Substrate-induced strain in molybdenum disulfide grown by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition (2024)
Journal Article
Adams, L. J., Matthews, P. D., Morbec, J. M., & Balakrishnan, N. (in press). Substrate-induced strain in molybdenum disulfide grown by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition. Nanotechnology, 35(39), Article 395602. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ad5dc1

Transition metal dichalcogenides have been extensively studied in recent years because of their fascinating optical, electrical, and catalytic properties. However, low-cost, scalable production remains a challenge. Aerosol-assisted chemical vapor dep... Read More about Substrate-induced strain in molybdenum disulfide grown by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition.

Symmetric double-layer capacitor with natural rubber and sodium salt-based solid polymer electrolyte and reduced graphene oxide electrodes (2024)
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Perera, K. S., Vidanapathirana, K. P., Adams, L. J., Hawes, C. S., & Balakrishnan, N. (2024). Symmetric double-layer capacitor with natural rubber and sodium salt-based solid polymer electrolyte and reduced graphene oxide electrodes. Journal of Energy Storage, 97, Article 112683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.112683

Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) are the key to improving electrochemical devices’ energy density and safety. In recent years, natural polymers have received tremendous attention due to the latest advances in green technology for a sustainable futur... Read More about Symmetric double-layer capacitor with natural rubber and sodium salt-based solid polymer electrolyte and reduced graphene oxide electrodes.

Correction: Virtual screening, identification and in vitro validation of small molecule GDP-mannose dehydrogenase inhibitors (2024)
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Dolan, J. P., Ahmadipour, S., Wahart, A. J. C., Cheallaigh, A. N., Sari, S., Eurtivong, C., …Miller, G. J. (in press). Correction: Virtual screening, identification and in vitro validation of small molecule GDP-mannose dehydrogenase inhibitors. RSC Chemical Biology, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cb90026j

Correction for ‘Virtual screening, identification and in vitro validation of small molecule GDP-mannose dehydrogenase inhibitors’ by Jonathan P. Dolan et al., RSC Chem. Biol., 2023, 4, 865–870, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CB00126A.

New quasars behind the Magellanic Clouds: II. Spectroscopic confirmation of 136 near-infrared selected candidates (2024)
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Ivanov, V. D., Cioni, M.-R. L., Dennefeld, M., de Grijs, R., Craig, J. E. M., van Loon, J. T., …Haberl, F. (2024). New quasars behind the Magellanic Clouds: II. Spectroscopic confirmation of 136 near-infrared selected candidates. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 687, Article A16. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346504

Context. Quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) are a basis for an absolute reference system for astrometric studies. A system like this at the far side of nearby galaxies is required to facilitate measuring of the proper motions of these galaxies. However, th... Read More about New quasars behind the Magellanic Clouds: II. Spectroscopic confirmation of 136 near-infrared selected candidates.

NGTS-30b/TOI-4862b: An ~1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter (2024)
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Battley, M. P., Collins, K. A., Ulmer-Moll, S., Quinn, S. N., Lendl, M., Gill, S., …Zhao, Y. (2024). NGTS-30b/TOI-4862b: An ~1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 686, Article A230. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449307

Context. Long-period transiting exoplanets bridge the gap between the bulk of transit- and Doppler-based exoplanet discoveries, providing key insights into the formation and evolution of planetary systems. The wider separation between these planets a... Read More about NGTS-30b/TOI-4862b: An ~1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter.

BEBOP V. Homogeneous stellar analysis of potential circumbinary planet hosts (2024)
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Freckelton, A. V., Sebastian, D., Mortier, A., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Maxted, P. F. L., Acuña, L., …Willett, E. (2024). BEBOP V. Homogeneous stellar analysis of potential circumbinary planet hosts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(4), 4085-4098. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1405

Planets orbiting binary systems are relatively unexplored compared to those around single stars. Detections of circumbinary planets and planetary systems offer a first detailed view into our understanding of circumbinary planet formation and dynamica... Read More about BEBOP V. Homogeneous stellar analysis of potential circumbinary planet hosts.

Seven new triply eclipsing triple star systems (2024)
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Rappaport, S. A., Borkovits, T., Mitnyan, T., Gagliano, R., Eisner, N., Jacobs, T., …Vanderburg, A. (2024). Seven new triply eclipsing triple star systems. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 686(A27), https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449273

Aims. We have identified nearly a hundred close triply eclipsing hierarchical triple star systems from data taken with the space telescope TESS. These systems are noteworthy in that we can potentially determine their dynamical and astrophysical param... Read More about Seven new triply eclipsing triple star systems.

