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Spectroscopy B23 Contact
Beamline Phone Number:
+44 (0) 1235 778889
Principal Beamline Scientist:
Giuliano Siligardi
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778425
E-mail: giuliano.siligardi@diamond.ac.uk
Science Group Leader
Robert Rambo
Email: robert.rambo@diamond.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1235 56 7675
B23 Circular Dichroism
Status: Operational
Beamsize: 0.5mm² to 2mm x 4mm
Detector: PMT
Wavelength: 125 - 650 nm
Energy: 2 - 10 eV
Detector: PMT
Wavelength: 125 - 650 nm
Energy: 2 - 10 eV
User Publications
These papers are all based at least in part on data gathered on beamline B23. If you have published a paper based on data from B23 which doesn't appear here, please send a reference (ideally including a DOI) to us.
17 items found for 2026 [total: 384]
CD44-galectin-9 and TGF-β-Smad3 pathways form an autocrine loop which facilitates human cancer cells to self-regulate their immune evasion machinery Cancer Letters, 660 Nov 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2026.218846
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism
Spin-based enantiorecognition at chiral-porphyrin-functionalized interfaces: a physical effect due to the chiral-induced spin selectivity Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9 Sept 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6c14731
Matching helical and supramolecular chirality in a perylene diimide dimer: impact on (chir)optical properties Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Sept 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c11478
Helically flexible boron-dipyrromethenes for solution-processed isotropic films with preserved chiral exciton coupling Aggregate, 7 Aug 2026 DOI: 10.1002/agt2.70411
A route to pure optical rotation in self-assembled materials through energetic nondegeneracy Acs Photonics, 2 Aug 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.6c00889
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism
Enzyme–ligand interaction monitored by synchrotron radiation circular dichroism Jul 2026 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-5190-2_3
Book Chapter B23-Circular Dichroism
The BRCT domain enhances DNA binding and catalytic efficiency of fungal PARPs Nature Communications, Jul 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-75844-6
Giant chiroptical properties in thin films of a chiral indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b']dithiophene-based organic dye Aggregate, 7 Jul 2026 DOI: 10.1002/agt2.70402
Supramolecular alignment through one-step simultaneous and synergic blade coating and small molecule interface adsorption in organic solar cell fabrication Ees Solar, Jul 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6EL00135A
Non-reciprocal linearly polarized light in simple media Nature Materials, 5 Jul 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02660-0
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism
Diverse helical structures made of achiral mesogenic dimers Nature Communications, May 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72565-8
Induced circular dichroism from the binding of achiral bivalent ligands to transthyretin Journal Of Molecular Recognition, 39 May 2026 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.70037
Journal Paper B23-Circular Dichroism I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) open access
Greener microvolume UV-Vis and synchrotron radiation circular dichroism workflows for pathlength correction, and pipetting validation and quantified uncertainty for reliable analytical outcomes Green Analytical Chemistry, 6 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.greeac.2026.100347
2D chirality in organic thin films: advances in nonreciprocal chiroptical properties Trends In Chemistry, 115 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2026.03.004
Metasurface analogues of molecular diastereomers from hierarchical multiscale chiral interactions with biomolecules Nature Communications, 33 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72200-6
Tuning circular dichroism and circularly polarised luminescence in single crystals of a perylene Diimide macrocycle Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202520567
Ferroelectric and hyper dielectric modes in ferronematic liquid crystals Journal Of Materials Chemistry C, Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6TC00004E
- Xi Lei, Sibo Peng, Nijas Aliu, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi, Tiberiu-Marius Gianga, Xin Jin, Sabrina Ruggiero, Shilpa Chokshi, Luca Urbani, Bernhard F. Gibbs, Elena Klenova, Gurprit S. Lall, Gabriela Dekany, Dietmar Cholewa, Steffen M. Berger, Maryam Abooali, Inna M. Yasinska, Song Xu, Elizaveta Fasler-Kan, Vadim V. Sumbayev, "CD44-galectin-9 and TGF-β-Smad3 pathways form an autocrine loop which facilitates human cancer cells to self-regulate their immune evasion machinery", Cancer Letters, 660 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2026.218846
