2021 (to date)

• L. Bondì, S. Brooker and F. Totti, Accurate prediction of T_1/2 variation with pressure in solid state spin crossover by ab initio methods: the [Co^II(dpzca)₂] case, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, out online 22 Sept 2021. DOI: 10.1039/D1TC03467G
• S. Singh and S. Brooker, Correlations between ligand field Δ_O, spin crossover T_1/2 and redox potential E_pa in a family of five dinuclear helicates, Chemical Science, 12, 10919-10929, 2021. DOI: 10.1039/D1SC01458G.
• A. M. Abudayyeh, O. Schott, H. L. C. Feltham, G. S. Hanan and S. Brooker, Copper catalysts for photo- and electro-catalytic hydrogen production, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 1015-1029, 2021. DOI: 10.1039/D0QI01247E
• S. Rodríguez-Jiménez, M. S. Bennington, A. Akbarinejad, E. J. Tay, E. Chan, Z. Wan, A. M. Abudayyeh, P. Baek, H. L. C. Feltham, D. Barker, K. C. Gordon, J. Travas-Sejdic and S. Brooker, Electroactive metal complexes covalently attached to conductive PEDOT films: a spectroelectrochemical study, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, 1301–1313, 2021. doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c16317

2020 

• L. Bondì, A. L. Garden, P. Jerabek, F. Totti and S. Brooker, Quantitative and chemically intuitive evaluation of the nature of M-L bonds in paramagnetic compounds: application of EDA-NOCV theory to spin crossover complexes, Chemistry – A European Journal, 26, 13677–13685, 2020. doi: 10.1002/chem.202002146
• J. Rinck, J. A. Kitchen, Y. Lan, A. B. Carter, C. E. Anson, K. Fink, S. Brooker and A. K. Powell, Di- and tri-nuclear V^III and Cr^III complexes of dipyridyltriazoles: ligand rearrangements, mixed valency and ferromagnetic coupling, Frontiers in Chemistry (invited contribution, refereed as usual, to special issue on Women in Science; IF 3.87), 8, article number 540, 2020. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00540
• S. Sundaresan, J.A. Kitchen and S. Brooker, Hydrophobic tail length in spin crossover active iron(II) complexes predictably tunes T_1/2 in solution and enables surface immobilization, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 7, 2050-2059, 2020. DOI: 10.1039/C9QI01478K
• R. G. Miller, M. R. Warren, D. Allan and S. Brooker, Direct crystallographic observation of CO₂ captured in zig zag channels of a copper(I) Metal-Organic Framework, Inorganic Chemistry, 59, 6376–6381, 2020. doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00471
• S. Dhers, R. K. Wilson, M. Rouzières, R. Clérac and S. Brooker, A one-dimensional coordination polymer assembled from a macrocyclic Mn(III) Single-Molecule Magnet and terephthalate, (invited contribution, refereed as usual, to special issue ‘Crystalline Molecular Materials: From Structure to Function’), Crystal Growth and Design (invited contribution, refereed as usual, to virtual special issue on Crystalline Molecular Materials: From Structure to Function), 20, 1538–1542, 2020. doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01269
• S. Singh and S. Brooker, Extension of azine-triazole synthesis to azole-triazoles reduces ligand field, leading to spin crossover in tris-L Fe(II), Inorganic Chemistry, 59, 1265-1273, 2020. doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02993

2019

• R. K. Wilson, S. Dhers, S. Sproules, E. J. L. McInnes and S. Brooker, Three manganese complexes of anionic N₄-donor Schiff-base macrocycles: monomeric Mn(II) and Mn(III), and dimeric Mn(IV), Australian Journal of Chemistry (invited contribution, refereed as usual, to special issue commemorating Prof Richard Robson’s research contributions), 72, 805–810 2019. doi.org/10.1071/CH19209
• S. Singh, R. W. Hogue, H. L. C. Feltham and S. Brooker, Dinuclear helicate and tetranuclear cage assembly using appropriately designed ditopic triazole-azine ligands, Dalton Transactions (invited contribution, refereed as usual, to special issue ‘modern coordination chemistry’ commemorating Prof Annie Powell’s 60^th birthday), 48, 15435-15444, 2019. DOI 10.1039/C9DT01890E
• S. Rodríguez-Jiménez and S. Brooker, Qualitative guest sensing via iron(II) triazole complexes, Inorganic Chemistry, 58, 8188–8197, 2019. doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01006
• S. Dhers, H. L. C. Feltham, M. Rouzieres, R. Clérac and S. Brooker, Discrete vs chain assembly: hexacyanometallate linkers and macrocyclic {3d-4f} Single-Molecule Magnet building blocks, Inorganic Chemistry, 58, 5543−5554, 2019.
• J. N. McPherson, R. W. Hogue, F. S. Akogun, L. Bondì, E. T. Luis, J. R. Price, A. L. Garden, S. Brooker and S. B. Colbran, Predictable substituent control of Co^III/II redox potential and spin crossover in bis(dipyridylpyrrolide)cobalt complexes, Inorganic Chemistry, 58, 2218-2228, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03457
• S. Rodríguez-Jiménez, L. Bondì, M. Yang, A. L. Garden and S. Brooker, Predictable electronic tuning by choice of azine substituent in five iron(II) triazoles: redox properties and DFT calculations, Chemistry – An Asian Journal (invited contribution, refereed as usual, to a special issue featuring papers from NZ researchers; out online 14 Dec 2018), 14, 1158–1166, 2019. doi org/10.1002/asia.201801537 See also the front cover and guest editorial.

