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Ben M. Alston
Researcher at University of Liverpool
Publications - 16
Citations - 1267
Ben M. Alston is an academic researcher from University of Liverpool. The author has contributed to research in topics: Crystal structure prediction & Self-healing hydrogels. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 16 publications receiving 757 citations.
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A mobile robotic chemist
Benjamin Burger,Phillip M. Maffettone,Vladimir V. Gusev,Catherine M. Aitchison,Yang Bai,Xiaoyan Wang,Xiaobo Li,Ben M. Alston,Buyi Li,Rob Clowes,Nicola Rankin,Brandon Harris,Reiner Sebastian Sprick,Andrew I. Cooper +13 more
TL;DR: A mobile robot autonomously operates analytical instruments in a wet chemistry laboratory, performing a photocatalyst optimization task much faster than a human would be able to.
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High-throughput discovery of organic cages and catenanes using computational screening fused with robotic synthesis
Rebecca L. Greenaway,Valentina Santolini,Michael J. Bennison,Ben M. Alston,Chloe J. Pugh,Marc A. Little,Marcin Miklitz,E. G. B. Eden-Rump,Rob Clowes,A. Shakil,H. J. Cuthbertson,H. Armstrong,Michael E. Briggs,Kim E. Jelfs,Andrew I. Cooper +14 more
TL;DR: Computational screening with high-throughput robotic synthesis is combined to create a hybrid discovery workflow for discovering new organic cage molecules, and by extension, other supramolecular systems that form cleanly in one-pot syntheses.
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Porosity-engineered carbons for supercapacitive energy storage using conjugated microporous polymer precursors
Jet-Sing M. Lee,Tzu-Ho Wu,Ben M. Alston,Michael E. Briggs,Tom Hasell,Chi-Chang Hu,Andrew I. Cooper +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, direct carbonisation of conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) yields porosity-engineered carbons, important for the flow of ions through the electrode.
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Maximising the hydrogen evolution activity in organic photocatalysts by co-polymerisation
Reiner Sebastian Sprick,Catherine M. Aitchison,Enrico Berardo,Lukas Turcani,Liam Wilbraham,Ben M. Alston,Kim E. Jelfs,Martijn A. Zwijnenburg,Andrew I. Cooper +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors showed that the hydrogen evolution activity of a polymeric photocatalyst was maximised by co-polymerisation, using both experimental and computational screening, for a family of 1,4-phenylene/2,5-thiophene copolymers.
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Electrochemically-triggered spatially and temporally resolved multi-component gels
Jaclyn Raeburn,Ben M. Alston,Jeanne Kroeger,Tom O. McDonald,Jonathan R. Howse,Petra J. Cameron,Dave J. Adams +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that composition control in multi-component low molecular weight hydrogels can also be achieved, allowing simultaneous spatial, temporal and compositional control, using an electrochemically-driven pH triggering method.