Andrew Holmes

Development of a High-Performance Donor Acceptor Conjugated Polymer: Synergy in Materials and Device Optimization

Mei Gao, Jegadesan Subbiah, Paul B Geraghty, Ming Chen, Balaji Purushothaman, Xiwen Chen, Tianshi Qin, Doojin Vak, Fiona H Scholes, Scott E Watkins, Melissa Skidmore, Gerard J Wilson, Andrew B Holmes, David J Jones, Wallace WH Wong

Journal article  |  2016  |  CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

The development of a high-performance polymer PBDT-BT for bulk heterojunction solar cell devices is summarized. The polymer was fi..

Synthesis of an inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6) affinity probe to study the interactome from a colon cancer cell line

Meng-xin Yin, Bruno Catimel, Mark Gregory, Melanie Condron, Eugene Kapp, Andrew B Holmes, Antony W Burgess

Journal article  |  2016  |  INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY

Inositol hexakisphosphate (InsP6 or IP6) is an important signalling molecule in vesicular trafficking, neurotransmission, immune r..

Synthesis of a Tethered myo-Inositol (1,3,4,5,6)Pentakisphosphate (IP5) Derivative as a Probe for Biological Studies

Mark Gregory, Bruno Catimel, Meng-Xin Yin, Melanie Condron, Antony W Burgess, Andrew B Holmes

Journal article  |  2016  |  SYNLETT

There is sufficient evidence to suggest that myo-inositol pentakisphosphate is a vital intermediate species in higher inositol pho..

Medium-Ring Effects on the Endo/Exo Selectivity of the Organocatalytic Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reaction

Joel F Hooper, Natalie C James, Esra Bozkurt, Viktorya Aviyente, Jonathan M White, Mareike C Holland, Ryan Gilmour, Andrew B Holmes, KN Houk

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction has been used as a powerful method to access the tricyclic core of the eunicellin natural ..

Organic Photovoltaic MaterialsDesign, Synthesis and Scale-Up

Wallace WH Wong, James L Banal, Paul B Geraghty, Quentin Hong, Bolong Zhang, Andrew B Holmes, David J Jones

Journal article  |  2015  |  CHEMICAL RECORD

This account describes the work of our group in the area of organic photovoltaics in the past six years. The emphasis is on our ex..

Ultrafast Fabrication of Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Ultrasonic Spray-Coating Technology

Hyun-Gyu Han, Hashitha C Weerasinghe, Kwang Min Kim, Jeong Soo Kim, Yi-Bing Cheng, David J Jones, Andrew B Holmes, Tae-Hyuk Kwon

Journal article  |  2015  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

This study investigates novel deposition techniques for the preparation of TiO2 electrodes for use in flexible dye-sensitized sola..

Chemically Altering the Solubility and Durability of Dyes for Sensitized Solar Cells

Subashani Maniam, Andrew B Holmes, Gary A Leeke, Ante Bilic, Gavin E Collis

Journal article  |  2015  |  ORGANIC LETTERS

By designing dyes with fluoroalkyl groups, the optical and electronic properties of the alkyl analogue were maintained while drama..

Plasmodium falciparum coronin organizes arrays of parallel actin filaments potentially guiding directional motility in invasive malaria parasites

Maya A Olshina, Fiona Angrisano, Danushka S Marapana, David T Riglar, Kartik Bane, Wilson Wong, Bruno Catimel, Meng-Xin Yin, Andrew B Holmes, Friedrich Frischknecht, David R Kovar, Jake Baum

Journal article  |  2015  |  MALARIA JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: Gliding motility in Plasmodium parasites, the aetiological agents of malaria disease, is mediated by an actomyosin mot..

Confining Liquids on Silicon Surfaces to Lubricate MEMS

Jonathan Y Leong, Jie Zhang, Sujeet K Sinha, Andrew Holmes, Hugh Spikes, Tom Reddyhoff

Journal article  |  2015  |  TRIBOLOGY LETTERS

Liquid lubrication may provide a solution to the problem of high friction and wear in micro-electro-mechanical systems. Although t..

Electroactive and Photoactive Poly[lsoindigo-alt-EDOT] Synthesized Using Direct (Hetero)Arylation Polymerization in Batch and in Continuous Flow

Francois Grenier, Badrou Reda Aich, Yu-Ying Lai, Maxime Guerette, Andrew B Holmes, Ye Tao, Wallace WH Wong, Mario Leclerc

Journal article  |  2015  |  CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

In this work, a combined approach was used to obtain a low-cost material for organic electronics by focusing on inexpensive monome..