Prof Leone Spiccia - Researcher Profile

Biography

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

Leone’s research areas of interest are:

Our research interests are centred around the design, synthesis and application of metal complexes and new materials and the elucidation of the structure, properties and reactivity of transition metal complexes. These research activities range from being fundamental in nature to applied and commercial projects. Our research covers both fundamental and applied research projects, and is multi-disciplinary in nature, combining chemistry with aspects of biology, biochemistry, medical science, (nano)materials science and engineering, environmental science, earth science and physics.

Ongoing projects include:
• Bio-inspired water oxidation catalysts and water splitting devices
• Novel materials for application in dye sensitized solar cells
• Molecules as minerals – metal ion speciation and complexation in aqueous solution
• High affinity agents for the selective binding and sensing of biomolecules
• Application of immobilized macrocyclic metal complexes in protein purification
• Diagnostics, therapeutics and biosensors based on metal complex-bioconjugates
• Artificial nucleases and ribonucleases
• Agents for the treatment of HIV
• Agents for the imaging and treatment of cancer and Alzheimer’s disease

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Qualifications

CHEMISTRY

Institution: University of Western Australia

Year awarded: 1984

SCIENCE

Institution: University of Western Australia

Year awarded: 1979

Publications

Book Chapters

Brimblecombe, R., Dismukes, G., Swiegers, G.F., Spiccia, L., 2012, Energy from photosystem II: manganese water oxidation catalysts, in Molecular Solar Fuels, eds Thomas J Wydrzynski & Warwick Hillier, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 249-272.

Brimblecombe, R., Dismukes, G., Felton, G.A., Spiccia, L., Swiegers, G.F., 2009, Time-dependent ("Mechanical"), nonbiological catalysis. 1. A fully functional mimic of the water-oxidizing centre (WOC) in photosystem II (PSII), in Mechanical Catalysis. Methods of Enzymatic, Homogeneous, and Heterogeneous Catalysis, eds Gerhard F. Swieger, John Wiley & Sons, USA, pp. 267-296.

Spiccia, L., Murray, K.S., Young, J.F., 2004, Hexacyanometallates as templates for discrete pentanuclear and heptanuclear bimetallic clusters, in Inorganic Syntheses, eds John R Shapley, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken USA, pp. 133-141.

Brown, T., Fischmann, A.J., Spiccia, L., McPhail, D., 2003, Alternative copper(II) catalysts for gold leaching: use of multidentate ligands to control thiosulfate oxidation, in Hydrometallugry 2003: Volume 1 Leaching and Solution Purification, eds The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, Pennylsylvania USA, pp. 213-226.

Black, J.R., Spiccia, L., McPhail, D., 2003, Towards an understanding of Copper (I) speciation and reactivity in the copper-ammonia-thiosulfate lixiviant system, in Hydrometallurgy 2003: Volume 1 Leaching and Solution Purification, eds C A Young, A M Alfantazi, C G Anderson, D B Dreisinger, B Harris and A James, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Pennysylvania USA, pp. 183-194.

Greaves, B.C., West, B.O., Spiccia, L., Bayada, A., Turney, T.W., Casey, P., 1998, Aerogels: Agents for catalytic removal of gaseous pollutants, in Sol-Gel Processing of Advanced Materials, Americal Ceramic Society, USA, pp. 325-330.

Watkins, I.D., Tulloch, G.E., Maine, T., Spiccia, L., Macfarlane, D.R., Woolfrey, J.L., 1998, Electronic windows: A breakthrough in photovoltaics, in Sol-Gel Processing of Advanced Materials, American Ceramic Society, USA, pp. 223-228.

Percy, M.J., Bartlett, J.R., Woolfrey, J.L., Spiccia, L., West, B.O., 1998, The influence of acetylacetone during the hydrolysis of zirconium (IV) propoxide, in Sol-Gel Processing of Advanced Materials, American Ceramic Society, USA, pp. 81-85.