2018

• R. W. Hogue,† S. Singh† and S. Brooker, Spin crossover in discrete polynuclear iron(II) complexes, Chemical Society Reviews, 47, 7303-7338, 2018 (open access), and inside front cover. DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00835j  †Equal contributions from these two authors.
• H. L. C. Feltham, R. Clérac, Y. Peng, E. Moreno-Pineda, A. K. Powell and S. Brooker, The effect of modifying the macrocyclic ring size on Zn₃Ln (Ln = Dy, Er or Yb) Single-Molecule Magnet behavior, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 644(14), 775-779, 2018. doi.org/10.1002/zaac.201800155
• K. Balinski, L. Schneider, J. Wöllermann, A. Buling, L. Joly, C. Piamonteze, L. Ungur, H. L. C. Feltham, S. Brooker, A. K. Powell, and K. Kuepper, Element specific determination of the magnetic properties of two macrocyclic tetranuclear 3d-4f complexes with a Cu₃Tb core by means of X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, 21286-21293, 2018. DOI: 10.1039/C7CP08689J
• F. N. H. Karabulut, H. L. C. Feltham and S. Brooker, Substituents drive ligand rearrangements, giving dinuclear rather than mononuclear complexes, and tune Co^II/III redox potential, Dalton Transactions (invited contribution, refereed as usual, to special issue ‘frontiers in coordination chemistry and its applications’ commemorating Prof Kim Dunbar’s 60^th birthday), 47, 11749-11759, 2018, and front cover feature. DOI: 10.1039/c8dt01502c. Correction published 2019, 48, 12755–12756.
• R. W. Hogue,† O. Schott,† G. S. Hanan and S. Brooker, A smorgasbord of 17 cobalt complexes active for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, Chemistry – A European Journal, 24, 9820-9832, 2018. doi.org/10.1002/chem.201800396. Identified as a ‘hot’ paper by the referees. †Equal contributions from these two authors.
• S. Rodríguez-Jiménez, A. S. Barltrop, N. G. White, H. L. C. Feltham and S. Brooker, Solvent polarity predictably tunes spin crossover T_1/2 in isomeric iron(II) pyrimidine triazoles, Inorganic Chemistry, 57, 6266-6282, 2018. DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00128
• S. J. Malthus, S. A. Cameron and S. Brooker, Improved access to 1,8-diformyl-carbazoles leads to metal-free carbazole-based [2+2] Schiff base macrocycles with strong turn-on fluorescence sensing of zinc(II) ions, Inorganic Chemistry, 57, 2480–2488, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02763
• H. L. C. Feltham, K. Dankhoff, C. J. Meledandri and S. Brooker, Towards dual functionality spin crossover complexes, ChemPlusChem (invited contribution, refereed as usual, to special issue commemorating Prof Leon Spiccia), in press 2018. DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201700512R1
• R. W. Hogue, C. P. Lepper, G. B. Jameson and S. Brooker, Manipulating and quantifying spin state in solution as a function of pressure and temperature, Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 172-175 (open access). DOI: 10.1039/c7cc08104a.

