Juggling Optoelectronics and Catalysis: The Dual Talents of Bench Stable 1,4‐Azaborinines (2023)
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van Beek, C. M., Swarbrook, A. M., Creissen, C. E., Hawes, C. S., Gazis, T. A., & Matthews, P. D. (2023). Juggling Optoelectronics and Catalysis: The Dual Talents of Bench Stable 1,4‐Azaborinines. Chemistry - A European Journal, 30(8), Article e202301944. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202301944

Boron‐ and nitrogen‐doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (B‐PAHs) have established a strong foothold in the realm of organic electronics. However, their catalytic potential remains largely untapped. In this study, we synthesise and characterise two... Read More about Juggling Optoelectronics and Catalysis: The Dual Talents of Bench Stable 1,4‐Azaborinines.

Colloidal III-V quantum dots: a synthetic perspective (2023)
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Gazis, T. A., Cartlidge, A. J., & Matthews, P. D. (2023). Colloidal III-V quantum dots: a synthetic perspective. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 11(12), 3926-3935. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2tc05234b

With the advent of stricter environmental regulation, quantum dots based on cadmium, lead and other heavy metals have become anathema. III–V semiconductors constitute a promising alternative because they not only match but indeed surpass the optoelec... Read More about Colloidal III-V quantum dots: a synthetic perspective.

Reeling them in: Ph2PSiMe3 in the sequential formation of InP magic-sized clusters (2022)
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Gazis, T. A., & Matthews, P. D. (2022). Reeling them in: Ph2PSiMe3 in the sequential formation of InP magic-sized clusters. Chemical Communications, 58(99), 13799 - 13802. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC06204F

Indium phosphide magic-sized clusters (MSCs) have been identified as a key step in the growth of InP quantum dots (QDs). However, the need for elevated temperatures to form QDs from MSCs has limited our understanding of this transformation. Herein, w... Read More about Reeling them in: Ph2PSiMe3 in the sequential formation of InP magic-sized clusters.

Indium(III) promoted oxidative P-P coupling of silylphosphines (2021)
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Cartlidge, A. J., & Matthews, P. (2022). Indium(III) promoted oxidative P-P coupling of silylphosphines. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 120772 - 120772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2021.120772

The reaction of indium(III) salts with Ph2PSiMe3 and PhP(SiMe3)2 gives rise to a one- and two-electron reductive P-P coupling respectively, with the formation of new P-P bonds resulting in the preparation of (Ph2P)2 and the cyclicoligophosphane compo... Read More about Indium(III) promoted oxidative P-P coupling of silylphosphines.

Chemical Vapor Deposition of Tin Sulfide from Diorganotin(IV) Dixanthates (2018)
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Al-Shakban, M., Matthews, P., Lewis, E., O'Brien, P., Haigh, S., Lewis, D., …Vitorica-Yrezabal, I. (2018). Chemical Vapor Deposition of Tin Sulfide from Diorganotin(IV) Dixanthates. Journal of Materials Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2968-y

We report the synthesis and single-crystal X-ray characterization of diphenyltin bis(2-methoxyethylxanthate) and diphenyltin bis(iso-butylxanthate). These xanthates have been used as a single-source precursor to deposit tin chalcogenide thin films by... Read More about Chemical Vapor Deposition of Tin Sulfide from Diorganotin(IV) Dixanthates.

Exploiting Inherent Instability of 2D Black Phosphorus for Controlled Phosphate Release from Blow-Spun Poly (lactide-co-glycolide) Nanofibers (2018)
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Kamyar, N., Greenhalgh, R., Nascimento, T., Medeiros, E., Matthews, P., Nogueira, L., …Blaker, J. (2018). Exploiting Inherent Instability of 2D Black Phosphorus for Controlled Phosphate Release from Blow-Spun Poly (lactide-co-glycolide) Nanofibers. ACS Applied Nano Material, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.8b00938

Efforts have been made to stabilize black phosphorus (BP) to utilize its tunable band gap and anisotropic mechanical properties. Here, the intrinsic instability of BP is exploited for controlled therapeutic ion release, namely phosphate. BP was incor... Read More about Exploiting Inherent Instability of 2D Black Phosphorus for Controlled Phosphate Release from Blow-Spun Poly (lactide-co-glycolide) Nanofibers.

Energy transfer and photoluminescence properties of lanthanide-containing polyoxotitanate cages coordinated by salicylate ligands (2018)
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Li, N., Wright, D., Reisner, E., Luo, H., Matthews, P., Xiao, J., …Rosser, T. (2018). Energy transfer and photoluminescence properties of lanthanide-containing polyoxotitanate cages coordinated by salicylate ligands. Dalton Transactions, 5679-5686. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8DT00825F

Polyoxotitanate (POT) cages have attracted considerable attention recently; much of this from the fact that they can be considered to be structural models for the technologically important semiconductor TiO2. Among the reported POT cages, lanthanide-... Read More about Energy transfer and photoluminescence properties of lanthanide-containing polyoxotitanate cages coordinated by salicylate ligands.

On the Phase Control of CuInS2 Nanoparticles from Cu-/In-Xanthates (2018)
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Matthews, P., Zhong, X., Vitorica-Yrzebal, I., Al-Shakban, M., Raftery, J., Lewis, D., & O'Brien, P. (2018). On the Phase Control of CuInS2 Nanoparticles from Cu-/In-Xanthates. Dalton Transactions, 5304-5309. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8DT00653A

In this paper we report the synthesis and single-crystal X-ray characterisation of six novel indium(III) xanthate complexes. These xanthates have been used as an In-source for the synthesis of highly crystalline CuInS2 nanoparticles in conjunction wi... Read More about On the Phase Control of CuInS2 Nanoparticles from Cu-/In-Xanthates.

