Dr Chris Hawes
- Title
- Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry
- Location
- Lennard Jones: 1.38
- Role
- Programme Director for Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
- Contact me
- Try my office or arrange an appointment by email
- Phone
- +44 (0)1782 732820
- c.s.hawes@keele.ac.uk
Biography
Biography
I completed my PhD in Chemistry at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand in 2012 under the supervision of Prof Paul Kruger, where I studied the coordination chemistry of pyrazole and indazole ligands in helicates and coordination polymers. Afterwards, I spent 3 years as a postdoctoral researcher at Monash University, Australia working on Metal-Organic Frameworks for carbon dioxide capture in the groups of Prof Stuart Batten and Dr David Turner, on a collaborative project funded by the Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF).
In 2015 I relocated to Trinity College Dublin, Ireland to take up an Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, working with the group of Prof Thorri Gunnlaugsson on fluorescent coordination polymers for chemical sensing. Following this I was appointed as a Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences at Keele University in late 2017.
For more information on my group, please visit the Hawes Research Group website
Research and scholarship
Research and scholarship
My research interests are based in supramolecular coordination chemistry and the synthesis of functional and responsive materials. In general, my research projects involve a substantial component of single-crystal X-ray crystallography, using laboratory and synchrotron sources, to probe the fascinating structural chemistry of these systems. As well as a large synthetic chemistry component, my research involves a wide variety of physical and spectroscopic characterisation techniques, and research projects can readily be tailored to the particular interests of students.
My current research is focused in two broad categories:
1) Metal-Organic Frameworks for adsorption, extraction and separation
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are an exciting class of coordination compounds in which metal ions are linked by bridging ligands into crystalline, polymeric networks. These materials contain nanoscale pores which can be chemically tailored for carrying out specific functions. As well as their excellent potential for CO2 capture, my interest in these materials is their ability to selectively extract and concentrate dissolved species from the solution phase, which has particular relevance for chemical separation and extraction technologies. I am especially interested in developing new ligand systems for these materials, to incorporate additional chemical functionality or unusual structural properties.
2) Fluorescent sensing in coordination polymers and polynuclear coordination compounds
Fluorescent sensors are an attractive prospect for a broad range of applications, including environmental monitoring, quality assurance and security, because of the excellent sensitivity which can be achieved in these systems. My goal is to use the principles of host-guest chemistry and a class of particularly environment-sensitive fluorophores to develop fluorescent sensors for weakly-interacting analytes which do not undergo strong analyte-fluorophore interactions. These sensors are constructed within metallo-supramolecular systems, including cages, MOFs and metallogels, giving wide scope for utility. Mixtures containing organic analytes which are incapable of quenching fluorescence (thereby being difficult to detect) are particularly interesting targets for this study.
Teaching
Teaching
CHE10065 Environmental and Sustainable Chemistry
CHE10085 Chemistry Connections
CHE20037 Industrial Chemistry
CHE20055 Molecular Chemistry and Reactions
CHE30043 Materials Chemistry and Catalysis
CHE30056 Advanced Physical and Inorganic Chemistry (Module Leader)
CHE30050 Chemistry/Medicinal Chemistry Research Project
CHE40021 MChem Research Project (Module Leader)
