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User Publications
These papers are all based at least in part on data gathered on beamline I22. If you have published a paper based on data from I22 which doesn't appear here, please send a reference (ideally including a DOI) to us.
41 items found for 2022 [total: 740]
Tailoring viscoelastic properties of dynamic supramolecular poly(butadiene)-based elastomers Materials Today Chemistry, 26 Dec 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.101008
Self-assembly of tunable intrinsically disordered peptide amphiphiles Biomacromolecules, Dec 2022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00866
Self-assembling properties of mono and di-rhamnolipids and their interactions with model membranes Dec 2022
Thesis I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Mix-and-match diols: adjusting self-assembly of micellar phases in choline chloride eutectics Crystals, 12 Nov 2022 DOI: 10.3390/cryst12111621
Time-resolved small-angle x-ray scattering studies during the aqueous emulsion polymerization of methyl methacrylate Macromolecules, 1 Nov 2022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01801
Association between nanoscale strains and tissue level nanoindentation properties in age-related hip-fractures Journal Of The Mechanical Behavior Of Biomedical Materials, 81 Nov 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105573
Thermal, mechanical, and morphological characterisations of graphene nanoplatelet/graphene oxide/high-hard-segment polyurethane nanocomposite: a comparative study Polymers, 14 Oct 2022 DOI: 10.3390/polym14194224
The impact of viscous self-assembled phase formation on the ageing and atmospheric lifetimes of organic aerosol proxies Oct 2022
Thesis I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
X-ray scattering imaging of intervertebral discs under load Oct 2022
Conference Paper I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Materials beamline helps take a closer look at our eyes Oct 2022
Science Highlight I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Small-angle X-ray scattering studies of reaction kinetics during synthesis of colloidal polymer particles Oct 2022
Thesis I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Collagen pre-strain discontinuity at the bone-Cartilage interface Plos One, 17 Sept 2022 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273832
Sustainable ABA triblock methacrylate copolymers incorporating both high and low Tg terpene-derived monomers European Polymer Journal, 18 Sept 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111567
Journal Paper I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Local structure and dynamics of next generation electrolytes - linking microscopic and macroscopic properties Sept 2022
Thesis I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Reaction-diffusion patterning of DNA-based artificial cells Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 13 Sept 2022 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06140
Synthesis and characterization of hard copolymer polyurethane/functionalized graphene nanocomposites: Investigation of morphology, thermal stability, and rheological properties Journal Of Applied Polymer Science, 8 Sept 2022 DOI: 10.1002/app.53118
Journal Paper I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Exploring the nanostructures accessible to an organic surfactant atmospheric aerosol proxy The Journal Of Physical Chemistry A, 2 Sept 2022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c04611
Synthesis and characterisation of diblock and statistical copolymers prepared by RAFT polymerisation in non-polar media Sept 2022
Thesis I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Minimising chemical crosslinking for stabilising collagen in acellular bovine pericardium: mechanistic insights via structural characterisations Acta Biomaterialia, 25 Aug 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.08.057
