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Spectroscopy B23 Contact
Beamline Phone Number:
+44 (0) 1235 778889
Principal Beamline Scientist:
Giuliano Siligardi
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778425
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Science Group Leader
Robert Rambo
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Tel: +44 (0)1235 56 7675
B23 Circular Dichroism
Status: Operational
Beamsize: 0.5mm² to 2mm x 4mm
Detector: PMT
Wavelength: 125 - 650 nm
Energy: 2 - 10 eV
Detector: PMT
Wavelength: 125 - 650 nm
Energy: 2 - 10 eV
User Publications
These papers are all based at least in part on data gathered on beamline B23. If you have published a paper based on data from B23 which doesn't appear here, please send a reference (ideally including a DOI) to us.
21 items found for 2025 [total: 374]
Electrical control of photon spin angular momentum in organic electroluminescent materials Nature Photonics, 19 Nov 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01780-4
The combination of chiral assembly and chiral template effects boosts circularly polarized luminescence of perovskite nanocrystals Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nov 2025 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202507812
Ligand-receptor interactions of V-domain Ig-containing suppressor of T cell activation and programmed death-1 suppress the anti-cancer activities of T cells Immuno-Oncology And Technology, Nov 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.iotech.2025.101533
Chiral supramolecular assembly to enhance the magneto-optical rotation of organic materials Nature Communications, 16 Nov 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64663-w
Biophysical and transcriptomic characterization of LL-37-derived antimicrobial peptide targeting multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and ESKAPE pathogens Scientific Reports, 15 Oct 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-22890-7
Out of the chiral maze; use and development of spectroscopic techniques to investigate the origins of strong chiroptical properties in chiral polyfluorenes Sept 2025
Thesis B23-Circular Dichroism
Rapid G4 ligand screening through spectral changes using HT-SRCD with minimal material Molecules, 30 Aug 2025 DOI: 10.3390/molecules30163322
Beyond spectral similarity: how to distinguish polymorphs with similar solid-state circular dichroism anisotropy spectra? Chemphotochem, 48 Aug 2025 DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202500233
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism
Protein-based biomaterials for enhanced stability and expanded function Aug 2025
Thesis B23-Circular Dichroism
Unlocking the full compositional control of hydrophilic and hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents over protein structure and stability Communications Chemistry, 8 June 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-025-01571-6
From low symmetry to high dissymmetry: chiral plasmonic films of binary and nanobipyramid assemblies Advanced Functional Materials, 17 June 2025 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202500933
Enhanced protein photo-stability analysis using SRCD in the presence of phospholipid SUVs Chemistry – A European Journal, May 2025 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202500792
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism
On the mechanism of soft self-assembly from melt: the ubiquitous heat capacity hump and spontaneous melt chirality Angewandte Chemie International Edition, May 2025 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202505548
Fragment-based drug discovery for transthyretin kinetic stabilisers using a novel capillary zone electrophoresis method Plos One, 20 May 2025 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323816
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) I04-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography open access
Tailoring cellulose nano- and microstructures through chemical functionalization and alignment May 2025
Thesis B23-Circular Dichroism
Circularly polarized electroluminescence from chiral supramolecular semiconductor thin films Science, 387 Mar 2025 DOI: 10.1126/science.adt3011
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism
