A signal through the noise: accurate determination of hydrogen atom positions in crystal structures and optimisation of Laue neutron diffraction methods by Sackman, GA

“…This focuses on:</p> <p>Recommendations for the efficient collection of Laue neutron data, in order to optimise the data set completeness and awarded beam-time; strategic considerations for how to best answer the scientific question(s) at hand in a Laue neutron experiment, whilst planning against future contingencies; improving methods for crystal packing and shipping, particularly for air and moisture sensitive materials; discussing issues arising from ice forming on the crystal during a Laue neutron diffraction experiment, and methods for minimising this problem; more effectively modelling disorder using ring shapes, in the crystallographic refinement package CRYSTALS; providing rationale for Laue neutron specific checkCIF comments.…”

Developing small molecule ligands for the study of bromodomain-histone interactions by Brand, M

“…The stability of the dihydroquinaxolinone headgroup was optimised by ring size expansion, which maintained CREBBP affinity and binding mode – the latter of which was confirmed by X-Ray crystallography. …”

Resolution of proteotoxic stress in the endoplasmic reticulum by ubiquitin ligase complexes by Lari, F

“…ER-associated degradation (ERAD) oversees protein folding and delivers misfolded proteins for degradation by the proteasome via ubiquitin conjugation mediated by RING-type E3 ubiquitin ligases. An intact ERAD is crucial to cellular homeostasis, as unresolved protein imbalances cause ER stress that ultimately lead to apoptosis. …”

Synthesis and properties of porphyrin nanotubes by Haver, R

“…An unprecedented method of ring-stacking of pre-formed 6-porphyrin nanorings is discussed as well as a template-directed procedure. …”

Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with a hidden Markov model in O3 LIGO data

“…Results are presented for a semicoherent search for continuous gravitational waves from the low-mass x-ray binary Scorpius X-1, using a hidden Markov model (HMM) to allow for spin wandering. This search improves on previous HMM-based searches of Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory data by including the orbital period in the search template grid, and by analyzing data from the latest (third) observing run. …”
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Influences in Mixing Measures by Koehler, Frederic, Lifshitz, Noam, Minzer, Dor, Mossel, Elchanan

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Preparation of Nd-Fe-B/α-Fe nanocomposite by chemical reduction method by Lim, Darryl Yu Zhi.

“…The magnetic properties of the powders are found to be poorer as compared to the samples obtained by traditional ball milling or melt spinning methods.…”
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Digital based qubit controller system for quantum computing by Khan, Kamran

“…The dissertation presents several DDS architectures along with synthesis results that can help the designer choose a particular DDS depending on the application. A single spin qubit can be controlled by a digital-to-analog converter utilizing the output of a DDS module, which is a digitally coded analog signal. …”
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Fluorescent and magnetic nanoparticles for bacteria detection and separation by Phang, Sophia Xue Hui

“…In this experiment, the result also exhibited that self-mixing nanocatalysts placed in a spinning magnetic field resulted 60% increase in reaction kinetics than that of unstirred reaction. …”
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Hydrophobic bio-epoxy coatings for easy cleaning applications by Tay, Shu Ming

“…This report evaluates the technique of synthesizing hydrophobic coatings from the spin coating method. Additionally, the prepared formulations of hydrophobic coatings were characterized with Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and contact angle goniometer to determine its wettability, thermal and mechanical properties. …”
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Response to clozapine in treatment resistant schizophrenia is related to alterations in regional cerebral blood flow by Sun, J, Zelaya, F, Sendt, K, McQueen, G, Gillespie, AL, Lally, J, Howes, OD, Barker, GJ, McGuire, P, MacCabe, JH, Egerton, A

“…Here, we used the more recent MRI approach of arterial spin labelling (ASL) to evaluate regional CBF in participants with TRS (N = 36) before starting treatment with clozapine compared to in healthy volunteers (N = 16). …”

Pulsed-laser-ablated gold-nanoparticles saturable absorber for mode-locked erbium-doped fiber lasers by Noor Zirwatul Ahlam, Naharuddin, M. H., Abu Bakar, Sadrolhosseini, Amir Reza, N., Tamchek, Alresheedi, Mohammed Thamer, Abas, A. F., Mohd Adzir, Mahdi