Silica nanoparticle-loaded thermoresponsive block copolymer vesicles: a new post-polymerization encapsulation strategy and thermally triggered release Chemical Science, 13 Aug 2022 DOI: 10.1039/D2SC02103J
Hyaluronic-acid-tagged cubosomes deliver cytotoxics specifically to CD44-positive cancer cells Molecular Pharmaceutics, 6 Aug 2022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00439
Journal Paper labSAXS-Offline SAXS and Sample Environment Development I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction open access
Activation of the myosin motors in fast‐twitch muscle of the mouse is controlled by mechano‐sensing in the myosin filaments The Journal Of Physiology, Aug 2022 DOI: 10.1113/JP283048
Modulating membrane fusion through the design of fusogenic DNA circuits and bilayer composition Soft Matter, 112 Aug 2022 DOI: 10.1039/D2SM00863G
Synthesis of high molecular weight water-soluble polymers as low-viscosity latex particles by RAFT aqueous dispersion polymerization in highly salty media Macromolecules, 268 Aug 2022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01071
Disinfector-assisted low temperature reduced graphene oxide-protein surgical dressing for the postoperative photothermal treatment of melanoma Advanced Functional Materials, 52 Jul 2022 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202205802
A structural study of the self-association of different starches in presence of bacterial cellulose fibrils Carbohydrate Polymers, 288 Jul 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119361
Journal Paper I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
The hierarchical response of human corneal collagen to controlled inflation June 2022
Conference Paper I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
The evolution of surface structure during simulated atmospheric ageing of nano-scale coatings of an organic surfactant aerosol proxy Environmental Science: Atmospheres, May 2022 DOI: 10.1039/D2EA00011C
Peptide-folding triggered phase separation and lipid membrane destabilization in cholesterol-rich lipid vesicles Bioconjugate Chemistry, 1520 Apr 2022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00115
The impact of molecular self-organisation on the atmospheric fate of a cooking aerosol proxy Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics, 22 Apr 2022 DOI: 10.5194/acp-22-4895-2022
Crystallisation and microstructure in stamp formed fibre reinforced polyamide 66 Apr 2022
Thesis I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
In situ and ex situ X-ray diffraction and small-angle X-ray scattering investigations of the sol–gel synthesis of Fe3N and Fe3C Inorganic Chemistry, Apr 2022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03442
Coupling lipid nanoparticle structure and automated single particle composition analysis to design phospholipase responsive nanocarriers Advanced Materials, Mar 2022 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202200839
Controlling self‐sorting versus co‐assembly in supramolecular gels Chemsystemschem, Mar 2022 DOI: 10.1002/syst.202200008
Investigating the fibrillar ultrastructure and mechanics in keloid scars using in situ synchrotron X-ray nanomechanical imaging Materials, 15 Mar 2022 DOI: 10.3390/ma15051836
Affimer tagged cubosomes: targeting of carcinoembryonic antigen expressing colorectal cancer cells using in vitro and in vivo models Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, Feb 2022 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c21655
Journal Paper labSAXS-Offline SAXS and Sample Environment Development I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction open access
Chemoviscoelasticity of the interfibrillar matrix of the dermis of the black sea cucumber Holuthuria atria Mechanics Of Materials, 52 Feb 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2022.104252
Journal Paper I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Machine learning platform for determining experimental lipid phase behaviour from small angle X-ray scattering patterns by pre-training on synthetic data Digital Discovery, 25 Feb 2022 DOI: 10.1039/D1DD00025J