Biocatalytic Nucleobase Diversification of 4'-Thionucleosides and Application of Derived 5-Ethynyl-4'-thiouridine for RNA synthesis detection. (2024)
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Westarp, S., Benckendorff, C., Motter, J., Rohrs, V., Sanghvi, Y., Neubauer, P., …Miller, G. J. (in press). Biocatalytic Nucleobase Diversification of 4'-Thionucleosides and Application of Derived 5-Ethynyl-4'-thiouridine for RNA synthesis detection. Angewandte Chemie, Article e202405040. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202405040

Nucleoside and nucleotide analogues have proven to be transformative in the treatment of viral infections and cancer. One branch of structural modification to deliver new nucleoside analogue classes explores replacement of canonical ribose oxygen wit... Read More about Biocatalytic Nucleobase Diversification of 4'-Thionucleosides and Application of Derived 5-Ethynyl-4'-thiouridine for RNA synthesis detection..

3’-O-β-Glycosylation of nucleoside analogues using a promiscuous bacterial glycosyltransferase (2024)
Working Paper
Dolan, J., Keenan, T., Benckendorff, C., Ní Cheallaigh, A., Fascione, M., & Miller, G. 3’-O-β-Glycosylation of nucleoside analogues using a promiscuous bacterial glycosyltransferase

Discovery of two warm mini-Neptunes with contrasting densities orbiting the young K3V star TOI-815 (2024)
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Psaridi, A., Osborn, H., Bouchy, F., Lendl, M., Parc, L., Billot, N., …West, R. G. (2024). Discovery of two warm mini-Neptunes with contrasting densities orbiting the young K3V star TOI-815. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 685, Article A5. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348678

We present the discovery and characterization of two warm mini-Neptunes transiting the K-V star TOI-815 in a K-M binary system. Analysis of its spectra and rotation period reveal the star to be young, with an age of 200(-200)(+400) Myr. TOI-815b has... Read More about Discovery of two warm mini-Neptunes with contrasting densities orbiting the young K3V star TOI-815.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: The DR5 analysis of the medium-resolution GIRAFFE and high-resolution UVES spectra of FGK-type stars (2024)
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Worley, C. C., Smiljanic, R., Magrini, L., Frasca, A., Franciosini, E., Montes, D., …Morbidelli, L. (2024). The Gaia-ESO Survey: The DR5 analysis of the medium-resolution GIRAFFE and high-resolution UVES spectra of FGK-type stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 684, Article A148. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347558

The Gaia-ESO Survey is an European Southern Observatory (ESO) public spectroscopic survey that targeted 105 stars in the Milky Way covering the major populations of the disk, bulge and halo. The observations were made using FLAMES on the VLT obtainin... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: The DR5 analysis of the medium-resolution GIRAFFE and high-resolution UVES spectra of FGK-type stars.

The EBLM Project XII. An eccentric, long-period eclipsing binary with a companion near the hydrogen-burning limit (2024)
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Davis, Y. T., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Freckelton, A. V., Mortier, A., Brahm, R., Sebastian, D., …Udry, S. (2024). The EBLM Project XII. An eccentric, long-period eclipsing binary with a companion near the hydrogen-burning limit. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae842

In the hunt for Earth-like exoplanets it is crucial to have reliable host star parameters, as they have a direct impact on the accuracy and precision of the inferred parameters for any discovered exoplanet. For stars with masses between 0.35 and 0.5... Read More about The EBLM Project XII. An eccentric, long-period eclipsing binary with a companion near the hydrogen-burning limit.

The EBLM project – XIII. The absolute dynamical masses of the circumbinary planet host TOI-1338/BEBOP-1, and applications to the study of exoplanet atmospheres. (2024)
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Sebastian, D., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Brogi, M., Baycroft, T. A., Standing, M. R., Maxted, P. F. L., …Nielsen, M. B. (2024). The EBLM project – XIII. The absolute dynamical masses of the circumbinary planet host TOI-1338/BEBOP-1, and applications to the study of exoplanet atmospheres. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(3), 2572–2589. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae459

High-contrast eclipsing binaries with low mass M-dwarf secondaries are precise benchmark stars to build empirical mass-radius relationships for fully convective low-mass ($\rm M_{\star } < 0.35\, M_{\odot }$) dwarf stars. The contributed light... Read More about The EBLM project – XIII. The absolute dynamical masses of the circumbinary planet host TOI-1338/BEBOP-1, and applications to the study of exoplanet atmospheres..

