研究领域

Materials

Our research is focused on the synthesis and characterisation of new materials, primarily using solvothermal synthesis. In this technique, reactions occur in solvents at temperatures above their normal boiling points by containing the reaction mixture within a pressure vessel. We have found this method to be particularly good for preparing porous materials for hydrogen storage and gas separation as well as new magnetic materials. We have an extensive range of collaborations with groups in the UK, the rest of Europe and in South Korea for performing measurements on the magnetism and porosity of our compounds. Magnetic materials are being prepared as part of the search for 'single molecule magnets' which represent the ultimate in magnetic data storage efficiency. We are also preparing compounds with which physicists can test theoretical models of magnetic behaviour; the same theories can be applied to other types of symmetry breaking in areas as diverse as protein folding and the early universe. New porous materials are much sought-after for gas storage in a future hydrogen economy. This is a very active area of research as zero-emission fuel sources are very attractive. Such materials could also be used as size- and shape-selective catalysis as well as gas separation and materials. The 'metal-organic framework' materials prepared in our lab are some of the most efficient hydrogen storage materials yet measured.

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Magnetism of linear [Ln3](9+) oxo-bridged clusters (Ln = Pr, Nd) supported inside a [R3PR'](+) phosphonium coordination material. NW Waggoner, B Saccoccia, IA Ibarra, VM Lynch, PT Wood, SM Humphrey – Inorg Chem (2014) 53, 12674 (DOI: 10.1021/ic5023642) A study of the optical properties of metal-doped polyoxotitanium cages and the relationship to metal-doped titania. Y Lv, J Cheng, PD Matthews, JP Holgado, J Willkomm, M Leskes, A Steiner, D Fenske, TC King, PT Wood, L Gan, RM Lambert, DS Wright – Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2014) 43, 8679 (DOI: 10.1039/c4dt00555d) Formation of an Unusual Bis(diguanidinate) Ligand via Nucleophilic Attack of a Guanidinate onto a Carbodiimide RL Melen, HR Simmonds, H Wadepohl, PT Wood, LH Gade, DS Wright – Australian Journal of Chemistry (2014) 67, 1030 (DOI: 10.1071/CH14170) Switchable magnetism: Neutron diffraction studies of the desolvated coordination polymer Co3(OH)2(C4O 4)2 RA Mole, MA Nadeem, JA Stride, VK Peterson, PT Wood – Inorg Chem (2013) 52, 13462 (DOI: 10.1021/ic4018344) Reactions of Cp2M (M = Ni, V) with dilithium diamido-aryl reagents; Retention and oxidation of the transition metal ions FA Stokes, MA Vincent, IH Hillier, TK Ronson, A Steiner, AE Wheatley, PT Wood, DS Wright – Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2013) 42, 13923 (DOI: 10.1039/c3dt51632f) Magnetic properties of a family of quinternary oxalates E Lhotel, V Simonet, J Ortloff, B Canals, C Paulsen, E Suard, T Hansen, DJ Price, PT Wood, AK Powell, R Ballou – European Physical Journal B (2013) 86, ARTN 248 (DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2013-30668-4) Solvent direction of molecular architectures in group 1 metal pentacyanocyclopentadienides RJ Less, TC Wilson, B Guan, M McPartlin, A Steiner, PT Wood, DS Wright – European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2013) 2013, 1161 (DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201201342) Formation of Ti 28 Ln Cages, the Highest Nuclearity Polyoxotitanates (Ln=La, Ce) Y Lv, J Willkomm, M Leskes, A Steiner, TC King, L Gan, E Reisner, PT Wood, DS Wright – Chemistry (2012) 18, 11867 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201827) Transition metal complexes of the pentacyanocyclopentadienide anion RJ Less, TC Wilson, M McPartlin, PT Wood, DS Wright – Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2011) 47, 10007 (DOI: 10.1039/c1cc13021h) Assembly of the First Fullerene-Type Metal-Organic Frameworks Using a Planar Five-Fold Coordination Node J Bacsa, RJ Less, HE Skelton, Z Soracevic, A Steiner, TC Wilson, PT Wood, DS Wright – Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2011) 50, 8279 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201102783) Two Stage Magnetic Ordering and Spin Idle Behavior of the Coordination Polymer Co 3 (OH) 2 (C 4 O 4 ) 2 ·3H 2 O Determined Using Neutron Diffraction RA Mole, JA Stride, PF Henry, M Hoelzel, A Senyshyn, A Alberola, CJ Gómez Garcia, PR Raithby, PT Wood – Inorg Chem (2011) 50, 2246 (DOI: 10.1021/ic101897a) Domain-Wall Spin Dynamics in Kagome Antiferromagnets E Lhotel, V Simonet, J Ortloff, B Canals, C Paulsen, E Suard, T Hansen, DJ Price, PT Wood, AK Powell, R Ballou – Phys Rev Lett (2011) 107, 257205 (DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.257205) Homoleptic 1-D iron selenolate complexes-synthesis, structure, magnetic and thermal behaviour of (1)(∞)[Fe(SeR)2] (R=Ph, Mes). A Eichhöfer, G Buth, F Dolci, K Fink, RA Mole, PT Wood – Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2011) 40, 7022 (DOI: 10.1039/c1dt10089k) A simple approach to coordination compounds of the pentacyanocyclopentadienide anion. RJ Less, M McPartlin, JM Rawson, PT Wood, DS Wright – Chemistry (2010) 16, 13723 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001980) Mixed Alkali Metal/Transition Metal Coordination Polymers with the Mellitic Acid Hexaanion: 2-Dimensional Hexagonal Magnetic Nets SM Humphrey, RA Mole, RI Thompson, PT Wood – Inorg Chem (2010) 49, 3441 (DOI: 10.1021/ic902527e) Pyridine-2,4-Dicarboxylate: A Versatile Building Block for the Preparation of Functional Coordination Polymers SM Humphrey, GF Weldon, PT Wood – Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2010) 10, 34 (DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2010.1505) Non-classical behaviour in an S = 5/2 chain with next nearest neighbour interactions observed from the inelastic neutron scattering of Mn 2(OD)2(C4O4) RA Mole, JA Stride, T Unruh, PT Wood – Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (2009) 21, 076003 (DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/7/076003) Muon spin relaxation study of manganese hydroxy squarate RA Mole, SP Cottrell, JA Stride, PT Wood – Inorganica Chimica Acta (2008) 361, 3718 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2008.03.108) INOR 823-Magnetism of metal organic frameworks PT Wood, RA Mole, GF Weldon, JA Stride, SM Humphrey – ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2008) 235 Synthesis, structure and physical properties of the manganese(II) selenide/selenolate cluster complexes [Mn32Se14(SePh) 36(PnPr3)4] and [Na(benzene-15-crown-5)(C 4H8O)2]2[Mn8Se(SePh) 16] A Eichhöfer, PT Wood, RN Viswanath, RA Mole – Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2008) 1596 (DOI: 10.1039/b714582a)