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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.
44 items found for 2024 [total: 740]
Nanoscale deformation mechanics in the bone-cartilage unit Dec 2024
Thesis I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Investigation of the degradation behaviour of poly-L-lactic acid braided stents under real-time and accelerated conditions Polymer Testing, 141 Dec 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2024.108632
Experimental observation of the impact of nanostructure on hygroscopicity and reactivity of fatty acid atmospheric aerosol proxies Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics, 24 Dec 2024 DOI: 10.5194/acp-24-13571-2024
The self-assembly of lipids in aerosols Dec 2024
Thesis I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction labSAXS-Offline SAXS and Sample Environment Development
Employing synchrotron X-ray scattering and microscopy to explore microstructural mysteries in bioresorbable vascular scaffolds Acta Biomaterialia, 113 Nov 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2024.10.048
Colossal dielectric permittivity and superparaelectricity in phenyl pyrimidine based liquid crystals Journal Of Materials Chemistry C, Nov 2024 DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03561E
Journal Paper I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Designing and controlling transient supramolecular gels Chemsystemschem, Nov 2024 DOI: 10.1002/syst.202400073
Nonlinear stress-induced transformations in collagen fibrillar organization, disorder and strain mechanisms in the bone-cartilage unit Advanced Science, 11 Nov 2024 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202407649
Effects of proline substitution/inclusion on the nanostructure of a self-assembling β-sheet-forming peptide Rsc Advances, 14 Nov 2024 DOI: 10.1039/D4RA07065H
Determining the structure-activity relationships of supported palladium oxide nanoparticles: a combined X-ray scattering and spectroscopy approach Nov 2024
Thesis B18-Core EXAFS I15-1-X-ray Pair Distribution Function (XPDF) I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
A nanoscale investigation of the formation of mesostructured zeolites FAU and LTL Microporous And Mesoporous Materials, 16 Oct 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2024.113363
Ending the cold chain: novel hydrogel set to improve access to vital medicines Oct 2024
Science Highlight B21-High Throughput SAXS I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Structural and functional complexity in synthetic cells from amphiphilic DNA nanostars Oct 2024 DOI: 10.17863/CAM.112836
Thesis I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Electrodeposition of 3D nanostructured materials using a lyotropic liquid crystal template Sept 2024
Thesis I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction labSAXS-Offline SAXS and Sample Environment Development
Topological and morphological membrane dynamics in giant lipid vesicles driven by monoolein cubosomes Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Sept 2024 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202414970
Journal Paper I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction labSAXS-Offline SAXS and Sample Environment Development
Block copolymer-directed single-diamond hybrid structures derived from X-ray nanotomography Acs Nano, Sept 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c10669
Development of SAXS compatible flow reactors for in situ monitoring of nanoparticle formation during RAFT dispersion polymerisation Sept 2024
Thesis I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Thermotropic “Plumber’s nightmare” - a tight liquid organic double framework Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Aug 2024 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202413215
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism I16-Materials and Magnetism I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction open access
Thermoresponsiveness across the physiologically accessible range: effect of surfactant, cross-linker, and initiator content on size, structure, and transition temperature of poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide) microgels Acs Omega, 56 Aug 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c02115
