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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

Influence of fluorinated substituents on the near-infrared phosphorescence of 5d metallocorroles
Krister Engedal Johannessen,
Martin Amund Langaas Johansen,
Rune F. Einrem,
Laura J. McCormick McPherson,
Abraham B. Alemayehu,
Sergey M. Borisov,
& Abhik Ghosh
, 2023 , ACS Organic and Inorganic Au , 3 (5) , 241--245
DOI: 10.1021/acsorginorgau.3c00016
Type: letterEditorial
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
Advanced crystallisation methods for small organic molecules
J. P. Metherall,
R. C. Carroll,
S. J. Coles,
M. J. Hall,
& M. R. Probert
, 2023 , Chemical Society Reviews , 52 (6) , 1995--2010
DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00697a
Type: review
Architectural diversity in the solid-state behaviour of crown ether and [2.2.2]-cryptand complexes of K+TCNQ˙− salts
Bingjia Yan,
Peter Horton,
Simon Weston,
Christopher J. Wedge,
Andrea E. Russell,
& Martin Grossel
, 2022 , CrystEngComm , 24 (38) , 6705--6714
DOI: 10.1039/D2CE00773H
Type: article