Asymmetry in the atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-76 b (2024)
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Demangeon, O. D. S., Cubillos, P. E., Singh, V., Wilson, T. G., Carone, L., Bekkelien, A., …Walton, N. A. (2024). Asymmetry in the atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-76 b. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 684, Article A27. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348270

Context. WASP-76 b has been a recurrent subject of study since the detection of a signature in high-resolution transit spectroscopy data indicating an asymmetry between the two limbs of the planet. The existence of this asymmetric signature has been... Read More about Asymmetry in the atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-76 b.

Spatial Distribution of Intracluster Light versus Dark Matter in Horizon Run 5 (2024)
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Yoo, J., Park, C., Sabiu, C. G., Singh, A., Ko, J., Lee, J., …Kim, H. (2024). Spatial Distribution of Intracluster Light versus Dark Matter in Horizon Run 5. Astrophysical Journal, 965(2), Article 145. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2df8

One intriguing approach for studying the dynamical evolution of galaxy clusters is to compare the spatial distributions among various components such as dark matter, member galaxies, gas, and intracluster light (ICL). Utilizing the recently introduce... Read More about Spatial Distribution of Intracluster Light versus Dark Matter in Horizon Run 5.

Observational mapping of the mass discrepancy in eclipsing binaries: Selection of the sample and its photometric and spectroscopic properties (2024)
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Tkachenko, A., Pavlovski, K., Serebriakova, N., Bowman, D. M., IJspeert, L., Gebruers, S., & Southworth, J. (2024). Observational mapping of the mass discrepancy in eclipsing binaries: Selection of the sample and its photometric and spectroscopic properties. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 683, Article A252. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347793

Context. Eclipsing spectroscopic double-lined binaries are the prime source of precise and accurate measurements of masses and radii of stars. These measurements provide a stringent test for models of stellar evolution that are consistently reported... Read More about Observational mapping of the mass discrepancy in eclipsing binaries: Selection of the sample and its photometric and spectroscopic properties.

Planets observed with CHEOPS: Two super-Earths orbiting the red dwarf star TOI-776 (2024)
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Fridlund, M., Georgieva, I. Y., Bonfanti, A., Alibert, Y., Persson, C. M., Gandolfi, D., …Walton, N. A. (2024). Planets observed with CHEOPS: Two super-Earths orbiting the red dwarf star TOI-776. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 684, Article A12. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202243838

Context. M-dwarf stars are the most common of potential exoplanet host stars in the Galaxy. It is therefore very important to understand planetary systems orbiting such stars and to determine the physical parameters of such planets with high precisio... Read More about Planets observed with CHEOPS: Two super-Earths orbiting the red dwarf star TOI-776.

CHEOPS observations of KELT-20 b/MASCARA-2 b: An aligned orbit and signs of variability from a reflective day side (2024)
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Singh, V., Scandariato, G., Smith, A. M. S., Cubillos, P. E., Lendl, M., Billot, N., …Zingales, T. (2024). CHEOPS observations of KELT-20 b/MASCARA-2 b: An aligned orbit and signs of variability from a reflective day side. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 683, Article A1. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347533

Context. Occultations are windows of opportunity to indirectly peek into the dayside atmosphere of exoplanets. High-precision transit events provide information on the spin-orbit alignment of exoplanets around fast-rotating hosts.

Aims. We aim to... Read More about CHEOPS observations of KELT-20 b/MASCARA-2 b: An aligned orbit and signs of variability from a reflective day side.

The EBLM Project– XI. Mass, radius, and effective temperature measurements for 23 M-dwarf companions to solar-type stars observed with CHEOPS (2024)
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Swayne, M. I., Maxted, P. F. L., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Sousa, S. G., Deline, A., Ehrenreich, D., …Wilson, T. G. (2024). The EBLM Project– XI. Mass, radius, and effective temperature measurements for 23 M-dwarf companions to solar-type stars observed with CHEOPS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528(4), 5703-5722. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3866

Observations of low-mass stars have frequently shown a disagreement between observed stellar radii and radii predicted by theoretical stellar structure models. This ‘radius inflation’ problem could have an impact on both stellar and exoplanetary scie... Read More about The EBLM Project– XI. Mass, radius, and effective temperature measurements for 23 M-dwarf companions to solar-type stars observed with CHEOPS.

Constraining the reflective properties of WASP-178 b using CHEOPS photometry (2024)
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Pagano, I., Scandariato, G., Singh, V., Lendl, M., Queloz, D., Simon, A. E., …Walton, N. A. (2024). Constraining the reflective properties of WASP-178 b using CHEOPS photometry. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 682, Article A102. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346705

Context. Multiwavelength photometry of the secondary eclipses of extrasolar planets is able to disentangle the reflected and thermally emitted light radiated from the planetary dayside. Based on this, we can measure the planetary geometric albedo Ag,... Read More about Constraining the reflective properties of WASP-178 b using CHEOPS photometry.