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  1. Proteus Aether: A Digitally Monitored 3D-Printed Flow Photoreactor for Eosin Y-Catalysed Aza-Henry Reactions

    Article • August 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  2. Integration of Visible-Light Irradiation into a Commercial Microwave Reactor Using a 3D-Printed Module for Nickel-Catalysed Negishi Cross-Coupling

    Article • July 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  3. Received 00th January 20xx, 1Accepted 00th January 20xx DOI: 10.1039/x0xx00000x

    Article • July 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  4. Evaluating Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Activity Within the 3DPiPPIn Trial: A Qualitative Exploration of Contributors' Perspectives on Their Impact

    Article • Health Expectations, April 2026, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton, Stephanie Mansell

  5. Clinical impact of customised positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy interfaces (3DPiPPIn): a single site randomised controlled trial

    Article • Thorax, January 2026, BMJ

    Stephen Hilton, Stephanie Mansell

  6. Unified, catalyst-controlled, bioinspired total synthesis of dimeric piperine alkaloids in batch and flow

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Stephen Hilton

  7. Bioinspired total synthesis of (dibromo)sceptrin and (dibromo)ageliferin

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Stephen Hilton

  8. Bioinspired Synthesis of Sceptrin, Ageliferin and Six Piperine Dimers by Photo(Flow) catalysis: [2+2] vs [4+2] Cycloaddition

    Article • June 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  9. Optimising digital twin laboratories with conversational AIs: enhancing immersive training and simulation through virtual reality

    Article • Digital Discovery, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Stephen Hilton

  10. Recent advances in 3D printing for continuous flow chemistry

    Article • Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, June 2024, Elsevier

    Stephen Hilton

  11. HPLC Training for All: Integration of Multi-Language Artificial Intelligence (AI) Avatars in Virtual Reality (VR) Digital Twin Laboratories

    Article • April 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  12. Synthesis of CHF2-Containing Heterocycles through Oxy-difluoromethylation Using Low-Cost 3D Printed PhotoFlow Reactors

    Article • Organic Letters, January 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  13. Visible light-mediated difluoromethylation/cyclization in batch and flow: scalable synthesis of CHF2-containing benzimidazo- and indolo[2,1-a]isoquinolin-6(5H)-ones

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Stephen Hilton

  14. The Rise of the AI Scientist: Unleashing the Potential of Chat-GPT Powered Avatars in Virtual Reality Digital-twin Laboratories

    Article • November 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  15. Rapid Lewis Acid Screening and Reaction Optimization Using 3D-Printed Catalyst-Impregnated Stirrer Devices in the Synthesis of Heterocycles

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, November 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  16. The development of the MiniXtruder: a low-cost laboratory scale filament extruder with reduced internal dead volume for 3D Printing

    Article • July 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  17. 3D printed reactors and Kessil lamp holders for flow photochemistry: design and system standardization

    Article • Journal of Flow Chemistry, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Hilton

  18. Digitisation of a Modular Plug and Play 3D Printed Continuous Flow System for Chemical Synthesis

    Article • April 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  19. 3D printed tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (0) impregnated stirrer devices for Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions

    Article • Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Stephen Hilton

  20. Digitisation of a modular plug and play 3D printed continuous flow system for chemical synthesis

    Article • Digital Discovery, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Stephen Hilton

  21. Rapid Lewis Acid Screening and Reaction Optimization using 3D Printed Catalyst Impregnated Stirrer Devices in the Synthesis of Heterocycles

    Article • October 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  22. Using the pandemic as a driver for innovation in research

    Article • Nature Reviews Methods Primers, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Hilton

  23. 3D Printed Reactors and Kessil Lamp Holders for Flow Photochemistry: Design and System Standardization

    Article • September 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  24. Extending practical flow chemistry into the undergraduate curriculum via the use of a portable low-cost 3D printed continuous flow system

    Article • Journal of Flow Chemistry, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Stephen Hilton

  25. 3D Printed Tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (0) Impregnated Stirrer Devices for Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions

    Article • August 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  26. 3D‐Printed Franz cells – update on optimization of manufacture and evaluation

    Article • International Journal of Cosmetic Science, June 2020, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  27. Design and development of 3D printed catalytically-active stirrers for chemical synthesis

    Article • Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Stephen Hilton

  28. Design and Development of 3D Printed Catalytically-Active Stirrers for Chemical Synthesis

    Article • December 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  29. Supporting-Electrolyte-Free Electrochemical Methoxymethylation of Alcohols Using a 3D-Printed Electrosynthesis Continuous Flow Cell System