Journal Articles

Kashif, M., Axelson, J.C., Duffy, N.W., Forsyth, C.M., Chang, C.J., Long, J.R., Spiccia, L., Bach, U., 2012, A new direction in dye-sensitized solar cells redox mediator development: In situ fine-tuning of the cobalt(ll)/(lll) redox potential through Lewis base interactions, Journal Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 134, issue 40, ACS, Washington DC USA, pp. 16646-16653.

Daeneke, T., Uemura, Y., Duffy, N.W., Mozer, A.J., Koumura, N., Bach, U., Spiccia, L., 2012, Aqueous dye-sensitized solar cell electrolytes based on the ferricyanide-ferrocyanide redox couple, Advanced Materials [P], vol 24, issue 9, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden MA USA, pp. 1222-1225.

Desbouis, D., Troitsky, I.P., Belousoff, M.J., Spiccia, L., Graham, B., 2012, Copper(II), zinc(II) and nickel(II) complexes as nuclease mimetics, Coordination Chemistry Reviews [P], vol 256, issue 11-12, Elsevier Science, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 897-937.

Aitken, J.B., Kunnamkumarath, S.A., Weekley, C.M., Lai, B., Spiccia, L., Harris, H.H., 2012, Distinct cellular fates for kp1019 and nami-a determined by x-ray fluorescence imaging of single cells, Metallomics [P], vol 4, issue 10, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge United Kingdom, pp. 1051-1056.

Daeneke, T., Mozer, A.J., Kwon, T., Duffy, N.W., Holmes, A.B., Bach, U., Spiccia, L., 2012, Dye regeneration and charge recombination in dye-sensitized solar cells with ferrocene derivatives as redox mediators, Energy & Environmental Science [P], vol 5, issue 5, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 7090-7099.

Daeneke, T., Mozer, A.J., Uemura, Y., Makuta, S., Fekete, M., Tachibana, Y., Koumura, N., Bach, U., Spiccia, L., 2012, Dye regeneration kinetics in dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 134, issue 41, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 16925-16928.

Joshi, T., Barbante, G.J., Francis, P.S., Hogan, C.F., Bond, A.M., Gasser, G., Spiccia, L., 2012, Electrochemiluminescent monomers for solid support syntheses of Ru(II)-PNA bioconjugates: multimodal biosensing tools with enhanced duplex stability, Inorganic Chemistry [P], vol 51, issue 5, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 3302-3315.

Zhou, F., Izgorodin, A., Hocking, R.K., Spiccia, L., Macfarlane, D.R., 2012, Electrodeposited MnOx films from ionic liquid for electrocatalytic water oxidation, Advanced Energy Materials [P], vol 2, issue 8, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim Germany, pp. 1013-1021.

Powar, S.R., Wu, Q., Weidelener, M., Nattestad, A., Hu, Z., Mishra, A., Bauerle, P., Spiccia, L., Cheng, Y., Bach, U., 2012, Improved photocurrents for p-type dye-sensitized solar cells using nano-structured nickel(II) oxide microballs, Energy & Environmental Science [P], vol 5, issue 10, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 8896-8900.

Pierroz, V., Joshi, T., Leonidova, A., Mari, C., Schur, J., Ott, I., Spiccia, L., Ferrari, S., Gasser, G., 2012, Molecular and cellular characterization of the biological effects of ruthenium(II) complexes incorporating 2-pyridyl-2-pyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid, Journal Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 134, issue 50, American Chemical Society, Washington United States, pp. 20376-20387.

Tjioe, L., Joshi, T., Forsyth, C.M., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Brugger, J., Graham, B., Spiccia, L., 2012, Phosphodiester cleavage properties of copper(II) complexes of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane ligands bearing single alkyl guanidine pendants, Inorganic Chemistry [P], vol 51, issue 2, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 939-953.

