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Alharbi TMD. Recent progress on vortex fluidic synthesis of carbon nanomaterials. JOURNAL OF TAIBAH UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/16583655.2023.2172954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Thaar M. D. Alharbi
- School of Science, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Nanotechnology Centre, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
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Tavakoli J, Shrestha J, Bazaz SR, Rad MA, Warkiani ME, Raston CL, Tipper JL, Tang Y. Developing Novel Fabrication and Optimisation Strategies on Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanoprobe/Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogels for Bio-Applications. Molecules 2022; 27:1002. [PMID: 35164268 PMCID: PMC8840180 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27031002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The current study describes a new technology, effective for readily preparing a fluorescent (FL) nanoprobe-based on hyperbranched polymer (HB) and aggregation-induced emission (AIE) fluorogen with high brightness to ultimately develop FL hydrogels. We prepared the AIE nanoprobe using a microfluidic platform to mix hyperbranched polymers (HB, generations 2, 3, and 4) with AIE (TPE-2BA) under shear stress and different rotation speeds (0-5 K RPM) and explored the FL properties of the AIE nanoprobe. Our results reveal that the use of HB generation 4 exhibits 30-times higher FL intensity compared to the AIE alone and is significantly brighter and more stable compared to those that are prepared using HB generations 3 and 2. In contrast to traditional methods, which are expensive and time-consuming and involve polymerization and post-functionalization to develop FL hyperbranched molecules, our proposed method offers a one-step method to prepare an AIE-HB nanoprobe with excellent FL characteristics. We employed the nanoprobe to fabricate fluorescent injectable bioadhesive gel and a hydrogel microchip based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The addition of borax (50 mM) to the PVA + AIE nanoprobe results in the development of an injectable bioadhesive fluorescent gel with the ability to control AIEgen release for 300 min. When borax concentration increases two times (100 mM), the adhesion stress is more than two times bigger (7.1 mN/mm2) compared to that of gel alone (3.4 mN/mm2). Excellent dimensional stability and cell viability of the fluorescent microchip, along with its enhanced mechanical properties, proposes its potential applications in mechanobiology and understanding the impact of microstructure in cell studies.
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- Javad Tavakoli
- Centre for Health Technologies, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia; (J.T.); (J.S.); (S.R.B.); (M.A.R.); (M.E.W.)
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- Centre for Health Technologies, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia; (J.T.); (J.S.); (S.R.B.); (M.A.R.); (M.E.W.)
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- Centre for Health Technologies, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia; (J.T.); (J.S.); (S.R.B.); (M.A.R.); (M.E.W.)
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- Centre for Health Technologies, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia; (J.T.); (J.S.); (S.R.B.); (M.A.R.); (M.E.W.)
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- Centre for Health Technologies, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia; (J.T.); (J.S.); (S.R.B.); (M.A.R.); (M.E.W.)
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- Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia;
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- Centre for Health Technologies, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia; (J.T.); (J.S.); (S.R.B.); (M.A.R.); (M.E.W.)
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- Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia;
- Medical Device Research Institute, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia
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Vimalanathan K, Palmer T, Gardner Z, Ling I, Rahpeima S, Elmas S, Gascooke JR, Gibson CT, Sun Q, Zou J, Andersson MR, Darwish N, Raston CL. High shear in situ exfoliation of 2D gallium oxide sheets from centrifugally derived thin films of liquid gallium. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:5785-5792. [PMID: 36132680 PMCID: PMC9419649 DOI: 10.1039/d1na00598g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
A diversity of two-dimensional nanomaterials has recently emerged with recent attention turning to the post-transition metal elements, in particular material derived from liquid metals and eutectic melts below 330 °C where processing is more flexible and in the temperature regime suitable for industry. This has been explored for liquid gallium using an angled vortex fluidic device (VFD) to fabricate ultrathin gallium oxide (Ga2O3) sheets under continuous flow conditions. We have established the nanosheets to form highly insulating material and have electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution, with a Tafel slope of 39 mV dec-1 revealing promoting effects of the surface oxidation (passivation layer).
