Brendan Abrahams

Multifunctional Coordination Polymer Exhibiting Reversible Mechanical Motion Allowing Selective Uptake of Guests and Leading to Enhanced Electrical Conductivity.

Robert W Elliott, Ashley L Sutton, Brendan F Abrahams, Deanna M D'Alessandro, Lars Goerigk, Carol Hua, Timothy A Hudson, Richard Robson, Keith F White

Journal article  |  2021  |  Inorg Chem

A remarkably flexible, multifunctional, 2D coordination polymer exhibiting an unprecedented mode of reversible mechanical motion, ..

One-pot pyrolysis synthesis of highly active Ru/RuOX nanoclusters for water splitting

Fengyuan Zhu, Jiangyan Xue, Lingjian Zeng, Jingrui Shang, Shuanglong Lu, Xueqin Cao, Brendan F Abrahams, Hongwei Gu, Jianping Lang

Journal article  |  2021  |  NANO RESEARCH

Using simple methods to obtain efficient catalysts has been a long-standing goal for researchers. In this work, the employment of ..

Alkali metal salts of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid: a structural and educational study.

Brendan F Abrahams, Christopher J Commons, Timothy A Hudson, Robin Sanchez Arlt, Keith F White, Michael Chang, John J Jackowski, Matthew Lee, Shang X Lee, Harrison D Liu, Bill M Mei, Joshua E Meng, Lincoln Poon, Xiaolin Xu, Zekai Yu

Journal article  |  2021  |  Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry

As part of an educational exercise designed to introduce school students to the technique of single-crystal X-ray diffraction and ..

|The elusive crystals of calcium acetate hemihydrate: chiral rods linked by parallel hydrophilic strips

Brendan F Abrahams, Christopher J Commons, Timothy A Hudson, Robin W Sanchez Arlt

Journal article  |  2021  |  CRYSTENGCOMM

Calcium acetate hemihydrate is found in the efflorescent salts that form on pottery and other calcareous heritage artefacts. The f..

Tuning Charge-State Localization in a Semiconductive Iron(III)-Chloranilate Framework Magnet Using a Redox-Active Cation

Martin P van Koeverden, Brendan F Abrahams, Deanna M D'Alessandro, Patrick W Doheny, Carol Hua, Timothy A Hudson, Guy NL Jameson, Keith S Murray, Wasinee Phonsri, Richard Robson, Ashley L Sutton

Journal article  |  2020  |  CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

The elucidation of mechanisms to modulate the properties of multifunctional electroactive, conductive, and magnetic porous materia..

A new fluorone-based bridging ligand for discrete and polymeric assemblies including Mo and W based [4 4] metallocycles

Ashley L Sutton, Brendan F Abrahams, Timothy A Hudson, Richard Robson

Journal article  |  2020  |  NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Redox-active ligands are of interest for their ability to link metal centres and generate electroactive materials. We report the s..

Semi-conducting mixed-valent X(4)TCNQ(I-/II-)(X = H, F) charge-transfer complexes with C6H2(NH2)(4)

Ashley L Sutton, Brendan F Abrahams, Deanna M D'Alessandro, Lars Goerigk, Timothy A Hudson, Richard Robson, Pavel M Usov

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C

We report further characterisation on the previously described [C6H2(NH2)4][TCNQ] charge-transfer (CT) complex. An in-depth analys..

The Effect of Sterically Active Ligand Substituents on Gas Adsorption within a Family of 3D Zn-Based Coordination Polymers

Brendan F Abrahams, Ravichandar Babarao, A David Dharma, Jessica L Holmes, Timothy A Hudson, Helen E Maynard-Casely, Forbes McGain, Richard Robson, Keith F White

Journal article  |  2020  |  Inorganic Chemistry

An investigation of the adsorption properties of two structurally related, 3D coordination polymers of composition Zn(2-Mehba) and..

Complementarity in Cyclotricatechylene Assemblies: Symmetric Cages Linked within 3D Cubic Hydrogen Bonded Networks

Jessica L Holmes, Steven M Russell, Brendan F Abrahams, Timothy A Hudson, Keith F White

Journal article  |  2020  |  CHEMISTRY-SWITZERLAND

A serendipitous discovery has led to the generation of a family of four compounds in which six components combine to form symmetri..

Clam-like Cyclotricatechylene-based Capsules: Identifying the Roles of Protonation State and Guests as well as the Drivers for Stability and (Anti-)Cooperativity

Nisha Mehta, Brendan F Abrahams, Lars Goerigk

Journal article  |  2020  |  CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL

Cyclotricatechylene (ctcH6 ) is a bowl-shaped macrocyclic compound that can be used as a building block for self-assembled capsule..