Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

Recent Publications from the Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Exploring Size-Controlled Exciton Evolution Using DNA Libraries.
J Gorman, S Orsborne, P Budden, A Sridhar, JL Greenfield, DG Congrave, R Pandya, Y Liu, S Dowland, S Ryan, H Bronstein, JR Nitschke, A Rao, R Collepardo-Guevara, E Stulz, F Auras, RH Friend
J Am Chem Soc
(2026)
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c21113)
Macrocyclic Covalent Encapsulation of a Multi-Resonant Emitter: Understanding and Controlling Interactions in Highly Efficient Deep-Blue OLEDs.
EM Holdsworth, H-H Cho, AD Bond, S Montanaro, S-J Woo, T Huang, J Shaikh, F Hassan, S Gorgon, V Riesgo-Gonzalez, AJ Gillett, DG Congrave, RH Friend, HA Bronstein
J Am Chem Soc
(2026)
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c16290)
Development and optimization of electrophoretically deposited octacalcium phosphate–collagen film as bone analogues
KJ Staunton-Mann, G Wei, T Kress, DJ Barrett, MJ Duer, RE Cameron, SM Best
Regenerative Biomaterials
(2026)
13
(doi: 10.1093/rb/rbaf136)
Enhancing power density and cycle life of NMC811 battery cathodes via combined dense calendering and laser patterning
K Raju, SWT Price, AJ Merryweather, A Radić, MC Lai, D Tripathy, D Lorden, E Saunders, I Temprano, S Park, C Ducati, A Rao, A Shaikeea, CP Grey, M De Volder
Energy and Environmental Science
(2026)
19
(doi: 10.1039/d5ee06773a)
Evidence for Photoinduced Polaron Generation in a High Persistence Length Low Bandgap Conjugated Polymer in Solution.
M Azzouzi, E Rezasoltani, MJ Bird, JF Coker, JM Frost, GS LeCroy, AW Parker, IV Sazanovich, GM Greetham, M Towrie, A Virbule, MS Vezie, D Heracleous, H Bronstein, A Salleo, J Nelson, SC Hayes
The journal of physical chemistry. B
(2026)
130
(doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c07501)
Floating solar technologies for sustainable chemical synthesis on open water
S Linley, C Pornrungroj, E Reisner
Nature Chemical Engineering
(2026)
3
(doi: 10.1038/s44286-025-00349-w)
Alkylthienyl Side Groups in Conjugated Polymers Enable Localization of π Electron Density and Facilitate Efficient Hole Transfer.
HI Gonev, DG Congrave, J Guo, J Marin-Beloqui, M Allen, D Bacon, A Kumari, MS Shadabroo, H Zhu, D Ghosh, RC Kilbride, S Shoaee, H Bronstein, TM Clarke
Advanced Science
(2026)
(doi: 10.1002/advs.202516088)
Electrochemical Degradation Mechanisms in Two-Dimensional Conductive Metal–Organic Frameworks
T Trisukhon, JW Gittins, R Parmenter, T Kress, CJ Balhatchet, S Guan, JD Elliott, S-J Shin, M Seyffertiz, M Alfredsson, A Walsh, AC Forse
(2026)
(doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv.10001559/v1)
Artificial Symbiosis for Bulk Production of Bacterial Cellulose Composites
S Vignolini, K Yu, ST Chua, A Smith, A Smith
Advanced Materials
(2026)
(doi: 10.1002/adma.202514125)
Preserving Integrity: Innovative In Vitro Methods for Extracellular Matrix Decellularization and Collagen Purification
U Bashtanova, R Li, I Goldberga, S Bansode, K Gerl, KP Burgess, AJ Wegner-Repke, MJ Duer
Journal of Biological Engineering
(2026)
20
(doi: 10.1186/s13036-025-00617-6)
Interparticle Communication and Lithium Dynamics in Faceted Nickel-Rich NMC Cathodes.
V Šedajová, G Horwitz, J Han, AJ Merryweather, GS Phillips, VS Deshpande, NA Fleck, A Rao, CP Grey
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2026)
148
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c15171)
Oligomerisation and stereoselective polymerisation of alkenes and alkynes using pyridyl-based Al(iii) catalysts.
