We have active projects that involve:

• synthesis (Doherty, Errington, Fulton, Houlton, Izod, Knight, Pike)
• covalent, supramolecular and co-ordination polymers (Doherty, Fulton, Knight, Houlton)
• DNA-based materials (Houlton, Horrocks, Tuite, Pike)
• catalysis and reactivity (Doherty, Errington, Houlton, Izod, Knight)
• spectroscopy, photochemistry and optical trapping (Tuite, Carruthers)
• molecular and nano-electronics (Houlton, Horrocks, Pike)
• Computation and theory (Izod, Houlton, Horrocks)
• high-resolution microscopy (Horrocks, Houlton, Tuite, Pike)
• electrochemistry (Horrocks, Errington)
• diagnostics and sensing (Houlton, Horrocks, Pike, Tuite)

Examples of important contributions made by the Functional Molecules & Materials Group include:

• Discovery of new bonding modes between group 14 and phosphorus (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 5593-5597)
• Insights into the formation of supramolecular DNA-polymer nanowires (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 10.1021/ja500439v (2014)
• “Guiding Polymers with DNA” - molecular-recognition induced polymer-crosslinking (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12913-12918)
• Design of a switchable DNA-like molecular wire (Nat. Commun. 2017 8 720)
• Synthesis of designer DNA for nanomaterial fabrication and molecular diagnostics (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54(31), 8971-8974);
• Discovery of the intact sublimation of alkyl-capped silicon nanocrystals (Nat. Nanotechnol. 2, 486 (2007), Science Editor’s Choice 2007, 317, 1011)
• Demonstration of the lack of acute toxicity of silicon nanocrystal fluorescent probes for cell biology and their internalisation by a cholesterol-dependent mechanism (Small, 2009, 5, 221–228)

We are partners in the EU-2020 – ITN Innovative Nanowire DEvicE Design with:

• Durham University
• EPFL
• CNRS Institute Microelectronics & Microsystems
• CNR Trieste
• University of Copenhagen
• Lappeenranta Institute of Technology
• CNRS Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology
• Lund University
• Liverpool University
• Université Paris-Sud
• CNRS ISEN
• ITMO University

We co-ordinate the EU RISE DNA-SURF. This focuses on molecular diagnostics through DNA modification and interfacial engineering.

DNASURF is a H2020 MSCA RISE international exchange project to develop innovative biomedical products for DNA diagnostics. 

Participants are:

Europe

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Prof Danny Porath
• University College Dublin – Prof Susan Quinn
• Universidad Del Pais Vasco – Prof Lourdes Basabe-Desmonts
• University of Birmingham – Prof Jim Tucker

International

• National University of Singapore – Prof Christian Nijhuis
• Hokkaido University, Japan – Prof Kuniharu Ijiro
• University of Melbourne, Australia – Prof Steven Prawer
• Western Sydney University, Australia – Prof Janice Aldrich-Wright
• Brigham Young University, USA  – Prof Adam Woolley

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Our research projects can often have an interdisciplinary approach. This sees our academics collaborate with other Institutes/Schools and Universities.

Academic collaborations with internal and external groups include:

• Prof Nick Wright, School of Engineering
• Prof Jeremy Lakey, Institute of Cell & Biomolecular Science
• Dr Thomas Howard
• Prof. Thomas Curtis
• Dr John Hedley, Mechanical Engineering
• Prof Olaf Heidenreich
• Dr Harish Datta, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS
• Prof Ian Manners, University Bristol
• Prof. Felix Zamora, Universidad autónoma de Madrid
• Prof Kuniharu Ijjro, Hokkaido University, Japan
• Prof W Bruce Turnbull, University of Leeds

