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.

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.

Solids at the liquid-liquid interface: Electrocatalysis with pre-formed nanoparticles (2013)
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Plana. (2013). Solids at the liquid-liquid interface: Electrocatalysis with pre-formed nanoparticles. Electrochimica Acta, 809 -815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2013.03.185

The catalytic activity of Au and Au–Pd core–shell nanoparticles is investigated at the liquid–liquid interface. The particles are shown to catalyse a process which is attributed to interfacial oxygen reduction. The Au–Pd particles are shown to be mor... Read More about Solids at the liquid-liquid interface: Electrocatalysis with pre-formed nanoparticles.

Selection of a novel anti-nicotine vaccine: influence of antigen design on antibody function in mice (2013)
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Pryde, D. C., Jones, L. H., Gervais, D. P., Stead, D. R., Blakemore, D. C., Selby, M. D., …McCluskie, M. J. (2013). Selection of a novel anti-nicotine vaccine: influence of antigen design on antibody function in mice. PloS one, 8(10), Article e76557. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076557

Anti-nicotine vaccines may aid smoking cessation via the induction of anti-nicotine antibodies (Ab) which reduce nicotine entering the brain, and hence the associated reward. Ab function depends on both the quantity (titer) and the quality (affinity)... Read More about Selection of a novel anti-nicotine vaccine: influence of antigen design on antibody function in mice.

Doped-carbon electrocatalysts with trimodal porosity from a homogeneous polypeptide gel (2013)
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Schnepp, Z., Zhang, Y., Hollamby, M., Pauw, B., Tanaka, M., Matsushita, Y., & Sakka, Y. (2013). Doped-carbon electrocatalysts with trimodal porosity from a homogeneous polypeptide gel. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1(43), 13576 -13581. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ta12996a

One of the biggest challenges for materials science is to design facile routes to structurally complex materials, which is particularly important for global applications such as fuel cells. Doped nanostructured carbons are targeted as noble metal-fre... Read More about Doped-carbon electrocatalysts with trimodal porosity from a homogeneous polypeptide gel.

Small-Molecule-Induced Clustering of Heparan Sulfate Promotes Cell Adhesion (2013)
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Takemoto, N., Suehara, T., Frisco, H. L., Sato, S., Sezaki, T., Kusamori, K., …Uesugi, M. (2013). Small-Molecule-Induced Clustering of Heparan Sulfate Promotes Cell Adhesion. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(30), 11032 -11039. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4018682

Adhesamine is an organic small molecule that promotes adhesion and growth of cultured human cells by binding selectively to heparan sulfate on the cell surface. The present study combined chemical, physicochemical, and cell biological experiments, us... Read More about Small-Molecule-Induced Clustering of Heparan Sulfate Promotes Cell Adhesion.

Nonvolatile liquid anthracenes for facile full-colour luminescence tuning at single blue-light excitation (2013)
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Möhwald, H., Nakanishi, T., Hagiwara, K., Yoshizawa, M., Babu, S., Hollamby, M., …Kobayashi, K. (2013). Nonvolatile liquid anthracenes for facile full-colour luminescence tuning at single blue-light excitation. Nature communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2969

Nonvolatile room-temperature luminescent molecular liquids are a new generation of organic soft materials. They possess high stability, versatile optical properties, solvent-free fluid behaviour and can effectively accommodate dopant dye molecules. H... Read More about Nonvolatile liquid anthracenes for facile full-colour luminescence tuning at single blue-light excitation.

Efficient chemical synthesis of heparin-like octa-, deca- and dodecasaccharides and inhibition of FGF2-and VEGF(165)-mediated endothelial cell functions (2013)
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Miller, G. J., Hansen, S. U., Avizienyte, E., Rushton, G., Cole, C., Jayson, G. C., & Gardiner, J. M. (2013). Efficient chemical synthesis of heparin-like octa-, deca- and dodecasaccharides and inhibition of FGF2-and VEGF(165)-mediated endothelial cell functions. Chemical Science, 4(8), 3218 - 3222. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3SC51217G

A concise chemical synthesis of a series of structurally-defined heparin-like oligosaccharides is described. This work provides an efficient entry to octa-, deca-, and dodecasaccharides, including the first synthesis of (GlcNS6S-IdoA2S)5 and (GlcNS6S... Read More about Efficient chemical synthesis of heparin-like octa-, deca- and dodecasaccharides and inhibition of FGF2-and VEGF(165)-mediated endothelial cell functions.

Practical applications of small-angle neutron scattering. (2013)
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Hollamby, M. (2013). Practical applications of small-angle neutron scattering. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(26), 10566 - 10579. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CP50293G

Recent improvements in beam-line accessibility and technology have led to small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) becoming more frequently applied to materials problems. SANS has been used to study the assembly, dispersion, alignment and mixing of nano... Read More about Practical applications of small-angle neutron scattering..

Alkylated-C-60 based soft materials: regulation of self-assembly and optoelectronic properties by chain branching (2013)
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Li, H., Babu, S. S., Turner, S. T., Neher, D., Hollamby, M. J., Seki, T., …Nakanishi, T. (2013). Alkylated-C-60 based soft materials: regulation of self-assembly and optoelectronic properties by chain branching. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 1(10), 1943-1951. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3tc00066d

Derivatization of fullerene (C60) with branched aliphatic chains softens C60-based materials and enables the formation of thermotropic liquid crystals and room temperature nonvolatile liquids. This work demonstrates that by carefully tuning parameter... Read More about Alkylated-C-60 based soft materials: regulation of self-assembly and optoelectronic properties by chain branching.

The power of branched chains: optimising functional molecular materials (2013)
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Hollamby, M., & Nakanishi, T. (2013). The power of branched chains: optimising functional molecular materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 1(39), 6178 -6183. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3tc31381f

The power of branched alkyl substituents to alter material properties is known to soft matter chemistry, with examples found in both surfactants and ionic liquids. Here, we highlight their potency in organic molecular/polymeric materials with optoele... Read More about The power of branched chains: optimising functional molecular materials.