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Synthesis, Catalysis and Materials
The School has strengths in all areas of synthetic chemistry (organic, inorganic, organometallic and new materials). This strength not only underpins many strong research areas, but also provides research of a more fundamental importance that is at the core of Chemistry. Coupled with the development of synthetic techniques is the development of new catalysts, which have considerable potential in chemical synthesis and industrial catalysis, and of functional materials. Central to this strength is start-of-the-art structural (powder and single-crystal X-ray and neutron diffraction, NMR spectroscopy and XAFS) and spectroscopic characterisation of compounds.
Email enquiries: enquiries@chem.usyd.edu.au
Contact:
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| A/Prof Bob Armstrong: |
Electron delocalisation in dinuclear ruthenium and osmium amines, Spectroscopy of fullerenes, fullerides and their metal complexes
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| Dr Rob Baker: |
Asymmetric synthesis and catalysis
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| A/Prof James Beattie: |
Transition metal oxidation-reduction reactions, Homogeneous catalysis, Electroacoustics of colloids, Colloid chemistry of metal oxides
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| Prof Max Crossley: |
Porphyrin arrays as models for light-harvesting systems involved in photosynthesis, New advanced materials
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| Dr Adrian George: |
Using high pressures in synthesis, Organometallic chemistry
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| Dr Toby Hudson: |
Computational materials chemistry: microscopic relaxation mechanisms, crystal nucleation, structural search and optimisation, Monte Carlo methods.
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| Prof Kate Jolliffe: |
Synthetic organic chemistry
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| Dr Meredith Jordan: |
Theoretical studies of materials
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| Prof Brendan Kennedy: |
Solid state chemistry, Materials chemistry, Powder X-ray and neutron diffraction, Structure and bonding in metal oxides
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| Prof Cameron Kepert: |
Solid state chemistry, Molecular framework materials, X-ray diffraction, Microporosity, Electronic and magnetic properties of solids, Phase transitions (structural, electronic and magnetic)
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| Prof Peter Lay: |
Electrochemistry, Fullerene and fulleride electrochemistry and spectroscopy, Inorganic reaction mechanisms, Solvation, p-backbonding and p-bonding effects on reactivity of transition metal complexes
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| Prof Len Lindoy: |
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| A/Prof Tony Masters: |
Organometallic chemistry catalysis, Olefin oligimerization catalysts, Oxidation catalysts, EXAFS in organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis, Synthesis gas catalytic chemistry
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| Dr Chris McErlean: |
Synthetic organic chemistry
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| Dr Richard Payne: |
Solution - and solid-phase organic synthesis - Development of new synthetic methodologies, synthesis of enzyme inhibitors and drug leads, total synthesis of biologically active glycopeptides and glycoproteins
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| A/Prof Lou Rendina: |
Synthetic methods in platinum group chemistry, Carborane chemistry, Organometallic chemistry of the late transition metals. |
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