2022

Marsden, Alexander J., Skilbeck, Mark, Healey, Matthew, Thomas, Helen R., Walker, Marc, Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.), Garcia, Natalya A., Vuković, Filip, Jabraoui, Hicham, Walsh, Tiffany R., Rourke, Jonathan and Wilson, Neil R. (2022) From graphene to graphene oxide : the importance of extended topological defects. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24 (4). pp. 2318-2331. doi:10.1039/d1cp04316a

2018

Knighton, Richard C., Emerson-King, Jack, Rourke, Jonathan, Ohlin, André and Chaplin, Adrian B. (2018) Solution, solid-state, and computational analysis of agostic interactions in a coherent set of low-coordinate rhodium(III) and iridium(III) complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 24 (19). pp. 4927-4938. doi:10.1002/chem.201705990

Petretto, G. L., Fancello, F., Bakhy, K., Faiz, C. AL, Sibawayh, Z., Chessa, M., Zara, S., Sanna, M. L., Maldini, M., Rourke, J. P. and Pintore, G. (2018) Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils from Cuminum cyminum L. collected in different areas of Morocco. Food Bioscience, 22 . pp. 50-58. doi:10.1016/j.fbio.2018.01.004

2017

Shaw, Paul Anthony, Clarkson, Guy J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2017) Oxidation of an o -tolyl phosphine complex of platinum : C-H activation and transcyclometallation. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 851 . pp. 115-121. doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.09.026

Biggs, Caroline I., Packer, Christopher, Hindmarsh, Steven A., Walker, Marc, Wilson, Neil R., Rourke, Jonathan and Gibson, Matthew I. (2017) Impact of sequential surface-modification of graphene oxide on ice nucleation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19 . 21929-21932 . doi:10.1039/C7CP03219F

Fancello, Francesco, Zara, Severino, Petretto, Giacomo Luigi, Chessa, Mario, Addis, Roberta, Rourke, Jonathan and Pintore, Giorgio (2017) Essential oils from three species of Mentha harvested in Sardinia : chemical characterization and evaluation of their biological activity. International Journal of Food Properties, 20 (Supplement 2). pp. 1751-1761. doi:10.1080/10942912.2017.1354020

Shaw, Paul Anthony, Clarkson, Guy J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2017) Reversible C–C bond formation at a triply cyclometallated platinum(iv) centre. Chemical Science . doi:10.1039/C7SC01361B

Shaw, Paul Anthony and Rourke, Jonathan (2017) Selective C-C coupling at a Pt(IV) centre : 100% preference for sp2-sp3 over sp3-sp3. Dalton Transactions, 46 (14). 4768--4776 . doi:10.1039/C7DT00328E

2016

Shaw, Paul Anthony, Clarkson, Guy J. and Rouke, Jonathan P. (2016) Long-lived Five-Coordinate Platinum(IV) Intermediates : regiospecific C-C coupling. Organometallics, 35 (21). pp. 3751-3762. doi:10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00697

Maldini, Mariateresa, Chessa, Mario, Petretto, Giacomo L., Montoro, Paola, Rourke, Jonathan, Foddai, Marzia, Nicoletti, Marcello and Pintore, Giorgio (2016) Profiling and simultaneous quantitative determination of anthocyanins in wild myrtus communisL. berries from different geographical areas in Sardinia and their comparative evaluation. Phytochemical Analysis, 27 (5). pp. 249-256. doi:10.1002/pca.2623

Shaw, Paul Anthony, Phillips, Jessica M., Clarkson, Guy J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2016) Trapping five-coordinate platinum(IV) intermediates. Dalton Transactions, 45 (28). 11397-11406 . doi:10.1039/c6dt02088g

Troadec, Thibault, Tan, Sze-yin, Wedge, Christopher, Rourke, Jonathan, Unwin, Patrick R. and Chaplin, Adrian B. (2016) One-electron oxidation of [M(PtBu3)2] (M=Pd, Pt) : isolation of monomeric [Pd(PtBu3)2]+and redox-promoted C−H bond cyclometalation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55 (11). pp. 3754-3757. doi:10.1002/anie.201511467

2015

Thomas, Helen R., Phillips, Daniel J., Wilson, Neil R., Gibson, Matthew I. and Rourke, Jonathan (2015) One-step grafting of polymers to graphene oxide. Polymer Chemistry, 6 (48). pp. 8270-8274. doi:10.1039/c5py01358e

Shaw, Paul Anthony, Phillips, Jessica M., Newman, Christopher P., Clarkson, Guy J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2015) Intramolecular transcyclometallation : the exchange of an aryl–Pt bond for an alkyl–Pt bond via an agostic intermediate. Chemical Communications, Volume 51 (Number 39). pp. 8365-8368. doi:10.1039/c5cc02355f

