rosettes. (2023)
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Polymorphism, a phenomenon whereby disparate self-assembled products can be formed from identical molecules, has incited interest in the field of supramolecular polymers. Conventionally, the monomers that constitute supramolecular polymers are engine... Read More about Supramolecular Polymer Polymorphism: Spontaneous Helix-Helicoid Transition through Dislocation of Hydrogen-Bonded π-Rosettes..

Fine-tuning of the size of supramolecular nanotoroids suppresses the subsequent catenation of nano-[2]catenane (2023)
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A judicious combination of ring-closing supramolecular polymerization and secondary nucleation can hierarchically organize a diphenylnaphthalene barbiturate monomer bearing a 3,4,5-tri(dodecyloxy)benzyloxy unit into self-assembled nano-polycatenanes... Read More about Fine-tuning of the size of supramolecular nanotoroids suppresses the subsequent catenation of nano-[2]catenane.

In Situ and Ex Situ X-ray Diffraction and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Investigations of the Sol-Gel Synthesis of Fe3N and Fe3C. (2022)
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Iron nitride (Fe3N) and iron carbide (Fe3C) nanoparticles can be prepared via sol-gel synthesis. While sol-gel methods are simple, it can be difficult to control the crystalline composition, i.e., to achieve a Rietveld-pure product. In a previous in... Read More about In Situ and Ex Situ X-ray Diffraction and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Investigations of the Sol-Gel Synthesis of Fe3N and Fe3C..

Non-uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers. (2021)
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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..

Non‐uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers (2021)
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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.

Diarylethene-Powered Light-Induced Folding of Supramolecular Polymers. (2021)
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Helical folding of randomly coiled linear polymers is an essential organization process not only for biological polypeptides but also for synthetic functional polymers. Realization of this dynamic process in supramolecular polymers (SPs) is, however,... Read More about Diarylethene-Powered Light-Induced Folding of Supramolecular Polymers..

Developing the Scientific Reporting Skills of Chemistry Students (2020)
Book Chapter

Laboratory Safety for Undergraduate Chemistry Students (2020)
Book Chapter

From our perspective as chemistry lecturers our primary goal is to graduate trained chemists who can enter into employment or research degrees and can operate safely within a laboratory; the sort of chemist whose first thought is ‘how do I carry out... Read More about Laboratory Safety for Undergraduate Chemistry Students.

Author Correction: Self-assembled poly-catenanes from supramolecular toroidal building blocks (2020)
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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 Author Correction: Self-assembled poly-catenanes from supramolecular toroidal building blocks.

Developing the Scientific Reporting Skills of Chemistry Students (2020)
Book Chapter

The publication contains a diverse range of expertise in assessment and feedback, bringing together experts in a number of disciplines to present ideas on learner-centred feedback. The main goal of the collection is to showcase learner-focused fee... Read More about Developing the Scientific Reporting Skills of Chemistry Students.

Self-assembled poly-catenanes from supramolecular toroidal building blocks (2020)
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Mechanical interlocking of molecules (catenation) is a nontrivial challenge in modern synthetic chemistry and materials science1,2. One strategy to achieve catenation is the design of pre-annular molecules that are capable of both efficient cyclizati... Read More about Self-assembled poly-catenanes from supramolecular toroidal building blocks.

Supramolecular copolymerization driven by integrative self-sorting of hydrogen-bonded rosettes. (2020)
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Molecular recognition to preorganize noncovalently polymerizable supramolecular complexes is a characteristic process of natural supramolecular polymers, and such recognition processes allow for dynamic self-alteration, yielding complex polymer syste... Read More about Supramolecular copolymerization driven by integrative self-sorting of hydrogen-bonded rosettes..

Assessing the Practical Skills of Undergraduates: The Evolution of a Station-Based Practical Exam (2020)
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Laboratory education is a defining feature of chemistry degree courses, with one of the fundamental aims being acquiring competency in a range of chemistry-specific practical skills, yet there are still limited reports of direct assessment of these s... Read More about Assessing the Practical Skills of Undergraduates: The Evolution of a Station-Based Practical Exam.

Topological Impact on the Kinetic Stability of Supramolecular Polymers (2019)
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Kinetically formed metastable molecular assemblies have attracted increasing interest especially in the field of supramolecular polymers. In most cases, metastable assemblies are ensemblies of aggregates based on the same supramolecular motif but wit... Read More about Topological Impact on the Kinetic Stability of Supramolecular Polymers.

Developing Scientific Reporting Skills of Early Undergraduate Chemistry Students (2019)
Book Chapter

Our aim is to initiate the development of selected generic skills of early undergraduate chemistry students by focussing on scientific reporting skills. To achieve this, we have developed an approach that draws upon chemistry journal articles as para... Read More about Developing Scientific Reporting Skills of Early Undergraduate Chemistry Students.

Nuclear magnetic resonance and small-angle X-ray scattering studies of mixed sodium dodecyl sulfate and N,N-dimethyldodecylamine N-oxide aqueous systems performed at low temperatures (2018)
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Surfactant crystallisation is important in many applications in the food, consumer product and medical sectors. However, these processes are not well understood. In particular, surfactant crystallisation can be detrimental to the stability of deterge... Read More about Nuclear magnetic resonance and small-angle X-ray scattering studies of mixed sodium dodecyl sulfate and N,N-dimethyldodecylamine N-oxide aqueous systems performed at low temperatures.

Self-folding of supramolecular polymers into bioinspired topology. (2018)
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Folding one-dimensional polymer chains into well-defined topologies represents an important organization process for proteins, but replicating this process for supramolecular polymers remains a challenging task. We report supramolecular polymers that... Read More about Self-folding of supramolecular polymers into bioinspired topology..

The impact of N,N-dimethyldodecylamine N-oxide (DDAO) concentration on the crystallisation of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) systems and the resulting changes to viscosity, crystal structure, shape and the kinetics of crystal growth (2018)
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Hypothesis At low temperatures stability issues arise in commercial detergent products when surfactant crystallisation occurs, a process which is not currently well-understood. An understanding of the phase transition can be obtained using a simple... Read More about The impact of N,N-dimethyldodecylamine N-oxide (DDAO) concentration on the crystallisation of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) systems and the resulting changes to viscosity, crystal structure, shape and the kinetics of crystal growth.