J. Am. Chem. Soc. paper for Gemma, Jett & Moya

Congratulations to Gemma, Jett and Moya on the publication of their paper “Understanding the Origin of One- or Two-Step Valence Tautomeric Transitions in Bis(dioxolene)-Bridged Dinuclear Cobalt Complexes” in  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  Performed in collaboration with Alyona Starikova from the Southern Federal University in Russia and Matt Shores from Colorado State University, this experimental and theoretical study elucidates the molecular requirements for a complex with two bridged cobalt ions to exhibit distinct redox interconversions at each metal site.  The right choice of metal coordination environment and a redox-active bridging ligand with small, but non-zero, intramolecular electronic communication, affords molecules that can be switched between three distinguishable states.  This discovery has far-reaching future prospects for molecular materials with applications ranging from sensing and display devices to quantum computing, molecular electronics, and molecular spintronics.




Congratulations Jett!

Congratulations to Jett Janetzki who has just completed his MSc(Chemistry) with First Class Honours. Jett’s major thesis was titled “Cobalt complexes with redox-active ligands: switchable magnetic materials”.


Dalton Transactions paper for Will and Maja

Congratulations to Will and Maja on the publication of their paper “Tetraoxolene-bridged rare-earth complexes: a radical-bridged dinuclear Dy single-molecule magnet”, in a special issue of Dalton Transactions celebrating the 60th birthday of Prof Annie Powell.  This work was performed in collaboration with Richard Mole and Keith Murray.


ARC Future Fellowship for Colette

Australian Research Council Future Fellowship

Metal-Based Molecular Materials  From Electronic Structure to Functionality

This project aims to develop and explore new metal-based molecular materials, focusing on molecules that can act as magnets or be switched between multiple states by heating/cooling. This project expects to deliver an improved understanding of how the molecular electronic structure engenders desired physical properties in the target species. This insight will allow development of design principles for robust systems for nanodevices or advanced materials. As well as achieving important advances in fundamental chemistry, this project is anticipated to help lay the foundations for development of novel materials for high density data storage, quantum computing, molecular electronics/spintronics, optical displays or temperature/solvent sensors.

2019-2023



Welcome Moya

A hearty welcome to new Boskovic Group postdoc Dr Moya Hay, who joins us today from Mark Murrie’s group at the University of Glasgow.  Moya will be carrying out research on new lanthanoid-based switchable molecular materials.

Chemical Science paper for Gemma

Congratulations to Gemma on the publication of her paper “Single-ion anisotropy and exchange coupling in cobalt(II)-radical complexes: insights from magnetic and ab initio studies” in Chemical Science.  Performed in collaboration with Alessandro Soncini and workers from Monash, ANSTO and the University of Florence, this experimental and theoretical study provides important new insights into the tricky business of modelling Co(II)-radical species.



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