Bosch-Navarro, Concha, Laker, Zachary P. L., Thomas, Helen R., Marsden, Alexander J., Sloan, Jeremy, Wilson, Neil R. and Rourke, Jonathan (2015) Covalently binding atomically designed Au9 clusters to chemically modified graphene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54 (33). pp. 9560-9563. doi:10.1002/anie.201504334

2014

Thomas, Helen R., Marsden, Alexander J., Walker, Marc, Wilson, Neil R. and Rourke, Jonathan (2014) Sulfur-functionalized graphene oxide by epoxide ring-opening. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Volume 53 (Number 29). pp. 7613-7618. doi:10.1002/anie.201404002

Zucca, Antonio, Maidich, Luca, Canu, Laura, Petretto, Giacomo L., Stoccoro, Sergio, Cinellu, Maria Agostina, Clarkson, Guy J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2014) Rollover-Assisted C(sp2)C(sp3) Bond Formation. Chemistry - A European Journal, 20 (18). pp. 5501-5510. doi:10.1002/chem.201304257

2013

Vallés, Cristina, Kinloch, Ian A., Young, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), Wilson, Neil R. and Rourke, Jonathan (2013) Graphene oxide and base-washed graphene oxide as reinforcements in PMMA nanocomposites. Composites Science and Technology, Volume 88 . pp. 158-164. doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.08.030

Thomas, Helen R., Vallés, Cristina, Young, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), Kinloch, Ian A., Wilson, Neil R. and Rourke, Jonathan (2013) Identifying the fluorescence of graphene oxide. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Volume 1 (Number 2). pp. 338-342. doi:10.1039/c2tc00234e

Thomas, Helen R., Day, Stephen Paul, Woodruff, William E., Vallés, Cristina, Young, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), Kinloch, Ian A., Morley, Gavin, Hanna, John V., Wilson, Neil R. and Rourke, Jonathan (2013) Deoxygenation of graphene oxide : reduction or cleaning? Chemistry of Materials, Volume 25 (Number 18). pp. 3580-3588. doi:10.1021/cm401922e

2012

Crosby, Sarah H., Clarkson, Guy J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2012) Relieving steric strain at octahedral platinum(IV) : isomerization and reductive coupling of alkyl and aryl chlorides. Organometallics, Vol.31 (No.20). pp. 7256-7263. doi:10.1021/om3008019

Petretto, Giacomo L., Rourke, Jonathan, Maidich, Luca, Stoccoro, Sergio, Cinellu, Maria Agostina, Minghetti, Giovanni, Clarkson, Guy J. and Zucca, Antonio (2012) Heterobimetallic rollover derivatives. Organometallics, Volume 31 (Number 8). pp. 2971-2977. doi:10.1021/om200660a

Pandey, Priyanka A., Rochford, Luke A., Keeble, Dean Samuel, Rourke, Jonathan, Jones, T. S. (Tim S.), Beanland, R. and Wilson, Neil R. (2012) Resolving the nanoscale morphology and crystallographic structure of molecular thin films : F16CuPc on graphene oxide. Chemistry of Materials, Vol.24 (No.7). pp. 1365-1370. doi:10.1021/cm300073v

Crosby, Sarah H., Thomas, Helen R., Clarkson, Guy J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2012) Concerted reductive coupling of an alkyl chloride at Pt(IV). Chemical Communications, Vol.48 (No.46). pp. 5775-5777. doi:10.1039/c2cc31572f

2011

Pandey, Priyanka A., Bell, Gavin R., Rourke, Jonathan, Sánchez, Ana M., Elkin, Mark D., Hickey, Bryan J. and Wilson, Neil R. (2011) Physical vapor deposition of metal nanoparticles on chemically modified graphene : observations on metal-graphene interactions. Small, Vol.7 (No.22). pp. 3202-3210. doi:10.1002/smll.201101430

Crosby, Sarah H., Clarkson, Guy J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2011) Reactions of a platinum(II) agostic complex : decyclometalation, dicyclometalation, and solvent-switchable formation of a rollover complex. Organometallics, Vol.30 (No.13). pp. 3603-3609. doi:10.1021/om200293e

Speight, R. J. (Richard J.), Rourke, Jonathan, Wong, A., Barrow, Nathan S., Ellis, P. R., Bishop, P. T. and Smith, Mark E. (2011) 1H and 13C solution- and solid-state NMR investigation into wax products from the Fischer-Tropsch process. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Vol.39 (No.3-4). pp. 58-64. doi:10.1016/j.ssnmr.2011.03.008

Thomas, Helen R., Deeth, Robert J., Clarkson, Guy J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2011) Palladium(II) agostic complex : exchange of Aryl–Pd and Alkyl–Pd bonds. Organometallics, Vol.30 (No.21). pp. 5641-5648. doi:10.1021/om200451v

Crosby, Sarah H., Deeth, Robert J., Clarkson, Guy J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2011) Platinum(iv) centres with agostic interactions from either sp2 or sp3 C–H bonds. Dalton Transactions, Vol.40 (No.6). pp. 1227-1229. doi:10.1039/c0dt01428a

