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In-cell Organometallic Redox Catalysis Explained
An RSC animationLink opens in a new window explains the work of an international team of scientists, led by Warwick Chemistry, and named winners of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Dalton Division Horizon Prize 2022.
PhD Student Stephen Brown wins Cruickshank Prize 2023
For the second year running, PhD student Stephen Brown (Pike Group) has been recognised by the British Crystallography Association for great scientific communication. Read moreLink opens in a new window
RSC Dalton Conference comes to Warwick for 2023.
The RSC Dalton Conference came to Warwick for 2023, with 420 attendees and 130+ sessions highlighting the strength and depth of Inorganic Chemistry in the UK.
Insights into the properties of metal-oxo clusters
Metal-oxo clusters are well defined molecular analogues of semiconducting metal oxide materials.. Two articles investigating their structure and photochemistry have been recently published by the Pike group. Read more.
Prof Peter Sadler wins Royal Society’s prestigious Davy Medal
Professor Peter Sadler receives the Davy Medal, for pioneering medicinal inorganic chemistry, ‘Metals in Medicine’, and the design of new metallodrugs with novel mechanisms of action.
Making oxygen with magnets for astronauts
A potentially better way to make oxygen for astronauts in space using magnetism has been proposed by an international team of scientists, including a University of Warwick chemist. Read moreLink opens in a new window.
PhD student Festus Slade wins communication prize
Congratulations go to PhD student, Festus Slade, for winning the 'Excellent shotgun Communication Prize''. Read moreLink opens in a new window
Single-Cell Chemistry of Photoactivatable Pt Complexes
Collaborative work between Warwick and Diamond reveals behaviour of photoactivatable Pt(IV) anticancer complexes in cancer cells using synchrotron techniques.
New Insights into Magnetoresistance
Nature Communications article addresses a long-standing problem in magnetoresistance. Read more.
Discovery of microscopic metallic particles in the human brain
A UK-led international team of researchers has discovered elemental metallic copper and iron in the human brain for the first time.
Strongest carbon-carbon single bond yields to macrocyclic Rh complex
Oxidative Addition of a Mechanically Entrapped C(sp)-C(sp) Bond to a Rhodium(I) Pincer Complex
By use of a macrocyclic phosphinite pincer ligand and bulky substrate substituents, researchers in the Chaplin group have demonstrated how the mechanical bond can be leveraged to promote the oxidative addition of an interlocked 1,3‐diyne to a rhodium(I) center. The resulting rhodium(III) bis(alkynyl) product can be trapped out by reaction with carbon monoxide or intercepted through irreversible reaction with dihydrogen, resulting in selective hydrogenolysis of the C−C σ‐bond.
HOT article in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.