A case of antiferrochirality in a liquid crystal phase of counter-rotating staircases Nature Communications, 13 Jan 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28024-1
Tropocollagen springs allow collagen fibrils to stretch elastically Acta Biomaterialia, 8 Jan 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.01.041
Journal Paper I02-Macromolecular Crystallography I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction open access
Engineering internal and external molecular pathways in artificial cells Jan 2022 DOI: 10.17863/CAM.96519
Thesis I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
- M. Hyder, A. D. O'Donnell, A. M. Chippindale, I. M. German, J. L. Harries, O. Shebanova, I. W. Hamley, W. Hayes, "Tailoring viscoelastic properties of dynamic supramolecular poly(butadiene)-based elastomers", Materials Today Chemistry, 26 (2022), DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.101008
- Tamara Ehm, Hila Shinar, Guy Jacoby, Sagi Meir, Gil Koren, Merav Segal Asher, Joanna Korpanty, Matthew P. Thompson, Nathan C. Gianneschi, Michael M. Kozlov, Salome Azoulay-Ginsburg, Roey J. Amir, Joachim O. Rädler, Roy Beck, "Self-assembly of tunable intrinsically disordered peptide amphiphiles", Biomacromolecules (2022), DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00866
- [Thesis] Alessandra Marega Motta, "Self-assembling properties of mono and di-rhamnolipids and their interactions with model membranes" (2022)
- Oliver Hammond, Adrian Sanchez-Fernandez, Rachel Tyte, Robert Dalgliesh, Andrew J. Smith, Karen Edler, "Mix-and-match diols: adjusting self-assembly of micellar phases in choline chloride eutectics", Crystals, 12 (2022), DOI: 10.3390/cryst12111621
- Adam Czajka, Peter A. Lovell, Steven P. Armes, "Time-resolved small-angle x-ray scattering studies during the aqueous emulsion polymerization of methyl methacrylate", Macromolecules, 1 (2022), DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01801
- Andrea Bonicelli, Tabitha Tay, Justin P. Cobb, Oliver R. Boughton, Ulrich Hansen, Richard L. Abel, Peter Zioupos, "Association between nanoscale strains and tissue level nanoindentation properties in age-related hip-fractures", Journal Of The Mechanical Behavior Of Biomedical Materials, 81 (2022), DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105573
- Muayad Albozahid, Haneen Zuhair Naji, Zoalfokkar Kareem Alobad, Jacek K. Wychowaniec, Alberto Saiani, "Thermal, mechanical, and morphological characterisations of graphene nanoplatelet/graphene oxide/high-hard-segment polyurethane nanocomposite: a comparative study", Polymers, 14 (2022), DOI: 10.3390/polym14194224
- [Thesis] Adam Milsom, "The impact of viscous self-assembled phase formation on the ageing and atmospheric lifetimes of organic aerosol proxies" (2022)
- [Conference Paper] J. Bell, D. Owen, K. Meek, N. Terrill, J. Sanchez-Weatherby, C. Le Maitre, "X-ray scattering imaging of intervertebral discs under load" (2022)
- [Science Highlight] Diamond Light Source, "Materials beamline helps take a closer look at our eyes" (2022)
- [Thesis] Guoxing Liao, "Small-angle X-ray scattering studies of reaction kinetics during synthesis of colloidal polymer particles" (2022)
- Waqas Badar, Husna Ali, Olivia N. Brooker, Elis Newham, Tim Snow, Nicholas J. Terrill, Gianluca Tozzi, Peter Fratzl, Martin M. Knight, Himadri S. Gupta, "Collagen pre-strain discontinuity at the bone-Cartilage interface", Plos One, 17 (2022), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273832
- Rachel L. Atkinson, Matthew Elsmore, Sean Smith, Morgan Reynolds-Green, Paul D. Topham, Daniel T. W. Toolan, Matthew J. Derry, Olivia Monaghan, Vincenzo Taresco, Derek J. Irvine, Robert A. Stockman, Davide S. A. De Focatiis, Steven M. Howdle, "Sustainable ABA triblock methacrylate copolymers incorporating both high and low Tg terpene-derived monomers", European Polymer Journal, 18 (2022), DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111567