• Doherty S, Knight JG, Backhouse T, Abood E, Alshaikh H, Clemmet AR, Ellison JR, Bourne RA, Chamberlain TW, Stones R, Fairlamb IAJ. Heteroatom Donor-Decorated Polymer-Immobilized Ionic Liquid Stabilized PdNPs: Efficient Catalysts for Room-Temperature Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling in Aqueous Media. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 2018. In Press.
• Doherty S, Knight JG, Backhouse T, Bradford A, Saunders, Bourne RA, Chamberlain TW, Stones R, Clayton A, Lovelock K. Highly efficient aqueous phase reduction of nitroarenes catalyzed by phosphine-decorated PEG-modified polymer immobilized ionic liquid stabilized PdNPs. Catalysis, Science & Technology 2018, epub ahead of print.
• Kandasamy B, Bruce PG, Clegg W, Harrington RW, Rodriguez-Fortea A, Pascual-Borras M, Errington RJ. Bonding insights from structural and spectroscopic comparisons of {SnW5} and {TiW5} alkoxido- and aryloxido-substituted Lindqvist polyoxometalates. Chemistry A European Journal 2018, 24(11), 2750-2757.
• Nurdillayeva RN, Oshido AB, Bamford TA, El-Zubir O, Houlton A, Hedley J, Pike AR, Horrocks BR. Inkjet printing and electrical characterisation of DNA - templated cadmium sulfide nanowires. Nanotechnology 2018, epub ahead of print.
• Friedl J, Gu J, Stimming U, Horrocks BR. On the mechanism of scanning electrochemical potential microscopy.ChemElectroChem 2018, 5(1), 25-28.
• Lunn S, Hribesh S, Whitfield C, Hall M, Houlton A, Brownowska A, Tuite EM, Pike AR. Duplex Healing of Selectively Thiolated Guanosine Mismatches through a Cd2+ Chemical Stimulus. ChemBioChem 2018, 19(11), 1115-1118.
• Nurdillayeva RN, Oshido AB, Bamford TA, El-Zubir O, Houlton A, Hedley J, Pike AR, Horrocks BR. Inkjet printing and electrical characterisation of DNA - templated cadmium sulfide nanowires. Nanotechnology 2018, epub ahead of print.
• Izod K, Evans P, Waddell PG. A diarsagermylene and a diarsastannylene stabilised by arene⋯Ge/Sn interactions.Chemical Communications 2018, 54(20), 2526-2529.
• Woodford OJ, Stachelek P, Ziessel R, Algoazy N, Knight JG, Harriman A. End-to-end communication in a linear supermolecule with a BOPHY centre and: N,N-dimethylanilino-based terminals. New Journal of Chemistry 2018, 42(7), 4835-4842.
• Doherty S, Knight JG, Backhouse T, Abood E, Alshaikh H, Clemmet AR, Ellison JR, Bourne RA, Chamberlain TW, Stones R, Fairlamb IAJ. Heteroatom Donor-Decorated Polymer-Immobilized Ionic Liquid Stabilized PdNPs: Efficient Catalysts for Room-Temperature Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling in Aqueous Media. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 2018. In Press.
• Doherty S, Knight JG, Backhouse T, Bradford A, Saunders, Bourne RA, Chamberlain TW, Stones R, Clayton A, Lovelock K. Highly efficient aqueous phase reduction of nitroarenes catalyzed by phosphine-decorated PEG-modified polymer immobilized ionic liquid stabilized PdNPs. Catalysis, Science & Technology 2018, epub ahead of print.
• Lunn S, Hribesh S, Whitfield C, Hall M, Houlton A, Brownowska A, Tuite EM, Pike AR. Duplex Healing of Selectively Thiolated Guanosine Mismatches through a Cd2+ Chemical Stimulus. ChemBioChem 2018, 19(11), 1115-1118.
• Nurdillayeva RN, Oshido AB, Bamford TA, El-Zubir O, Houlton A, Hedley J, Pike AR, Horrocks BR. Inkjet printing and electrical characterisation of DNA - templated cadmium sulfide nanowires. Nanotechnology 2018, epub ahead of print.
• Little RC, Whitfield CJ, Tuite EM, Pike AR. The synthesis of designer DNA. In: DNA Nanotechnology. Humana Press Inc, 2018, pp.11-21.
• Tuite EM, Norden B. Linear and Circular Dichroism Characterization of Thionine Binding Mode with DNA Polynucleotides. Spectrochimica Acta A 2018, 189, 86-92.
• Tuite EM, Nordén B. Structural Heterogeneity in Polynucleotide-Facilitated Assembly of Phenothiazine Dyes. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2018, 122(11), 2891-2899.
• Little RC, Whitfield CJ, Tuite EM, Pike AR. The synthesis of designer DNA. In: DNA Nanotechnology. Humana Press Inc, 2018, pp.11-21.
  
