Fullerene Publications
2013
Plant, S. R.; Jevric, M.; Morton, J. J. L.; Ardavan, A.; Khlobystov, A. N.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Porfyrakis, K., A two-step approach to the synthesis of N@C60 fullerene dimers for molecular qubits. Chemical Science 2013, 4 (7), 2971-2975.
Liu, G.; Gimenez-Lopez, M. D. C.; Jevric, M.; Khlobystov, A. N.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Porfyrakis, K., Alignment of N@C60 derivatives in a liquid crystal matrix. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2013, 117 (19), 5925-5931.
2012
Stoneham, A. M.; Gauger, E. M.; Porfyrakis, K.; Benjamin, S. C.; Lovett, B. W., A new type of radical-pair-based model for magnetoreception. Biophys. J. 2012, 102 (5), 961-968.
Porfyrakis, K.; Warner, J. H., Carbon nanomaterials: Synthesis, properties and applications. 2012; Vol. 59, pp 23-46.
Porfyrakis, K.; Benjamin, S. C., Quantum computing with endohedral fullerenes. 2012; pp 299-341.
Liu, G.; Khlobystov, A. N.; Charalambidis, G.; Coutsolelos, A. G.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Porfyrakis, K., N@C 60-porphyrin: A dyad of two radical centers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134 (4), 1938-1941.
Liu, G.; Khlobystov, A. N.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Porfyrakis, K., Catalytic and non-catalytic roles of pendant groups in the decomposition of N@C 60: A DFT investigation. Chemical Communications 2012, 48 (42), 5148-5150.
Farrington, B. J.; Jevric, M.; Rance, G. A.; Ardavan, A.; Khlobystov, A. N.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Porfyrakis, K., Chemistry at the nanoscale: Synthesis of an N@C 60-N@C 60 endohedral fullerene dimer. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 2012, 51 (15), 3587-3590.
2011
Wu, Y. A.; Kirkland, A. I.; Schäffel, F.; Porfyrakis, K.; Young, N. P.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Warner, J. H., Utilizing boron nitride sheets as thin supports for high resolution imaging of nanocrystals. Nanotechnology 2011, 22 (19).
Warner, J. H.; Plant, S. R.; Young, N. P.; Porfyrakis, K.; Kirkland, A. I.; Briggs, G. A. D., Atomic scale growth dynamics of nanocrystals within carbon nanotubes. ACS Nano 2011, 5 (2), 1410-1417.
Liu, G.; Wu, Y.; Porfyrakis, K., Synthesis and chemistry of endohedral fullerenes. Current Organic Chemistry 2011, 15 (8), 1197-1207.
Liu, G.; Khlobystov, A. N.; Ardavan, A.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Porfyrakis, K., Photochemical stability of N@C60 and its pyrrolidine derivatives. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2011, 508 (4-6), 187-190.
Hörmann, F.; Hirsch, A.; Porfyrakis, K.; Briggs, G. A. D., Synthesis and magnetic properties of a nitrogen-containing fullerene dimer. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2011, (1), 117-121.
Farrington, B. J.; Hingston, T. J.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Sambrook, M. R.; Porfyrakis, K. In Photostability of N@C 60 in common solvents, 2011; pp 113-117.
Brown, R. M.; Tyryshkin, A. M.; Porfyrakis, K.; Gauger, E. M.; Lovett, B. W.; Ardavan, A.; Lyon, S. A.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Morton, J. J. L., Coherent state transfer between an electron and nuclear spin in N15@C 60. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2011, 106 (11).
2010
Nicholls, R. J.; Sader, K.; Warner, J. H.; Plant, S. R.; Porfyrakis, K.; Nellist, P. D.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Cockayne, D. J. H., Direct imaging and chemical identification of the encapsulated metal atoms in bimetallic endofullerene peapods. ACS Nano 2010, 4 (7), 3943-3948.
Gimenez-Lopez, M. D. C.; Gardener, J. A.; Shaw, A. Q.; Iwasiewicz-Wabnig, A.; Porfyrakis, K.; Balmer, C.; Dantelle, G.; Hadjipanayi, M.; Crossley, A.; Champness, N. R.; Castell, M. R.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Khlobystov, A. N., Endohedral metallofullerenes in self-assembled monolayers. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12 (1), 123-131.
Gil-Ramírez, G.; Karlen, S. D.; Shundo, A.; Porfyrakis, K.; Ito, Y.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Morton, J. J. L.; Anderson, H. L., A cyclic porphyrin trimer as a receptor for fullerenes. Organic Letters 2010, 12 (15), 3544-3547.
2009
Plant, S. R.; Ng, T. C.; Warner, J. H.; Dantelle, G.; Ardavan, A.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Porfyrakis, K., A bimetallic endohedral fullerene: PrSc@C80. Chemical Communications 2009, (27), 4082-4084.
Plant, S. R.; Dantelle, G.; Ito, Y.; Ng, T. C.; Ardavan, A.; Shinohara, H.; Taylor, R. A.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Porfyrakis, K., Acuminated fluorescence of Er3 + centres in endohedral fullerenes through the incarceration of a carbide cluster. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2009, 476 (1-3), 41-45.