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- Kasturi Vimalanathan
- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway 47500 Selangor Malaysia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin Institute for Functional Molecule and Interfaces, Curtin University Bentley Western Australia 6102 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
- Flinders Microscopy and Microanalysis, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Bedford Park SA 5042 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
- Flinders Microscopy and Microanalysis, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Bedford Park SA 5042 Australia
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- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
- Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
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- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
- Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin Institute for Functional Molecule and Interfaces, Curtin University Bentley Western Australia 6102 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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Jellicoe M, Vimalanathan K, R Gascooke J, Luo X, Raston CL. High shear spheroidal topological fluid flow induced coating of polystyrene beads with C 60 spicules. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:5638-5641. [PMID: 33977917 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07165j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Spheroidal spicular like topological fluid flow in an angled vortex fluidic device (VFD) housing a 20 mm diameter tube with a hemispherical base rotating at 4k rpm and tilted at 45° is effective in reducing the thermodynamic equilibrium concentration of fullerene C60 in toluene, with the formation of spicules of the material under continuous flow processing. Under the same operational conditions in the presence of polystyrene beads 2 to 6 μm in diameter, spicules of C60ca. 150 nm in length grow on their surfaces. This establishes that the spheroidal topological fluid flow in the VFD prevails while enveloping spheroidal like particles of such size.
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- Matt Jellicoe
- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia.
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia.
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia.
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia.
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia.
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Alharbi TMD, Vimalanathan K, Alsulami IK, Raston CL. Vertically aligned laser sliced MWCNTs. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:21394-21403. [PMID: 31674619 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr08715j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Applications of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) benefit from the availability of specific lengths of the material while keeping the outer walls pristine, for example, for applications requiring vertically aligned tubes. To this end, a simple and effective continuous flow 'top down' process to control the length of sliced MWCNTs has been developed using a vortex fluidic device (VFD) coupled with a 1064 nm pulse laser, with the process in the absence of chemicals and any auxiliary substances. Three different length distributions of the sliced MWCNTs, centered at 75 ± 2.1 nm, 300 ± 1.8 nm and 550 ± 1.4 nm, have been generated with the length depending on the VFD operating parameters and laser energy, with the processing resulting in a decrease in side wall defects of the material. We also show the ability to vertically self assemble short MWCNTs on a silicon substrate with control of the surface density coverage using a simple dipping and rinsing method.
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- Thaar M D Alharbi
- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. and Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawarrah 42353, Saudi Arabia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
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Alsulam I, Alharbi TMD, Moussa M, Raston CL. High-Yield Continuous-Flow Synthesis of Spheroidal C 60@Graphene Composites as Supercapacitors. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:19279-19286. [PMID: 31763551 PMCID: PMC6868912 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b02656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Graphene spheres confining fullerene C60 are quantitatively formed under high-shear and continuous-flow processing using a vortex fluidic device (VFD). This involves intense micromixing a colloidal suspension of graphite in DMF and an o-xylene solution of C60 at room temperature in the absence of surfactants and other auxiliary substances. The diameters of the composite spheres, C60@graphene, can be controlled with size distributions ranging from 1.5 to 3.5 μm, depending on the VFD operating parameters, including rotational speed, flow rate, relative ratio of C60 to graphite, and the concentration of fullerene. An electrode of the composite material has high cycle stability, with a high areal capacitance of 103.4 mF cm-2, maintaining its capacitances to 24.7 F g-1 and 86.4 mF cm-2 (83.5%) at a high scan rate of 100 mV s-1.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ibrahim
K. Alsulam
- Flinders
Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science
and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
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- Flinders
Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science
and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
- Physics
Department, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah 42353, Saudi Arabia
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- School
of Chemical Engineering, The University
of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef
University, Beni-Suef 62111, Egypt
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- Flinders
Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science
and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
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Vimalanathan K, Suarez-Martinez I, Peiris MCR, Antonio J, de Tomas C, Zou Y, Zou J, Duan X, Lamb RN, Harvey DP, Alharbi TMD, Gibson CT, Marks NA, Darwish N, Raston CL. Vortex fluidic mediated transformation of graphite into highly conducting graphene scrolls. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2019; 1:2495-2501. [PMID: 36132736 PMCID: PMC9417623 DOI: 10.1039/c9na00184k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Two-dimensional graphene has remarkable properties that are revolutionary in many applications. Scrolling monolayer graphene with precise tunability would create further potential for niche applications but this has proved challenging. We have now established the ability to fabricate monolayer graphene scrolls in high yield directly from graphite flakes under non-equilibrium conditions at room temperature in dynamic thin films of liquid. Using conductive atomic force microscopy we demonstrate that the graphene scrolls form highly conducting electrical contacts to highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG). These highly conducting graphite-graphene contacts are attractive for the fabrication of interconnects in microcircuits and align with the increasing interest in building all sp2-carbon circuits. Above a temperature of 450 °C the scrolls unravel into buckled graphene sheets, and this process is understood on a theoretical basis. These findings augur well for new applications, in particular for incorporating the scrolls into miniaturized electronic devices.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kasturi Vimalanathan
- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Curtin University Bentley Campus Perth WA 6102 Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin Institute of Functional Molecule and Interfaces, Curtin University Bentley WA 6102 Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin Institute of Functional Molecule and Interfaces, Curtin University Bentley WA 6102 Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Curtin University Bentley Campus Perth WA 6102 Australia
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- School of Engineering, The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
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- School of Engineering, The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
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- Trace Analysis for Chemical, Earth and Environmental Sciences (TrACEES), The University of Melbourne Victoria 3010 Australia
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- Trace Analysis for Chemical, Earth and Environmental Sciences (TrACEES), The University of Melbourne Victoria 3010 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
- Flinders Microscopy and Microanalysis, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide South Australia 5042 Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Curtin University Bentley Campus Perth WA 6102 Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin Institute of Functional Molecule and Interfaces, Curtin University Bentley WA 6102 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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Neutron imaging and modelling inclined vortex driven thin films. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2817. [PMID: 30808954 PMCID: PMC6391435 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39307-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The vortex fluidic device (VFD) is a thin film microfluidic platform which has a wide range of applications in synthesis and other areas of science, and it is important to understand the nature of the thin film of liquid in its inclined rapidly rotating tube. Neutron imaging has been used to determine the thickness of the film in a quartz tube with its shape modelled mathematically, showing good agreement between the model and experiments. The resultant equations are useful for studying VFD mediated processing in general, for which the optimal tilt angle of the tube is typically 45°. This includes its utility for the intelligent scale-up of organic syntheses, as demonstrated in the present study by the scaling up of an imine and amide synthesis to >1 g/min.
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Luo X, Al-Antaki AHM, Alharbi TMD, Hutchison WD, Zou YC, Zou J, Sheehan A, Zhang W, Raston CL. Laser-Ablated Vortex Fluidic-Mediated Synthesis of Superparamagnetic Magnetite Nanoparticles in Water Under Flow. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:11172-11178. [PMID: 31459226 PMCID: PMC6645571 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Selective formation of only one iron oxide phase is a major challenge in conventional laser ablation process, as is scaling up the process. Herein, superparamagnetic single-phase magnetite nanoparticles of hexagonal and spheroidal-shape, with an average size of ca. 15 nm, are generated by laser ablation of bulk iron metal at 1064 nm in a vortex fluidic device (VFD). This is a one-step continuous flow process, in air at ambient pressure, with in situ uptake of the nanoparticles in the dynamic thin film of water in the VFD. The process minimizes the generation of waste by avoiding the need for any chemicals or surfactants and avoids time-consuming purification steps in reducing any negative impact of the processing on the environment.
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- Xuan Luo
- Flinders
Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology, College
of Science and Engineering, and Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development,
College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders
University, Adelaide, South Australia 5042, Australia
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- Flinders
Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology, College
of Science and Engineering, and Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development,
College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders
University, Adelaide, South Australia 5042, Australia
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- Flinders
Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology, College
of Science and Engineering, and Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development,
College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders
University, Adelaide, South Australia 5042, Australia
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- School
of PEMS, University of New South Wales, ADFA campus, Canberra BC, Australian Capital Territory 2610, Australia
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- Materials
Engineering and Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Materials
Engineering and Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- TGR
Biosciences Pty Ltd, 31 Dalgleish Street, Thebarton, Adelaide, South Australia 5031, Australia
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- Flinders
Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology, College
of Science and Engineering, and Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development,
College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders
University, Adelaide, South Australia 5042, Australia
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- Flinders
Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology, College
of Science and Engineering, and Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development,
College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders
University, Adelaide, South Australia 5042, Australia
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Alsulami IK, Alharbi TMD, Harvey DP, Gibson CT, Raston CL. Controlling the growth of fullerene C 60 cones under continuous flow. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:7896-7899. [PMID: 29926036 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc03730b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Micromixing of an o-xylene solution of C60 with N-N-dimethylformamide (DMF) at room temperature under continuous flow in a vortex fluidic device (VFD) results in the formation of symmetrical right cones in high yield with diameters 0.5 to 2.5 μm, pitch angle 25° to 55° and wall thickness 120 to 310 nm. Their formation is in the absence of surfactants and any other reagents, and is scalable. The cones are formed at specific operating parameters of the VFD, including rotational speed, flow rate and concentration, and varying these results in other structures such as grooved fractals. Other aromatic solvents in place of o-xylene results in the formation of rods, spicules and prisms, respectively for m-xylene, p-xylene and mesitylene.