CHE40034 MChem Medicinal Chemistry Research Project (Module Leader)
CHE40048 Advanced Topics in Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
Publications
Publications
Journal Articles
- Perera, Kumudu S.; Vidanapathirana, Kamal P.; Adams, Lewis J.; Hawes, Chris S.; Balakrishnan, Nilanthy. 01-09-2024. 'Symmetric double-layer capacitor with natural rubber and sodium salt-based solid polymer electrolyte and reduced graphene oxide electrodes'. Journal of Energy Storage. DOI > view in repository >
- Henwood, Adam F.; Curtin, Niamh; Estalayo-Adrián, Sandra; Savyasachi, Aramballi J.; Gudmundsson, Tómas A.; Lovitt, June I.; Sigurvinsson, L. Constance; Dalton, Hannah L.; Hawes, Chris S.; Jacquemin, Denis; O’Shea, Donal F.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. 01-02-2024. 'Time-resolved fluorescence imaging with color-changing, “turn-on/turn-on” AIE nanoparticles'. Chem. DOI > view in repository >
- van Beek, Chloe M; Swarbrook, Amelia M; Creissen, Charles E; Hawes, Chris S; Gazis, Theodore A; Matthews, Peter David. 05-12-2023. 'Juggling Optoelectronics and Catalysis: The Dual Talents of Bench Stable 1,4‐Azaborinines'. Chemistry – A European Journal. DOI > view in repository >
- Radnović, Nikola D.; Hawes, Chris S.; Kordić, Branko B.; Bogdanović, Milica G.; Barta Holló, Berta; Radanović, Mirjana M.; Škorić, Dušan Đ.; Jović, Branislav D.; Rodić, Marko V.. . 'Synthesis, Characterization, and Impact of Water on the Stability of Postmodified Schiff Base Containing Metal–Organic Frameworks'. Inorganics. DOI > view in repository >
- Wood, Oskar G.; Jones, Leanne; Hawes, Chris S.. . 'Supporting coordination through hydrogen bonding in lanthanide complexes of 7-azaindole- N -oxide †'. CrystEngComm. DOI > view in repository >
- Brennan, Luke E.; Kumawat, Lokesh K.; Piatek, Magdalena E.; Kinross, Airlie J.; McNaughton, Daniel A.; Marchetti, Luke; Geraghty, Conor; Wynne, Conor; Tong, Hua; Kavanagh, Oisín N.; O’Sullivan, Finbarr; Hawes, Chris S.; Gale, Philip A.; Kavanagh, Kevin; Elmes, Robert B.P.. . 'Potent antimicrobial effect induced by disruption of chloride homeostasis'. Chem. DOI > view in repository >
- Coles, Alec; Wood, Oskar; Hawes, Chris. 29-09-2023. 'Ligands containing 7-azaindole functionality for inner-sphere hydrogen bonding: structural and photophysical investigations'. Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society. DOI > view in repository >
- Benckendorff, Caecilie M. M.; Hawes, Chris S.; Smith, Mark; Miller, Gavin J.. 31-05-2023. 'Chemical Diversification of Carbocyclic Fluorinated Pyrimidine Nucleosides: Introducing 2'-Arabino Analogues and Ring Unsaturation'. SYNLETT. DOI > view in repository >
- Swarbrook, Amelia M.; Weekes, Rohan J.; Goodwin, Jack W.; Hawes, Chris S.. 17-01-2022. 'Ligand isomerism fine-tunes structure and stability in zinc complexes of fused pyrazolopyridines'. Dalton Transactions. DOI > view in repository >
- Lynes, Amy D.; Lovitt, June I.; Rotella, Chiara; Boland, John J.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur; Hawes, Chris S.. 01-01-2022. 'Crystal engineering studies of a series of pyridine-3,5-dicarboxamide ligands possessing alkyl ester arms, and their coordination chemistry'. RESULTS IN CHEMISTRY. DOI > view in repository >
- Dalton, Hannah L.; Hawes, Chris S.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. 02-08-2017. 'Crystal Engineering of 6-Carboxy-4-aryl-2,2′-bipyridine Complexes: Potent Chelators with Intrinsic Intermolecular Affinity'. Crystal Growth & Design. DOI > view in repository >
- Boer, Stephanie A.; Nolvachai, Yada; Kulsing, Chadin; McCormick, Laura J.; Hawes, Chris S.; Marriott, Philip J.; Turner, David R.. 01-09-2014. 'Liquid-Phase Enantioselective Chromatographic Resolution Using Interpenetrated, Homochiral Framework Materials'. Chemistry - A European Journal. DOI > view in repository >
- McCormick, Laura J.; Duyker, Samuel G.; Thornton, Aaron W.; Hawes, Chris S.; Hill, Matthew R.; Peterson, Vanessa K.; Batten, Stuart R.; Turner, David. R.. 12-08-2014. 'Ultramicroporous MOF with High Concentration of Vacant CuII Sites'. Chemistry of Materials. DOI > view in repository >
