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A facile synthesis of Palladium encased Ag nanowires and its effect on fluorescence and catalysis (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). A facile synthesis of Palladium encased Ag nanowires and its effect on fluorescence and catalysis. Materials Research Express, https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab0180

A facile polyol synthetic route was designed to prepare an ultra thin Pd nano sheath over Ag nanowires (NWs) forming metal-metal core–shell nanocomposites. Here we report the one pot synthesis of Pd assembly onto growing Ag NWs. Pd salts were reduced... Read More about A facile synthesis of Palladium encased Ag nanowires and its effect on fluorescence and catalysis.

Synthesis of Nanostructured Catalysts by Surfactant-Templating of Large-Pore Zeolites (2019)
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Zholobenko, V., Mordvinova, N., Lebedev, O., Vicente, A., Haslam, J., Al-Ani, A., & fernandez, C. (2019). Synthesis of Nanostructured Catalysts by Surfactant-Templating of Large-Pore Zeolites. RSC advances, 2029-2039. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NA00004F

Zeolites and related crystalline molecular sieves are utilised in a wide range of reactions and processes due to their regular microporous structure, strong acidity, shape selectivity and ion-exchange properties. However, their practical applications... Read More about Synthesis of Nanostructured Catalysts by Surfactant-Templating of Large-Pore Zeolites.

Intracellular Aluminium in Inflammatory and Glial Cells in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: A Case Report (2019)
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(2019). Intracellular Aluminium in Inflammatory and Glial Cells in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: A Case Report. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081459

(1) Introduction: In 2006, we reported on very high levels of aluminium in brain tissue in an unusual case of cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). The individual concerned had been exposed to extremely high levels of aluminium in their potable water du... Read More about Intracellular Aluminium in Inflammatory and Glial Cells in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: A Case Report.

Quantum Sensing in a Physiological-Like Cell Niche Using Fluorescent Nanodiamonds Embedded in Electrospun Polymer Nanofibers. (2019)
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Adams, C., Mather, M., Radu, V., Simpson, D., Barcons, A., Price, J., & Levett, S. (2019). Quantum Sensing in a Physiological-Like Cell Niche Using Fluorescent Nanodiamonds Embedded in Electrospun Polymer Nanofibers. Small, 15(22), e1900455. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201900455

Fluorescent nanodiamonds (fNDs) containing nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers are promising candidates for quantum sensing in biological environments. This work describes the fabrication and implementation of electrospun poly lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA... Read More about Quantum Sensing in a Physiological-Like Cell Niche Using Fluorescent Nanodiamonds Embedded in Electrospun Polymer Nanofibers..

Peptide Cross-Linked Poly (Ethylene Glycol) Hydrogel Films as Biosensor Coatings for the Detection of Collagenase (2019)
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Watkinson. (2019). Peptide Cross-Linked Poly (Ethylene Glycol) Hydrogel Films as Biosensor Coatings for the Detection of Collagenase. Sensors, https://doi.org/10.3390/s19071677

Peptide cross-linked poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel has been widely used for drug delivery and tissue engineering. However, the use of this material as a biosensor for the detection of collagenase has not been explored. Proteases play a key role in t... Read More about Peptide Cross-Linked Poly (Ethylene Glycol) Hydrogel Films as Biosensor Coatings for the Detection of Collagenase.

Investigation of the changes in hydrogen bonding accompanying the structural reorganization at 103 K in ammonium iodate (2019)
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Jones. (2019). Investigation of the changes in hydrogen bonding accompanying the structural reorganization at 103 K in ammonium iodate. Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052520619000325

Neutron powder diffraction has been used to observe the changes in hydrogen bonding that occur as a function of temperature in ND4IO3 and, thus, determine the structural features that occur during the low-temperature (103 K) phase transition. It is s... Read More about Investigation of the changes in hydrogen bonding accompanying the structural reorganization at 103 K in ammonium iodate.

Nickel-zeolite composite catalysts with metal nanoparticles selectively encapsulated in the zeolite micropores (2019)
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(2019). Nickel-zeolite composite catalysts with metal nanoparticles selectively encapsulated in the zeolite micropores. Journal of Materials Science, 5399-5411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-03250-5

Metal zeolite composite catalysts have found numerous applications in adsorption, gas separation, petroleum refining and chemical industry. The key issue in the design of these catalysts is the localization of the metal within the zeolite structure.... Read More about Nickel-zeolite composite catalysts with metal nanoparticles selectively encapsulated in the zeolite micropores.

Investigation of the changes in hydrogen bonding accompanying the structural reorganization at 103K in Ammonium iodate (2019)
Journal Article
Jones. (2019). Investigation of the changes in hydrogen bonding accompanying the structural reorganization at 103K in Ammonium iodate. Acta crystallographica. Section B, Structural science, https://doi.org/10.1107/s2052520619000325

Neutron powder diffraction has been used to observe the changes in hydrogen bonding that occur
as a function of temperature in ND4IO3, and thus determine the structural features that occur during
the low temperature (103 K) phase transition. We sho... Read More about Investigation of the changes in hydrogen bonding accompanying the structural reorganization at 103K in Ammonium iodate.

Enhanced reforming of methane to synthesis gas by co-doped perovskite catalysts (2019)
Thesis
Khazaal, M. H. (2019). Enhanced reforming of methane to synthesis gas by co-doped perovskite catalysts. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413071

Greenhouse gases conversion have become an environmentally friendly way of producing H2 and CO that can be used as a fuel to power solid oxide fuel cells as well as wider industrial applications. The direct conversion of CH4 and CO2 into synthesis ga... Read More about Enhanced reforming of methane to synthesis gas by co-doped perovskite catalysts.