Growth kinetics and structure of a colloidal silica-based network: in situ RheoSAXS investigations The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 59 Aug 2024 DOI: 10.1140/epjs/s11734-024-01250-y
Design of V-shaped ionic liquid crystals: atropisomerisation ability and formation of double-gyroid molecular assemblies Chemical Communications, 9 Aug 2024 DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03002H
Journal Paper I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Multifaceted bone response to immunomodulatory magnesium implants: Osteopromotion at the interface and adipogenesis in the bone marrow Biomaterials, 26 Aug 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2024.122779
Mechanical release of homogenous proteins from supramolecular gels Nature, 631 Jul 2024 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07580-0
Harnessing cytosine for tunable nanoparticle self-assembly behavior using orthogonal stimuli Biomacromolecules, Jul 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00352
Mineralisation of collagen studied by in situ X-ray and Raman spectroscopy Jul 2024
Thesis I14-Hard X-ray Nanoprobe I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
A sol-gel templating route for the synthesis of hierarchical porous calcium phosphate glasses containing zinc Ceramics International, 1 Jul 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.07.180
Sheep bone ultrastructure analyses reveal differences in bone maturation around Mg-Based and Ti Implants Journal Of Functional Biomaterials, 15 Jul 2024 DOI: 10.3390/jfb15070192
Nucleation, growth and transformation phenomena of vivianite Jul 2024 DOI: 10.17169/refubium-43936
Thesis I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Orientational transitions of discotic columnar liquid crystals in cylindrical pores Soft Matter, 116 Jul 2024 DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00621F
Poly(l-proline)-stabilized polypeptide nanostructures via Ring-Opening Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (ROPISA) Acs Macro Letters, Jul 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00400
Nano-structure survey of natural and biomimetic dental tissues by the 3D SAXS tensor tomography Jul 2024 DOI: 10.15126/thesis.901178
Self-assembling properties of mono and di-rhamnolipids characterized using small-angle X-ray scattering Colloids And Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 14 June 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2024.114038
Impact of keratocyte differentiation on corneal opacity resolution and visual function recovery in male rats Nature Communications, 15 June 2024 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49008-3
Enhancing glucose oxidation: exploring 3D Pt nanowire frameworks for electrochemical studies Journal Of Applied Electrochemistry, 6 June 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s10800-024-02149-1
Synthesis of high molecular weight polymers as low-viscosity latex particles by RAFT aqueous dispersion polymerisation May 2024
Thesis I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Highlighting cubosome research at Diamond May 2024
Science Highlight B21-High Throughput SAXS labSAXS-Offline SAXS and Sample Environment Development I22-Small angle scattering & Diffraction
Effect of peptide-polymer host-guest electrostatic interactions on self-assembling peptide hydrogels structural and mechanical properties and polymer diffusivity Biomacromolecules, 14 May 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00232
Structure and rheology of carboxymethylcellulose in polar solvent mixtures Carbohydrate Polymers, 472 May 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.122287
Supertwisted chiral gyroid mesophase in chiral rod-like compounds Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Apr 2024 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403156
Toughening hydrogels with fibrillar connected double networks Advanced Materials, 4 Apr 2024 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202402282
Impact of organic phosphates on the structure and composition of short-range ordered iron nanophases Nanoscale Advances, 155 Apr 2024 DOI: 10.1039/D3NA01045G