- Bryant, Macguire R.; Burrows, Andrew D.; Fitchett, Christopher M.; Hawes, Chris S.; Hunter, Sally O.; Keenan, Luke L.; Kelly, David J.; Kruger, Paul E.; Mahon, Mary F.; Richardson, Christopher. . 'The synthesis and characterisation of coordination and hydrogen-bonded networks based on 4-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)benzoic acid'. Dalton Transactions. DOI > view in repository >
- Beeching, Lianna J.; Hawes, Chris S.; Turner, David R.; Batten, Stuart R.. . 'The influence of anion, ligand geometry and stoichiometry on the structure and dimensionality of a series of AgI-bis(cyanobenzyl)piperazine coordination polymers'. CrystEngComm. DOI > view in repository >
- Hsu, Chien-Wei; Longhi, Elena; Sinn, Stephan; Hawes, Chris S.; Young, David C.; Kruger, Paul E.; Cola, Luisa De. 04-07-2017. 'Pyrazolo[4,3-h]quinoline Ligand-Based Iridium(III) Complexes for Electrochemiluminescence'. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Moubaraki, Boujemaa; Murray, Keith S.; Kruger, Paul E.; Turner, David R.; Batten, Stuart R.. 05-11-2014. 'Exploiting the Pyrazole-Carboxylate Mixed Ligand System in the Crystal Engineering of Coordination Polymers'. Crystal Growth & Design. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris; Chen, Cherry; Tran, Andrew; Turner, David. 04-03-2014. 'Hydrogen-Bonding Motifs in Piperazinediium Salts'. Crystals. DOI > view in repository >
- Russell, Mark E.; Hawes, Chris S.; Ferguson, Alan; Polson, Matthew I. J.; Chilton, Nicholas F.; Moubaraki, Boujemaa; Murray, Keith S.; Kruger, Paul E.. 01-01-2013. 'Synthesis, structural and magnetic characterisation of iron(ii/iii), cobalt(ii) and copper(ii) cluster complexes of the polytopic ligand: N-(2-pyridyl)-3-carboxypropanamide'. Dalton Transactions. DOI > view in repository >
- McCarney, Eoin P.; Hawes, Chris S.; Blasco, Salvador; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. . 'Synthesis and structural studies of 1,4-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,3-triazole dpt and its transition metal complexes; a versatile and subtly unsymmetric ligand'. Dalton Transactions. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Kruger, Paul E.. 22-03-2013. 'Synthesis and characterisation of dinuclear Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) unsaturated helical complexes from a novel dipyridyl-bispyrazole ligand'. Polyhedron. DOI > view in repository >
- Shanmugaraju, Sankarasekaran; Hawes, Chris S.; Savyasachi, Aramballi J.; Blasco, Salvador; Kitchen, Jonathan A.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. . 'Supramolecular coordination polymers using a close to ‘V-shaped’ fluorescent 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger's base scaffold'. Chemical Communications. DOI > view in repository >
- Barry, Dawn E.; Hawes, Chris S.; Blasco, Salvador; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. 07-09-2016. 'Structure Direction, Solvent Effects, and Anion Influences in Halogen-Bonded Adducts of 2,6-Bis(iodoethynyl)pyridine'. Crystal Growth & Design. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; White, Keith F.; Abrahams, Brendan F.; Knowles, Gregory P.; Chaffee, Alan L.; Batten, Stuart R.; Turner, David R.. . 'Structural chemistry and selective CO2uptake of a piperazine-derived porous coordination polymer'. CrystEngComm. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Batten, Stuart R.; Turner, David R.. 01-01-2014. 'Self-assembly of discrete and polymeric metallosupramolecular architectures from cyclen-derived ligands'. CrystEngComm. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Kruger, Paul E.. . 'Preparation of open and closed forms of the lvt network with Cu(II) complexes of structurally related 1,2-diazole ligands'. RSC Advances. DOI > view in repository >