The use of metabonomic profiling approaches for the investigation of complex food fraud (2019)
Thesis
Sidwick, K. L. (2019). The use of metabonomic profiling approaches for the investigation of complex food fraud. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413093

Food fraud is a challenge in today's expanding global food industry. Recently weaknesses in current testing methods for meat authentication have been exposed. Labels are assumed to accurately describe the contents of meat products, however these can... Read More about The use of metabonomic profiling approaches for the investigation of complex food fraud.

Substituent effects in the zinc(II) coordination chemistry of isomeric pyridylpyrazole ligands (2019)
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Chen, P., Ge, W., Lu, Y., Wu, Z., Xu, J., Woodfine, S. E., …Hawes, C. S. (2019). Substituent effects in the zinc(II) coordination chemistry of isomeric pyridylpyrazole ligands. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2019.1587613

Pyrazoles with unsymmetric substitution are useful ligands in coordination chemistry, but are under-developed due to synthetic challenges in accessing the pure isomers. We have prepared four new structurally related N-(2-pyridyl)-3,5-dialkylpyrazole... Read More about Substituent effects in the zinc(II) coordination chemistry of isomeric pyridylpyrazole ligands.

Glycosylated naphthalimides and naphthalimide Tröger's bases as fluorescent aggregation probes for Con A. (2019)
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Calatrava-Perez, E., Delente, J. M., Shanmugaraju, S., Hawes, C. S., Williams, C. D., Gunnlaugsson, T., & Scanlan, E. M. (2019). Glycosylated naphthalimides and naphthalimide Tröger's bases as fluorescent aggregation probes for Con A. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 17(8), 2116-2125. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8OB02980F

Herein we report the synthesis of fluorescent, glycosylated 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide (Nap) 1, and the related 1,8-naphthalimides Tröger's bases (TBNap) 2 and 3, from 1,8-naphthalic anhydride precursors, the a-mannosides being introduced through the... Read More about Glycosylated naphthalimides and naphthalimide Tröger's bases as fluorescent aggregation probes for Con A..

A molecular mechanism for transthyretin amyloidogenesis. (2019)
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(2019). A molecular mechanism for transthyretin amyloidogenesis. Nature communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08609-z

Human transthyretin (TTR) is implicated in several fatal forms of amyloidosis. Many mutations of TTR have been identified; most of these are pathogenic, but some offer protective effects. The molecular basis underlying the vastly different fibrillati... Read More about A molecular mechanism for transthyretin amyloidogenesis..

Catalytic performance of microporous materials for the production of renewable fuels (2019)
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Al-Ani, A., Drijfhout, F., Crickett, S., & Zholobenko, V. (2019). Catalytic performance of microporous materials for the production of renewable fuels. Journal of Porous Materials, 26, 69-76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-018-0610-7

ETS-10, zeolite A and sepiolite based nano-structured materials were prepared and modified with potassium containing compounds using ion-exchange or impregnation and evaluated as basic catalysts for transesterification of vegetable oils using microwa... Read More about Catalytic performance of microporous materials for the production of renewable fuels.

Correction: Glycosylated naphthalimides and naphthalimide Tröger's bases as fluorescent aggregation probes for Con A. (2019)
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Hawes, C. S. (2019). Correction: Glycosylated naphthalimides and naphthalimide Tröger's bases as fluorescent aggregation probes for Con A. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2287 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9OB90017A

Correction for 'Glycosylated naphthalimides and naphthalimide Tröger's bases as fluorescent aggregation probes for Con A' by Elena Calatrava-Pérez et al., Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019, DOI: 10.1039/c8ob02980f.

Biological nitrogen fixation in peatlands: Comparison between acetylene reduction assay and 15N2 assimilation methods (2019)
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Drijfhout. (2019). Biological nitrogen fixation in peatlands: Comparison between acetylene reduction assay and 15N2 assimilation methods. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 157 - 165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.01.011

Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) is an essential microbial process supplying available nitrogen (N) to Sphagnum mosses in ombrotrophic peatlands. Acetylene Reduction Assay (ARA) and the 15N2 assimilation are the main methods used for the measuremen... Read More about Biological nitrogen fixation in peatlands: Comparison between acetylene reduction assay and 15N2 assimilation methods.

Crystallographic studies of 2-picolyl substituted naphthalene diimide and bis-phthalimide ligands and their supramolecular coordination chemistry (2019)
Journal Article
Hawes, C. S. (2019). Crystallographic studies of 2-picolyl substituted naphthalene diimide and bis-phthalimide ligands and their supramolecular coordination chemistry. CrystEngComm, 207-217. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ce01756e

Here we report the synthesis of two N-(2-picolyl) substituted bis-imide ligands, N,N'-di(2-picolyl)-1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic diimide L1 and N,N'-di(2-picolyl)-4,4'-oxybisphthalimide L2, and describe their coordination chemistry in the cryst... Read More about Crystallographic studies of 2-picolyl substituted naphthalene diimide and bis-phthalimide ligands and their supramolecular coordination chemistry.

Indium-Mediated 2-Oxonia Cope Rearrangement of 1,4-Dienols to 1,3-Dienols (2019)
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(2019). Indium-Mediated 2-Oxonia Cope Rearrangement of 1,4-Dienols to 1,3-Dienols. ACS Omega, 785 -792. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b03118

An indium-mediated isomerization of 1,4-dienols to 1,3-dienols is described. This procedure consists of the addition of pentadienylindium, in a protic solvent, to aldehydes giving the kinetic ?-allylation product in high yields. The subsequent conver... Read More about Indium-Mediated 2-Oxonia Cope Rearrangement of 1,4-Dienols to 1,3-Dienols.