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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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Understanding and Engineering Function in Switchable Molecular Crystals
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
4/03/17 → 9/09/18
Project: Research council
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RCaH Impact Acceleration Fellowships and Workshops
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
9/10/14 → 8/10/16
Project: Research council
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Understanding and Engineering Function in Switchable Molecular Crystals
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
15/04/13 → 14/04/18
Project: Research council
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A Comparison of the Structural Chemistry of Scandium, Yttrium, Lanthanum and Lutetium: A contribution to the Group 3 debate
Cotton, S. A., Raithby, P., Shield, A. & Harrowfield, J., 15 Mar 2022, In: Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 455, 214366.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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LED-pump-X-ray-multiprobe crystallography for sub-second timescales
Raithby, P., Hatcher, L., Warren, M., Skelton, J., Pallipurath, A. R., Saunders, L., Allan, D., Hathaway, P., Crevatin, G., Omar, D., Williams, B. H., Coulson, B. & Wilson, C., 26 Aug 2022, In: Communications Chemistry. 5, 1, 102.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Salts of Lanthanide(III) Hexafluoroacetylacetonates [Ln = Sm(III), Eu(III) and Tb(III)] with Dipyridylammonium Cations: Synthesis, Characterization, Photophysical Properties and OLED Fabrication
Ilmi, R., Zhang, D., Tensi, L., Al-Sharji, H., Al-Rasbi, N. K., Macchioni, A., Zhou, L., Wong, W-Y., Raithby, P. & Khan, M. S., 31 Jul 2022, In: Dyes and Pigments. 203, 110300.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Single component white-OLEDs derived from tris(β-diketonato) europium(iii) complexes bearing the large bite angle N^N 2-(4-thiazolyl)benzimidazole ligand
Ilmi, R., Yin, J., Dutra, J. D. L., Al Rasbi, N. K., Oliveira, W. F., Zhou, L., Wong, W-Y., Raithby, P. R. & Khan, M. S., 7 Oct 2022, In: Dalton Transactions. 51, 37, p. 14228-14242 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Structural diversity in the series of lanthanide complexes [Ln(Ph3PO)n(NCS)3] (n = 3, 4)
Chan, L., Cotton, S. A., Dickson (nee Harris), J., Platt, A. W. G., Raithby, P. R., Schiffers, S., Tait, A. & Warren, J. E., 1 Jul 2022, In: Polyhedron. 220, 115826.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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Dataset for "Intrinsic flexibility of the EMT zeolite framework under pressure"
Nearchou, A. (Creator), Cornelius, M. (Creator), Skelton, J. (Creator), Jones, Z. (Contributor), Cairns, A. (Contributor), Collings, I. (Contributor), Raithby, P. (Project Leader), Wells, S. (Other) & Sartbaeva, A. (Project Leader), University of Bath, 12 Feb 2019
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00560
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Dataset for "Zeolites fit for a Crown: Probing Host-Guest Interactions with Thermogravimetric Methods"
Nearchou, A. (Creator), Sartbaeva, A. (Supervisor), Castaing, R. (Related Person) & Raithby, P. (Related Person), University of Bath, 29 Jul 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00427
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Dataset for "Pressure-induced symmetry changes in body-centred cubic zeolites"
Nearchou, A. (Creator), Cornelius, M. (Creator), Jones, Z. L. (Data Collector), Collings, I. (Other), Wells, S. (Other), Raithby, P. (Other) & Sartbaeva, A. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 24 Jul 2019
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00580
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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
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Data for "A rapidly-reversible absorptive and emissive vapochromic Pt(II) pincer-based chemical sensor"
Bryant, M. (Data Collector), Skelton, J. (Creator), Hatcher, L. (Project Member), Stubbs, C. (Project Member), Madrid, E. (Project Member), R. Pallipurath, A. (Project Member), Thomas, L. (Project Member), Woodall, C. (Project Member), Christensen, J. (Project Member), Fuertes, S. (Project Member), Robinson, T. (Project Member), Beavers, C. (Project Member), Teat, S. J. (Project Member), Warren, M. (Project Member), Pradaux-Caggiano, F. (Project Member), Walsh, A. (Project Member), Marken, F. (Project Member), Carbery, D. (Project Member), Parker, S. (Project Member), Mckeown, N. B. (Project Member), Malpass-evans, R. (Project Member), Carta, M. (Project Member) & Raithby, P. (Project Leader), University of Bath, 27 Nov 2017
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00440
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