- Shanmugaraju, Sankarasekaran; McAdams, Deirdre; Pancotti, Francesca; Hawes, Chris S.; Veale, Emma B.; Kitchen, Jonathan A.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. . 'One-pot facile synthesis of 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide derived Tröger's bases via a nucleophilic displacement approach'. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. 13-04-2017. 'Multichannel Luminescent Lanthanide Polymers as Ratiometric Sensors for D2O'. CHEM. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Knowles, Gregory P.; Chaffee, Alan L.; Turner, David R.; Batten, Stuart R.. 01-07-2015. 'Modulating Porosity through Conformer-Dependent Hydrogen Bonding in Copper(II) Coordination Polymers'. Crystal Growth & Design. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Nolvachai, Yada; Kulsing, Chadin; Knowles, Gregory P.; Chaffee, Alan L.; Marriott, Philip J.; Batten, Stuart R.; Turner, David R.. 01-01-2014. 'Metal–organic frameworks as stationary phases for mixed-mode separation applications'. Chemical Communications. DOI > view in repository >
- Calatrava-Pérez, Elena; Acherman, Stefan; Stricker, Lucas; McManus, Gavin; Delente, Jason; Lynes, Amy D.; Henwood, Adam F.; Lovitt, June I.; Hawes, Chris S.; Byrne, Kevin; Schmitt, Wolfgang; Kotova, Oxana; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur; Scanlan, Eoin M.. . 'Fluorescent supramolecular hierarchical self-assemblies from glycosylated 4-amino- and 4-bromo-1,8-naphthalimides'. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Ako, Ayuk M.; Hawes, Chris S.; Twamley, Brendan; Schmitt, Wolfgang. . 'Facile adaptation of 1D Mn(ii) chain motifs to form 3D azo-pyridine-based coordination polymers'. CrystEngComm. DOI > view in repository >
- Boer, Stephanie A.; Hawes, Chris S.; Turner, David R.. . 'Engineering entanglement: controlling the formation of polycatenanes and polyrotaxanes using π interactions'. Chem. Commun.. DOI > view in repository >
- Slyusarchuk, Valentyna D.; Hawes, Chris S.. 18-01-2022. 'Fecht's acid revisited: a spirocyclic dicarboxylate for non-aromatic MOFs'. CrystEngComm. DOI > view in repository >
- Klein-Hitpaß, Marcel; Lynes, Amy D.; Hawes, Chris S.; Byrne, Kevin; Schmitt, Wolfgang; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. 01-02-2018. 'A Schiff-base cross-linked supramolecular polymer containing diiminophenol compartments and its interaction with copper(II) ions'. Supramolecular Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Nolvachai, Yada; Kulsing, Chadin; Hawes, Chris S.; Batten, Stuart R.; Turner, David R.; Marriott, Philip J.. 01-06-2017. 'Selectivity differences of coordination compound stationary phases for polyaromatic hydrocarbons and polar analytes in gas and liquid phases'. Journal of Chromatography A. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Kruger, Paul E.. 21-11-2014. 'Discrete and polymeric Cu(II) complexes featuring substituted indazole ligands: their synthesis and structural chemistry'. DALTON TRANSACTIONS. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Kruger, Paul. 26-02-2014. 'Dimensionality Variation in Dinuclear Cu(II) Complexes of a Heterotritopic Pyrazolate Ligand'. Crystals. DOI > view in repository >
- Kelly, Niamh R.; Goetz, Sandrine; Hawes, Chris S.; Kruger, Paul E.. 01-07-2013. 'Acid directed in situ oxidation and decarboxylation of 4,4′,6,6′-tetra-methyl-2,2′-bipyridine: Synthesis and structural characterisation of 4,4′,6-tri-carboxy-2,2′-bipyridine and its copper(II) coordination polymer'. Inorganica Chimica Acta. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Kruger, Paul E.. 01-01-2013. 'Discrete and Polymeric Cu(II) Coordination Complexes with a Flexible bis-(pyridylpyrazole) Ligand: Structural Diversity and Unexpected Solvothermal Reactivity'. Australian Journal of Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Chilton, Nicholas F.; Moubaraki, Boujemaa; Knowles, Gregory P.; Chaffee, Alan L.; Murray, Keith S.; Batten, Stuart R.; Turner, David R.. . 'Coordination polymers from a highly flexible alkyldiamine-derived ligand: structure, magnetism and gas adsorption studies'. Dalton Transactions. DOI > view in repository >
- Emerson, Adrian J.; Hawes, Chris S.; Knowles, Gregory P.; Chaffee, Alan L.; Batten, Stuart R.; Turner, David R.. . 'Coordination polymers from a flexible alkyldiamine-derived ligand'. CrystEngComm. DOI > view in repository >