- [Thesis] Filippa Lundin, "Local structure and dynamics of next generation electrolytes - linking microscopic and macroscopic properties" (2022)
- Adrian Leathers, Michal Walczak, Ryan A. Brady, Assala Al Samad, Jurij Kotar, Michael J. Booth, Pietro Cicuta, Lorenzo Di Michele, "Reaction-diffusion patterning of DNA-based artificial cells", Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 13 (2022), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06140
- Muayad Albozahid, Haneen Zuhair Naji, Zoalfokkar Kareem Alobad, Jacek K. Wychowaniec, Alberto Saiani, "Synthesis and characterization of hard copolymer polyurethane/functionalized graphene nanocomposites: Investigation of morphology, thermal stability, and rheological properties", Journal Of Applied Polymer Science, 8 (2022), DOI: 10.1002/app.53118
- Adam Milsom, Adam M. Squires, Isabel Quant, Nicholas J. Terrill, Steven Huband, Ben Woden, Edna Cabrera-Martinez, Christian Pfrang, "Exploring the nanostructures accessible to an organic surfactant atmospheric aerosol proxy", The Journal Of Physical Chemistry A, 2 (2022), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c04611
- [Thesis] Isabella R. Dorsman, "Synthesis and characterisation of diblock and statistical copolymers prepared by RAFT polymerisation in non-polar media" (2022)
- Yi Zhang, Wenkai Zhang, Tim Snow, Ying Ju, Yang Liu, Andrew J. Smith, Sujay Prabakar, "Minimising chemical crosslinking for stabilising collagen in acellular bovine pericardium: mechanistic insights via structural characterisations", Acta Biomaterialia, 25 (2022), DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.08.057
- Adam Czajka, Sarah J. Byard, Steven P. Armes, "Silica nanoparticle-loaded thermoresponsive block copolymer vesicles: a new post-polymerization encapsulation strategy and thermally triggered release", Chemical Science, 13, 9569 - 9579 (2022), DOI: 10.1039/D2SC02103J
- Arindam Pramanik, Zexi Xu, Nicola Ingram, Patricia Louise Coletta, Paul A. Millner, Arwen I. I. Tyler, Thomas A. Hughes, "Hyaluronic-acid-tagged cubosomes deliver cytotoxics specifically to CD44-positive cancer cells", Molecular Pharmaceutics, 6 (2022), DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00439
- Cameron Hill, Elisabetta Brunello, Luca Fusi, Jesus Garcia Ovejero, Malcolm Irving, "Activation of the myosin motors in fast‐twitch muscle of the mouse is controlled by mechano‐sensing in the myosin filaments", The Journal Of Physiology (2022), DOI: 10.1113/JP283048
- Miguel Paez-Perez, I. Alasdair Russell, Pietro Cicuta, Lorenzo Di Michele, "Modulating membrane fusion through the design of fusogenic DNA circuits and bilayer composition", Soft Matter, 112 (2022), DOI: 10.1039/D2SM00863G
- Rory J. Mcbride, John F. Miller, Adam Blanazs, Hans-Joachim Hähnle, Steven P. Armes, "Synthesis of high molecular weight water-soluble polymers as low-viscosity latex particles by RAFT aqueous dispersion polymerization in highly salty media", Macromolecules, 268 (2022), DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01071
- Yuanhao Wu, Junyao Yang, Alexander Van Teijlingen, Alice Berardo, Ilaria Corridori, Jingyu Feng, Jing Xu, Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Jose Carlos Rodriguez-Cabello, Nicola M. Pugno, Jiaming Sun, Wen Wang, Tell Tuttle, Alvaro Mata, "Disinfector-assisted low temperature reduced graphene oxide-protein surgical dressing for the postoperative photothermal treatment of melanoma", Advanced Functional Materials, 52 (2022), DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202205802
- P. Díaz-Calderón, E. Simone, A. I. I. Tyler, J. Enrione, T. Foster, "A structural study of the self-association of different starches in presence of bacterial cellulose fibrils", Carbohydrate Polymers, 288 (2022), DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119361
- [Conference Paper] James Bell, Sian R. Morgan, Elena Koudouna, Sally Hayes, Keith M. Meek, "The hierarchical response of human corneal collagen to controlled inflation" (2022)