Water sorption and structural properties of human airway mucus in health and muco-obstructive diseases Biomacromolecules, 19 Feb 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01170
Reversibly tuning the viscosity of peptide-based solutions using visible light Chemistry - A European Journal, Feb 2024 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400544
Synthesis and characterization of all-acrylic tetrablock copolymer nanoparticles: waterborne thermoplastic elastomers via one-pot RAFT aqueous emulsion polymerization Chemistry Of Materials, Feb 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c03115
- [Thesis] Waqas Badar, "Nanoscale deformation mechanics in the bone-cartilage unit" (2024)
- Agnese Lucchetti, Flavia Caronna, Lison Rocher, Karl Joyce, Martin Fawdry, Olena Kudina, William Ronan, Thomas Gries, Ted J. Vaughan, "Investigation of the degradation behaviour of poly-L-lactic acid braided stents under real-time and accelerated conditions", Polymer Testing, 141 (2024), DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2024.108632
- Adam Milsom, Adam M. Squires, Ben Laurence, Ben Woden, Andrew Smith, Andrew D. Ward, Christian Pfrang, "Experimental observation of the impact of nanostructure on hygroscopicity and reactivity of fatty acid atmospheric aerosol proxies", Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics, 24, 13571 - 13586 (2024), DOI: 10.5194/acp-24-13571-2024
- [Thesis] Jack Macklin, "The self-assembly of lipids in aerosols" (2024)
- Jude Cameron, Tiziana Di Luccio, Jordan Barr, Lison Rocher, Eugene Kim, Gary H. Menary, Alex B. Lennon, Julia A. Kornfield, "Employing synchrotron X-ray scattering and microscopy to explore microstructural mysteries in bioresorbable vascular scaffolds", Acta Biomaterialia, 113 (2024), DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2024.10.048
- Yuri Panarin, Wanhe Jiang, Neelam Yadav, Mudit Sahai, Yumin Tang, Xianbing Zeng, Olga Panarina, Georg H. Mehl, Jagdish K. Vij, "Colossal dielectric permittivity and superparaelectricity in phenyl pyrimidine based liquid crystals", Journal Of Materials Chemistry C (2024), DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03561E
- Dave J. Adams, Emma Bowley, Simona Bianco, Fin Hallam Stewart, Chloe Wallace, Rebecca Ginesi, Alex Loch, Martin Rosenthal, Andrew Smith, "Designing and controlling transient supramolecular gels", Chemsystemschem (2024), DOI: 10.1002/syst.202400073
- Waqas Badar, Sheetal R. Inamdar, Peter Fratzl, Tim Snow, Nicholas J. Terrill, Martin M. Knight, Himadri S. Gupta, "Nonlinear stress-induced transformations in collagen fibrillar organization, disorder and strain mechanisms in the bone-cartilage unit", Advanced Science, 11 (2024), DOI: 10.1002/advs.202407649
- Jacek K. Wychowaniec, Martin Šrejber, Niting Zeng, Andrew M. Smith, Aline F. Miller, Michal Otyepka, Alberto Saiani, "Effects of proline substitution/inclusion on the nanostructure of a self-assembling β-sheet-forming peptide", Rsc Advances, 14, 37419 - 37430 (2024), DOI: 10.1039/D4RA07065H
- [Thesis] Lisa J. Allen, "Determining the structure-activity relationships of supported palladium oxide nanoparticles: a combined X-ray scattering and spectroscopy approach" (2024)
- Vladimir Zholobenko, Martin J. Hollamby, Aqeel Al-Ani, Oleg I. Lebedev, Andrew J. Smith, Tim Snow, "A nanoscale investigation of the formation of mesostructured zeolites FAU and LTL", Microporous And Mesoporous Materials, 16 (2024), DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2024.113363
- [Science Highlight] Diamond Light Source, "Ending the cold chain: novel hydrogel set to improve access to vital medicines" (2024)
- [Thesis] Layla Malouf, "Structural and functional complexity in synthetic cells from amphiphilic DNA nanostars" (2024), DOI: 10.17863/CAM.112836
- [Thesis] Joshua White, "Electrodeposition of 3D nanostructured materials using a lyotropic liquid crystal template" (2024)
- Zexi Xu, Andrew Booth, Michael Rappolt, Michelle Peckham, Arwen I. I. Tyler, Paul Beales, "Topological and morphological membrane dynamics in giant lipid vesicles driven by monoolein cubosomes", Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2024), DOI: 10.1002/anie.202414970
