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Selective oxidation with dioxygen by gold nanoparticle catalysts derived from 55-atom clusters by Turner, Mark, Golovko, Vladimir B, Vaughan, Owain P. H, Berenguer-Murcia, Angel, Lambert, Richard M, Tikhov, Mintcho S, Johnson, Brian F. G, Abdulkin, Pavel

“…Supported gold nanoparticles have excited much interest owing to their unusual and somewhat unexpected catalytic properties, but the origin of the catalytic…”
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Dipole Amplification: A Principle for the Self-Assembly of Asymmetric Monomers on Metal Surfaces by Vaughan, Owain P.H, Alavi, Ali, Williams, Federico J, Lambert, Richard M

“…Self‐assembled nanostructures: Charge transfer from an adsorbed molecule to a metal surface induces an in‐plane dipole moment that is strong enough to drive…”
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Influence of Adsorption Geometry in the Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalytic Hydrogenation of a Prototypical Enone by Beaumont, Simon K, Kyriakou, Georgios, Watson, David J, Vaughan, Owain P. H, Papageorgiou, Anthoula C, Lambert, Richard M

“…Asymmetric catalysis is of paramount importance in organic synthesis and, in current practice, is achieved by means of homogeneous catalysts. The ability to…”
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Efficient Epoxidation of a Terminal Alkene Containing Allylic Hydrogen Atoms:  trans-Methylstyrene on Cu{111} by Cropley, Rachael L, Williams, Federico J, Urquhart, Andrew J, Vaughan, Owain P. H, Tikhov, Mintcho S, Lambert, Richard M

“…The selective oxidation of trans-methylstyrene, a phenyl-substituted propene that contains labile allylic hydrogen atoms, has been studied on Cu{111}. Mass…”
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Deprotection, Tethering, and Activation of a One-Legged Metalloporphyrin on a Chemically Active Metal Surface: NEXAFS, Synchrotron XPS, and STM Study of [SAc]P−Mn(III)Cl on Ag(100) by Turner, Mark, Vaughan, Owain P. H, Kyriakou, Georgios, Watson, David J, Scherer, Lukas J, Papageorgiou, Anthoula C, Sanders, Jeremy K. M, Lambert, Richard M

“…The structural and reactive properties of the acetyl-protected “one-legged” manganese porphyrin [SAc]P−Mn(III)Cl on Ag(100) have been studied by NEXAFS,…”
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Direct Observation of Surface-Mediated Thioacetyl Deprotection:  Covalent Tethering of a Thiol-Terminated Porphyrin to the Ag(100) Surface by Vaughan, Owain P. H, Turner, Mark, Williams, Federico J, Hille, Andreas, Sanders, Jeremy K. M, Lambert, Richard M

“…Covalent tethering of macromolecules such as porphyrins to metal surfaces underpins bottom-up fabrication of systems intended for a variety of applications…”
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Critical Influence of Adsorption Geometry in the Heterogeneous Epoxidation of “Allylic” Alkenes:  Structure and Reactivity of Three Phenylpropene Isomers on Cu(111) by Williams, Federico J, Cropley, Rachael L, Vaughan, Owain P. H, Urquhart, Andrew J, Tikhov, Mintcho S, Kolczewski, Christine, Hermann, Klaus, Lambert, Richard M

“…It has long been conjectured that the difficulty of heterogeneously epoxidizing higher alkenes such as propene is due to the presence in the molecule of…”
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A Chemically Switchable Molecular Pinwheel by Vaughan, Owain P. H., Williams, Federico J., Bampos, Nick, Lambert, Richard M.

“…Spinning around: By insertion of a bifunctional ligand that acts as an axle—one end tethered to a silver surface, the other bonded to the metal center of a…”
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Deprotection, tethering, and activation of a catalytically active metalloporphyrin to a chemically active metal surface: [SAc](4)P-Mn(III)Cl on Ag(100) by Turner, Mark, Vaughan, Owain P H, Kyriakou, Georgios, Watson, David J, Scherer, Lukas J, Davidson, Greg J E, Sanders, Jeremy K M, Lambert, Richard M

“…The adsorption and subsequent thermal chemistry of the acetyl-protected manganese porphyrin, [SAc](4)P-Mn(III)Cl on Ag(100) have been studied by high…”
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Deprotection, Tethering, and Activation of a Catalytically Active Metalloporphyrin to a Chemically Active Metal Surface: [SAc]4P−Mn(III)Cl on Ag(100) by Turner, Mark, Vaughan, Owain P. H, Kyriakou, Georgios, Watson, David J, Scherer, Lukas J, Davidson, Greg J. E, Sanders, Jeremy K. M, Lambert, Richard M

“…The adsorption and subsequent thermal chemistry of the acetyl-protected manganese porphyrin, [SAc]4P−Mn(III)Cl on Ag(100) have been studied by high resolution…”
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Copper is highly effective for the epoxidation of a “difficult” alkene, whereas silver is not by Cropley, Rachael L., Williams, Federico J., Vaughan, Owain P.H., Urquhart, Andrew J., Tikhov, Mintcho S., Lambert, Richard M.

“…trans-Methyl styrene, an alkene that contains readily abstractable allylic H atoms, adsorbs with very similar conformations on oxygenated single crystal…”
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Dipole Amplification: A Principle for the Self-Assembly of Asymmetric Monomers on Metal Surfaces by Vaughan, Owain P. H., Alavi, Ali, Williams, Federico J., Lambert, Richard M.

“…Selbstorganisierte Nanostrukturen: Der Ladungstransfer von einem adsorbierten Molekül zur Metalloberfläche induziert ein Dipolmoment in der Ebene, das stark…”
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Copper as a selective catalyst for the epoxidation of propene by Vaughan, Owain P.H., Kyriakou, Georgios, Macleod, Norman, Tikhov, Mintcho, Lambert, Richard M.

“…Cu/silica catalysts show promise for the epoxidation of propene by dioxygen at atmospheric pressure. Their performance is comparable to that reported by Haruta…”
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Deprotection, Tethering, and Activation of a Catalytically Active Metalloporphyrin to a Chemically Active Metal Surface: [SAc] 4 P−Mn(III)Cl on Ag(100) by Turner, Mark, Vaughan, Owain P. H., Kyriakou, Georgios, Watson, David J., Scherer, Lukas J., Davidson, Greg J. E., Sanders, Jeremy K. M., Lambert, Richard M.

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A Chemically Switchable Molecular Pinwheel by Vaughan, Owain P. H., Williams, Federico J., Bampos, Nick, Lambert, Richard M.

“…Alles dreht sich: Durch Insertion eines difunktionellen Liganden, der als Achse fungiert und mit einem Ende an eine Silberoberfläche, mit dem anderen an das…”
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Dipole Amplification: A Principle for the Self‐Assembly of Asymmetric Monomers on Metal Surfaces by Vaughan, Owain P. H., Alavi, Ali, Williams, Federico J., Lambert, Richard M.

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