Morley, G. W.; Van Tol, J.; Ardavan, A.; Porfyrakis, K.; Zhang, J.; Briggs, G. A. D., Erratum: Efficient dynamic nuclear polarization at high magnetic fields (Physical Review Letters (2007) 98 (220501)). Phys. Rev. Lett. 2009, 103 (19);
Iwasiewicz-Wabnig, A.; Porfyrakis, K.; Briggs, G. A. D.; Sundqvist, B., Investigations of N@C60 and N@C70 stability under high pressure and high temperature conditions. Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research 2009, 246 (11-12), 2767-2770.
Dantelle, G.; Tiwari, A.; Rahman, R.; Plant, S. R.; Porfyrakis, K.; Mortier, M.; Taylor, R. A.; Briggs, G. A. D., Optical properties of Er3+ in fullerenes and in β-PbF2 single-crystals. Optical Materials 2009, 32 (1), 251-256.
2008
Zhang, J.; Porfyrakis, K.; Morton, J. J. L.; Sambrook, M. R.; Harmer, J.; Xiao, L.; Ardavan, A.; Briggs, G. A. D., Photoisomerization of a fullerene dimer. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2008, 112 (8), 2802-2804;
Warner, J. H.; Watt, A. A. R.; Ge, L.; Porfyrakis, K.; Akachi, T.; Okimoto, H.; Ito, Y.; Ardavan, A.; Montanari, B.; Jefferson, J. H.; Harrison, N. M.; Shinohara, H.; Briggs, G. A. D., Dynamics of paramagnetic metallofullerenes in carbon nanotube peapods. Nano Letters 2008, 8 (4), 1005-1010;
Warner, J. H.; Ito, Y.; Zaka, M.; Ge, L.; Akachi, T.; Okimoto, H.; Porfyrakis, K.; Watt, A. A. R.; Shinohara, H.; Briggs, G. A. D., Rotating fullerene chains in carbon nanopeapods. Nano Letters 2008, 8 (8), 2328-2335;
Tiwari, A.; Dantelle, G.; Porfyrakis, K.; Watt, A. A. R.; Ardavan, A.; Briggs, G. A. D., Magnetic properties of ErSc2 N @ C80, Er2 ScN @ C80 and Er3 N @ C80 fullerenes. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2008, 466 (4-6), 155-158;
Tiwari, A.; Dantelle, G.; Porfyrakis, K.; Ardavan, A.; Briggs, G. A. D., Temperature-dependent photoluminescence study of ErSc2N@C 80 and Er2ScN@C80 fullerenes. Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research 2008, 245 (10), 1998-2001;
Silly, F.; Shaw, A. Q.; Porfyrakis, K.; Warner, J. H.; Watt, A. A. R.; Castell, M. R.; Umemoto, H.; Akachi, T.; Shinohara, H.; Briggs, G. A. D., Grating of single Lu@C82 molecules using supramolecular network. Chemical Communications 2008, (38), 4616-4618;
Pagona, G.; Rotas, G.; Khlobystov, A. N.; Chamberlain, T. W.; Porfyrakis, K.; Tagmatarchis, N., Azafullerenes encapsulated within single-walled carbon nanotubes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130 (19), 6062-6063;
Nörenberg, C.; Leigh, D. F.; Cattaneo, D.; Porfyrakis, K.; Bassi, A. L.; Casari, C. S.; Passoni, M.; Owen, J. H. G.; Briggs, G. A. D., Self-assembly and electronic effects of Er3N@C80 and Sc3N@C80 on Au(111) and Ag/Si(111) surfaces. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2008, 100 (PART 5);
Morton, J. J. L.; Tiwari, A.; Dantelle, G.; Porfyrakis, K.; Ardavan, A.; Briggs, G. A. D., Switchable ErSc2N rotor within a C80 fullerene cage: An electron paramagnetic resonance and photoluminescence excitation study. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2008, 101 (1);
Morley, G. W.; Porfyrakis, K.; Ardavan, A.; Van Tol, J., Dynamic nuclear polarization with simultaneous excitation of electronic and nuclear transitions. Applied Magnetic Resonance 2008, 34 (3-4), 347-353;
Cantone, A. L.; Buitelaar, M. R.; Smith, C. G.; Anderson, D.; Jones, G. A. C.; Chorley, S. J.; Casiraghi, C.; Lombardo, A.; Ferrari, A. C.; Shinohara, H.; Ardavan, A.; Warner, J.; Watt, A. A. R.; Porfyrakis, K.; Briggs, G. A. D., Electronic transport characterization of Sc@ C82 single-wall carbon nanotube peapods. Journal of Applied Physics 2008, 104 (8);
Buitelaar, M. R.; Fransson, J.; Cantone, A. L.; Smith, C. G.; Anderson, D.; Jones, G. A. C.; Ardavan, A.; Khlobystov, A. N.; Watt, A. A. R.; Porfyrakis, K.; Briggs, G. A. D., Pauli spin blockade in carbon nanotube double quantum dots. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2008, 77 (24).