Search Results - "Storey, John M. D"
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Multi-level chirality in liquid crystals formed by achiral molecules
Published in Nature communications (23-04-2019)“…Complex materials often exhibit a hierarchical structure with an intriguing mechanism responsible for the ‘propagation’ of order from the molecular to the…”
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Electrically Tunable Selective Reflection of Light from Ultraviolet to Visible and Infrared by Heliconical Cholesterics
Published in Advanced materials (Weinheim) (20-05-2015)“…Electrical tuning of selective reflection of light is achieved in a very broad spectral range from ultraviolet to visible and infrared by an oblique helicoidal…”
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Electrically tunable laser based on oblique heliconical cholesteric liquid crystal
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (15-11-2016)“…A cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) formed by chiral molecules represents a self-assembled one-dimensionally periodic helical structure with pitch p in the…”
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Reversible Isothermal Twist–Bend Nematic–Nematic Phase Transition Driven by the Photoisomerization of an Azobenzene-Based Nonsymmetric Liquid Crystal Dimer
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (27-04-2016)“…The liquid crystal nonsymmetric dimer, 1-(4-butoxyazobenzene-4′-yloxy)-6-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) hexane (CB6OABOBu), shows enantiotropic twist–bend nematic,…”
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Synthesis using aromatic homolytic substitution--recent advances
Published in Chemical Society reviews (01-01-2007)“…This critical review aims at presenting recent developments in intramolecular aromatic homolytic substitution which has become one of the common methodologies…”
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Liquid Crystal Dimers and Smectic Phases from the Intercalated to the Twist-Bend
Published in Crystals (Basel) (01-09-2022)“…In this review we consider the relationships between molecular structure and the tendency of liquid crystal dimers to exhibit smectic phases, and show how our…”
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Complex disposition of methylthioninium redox forms determines efficacy in tau aggregation inhibitor therapy for Alzheimer's disease
Published in The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics (01-01-2015)“…Methylthioninium (MT) is a tau aggregation inhibitor with therapeutic potential in Alzheimer's disease (AD). MT exists in equilibrium between reduced…”
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A Twist-Bend Nematic Phase Driven by Hydrogen Bonding
Published in Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) (07-01-2015)“…The liquid crystalline phase behavior of 4‐[6‐(4′‐cyanobiphenyl‐4‐yl)hexyloxy]benzoic acid (CB6OBA) and 4‐[5‐(4′‐cyanobiphenyl‐4‐yloxy)pentyloxy]benzoic acid…”
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Exploring the Anti-Hypoxaemia Effect of Hydromethylthionine: A Prospective Study of Phase 3 Clinical Trial Participants
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (01-09-2023)“…Methylthioninium chloride (MTC) is a standard treatment for methaemoglobinaemia. A preparation of reduced MTC has been reported to increase blood oxygen…”
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Structure-property relationships in twist-bend nematogens: the influence of terminal groups
Published in Liquid crystals (02-01-2017)“…The synthesis and characterisation of a range of non-symmetric liquid crystal dimers designed to exhibit the twist-bend nematic phase is reported. Beginning…”
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The crystalline state of methylene blue: a zoo of hydrates
Published in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP (14-06-2012)“…A re-investigation of the crystalline state of methylene blue has led to the identification of five different hydrates with clearly distinct structures. These…”
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Multiple Polar and Non‐polar Nematic Phases
Published in Chemphyschem (13-12-2021)“…Liquid‐crystal materials exhibiting up to three nematic phases are reported. Dielectric response measurements show that while the lower temperature nematic…”
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Heliconical smectic phases formed by achiral molecules
Published in Nature communications (15-01-2018)“…Chiral symmetry breaking in soft matter is a hot topic of current research. Recently, such a phenomenon was found in a fluidic phase showing orientational…”
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The effect of a lateral alkyloxy chain on the ferroelectric nematic phase
Published in RSC advances (14-10-2022)“…The synthesis and characterisation of two series of low molar mass liquid crystals, the 4-[(4-nitrophenoxy)carbonyl]phenyl 2-alkoxy-4-methoxybenzoates (series…”
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Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Three Chiral Oxazolidinones with Different Ring Conformations
Published in Crystals (Basel) (01-11-2022)“…The preparation of new, enantiomerically pure, α-amino acids from easily available starting materials is an ongoing challenge in synthetic organic chemistry…”
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The Chiral Twist‐Bend Nematic Phase (NTB)
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (17-10-2019)“…The twist‐bend nematic, NTB, phase has been observed for chiral materials in which chirality is introduced through a branched 2‐methylbutyl terminal tail. The…”
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Short I⋯O Interactions in the Crystal Structures of Two 2-Iodo-Phenyl Methyl-Amides as Substrates for Radical Translocation Reactions
Published in Chemistry an international journal (01-05-2023)“…Radical translocation reactions are finding various uses in organic synthesis, in particular the stereospecific formation of complex natural products. In this…”
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Flexoelectric Polarization in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Enhanced by Dopants with Different Molecular Shape Polarities
Published in ACS omega (22-03-2022)“…Flexoelectricity may have an important impact on the switching properties of nematic and cholesteric liquid crystals due to the linear coupling between the…”
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Temperature Dependence of the Electroclinic Effect in the Twist-Bend Nematic Phase
Published in Crystals (Basel) (01-03-2023)“…The twist-bend nematic (NTB) phase of bent-shaped molecules has recently attracted much attention due to the spontaneous bend of its director field and the…”
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Efficacy and safety of tau-aggregation inhibitor therapy in patients with mild or moderate Alzheimer's disease: a randomised, controlled, double-blind, parallel-arm, phase 3 trial
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (10-12-2016)“…Summary Background Leuco-methylthioninium bis(hydromethanesulfonate; LMTM), a stable reduced form of the methylthioninium moiety, acts as a selective inhibitor…”
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