  

• Geier SJ, Vogels CM, Daley EN, Decken A, Doherty S, Westcott SA. The Phosphinoboration of N-Heterocycles. Chemistry: A European Journal 2017, 23(58), 14485-14499.
• Doherty S, Knight JG, Backhouse T, Abood E, Alshaikh H, Fairlamb IJS, Bourne RA, Chamberlain TW, Stones R. Highly efficient aqueous phase chemoselective hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes catalysed by phosphine-decorated polymer immobilized IL-stabilized PdNPs. Green Chemistry 2017, 19(7), 1635-1641.
• Errington RJ, Kandasamy B, Lebbie D, Izuagie T. Alkoxido-Derivatised Lindqvist and Keggin Type Polyoxometalates. In:Song, Y-F, ed. Polyoxometalate-Based Assemblies and Functional Materials. Springer, 2017, pp.1-25.
• Errington RJ. Nonaqueous Polyoxometalate Synthesis for Systematic Studies of Hydrolysis, Protonation, and Reduction.In: Rudi van Eldik and Leroy Cronin, ed. Polyoxometalate Chemistry. Elsevier, 2017, pp.287-336.
• Canioni R, Cadot E, Errington RJ, Leclerc-Laronze N, Roche-Marchal C. Synthesis, Structural and Electrochemical Properties of the [SbIII2SiMo12O40]4– anion, a Bicapped Keggin Polyoxometalate. Current Inorganic Chemistry 2017, 7(1), 13-20.
• Ventura C, Guerin AJ, El-Zubir O, Ruiz-Sanchez AJ, Dixon LI, Reynolds KJ, Dale ML, Ferguson J, Houlton A, Horrocks BR, Clare AS, Fulton DF. Marine antifouling performance of polymer coatings incorporating zwitterions. Biofouling 2017, 33(10), 892-903.
• Mahon CS, McGurk CJ, Watson SMD, Fascione MA, Sakonsinsiri C, Turnbull WB, Fulton DA. Molecular recognition-mediated transformation of single-chain polymer nanoparticles into crosslinked polymer films. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017, 56(42), 12913-12918.
• Borah D, Cummins C, Rasappa S, Watson SMD, Pike AR, Horrocks BR, Fulton DA, Houlton A, Liontos G, Ntetsikas K, Avgeropoulos A, Morris MA. Nanoscale silicon substrate patterns from self-assembly of cylinder forming poly (styrene)-block-poly(dimethylsiloxane) block copolymer on silane functionalized surfaces. Nanotechnology 2017, 28(4).
• Ruiz-Sanchez AJ, Higgs PL, Peters DT, Turley AT, Dobson MA, North AJ, Fulton DA. Probing the Surfaces of Biomacromolecules with Polymer-Scaffolded Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries. ACS Macro Letters 2017, 6(9), 903-907.
• Ulusu Y, Dura G, Waller H, Benning MJ, Fulton DA, Lakey JH, Peters DH. Thermal stability and rheological properties of the ‘non-stick’ Caf1 biomaterial. Biomedical Materials 2017, 12(5), 051001.
• Al-Mahamad LLG, El-Zubir O, Smith DG, Horrocks BR, Houlton A. A coordination polymer for the site-specific integration of semiconducting sequences into DNA-based materials. Nature Communications 2017, 8, 720.
• Cook SK, Horrocks BR. Heterogeneous Electron-Transfer Rates for the Reduction of Viologen Derivatives at Platinum and Bismuth Electrodes in Acetonitrile. ChemElectroChem 2017, 4(2), 320-331.
• Nomor AS, Horrocks BR. Kinetics of Reduction of Ruthenium Hexaammine at Bismuth Electrodes in Aqueous Solution: Analysing the Potential Dependence of the Transfer Coefficient. ChemElectroChem 2017, 4(11), 2943-2951.
• Ventura C, Guerin AJ, El-Zubir O, Ruiz-Sanchez AJ, Dixon LI, Reynolds KJ, Dale ML, Ferguson J, Houlton A, Horrocks BR, Clare AS, Fulton DF. Marine antifouling performance of polymer coatings incorporating zwitterions. Biofouling 2017, 33(10), 892-903.
• Borah D, Cummins C, Rasappa S, Watson SMD, Pike AR, Horrocks BR, Fulton DA, Houlton A, Liontos G, Ntetsikas K, Avgeropoulos A, Morris MA. Nanoscale silicon substrate patterns from self-assembly of cylinder forming poly (styrene)-block-poly(dimethylsiloxane) block copolymer on silane functionalized surfaces. Nanotechnology 2017, 28(4).
