Coordination Polymers: Design, Analysis and Applications
A new research level book exploring the fascinating field of coordination polymers by Stuart R. Batten, Suzanne M. Neville and David R. Turner.
To be published by the RSC in late 2008. See the official website for details
Core Concepts in Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanotechnology
An introductory textbook for supramolecular chemistry by Jonathan W. Steed, David R. Turner and Karl J. Wallace, published May 2007 by John Wiley & Sons.
‘Core Concepts in Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanochemistry clearly outlines the fundamentals that underlie supramolecular chemistry and nanochemistry and takes an umbrella view of the whole area. This concise textbook traces the fascinating modern practice of the chemistry of the non-covalent bond from its fundamental origins through to it expression in the emergence of nanochemistry’.
See the official book website for details.
First review in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
Career and Education
- 2006 - ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Dr Stuart Batten: ‘Heterobimetallic Coordination Complexes Containing Rare Earth and d-Block Ions’ (DP0665938)
- 2005 - Postdoctoral research with Profs. Peter Junk and Glen Deacon at Monash University.
- 2001-2004 - PhD (King’s College, London) with Prof. Jon Steed: ‘Anion Binding Properties and Solid-State Studies of Novel Urea-Containing Ligands and Derivatives’.
- 1997-2001 - MSci(Hons) (King’s College, London)
Dr Turner is the co-author of 33 scientific papers and two review articles, in addition to the ‘Core Concepts . . .’ textbook (as of June 2008, see publications page). He has been a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry since 2001 and currently holds an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at Monash University. He has presented work at several national and international conferences and has refereed papers for Aust. J. Chem., New J. Chem., Dalton Trans., Chem. Commun. and CrystEngComm. Dr Turner also teaches part of the 4th year honours metallosupramolecular chemistry course.
His current research focuses on the use of small dinitrile ligands for the construction of heterobimetallic networks and hydrogen-bonded systems (see research page).
Recent Publication Highlights
- “Heterotapes – Mixed amide-nitrile hydrogen bonding motifs”, D.R. Turner, S.N. Pek and S.R. Batten, Chem. Asian J., 2007, in press.
- “Temperature dependant synthesis of a ferromagnetically coupled Cu(II) (4,4)-sheet”, A.S.R. Chesman, D.R. Turner, B. Moubaraki, K.S. Murray, G.B. Deacon and S.R. Batten, Chem. Commun., 2007, 3541.
- “Structural diversity in rare-earth benzoate complexes: Part I – Lanthanum”, H. Busskamp, G.B. Deacon, M. Hilder, P.C. Junk, U.A. Kynast, W. Lee and D.R. Turner, CrystEngComm., 2007, 9, 393.
- “Homoleptic 12-coordinate lanthanoids with η2-nitroso ligands”, A.S.R. Chesman, D.R. Turner, E.I. Izgorodina, G.B. Deacon and S.R. Batten, Dalton Trans., 2007, 1371.
- “A conformationally flexible, urea-based tripodal anion receptor”, D.R. Turner, M.J. Paterson and J.W. Steed, J. Org. Chem., 2006, 71, 1598. Listed as one of the highest cited ACS papers of 2006 and 2007.
- “Anion-binding by Ag(I) complexes of urea-substituted pyridyl ligands”, D.R. Turner, B. Smith, I. Radosavljevic-Evans, A.E. Goeta, E.A. Spencer, D.A. Tocher, J.A.K. Howard and J.W. Steed, New. J. Chem., 2005, 1, 90.
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