2017 

• S. Rodríguez-Jiménez, M. Yang, I. Stewart, A. L. Garden and S. Brooker, A Simple Method of Predicting Spin State in Solution, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 18392–18396. DOI:10.1021/jacs.7b11069
• S. Rodríguez-Jiménez and S. Brooker, Solid vs solution spin crossover and the importance of Fe-N≡C(X) angle, Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 56, 13697-13708. DOI 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01338.
• H. L. C. Feltham, M. G. Cowan, J. A. Kitchen, G. N. L. Jameson and S. Brooker, Targeted structural modification of spin crossover complexes: pyridine vs pyrazine (invited contribution to special issue, refereed as usual, on Women Supramolecular Chemists), Supramolecular Chemistry, 2017, 30, 296-304. DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2017.1358449.
• R. W. Hogue, S. Dhers, R. M. Hellyer, J. Luo, G. S. Hanan, D. S. Larsen, A. L. Garden and S. Brooker, Self-assembly of cyclohelicate [M₃L₃] triangles over [M₄L₄] squares, despite near linear bis-terdentate L and octahedral M, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2017, 23, 14193–14199 ‘hot paper’ and front cover (with interview). DOI 10.1002/chem.201702153.
• M. S. Bennington, H. L. C. Feltham, Z. J. Buxton, N. G. White and S. Brooker, Tuneable reversible redox of cobalt(III) carbazole complexes, Dalton Transactions, 2017, 46, 4696-4710. DOI: 10.1039/C7DT00295E
• S. J. Malthus, R. K. Wilson, A. V. Aggarwal, S. A. Cameron, D. S. Larsen and S. Brooker, Carbazole-based N₄-donor Schiff base macrocycles: obtained metal free and as Cu(II) and Ni(II) complexes, Dalton Transactions, 2017, 46, 3141–3149. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT04598G
• H. L. C. Feltham, C. Dumas, M. Mannini, E. Otero, P. Sainctavit, R. Sessoli, C. J. Meledandri and S. Brooker, Proof of principle: immobilisation of robust Cu^II₃Tb^III macrocycles on small, suitably pre-functionalised gold nanoparticles, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2017, 23, 2517–2521, ‘hot paper’ and front cover (with interview). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604821

2016

• S. Dhers, H. L. C. Feltham, M. Rouzières, R. Clérac, S. Brooker, Macrocyclic {3d-4f} SMMs as building blocks for 1D-polymers: selective bridging of 4f ions by use of an O-donor ligand, Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 18089 – 18093. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT03734H
• H. L. C. Feltham, A. S. Barltrop and S. Brooker, Spin crossover in iron(II) complexes of 3,4,5-tri-substituted-1,2,4-triazole (Rdpt), 3,5-di-substituted-1,2,4-triazolate (dpt-), and related ligands, Coordination Chemistry Reviews (invited submission, refereed as usual, for special issue marking Prof A.B. Lever’s retirement after 50 years as editor), accepted 19 Oct 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.10.006
• S. Rodríguez-Jiménez, H. L. C. Feltham and S. Brooker, Non-porous iron(II)-based sensor: crystallographic insights into a cycle of colorful guest-induced topotactic transformations, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55, 15067-15071, and outside back cover. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201608813
• A. Thevenon, C. Romain, M. S. Bennington, A. J. P. White, H. J. Davidson, S. Brooker and C. K. Williams, Di-zinc Lactide Polymerization Catalysts: Hyper-Activity by Control of Ligand Conformation and Metallic Cooperativity, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55, 8680-8685 and inside front cover feature. VIP paper. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201602930 (open access)
• R.W. Hogue, H.L.C. Feltham, R.G. Miller and S. Brooker, Spin Crossover in Dinuclear N₄S₂ Iron(II) Thioether?Triazole Complexes: Access to [HS-HS], [HS-LS], and [LS-LS] States, Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 55, 4152-4165. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02851
• S.J. Malthus, S.A. Cameron and S. Brooker, First row transition metal complexes of di-o-substituted-diarylamine-based ligands (including carbazoles, acridines and dibenzoazepines), Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016, 316, 125-161. DOI 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.02.006.
• R. G. Miller and S. Brooker, Reversible quantitative guest sensing via spin crossover of an iron(II) triazole, Chemical Science, 2016, 7, 2501-2505, and front cover feature. DOI: 10.1039/C5SC04583E (open access)
• D. E. Janzen, M. Juchum, S. R. Presow, T. K. Ronson, W. Mohr, R. Clérac, H. L. C. Feltham and S. Brooker, Trigonal (-3) Symmetry Octahedral Lanthanide(III) Bis-tripodal Complexes, Supramolecular Chemistry (invited contribution to a special issue dedicated to Professor Jonathan L. Sessler on the occasion of his 60th birthday, refereed as usual), 2016, 28, 125-140. doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2015.1102264.
• S. J. Malthus, R. K. Wilson, D. S. Larsen and S. Brooker, Acridine-based ligands from cobalt(II) mediated rearrangement of diphenylamine-based starting materials, Supramolecular Chemistry (invited contribution to a special issue dedicated to Professor Jonathan L. Sessler on the occasion of his 60th birthday, refereed as usual), 2016, 28, 98-107. DOI 10.1080/10610278.2015.1091458
• N. G. White and S. Brooker, New complexation behaviour of the potentially bis-terdentate triazole based ligands PMAT and PMPT: Fe^III₄ oxo-bridged metallomacrocycles, Polyhedron (special issue dedicated to Professor Catherine Housecroft on the occasion of her 60th birthday), 2016, 103, 283-287. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2015.03.034