Hocking, R.K., Chang, L., Macfarlane, D.R., Spiccia, L., 2012, Preparation and characterization of catalysts for clean energy: a challenge for x-rays and electrons, Australian Journal of Chemistry [E], vol 65, issue 6, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 608-614.

Joshi, T., Gasser, G., Martin, L.L., Spiccia, L., 2012, Specific uptake and interactions of peptide nucleic acid derivatives with biomimetic membranes, RSC Advances: An International Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences [E], vol 2, issue 11, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 4703-4712.

Choi, J., Joshi, T., Spiccia, L., 2012, Syntheses, structural, and spectroscopic properties of copper(II) complexes of constrained macrocyclic ligands, Zeitschrift Fur Anorganische Und Allgemeine Chemie [P], vol 638, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden MA USA, pp. 146-151.

Swiegers, G.F., Macfarlane, D.R., Officer, D.L., Ballantyne, A.M., Boskovic, D., Chen, J., Dismukes, G., Gardner, G.P., Hocking, R.K., Smith, P.F., Spiccia, L., Wagner, P., Wallace, G.G., Winther-Jensen, B., Winther-Jensen, O., 2012, Towards hydrogen energy: progress on catalysts for water splitting, Australian Journal of Chemistry [E], vol 65, issue 6, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 577-582.

Piantavigna, S., McCubbin, G., Boehnke, S., Graham, B., Spiccia, L., Martin, L., 2011, A mechanistic investigation of cell-penetrating Tat peptides with supported lipid membranes, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes [P], vol 1808, issue 7, Elsevier Science BV, Netherlands, pp. 1811-1817.

Sekine, R., Vongsvivut, J., Robertson, E., Spiccia, L., McNaughton, D., 2011, Analysis of 5-hydroxyisoflavones by surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy: genistein and methoxy derivatives, Journal of Physical Chemistry B [P], vol 115, issue 47, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 13943-13954.

Graham, B., Spiccia, L., Hearn, M., 2011, Comparison of the binding behavior of several histidine-containing proteins with immobilized copper(II) complexes of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane and 1,4-bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononan-1-yl)butane, Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences [P], vol 879, issue 13-14, Elsevier Science BV, Netherlands, pp. 844-852.

Etschmann, B., Black, J., Grundler, P., Borg, S., Brewe, D., McPhail, D., Spiccia, L., Brugger, J., 2011, Copper(I) speciation in mixed thiosulfate-chloride and ammonia-chloride solutions: XAS and UV-visible spectroscopic studies, RSC Advances: An International Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences [E], vol 1, issue 8, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 1554-1566.

Choi, J., Joshi, T., Spiccia, L., 2011, Crystal structure and spectroscopic properties of bis[trans-dichlorobis(2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diamine)chromium(III)] tetrachlorozincate, Zeitschrift Fur Anorganische Und Allgemeine Chemie [P], vol 637, issue 9, Wiley-Blackwell, USA, pp. 1194-1198.

Tjioe, L., Meininger, A., Joshi, T., Spiccia, L., Graham, B., 2011, Efficient plasmid DNA cleavage by copper(II) complexes of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane ligands featuring Xylyl-linked guanidinium groups, Inorganic Chemistry [E], vol 50, issue 10, American Chemical Society, United States, pp. 4327-4339.

Joshi, T., Barbante, G., Francis, P., Hogan, C., Bond, A., Spiccia, L., 2011, Electrochemiluminescent peptide nucleic acid-like monomers containing Ru(II)-dipyridoquinoxaline and Ru(II)-dipyridophenazine complexes, Inorganic Chemistry [P], vol 50, issue 23, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 12172-12183.

Daeneke, T., Kwon, T., Holmes, A., Duffy, N., Bach, U., Spiccia, L., 2011, High-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells with ferrocene-based electrolytes, Nature Chemistry [P], vol 3, issue 3, Nature Publishing Group, United Kingdom, pp. 211-215.

