The Department of Chemistry

Richard Fairman – Lecturer & Head of Department

Selected Publications

• Lalgee, L.J.; Cox, L.; Fairman, R.A.; Grierson, L.; DPPC monolayer response to non-spanning cobalt-cage metallosurfactants: Electrostatic complex formation Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, (2018)  213, 1-12
• Bent, G-A; Maragh, P; Dasgupta, T; Fairman, R.A.; Grierson, L; Kinetic and density functional theory (DFT) studies of in vitro reactions of acrylamide with the thiols: captopril, L-​cysteine, and glutathione. Toxicology Research (2015), 4(1), 121-131.
• Lalgee, L.J., Grierson, L., Fairman, R.A., Jaggernauth, G. E., Schulte, A., Benz, R., Winterhalter, M.; Synthetic ion transporters: Pore formation in bilayers via coupled activity of non-spanning cobalt-cage amphiphiles. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Biomembr., (2014) 1838(5), 1247-1254.

Research Interests

• Functionalized macrocycles for molecular recognition and membrane transport.
• Gemini and oligomeric surfactants
• Computational Chemistry

Arvind Kumar - Senior Lecturer

Selected Publications

• Schipper, D. E.; Kumar, A.; Whitmire K.H.; et al. (2018) Effects of Catalyst Phase on the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction of Water Splitting: Preparation of Phase-Pure Films of FeP, Fe2P, and Fe3P and Their Relative Catalytic Activities. Chemistry of Materials, 30(10), 3588.
• Kumar, A.; Lal, R. A.; et al. (2018) Synthesis, characterization, structure and properties of heterobimetallic complexes [CuNi(μ-OAc)(μ-OH)(μ-OH2)(bpy)2](BF4)2 and [CuNi(bz)3(bpy)2]ClO4 from 2,2' bipyridine. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1154, 535.
• Kumar, A.; Lal, R. A.; et al. (2017) Bimetallic cis-dioxomolybdenum (VI) complex containing hydrazone ligand: Syntheses, crystal structure and catalytic studies. Inorganic Chemistry Communications 86, 39.
• Kumar, A.; Lal, R. A. et al. (2017) Bimetallic cis-dioxomolybdenum (VI) complex containing hydrazone ligand: Syntheses, crystal structure and catalytic studies. Inorganic Chemistry Communications 86, 39.
• Kumar, A.; Lal, R. A.; et al (2016) Water Soluble Heterobimetallic Complex [CuZn(bz)3(bpy)2]BF4 Catalyzed Selective Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes Mediated by Hydrogen Peroxide in Aqueous Medium in the Absence of a Base and Co- Catalyst. Current Organocatalysis, 3(1), 45.
• Kumar, A.; Sun, S. S.  (2012) Photophysics and Photochemistry of Molecular Recognition and Sensing with Metal-Directed Macrocyclic Systems in Molecular Self-Assembly: Advances and Applications, Alex Li Dequan (Editor), Pan Stanford Publishing Ltd., Singapore, Chapter 10, pp 301.
• Kumar, A.; Borthakur, R.; Koch, A.; Chanu, O. B.; Choudhury, S.; Lemtur, A.; Lal, R. A. (2011)   Synthesis and characterization of heterobimetallic molybdenum and nickel complexes derived from polyfunctional disalicylaldehyde oxaloyldihydrazone.    Journal of Molecular Structure, 999(1-3),  89-97
• Kumar, A.; Sun, S. S.; Less, A. J. (2010) Photophysics and Photochemistry Properties of Organometallic Rhenium Diimine complexes in Photophysics of Organometallics: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry. A. J. Lees (Vol. Editor). 29, 37.
• Kumar, A.; Sun, S. S.; Less, A. J. (2008) Directed assembly metallocyclic supramolecular systems for molecular recognition and chemical sensing. Coordination Chemistry Review, 252, 922.

Research Interest

The current focus in the group is to:

• design novel heterocyclics using multi-component methodology for the treatment of diseases such as Cancer, Alzheimer. 
• synthesise and characterise nanomaterials via the organometallic procedure and its functionalisation.
• design metal coordination directed supramolecules and its application such as catalyst and chemical sensor.
• design highly chromophoric transition metal coordination and organometallic compounds incorporating polypyridyl and hydrazones for dye-sensitized solar cells.
• design Schiff base metal complexes and its application in catalytic organic transformations as well as biological activity such as antifungal and antibacterial.