2015

• C. Romain, M. S. Bennington, A. J. P. White, C. K. Williams and S. Brooker, Macrocyclic Di-Zinc(II) Alkyl and Alkoxide Complexes: Reversible CO₂ Uptake and Polymerization Catalysis Testing, Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 54, 11842-11851 (open access). doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02038
• R. G. Miller, S. Narayanaswamy, S. M. Clark, G. B. Jameson, J. L. Tallon and S. Brooker, Pressure induced separation of phase-transition-triggered-abrupt vs gradual components of spin crossover, Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44, 20843-20849 (open access), and front cover feature. DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03795F
• H.L.C. Feltham, S. Dhers, M. Rouzières, R. Clérac, A.K. Powell and S. Brooker, A family of fourteen stable soluble macrocyclic [Ni^II₃Ln^III] complexes, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (invited contribution to a special issue on magnetism, refereed as usual), 2015 2, 982-990, and front cover. DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00130G
• M. G. Cowan, R. G. Miller and S. Brooker, Smaller is smarter in a new cobalt(II) imide: intermolecular interactions involving pyrazine versus the larger aromatic quinoxaline, Supramolecular Chemistry (invited contribution to a special issue dedicated to supramolecular chemistry in Australasia), 2015, 27, 780-786. doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2015.1075535
• R.G. Miller and S. Brooker, Spin crossover, reversible redox and supramolecular interactions in 3d complexes of 4-(4-pyridyl)-2,5-di-pyrazyl-pyridine, Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 54, 5398-5409 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00428.
• S. Brooker, Spin crossover with thermal hysteresis: practicalities and lessons learnt, invited tutorial review (invited tutorial review, refereed as usual), Chemical Society Reviews, 2015. 44, 2880-2892 (open access), and front cover. DOI: 10.1039/c4cs00376d
• S. Dhers, H. L. C. Feltham and S. Brooker, A toolbox of building blocks, linkers and crystallisation methods used to generate Single-Chain Magnets, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2015, 296, 24-44, 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.03.012.
• H. L. C. Feltham, C. Johnson, A.B.S. Elliot, K.C. Gordon, M. Albrecht and S. Brooker, “Tail” tuning of spin crossover temperature by 100 K, Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 2902-2909. DOI: 10.1021/ic503040f.
• M. G. Cowan, R. G. Miller and S. Brooker, Pyrazine-imide complexes: reversible redox and MOF building blocks, Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44, 2880-2892. DOI: 10.1039/C4DT03407D

2014

• M. G. Cowan, R. G. Miller, P. D. Southon, J. R. Price, O. Yazaydin, J. R. Lane, C. J. Kepert, S. Brooker, Selective gas adsorption in a pair of isostructural MOFs differing in framework charge and anion loading, Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 53, 12076-12083, and front cover feature.
• H. L. C. Feltham and S. Brooker, Review of purely 4f and mixed-metal nd-4f Single-Molecule Magnets containing only one lanthanide ion, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2014, 276, 1-33.
• R. G. Miller, S. Narayanaswamy, J. L. Tallon and S. Brooker, Spin crossover with thermal hysteresis in cobalt(II) complexes and the importance of scan rate, New Journal of Chemistry (invited contribution to special issue marking the ACIN conference, refereed as usual), 2014, 38, 1932-1941.
• R. Kulmaczewski, J. Olguín, J. A. Kitchen, H. L. C. Feltham, G. N. L. Jameson, J. L. Tallon and S. Brooker, Remarkable scan rate dependence for a highly constrained dinuclear iron(II) spin crossover complex with a record thermal hysteresis loop, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 878-881.
• R. W. Hogue, R. M. Miller, N. G. White, H. L. C. Feltham, G. N. L. Jameson and S. Brooker, Hysteretic spin crossover in iron(II) complexes of a new pyridine-triazole-pyrazine ligand is tuned by choice of NCE co-ligand, Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 1435-1437.