- Lynes, Amy D.; Hawes, Chris S.; Ward, Edward N.; Haffner, Benjamin; Möbius, Matthias E.; Byrne, Kevin; Schmitt, Wolfgang; Pal, Robert; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. . 'Benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide n-alkyl ester and carboxylic acid derivatives: tuneable structural, morphological and thermal properties'. CrystEngComm. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawkins, Paige R; Hawes, Chris S; Matthews, Peter David. 11-02-2025. 'Exploring Supramolecular Frustrated Lewis Pairs'. ChemPlusChem. DOI > view in repository >
- Ramírez Lázaro, Laura; Sigurvinsson, L. Constance; Curtin, Niamh; Ho, Joanna; Luis, Ena T; McAdams, Deirdre A.; Gudmundsson, Tómas A; Hawes, Chris S; Jacquemin, Denis; O'Shea, Donal F; Scanlan, Eoin M.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur; Henwood, Adam F. 26-11-2024. 'Emissive triphenylamine functionalised 1,8-naphthalimide and naphthalene diimide fluorophores: aggregation, computation and biological studies.'. Journal of materials chemistry. B. DOI > view in repository >
- Hegarty, Isabel N.; Hawes, Chris S.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. 09-03-2023. 'Synthesis of α-amino acid derived (1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-picolinamide (tzpa) ligands and their corresponding luminescent Tb(iii) complexes'. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS. DOI > view in repository >
- Wood, Oskar G.; Hawes, Chris S.. 21-12-2022. 'Fused aza-heterocyclic ligands: expanding the MOF chemist's toolbox'. CrystEngComm. DOI > view in repository >
- Ahmadipour, Sanaz; Wahart, AJC; Dolan, JP; Beswick, Laura; Hawes, CS; Field, RA; Miller, GJ. 30-09-2022. 'Synthesis of C6-modified mannose 1-phosphates and evaluation of derived sugar nucleotides against GDP-mannose dehydrogenase.'. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Brightwell, Dominic F.; Truccolo, Giada; Samanta, Kushal; Fenn, Elliott J.; Holder, Simon J.; Shepherd, Helena J.; Hawes, Chris S.; Palma, Aniello. 30-08-2022. 'A Reversibly Porous Supramolecular Peptide Framework**'. Chemistry – A European Journal. DOI > view in repository >
- Chernobryva, Mariya; Motevalli, Majid; Hawes, Chris S.; Watkinson, Michael. 05-07-2022. 'An investigation into the coordination chemistry of tripodal “click” triazole ligands with Mn, Ni, Co and Zn ions'. Journal of Molecular Structure. DOI > view in repository >
- Klangwart, Niklas; Ruijs, Céline; Hawes, Chris S.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur; Kotova, Oxana. 02-01-2022. 'Tripodal 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxamide ligand with dipicolinic acid units and its binding with Eu(III) ions'. Supramolecular Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Guinan, Mieke; Huang, Ningwu; Hawes, Chris S.; Lima, Marcelo A.; Smith, Mark; Miller, Gavin J.. 22-11-2021. 'Chemical synthesis of 4′-thio and 4′-sulfinyl pyrimidine nucleoside analogues'. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Kumawat, Lokesh K.; Wynne, Conor; Cappello, Emanuele; Fisher, Peter; Brennan, Luke E.; Strofaldi, Alessandro; McManus, Jennifer J.; Hawes, Chris S.; Jolliffe, Katrina A.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur; Elmes, Robert B. P.. 12-07-2021. 'Squaramide‐Based Self‐Associating Amphiphiles for Anion Recognition'. ChemPlusChem. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 01-04-2021. 'Coordination Sphere Hydrogen Bonding as a Structural Element in Metal-Organic Frameworks'. Dalton Transactions. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 17-03-2021. 'Supramolecular aggregation properties of 4-(N-morpholino)-1,8-naphthalimide based fluorescent materials'. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. DOI > view in repository >
- Goodwin, Jack W.; Kruger, Paul E.; Hawes, Chris S. 28-12-2020. 'Structural and spectroscopic insights on the coordination chemistry of the rigid heterotopic chelating ligand 1H-pyrazolo[4,3-h]quinoline'. JOURNAL OF COORDINATION CHEMISTRY. DOI > view in repository >