• Radwan MA, AlQuadeib BT, Siller L, Wright MC, Horrocks B. Oral administration of amphotericin B nanoparticles: antifungal activity, bioavailability and toxicity in rats. Drug Delivery 2017, 24(1), 40-50.
• Miloserdov A, Day CPF, Rosario GL, Horrocks BR, Carruthers AE. Probing chemical transformation in picolitre volume aerosol droplets. In: Proceedings of SPIE Nanoscience and Engineering: Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XIV. 2017, San Diego, CA, USA: SPIE.
• Al-Mahamad LLG, El-Zubir O, Smith DG, Horrocks BR, Houlton A. A coordination polymer for the site-specific integration of semiconducting sequences into DNA-based materials. Nature Communications 2017, 8, 720.
• Ventura C, Guerin AJ, El-Zubir O, Ruiz-Sanchez AJ, Dixon LI, Reynolds KJ, Dale ML, Ferguson J, Houlton A, Horrocks BR, Clare AS, Fulton DF. Marine antifouling performance of polymer coatings incorporating zwitterions. Biofouling 2017, 33(10), 892-903.
• Borah D, Cummins C, Rasappa S, Watson SMD, Pike AR, Horrocks BR, Fulton DA, Houlton A, Liontos G, Ntetsikas K, Avgeropoulos A, Morris MA. Nanoscale silicon substrate patterns from self-assembly of cylinder forming poly (styrene)-block-poly(dimethylsiloxane) block copolymer on silane functionalized surfaces. Nanotechnology 2017, 28(4).
• Lamming G, Kolokotroni J, Harrison T, Penfold TJ, Clegg W, Waddell PG, Probert MR, Houlton A. Structural Diversity and Argentophilic Interactions in 1-D Silver-based Coordination Polymers. Crystal Growth and Design 2017, 17(11), 5753-5763.
• Houlton A. Designer nanorod synthesis. Science 2016, 353(6305), 1204-1205.
• Izod K, Evans P, Waddell PG. A Fully Phosphane-Substituted Disilene. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 2017, 56(20), 5593-5597.
• Izod K, Jones CF, Wildman EP, Harrington RW, Waddell PG. A Suite of Sterically-Demanding Hybrid Alkyl/Cyclopentadienyl Ligands. Organometallics 2017, 36(21), 4238-4245.
• Izod K, Watson JM, El-Hamruni SM, Harrington RW, Waddell PG. Alkali-metal- and alkaline-earth-metal-mediated C-O activation of an anisole-substituted phosphido-borane ligand. Organometallics 2017, 36(11), 2218-2227.
• Clarke R, Ho KL, Alsimaree AA, Waddell PG, Bogaerts J, Herrebout W, Knight J, Pal R, Penfold T, Hall MJ. Circularly Polarised Luminescence from Helically Chiral 'Confused' N,N,O,C-Boron-Chelated Dipyrromethenes (BODIPYs). ChemPhotoChem2017, 1(11), 513-517.
• Doherty S, Knight JG, Backhouse T, Abood E, Alshaikh H, Fairlamb IJS, Bourne RA, Chamberlain TW, Stones R. Highly efficient aqueous phase chemoselective hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes catalysed by phosphine-decorated polymer immobilized IL-stabilized PdNPs. Green Chemistry 2017, 19(7), 1635-1641.
• Alnoman RB, Stachelek P, Knight JG, Harriman A, Waddell PG. Synthesis of 2-aminoBODIPYs by palladium catalysed amination. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 2017, 15(36), 7643-7653.
• Stachelek P, Alsimaree AA, Alnoman RB, Harriman A, Knight JG. Thermally-Activated, Delayed Fluorescence in O,B,O- and N,B,O-Strapped Boron Dipyrromethene Derivatives. The Journal of Physical Chemistry 2017, 121(10), 2096-2107.
• Nakamura S, Mitomo H, Aizawa M, Tani T, Matsuo Y, Niikura K, Pike AR, Naya N, Shishido A, Ijiro K. DNA Brush-Directed Vertical Alignment of Extensive Gold Nanorod Arrays with Controlled Density. ACS Omega 2017, 2(5), 2208-2213.
• Borah D, Cummins C, Rasappa S, Watson SMD, Pike AR, Horrocks BR, Fulton DA, Houlton A, Liontos G, Ntetsikas K, Avgeropoulos A, Morris MA. Nanoscale silicon substrate patterns from self-assembly of cylinder forming poly (styrene)-block-poly(dimethylsiloxane) block copolymer on silane functionalized surfaces. Nanotechnology 2017, 28(4).

• Doherty S, Knight JG, Carroll MA, Clemmet AR, Ellison JR, Backhouse T, Holmes N, Bourne RA. Selective and Highly Efficient Hydrogen Peroxide-Mediated Oxidation of Sulfides in Batch and Continuous Flow using Styrene-Based Polymer Immobilised Ionic Liquid Phase Supported Peroxotungstates. RSC Advances 2016, 6, 73118-73131.
• Doherty S, Knight JG, Perry DO, Ward NAB, Bittner DM, McFarlane W, Wills C, Probert MR. Triaryl-Like MONO-, BIS- and TRISKITPHOS Phosphines: Synthesis, Solution NMR Studies and a Comparison in Gold-Catalysed Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Forming 5-Exo-Dig and 6-Endo-Dig Cyclizations. Organometallics 2016, 35(9), 1265-1278.
• Upson SJ, Partridge SW, Tcacencu I, Fulton DA, Corbett I, German MJ, Dalgarno KW. Development of a methacrylate-terminated PLGA copolymer for potential use in craniomaxillofacial fracture plates. Materials Science and Engineering C2016, 69, 470-477.
• Fulton DA. Synthesis: Click chemistry gets reversible. Nature Chemistry 2016, 8(10), 899-900.
• Al-Hinai M, Hassanien R, Watson SMD, Wright NG, Houlton A, Horrocks BR. Metal-conductive polymer hybrid nanostructures: preparation and electrical properties of palladium-polyimidazole nanowires. Nanotechnology 2016, 27(9), 095704.
• Rashid M, Horrocks BR, Healy N, Goss JP, Horsfall AB. Optical properties of mesoporous 4H-SiC prepared by anodic electrochemical etching. Journal of Applied Physics 2016, 120(19), 194303.
• Hassanien R, Almaky MM, Houlton A, Horrocks BR. Preparation and electrical properties of a copper-conductive polymer hybrid nanostructure. RSC Advances 2016, 101(6), 99422-99432.
• Siller L, Piticharoenphun S, Lemloh M-L, Horrocks BR, Kaulich B, Gianonchelli A, Hunt MRC, Brummer F, Medakovic D. Sulphur-containing compounds as a response in sea urchins exposed to alkylated silicon nanocrystals and SiO2-coated iron oxide nanoparticles. Key Engineering Materials 2016, 672, 312-327.
• Houlton A. Designer nanorod synthesis. Science 2016, 353(6305), 1204-1205.
• Al-Hinai M, Hassanien R, Watson SMD, Wright NG, Houlton A, Horrocks BR. Metal-conductive polymer hybrid nanostructures: preparation and electrical properties of palladium-polyimidazole nanowires. Nanotechnology 2016, 27(9), 095704.
• Hassanien R, Almaky MM, Houlton A, Horrocks BR. Preparation and electrical properties of a copper-conductive polymer hybrid nanostructure. RSC Advances 2016, 101(6), 99422-99432.
• Lamming G, El-Zubir O, Kolokotroni J, McGurk C, Waddell PG, Probert MR, Houlton A. Two-Dimensional Frameworks Based on Ag(I)-N Bond Formation: Single Crystal to Single Molecular Sheet Transformation. Inorganic Chemistry 2016, 55(19), 9644-9652.
• Izod K, Evans P, Waddell PG, Probert MR. Remote Substituent Effects on the Structures and Stabilities of P=E π-Stabilized Diphosphatetrylenes (R2P)2E (E = Ge, Sn). Inorganic Chemistry 2016, 55(20), 10510-10522.
• Alnoman RB, Rihn S, OConnor DC, Black FA, Costello B, Waddell PG, Clegg W, Peacock RD, Herrebout W, Knight JG, Hall MJ. Circularly Polarized Luminescence from Helically Chiral N,N,O,O-Boron Chelated Dipyrromethenes. Chemistry - A European Journal 2016, 22(1), 93-96.
• Nwosu CJ, Doherty S, Knight J, Novakovic K. Oscillatory carbonylation reaction employing mono- and di-alkyne-terminated poly(ethylene glycol). In: Gordon Research Conference: Oscillations & Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems. 2016, Stoweflake Conference Center, Stowe, VT: Gordon Research Conferences.
• Doherty S, Knight JG, Carroll MA, Clemmet AR, Ellison JR, Backhouse T, Holmes N, Bourne RA. Selective and Highly Efficient Hydrogen Peroxide-Mediated Oxidation of Sulfides in Batch and Continuous Flow using Styrene-Based Polymer Immobilised Ionic Liquid Phase Supported Peroxotungstates. RSC Advances 2016, 6, 73118-73131.
• Doherty S, Knight JG, Perry DO, Ward NAB, Bittner DM, McFarlane W, Wills C, Probert MR. Triaryl-Like MONO-, BIS- and TRISKITPHOS Phosphines: Synthesis, Solution NMR Studies and a Comparison in Gold-Catalysed Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Forming 5-Exo-Dig and 6-Endo-Dig Cyclizations. Organometallics 2016, 35(9), 1265-1278.
• Higgs PL, McKinley AW, Tuite EM. [Ru(phen)2dppz]2+ luminescence reveals nanoscale variation of polarity in the cyclodextrin cavity. Chemical Communications 2016, 52(9), 1883-1886.
• Tuite EM, Puntoriero F. Highlights from Faraday Discussion 185: Supramolecular Photochemistry, Cambridge, 2015.Chemical Communications 2016, 52(24), 4410-4417.

