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Inorganic chemistry involves the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of all chemical compounds except for the compounds consisting primarily of carbon and hydrogen, which are the focus of organic chemistry. There is much overlap between organic and inorganic chemistry as in the subdiscipline of organometallic chemistry.
Functional materials can convert one form of energy to another and thereby achieve an intelligent action as sensors or actuators, which are recognized as a vital area for the growth of the nation's economy.
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The aim of our research is the preparation of new types of potentially useful molecular materials. Understanding how chemical structure can control molecular properties is the key step, and this necessitates coupling chemical synthesis to a range of physical properties studies.
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We study the synthesis of new types of chiral molecules. Chiral molecules exist as pairs of mirror-image arrangements of atoms that are not superimposable on one another, like pairs of hands in which one is left and the other right. Each one of these molecular configurations is called an enantiomer. The biological activity of one enantiomer of a chiral compound can differ completely from that of the mirror-image substance. Since many drugs are chiral, careful work is required to separate and purify the required enantiomer for clinical use.
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My research interests are primarily concerned with the design, synthesis and resolution of multidentate ligands containing stereogenic arsenic and/or phosphorus donor atoms and the role of their transition metal based complexes as potential antitumour agents or as catalysts in asymmetric synthesis.
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We aim to understand and exploit the factors that determine structure and function in the crystalline solid state. As part of ongoing ARC-funded projects, we are currently particularly interested in polar (ferroic) behaviour in the solid state and the exploitable physical properties associated with it such as ferroelectricity, pyroelectricity, piezoelectricity and dielectric behaviour.
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We synthesise and characterise new types of potentially useful molecular materials. Understanding how chemical structure can control molecular properties is the key step, and this necessitates coupling chemical synthesis to a range of physical properties studies.
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Our work covers a diversity of challenges in coordination and organometallic chemistry. Particular foci include unsaturated ligands involving metal–carbon multiple bonding and the interface of transition and main group chemistries.
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