Rourke, Jonathan, Pandey, Priyanka A., Moore, Joseph J., Bates, Matthew, Kinloch, Ian, Young, Robert J. (Robert Joseph) and Wilson, Neil R. (2011) The real graphene oxide revealed : stripping the oxidative debris from the graphene-like sheets. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol.50 (No.14). pp. 3173-3177. doi:10.1002/anie.201007520

2010

Wilson, Neil R., Pandey, Priyanka A., Beanland, R., Rourke, Jonathan, Lupo, U., Rowlands, G. (George) and Römer, Rudolf A. (2010) On the structure and topography of free-standing chemically modified graphene. New Journal of Physics, Vol.12 . Article no. 125010 . doi:10.1088/1367-2630/12/12/125010

Sloan, Jeremy, Liu, Zheng, Suenaga, Kazu, Wilson, Neil R., Pandey, Priyanka A., Perkins, Laura M., Rourke, Jonathan and Shannon, Ian J. (2010) Imaging the structure, symmetry, and surface-inhibited rotation of polyoxometalate ions on graphene oxide. Nano Letters, Vol.10 (No.11). pp. 4600-4606. doi:10.1021/nl1026452

Petretto, Giacomo L., Wang, Miao, Zucca, Antonio and Rourke, Jonathan (2010) Platinum(II) n-heterocyclic carbene complexes : coordination and cyclometallation. Dalton Transactions, Vol.39 (No.33). pp. 7822-7825. doi:10.1039/c0dt00435a

Crosby, Sarah H., Clarkson, Guy J., Deeth, Robert J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2010) Platinum(IV) DMSO complexes : synthesis, isomerization, and agostic intermediates. Organometallics, Vol.29 (No.8). pp. 1966-1976. doi:10.1021/om901087m

Atkins, P. W., Overton, T., Rourke, Jonathan, Weller, M. and Armstrong, F. A. (2010) Shriver & Atkins' inorganic chemistry. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199236176

2009

Crosby, Sarah H., Clarkson, Guy J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2009) A delicate balance between sp(2) and sp(3) C-H bond activation : a Pt(II) complex with a dual agostic interaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.131 (No.40). pp. 14142-14143. doi:10.1021/ja905046n

Wilson, Neil R., Pandey, Priyanka A., Beanland, R., Young, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), Kinloch, Ian A., Gong, Lei, Liu, Zheng, Suenaga, Kazu, Rourke, Jonathan, York, Stephen J. and Sloan, Jeremy (2009) Graphene oxide : structural analysis and application as a highly transparent support for electron microscopy. ACS Nano, Vol.3 (No.9). pp. 2547-2556. doi:10.1021/nn900694t

2008

Mamtora, Jemini, Crosby, Sarah H., Newman, Christopher P., Clarkson, Guy J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2008) Platinum(IV) complexes : C-H activation at low temperatures. Organometallics, Vol.27 (No.21). pp. 5559-5565. doi:10.1021/om800583c

2007

Newman, Christopher P., Deeth, Robert J., Clarkson, Guy J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2007) Synthesis of mixed NHC/L platinum(II) complexes: Restricted rotation of the NHC group. Organometallics, Vol.26 (No.25). pp. 6225-6233. doi:10.1021/om700671y

Newman, Christopher P, Clarkson, Guy J and Rourke, Jonathan (2007) Silver(I) N-heterocyclic carbene halide complexes: a new bonding motif. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Vol.692 (No.22). pp. 4962-4968. doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2007.07.041

Ball, Graham E., Brookes, Christopher M., Cowan, Alexander J., Darwish, Tamim A., George, Michael W., Kawanami, Hajime K., Portius, Peter and Rourke, Jonathan (2007) A delicate balance of complexation vs. activation of alkanes interacting with [Re(Cp)(CO)(PF3)] studied with NMR and time-resolved IR spectroscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol.104 (No.17). pp. 6927-6932. doi:10.1073/pnas.0610212104

Newman, Christopher P., Casey-Green, Katherine, Clarkson, Guy J., Cave, Gareth W. V., Errington, W. and Rourke, Jonathan (2007) Cyclometallated platinum(II) complexes : oxidation to, and C-H activation by, platinum(IV). Dalton Transactions (Number 29). pp. 3170-3182. doi:10.1039/b705609e

2006

McMaster, J., Portius, P., Ball, G. E., Rourke, Jonathan and George, M. W. (2006) Density functional theoretical studies of the Re-Xe bonds in Re(Cp)(CO) (PF3)Xe and Re(Cp)(CO)(2)Xe. ORGANOMETALLICS, 25 (22). pp. 5242-5248. doi:10.1021/om0604851

Randell, Kris, Stanford, Matthew J., Clarkson, Guy J. and Rourke, Jonathan (2006) N-heterocyclic carbenes: Reaction to give anilines. Journal of organometallic chemistry, 691 (16). pp. 3411-3415. doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2006.04.034