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Direct photopatterning on polysulfide polymers for engineered surfaces and anti-counterfeiting technology Open

Abigail K. Mann, Leo C. James, Harshal D. Patel, Iliana Delcheva, Melanie MacGregor , et al. · 2025

Laser modification of polymer surfaces is critical in many contexts including self-cleaning materials, microelectronics, and biomedical research. Despite their utility, accessing these modified polymers requires expensive or complex materi…

A water-soluble poly(trisulfide) with antimicrobial activity Open

Jasmine M. M. Pople, Ocean E Clarke, Romy A. Dop, Thomas P. Nicholls, Harshal D. Patel , et al. · 2025

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to human health and agriculture. Sulfur-containing compounds and elemental sulfur have a long history of use as antimicrobials, but challenges related to solubility and formulation have limited …

Making and un-making poly(trisulfides) with light: precise regulation of radical concentrations via pulsed LED irradiation Open

Thomas P. Nicholls, Jasmine M. M. Pople, M. Harvey, Harshal D. Patel, Abigail K. Mann , et al. · 2025

Organic polysulfide polymers are highly useful materials with emerging high-value applications as cathode components for Li-S batteries, optics for infrared imaging, sorbents for heavy metal remediation, and novel anti-microbial agents. De…

Thermal Imaging Using Sulfur Polymer Optics Open

Samuel J. Tonkin, Harshal D. Patel, Jasmine M. M. Pople, Le Nhan Pham, Daniel Lewis , et al. · 2025

Thermal imaging is used in security cameras, fire detection, driver assist features in automobiles, medical thermography and other safety applications. Unfortunately, lenses for thermal cameras are made from expensive or restricted materia…

Thermal Imaging Using Sulfur Polymer Optics Open

Samuel J. Tonkin, Harshal D. Patel, Jasmine M. M. Pople, Le Nhan Pham, Daniel Lewis , et al. · 2025

Thermal imaging is used in security cameras, fire detection, driver assist features in automobiles, medical thermography and other safety applications. Unfortunately, lenses for thermal cameras are made from expensive or restricted materia…

Spontaneous Trisulfide Metathesis in Polar Aprotic Solvents Open

Harshal D. Patel, Alfrets Daniel Tikoalu, James Smith, Zhipeng Pei, Ryan Shapter , et al. · 2025

Sulfur-sulfur bonds are ubiquitous across broad classes of natural products, peptides and proteins, drug molecules, and synthetic polymers and materials. The ability to make and break these bonds in a controlled manner is critical for thei…

Integrated methods for gold leaching and recovery from ore and electronic waste Open

Maximilian Mann, Thomas P. Nicholls, Harshal D. Patel, Lynn S. Lisboa, Jasmine M. M. Pople , et al. · 2024

Acutely toxic substances such as cyanide salts and mercury metal are commonly used in gold mining. Mercury amalgamation in artisanal gold mining is especially problematic and the largest source of mercury pollution on Earth. New strategies…

CCDC 2120298: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open

André P. Birvé, Harshal D. Patel, Jason R. Price∥, Witold M. Bloch, Thomas Fallon · 2022

An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …

CCDC 2120297: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open

André P. Birvé, Harshal D. Patel, Jason R. Price∥, Witold M. Bloch, Thomas Fallon · 2022

An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …

CCDC 2105772: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open

André P. Birvé, Harshal D. Patel, Jason R. Price∥, Witold M. Bloch, Thomas Fallon · 2021

An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …

CCDC 2105771: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open

André P. Birvé, Harshal D. Patel, Jason R. Price∥, Witold M. Bloch, Thomas Fallon · 2021

An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …

Guest‐Dependent Isomer Convergence of a Permanently Fluxional Coordination Cage Open

André P. Birvé, Harshal D. Patel, Jason R. Price∥, Witold M. Bloch, Thomas Fallon · 2021

A fluxional bis‐monodentate ligand, based on the archetypal shape‐shifting molecule bullvalene, self‐assembles with M 2+ (M=Pd 2+ or Pt 2+ ) to produce a highly complex ensemble of permanently fluxional coordination cages. Metal‐mediated s…

Guest‐Dependent Isomer Convergence of a Permanently Fluxional Coordination Cage Open

André P. Birvé, Harshal D. Patel, Jason R. Price∥, Witold M. Bloch, Thomas Fallon · 2021

A fluxional bis‐monodentate ligand, based on the archetypal shape‐shifting molecule bullvalene, self‐assembles with M 2+ (M=Pd 2+ or Pt 2+ ) to produce a highly complex ensemble of permanently fluxional coordination cages. Metal‐mediated s…

CCDC 1960703: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open