Enantiopure synthesis of [5]helicene based molecular lemniscates and their use in chiroptical materials Nature Communications, 16 Mar 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58162-1
Intracellular and extracellular activities of V-domain Ig-containing suppressor of T cell activation (VISTA) modulated by immunosuppressive factors of tumour microenvironment Cancer Letters, 41 Feb 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2025.217581
Revolutionising plastic recycling: a breakthrough in enzyme-based depolymerisation Jan 2025
Science Highlight B23-Circular Dichroism
Unravelling the origin of strong non-reciprocal chiroptical features in thin films of a chiral diketopyrrolo[3,4- c ]pyrrole dye Nanoscale, 23 Jan 2025 DOI: 10.1039/D4NR04956J
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism
Transforming achiral semiconductors into chiral domains with exceptional circular dichroism Science, 387 Jan 2025 DOI: 10.1126/science.ado7201
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism
- Francesco Furlan, Michal Šámal, Jiří Rybáček, Andrea Taddeucci, Marta Di Girolamo, Davide Nodari, Giuliano Siligardi, Jessica Wade, Binghai Yan, Irena G. Stará, Nicola Gasparini, Matthew J. Fuchter, "Electrical control of photon spin angular momentum in organic electroluminescent materials", Nature Photonics, 19, 1361-1366 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01780-4
- Mateusz Pawlak, Julia Abramowicz, Nadesh Fiuza Maneiro, Gail A. Vinnacombe-Willson, Sunghwan Jo, Elie Benchimol, Piotr Roszkowski, Zitao Chen, Da Wang, Guido H. Clever, Luis M. Liz-Marzán, Agustín Mihi, Lakshminarayana Polavarapu, Wiktor Lewandowski, "The combination of chiral assembly and chiral template effects boosts circularly polarized luminescence of perovskite nanocrystals", Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025), DOI: 10.1002/anie.202507812
- Maryam Abooali, Xi Lei, Inna M. Yasinska, Stephanie Schlichtner, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi, Tiberiu-Marius Gianga, Steffen M. Berger, Dietmar Cholewa, Bernhard F. Gibbs, Elizaveta Fasler-Kan, Vadim V. Sumbayev, "Ligand-receptor interactions of V-domain Ig-containing suppressor of T cell activation and programmed death-1 suppress the anti-cancer activities of T cells", Immuno-Oncology And Technology (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.iotech.2025.101533
- Leo Delage-Laurin, David Reger, Abdusalom A. Suleymanov, Zachary Nelson, Louis Minion, Steven Kooi, Jochen R. Brandt, Giuliano Siligardi, Robert P. Cameron, Jessica Wade, Timothy M. Swager, Matthew J. Fuchter, "Chiral supramolecular assembly to enhance the magneto-optical rotation of organic materials", Nature Communications, 16 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64663-w
- Omar Eladl, "Biophysical and transcriptomic characterization of LL-37-derived antimicrobial peptide targeting multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and ESKAPE pathogens", Scientific Reports, 15 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-22890-7
- [Thesis] Louis A. Minion, "Out of the chiral maze; use and development of spectroscopic techniques to investigate the origins of strong chiroptical properties in chiral polyfluorenes" (2025)
- Martina Rotondo, Claudia Honisch, Pietro Spanu, Fausta Ulgheri, Giovanni Loriga, Andrea Beccu, Rohanah Hussain, Barbara Biondi, Paolo Ruzza, Giuliano Siligardi, "Rapid G4 ligand screening through spectral changes using HT-SRCD with minimal material", Molecules, 30 (2025), DOI: 10.3390/molecules30163322
- Marcin Gorecki, Andrea Taddeucci, Tamas Javorfi, Tiberiu-Marius Gianga, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi, Gennaro Pescitelli, Lorenzo Di Bari, "Beyond spectral similarity: how to distinguish polymorphs with similar solid-state circular dichroism anisotropy spectra?", Chemphotochem, 48 (2025), DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202500233
- [Thesis] Susana Meza Huaman, "Protein-based biomaterials for enhanced stability and expanded function" (2025)
- Adrian Sanchez-Fernandez, Jake H. Nicholson, Susana M. Meza Huaman, Claudia Almuzara Romero, Jia-Fei Poon, Sylvain Prevost, Alex P. S. Brogan, "Unlocking the full compositional control of hydrophilic and hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents over protein structure and stability", Communications Chemistry, 8 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s42004-025-01571-6
