• Evaluation of the sub-surface morphology and composition of gunshot residue using focussed ion beam analysis 

  Lucas, Nick; Seyfang, Kelsey E; Plummer, Andrew Mark; Cook, Michael; Kirkbride, Kenneth Paul; Kobus, Hilton John (Elsevier, 2019-02-11)

  Recent work in the forensic analysis of Gunshot residues (GSR) has suggested that the sub-surface or internal composition and morphology of these residues be explored. A particular area of interest is in heavy metal free, ...

• Detailed investigations into the Akabori–Momotani reaction for the synthesis of amphetamine type stimulants: Part 2 

  Doughty, David; Kent, Emma; Painter, Ben; Pigou, Paul; Johnston, Martin Ross (Elsevier, 2018-02-06)

  The Akabori–Momotani reaction can be used to synthesise pseudoephedrine in 50% yield from N-methylalanine and benzaldehyde. This paper investigates electronic effects of substituted benzaldehydes on the reaction to synthesise ...

• Toxicogenetic study of omeprazole and the modulatory effects of retinol palmitate and ascorbic acid on Allium cepa 

  Braga, Antonio Lima; de Meneses, Ag-Anne Pereira Melo; Santos, Jose Victor de Oliveir; dos Reis, Antonielly Campinho; de Lima, Rosalia Maria Torres; da Mata, Ana Maria Oliveira Ferreira; Paz, Marcia Fernanda Correia Jardim; dos Santos Alves, Leane Brunelle; Shaw, Subrata; Uddin, Shaikh Jamal; Rouf, Razina; Das, Asish Kumar; Dev, Shrabanti; Shill, Manik Chandra; Shilpi, Jamil A; Khan, Ishaq N; Islam, Muhammad Torequl; Ali, Eunus S; Mubarak, Mohammad S; Mishra, Siddhartha Kumar; de Castro e Souza, Joao Marcelo; Melo-Cavalcante, Ana Amelia de Carvalho (Elsevier, 2018-04-05)

  Omeprazole (OME) is a proton pump inhibitor used for the treatment of various gastric and intestinal disease; however, studies on its effects on the genetic materials are still restricted. The present study aimed to evaluate ...

• Mechanism and kinetics of hydrothermal replacement of magnetite by hematite 

  Zhao, Jing; Brugger, Joel; Pring, Allan (Elsevier, 2018-06-28)

  The replacement of magnetite by hematite was studied through a series of experiments under mild hydrothermal conditions (140–220 °C, vapour saturated pressures) to quantify the kinetics of the transformation and the relative ...

• Continuous flow synthesis of phosphate binding h-BN@magnetite hybrid material 

  Al-Antaki, Ahmed H M; Luo, Xuan; Duan, Alex; Lamb, Robert N; Eroglu, Ela; Hutchison, Wayne D; Zou, Yi-chao; Zou, Jin; Raston, Colin L (The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018-12-05)

  Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is rendered magnetically responsive in aqueous media by binding superparamagnetic magnetite nanoparticles 8.5–18.5 nm in diameter on the surface. The composite material was generated under ...

• Spatio-temporal geomorphological and ecological evolution of a transgressive dunefield system, Northern California, USA 

  Pickart, Andrea J; Hesp, Patrick A (Elsevier, 2018-09-25)

  A series of historic aerial photographs in addition to the U.S. Coast Survey 1870 map were used to document evolution of the coastal barrier and transgressive dunefield system at the Lanphere-Ma-le'l Dunes on Humboldt Bay, ...

• Morphological evolution of the sandspit at Tortugueros Beach, Mexico 

  Escudero, Mireille; Silva, Rodolfo; Hesp, Patrick A; Mendoza, Edgar (Elsevier, 2018-10-14)

  Sand spits occur around the world with different shapes, dimensions and dynamics. While usually considered non-developable coastal features, development has taken place in several locations around the world, and because ...

• A forensic investigation on the persistence of organic gunshot residues 

  Maitre, Matthieu; Horder, Mark; Kirkbride, Kenneth Paul; Gassner, Anne-Laure; Weyermann, Celine; Roux, Claude; Beavis, Alison (Elsevier, 2018-09-01)

  Gunshot residues (GSR) are a potential form of forensic traces in firearm-related events. In most forensic laboratories, GSR analyses focus on the detection and characterisation of the inorganic components (IGSR), which ...

• Controlled slicing of single walled carbon nanotubes under continuous flow 

  Alharbi, Thaar M D; Vimalanathan, Kasturi; Lawrance, Warren Donald; Raston, Colin L (Elsevier, 2018-08-31)

  Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are sliced with control over their length distribution within a laser irradiated dynamic thin film in a vortex fluidic device (VFD) operating under continuous flow conditions. Length ...

• Tethered membrane architectures - design and applications 

  Andersson, Jakob; Koper, Ingo; Knoll, Wolfgang (Frontiers Media, 2018-09-07)

  Membrane proteins perform a large number of essential biological tasks, but the understanding of these proteins has progressed much more slowly than that of globular proteins. The study of membrane proteins is hindered ...