    Article • ChemElectroChem, June 2019, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  30. Modular 3D Printed Compressed Air Driven Continuous-Flow Systems for Chemical Synthesis

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, June 2019, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  31. A Preliminary Investigation of Additive Manufacture to Fabricate Human Nail Plate Surrogates for Pharmaceutical Testing

    Article • Pharmaceutics, May 2019, MDPI AG

    Stephen Hilton

  32. Modular 3D Printed Compressed Air Driven Continuous-Flow Systems for Chemical Synthesis

    Article • February 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  33. Design, 3D printing and validation of a novel low-cost high-capacity sitting-drop bridge for protein crystallization

    Article • Journal of Applied Crystallography, February 2019, International Union of Crystallography

    Stephen Hilton

  34. Investigation of the Pentathiepin Functionality as an Inhibitor of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) via a Potential Zinc Ejection Mechanism, as a Model for HIV Infection

    Article • ChemMedChem, January 2019, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  35. 3D-Printed Polypropylene Continuous-Flow Column Reactors: Exploration of Reactor Utility in SN Ar Reactions and the Synthesis of Bicyclic and Tetracyclic Heterocycles

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 2017, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  36. Three-Dimensional Printing of a Scalable Molecular Model and Orbital Kit for Organic Chemistry Teaching and Learning

    Article • Journal of Chemical Education, August 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton

  37. Frontispiece: Short Total Synthesis of (±)-γ-Lycorane by a Sequential Intramolecular Acylal Cyclisation (IAC) and Intramolecular Heck Addition Reaction

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, April 2017, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  38. Short Total Synthesis of (±)-γ-Lycorane by a Sequential Intramolecular Acylal Cyclisation (IAC) and Intramolecular Heck Addition Reaction

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, March 2017, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  39. A novel experimental approach to investigate the effect of different agitation methods using sodium hypochlorite as an irrigant on the rate of bacterial biofilm removal from the wall of a simulated root canal model

    Article • Dental Materials, October 2016, Elsevier

    Jonathan Knowles, Stephen Hilton

  40. Evaluation of Substituted 1,2,3-Dithiazoles as Inhibitors of the Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) Nucleocapsid Protein via a Proposed Zinc Ejection Mechanism

    Article • ChemMedChem, August 2016, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  41. ChemInform Abstract: A Common Precursor Approach to Structurally Diverse Natural Products: The Synthesis of the Core Structure of (.+-.)-Clausenamide and the Total Synthesis of (.+-.)-Hyalodendrin.

    Article • ChemInform, March 2016, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  42. ChemInform Abstract: A Radical-Mediated Approach to the Total Synthesis of Fluorinated Marinoquinoline A and Related Tricyclic and Tetracyclic Congeners.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2015, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  43. ChemInform Abstract: A Mild and Convenient Base-Catalyzed Approach to Disubstituted Epidithiodiketopiperazines.

    Article • ChemInform, April 2014, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  44. Tuneable radical cyclisations: a tin-free approach towards tricyclic and spirocyclic heterocycles via a common precursor

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Stephen Hilton

  45. A Mild and Convenient Base-Catalysed Approach to Disubstituted Epidithiodiketopiperazines

    Article • Synlett, November 2013, Thieme Publishing Group

    Stephen Hilton

  46. ChemInform Abstract: Heteroaryl Radicals Review

    Article • ChemInform, October 2010, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  47. The tandem radical route to indole alkaloids: an unusual rearrangement reaction

    Article • ARKIVOC, November 2006, ARKAT USA, Inc.

    Stephen Hilton

  48. A Convenient Synthesis of 2-Cyano-3-Substituted Indoles.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2005, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  49. An Expedient Entry into the ?-Mercaptodiketopiperazine Nucleus.

    Article • ChemInform, April 2005, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  50. A Convenient Synthesis of 2-Cyano-3-Substituted Indoles

    Article • Synlett, November 2004, Thieme Publishing Group

    Stephen Hilton

  51. An Expedient Entry into the α-Mercaptodiketopiperazine Nucleus

    Article • Synlett, October 2004, Thieme Publishing Group

    Stephen Hilton, David Selwood

  52. ChemInform Abstract: A Tandem Radical Approach to the ABCE-Rings of the Aspidosperma and Strychnos Alkaloids.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2001, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  53. ChemInform Abstract: A New Route to Spirooxindoles.

    Article • ChemInform, November 2000, Wiley

    Stephen Hilton

  54. A New Route to Spirooxindoles

    Article • Organic Letters, August 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Stephen Hilton