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- Ibrahim K Alsulami
- Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology (CNST), College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia.
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Luo X, Al‐Antaki AHM, Pye S, Meech R, Zhang W, Raston CL. High‐Shear‐Imparted Tunable Fluorescence in Polyethylenimines. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201700206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Xuan Luo
- Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology (CNST) College of Science and Engineering Flinders University Bedford Park Adelaide 5042 Australia
- Flinders Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development, College of Medicine and Public Health Flinders University Bedford Park Adelaide 5042 Australia
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- Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology (CNST) College of Science and Engineering Flinders University Bedford Park Adelaide 5042 Australia
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- Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology (CNST) College of Science and Engineering Flinders University Bedford Park Adelaide 5042 Australia
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- Clinical Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Public Health Flinders University Adelaide SA 5042 Australia
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- Flinders Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development, College of Medicine and Public Health Flinders University Bedford Park Adelaide 5042 Australia
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- Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology (CNST) College of Science and Engineering Flinders University Bedford Park Adelaide 5042 Australia
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Luo X, Al-Antaki AHM, Vimalanathan K, Moffatt J, Zheng K, Zou Y, Zou J, Duan X, Lamb RN, Wang S, Li Q, Zhang W, Raston CL. Laser irradiated vortex fluidic mediated synthesis of luminescent carbon nanodots under continuous flow. REACT CHEM ENG 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7re00197e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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High shear vortex fluidics coupled with NIR affords luminescent carbon dots as a scalable process.
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Britton J, Stubbs KA, Weiss GA, Raston CL. Vortex Fluidic Chemical Transformations. Chemistry 2017; 23:13270-13278. [PMID: 28597512 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201700888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Driving chemical transformations in dynamic thin films represents a rapidly thriving and diversifying research area. Dynamic thin films provide a number of benefits including large surface areas, high shearing rates, rapid heat and mass transfer, micromixing and fluidic pressure waves. Combinations of these effects provide an avant-garde style of conducting chemical reactions with surprising and unusual outcomes. The vortex fluidic device (VFD) has proved its capabilities in accelerating and increasing the efficiencies of numerous organic, materials and biochemical reactions. This Minireview surveys transformations that have benefited from VFD-mediated processing, and identifies concepts driving the effectiveness of vortex-based dynamic thin films.
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- Joshua Britton
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697-2025, USA.,Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697-2025, USA
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- Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia
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Vimalanathan K, Shrestha RG, Zhang Z, Zou J, Nakayama T, Raston CL. Surfactant‐free Fabrication of Fullerene C
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Nanotubules Under Shear. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 56:8398-8401. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201608673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2016] [Revised: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Kasturi Vimalanathan
- Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science Technology (CNST) Chemical and Physical Sciences Flinders University Bedford Park Adelaide 5001 Australia
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- International Centre for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 Japan
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- Materials Engineering and Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
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- Materials Engineering and Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
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- International Centre for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 Japan
- Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences University of Tsukuba 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 Japan
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- Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science Technology (CNST) Chemical and Physical Sciences Flinders University Bedford Park Adelaide 5001 Australia
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Vimalanathan K, Gascooke JR, Suarez-Martinez I, Marks NA, Kumari H, Garvey CJ, Atwood JL, Lawrance WD, Raston CL. Fluid dynamic lateral slicing of high tensile strength carbon nanotubes. Sci Rep 2016; 6:22865. [PMID: 26965728 PMCID: PMC4786806 DOI: 10.1038/srep22865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Lateral slicing of micron length carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is effective on laser irradiation of the materials suspended within dynamic liquid thin films in a microfluidic vortex fluidic device (VFD). The method produces sliced CNTs with minimal defects in the absence of any chemical stabilizers, having broad length distributions centred at ca 190, 160 nm and 171 nm for single, double and multi walled CNTs respectively, as established using atomic force microscopy and supported by small angle neutron scattering solution data. Molecular dynamics simulations on a bent single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) with a radius of curvature of order 10 nm results in tearing across the tube upon heating, highlighting the role of shear forces which bend the tube forming strained bonds which are ruptured by the laser irradiation. CNT slicing occurs with the VFD operating in both the confined mode for a finite volume of liquid and continuous flow for scalability purposes.