- Adam Milsom, Adam M. Squires, Maximilian W. A. Skoda, Philipp Gutfreund, Eleanore Mason, Nicholas J. Terrill, Christian Pfrang, "The evolution of surface structure during simulated atmospheric ageing of nano-scale coatings of an organic surfactant aerosol proxy", Environmental Science: Atmospheres (2022), DOI: 10.1039/D2EA00011C
- Johanna Utterström, Hanna Barriga, Margaret N. Holme, Robert Selegård, Molly M. Stevens, Daniel Aili, "Peptide-folding triggered phase separation and lipid membrane destabilization in cholesterol-rich lipid vesicles", Bioconjugate Chemistry, 1520 (2022), DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00115
- Adam Milsom, Adam Squires, Andrew D. Ward, Christian Pfrang, "The impact of molecular self-organisation on the atmospheric fate of a cooking aerosol proxy", Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics, 22, 4895 - 4907 (2022), DOI: 10.5194/acp-22-4895-2022
- [Thesis] William Hamby, "Crystallisation and microstructure in stamp formed fibre reinforced polyamide 66" (2022)
- Matthew S. Chambers, Robert D. Hunter, Martin J. Hollamby, Brian R. Pauw, Andrew J. Smith, Tim Snow, Ashleigh Danks, Zoe Schnepp, "In situ and ex situ X-ray diffraction and small-angle X-ray scattering investigations of the sol–gel synthesis of Fe3N and Fe3C", Inorganic Chemistry (2022), DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03442
- Hanna M. G. Barriga, Isaac J. Pence, Margaret N. Holme, James J. Doutch, Jelle Penders, Valeria Nele, Michael R. Thomas, Marta Carroni, Molly M. Stevens, "Coupling lipid nanoparticle structure and automated single particle composition analysis to design phospholipase responsive nanocarriers", Advanced Materials (2022), DOI: 10.1002/adma.202200839
- Santanu Panja, Bart Dietrich, Andrew Smith, Annela Seddon, Dave J. Adams, "Controlling self‐sorting versus co‐assembly in supramolecular gels", Chemsystemschem (2022), DOI: 10.1002/syst.202200008
- Yuezhou Zhang, Dave Hollis, Rosie Ross, Tim Snow, Nick J. Terrill, Yongjie Lu, Wen Wang, John Connelly, Gianluca Tozzi, Himadri S. Gupta, "Investigating the fibrillar ultrastructure and mechanics in keloid scars using in situ synchrotron X-ray nanomechanical imaging", Materials, 15 (2022), DOI: 10.3390/ma15051836
- Arindam Pramanik, Zexi Xu, Shazana H. Shamsuddin, Yazan S. Khaled, Nicola Ingram, Thomas Maisey, Darren Tomlinson, P. Louise Coletta, David Jayne, Thomas A. Hughes, Arwen Tyler, Paul A. Millner, "Affimer tagged cubosomes: targeting of carcinoembryonic antigen expressing colorectal cancer cells using in vitro and in vivo models", Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces (2022), DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c21655
- Ettore Barbieri, Jingyi Mo, Himadri Gupta, "Chemoviscoelasticity of the interfibrillar matrix of the dermis of the black sea cucumber Holuthuria atria", Mechanics Of Materials, 52 (2022), DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2022.104252
- Hisham Abdel Aty, Robert Strutt, Niall Mcintyre, Matthew Allen, Nathan E. Barlow, Miguel Paez-Perez, John M. Seddon, Nick Brooks, Oscar Ces, Ian R. Gould, "Machine learning platform for determining experimental lipid phase behaviour from small angle X-ray scattering patterns by pre-training on synthetic data", Digital Discovery, 25 (2022), DOI: 10.1039/D1DD00025J
- Ya-Xin Li, Hong-Fei Gao, Rui-Bin Zhang, Kutlwano Gabana, Qing Chang, Gillian A. Gehring, Xiao-Hong Cheng, Xiang-Bing Zeng, Goran Ungar, "A case of antiferrochirality in a liquid crystal phase of counter-rotating staircases", Nature Communications, 13 (2022), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28024-1
- James S. Bell, Sally Hayes, Charles Whitford, Juan Sanchez-Weatherby, Olga Shebanova, Nick J. Terrill, Thomas Sorensen, Ahmed Elsheikh, Keith M. Meek, "Tropocollagen springs allow collagen fibrils to stretch elastically", Acta Biomaterialia, 8 (2022), DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.01.041
- [Thesis] Adrian Leathers, "Engineering internal and external molecular pathways in artificial cells" (2022), DOI: 10.17863/CAM.96519
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