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Design, synthesis and evaluation of ratiometric probes for hydrogencarbonate based on europium emission (2004)
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Bretonniere, Y., Cann, M., Parker, D., & Slater, R. (2004). Design, synthesis and evaluation of ratiometric probes for hydrogencarbonate based on europium emission. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2(11), 1624-1632. https://doi.org/10.1039/b400734b

A series of cationic, zwitterionic and anionic macrocyclic europium complexes has been prepared incorporating a N or C- linked acridone chromophore that allows sensitisation of Eu emission following excitation at 390-410nm. Each of these complexes se... Read More about Design, synthesis and evaluation of ratiometric probes for hydrogencarbonate based on europium emission.

Excitement in f block : structure, dynamics and function of nine-coordinate chiral lanthanide complexes in aqueous media (2004)
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Parker, D. (2004). Excitement in f block : structure, dynamics and function of nine-coordinate chiral lanthanide complexes in aqueous media. Chemical Society Reviews, 33(3), 156-165. https://doi.org/10.1039/b311001j

Lanthanide complexation chemistry has been studied intensively over the past 15 years and progress has been stimulated by the advent of well-defined, kinetically robust systems tailored to applications as bioactive probes for magnetic resonance and l... Read More about Excitement in f block : structure, dynamics and function of nine-coordinate chiral lanthanide complexes in aqueous media.

Chemoselective signalling of selected phospho-anions using lanthanide luminescence (2004)
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Atkinson, P., Bretonniere, Y., & Parker, D. (2004). Chemoselective signalling of selected phospho-anions using lanthanide luminescence. Chemical Communications, 438-439

Selectivity in the binding of phosphorylated tyrosine residues to aqua-lanthanide complexes is signalled by changes in spectral form by luminescence emission and H-1 NMR spectroscopy.

Structural analysis of nine-coordinate lanthanide complexes: Steric control of the metal-water distance across the series (2003)
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Parker, D., Puschmann, H., Batsanov, A., & Senanayake, K. (2003). Structural analysis of nine-coordinate lanthanide complexes: Steric control of the metal-water distance across the series. Inorganic Chemistry, 42(26), 8646-8651

The structures of 10 isomorphous lanthanide (Ln) complexes of a chiral DOTA tetra-amide ligand (L-1), [LnL(1)(H2O)](CF3-SO3)(3).3H(2)O, crystallizing in space group P2(1), have been studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The Ln coordination is... Read More about Structural analysis of nine-coordinate lanthanide complexes: Steric control of the metal-water distance across the series.

Luminescent nonacoordinate cationic lanthanide complexes as potential cellular imaging and reactive probes (2003)
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Frias, J., Bobba, G., Cann, M., Hutchison, C., & Parker, D. (2003). Luminescent nonacoordinate cationic lanthanide complexes as potential cellular imaging and reactive probes. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 1(6), 905-907

Nonacoordinate Delta- and Lambda-Eu and Tb complexes have been tested as imaging and reactive probes in mouse fibroblast (NIH 3T3) cells. The uptake of these complexes by the cells was assessed by fluorescence microscopy. Complex-induced DNA damage w... Read More about Luminescent nonacoordinate cationic lanthanide complexes as potential cellular imaging and reactive probes.

The synthesis and characterisation of amphiphilic alpha,alpha-linked sexithiophenes with substituents at the terminal alpha-positions (2003)
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Henze, O., Parker, D., & Feast, W. (2003). The synthesis and characterisation of amphiphilic alpha,alpha-linked sexithiophenes with substituents at the terminal alpha-positions. Journal of materials chemistry, 13(6), 1269-1273

A series of polydisperse amphiphilic alpha,alpha-linked sexithiophenes with an oligoethylene oxide substituent at one terminal alpha-position and a hydrogen atom or a hexyl group at the other have been synthesised via Stille and Suzuki cross coupling... Read More about The synthesis and characterisation of amphiphilic alpha,alpha-linked sexithiophenes with substituents at the terminal alpha-positions.

Correlation of optical and NMR spectral information with coordination variation for axially symmetric macrocyclic Eu(III) and Yb(III) complexes: axial donor polarisability determines ligand field and cation donor preference (2003)
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Dickins, R., Parker, D., Bruce, J., & Tozer, D. (2003). Correlation of optical and NMR spectral information with coordination variation for axially symmetric macrocyclic Eu(III) and Yb(III) complexes: axial donor polarisability determines ligand field and cation donor preference. Dalton Transactions, 1264-1271

In Bleaney's theory of magnetic anisotropy, the second-order crystal field coefficient, B-o(2), is predicted to determine the dipolar NMR shift of paramagnetic lanthanide complexes in solution. This parameter has been measured directly, by analysing... Read More about Correlation of optical and NMR spectral information with coordination variation for axially symmetric macrocyclic Eu(III) and Yb(III) complexes: axial donor polarisability determines ligand field and cation donor preference.

Examination of cobalt, nickel, copper and zinc(II) complex geometry and binding affinity in aqueous media using simple pyridylsulfonamide ligands (2003)
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Congreve, A., Kataky, R., Knell, M., Parker, D., Puschmann, H., Senanayake, K., & Wylie, L. (2003). Examination of cobalt, nickel, copper and zinc(II) complex geometry and binding affinity in aqueous media using simple pyridylsulfonamide ligands. New Journal of Chemistry, 27(1), 98-106

The sixteen neutral ML2 complexes of Co, Ni, Cu and Zn(II) with the p-toluenesulfonamide and trifluoromethylsulfonamide derivatives of 2-aminomethylpyridine (L-1, L-2) and its 6-Me homologue (L-3, L-4) have been characterised by low temperature X-ray... Read More about Examination of cobalt, nickel, copper and zinc(II) complex geometry and binding affinity in aqueous media using simple pyridylsulfonamide ligands.

The nature of the counter-anion can determine the rate of water exchange in a metal aqua complex (2003)
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Barge, A., Botta, M., Parker, D., & Puschmann, H. (2003). The nature of the counter-anion can determine the rate of water exchange in a metal aqua complex. Chemical Communications, 1386-1387

The nature of the counter-anion determines the water exchange rate for a series of cationic gadolinium complexes in aqueous solution, as a consequence of the ordering effect that the anion imposes on the structure of the second hydration sphere.

Representing geotechnical entities on the world wide web (2003)
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Toll, D., & Cubitt, A. (2003). Representing geotechnical entities on the world wide web. Advances in Engineering Software, 34(11-12), 729-736. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0965-9978%2803%2900097-8

This paper describes the development of GeotechML, a mark-up language for representing geotechnical data on the web. GeotechML is a version of XML (Extensible Mark-up Language) specifically targeted at geotechnical engineering. The representation of... Read More about Representing geotechnical entities on the world wide web.

Aqueous solutions of uranium(VI) as studied by time-resolved emission spectroscopy: A round-robin test (2003)
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Billard, I., Ansoborlo, E., Apperson, K., Arpigny, S., Azenha, M., Birch, D., …Mein, G. (2003). Aqueous solutions of uranium(VI) as studied by time-resolved emission spectroscopy: A round-robin test. Applied Spectroscopy, 57(8), 1027-1038

Results of an inter-laboratory round-robin study of the application of time-resolved emission spectroscopy (TRES) to the speciation of uranium(VI) in aqueous media are presented. The round-robin study involved 13 independent laboratories, using vario... Read More about Aqueous solutions of uranium(VI) as studied by time-resolved emission spectroscopy: A round-robin test.