Selective oxidation with dioxygen by gold nanoparticle catalysts derived from 55-atom clusters

Mark Turner, Vladimir B. Golovko, Owain Vaughan, +5

Nature

Materials ScienceSelective Oxidation55-Atom ClustersEngineeringMetal Nanoparticles +7

Copper as a selective catalyst for the epoxidation of propene

Owain Vaughan, Georgios Kyriakou, Norman Macleod, +2

Journal of Catalysis

Materials ScienceCatalytic ApplicationEngineeringOrganic ChemistryCatalysis +4

Coulomb explosion in femtosecond laser ablation of Si(111)

Wim G. Roeterdink, Ludo B. F. Juurlink, Owain Vaughan, +3

Applied Physics Letters

PhotonicsEngineeringPhysicsNatural SciencesSpectroscopy +10

Efficient Epoxidation of a Terminal Alkene Containing Allylic Hydrogen Atoms: <i>trans</i>-Methylstyrene on Cu{111}

Rachael L. Cropley, Federico J. Williams, Andrew J. Urquhart, +3

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Selective OxidationChemical EngineeringEngineeringMass SpectrometryHeterogeneous Catalysis +11

First observation of capping/uncapping by a ligand of a Zn porphyrin adsorbed on Ag(100)

Federico J. Williams, Owain Vaughan, Kerry J. Knox, +2

Chemical Communications

Materials ScienceInorganic ChemistryChemical EngineeringEngineeringSurface Functionalization +12

A Chemically Switchable Molecular Pinwheel

Owain Vaughan, Federico J. Williams, Nick Bampos, +1

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

A golden opportunity

Owain Vaughan

Nature Nanotechnology

Educational EntertainmentGolden OpportunityForesightGlobal ChallengeBusiness +2

Deprotection, Tethering, and Activation of a Catalytically Active Metalloporphyrin to a Chemically Active Metal Surface: [SAc]₄P−Mn(III)Cl on Ag(100)

Mark Turner, Owain Vaughan, Georgios Kyriakou, +5

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Inorganic ChemistryChemical EngineeringAdvanced Oxidation ProcessEngineeringTemperature Porphyrin Diffusion +11

Copper is highly effective for the epoxidation of a “difficult” alkene, whereas silver is not

Rachael L. Cropley, Federico J. Williams, Owain Vaughan, +3

Surface Science

Materials ScienceChemical EngineeringEngineeringBioactive MetalWhereas Silver +4

Critical Influence of Adsorption Geometry in the Heterogeneous Epoxidation of “Allylic” Alkenes:  Structure and Reactivity of Three Phenylpropene Isomers on Cu(111)

Federico J. Williams, Rachael L. Cropley, Owain Vaughan, +5

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Materials ScienceChemical EngineeringEngineeringThree Phenylpropene IsomersAdsorption Geometry +12