- Martyna Wasiluk, Claire Goldmann, Maciej Bagiński, Mateusz Pawlak, Pawel W. Majewski, Julia Abramowicz, Piotr Roszkowski, Lukas Rebholz, Carsten Rockstuhl, Cyrille Hamon, Wiktor Lewandowski, "From low symmetry to high dissymmetry: chiral plasmonic films of binary and nanobipyramid assemblies", Advanced Functional Materials, 17 (2025), DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202500933
- Claudia Honisch, Martina Rotondo, Mario Monaco, Stefano Tartaggia, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi, Paolo Ruzza, "Enhanced protein photo-stability analysis using SRCD in the presence of phospholipid SUVs", Chemistry – A European Journal (2025), DOI: 10.1002/chem.202500792
- Yi-Nan Xue, Xiang-Bing Zeng, Bo-Wen Wu, Ya-Xin Li, Liliana Cseh, Shu-Gui Yang, Jie Liu, Gillian Gehring, Feng Liu, Goran Ungar, "On the mechanism of soft self-assembly from melt: the ubiquitous heat capacity hump and spontaneous melt chirality", Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025), DOI: 10.1002/anie.202505548
- Wenjie Chen, "Fragment-based drug discovery for transthyretin kinetic stabilisers using a novel capillary zone electrophoresis method", Plos One, 20 (2025), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323816
- [Thesis] Jelka Feldhusen, "Tailoring cellulose nano- and microstructures through chemical functionalization and alignment" (2025)
- Rituparno Chowdhury, Marco D. Preuss, Hwan-Hee Cho, Joshua J. P. Thompson, Samarpita Sen, Thomi K. Baikie, Pratyush Ghosh, Yorrick Boeije, Xian Wei Chua, Kai-Wei Chang, Erjuan Guo, Joost Van Der Tol, Bart W. L. Van Den Bersselaar, Andrea Taddeucci, Nicolas Daub, Daphne M. Dekker, Scott T. Keene, Ghislaine Vantomme, Bruno Ehrler, Stefan C. J. Meskers, Akshay Rao, Bartomeu Monserrat, E. W. Meijer, Richard H. Friend, "Circularly polarized electroluminescence from chiral supramolecular semiconductor thin films", Science, 387, 1175 - 1181 (2025), DOI: 10.1126/science.adt3011
- Leah E. M. White, Tiberiu-M. Gianga, F. Pradaux-Caggiano, Chiara Faverio, Andrea Taddeucci, Henry S. Rzepa, Christian Jonhannesen, Lauren E. Hatcher, Giuliano Siligardi, David R. Carbery, G. Dan Pantos, "Enantiopure synthesis of [5]helicene based molecular lemniscates and their use in chiroptical materials", Nature Communications, 16 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58162-1
- Maryam Abooali, Stephanie Schlichtner, Xi Lei, Nijas Aliu, Sabrina Ruggiero, Sonia Loges, Martin Ziegler, Franziska Hertel, Anna-Lena Volckmar, Albrecht Stenzinger, Petros Christopoulos, Michael Thomas, Elena Klenova, N. Helge Meyer, Stergios Boussios, Nigel Heaton, Yoh Zen, Ane Zamalloa, Shilpa Chokshi, Luca Urbani, Sophie Richard, Kavitha Kirubendran, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi, Dietmar Cholewa, Steffen M. Berger, Inna M. Yasinska, Elizaveta Fasler-Kan, Vadim V. Sumbayev, "Intracellular and extracellular activities of V-domain Ig-containing suppressor of T cell activation (VISTA) modulated by immunosuppressive factors of tumour microenvironment", Cancer Letters, 41 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2025.217581
- [Science Highlight] Diamond Light Source, "Revolutionising plastic recycling: a breakthrough in enzyme-based depolymerisation" (2025)
- Gianluigi Albano, Marco Bertuolo, Francesco Zinna, Andrea Taddeucci, Tamas Javorfi, Rohanah Hussain, Gianluca M. Farinola, Gennaro Pescitelli, Angela Punzi, Giuliano Siligardi, Lorenzo Di Bari, "Unravelling the origin of strong non-reciprocal chiroptical features in thin films of a chiral diketopyrrolo[3,4- c ]pyrrole dye", Nanoscale, 23 (2025), DOI: 10.1039/D4NR04956J
- Thomas Ugras, River B. Carson, Reilly P. Lynch, Haoyang Li, Yuan Yao, Lorenzo Cupellini, Kirt A. Page, Da Wang, Arantxa Arbe, Sara Bals, Louisa Smieska, Arthur R. Woll, Oriol Arteaga, Tamas Javorfi, Giuliano Siligardi, Gennaro Pescitelli, Steven J. Weinstein, Richard D. Robinson, "Transforming achiral semiconductors into chiral domains with exceptional circular dichroism", Science, 387 (2025), DOI: 10.1126/science.ado7201
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