• Daley EN, Vogels CM, Geier SJ, Decken A, Doherty S, Westcott SA. The Phosphinoboration Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, 54(7), 2121-2125.
• Doherty S, Knight JG, Carroll MA, Ellison JR, Hobson SJ, Stevens S, Hardacre C, Goodrich P. Efficient and selective hydrogen peroxide-mediated oxidation of sulfides in batch and segmented and continuous flow using a peroxometalate-based polymer immobilised ionic liquid phase catalyst. Green Chemistry 2015, 17(3), 1559-1571.
• Mahon CS, Fascione MA, Sakonsinsiri CS, McAllister TE, Turnbull WB, Fulton DA. Templating carbohydrate-functionalised polymer-scaffolded dynamic combinatorial libraries with lectins. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2015, 13(9), 2756-2761.
• Mohamed HDA, Watson SMD, Horrocks BR, Houlton A. Chemical and electrochemical routes to DNA-templated rhodium nanowires. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2015, 3(2), 438-446.
• Hermosa C, Horrocks BR, Martinez JI, Liscio F, Gomez-Herrero J, Zamora F. Mechanical and optical properties of ultralarge flakes of a metal–organic framework with molecular thickness. Chemical Science 2015, 6(4), 2553-2558.
• Abualmaja KM, Siller L, Horrocks BR. Metal-enhanced luminescence of silicon quantum dots: effects of nanoparticles and molecular electron donors and acceptors on the photofading kinetics. Nanotechnology 2015, 26(14), 145704.
• AL-Quadeib BT, Radwan MA, Siller L, Horrocks B, Wright MC. Stealth Amphotericin B nanoparticles for oral drug delivery: In vitro optimization. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal 2015, 23(3), 290-302.
• Mohamed HDA, Watson SMD, Horrocks BR, Houlton A. Chemical and electrochemical routes to DNA-templated rhodium nanowires. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2015, 3(2), 438-446.
• Izod K, Waddell PG. Dibenzylstrontium and -barium: Simple Molecules with Complex Structures. Organometallics 2015, 34(12), 2726-2730.
• Izod K, Dixon CM, Harrington RW, Probert MR. Impact of a rigid backbone on the structure of an agostically-stabilised dialkylstannylene: isolation of an unusual bridged stannyl–stannylene. Chemical Communications 2015, 51(4), 679-681.
• Izod K, Wills C, El-Hamruni S, Harrington RW, Waddell PG, Probert MR. Structural Diversity in Alkaline Earth Metal Complexes of a Phosphine-Borane-Stabilized 1,3-Dicarbanion. Organometallics 2015, 34(11), 2406-2414.
• Doherty S, Knight JG, Carroll MA, Ellison JR, Hobson SJ, Stevens S, Hardacre C, Goodrich P. Efficient and selective hydrogen peroxide-mediated oxidation of sulfides in batch and segmented and continuous flow using a peroxometalate-based polymer immobilised ionic liquid phase catalyst. Green Chemistry 2015, 17(3), 1559-1571.
• Knight JG, Alnoman RB, Waddell PG. Synthesis of 3-aminoBODIPY dyes via copper-catalyzed vicarious nucleophilic substitution of 2-halogeno derivatives. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 2015, 13(12), 3819-3829.
• Moradpour Hafshejani S, Watson SMD, Tuite EM, Pike AR. Click Modification of Diazido Acridine Intercalators: A Versatile Route Towards Decorated DNA Nanostructures. Chemistry - A European Journal 2015, 21(36), 12611-12615.
• Whitfield CJ, Turley AT, Tuite EM, Connolly BA, Pike AR. Enzymatic Method for the Synthesis of Long DNA Sequences with Multiple Repeat Units. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, 54(31), 8971-8974.
• Tuite EM, Puntoriero F. Highlights from Faraday Discussion 185: Supramolecular Photochemistry, Cambridge, 2015.Chemical Communications 2016, 52(24), 4410-4417.