- Claudio Fontanesi, Andrea Severini, Marianna Burello, Alberta Carella, Marco Bonechi, Fabrizio Roncaglia, Massimo Innocenti, Francesco Rossella, Suryakant Mishra, Andrew Crandall Jones, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi, "Spin-based enantiorecognition at chiral-porphyrin-functionalized interfaces: a physical effect due to the chiral-induced spin selectivity", Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6c14731
- Mya Kotecha, Denis Hartmann, Artemijs Krimovs, Oussama Errida, Tiberiu-M. Gianga, Georgia R. F. Orton, Giuliano Siligardi, Robert Pal, Giovanni Bressan, Timothy A. Barendt, "Matching helical and supramolecular chirality in a perylene diimide dimer: impact on (chir)optical properties", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c11478
- Carolina Díaz-Norambuena, Juan Manuel Moreno-Naranjo, David Reger, Giuliano Siligardi, César Ray, Jessica Colligan, Florencio Moreno, Beatriz L. Maroto, Gilles Muller, Jorge Bañuelos, Matthew J. Fuchter, Santiago De La Moya, "Helically flexible boron-dipyrromethenes for solution-processed isotropic films with preserved chiral exciton coupling", Aggregate, 7 (2026), DOI: 10.1002/agt2.70411
- Daniel J. Gracias, Thomas J. Ugras, Richard D. Robinson, "A route to pure optical rotation in self-assembled materials through energetic nondegeneracy", Acs Photonics, 2 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.6c00889
- [Book Chapter] Rohanah Hussain, Charlotte S. Hughes, Giuliano Siligardi, "Enzyme–ligand interaction monitored by synchrotron radiation circular dichroism" (2026), DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-5190-2_3
- Adam G. Bainbridge, Tiberiu-Marius Gianga, Rohanah Hussain, Callum Parkin, Adam D. Longhurst, Nicolas Helmstetter, Rhys A. Farrer, Sandra Catania, Giuliano Siligardi, Johannes Gregor Matthias Rack, "The BRCT domain enhances DNA binding and catalytic efficiency of fungal PARPs", Nature Communications (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-75844-6
- Marco Bertuolo, Andrea Taddeucci, Francesco Zinna, Gennaro Pescitelli, Tamas Javorfi, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi, Lorenzo Di Bari, Gianluigi Albano, "Giant chiroptical properties in thin films of a chiral indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b']dithiophene-based organic dye", Aggregate, 7 (2026), DOI: 10.1002/agt2.70402
- Giulia Pancotti, Giovanni Mariano Beneventi, Sergi Riera-Galindo, Markos Paradinas, Martin Kreuzer, Giuliano Siligardi, Mariano Campoy-Quiles, David B. Amabilino, Dirk M. Guldi, "Supramolecular alignment through one-step simultaneous and synergic blade coating and small molecule interface adsorption in organic solar cell fabrication", Ees Solar (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D6EL00135A
- Thomas J. Ugras, Daniel J. Gracias, Reilly P. Lynch, Oriol Arteaga, Richard D. Robinson, "Non-reciprocal linearly polarized light in simple media", Nature Materials, 5 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02660-0
- Abigail Pearson, Ahlam Alshammari, Grant J. Strachan, Magdalena Majewska, Damian Pociecha, John M. D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie, Nataša Vaupotič, Rebecca Walker, Ewa Gorecka, "Diverse helical structures made of achiral mesogenic dimers", Nature Communications (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72565-8
- Stephen Wood, Yiwei Guan, James Pitts, Raj Gill, Simon Kolstoe, Tamas Javorfi, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi, "Induced circular dichroism from the binding of achiral bivalent ligands to transthyretin", Journal Of Molecular Recognition, 39 (2026), DOI: 10.1002/jmr.70037
- Rohanah Hussain, Tiberiu-Marius Gianga, Jay I. Siligardi, Giles S. Barrett, Tamas Javorfi, Giuliano Siligardi, "Greener microvolume UV-Vis and synchrotron radiation circular dichroism workflows for pathlength correction, and pipetting validation and quantified uncertainty for reliable analytical outcomes", Green Analytical Chemistry, 6 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.greeac.2026.100347
- Giorgia De Maio, Gianluigi Albano, "2D chirality in organic thin films: advances in nonreciprocal chiroptical properties", Trends In Chemistry, 115 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2026.03.004
- Dominic J. P. Koyroytsaltis-Mcquire, Shailendra K. Chaubey, Rahul Kumar, Paula L. Lalaguna, Tamas Javorfi, Giuliano Siligardi, Affar Karimullah, Adrian J. Lapthorn, Yoshito Y. Tanaka, Shun Hashiyada, Nikolaj Gadegaard, Malcolm Kadodwala, "Metasurface analogues of molecular diastereomers from hierarchical multiscale chiral interactions with biomolecules", Nature Communications, 33 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72200-6
- Denis Hartmann, Samuel E. Penty, Artemijs Krimovs, Robert Pal, Tiberiu-M. Gianga, Giuliano Siligardi, Timothy A. Barendt, "Tuning circular dichroism and circularly polarised luminescence in single crystals of a perylene Diimide macrocycle", Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2026), DOI: 10.1002/anie.202520567
- Rahul Uttam, Neelam Yadav, Mudit Sahai, Alexander Belik, Wanhe Jiang, Georg H. Mehl, Jagdish K. Vij, Yuri P. Panarin, "Ferroelectric and hyper dielectric modes in ferronematic liquid crystals", Journal Of Materials Chemistry C (2026), DOI: 10.1039/D6TC00004E
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