2013

• Dhers, S., Feltham, H.L.C., Clérac, R. and Brooker, S. Design of one-dimensional coordination networks from a macrocyclic {3d-4f} Single-Molecule Magnet precursor linked by [W(CN)₈]^3- anions, Inorganic Chemistry, 52, 13685-13691(2013). doi:10.1021/ic402248y
• Gobeze, W.A. and Brooker, S., Two distinct tetranuclear motifs, rectangular vs extended, are observed for complexes of a bis-tetradentate pyrimidine-based ligand, RSC Advances, 3, 24307-24312 (2013). DOI:10.1039/C3RA45091K
• Kitchen, J.A., Olguín, J., Kulmaczewski, R., White, N.G., Milway, V.A., Jameson, G.N.L., Tallon, J.L. and Brooker, S., Effect of N⁴-substituent choice on spin crossover in dinuclear iron(II) complexes of bis-terdentate 1,2,4-triazole based ligands, Inorganic Chemistry, 52, 11185-11199 (2013). doi.org/10.1021/ic4014416
• Wilson, R.K. and Brooker, S., Oxidative dehydrogenation of a new tetra-amine N₄-donor macrocycle tunes the nickel(II) spin state from high spin to low spin, Dalton Transactions, 42, 12075 – 12078 (2013). DOI:10.1039/C3DT51776D
• White, N.G. and Brooker, S., Metal acetates form diverse polynuclear complexes with 4-amino-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole (adpt), Supramolecular Chemistry, 25, 806-811 (2013). doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2013.804187
• Gobeze, W.A., Milway, V.A., Chilton, N.F., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Brooker, S., Di- and tetranuclear complexes of bis-tetradentate pyrimidine-based ligands with all-methylene vs mixed methylene/ethylene linked arms, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 4485-4498 (2013). DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201300368
• Bilbeisi, R.A., Zarra, S., Feltham, H.L.C., Jameson, G.N.L., Clegg, J.K., Brooker, S. and Nitschke, J.R., Guest-Binding Influences Spin Crossover in an Fe4L4 Capsule, Chemistry A European Journal, 19, 8058-8062 (2013). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300805
• Feltham, H.L.C., Clérac, R. Ungur, L., Chibotaru, L.F., Powell, A.K., Brooker, S., By design: a macrocyclic 3d-4f Single-Molecule Magnet with quantifiable zero-field slow relaxation of magnetization, Inorganic Chemistry, 52, 3236-3240 (2013). doi.org/10.1021/ic302735j
• Wilson, R.K. and Brooker, S., Complexes of a porphyrin-like N₄-donor Schiff-base macrocycle, Dalton Transactions, 42, 7913-7923 (2013). DOI:10.1039/C3DT33057E (6th most downloaded in fortnight, 14 Feb)
• Bhattacharjee, A., Roy, M., Ksenofontov, V., Kitchen, J.A., Brooker, S. and Gütlich, P., Pressure effect studies on the spin-transition behavior of a dinuclear iron(II) compound, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 843-849 (2013)
• Olguín, J., and Brooker, S., Spin crossover in discrete polynuclear complexes, pages 77-120, in Spin-Crossover Materials: Properties and Applications, First Edition. Edited by Malcolm A. Halcrow. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (2013). ISBN numbers: Hardback: 9781119998679; Paperback: n/a; ePDF: 9781118519325; oBook: 9781118519301; epub: 9781118519318; mobi: 9781118519295.

2012

• Brooker, S., White, N.G., Bauzá, A., Deyà, P.M., and Frontera, A., Understanding the Forces that Govern Packing: A DFT and Structural Investigation of Anion-π-Anion and Non-classical C-H···Anion Interactions, Inorganic Chemistry, 51, 10334-10340 (2012). doi.org/10.1021/ic3014688
• Kelso, G.F., Maroz, A., Cochemé, H.M., Logan, A., Prime, T.A., Peskin, A.V., Winterbourn, C.C., James, A.M., Ross, M.F., Brooker, S., Porteous, C.M., Anderson, R.F., Murphy, M.P. and Smith, R.A.J., A mitochondria-targeted macrocyclic Mn(II) superoxide dismutase mimetic, Chemistry and Biology, 19, 1237-1246 (2012). doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2012.08. 005
• Feltham, H.L.C., Clérac, R., Ungur, L., Vieru, V., Chibotaru, L.F., Powell, A. K., Brooker, S., Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of a New Family of Macrocyclic M^II₃Ln^III Complexes: Insights into the Effect of Subtle Chemical Modification on Single Molecule Magnet Behavior, Inorganic Chemistry, 51, 10603-10612 (2012). DOI: 10.1021/ic300819u
• Gobeze, W.A., Milway, V.A., Olguín, J., Jameson, G.N.L. and Brooker, S., Nine diiron(II) complexes of three bis-tetradentate pyrimidine based ligands with NCE (E = S, Se, BH3) coligands, Inorganic Chemistry, 51, 9056-9065 (2012). doi.org/10.1021/ic3012052
• Cowan, M.G., and Brooker, S., Syntheses, structures and properties of structurally characterised complexes of imide-based ligands, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 256, 2944- 2971 (2012). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.06.004
• Gobeze, W.A., Milway, V.A., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., and Brooker, S., Solvent control: Dinuclear versus tetranuclear complexes of a bis-tetradentate pyrimidine-based ligand, Dalton Transactions, 41, 9708-9721 (2012). DOI:10.1039/C2DT12449A
• Miller, R.G., Jameson, G.N.L., Olguín, J., Brooker, S., Synthesis and characterisation of two high spin iron(II) complexes of 3,4-diphenyl-5-(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole, Supramolecular Chemistry (special issue for ISMSC-7, refereed as usual), 24, 547-552 (2012). DOI:10.1080/ 10610278.2012.691608
• White, N.G., Kitchen, J.A., Joule, J.A., and Brooker, S., Copper-induced N-N bond cleavage results in an octanuclear expanded-core grid-like complex, Chemical Communications, , 48, 6229-6231 (2012). 10.1039/C2CC32018E
• Olguín, J., Kalisz, M., Clérac, R., and Brooker, S., Di- and tetra-nuclear copper(II), nickel(II) and cobalt(II) complexes of four bis-tetradentate triazole-based ligands: synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties, Inorganic Chemistry, 51, 5058-5069 (2012). DOI: 10.1021/ic202537c. Second most downloaded paper in Inorganic Chemistry in April and the sixth most read paper in this journal April-June 2012. DOI: 10.1021/ic202537c
• Cowan, M.G., Olguín, J., Narayanaswamy, S., Tallon, J.L., and Brooker, S., Reversible switching of a cobalt complex by thermal, pressure and electrochemical stimuli: abrupt, complete, hysteretic spin crossover, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134, 2892-2894. Publication Date (Web): November 7, 2011 (Communication). DOI: 10.1021/ja208429u, and front cover feature.
• Cowan, M.G and Brooker, S., Nine non-symmetric pyrazine-pyridine imide-based complexes: reversible redox and isolation of [M^II/III(pypzca)₂]^0/+ when M = Co, Fe, Dalton Transactions, 41, 1465-1474 (2012), and front cover feature.