- Kenza Djeghdi, Dmitry Karpov, S. Narjes Abdollahi, Karolina Godlewska, René Iseli, Mirko Holler, Claire Donnelly, Takeshi Yuasa, Hiroaki Sai, Ulrich B. Wiesner, Ullrich Steiner, Bodo D. Wilts, Michimasa Musya, Shunsuke Fukami, Hideo Ohno, Ana Diaz, Justin Llandro, Ilja Gunkel, "Block copolymer-directed single-diamond hybrid structures derived from X-ray nanotomography", Acs Nano (2024), DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c10669
- [Thesis] Jonathan D. Guild, "Development of SAXS compatible flow reactors for in situ monitoring of nanoparticle formation during RAFT dispersion polymerisation" (2024)
- Ya-Xin Li, Ruo-Yin Jia, Goran Ungar, Tao Ma, Kai Zhao, Xiang-Bing Zeng, Xiao-Hong Cheng, "Thermotropic “Plumber’s nightmare” - a tight liquid organic double framework", Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2024), DOI: 10.1002/anie.202413215
- Danielle Winning, Jacek K. Wychowaniec, Bing Wu, Andreas Heise, Brian J. Rodriguez, Dermot F. Brougham, "Thermoresponsiveness across the physiologically accessible range: effect of surfactant, cross-linker, and initiator content on size, structure, and transition temperature of poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide) microgels", Acs Omega, 56 (2024), DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c02115
- Konstanse Kvalem Seljelid, Osvaldo Trigueiro Neto, Andrew Ndubuisi Akanno, Bruno Telli Ceccato, Rini Padinjakkara Ravindranathan, Namrah Azmi, Leide P. Cavalcanti, Ingebret Fjelde, Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, Jon Otto Fossum, "Growth kinetics and structure of a colloidal silica-based network: in situ RheoSAXS investigations", The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 59 (2024), DOI: 10.1140/epjs/s11734-024-01250-y
- Takahiro Ichikawa, Soki Obara, Saori Yamaguchi, Yumin Tang, Toshiyo Kato, Xiangbing Zeng, "Design of V-shaped ionic liquid crystals: atropisomerisation ability and formation of double-gyroid molecular assemblies", Chemical Communications, 9 (2024), DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03002H
- Heithem Ben Amara, Diana C. Martinez, Kamila Iskhakova, Lena Emanuelsson, Birgitta Norlindh, Anna Johansson Loo, D. C. Florian Wieland, Berit Zeller-Plumhoff, Regine Willumeit-Römer, Tomasz Plocinski, Wojciech Swieszkowski, Furqan A. Shah, Anders Palmquist, Omar Omar, Peter Thomsen, "Multifaceted bone response to immunomodulatory magnesium implants: Osteopromotion at the interface and adipogenesis in the bone marrow", Biomaterials, 26 (2024), DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2024.122779
- Simona Bianco, Muhammad Hasan, Ashfaq Ahmad, Sarah-Jane Richards, Bart Dietrich, Matthew Wallace, Qiao Tang, Andrew J. Smith, Matthew I. Gibson, Dave Adams, "Mechanical release of homogenous proteins from supramolecular gels", Nature, 631, 544 - 548 (2024), DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07580-0
- Sam J. Parkinson, Stephen D. P. Fielden, Marjolaine Thomas, Alisha J. Miller, Paul D. Topham, Matthew J. Derry, Rachel K. O'Reilly, "Harnessing cytosine for tunable nanoparticle self-assembly behavior using orthogonal stimuli", Biomacromolecules (2024), DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00352
- [Thesis] Emma Tong, "Mineralisation of collagen studied by in situ X-ray and Raman spectroscopy" (2024)
- Farzad Foroutan, Isaac Abrahams, Glen J. Smales, Nasima Kanwal, Roberto Di Pasquale, Jonathan C. Knowles, Andy Smith, Daniela Carta, "A sol-gel templating route for the synthesis of hierarchical porous calcium phosphate glasses containing zinc", Ceramics International, 1 (2024), DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.07.180
- Kamila Iskhakova, D. C. Florian Wieland, Romy Marek, Uwe Y. Schwarze, Anton Davydok, Hanna Cwieka, Tamadur Albaraghtheh, Jan Reimers, Birte Hindenlang, Sandra Sefa, André Lopes Marinho, Regine Willumeit-Römer, Berit Zeller-Plumhoff, "Sheep bone ultrastructure analyses reveal differences in bone maturation around Mg-Based and Ti Implants", Journal Of Functional Biomaterials, 15 (2024), DOI: 10.3390/jfb15070192
- [Thesis] Alice Paskin, "Nucleation, growth and transformation phenomena of vivianite" (2024), DOI: 10.17169/refubium-43936
- Rui-Bin Zhang, Marco A. Grunwald, Xiang-Bing Zeng, Sabine Laschat, Andrew N. Cammidge, Goran Ungar, "Orientational transitions of discotic columnar liquid crystals in cylindrical pores", Soft Matter, 116 (2024), DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00621F