“…The resulting nanocomposite was deposited on the tapered region of a microfiber with a spin-coating method. The proposed Au-NPs SA recorded a modulation depth of 0.4% and low saturation intensity of 0.1 MW/cm2 leading to stable mode-locking operation in the erbium-doped fiber laser cavity at a low threshold pump power of about 45.6 mW. …”
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Enhanced ferromagnetism of ZnO@Co/Ni hybrid core@shell nanowires grown by electrochemical deposition method by Tran, Dat Quang, Akabori, Masashi, Pham, Huyen Trang, Nguyen, Tam Duy, Md. Earul Islam

“…These results reveal the possibility to employ such hybrid core@shell NWs for many applications, e.g. spin field effect transistors.…”
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Synthesis of Co-doped MoS2 monolayers with enhanced valley splitting by Zhou, Jiadong, Lin, Junhao, Sims, Hunter, Jiang, Chongyun, Cong, Chunxiao, Brehm, John A., Zhang, Zhaowei, Niu, Lin, Chen, Yu, Zhou, Yao, Wang, Yanlong, Liu, Fucai, Zhu, Chao, Yu, Ting, Suenaga, Kazu, Mishra, Rohan, Pantelides, Sokrates T., Zhu, Zhen-Gang, Gao, Weibo, Liu, Zheng, Zhou, Wu

“…Density functional theory (DFT) and model calculations reveal that the observed enhanced VZS arises from an internal magnetic field induced by the tridopant clusters, which couples to the spin, atomic orbital, and valley magnetic moment of carriers from the conduction and valence bands. …”
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Layer-dependent electronic and magnetic properties of two-dimensional graphitic molybdenum carbide by Wang, Hao, Zhang, Yongjie, Yam, Kah Meng, Tang, Xinghui, Wang, Xue-Sen, Zhang, Chun

“…When n≤5, (Mo2C12)n remains AFM, while magnetic moments are mainly located on surface Mo atoms, and Mo atoms on top and bottom surfaces have opposite spin polarizations. When n>5, the AFM phase is unstable and the material becomes metallic. …”
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Amino-functionalised β-diketiminate ligands (N-nacnacs): Synthesis and coordination chemistry with Main Group elements by Huan, D

“…On the other hand, metathesis reactions of (<b>1-Dipp</b>)SiCl with sources of H- or tBuO- are found to result in a ring contraction process, generating five-membered aza-butadienyl SiIV-complexes of the form (<b>5-Dipp</b>)Si(NDipp)R (R = H, ^tBuO). …”

Search for a resonance decaying to a W boson and a photon in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV using leptonic W boson decays by Hayrapetyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., Dragicevic, M., Hussain, P. S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Li, A., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., Schieck, J., Schöfbeck, R.

“…Particle X has electric charge ±1 and is assumed to have spin 0. The search is performed using the electron and muon decays of the W boson. …”
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Mechanically robust hydrophobic bio-based epoxy coatings for anti-corrosion application by Zheng, Shunli, Bellido-Aguilar, Daniel Angel, Huang, Yinjuan, Zeng, Xianting, Zhang, Qichun, Chen, Zhong

“…The coating was fabricated by introducing superhydrophobic SiO 2 nanoparticles, a hydrophobic curing agent, and hexadecyltrimethoxysilane into an isosorbide-based epoxy resin via a one-step spin coating process. The coating exhibits high hydrophobicity with a water contact angle (CA) of 134 ± 3°. …”
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Durable waterborne hydrophobic bio-epoxy coating with improved anti-icing and self-cleaning performance by Zheng, Shunli, Bellido-Aguilar, Daniel Angel, Wu, Xinghua, Zhan, Xuejun, Huang, Yinjuan, Zeng, Xianting, Zhang, Qichun, Chen, Zhong

“…The coatings were applied on Fe foil substrates using a one-step spin-coating method. The optimal coating with 33.3 wt % SiO 2 nanoparticles exhibits high hydrophobicity with a water contact angle (CA) of 153.0 ± 1.1° and a sliding angle (SA) of 14.3 ± 1.9°. …”
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The effect of tuning the coordination sphere of iron complexes for the oxygen reduction reaction in acidic media by Wang, Xiaojiang, Zheng, Tianlong, Tang, Yizhao, Li, Xiaoyu, Rykov, Alexandre I., Li, Xuning, Wang, Junhu, He, Qinggang, Cheng, Jun, Zhang, Xue

“…Novel activity descriptors including the charge and spin densities on the Fe site were proposed and validated by available experimental data, presenting a strategy to design highly-active nonprecious metal complex catalysts with specific supporting ligands.…”
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