• Resistance to pentamidine is mediated by AdeAB, regulated by AdeRS, and influenced by growth conditions in Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978 

  Adams, Felise G; Stroeher, Uwe Horst; Hassan, Karl Adam; Marri, Shashikanth; Brown, Melissa Hackett (Public Library of Science, 2018-05-11)

  In recent years, effective treatment of infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii has become challenging due to the ability of the bacterium to acquire or up-regulate antimicrobial resistance determinants. Two component ...

• A silicon-labelled amino acid suitable for late-stage fluorination and unexpected oxidative cleavage reactions in the preparation of a key intermediate in the Strecker synthesis 

  Scroggie, Kymberley R; Alcock, Lisa J; Matos, Maria J; Bernardes, Goncalo J L; Perkins, Michael Victor; Chalker, Justin M (Wiley, 2018-03-13)

  A novel silicon-substituted phenylalanine derivative was prepared using the Strecker amino acid synthesis. An unexpected oxidative cleavage was observed in the preparation of the aldehyde required for the Strecker reaction. ...

• Efficient Near-Infrared Electroluminescence at 840 nm with “Metal-Free” Small-Molecule:Polymer Blends 

  Minotto, Alessandro; Murto, Petri; Genene, Zewdneh; Zampetti, Andrea; Carnicella, Giuseppe; Mammo, Wendimagegn; Andersson, Mats R; Wang, Ergang; Cacialli, Franco (Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2018-07-10)

  Due to the so‐called energy‐gap law and aggregation quenching, the efficiency of organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs) emitting above 800 nm is significantly lower than that of visible ones. Successful exploitation of ...

• TiO2 nanofiber photoelectrochemical cells loaded with sub-12 nm AuNPs: Size dependent performance evaluation 

  Macdonald, Thomas J; Ambroz, Filip; Batmunkh, Munkhbayar; Li, Yang; Kim, Dongyoung; Contini, Claudia; Poduval, Radhika; Liu, Huiyun; Shapter, Joseph George; Papakonstantinou, Ioannis; Parkin, Ivan P (Elsevier, 2018-06-22)

  Incorporation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) into titanium dioxide (TiO2) photoelectrodes has been used traditionally to increase the performance of photoelectrochemical cells (PECs) through their tailored optical properties. ...

• Molecular tweezers with a rotationally restricted linker and freely rotating porphyrin moieties 

  Murphy, Rhys; Pham, Duc-Truc; White, J M; Lincoln, Stephen F; Johnston, Martin Ross (The Royal Society Publishing, 2018-07-23)

  The effect of the degree of conformational rigidity and/or flexibility on preorganisation in artificial molecular receptors continues to be actively explored by supramolecular chemists. This work describes a bisporphyri ...

• Surface Chemical Characterisation of Pyrite Exposed to Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Associated Extracellular Polymeric Substances 

  LaVars, Sian M; Newton, Kelly; Quinton, Jamie Scott; Cheng, Pei-Yu; Wei, Der-Hsin; Chan, Yuet-Loy; Harmer, Sarah Louise (MDPI, 2018-03-24)

  A. ferrooxidans and their metabolic products have previously been explored as a viable alternative depressant of pyrite for froth flotation; however, the mechanism by which separation is achieved is not completely ...

• Green Synthesis of Three-Dimensional Hybrid N-Doped ORR Electro-Catalysts Derived from Apricot Sap 

  Karunagaran, Ramesh; Coghlan, Campbell; Shearer, Cameron; Tran, Diana; Gulati, Karan; Tung, Tran Thanh; Doonan, Christian; Losic, Dusan (MDPI, 2018-01-28)

  Rapid depletion of fossil fuel and increased energy demand has initiated a need for an alternative energy source to cater for the growing energy demand. Fuel cells are an enabling technology for the conversion of sustainable ...

• Measuring the Density of States of the Inner and Outer Wall of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 

  Chambers, Benjamin A; Shearer, Cameron; Yu, Le Ping; Gibson, Christopher; Andersson, Gunther (MDPI, 2018-06-19)

  The combination of ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy and metastable helium induced electron spectroscopy is used to determine the density of states of the inner and outer coaxial carbon nanotubes. Ultraviolet ...

• Selective Attachment of Leptospirillum ferrooxidans for Separation of Chalcopyrite and Pyrite through Bio-Flotation 

  Bleeze, Belinda; Zhao, Jing; Harmer, Sarah Louise (MDPI, 2018-02-27)

  The replacement of depressants used in sulfide mineral beneficiation, with bacteria and their metabolites, promises to reduce the environmental impact left by the mining industry. In this study, the attachment of ...

• Efficiency Improvement Using Molybdenum Disulphide Interlayers in Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube/Silicon Solar Cells 

  Alzahly, Shaykha; Yu, Le Ping; Shearer, Cameron; Gibson, Christopher; Shapter, Joseph George (MDPI, 2018-04-21)

  Molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) is one of the most studied and widely applied nanomaterials from the layered transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) semiconductor family. MoS2 has a large carrier diffusion length and a high ...

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