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- Kasturi Vimalanathan
- Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science &Technology, School of Chemical &Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
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- Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science &Technology, School of Chemical &Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
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- Nanochemistry Research Institute, Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Science, Curtin University, Bentley Campus, Perth, WA 6102, Australia
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- Nanochemistry Research Institute, Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Science, Curtin University, Bentley Campus, Perth, WA 6102, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 601 South College Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States.,James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati, 3225 Eden Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, 42567, United States
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- Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, 2234, NSW
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 601 South College Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science &Technology, School of Chemical &Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
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- Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science &Technology, School of Chemical &Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
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Korpany KV, Mottillo C, Bachelder J, Cross SN, Dong P, Trudel S, Friščić T, Blum AS. One-step ligand exchange and switching from hydrophobic to water-stable hydrophilic superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles by mechanochemical milling. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:3054-7. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc07107k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mechanochemistry permits rapid solvent-free exchange of surface ligands on superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs), enabling control of surface properties.
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- Department of Chemistry
- McGill University
- H3A 0B8 Montreal
- Canada
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- Department of Chemistry
- Centre for Advanced Solar Materials
- and Institute for Quantum Science and Technology
- University of Calgary
- Calgary
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- Department of Chemistry
- Centre for Advanced Solar Materials
- and Institute for Quantum Science and Technology
- University of Calgary
- Calgary
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Kumari H, Kline SR, Kennedy SR, Garvey C, Raston CL, Atwood JL, Steed JW. Manipulating three-dimensional gel network entanglement by thin film shearing. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:4513-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc00171h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A novel method of combining thin-film shearing with SANS resulted in complete disruption of 3-D network of fluorous bis-urea gel. In contrast, non-fluorinated analogue undergoes partial disruption which emphasizes the resistance of non-fluorous bis-urea gelators towards shear.
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- Harshita Kumari
- James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy
- University of Cincinnati
- Cincinnati
- USA
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Gaithersburg
- USA
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- Bragg Institute
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization
- Lucas Heights
- Australia
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- Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science & Technology
- School of Chemical & Physical Sciences
- Flinders University
- Adelaide
- Australia
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- Columbia
- USA
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Wahid MH, Eroglu E, LaVars SM, Newton K, Gibson CT, Stroeher UH, Chen X, Boulos RA, Raston CL, Harmer SL. Microencapsulation of bacterial strains in graphene oxide nano-sheets using vortex fluidics. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra04415d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Microencapsulation of bacterial cells with different shapes in graphene oxide (GO) layers is effective using a vortex fluidic device, with the bacterial cells showing restricted cellular growth with their biological activity sustained.
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- M. Haniff Wahid
- Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
- Flinders University
- Australia
- Department of Chemistry
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology
- The University of Western Australia
- Crawley
- Australia
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- Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
- Flinders University
- Australia
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- Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
- Flinders University
- Australia
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- Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
- Flinders University
- Australia
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- Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
- Flinders University
- Australia
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- Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
- Flinders University
- Australia
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- Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
- Flinders University
- Australia
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- Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
- Flinders University
- Australia
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Kumari H, Jin P, Teat S, Barnes CL, Dalgarno SJ, Atwood JL. Strong cation···π interactions promote the capture of metal ions within metal-seamed nanocapsule. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:17002-5. [PMID: 25405777 PMCID: PMC4277746 DOI: 10.1021/ja5107354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Thallium ions are transported to the interior of gallium-seamed pyrogallol[4]arene nanocapsules. In comparison to the capture of Cs ions, the extent of which depends on the type and position of the anion employed in the cesium salt, the enhanced strength of Tl···π vs Cs···π interactions facilitates permanent entrapment of Tl(+) ions on the capsule interior. "Stitching-up" the capsule seam with a tertiary metal (Zn, Rb, or K) affords new trimetallic nanocapsules in solid state.
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- Harshita Kumari
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Missouri—Columbia, 601 South College Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Missouri—Columbia, 601 South College Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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J. Teat
- Beamline
11.3.1, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS6R2100, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Missouri—Columbia, 601 South College Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Institute
of Chemical Sciences, Heriot−Watt
University, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Missouri—Columbia, 601 South College Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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