A simple route to complex materials: the synthesis of alkaline earth–transition metal sulfides (2017)
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Al-Shakban, M., Matthews, P., & O'Brien, P. (2017). A simple route to complex materials: the synthesis of alkaline earth–transition metal sulfides. Chemical Communications, 10058-10061. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC05643E

A simple, low-temperature synthesis of a family of alkaline earth metal chalcogenide thin films is reported. These materials have previously only been produced from demanding, high temperature, high pressure reactions. The decomposition of calcium, b... Read More about A simple route to complex materials: the synthesis of alkaline earth–transition metal sulfides.

Updating the road map to metal-halide perovskites for photovoltaics (2017)
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Matthews, P., Lewis, D., & O'Brien, P. (2017). Updating the road map to metal-halide perovskites for photovoltaics. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 17135-17150. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA04544A

Metal-halide perovskites have revolutionised photovoltaics in a short space of time due to their large power-conversion efficiencies and flexibility in device processing. However, questions loom over the deployment of these materials in photovoltaic... Read More about Updating the road map to metal-halide perovskites for photovoltaics.

The synthesis and characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films from melt reactions using xanthate precursors (2017)
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Savjani, N., Zhong, X., Wang, Y., Missous, M., Al-Shakban, M., Matthews, P., & O'Brien, P. (2017). The synthesis and characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films from melt reactions using xanthate precursors. Journal of Materials Science, 12761 - 12771. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1367-0

Kesterite, Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS), is a promising absorber layer for use in photovoltaic cells. We report the use of copper, zinc and tin xanthates in melt reactions to produce Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films. The phase of the as-produced CZTS is dependent on... Read More about The synthesis and characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films from melt reactions using xanthate precursors.

Novel xanthate complexes for the size-controlled synthesis of copper sulfide nanorods (2017)
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Matthews, P., Deogratius, G., McNaughter, P., Rafery, J., O'Brien, P., Vitorica-Yrezabal, I., …Al-Shakban, M. (2017). Novel xanthate complexes for the size-controlled synthesis of copper sulfide nanorods. Inorganic Chemistry, 9247-9254. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01288

We present a simple, easily scalable route to monodisperse copper sulfide nanocrystals by the hot injection of a series of novel copper(I) xanthate single-source precursors [(PPh3)2Cu(S2COR)] (R = isobutyl, 2-methoxyethyl, 2-ethoxyethyl, 1-methoxy-2-... Read More about Novel xanthate complexes for the size-controlled synthesis of copper sulfide nanorods.

Synthesis of Ca(PF6)2, formed via nitrosonium oxidation of calcium (2017)
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Keyzer, E., Matthews, P., Liu, Z., Bond, A., Grey, C., & Wright, D. (2017). Synthesis of Ca(PF6)2, formed via nitrosonium oxidation of calcium. Chemical Communications, 4573-4576. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC01938F

The development of rechargeable Ca-ion batteries as an alternative to Li systems has been limited by the availability of suitable electrolyte salts. We present the synthesis of complexes of Ca(PF6)2 (a key potential Ca battery electrolyte salt) via t... Read More about Synthesis of Ca(PF6)2, formed via nitrosonium oxidation of calcium.

Shining a light on transition metal chalcogenides for sustainable photovoltaics (2017)
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Matthews, P., McNaughter, P., Lewis, D., & O'Brien, P. (2017). Shining a light on transition metal chalcogenides for sustainable photovoltaics. Chemical Science, 4177-4187. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SC00642J

Transition metal chalcogenides are an important family of materials that have received significant interest in recent years as they have the potential for diverse applications ranging from use in electronics to industrial lubricants. One of their mos... Read More about Shining a light on transition metal chalcogenides for sustainable photovoltaics.

The influence of halides in polyoxotitanate cages; dipole moment, splitting and expansion of d-orbitals and electron–electron repulsion (2016)
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Li, N., Luo, H., Wright, D., Hanf, S., & Matthews, P. (2016). The influence of halides in polyoxotitanate cages; dipole moment, splitting and expansion of d-orbitals and electron–electron repulsion. Dalton Transactions, 578-585. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6dt04288k

Metal-doped polyoxotitanate (M-POT) cages have been shown to be efficient single-source precursors to metal-doped titania [TiO2(M)] (state-of-the-art photocatalytic materials) as well as molecular models for the behaviour of dopant metal ions in bulk... Read More about The influence of halides in polyoxotitanate cages; dipole moment, splitting and expansion of d-orbitals and electron–electron repulsion.

Synthetic routes to iron chalcogenide nanoparticles and thin films (2016)
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Matthews, P., Akhtar, M., Malik, M., Revaprasadu, N., & O'Brien, P. (2016). Synthetic routes to iron chalcogenide nanoparticles and thin films. Dalton Transactions, 18803-18812. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6DT03486A

Iron chalcogenides are earth abundant, cheap and environmentally benign materials that have seen extensive research directed toward a range of applications, most notably for photovoltaics. The most common forms of materials for these applications are... Read More about Synthetic routes to iron chalcogenide nanoparticles and thin films.

Novel properties and potential applications of functional ligand-modified polyoxotitanate cages (2016)
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Luo, H., Li, N., Matthews, P., & Wright, D. (2016). Novel properties and potential applications of functional ligand-modified polyoxotitanate cages. Chemical Communications, 11180-11190. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC03788G

Functional ligand-modified polyoxotitanate (L-POT) cages of the general type [TixOy(OR)z(L)m] (OR = alkoxide, L = functional ligand) can be regarded as molecular fragments of surface-sensitized solid-state TiO2, and are of value as models for studyin... Read More about Novel properties and potential applications of functional ligand-modified polyoxotitanate cages.