2011

• Feltham, H.L.C., Klöwer, F., Cameron, S.A., Larsen, D.S., Lan, Y., Tropiano, M., Faulkner, S., Powell, A.K. and Brooker, S., A family of 13 mixed-metal zinc(II)-lanthanide(III) complexes of a [3+3] Schiff base macrocycle derived from 1,4-diformyl-2,3-dihydroxybenzene, Dalton Transactions, 40, 11425-11432 (2011). (2011). DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11038A. Ninth most accessed article in this journal in September.
• Sanyal, R., Cameron, S.A., Brooker, S., Synthesis and complexes of an N4 Schiff-base macrocycle derived from 2,2′-iminobisbenzaldehyde, Dalton Transactions (invited paper for special issue on Supramolecular Chemistry, refereed as usual), 40, 12277-12287 (2011). DOI:10.1039/C1DT10730E. Seventh most accessed article in this journal in September.
• Li, R. and Brooker, S., An unexpected mixed-valence cobalt(II)/cobalt(III) complex of a pyrrole-containing tridentate Schiff-base ligand, Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry (special issued for Prof Len Lindoy, refereed as usual), 71, 303-309 (2011). DOI 10.1007/s10847-011-9977-7
• Olguín, J., Jameson, G.N.L. and Brooker, S., Two mononuclear iron(II) complexes of 4-phenylpyrazole-5-carbaldehyde derived ligands are stabilised in different spin states, RSC Advances, 1, 52-57 (2011).
• Feltham, H. L. C., Clérac, R., Powell, A. K. and Brooker, S., A Tetranuclear, Macrocyclic 3d-4f Complex Showing Single-Molecule Magnet Behaviour, Inorganic Chemistry, , 50, 4232-4234 (2011). doi.org/10.1021/ic2003639.
• Cameron, S.A. and Brooker, S., Metal-free and dicopper(II) complexes of Schiff base [2+2] macrocycles derived from 2,2′-iminobisbenzaldehyde: syntheses, structures and electrochemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, 50, 3697-3706 (2011). dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic200059n.
• Feltham, H.L.C., Lan, Y., Klöwer, F., Ungur, L., Chibotaru, L.F., Powell, A.K. and Brooker, S., A non-sandwiched macrocyclic mono-lanthanide single molecule magnet: the key role of axiality, Chemistry – A European Journal, 17, 4362-4365 (2011) and cover feature. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201100438 and front cover feature.
• Kitchen, J.A., White, N.G., Jameson, G.N.L., Tallon, J.L. and Brooker, S., Effect of counter anion X on the spin crossover properties of a family of diiron(II) triazole complexes [Fe^II₂(PMAT)₂](X)₄, Inorganic Chemistry, 50, 4586-4597 (2011). DOI: 10.1021/ic200308k.
• Olguín, J., Jameson, G.N.L., and Brooker, S., Two dinuclear iron(II) complexes K[Fe₂(L¹)(SCN)₄]·2(C₃H₈O) and [Fe₂(L¹)(SeCN)₃(C₅H₅N)]·H₂O are stabilised in a ‘[HS-LS]’ state by a bis-tetradentate pyrazolate-based ligand, Dalton Transactions, out online 23 March (2011). DOI: 10.1039/c0dt01391a.
• Olguín, J., and Brooker, S., Synthesis of 3- and 5-formyl-4-phenyl-1H-pyrazoles: promising head units for the generation of asymmetric imine ligands and mixed metal polynuclear complexes, New Journal of Chemistry, 35, 1242-1253 (2011). DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00774A and cover feature.
• Willms, H., Cowan, M.G. and Brooker, S., Heteroleptic N₆ coordinated ruthenium(II) complexes as building blocks for the formation of discrete Ru₂Ag₂ complexes, Chemical Communications, 46, 1063-1065 (2011). DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03969A
• Li, R. and Brooker, S., Copper(II) and palladium(II) complexes of a terdentate pyrrolidine diester ligand, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 365, 246-250 (2011). DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2010.09.032.
• Olguin, J. and Brooker, S., Spin crossover active iron(II) complexes of selected pyrazole-pyridine/pyrazine ligands, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 255, 203-240 (2011). DOI 10.1016/j.ccr.2010.08.002.