D Choudhury, R Danylyuk, A Terzopoulos, NS Potter, OA Scherman, JM Goodman, DS Wright
Chemical Science
(2026)
2026
(doi: 10.1039/d5sc07624b)
Electrolyte Effects on Disorder-enhanced Capacitance in Nanoporous Carbons
X Liu, K Fong, Z Shen, W Yu, H Nishihara, CP Grey, AC Forse
ACS Electrochem
(2026)
2
(doi: 10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00472)
High-spin state dynamics and quintet-mediated emission in intramolecular singlet fission
J Grüne, S Montanaro, TW Bradbury, A Sharma, S Dowland, AJ Gillett, S Gorgon, O Millington, WK Myers, J Behrends, J Clark, A Rao, H Bronstein, NC Greenham
Nature Communications
(2026)
17
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67383-3)
Designing for Dispersibility: How Crystallinity and Solubilizing Groups Affect Quantum Dot Dispersion in Diphenylhexatriene Matrices
RC Kilbride, A Leventis, S Montanaro, A Sharma, J Xiao, SA Dowland, JF Winkel, H Bronstein, NC Greenham, RH Friend, A Rao, OO Mykhaylyk, RAL Jones, AJ Ryan, DTW Toolan
Nano Lett
(2026)
26
(doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c05201)
Demonstrating Electrochemical CO$_2$ Capture on Redox-Active Metal-Organic Frameworks
I Vetik, N Žoglo, A Kosimov, R Cepitis, V Krasnenko, H Qing, P Chandra, K Mirica, R Rizo, E Herrero, J Solla-Gullón, T Trisukhon, JW Gittins, AC Forse, V Grozovski, N Kongi, V Ivanistsev
(2026)
(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2411.16444)
Steric Bulk Controls Δ/Λ Handedness Enabling Stereodivergent Self-Assembly of FeII2L3Cages
D Yang, S Zhao, Z Liu, X Zheng, R Li, H Chen, H Fu, JR Nitschke, W Xue
Inorganic Chemistry
(2026)
65
(doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c05033)
Deletion of the moeA gene in Flavobacterium IR1 drives structural color shift from green to blue and alters polysaccharide metabolism
Á Escobar Doncel, C Patinios, A Campos, MB Walter Costa, MV Turkina, M Murace, RHJ Staals, S Vignolini, BE Dutilh, CJ Ingham
(2026)
(doi: 10.7554/eLife.105029)
Light-Controlled Functions with Metal–Organic Capsules: From Guest Release to Catalysis, Separation, and Molecular Transport
A Ghosh, JR Nitschke
Accounts of Chemical Research
(2026)
59
(doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5c00790)
Influence of precursor type on NMC811 cathode material properties: insights from spray pyrolysis synthesis and in situ XRD analysis
M Almazrouei, F Sayed, D Hou, CP Grey, K Luo, S Hochgreb, M De Volder, A Boies
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
(2026)
14
(doi: 10.1039/d5ta08678g)
Towards safer electrolytes: comparing the air stability and electrochemical properties of NaPF 6 , NaTFSI and Na[B(hfip) 4 ]·DME for sodium-ion batteries
DMC Ould, JM Courtney, DJ Morgan, DJ Curtis, MW Orzech, S Kiani, B de Boode, CP Grey, DS Wright, S Margadonna
EES Batteries
(2026)
(doi: 10.1039/d6eb00011h)
Comparative stability of the solid electrolyte interphase in potassium and sodium batteries
JF Schuster, LA Ma, CA O’Keefe, CP Grey, R Younesi
Energy Advances
(2026)
5
(doi: 10.1039/d5ya00173k)
Boron-induced spin-polarized defect complexes towards efficient photocatalytic tetracycline decomposition and CO2 conversion
A Wheatley, Y Tan, R Sun, H Xu, Y Yuan, X Liu, R Zhang
Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy
(2025)
386
(doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.126358)
Effect of the [Fe(salen)]<sub>2</sub>-μ-oxo Catalyst Electronic Structure on Reductive Hydroamination.
E Pocock, NJ Buxton, M Diefenbach, AD Bond, SE Lewis, V Krewald, RL Webster
Inorg Chem
(2025)
65
(doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c05628)
Compartmentalised Carbonylation Cascade Initiated by Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction
S Mitra, DM Vahey, SA Bonke, E Reisner
(2025)
(doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-2s9d2)
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