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X-Ray Crystallography National Facility

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Simon Coles

Professor of Structural Chemistry

Research interests

  • Chemical Crystallography
  • Structures under change
  • Quantum Crystallography

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Characterisation and Analytics

Combing specialists from mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction to create a world-class problem solving team.

Research outputs

Synthesis and crystal structures of two related Co and Mn complexes: a celebration of collaboration between the universities of Dakar and Southampton
James B. Orton,
Ngone Diouf,
Rokhaya S. Gueye,
Mohamed Gaye,
Ibrahima Elhadji Thiam,
& Simon J. Coles
, 2023 , Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications , 79 (Pt 12) , 1109--1114
DOI: 10.1107/S2056989023009805
Type: article
Halogen bonding with carbon: directional assembly of non-derivatised aromatic carbon systems into robust supramolecular ladder architectures
Jogirdas Vainauskas,
Tristan H. Borchers,
Mihails Arhangelskis,
Laura J. McCormick McPherson,
Toni S. Spilfogel,
Ehsan Hamzehpoor,
Filip Topić,
Simon J. Coles,
Dmytro F. Perepichka,
Christopher J. Barrett,
& Tomislav Friščić
, 2023 , Chemical Science , 14 (45) , 13031--13041
DOI: 10.1039/d3sc04191c
Type: article
Synthesis and structural characterization of copper complexes containing “R-substituted” Bis-7-azaindolyl borate ligands
Miriam Jackson,
Simon D. Thomas,
Graham J. Tizzard,
Simon J. Coles,
& Gareth R. Owen
, 2023 , Molecules , 28 (12)
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28124825
Type: article
Crystal structure and NMR of an α,δ-peptide foldamer helix shows side-chains are well placed for bifunctional catalysis
Qi Lin,
Hao Lan,
Chunmiao Ma,
Ryan T. Stendall,
Kenneth Shankland,
Rebecca A. Musgrave,
Peter N. Horton,
Carsten Baldauf,
Hans Jörg Hofmann,
Craig P. Butts,
Manuel M. Müller,
& Alexander J.A. Cobb
, 2023 , Angewandte Chemie International Edition , 62 (36)
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202305326
Type: article
2-(2,7-Bis(pyridin-3-ylethynyl)fluoren-9-ylidene)malononitrile
Enrico Podda,
Massimiliano Arca,
Anna Pintus,
Francesca Meloni,
Vito Lippolis,
Giulio Ferino,
James B. Orton,
Simon J. Coles,
& Maria Carla Aragoni
, 2023 , Molbank , 2023 (2)
DOI: 10.3390/M1619
Type: article