2010

• Kitchen, J.A., Milway, V.A., Jameson, G.N.L., Tallon, J.L., Brooker S., When three is better than one: the first trinuclear complexes of N⁴-substituted-3,5-dipyridyl-1,2,4-triazole ligands, [Fe^II₃(Rdpt)₄(NCS)₆], Dalton Transactions, 39, 7637-7639 (2010). DOI: 10.1039/c0dt00716a
• Handel, R.W., Willms, H., Jameson, G.B., Berry, K.J., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S. and Brooker, S., Factors influencing the structural and magnetic properties of octahedral cobalt(II) and iron(II) complexes of terdentate N₃ Schiff base ligands, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 3317-3327 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201000288.
• Kitchen, J.A., White, N.G., Gandolfi, C., Albrecht, M., Jameson, G.N.L., Tallon, J.L., Brooker S., Room temperature spin crossover and Langmuir-Blodgett film formation of an iron(II) triazole complex featuring a long alkyl chain substituent: the tail that wags the dog, Chemical Communications, 46, 6464-6466 (2010). DOI: 10.1039/c0cc01008a
• Kitchen, J.A., Jameson, G.N.L., Tallon, J.L., and Brooker, S., Spin crossover in co-crystallised 2:1 cis:trans [Fe^II(pldpt)₂(NCS)₂] occurs only in ¹⁄₃ of the iron centres, Chemical Communications, 46, 3200-3202 (2010). DOI: 10.1039/B927036A.
• Kitchen, J.A. and Brooker, S., Two dicobalt(III) complexes of triazolate-containing [2+2] Schiff-base macrocycles coordinate thiocyanate ions via the sulphur atom, Dalton Transactions, 39, 3358-3360 (2010), and front cover feature. DOI: 10.1039/B925745D.
• Noble, A., Olguin, J., Clérac, R., and Brooker, S., Doubly pyrazolate-bridged dinuclear complexes of a highly constrained bis-terdentate ligand: observation of a [HS-LS] state for [Fe^II₂(PMAP)₂][SbF₆]₂·2.25(C₃H₈O) (PMAP = 3,5-bis{[N-(2-pyridylmethyl)amino]methyl}-1H-pyrazolate), Inorganic Chemistry, 49, 4560-4569 (2010). DOI: 10.1021/ic1001013
• Price, J.R., Lan, Y., Moubaraki, B., Murray K.S. and Brooker, S., Doubly pyridazine-bridged dicobalt(II) and dinickel(II) side-by-side complexes of variously substituted conjugated bis-bidentate ligands, Australian Journal of Chemistry (invited contribution to a special Southern Highlands Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry issue, refereed as usual), 63, 779–784 (2010). DOI:10.1071/CH09614.
• Feltham, H.L.C., Clérac, R. and Brooker, S., Octa- and hendanuclear zinc(II) complexes of an acyclic diimine ligand derived from 1,4-diformyl-2,3-dihydroxybenzene, Polyhedron, 29, 1353-1357 (2010). DOI:10.1016/j.poly.2009.12.027
• Kitchen, J.A., Larsen, D.S. and Brooker, S., Alkylations of N⁴-(4-pyridyl)-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole: first observation of room-temperature rearrangement of an N⁴-substituted-triazole to the N¹-analogue, Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 5, 910-918 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/asia.200900485
• White, N.G., Feltham, H.L.C., Gandolfi, C., Albrecht, M., and Brooker, S., Towards Langmuir-Blodgett films of magnetically interesting materials: solution equilibria in amphiphilic iron(II) complexes of a triazole-containing ligand, Dalton Transactions, 39, 3751-3758 (2010). DOI: 10.1039/b923923e.