- Ernesto Tinajero-Díaz, Nicola Judge, Bo Li, Thomas Leigh, Robert D. Murphy, Paul D. Topham, Matthew J. Derry, Andreas Heise, "Poly(l-proline)-stabilized polypeptide nanostructures via Ring-Opening Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (ROPISA)", Acs Macro Letters (2024), DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00400
- [Thesis] Tayyaba Rabnawaz, "Nano-structure survey of natural and biomimetic dental tissues by the 3D SAXS tensor tomography" (2024), DOI: 10.15126/thesis.901178
- Alessandra Marega Motta, Paolo Mariani, Rosangela Itri, Francesco Spinozzi, "Self-assembling properties of mono and di-rhamnolipids characterized using small-angle X-ray scattering", Colloids And Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 14 (2024), DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2024.114038
- Andri K. Riau, Zhuojian Look, Gary H. F. Yam, Craig Boote, Qian Ma, Evelina J. Y. Han, Nur Zahirah Binte M. Yusoff, Hon Shing Ong, Tze-Wei Goh, Nuur Shahinda Humaira Binte Halim, Jodhbir S. Mehta, "Impact of keratocyte differentiation on corneal opacity resolution and visual function recovery in male rats", Nature Communications, 15 (2024), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49008-3
- Tamseel Zaman, Samina Akbar, Joshua S. White, Iris Nandhakumar, "Enhancing glucose oxidation: exploring 3D Pt nanowire frameworks for electrochemical studies", Journal Of Applied Electrochemistry, 6 (2024), DOI: 10.1007/s10800-024-02149-1
- [Thesis] Rory J. Mcbride, "Synthesis of high molecular weight polymers as low-viscosity latex particles by RAFT aqueous dispersion polymerisation" (2024)
- [Science Highlight] Diamond Light Source, "Highlighting cubosome research at Diamond" (2024)
- Siyuan Dong, Sam L. Chapman, Alain Pluen, Stephen M. Richardson, Aline F. Miller, Alberto Saiani, "Effect of peptide-polymer host-guest electrostatic interactions on self-assembling peptide hydrogels structural and mechanical properties and polymer diffusivity", Biomacromolecules, 14 (2024), DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00232
- Can Hou, Takaichi Watanabe, Carlos G. Lopez, Walter Richtering, "Structure and rheology of carboxymethylcellulose in polar solvent mixtures", Carbohydrate Polymers, 472 (2024), DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.122287
- Yan Wang, Shu-Gui Yang, Ya-Xin Li, Yu Cao, Feng Liu, Xiang-Bing Zeng, Liliana Cseh, Goran Ungar, "Supertwisted chiral gyroid mesophase in chiral rod-like compounds", Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2024), DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403156
- Yu‐huang Fang, Chen Liang, Ville Liljeström, Zhong‐peng Lv, Olli Ikkala, Hang Zhang, "Toughening hydrogels with fibrillar connected double networks", Advanced Materials, 4 (2024), DOI: 10.1002/adma.202402282
- Zhengzheng Chen, Jeffrey Paulo H. Perez, Glen J. Smales, Roberts Blukis, Brian R. Pauw, Jessica A. Stammeier, Jörg Radnik, Andrew J. Smith, Liane G. Benning, "Impact of organic phosphates on the structure and composition of short-range ordered iron nanophases", Nanoscale Advances, 155 (2024), DOI: 10.1039/D3NA01045G
- Susyn J. Kelly, Vladislav Genevskiy, Sebastian Björklund, Juan F. Gonzalez-Martinez, Lara Poeschke, Maik Schröder, Georg Nilius, Stanislav Tatkov, Vitaly Kocherbitov, "Water sorption and structural properties of human airway mucus in health and muco-obstructive diseases", Biomacromolecules, 19 (2024), DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01170
- Simona Bianco, Laura Wimberger, Yael Ben-Tal, George T. Williams, Andrew J. Smith, Jonathon E. Beves, Dave John Adams, "Reversibly tuning the viscosity of peptide-based solutions using visible light", Chemistry - A European Journal (2024), DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400544
- Oliver J. Deane, Pierre Mandrelier, Osama M. Musa, Mohammed Jamali, Lee A. Fielding, Steven P. Armes, "Synthesis and characterization of all-acrylic tetrablock copolymer nanoparticles: waterborne thermoplastic elastomers via one-pot RAFT aqueous emulsion polymerization", Chemistry Of Materials (2024), DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c03115
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