• Doherty S, Knight JG, Ward NAB, Perry DO, Bittner DM, Probert MR, Westcott SA. Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Couplings with 2-Diethylphosphonato-Substituted Aryl- and Naphthylboronate Esters as the Nucleophilic Partner: A Complementary Approach to the Synthesis of Biaryl Monophosphonates. Organometallics 2014, 33(19), 5209-5219.
• Doherty S. Homogeneous Catalysis in Ionic Liquids. In: Hardacre, C; Parvulescu, V, ed. Catalysis in Ionic Liquids: From Catalyst Synthesis to Application. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014, pp.44-308.
• Doherty S, Knight JG, Ellison JR, Goodrich P, Hall L, Hardacre C, Muldoon M, Ribeiro A, Afonso C, Park S, Lourençoc MJ, Davey P. An efficient Cu(II)-bis(oxazoline)-based polymer immobilised ionic liquid phase catalyst for asymmetric carbon–carbon bond formation. Green Chemistry 2014, 16(3), 1470-1479.
• Harun NA, Horrocks BR, Fulton DA. Enhanced Raman and luminescence spectra from co-encapsulated silicon quantum dots and Au-Ag nanoalloys. Chemical Communications 2014, 50(82), 12389-12391.
• Mahon CS, Fulton DA. Mimicking nature with synthetic macromolecules capable of recognition. Nature Chemistry 2014, 6(8), 665-672.
• Sanchez-Sanchez A, Fulton DA, Pomposo JA. pH-responsive single-chain polymer nanoparticles utilising dynamic covalent enamine bonds. Chemical Communications 2014, 50(15), 1871-1874.
• Watson SMD, Pike AR, Pate J, Houlton A, Horrocks BR. DNA-templated nanowires: morphology and electrical conductivity.Nanoscale 2014, 6(8), 4027-4037.
• Harun NA, Horrocks BR, Fulton DA. Enhanced Raman and luminescence spectra from co-encapsulated silicon quantum dots and Au-Ag nanoalloys. Chemical Communications 2014, 50(82), 12389-12391.
• Watson SMD, Galindo MA, Horrocks BR, Houlton A. Mechanism of Formation of Supramolecular DNA-Templated Polymer Nanowires. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014, 136(18), 6649-6655.
• Horrocks BR. Photoluminescent nanoparticle derivatization via porous silicon. In: Handbook of Porous Silicon. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2014, pp.671-681.
• Pate J, Zamora F, Watson SMD, Wright NG, Horrocks BR, Houlton A. Solution-based DNA-templating of sub-10 nm conductive copper nanowires. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2014, 2(43), 9265-9273.
• Al-Quadeib BT, Radwan MA, Siller L, Mutch E, Horrocks B, Wright M, Alshaer A. Therapeutic monitoring of amphotericin B in Saudi ICU patients using UPLC MS/MS assay. Biomedical Chromatography 2014, 28(12), 1652-1659.
• Watson SMD, Pike AR, Pate J, Houlton A, Horrocks BR. DNA-templated nanowires: morphology and electrical conductivity.Nanoscale 2014, 6(8), 4027-4037.
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