- Yuan, Danlei; Cai, Ningqi; Xu, Jingxi; Miao, Danyang; Zhang, Sheng; Woodfine, Sian E.; Plana, Daniela; Hawes, Chris S.; Watkinson, Michael. 01-06-2020. 'A Series of Manganese(III) Salen Complexes as a Result of Team-Based Inquiry in a Transnational Education Programme.'. ChemPlusChem. DOI > view in repository >
- Hegarty, Isabel N.; Dalton, Hannah L.; Lynes, Amy D.; Haffner, Benjamin; Möbius, Matthias E.; Hawes, Chris S.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. 20-05-2020. 'Balancing connectivity with function in silver(i) networks of pyridyltriazole (tzpa) ligands results in the formation of a metallogel'. Dalton Transactions. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 07-05-2020. 'Cyclic Aliphatic Hydrocarbons as Linkers in Metal-Organic Frameworks: New Frontiers for Ligand Design.'. Chempluschem. DOI > view in repository >
- Fang, Le; Trigiante, Giuseppe; Crespo-Otero, Rachel; Hawes, Chris S.; Philpott, Michael P.; Jones, Christopher R.; Watkinson, Michael. 21-12-2019. 'Endoplasmic reticulum targeting fluorescent probes to image mobile Zn2+'. Chemical Science. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 14-09-2019. 'Synthesis, coordination chemistry and photophysical properties of naphtho-fused pyrazole ligands'. CrystEngComm. DOI > view in repository >
- Hegarty, Isabel N.; Dalton, Hannah L.; Henwood, Adam F.; Hawes, Chris S.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. 18-08-2019. 'Unexpected linkage isomerism in chiral tetranuclear bis-tridentate (1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-picolinamide (tzpa) grids'. Chemical Communications. DOI > view in repository >
- Chen, Peng; Ge, Wei; Lu, Yangyang; Wu, Zhenghui; Xu, Jiachen; Woodfine, Sian E.; Darton, Richard J.; Hawes, Chris S.. 19-03-2019. 'Substituent effects in the zinc(II) coordination chemistry of isomeric pyridylpyrazole ligands'. Journal of Coordination Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Calatrava-Perez, Elena; Delente, Jason M.; Shanmugaraju, Sankarasekaran; Hawes, Chris S.; Williams, Clive D.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur; Scanlan, Eoin M.. 28-02-2019. 'Glycosylated naphthalimides and naphthalimide Tröger's bases as fluorescent aggregation probes for Con A.'. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 31-01-2019. 'Correction: Glycosylated naphthalimides and naphthalimide Tröger's bases as fluorescent aggregation probes for Con A.'. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 14-01-2019. 'Crystallographic studies of 2-picolyl substituted naphthalene diimide and bis-phthalimide ligands and their supramolecular coordination chemistry'. CrystEngComm. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 28-12-2018. 'Exploring the reversible host-guest chemistry of a crystalline octanuclear Ag(I) metallosupramolecular macrocycle formed from a simple pyrazinylpyridine ligand'. Dalton Transactions. DOI > view in repository >
- Emerson, Adrian J.; Hawes, Chris S.; Marshall, Marc; Knowles, Gregory P.; Chaffee, Alan L.; Batten, Stuart R.; Turner, David R.. 09-10-2018. 'A high-connectivity approach to a hydrolytically stable Metal-Organic Framework for CO2 capture from flue gas'. Chemistry of Materials. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 07-09-2018. 'Solution-State Anion Recognition, and Structural Studies, of a Series of Electron-Rich meta-Phenylene Bis(phenylurea) Receptors and Their Self-Assembled Structures.'. Journal Of Organic Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 14-08-2018. 'Tetraarylpyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles as versatile and responsive fluorescent linkers in Metal-Organic Frameworks'. Dalton Transactions. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Lynes, Amy D.; Byrne, Kevin; Schmitt, Wolfgang; Ryan, Gavin; Möbius, Matthias E.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. 04-06-2018. 'A resilient and luminescent stimuli-responsive hydrogel from a heterotopic 1,8-naphthalimide-derived ligand'. Chemical Communications. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 17-05-2018. 'The 4-pyridonyl group as a multifunctional electron donor in 1,8-naphthalimide-based photoluminescent and mechanically interlocked coordination compounds'. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. DOI > view in repository >
