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Our research is in inorganic and materials chemistry. We are developing new “smart” materials that have applications as switches and sensors. We use synthetic chemistry to design and build the new materials, characterise them using a range of experimental techniques including X-ray crystallography, X-ray powder diffraction, UV/visible spectroscopy, IR and NMR spectroscopy. We use computational chemistry techniques to support this research. With all these techniques we manipulate the materials to optimise the physical properties or chemical functions that we want in a cyclic process of “Make”, “Measure”, “Model” and “Manipulate” and we call this the “M4” project.
Within the M4 project the classes of materials that we are looking at include:
- Coordination compounds that have chemical groups attached to the metal that can change the way that they bond to the metal when light is shone on them. When the light is turned off they switch back to their original structure. This switching of structure shows up easily because the compounds change colour.
- Solid-state platinum-containing compounds that change colour when they detect low concentrations of volatile organic liquids or gases. The colour changes occur very quickly so that these compounds act as fast sensors.
- Solid-state organic compounds that change colour when the temperature of the environment changes. Some of these materials switch colour back when the temperature changes again, while others remain changed, so that they give a record of whether a particular temperature has been reached.
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Projects 2003 2020
Fellowship Briony Yorke: Hadamard Time-Resolved Crystallography: Investigating Fast Structural Dynamics using Synchotron Radiation
1/06/16 → 31/05/20
Project: UK charity
Understanding and Engineering Function in Switchable Molecular Crystals
4/03/17 → 9/09/18
Project: Research council
Supporting Research Excellence in Chemistry at the University of Bath through Provision of Key Equipment Enhancements
Wilson, C., Lowe, J., Lubben, A., Mahon, M. & Raithby, P.
11/03/14 → 10/06/14
Project: Research council
Understanding and Engineering Function in Switchable Molecular Crystals
15/04/13 → 14/04/18
Project: Research council
Research Output 2001 2019
Living in the salt-cocrystal continuum: indecisive organic complexes with thermochromic behaviour
Raithby, P., Jones, C., Skelton, J., Parker, S., Walsh, A., Wilson, C. & Thomas, L., 7 Feb 2019, In : CrystEngComm.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
[Ru3(6-NHC)(CO)10]: Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of Rare 46-Electron Tri-ruthenium Clusters
Ellul, C., Lowe, J., Mahon, M., Raithby, P. & Whittlesey, M., 7 Apr 2018, In : Dalton Transactions . 47, 13, p. 4518-4523 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Ab Initio Ligand Field Molecular Mechanics and the Nature of Metal-Ligand π-Bonding in Fe(II) 2,6-di(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine Spin Crossover Complexes
Deeth, R. J., Halcrow, M. A., Kershaw Cook, L. J. & Raithby, P. R., 6 Apr 2018, In : Chemistry - A European Journal. 24, 20, p. 5204-5212 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Dicopper(I) Complexes Incorporating Acetylide-functionalized Pyridinyl-based Ligands: Synthesis, Structural and Photovoltaic Studies
Raithby, P., Maharaja, J., Haque, A., Al-Busaidi, I. J., A-Rasbi, N., Al-Suti, M. K., Khan, M. S., Al-balushi, R. A., Islam, S., Xin, C., Wu, W., Wong, W-Y. & Marken, F., 5 Sep 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Inorganic Chemistry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Evaluating iodine uptake in a crystalline sponge using dynamic X-ray crystallography
Gee, W. J., Hatcher, L. E., Cameron, C. A., Stubbs, C., Warren, M. R., Burrows, A. D. & Raithby, P. R., 7 May 2018, In : Inorganic Chemistry. 57, 9, p. 4959-4965 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Datasets
Raw Data for Azetidinium Lead Iodide for Perovskite Solar Cells
Pering, S. (Creator), Kubiak, P. (Creator), Deng, W. (Creator), Niemann, R. (Creator), Brivio, F. (Creator), Ghosh, D. (Creator), Troughton, J. R. (Creator), Jeffrey, F. (Creator), Johnson, A. (Creator), Lewis, S. (Creator), Walker, A. (Creator), Watson, T. M. (Creator), Islam, M. (Creator), Raithby, P. (Creator), Cameron, P. (Creator), University of Bath, 23 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00432
Dataset
Data for "A rapidly-reversible absorptive and emissive vapochromic Pt(II) pincer-based chemical sensor"
Skelton, J. (Creator), University of Bath, 27 Nov 2017
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00440
Dataset
Data for "The Impact of the Alkyne Substitution Pattern and Metallation on the Photo-isomerization of Azobenzene-based Platinum(II) Di-ynes and Poly-ynes"
Al-Balushi, R. A. (Creator), Skelton, J. (Creator), University of Bath, 2016
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00287
Dataset
Thesis
Computer Modelling of Positive Electrode Materials for Lithium and Sodium Batteries
Author: Clark, J., 2 Jun 2014Supervisor: Islam, M. (Supervisor) & Raithby, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
Design, synthesis and characterisation of advanced switchable functional materials
Author: Knichal, J., 23 Aug 2017Supervisor: Wilson, C. (Supervisor), Burrows, A. (Supervisor) & Raithby, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
Graphene on crystalline insulators: subsurface potentials and screening effects
Author: Jones, G., 1 Jun 2015Supervisor: Ilie, A. (Supervisor), Bending, S. (Supervisor), Crampin, S. (Supervisor) & Raithby, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
Heterostructures from Chemical Vapour Deposition. The Synthesis and Characterisation of Tungsten and Tin Chalcogenides on Graphene Substrates
Author: Rushworth, A., 27 Jun 2017Supervisor: Johnson, A. (Supervisor), Raithby, P. (Supervisor) & Bending, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
Homo- and Heterometallic Polyyne Complexes: Synthesis and Characterisation
Author: Robinson, T., 1 Oct 2013Supervisor: Raithby, P. (Supervisor) & Johnson, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD