Prof Steven Langford - Researcher Profile

Steven Langford

Address

School of Chemistry
Building 19, Clayton

Biography

Steven works in the School of Chemistry at Monash University as a Professor


Steven’s Professional Profile:

• 2010 – Head of School
• 2006 – Professor of Organic Chemistry (Monash University)
• 2005 – Associate Head Postgraduate Affairs
• 2003 – 2004 - Molecular Group Leader
• 2003 – 2005 - Appointed Senior Lecturer (Monash University)
• 2002 – 2006 - Chair Siemens Science Experience
• 1999 – 2001 - First Year Coordinator
• 1998 – 2002 - Appointed Lecturer in Chemistry (Monash University)
• 1996 – 1998 - Australian Postdoctoral Fellow (UNSW) working with Prof. M.N. Paddon-Row
• 1993 – 1995 - Ramsay Memorial Fellow (Birmingham, UK) working with Prof. J.F. Stoddart
• 1991 – 1993 - PhD (University of Sydney) under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. M.J.Crossley. Thesis title Porphyrin-Based Building Blocks
• 1987 – Year in Industry Program with Astra Pharmaceuticals
• 1985 – 1990 – BSc Hons Class I (The University of Sydney)
• I have been the recipient of over 10 Scholarships and awards over the course of my career. Some of the major awards are:
• 1992 Le Fevre Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
• 1992 RACI Feutrill Award
• 1993 Eleanor Sophia Woods Travelling Scholarship
• Ramsay Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship (1993-1995)
• Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (1996-1998)
• RACI Organic Lectureship for Recently Appointed Staff (2002)
• 2005 Dean's Excellence in Science Teaching Award
• 2006 Young Investigator Award - Society of Porphyrins and Pthalocyanines

I am a full member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (MRACI). A total of over 50 research and review papers have been published since 1994, primarily in the field of Supramolecular Chemistry. I have been invited to give lectures on my research work at a variety of Universities and Conferences within Australia and abroad. These include University of Cambridge (UK), University College London (UK), University of Glasgow (UK), NATO Advance Research Workshop, Magnetism: A Supramolecular Function, (France), Calix2003 (Vancouver), ISMC2003 (Poland), ISSCXIII (Notre Dame, 2004), 20RACIOC (Cairns, 2004), NSS UCLA (2004), XXII ICP (Cairns, 2005), ICPP-4 (Rome 2006).

I have a lovely wife Debbie with whom I share the joys of parenthood with Timothy (8 yrs old), Rebecca (6 yrs old) and Matthew (2 yr old). I was awarded Fairfield Council's Young Australian of the Year in 1993 and have received a Rotary Youth Leadership Award.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Institution: University of Sydney
Year awarded: 2005

Publications

Books

Brown, T., Lemay, Jr, E., Bursten, B., Murphy, C., Langford, S., Sagatys, D., 2010, Chemistry the central science: a broad perspective, Pearson Australia, New South Wales, Australia.

Brown, T.L., Lemay, Jr, E., Bursten, B.E., Langford, S.J., Sagatys, D.S., Duffy, D.N., 2006, Chemistry, The Central Science: A Broad Perspective, Pearson Education Australia, NSW Australia.

Journal Articles

Janarthanan, P., Langford, S.J., Ahmad, M., Lim, Y., 2013, Preparation of carboxymethyl sago pulp hydrogel from sago waste by electron beam irradiation and swelling behavior in water and various pH media, Journal Of Applied Polymer Science [P], vol 128, issue 1, John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States, pp. 451-459.

Rivadehi, S., Reid, E.F., Hogan, C.F., Bhosale, S.V., Langford, S.J., 2012, Fluoride-selective optical sensor based on the dipyrrolyl-tetrathiafulvalene chromophore, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry [P], vol 10, issue 4, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge United Kingdom, pp. 705-709.

Bhosale, S.V., Hackbarth, S., Langford, S.J., Bhosale, S.V., 2012, Light-induced electron transfer over distances of 5, 10, and 15 angstrom within water-filled yoctowells, Chemistry-An Asian Journal [P], vol 7, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 176-182.

Browne, E., Langford, S.J., Abbott, B.M., 2012, Peptide nucleic acid monomers: a convenient and efficient synthetic approach to Fmoc/Boc monomers, Australian Journal of Chemistry [E], vol 65, issue 5, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 539-544.

Mulholland, A.R., Thordarson, P., Mensforth, E.J., Langford, S.J., 2012, Porphyrin dyads linked by a rotatable 3,3 '-biphenyl scaffold: a new binding motif for small ditopic molecules, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry [P], vol 10, issue 30, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 6045-6053.

Bhosale, S.V., Langford, S.J., 2012, Recent developments in utilising yoctowells for investigations in nanospace, Chemical Society Reviews [P], vol 41, issue 5, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge United Kingdom, pp. 1637-1651.

Afzal, S., Daoud, W., Langford, S.J., 2012, Self-cleaning cotton by porphyrin-sensitized visible-light photocatalysis, Journal Of Materials Chemistry [P], vol 22, issue 9, Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom, pp. 4083-4088.

Jia, H., Schmid, B., Liu, S., Jaggi, M., Monbaron, P., Bhosale, S.V., Rivadehi, S., Langford, S.J., Sanguinet, L., Levillain, E., El-Khouly, M.E., Morita, Y., Fukuzumi, S., Decurtins, S., 2012, Tetrathiafulvalene-fused porphyrins via quinoxaline linkers: symmetric and asymmetric donor-acceptor systems, Chemphyschem [P], vol 13, issue 14, Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Germany, pp. 3370-3382.

Buckland, D., Bhosale, S., Langford, S., 2011, A chemodosimer based on a core-substituted naphthalene diimide for fluoride ion detection, Tetrahedron Letters [P], vol 52, issue 16, Pergamon, UK, pp. 1990-1992.

Cox, R., Higginbotham, H., Graystone, B., Sandanayake, S., Langford, S., Bell, T., 2011, A new fluorescent H+ sensor based on core-substituted naphthalene diimide, Chemical Physics Letters [P], vol 521, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 59-63.

Jaggi, M., Schmid, B., Liu, S., Bhosale, S., Rivadehi, S., Langford, S., Decurtins, S., 2011, A tetrathiafulvalene-functionalized naphthalene diimide: synthesis, electrochemical and photophysical properties, Tetrahedron [P], vol 67, issue 38, Pergamon-Elsevier Science, Oxford UK, pp. 7231-7235.

Mulholland, A., Woodward, C., Langford, S., 2011, Fullerene-templated synthesis of a cyclic porphyrin trimer using olefin metathesis, Chemical Communications [P], vol 47, issue 5, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 1494-1496.

Bhosale, S., Jani, C., Lalander, C., Langford, S., Nerush, I., Shapter, J., Villamaina, D., Vauthey, E., 2011, Supramolecular construction of vesicles based on core-substituted naphthalene diimide appended with triethyleneglycol motifs, Chemical Communications [P], vol 47, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 8226-8228.

Bhosale, S., Kalyankar, M., Nalage, S., Bhosale, S., Lalander, C., Langford, S., 2011, Supramolecular self-assembled nanowires by the aggregation of a protoporphyrin derivative in low-polarity solvents, Supramolecular Chemistry [P], vol 23, issue 8, Taylor & Francis Ltd, UK, pp. 563-569.

Bhosale, S., Kalyankar, M., Bhosale, S., Patil, S., Lalander, C., Langford, S., Nalage, S., 2011, Supramolecular self-assembly of protoporphyrin IX amphiphiles into worm-like and particular aggregates, Supramolecular Chemistry [P], vol 23, issue 3-4, Taylor & Francis Ltd, UK, pp. 263-268.

Banerji, N., Bhosale, S., Petkova, I., Langford, S., Vauthey, E., 2011, Ultrafast excited-state dynamics of strongly coupled porphyrin/core-substituted-naphthalenediimide dyads, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics [P], vol 13, issue 3, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 1019-1029.

Bhosale, S., Kalyankar, M.B., Nalage, S., Lalander, C., Bhosale, S., Langford, S., Oliver, R., 2011, pH dependent molecular self-assembly of octaphosphonate porphyrin of nanoscale dimensions: nanosphere and nanorod aggregates, International Journal of Molecular Sciences [P], vol 12, issue 3, Mdpi Ag, Basel, Switzerland, pp. 1464-1473.

Konstas, K., Langford, S., Latter, M., 2010, Advances towards synthetic machines at the molecular and nanoscale level, International Journal of Molecular Sciences [P], vol 11, issue 6, Molecular Diversity Preservation Internaltional-MDPI, Basel Switzerland, pp. 2453-2472.

Bell, T., Bhosale, S., Forsyth, C., Hayne, D., Ghiggino, K., Hutchison, J., Jani, C., Langford, S., Lee, M., Woodward, C., 2010, Melt-induced fluorescent signature in a simple naphthalenediimide, Chemical Communications [P], vol 46, issue 27, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 4881-4883.

Latter, M., Langford, S., 2010, Porphyrinic molecular devices: towards nanoscaled processes, International Journal of Molecular Sciences [P], vol 11, issue 4, Molecular Diversity Preservation Internaltional-MDPI, Basel Switzerland, pp. 1878-1887.

Bhosale, S., Bhosale, S., Kalyankar, M., Langford, S., Lalander, C., 2010, Self-assembly of protoporphyrin IX-TEG derivatives into tunable nanoscaled spherical structures, Australian Journal of Chemistry [E], vol 63, issue 9, CSIOR Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 1326-1329.

Bhosale, S., Jani, C., Lalander, C., Langford, S., 2010, Solvophobic control of core-substituted naphthalene diimide nanostructures, Chemical Communications [P], vol 46, issue 6, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 973-975.

Ratchadaporn, P., Webster, G.T., Asghari-Khiavi, M., Bambery, K.R., Safinejad, F., Rivadehi, S., Langford, S.J., Haller, K.J., Wood, B.R., 2010, Supramolecular interactions playing an integral role in the near-infrared raman "Excitonic" enhancement observed in beta-Hematin (Malaria Pigment) and other related heme derivatives, Journal of Physical Chemistry B [P], vol 114, issue 37, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 12104-12115.

Bhosale, S.V., Bhosale, S.V., Kalyankar, M.B., Langford, S.J., 2009, A core-substituted naphthalene diimide fluoride sensor, Organic Letters [P], vol 11, issue 23, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 5418-5421.

Bhosale, S.V., Langford, S.J., Bhosale, S.V., 2009, Comparative binding study of neurotransmitters in hydrophobic and hydrophilic yoctowells in water, Supramolecular Chemistry [P], vol 21, Taylor & Francis, UK, pp. 18-23.

Bhosale, S.V., Bhosale, S.V., Langford, S.J., Krsta, D., 2009, Construction of trimeric porphyrin-fullerene-porphyrin stacks within surface-derived pores of nano-scale dimensions, Chemical Communications [P], Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 3166-3168.

Bell, T.D.M., Bhosale, S.V., Ghiggino, K.P., Langford, S.J., Woodward, C.P., 2009, Synthesis and photophysical properties of a conformationally flexible mixed porphyrin star-pentamer, Australian Journal of Chemistry [E], vol 62, CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 692-699.

Bell, T.D.M., Yap, S., Jani, C.H., Bhosale, S.V., Hofkens, J., De Schryver, F., Langford, S.J., Ghiggino, K.P., 2009, Synthesis and photophysics of core-substituted naphthalene diimides: Fluorophores for single molecule applications, Chemistry-An Asian Journal [P], vol 4, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Germany, pp. 1542-1550.

Bhosale, S.V., Kalyankar, M.B., Langford, S.J., Bhosale, S.V., Oliver, R.F., 2009, Synthesis and supramolecular properties of a novel octaphosphonate porphyrin, European Journal of Organic Chemistry [P], issue 24, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Germany, pp. 4128-4134.

Lee, K.A., Lozan, V., Langford, S.J., Kersting, B., 2009, Ternary complexes composed of naphthalene diimides and binucleating metallocavitands: Preparation, characterisation and structure of [(Ni 2L)2(NDI)][BPh4]2, Dalton Transactions [P], Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 7481-7485.

Bhosale, S.V., Kalyankar, M.B., Bhosale, S.V., Langford, S.J., Reid, E.F., Hogan, C.F., 2009, The synthesis of novel core-substituted naphthalene diimides via Suzuki cross-coupling and their properties, New Journal Of Chemistry [P], vol 33, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 2409-2413.

Bhosale, S.V., Jani, C.H., Langford, S.J., 2008, Chemistry of naphthalene diimides, Chemical Society Reviews [P], vol 37, issue 2, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 331-342.

Bhosale, S.V., Bissett, M.A., Forsyth, C.M., Langford, S.J., Neville, S.M., Schapter, J.G., Weeks, L., Woodward, C.P., 2008, Designing functionalized porphyrins capable of pseudo-2D self-assembly on surfaces, Organic Letters, vol 10, issue 14, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 2943-2946.

Perchyonok, V.T., Ryan, S.J., Langford, S.J., Hearn, M.T.W., Tuck, K.L., 2008, Facile and selective deallylations of esters under 'aqueous' free-radical conditions, Synlett, Georg Thieme Verlag, Germany, pp. 1233-1235.

Bhosale, S.V., Chong, C.H., Forsyth, C.M., Langford, S.J., Woodward, C.P., 2008, Investigations of rotamers in diaxial Sn(IV)porphyrin phenolates-towards a molecular timepiece, Tetrahedron, vol 64, issue 36, Elsevier, U K, pp. 8394-8401.

Perchyonok, V.T., Tuck, K.L., Langford, S.J., Hearn, M.T.W., 2008, On the scope of radical reactions in aqueous media utilizing quaternary ammonium salts of phosphinic acids as chiral and achiral hydrogen donors, Tetrahedron Letters, vol 49, issue 32, Elsevier, UK, pp. 4777-4779.

Hutchison, J.A., Bell, T.D., Ganguly, T., Ghiggino, K.P., Langford, S.J., Lokan, N.R., Paddon-Row, M.N., 2008, Photoinduced electron transfer dynamics in porphyrin donor dyads, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol 197, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 220-225.

Liu, X., Tripathy, U., Bhosale, S.V., Langford, S.J., Steer, R.P., 2008, Photophysics of soret-excited tetrapyrroles in solution. II. Effects of perdeuteration, substituent nature and position, and macrocycle structure and conformation in zinc(II) porphyrins, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol 112, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 8986-8998.

Bell, T.D., Ghiggino, K.P., Haynes, A., Langford, S.J., Woodward, C.P., 2007, Charge separation in a conformationally-flexible porphyrin-fullerene dyad synthesised using cross-metathesis, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, vol 11, issue 06, Society of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines, France, pp. 455-462.

Ghiggino, K.P., Hutchison, J.A., Langford, S.J., Latter, M., Lee, M.A.P., Lowenstern, P.R., Scholes, C., Takezaki, M., Wilman, B.E., 2007, Porphyrin-Based molecular rotors as fluorescent probes of nanoscale environments, Advanced Functional Materials, vol 17, issue 5, Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Germany, pp. 805-813.

Langford, S.J., Woodward, C.P., 2007, Supramolecular self-assembly of dihydroxy tin(IV) porphyrin stabilized helical water chains, CrystEngComm, vol 9, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 218-221.

Langford, S.J., Woodward, C.P., 2007, Synthesis, characterisation and X-ray structure of a novel porphyrin array employing Zn-O and O-H...O bonding motifs, Polyhedron, vol 26, issue 2, Elsevier, The Netherlands, pp. 338-343.

Bhosale, S.V., Langford, S.J., 2007, The development of yoctowells as a basis for modeling biological systems, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, vol 5, issue 23, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 3733-3744.

Forsyth, C.M., Langford, S.J., Lee, K.A., 2006, (Z)-benzyl 2-(hydroxyimino)acetoacetate, Acta Crystallographica Section E - Structure Reports Online, vol 62, issue 12, Blackwell Publishing, Oxon England, pp. o5654-o5655.

Ghiggino, K.P., Hutchison, J.A., Langford, S.J., Latter, M., Lee, M.A.P., Takezaki, M., 2006, A simple dyad exhibiting microsecond charge-separation in non-polar solvents, Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol 59, issue 3, CSIRO, Australia, pp. 179-185.

Langford, S.J., Latter, M., Woodward, C.P., 2006, Construction of multiporphyrin arrays via selective cross-metathesis, Organic Letters, vol 8, issue 12, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 2595-2598.

Langford, S.J., Lee, K.A., Woodward, C.P., 2006, Designing molecular sized energy tranducers - controlling the spin character in charge separated states, The Spectrum, vol 19, issue 2, Bowling Green State University, Center for Photochemical Sciences, USA, pp. 23-27.

Egan, T.J., Chen, J., de Villiers, K.A., Mabotha, T.E., Naidoo, K.J., Ncokazi, K.K., Langford, S.J., McNaughton, D., Pandiancherri, S., Wood, B.R., 2006, Haemozoin (beta-haematin) biomineralization occurs by self-assembly near the lipid/water interface, Febs Letters, vol 580, issue 21, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 5105-5110.

Ghiggino, K.P., Hutchison, J.A., Shafiqul Islan, D., Araki, Y., Ito, O., Langford, S.J., Lau, V., Takezaki, M., 2006, Metal ion dependent fluorescence quenching in a crown ether bridged porphyrin-fullerene dyad, Photochemical &, vol 5, issue 12, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 1150-1153.

Langford, S.J., Ghiggino, K.P., Huchison, J.A., Latter, M., Lau, V., Lee, M.A.P., Lee, K.A., Woodward, C.P., 2006, Metalloporphyrin assemblies and arrays., Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, vol 10, Society of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines, France, p. 215.

Vengidesh, P., Langford, S.J., Ahmad, M., Lim, Y., 2006, Optimization of reaction conditions for preparing carboxymethyl cellulose from sago waste, Carbohydrate Polymers, vol 64, issue 2, Pergamon, UK, pp. 312-318.

Langford, S.J., Latter, M., Lau, V., Martin, L.L., Mechler, A.I., 2006, Organogels derived from tetranitrated crown ethers, Organic Letters, vol 8, issue 7, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 1371-1373.

Langford, S.J., Latter, M., Woodward, C.P., 2006, Progress in charge transfer systems utilizing porphyrin donors and simple aromatic diimide acceptor units, Photochemistry and, vol 82, issue 6, Blackwell Publishing, USA, pp. 1530-1540.

Troup, G.J.F., O'Dea, L.K., Langford, S.J., Hutton, D.R., 2006, Resveratrol; EPR and Antioxidant Efficiency Studies., Alcohol in Moderation Digest, vol 15, AIM-Alcohol in Moderation Digest, UK, p. 13.

Ghiggino, K.P., Hutchison, J.A., Langford, S.J., Latter, M., Takezaki, M., 2006, Triaminotriazines - photophysical investigations of a porphyrin-appended triazine receptor with a naphthalene diimide guest, Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, vol 19, issue 8-9, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., UK, pp. 491-494.

Belousoff, M.J., Langford, S.J., Latter, M.J., Lau, V., 2005, 4',4",5',5"-Tetranitro-2,3:11,12-dibenzo- 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaoxacyclooctadeca-2,11-diene acetonitrile solvate monohydrate, Acta Crystallographica Section E - Structure Reports Online, vol 61, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford England, pp. o3283-o3284.

Hogan, C.F., Hutchison, J.A., Ghiggino, K.P., Langford, S.J., Latter, M.J., Lau, V., Murali, V., 2005, A 24-Crown-8 bearing naphthalene and naphthoquinone chromophores, Supramolecular Chemistry, vol 17, issue 7, Taylor and Francis Ltd, Abingdon England, pp. 513-519.

Cheah, I.K., Langford, S.J., Latter, M.J., 2005, Concept transfer - From genetic instruction to molecular logic, Supramolecular Chemistry, vol 17, issue 1-2, Taylor and Francis Ltd, Abingdon England, pp. 121-128.

Yan, E.B., Unthank, J.K., Castillo-Melendez, M.E., Miller, S.L., Langford, S.J., Walker, D.W., 2005, Novel method for in vivo hydroxyl radical measurement by microdialysis in fetal sheep brain in utero, Journal of Applied Physiology, vol 98, issue 6, American Physiological Society, USA, pp. 2304-2310.

Fallon, G.D., Langford, S.J., Lau, V., 2005, Synthesis and X-ray structure of a ditopic ligand for constructing crown ether-based metalloassemblies, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, vol 440, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon England, pp. 223-233.

Langford, S.J., Latter, M.J., Beckmann, J., 2005, Synthesis and characterisation of a bis(silyloxy)tin(IV) porphyrin, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, vol 8, issue 10, Elsevier, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 920-923.

Bakker, J.M., Langford, S.J., Latter, M.J., Lee, K.A., Woodward, C.P., 2005, Template-directed assembly of a macrocyclic porphyrin tetramer using olefin metathesis, Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol 58, issue 11, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 757-761.

Langford, S.J., Lau, V., 2004, A three component metalloporphyrin assembly, Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol 57, issue 1, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 29-32.

Rembach, A., Turner, B.J., Bruce, S., Cheah, I.K., Scott, R.L., Lopes, E.C., Zagami, C.J., Beart, P.M., Cheung, N.S., Langford, S.J., Cheema, S.S., 2004, Antisense peptide nucleic acid targeting GluR3 delays disease onset and progression in the SOD1 G93A mouse model of familial ALS, Journal of Neuroscience Research, vol 77, issue 4, Wiley-Liss, Hoboken USA, pp. 573-582.

Ghiggino, K.P., Hutchison, J.A., Langford, S.J., Lee, M.A.-., Lowenstern, P.R., Yann, T.D., 2004, Modulating electron transfer in a simple bichromophoric system employing axial-ligation as an organising precept, Journal of Inclusion Phenomena [P], vol 49, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht The Netherlands, pp. 27-32.

Fallon, G.D., Langford, S.J., Lee, M.A.-., 2004, N,N'-Bis(2-carboxyethyl)-1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic diimine dimethylformamide disolvate, Acta Crystallographica Section E -Structure Reports Online, vol 60, Blackwell Munksgaard, Copenhagen Denmark, pp. 542-543.

Wood, B.R., Langford, S.J., Cooke, B.M., Lim, J., Glenister, F.K., Duriska, M., Unthank, J.K., McNaughton, D., 2004, Resonance Raman spectroscopy reveals new insight into the electronic structure of -hematin and malaria pigment, Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol 126, issue 30, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 9233-9239.

Langford, S.J., Woodward, C.P., 2004, Six-sided heptaporphyrin array: towards a nano-sized cube, Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, vol 69, issue 5, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Science Czech Republic, Prague Czech Republic, pp. 996-1008.

Andric, G., Boas, J.F., Bond, A.M., Fallon, G.D., Ghiggino, K.P., Hogan, C.F., Hutchison, J.A., Lee, M.A., Langford, S.J., Pilbrow, J.R., Troup, G.J.F., Woodward, C.P., 2004, Spectroscopy of naphthalene diimides and their anion radicals, Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol 57, issue 10, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 1011-1019.

Fallon, G.D., Lee, M.A.-., Langford, S.J., Nichols, P.J., 2004, Unusual solid-state behaviour in a neutral [2]catenane bearing a hydrolyzable component, Organic Letters, vol 6, issue 5, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 655-658.

Turner, B.J., Cheah, I.K., Macfarlane, K.J., Lopes, E.C., Petratos, S., Langford, S.J., Cheema, S.S., 2003, Antisense peptide nucleic acid-mediated knockdown of the p75 neurotrophin receptor delays motor neuron disease in mutant SOD1 transgenic mice, Journal of Neurochemistry, vol 87, issue 3, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 752-763.

Cheah, I.K., Cheema, S.S., Langford, S.J., Lopes, E.C., MacFarlane, K.J., Petratos, S., Turner, B.J., 2003, Design and application of a peptide nucleic acid sequence targeting the p75 neurotrophin receptor, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, vol 13, issue 14, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 2377-2380.

Langford, S.J., Yann, T.D., 2003, Molecular logic: a half-substractor based on tetraphenylporphyrin, Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol 125, issue 37, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 11198-11199.

Fallon, G.D., Lee, M.A.-., Langford, S.J., 2003, N,N'-Bis(3-hydroxyphenyl)-1,8:4,5-naphthalenetetracarboximide dimethyl sulfoxide disolvate, Acta Crystallographica Section E - Structure Reports Online, vol 59, Munksgaard International Publishers Ltd, Copenhagen Denmark, pp. 328-329.

Wood, B.R., Langford, S.J., Cooke, B.M., Glenister, F.K., Lim, J., McNaughton, D., 2003, Raman imaging of hemozoin within the food vacuole of Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites, FEBS Letters, vol 554, issue 3, Elsevier, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 247-252.

Cheah, I., Kelly, J., Langford, S.J., Troup, G.J.F., 2003, Whiskey - An ESR and Antioxidant Study, Alcohol in Moderation Digest, AIM - Alcohol in Moderation, UK, pp. 14-15.

Fallon, G.D., Lau, V., Langford, S.J., 2002, Ammonium 2,5,8,11,21,24,27-octaoxatricyclo-[26.4.0.012,17]dotriaconta-1(32),12(17),13,15,28,30-hexaene hexafluorophosphate, Acta Crystallographica Section E, vol 58, Munksgaard International Publishers Ltd, Copenhagen Denmark, pp. 321-323.

Langford, S.J., Troup, G.J.F., 2002, Antioxidants in Wine, Alcohol in Moderation Digest, AIM-Alcohol in Moderation, UK, pp. 10-11.

Fallon, G.D., Lee, M.A., Langford, S.J., Nichols, P.J., 2002, Metalloporphyrin molecular sieves based on tin(IV)porphyrin phenolates, Organic Letters, vol 4, issue 11, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 1895-1898.

Bell, T.D.M., Ghiggino, K.P., Jolliffe, K.A., Ranasinghe, M.G., Langford, S.J., Shephard, M.J., Paddon-Row, M.N., 2002, Photoinduced energy and electron transfer in a giant zinc prophyrin-bridge-C60 system., Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol 106, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 10079-10088.

Langford, S.J., Lau, V., Lee, M.A.P., Lygris, E., 2002, Porphyrin-based supermolecules and supramolecular arrays, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, vol 6, issue 11-Dec, Society of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines, France, pp. 748-756.

Fallon, G.D., Langford, S.J., Lee, M.A., Lygris, E., 2002, Self-assembling mixed porphyrin trimers - the use of diaxial Sn(IV)porphyrin phenolates as an organising precept, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, vol 5, issue 9, Elsevier, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 715-718.

Fallon, G.D., Lee, M.A.-., Langford, S.J., 2001, Bis(2-naphthoxy)[5,10,15,20-tetra-p-tolyl-porphyrinato]tin(IV), Acta Crystallographica Section E - Structure Reports Online, vol 57, Munksgaard International Publishers Ltd, Copenhagen Denmark, pp. 564-565.

Duggan, S.A., Fallon, G.D., Langford, S.J., Lau, V., Satchell, J.F., Paddon-Row, M.N., 2001, Crown-linked porphyrin systems, Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol 66, issue 12, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 4419-4426.

Langford, S.J., Lee, M.A., MacFarlane, K., Weigold, J.A., 2001, Self-assembly and X-ray crystal structures of novel Sn(IV)porphyrin phenolates, Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, vol 41, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht The Netherlands, pp. 135-139.

Balzani, V., Credi, A., Langford, S.J., Prodi, A., Stoddart, J.F., Venturi, M., 2001, Spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of catenanes containing the 2,7-diazapyrenium unit., Supramolecular Chemistry, vol 13, Taylor & Francis Ltd., UK, pp. 303-311.

Bond, A.M., Ghiggino, K.P., Hogan, C.F., Hutchison, J.A., Langford, S.J., Lygris, E., Paddon-Row, M.N., 2001, Synthesis and electrochemical studies on a crown ether bearing a naphthoquinone acceptor, Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol 54, issue 12, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 735-738.

Fallon, G.D., Langford, S.J., Lee, M.A., 2001, The self-assembly of a 3-component complex: solid-state structure of a 1:1:1 N,N'-di(hydroxyethoxyethoxy)pyromellitic diimide/dinaphtho-18-crown-6/water complex, Chemistry Letters, vol 6, issue 6, Chemical Society of Japan, Tokyo Japan, pp. 578-579.

Duggan, P.J., Langford, S.J., 1998, Is DNA a good electrical conductor?, Chemistry in Australia, vol 65, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Australia, p. 24.

Conference Proceedings

Troup, G.J.F., O'Dea, L.K., Boas, J.F., Langford, S.J., 2008, Detection of Cu2+ in red wines by EPR, 32nd Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, 30 January 2008 to 1 February 2008, Australian Insitute of Physics, Australia, pp. 1-4.

Troup, G.J.F., O'Dea, L.K., Boas, J.F., Langford, S.J., 2008, Rogue catalysts, antioxidants, paramagnetic ions, EPR and HPLC: A new protocol needed?, 32nd Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, 30 January 2008 to 1 February 2008, Australian Institute of Physics, Australia, pp. 1-3.

Troup, G.J.F., Hutton, D.R., O'Dea, L.K., Langford, S.J., 2007, EPR and antioxidant efficiency studies of resveratrol, quercitin and fisetin, Proceedings - 31st Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting - 2007, 06/02/2007 to 09/02/2007, Australian Institute of Physics, NSW, pp. 1-3.

Troup, G.J.F., Hutton, D.R., O'Dea, L.K., Langford, S.J., 2007, EPR and antioxidant studies of dark chocolate, a red wine vinegar and a cider vinegar, Proceedings - 31st Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting - 2007, 06/02/2007 to 09/02/2007, Australian Institute of Physics, NSW, pp. 1-3.

Bell, T.D.M., Yap, S., Jani, C.H., Langford, S.J., Hofkens, J., De Schryver, F., Ghiggino, K.P., 2007, Naphthalene diimides as tunable fluorophores suitable for single molecule applications, Proceedings of Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging: Ultrasensitive and Single-Molecule Detection Technologies II, 20/01/2007 to 23/01/2007, SPIE- The International Society for Optical Engineering, USA, pp. 644404-644412.

Troup, G.J.F., Latter, M., Cheah, I., Hutton, D.R., Boas, J.F., Langford, S.J., 2006, An EPR and antioxidant study of some brandies, 30th Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, 07/02/2006 to 10/02/2006, Australian Institute of Physics, Australia, pp. 1-3.

McNaughton, D., Lim, J., Hammer, L.J., Langford, S.J., Collie, J., Wood, B.R., 2005, Raman spectroscopy and imaging of whole functional cells, Biomedical Applications of Micro- and Nanoengineering II, 13 December 2004 to 15 December 2004, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Washington USA, pp. 52-59.

Andric, G., Boas, J.F., Bond, A.M., Lee, M.A.P., Langford, S.J., Pilbrow, J.R., Troup, G.J.F., Woodward, C.P., 2003, Naphthalene Diimides - A prodigy for molecular devices, Proceedings of the 27th Annual A&NZIP Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, 04/02/2003 to 07/02/2003, Australian Institute of Physics, http://www.aip.org.au/, pp. 1-4.

Cheah, I., Kelly, J., Langford, S.J., Troup, G.J.F., 2003, Whisky - an ESR and antioxidant study, Proceedings of the 27th Annual A&NZIP Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, 04/02/2003 to 07/02/2003, Australian Institute of Physics, Australia, pp. 1-3.

Langford, S.J., 1998, Molecular assemblies and schaffolds, 23rd Annual Synthesis Symposium, Uni Melbourne, 4/12/98, RACI, Australia, p. 1.

Lee, M.A.P., Langford, S.J., 1998, Template-directed approaches to improving a 10% yield, 23rd Annual Synthesis Symposium, Uni Melbourne, 4/12/98, RACI, Australia, p. 2.

Other

Hearn, M., Langford, S., Tuck, K., Harris, S., Boysen, R., Perchyonok, V., Danylec, B., Schwarz, L., Chowdhury, J., 2010, Moleculary Imprinted Polymers, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Beart, P.M., Cheema, S., Cheung, S., Langford, S.J., Scott, R., Turner, B.J., 2003, Agents and Methods for the Treatment of Disorders Associated with Motor Neuron Disease - Peptide nucleic acids targeting GluR3..

Beart, P.M., Cheema, S., Cheung, S., Langford, S.J., MacFarlane, K., Mulcair, M., 2003, Agents and Methods for the Treatment of Disorders Associated with Oxidative Stress.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Advanced Spectroscopy: The Development of New Spectroscopic Applications for Fluorescent Molecules.
Supervisors:
Bell, T (Joint-co), Langford, S (Associate), Plachta, N (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Advanced spectroscopy of (single) naphthalene dimide molecular systems.
Supervisors:
Bell, T (Main), Langford, S (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Developing Porphyrin-Base Anion Receptors..
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Electrochemical and anionic disruption of NDI based cyclophanes..
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main), Bell, T (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Self-cleaning textiles via visible-light induced photocatalysis..
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Joint), Sandeman, M (Joint-co).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Synthesis and characterisation of new fluorescent labels.
Supervisors:
Bell, T (Main), Langford, S (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Synthesis of supramolecular porous materials based on Sn(IV) porphyrin phenolates and their application in gas absorption.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Becker, N.
Program of Study:
organic chemistry. 2007.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main).
Student:
Bromfield, K.
Program of Study:
APPROACHES TOWARD FACTOR Xa INHIBITION. (PHD) 2005.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main), Pike, R (Associate).
Student:
Cheah, I.
Program of Study:
Antisense peptide nucleic acids as therapeutic agents for the treatment of neurodegeneration. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main), Cheema, S (Joint-Co).
Student:
Graystone, B.
Program of Study:
Highly fluorescent napthalene diimides for evaluation in single molecule spectroscopy. 2010.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main), Bell, T (Associate).
Student:
Graystone, B.
Program of Study:
Synthesis and Spectroscopic Evaluation of Napthalene Diimides as Molecular Dyes. (Masters) 2012.
Supervisors:
Bell, T (Joint), Langford, S (Joint-Co).
Student:
Jani, C.
Program of Study:
Exploring fluorescence and supramolecular properties of core-substituted naphthalene diimides. (PHD) 2008.
Supervisors:
Andrews, P (Joint), Langford, S (Joint-Co).
Student:
Lau, V.
Program of Study:
THE DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF PORPHYRIN-APPENDED CROWN ETHER SYSTEMS. (PHD) 2004.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main).
Student:
Lee, A.
Program of Study:
MOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES AND SUPRAMOLECULAR ARRAYS BASED ON NAPHTHALENE DIIMIDES AND SN(IV)PORPHYRIN PHENOLATES. (PHD) 2004.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main).
Student:
Lee, K.
Program of Study:
The use of covalent and non-covalent strategies towards understanding the factors governing electron transfer processes in multichromophoric arrays. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main).
Student:
Lim, J.
Program of Study:
"Structure and spectroscopy of the malarial pigment, haemozoin and model porphyrins". 2003.
Supervisors:
Mcnaughton, D (Main), Langford, S (Associate).
Student:
Macfarlane, K.
Program of Study:
SMALL MOLECULES & PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF NEURODEGENERATION. (PHD) 2004.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main).
Student:
Mccarl, V.
Program of Study:
Structural and functional studies of nitrilases from Arabidopsis thaliana. (PHD) 2007.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main), Bottomley, S (Associate).
Student:
Mulholland, A.
Program of Study:
Synthetic strategies towards covalently linked multiporphyrin arrays. (PHD) 2012.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main).
Student:
Rivadehi, S.
Program of Study:
The design and synthesis of extended conjugated systems. (PHD) 2012.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main).
Student:
Unthank, J.
Program of Study:
Novel dual-action agents for the treatment and prevention of neurodegenerative disorders. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main).
Student:
Vengidesh, P.
Program of Study:
Preparation and characterisation of carboxymethyl cellulose and carboxymethyl cellulose hydrogels from sago waste. (PHD) 2010.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main).
Student:
Wood, L.
Program of Study:
Molecular approaches to the treatment of motor neuron degeneration. (PHD) 2012.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main).
Student:
Woodward, C.
Program of Study:
Covalent and non-covalent approaches to the construction of multi-porphyrin architectures. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:
Langford, S (Main).