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1. Sporopollenin as an Efficient Green Support for Covalent Immobilization of a Lipase, S.P. de Souza, J. Bassut, H. M. Alvarez, I.I. Junior, L.S.M. Miranda, Y. Huang, G. Mackenzie, A.N. Boa, R.O.M.A. de Souza, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2015, 5, 3130-3136. doi: 10.1039/c4cy01682c
2. Sporopollenin, the least known yet toughest natural biopolymer, G. Mackenzie, A.N. Boa, A. Diego Taboada, S.L. Atkin and T. Sathyapalan, Front. Mater. 2015, 2:66. doi: 10.3389/fmats.2015.00066
3. Sulfonated Sporopollenin as an Efficient and Recyclable Heterogeneous Catalyst for Dehydration of D-Xylose and Xylan into Furfural, Y. Wang, T. Len, Y. Huang, A. Diego Taboada, A.N. Boa, C. Ceballos, F. Delbecq, G. Mackenzie, and C. Len, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2017, 5, 392-398. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01780
4. Sporopollenin exine capsules (SpECs) derived from Lycopodium clavatum provide practical antioxidant properties by retarding rancidification of an ω-3 oil, M. J. Thomasson, A. Diego-Taboada, S. Barrier, J. Martin-Guyout, E. Amedjou, S. L. Atkin, Y. Queneau, A. N. Boa, and Grahame Mackenzie, Ind. Crop Prod. 2020, 154, 112714. doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.112714
Young
1. Searching for Monomeric Nickel Tetrafluoride: Unravelling Infrared Matrix Isolation Spectra of Higher Nickel Fluorides, L. Li, A. K. Sakr, T. Schlöder, S. Klein, H. Beckers, M.-P. Kitsaras, H. V. Snelling, N. A. Young, D. Andrae and S. Riedel, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, in the press, doi: 10.1002/anie.202015501 and 10.1002/ange.202015501.
2. How Inert, Perturbing, or Interacting Are Cryogenic Matrices? A Combined Spectroscopic (Infrared, Electronic, and X-ray Absorption) and DFT Investigation of Matrix-Isolated Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, and Zinc Dibromides, O. M. Wilkin, N. Harris, J. F. Rooms, E. L. Dixon, A. J. Bridgeman and N. A. Young, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2018, 122, 1994-2029, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b09734.
3. X-ray absorption study of platinum and palladium atoms in argon matrices: Evidence for platinum in a substitutional site and a short PdAr interaction, N. Harris, A. K. Sakr, H. V. Snelling and N. A. Young, J. Mol. Struct., 2018, 1172, 80-88, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2018.06.024.
4. Structure and Electronic Properties of the Quasi-One-Dimensional Ba2Co1–xZnxS3 Series, M. R. Harrison, A. Maignan, V. Hardy, O. I. Lebedev, N. A. Young and M. G. Francesconi, Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 213-223, doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02014.
5. A Matrix Isolation and Computational Study of Molecular Palladium Fluorides: Does PdF6 Exist?, A. V. Wilson, T. Nguyen, F. Brosi, X. Wang, L. Andrews, S. Riedel, A. J. Bridgeman and N. A. Young, Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 1108-1123, doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02273.
6. The application of synchrotron radiation and in particular X-ray absorption spectroscopy to matrix isolated species, N. A. Young, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2014, 277, 224-274, doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.05.010.
7. Spectroscopic and computational insight into the activation of O2 by the mononuclear Cu center in polysaccharide monooxygenases, C. H. Kjaergaard, M. F. Qayyum, S. D. Wong, F. Xu, G. R. Hemsworth, D. J. Walton, N. A. Young, G. J. Davies, P. H. Walton, K. S. Johansen, K. O. Hodgson, B. Hedman and E. I. Solomon, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 2014, 111, 8797-8802, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1408115111.
8. How does iron interact with sporopollenin exine capsules? An X-ray absorption study including microfocus XANES and XRF imaging, S. J. Archibald, S. L. Atkin, W. Bras, A. Diego-Taboada, G. Mackenzie, J. F. W. Mosselmans, S. Nikitenko, P. D. Quinn, M. F. Thomas and N. A. Young, J. Mat. Chem. B, 2014, 2, 945-959, doi: 10.1039/c3tb21523g.
9. Main group coordination chemistry at low temperatures: A review of matrix isolated Group 12 to Group 18 complexes, N. A. Young, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2013, 257, 956-1010, doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.10.013.
Francesconi
Inorganic Materials for C Capture (with D. Benoit) PhD ended in 2018
Pd-based catalysts for the synthesis of food and pharmaceuticals (Ibhadon and Francesconi) PhD ended in 2018
Non-noble metal Nanocatalysts for the hydrogenation of substituted nitroarenes (Ibhadon and Francesconi) PhD, ends in 2021
Binks
Enhanced oil recovery, funded by American oilfield chemical company, PhD studentship, 3.5 yrs. HOSEIN REZVANI
Catalysis in particle-stabilised emulsions, funded by EU entitled One-Flow, Postdoctoral assistant, 4 yrs. ANA MARIA BAGO-RODRIGUEZ
Oil foams stabilised by surfactant crystals, funded by CSC, PhD studentship, 4 yrs. YU LIU
Oil-oil emulsions stabilised by surfactant crystals, funded by Nanjing University (China), Visiting scholar, 1 yr. YUE ZHOU
Whipped oil formulations for skin treatment, funded by Israeli foam company, Postdoctoral assistant, 2 yrs. BADRI VISHAL
Stabilisation and destabilisation of Pickering emulsions, funded by CSC, PhD studentship, 4 yrs. RAOJUN ZHENG
Pour point depressant in crude oil, funded by American lubricating oil company, PhD studentship, 3.5 yrs. CONNOR HOLMES
Anti-bacterial surfactant hand wash, funded by UK company, Postdoctoral assistant, 6 months ANA MARIA BAGO-RODRIGUEZ
Mehl
Exploration of liquid crystalline quantum dots ( PhD, funding KSA.ongoing) Haifa Ojaym
Chirality in liquid crystal gold nano-composites (PhD, CSC, completed in 2020) Huanan Yu
The investigation of emerging chirality in chemically non-chiral systems (PhD, CSC, ongoing) Wanhe Jiang
Photo-active liquid crystal systems (PhD, ongoing) Stephan Conopo Holyoake
Prior
3D and 4D printing of metal-organic frameworks (Ellis Marshall, PhD, completed 2019)
Boa
Aimilia Meichanetzoglou
Use of Sporopollenin capsules for waste water remdiation
(co-supervisor, Prof J. Rotchell, Biological and Marine Sciences)
Young
Ahmed Sakr, Transition metal halides and main group Lewis-acid base complexes (completed 2018)
Fatmah Alkhatib, Spectroscopic and imaging investigation of sporopollenin-metal interactions (completed 2017)