- Engstrom, Jordan R.; Savyasachi, Aramballi J.; Parhizkar, Marzieh; Sutti, Alessandra; Hawes, Chris S.; White, Jonathan M.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur; Pfeffer, Frederick M.. 16-05-2018. 'Norbornene chaotropic salts as low molecular mass ionic organogelators (LMIOGs)'. Chemical Science. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 06-04-2018. 'Synthesis, structural characterisation and antiproliferative activity of a new fluorescent 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger's base-Ru(ii)-curcumin organometallic conjugate'. Chemical Communications. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 03-04-2018. 'Anisotropic Thermal and Guest-Induced Responses of an Ultramicroporous Framework with Rigid Linkers'. Chemistry - A European Journal. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 12-03-2018. 'Coordination chemistry of flexible benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide derived carboxylates; notable structural resilience and vaguely familiar packing motifs'. Dalton Transactions. DOI > view in repository >
- McCarney, Eoin P.; Hawes, Chris S.; Kitchen, Jonathan A.; Byrne, Kevin; Schmitt, Wolfgang; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. 06-03-2018. 'A Lanthanide Luminescent Cation Exchange Material Derived from a Flexible Tricarboxylic Acid 2,6-Bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine (btp) Tecton'. Inorganic Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Barry, Dawn E.; Hawes, Chris S.; Byrne, Joseph P.; la Cour Poulsen, Bjørn; Ruether, Manuel; O'Brien, John E.; Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur. 21-05-2017. 'A folded [2 x 2] metallo-supramolecular grid from a bis-tridentate (1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-picolinamide (tzpa) ligand'. Dalton Transactions. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 01-02-2017. 'Coordination chemistry of N-picolyl-1,8-naphthalimides: colourful low molecular weight metallo-gelators and unique chelation behaviours'. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.. 07-11-2016. 'Flexible Porous Coordination Polymers from Divergent Photoluminescent 4-Oxo-1,8-naphthalimide Ligands'. Inorganic Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Knowles, Gregory P.; Chaffee, Alan L.; White, Keith F.; Abrahams, Brendan F.; Batten, Stuart R.; Turner, David R.. 26-09-2016. 'Porous Polyrotaxane Coordination Networks Containing Two Distinct Conformers of a Discontinuously Flexible Ligand'. Inorganic Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Hamilton, Sophie E.; Hicks, Jamie; Knowles, Gregory P.; Chaffee, Alan L.; Turner, David R.; Batten, Stuart R.. 05-07-2016. 'Coordination Chemistry and Structural Dynamics of a Long and Flexible Piperazine-Derived Ligand'. Inorganic Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Hawes, Chris S.; Kruger, Paul E.. 02-12-2015. 'Metallosupramolecular architectures based upon new 2-(1-pyrazolyl)-benzimidazole chelating ligands'. Supramolecular Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
- Slyusarchuk, V. D.; O’Brien, B. J.; Hawes, Chris S.. . 'Supramolecular structural influences from remote functionality in coordination complexes of 4-picolylamine ligands'. JOURNAL OF COORDINATION CHEMISTRY. DOI > view in repository >
- King, Andi D.; Woodfine, Sian E.; Hawes, Chris S.. . 'Coordination chemistry of a fused triazolopyrazine ligand favoring structural anion···π interactions'. Journal of Coordination Chemistry. DOI > view in repository >
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Dr Natalie Capel
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733584
Email : n.j.capel@keele.ac.uk
Forensic Science
Sue Shemilt
Email: s.shemilt@keele.ac.uk
Physics and Astrophysics
Dr Juliana Morbec
Email : physics@keele.ac.uk or j.morbec@keele.ac.uk