2009

• Feltham, H.L.C., Larsen, D.S., and Brooker, S., A hexanuclear iron(III) complex of an acyclic hexadentate fully conjugated diimine ligand derived from 1,4-diformyl-2,3-dihydroxybenzene, New Journal of Chemistry, 33, 2001-2003 (2009). Subsequently identified as one of the top 10 most accessed papers in NJC in October 2009.
• Feltham, H.L.C., Clérac, R., and Brooker, S., A tetranuclear mixed-valence manganese complex of a diimine ligand derived from 1,4-diformyl-2,3-dihydroxybenzene: synthesis, structure and magnetic properties, Australian Journal of Chemistry (invited contribution to a special Research Front in Supramolecular Magnetic Materials issue), 62, 1119-1123 (2009).
• Brooker, S., and Kitchen, J.A., Nano-magnetic materials: spin crossover compounds vs. single molecule magnets vs. single chain magnets, Dalton Transactions (invited Frontier Article, refereed as usual), 7331-7340 (2009), and front cover feature.
• Li, R., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S. and Brooker, S., Monomeric and dimeric copper(II) complexes of a pyrrole-containing tridentate Schiff-base ligand, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2851-2859 (2009).
• Kitchen, J.A., White, N.G., Boyd, M., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Boyd, P.D.W., and Brooker, S., Iron(II) tris-[N4-substituted-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole] complexes: structural, magnetic, NMR and density functional theory studies, Inorganic Chemistry, 48, 6670-6679 (2009).
• Feltham, H.L.C., Clérac, R., and Brooker, S., Hexa-, hepta- and dodeca-nuclear nickel(II) complexes of three Schiff-base ligands derived from 1,4-diformyl-2,3-dihydroxybenzene, Dalton Transactions, 2965-2973 (2009).
• White, N.G., Kitchen, J.A. and Brooker, S., A structural investigation of anion-triazole interactions: observation of `π-pockets´ and `π-sandwiches´, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 1172-1180 (2009).
• Hellyer, R.M., Larsen, D.S. and Brooker, S., Cobalt and silver complexes of terdentate pyrazine-based amide ligands and assembly of monocobalt building blocks via a silver connector, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 1162-1171 (2009).
• Lan, Y., Novitchi, G., Clérac, R., Tang, J.K., Madhu, N.T., Hewitt, I.J., Anson, C.E., Brooker, S. and Powell, A.K., Di-, tetra- and hexanuclear iron(III), manganese(II/III) and copper(II) complexes of Schiff-base ligands derived from 6-substituted-2-formylphenols, Dalton Transactions, 1721-1727 (2009), and front cover feature.
• Feltham, H.L.C. and Brooker, S., Ligands and polymetallic complexes derived from 1,4-diformyl-2,3-dihydroxybenzene and two close analogues, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 253, 1458-1475 (2009).

2008

• Price, J.R., White, N.G., Perez-Velasco, A., Jameson, G.B., Hunter, C.A. and Brooker, S., Factors influencing tetranuclear [2 x 2] grid vs. dinuclear side-by-side structures for silver(I) complexes of pyridazine-based bis-bidentate ligands, Inorganic Chemistry, 47, 10729-10738 (2008).
• Jordon, D.K., Kitchen, J.A, Hegh, D.Y., Brooker, S. and Tan, E.W., 1-Tetradecylpyridinium bromidemonohydrate, Acta Crystallographica E, o2457 (2008).
• Kitchen, J.A., Noble, A., Brandt, C.D., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S. and Brooker, S., High and low spin mononuclear and dinuclear iron(II) complexes of 4-amino and 4-pyrrolyl-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazoles, Inorganic Chemistry, 47, 9450-9458 (2008).
• Li, R., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S. and Brooker, S., Monomeric, dimeric and 1D chain polymeric copper(II) complexes of a pyrrole-containing tridentate Schiff-base ligand and its 4-brominated analogue, Dalton Transactions, 6014-6022 (2008).
• Kitchen J.A., Brooker S. Spin crossover in iron(II) complexes of 3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazoles and 3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazolates, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 252, 2072-2092 (2008).
• Bhattacharjee, A.., Ksenofontov, V., Kitchen, J.A., White, N.G., Brooker, S. and Gütlich, P., Effect of pressure and light on the spin transition behaviour of the dinuclear iron(II) compound [FeII₂(PMAT)₂](BF₄)₄·DMF, Applied Physics Letters, 92, 174104-1 to 174104-3 (2008).
• Grunert, C.M., Reiman, S., Spiering, H., Kitchen, J.A., Brooker, S. and Gütlich, P., Mixed spin-state [HS-LS] pairs in a dinuclear spin-transition complex: confirmation by variable temperature ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 47, 2997-2999, and front cover feature (2008).

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