Barreto Solano, J., O'Malley, W., Kubeil, M., Graham, B., Stephan, H., Spiccia, L., 2011, Nanomaterials: applications in cancer imaging and therapy, Advanced Materials [P], vol 23, issue 12, Wiley-Blackwell, USA, pp. 18-40.

Brimblecombe, R., Chen, J., Wagner, P., Buchhorn, T., Dismukes, G., Spiccia, L., Swiegers, G., 2011, Photocatalytic oxygen evolution from non-potable water by a bioinspired molecular water oxidation catalyst, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical [P], vol 338, issue 1-2, Elsevier Science BV, Netherlands, pp. 1-6.

Ohlin, C., Harley, S., McAlpin, M., Hocking, R., Mercado, B., Johnson, R., Villa, E., Fidler, M., Olmstead, M., Spiccia, L., Britt, R., Casey, W., 2011, Rates of water exchange for two cobalt(II) heteropolyoxotungstate compounds in aqueous solution, Chemistry-A European Journal [P], vol 17, issue 16, Wiley Blackwell, Malden Massachusetts USA, pp. 4408-4417.

Fischmann, A., Spiccia, L., 2011, Sodium thiosulfonate salts: Molecular and supramolecular structural features and solution radiolytic properties, Dalton Transactions [P], vol 40, issue 45, Royal Society for Chemistry, England, pp. 12310-12319.

Barreto Solano, J., Matterna, M., Graham, B., Stephan, H., Spiccia, L., 2011, Synthesis, colloidal stability and (64)Cu labeling of iron oxide nanoparticles bearing different macrocyclic ligands, New Journal Of Chemistry [P], vol 35, issue 11, ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, England, pp. 2705-2712.

Tjioe, L., Joshi, T., Brugger, J., Graham, B., Spiccia, L., 2011, Synthesis, structure, and DNA cleavage properties of copper(II) complexes of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane ligands featuring pairs of guanidine pendants, Inorganic Chemistry [P], vol 50, issue 2, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 621-635.

Fischmann, A., Spiccia, L., 2011, The first homoleptic gold(I) thiosulfonate complex, Dalton Transactions [P], vol 40, issue 18, Royal Society for Chemistry, England, pp. 4803-4805.

Hocking, R., Brimblecombe, R., Chang, L., Singh, A., Cheah, M., Glover, C., Casey, W., Spiccia, L., 2011, Water-oxidation catalysis by manganese in a geochemical-like cycle, Nature Chemistry [P], vol 3, issue 6, Nature Publishing Group, United Kingdom, pp. 461-466.

Lewcenko, N., Byrnes, M., Daeneke, T., Wang, M., Zakeeruddin, S., Gratzel, M., Spiccia, L., 2010, A new family of substituted triethoxysilyl iodides as organic iodide sources for dye-sensitised solar cells, Journal Of Materials Chemistry [P], vol 20, issue 18, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 3694-3702.

Brimblecombe, R., Koo, A., Dismukes, G., Swiegers, G., Spiccia, L., 2010, A tandem water-splitting device based on a bio-inspired manganese catalyst, ChemSusChem [P], vol 3, issue 10, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Germany, pp. 1146-1150.

Auxilio, A., Andrews, P.C., Junk, P.C., Spiccia, L., 2010, Adsorption of ink-jet inks and anionic dyes onto Mg-Al-NO3 layered double hydroxides of variable Mg:Al molar ratio, Australian Journal of Chemistry [E], vol 63, issue 1, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 83-91.

Sekine, R.M., Vongsvivut, J., Robertson, E.G., Spiccia, L., McNaughton, D., 2010, Comparative analysis of surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy of daidzein and formononetin, Journal of Physical Chemistry B [P], vol 114, issue 20, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 7104-7111.

Almesaker, A., Gamez, P., Scott, J., Teat, S., Reedijk, J., Spiccia, L., 2010, Distortional isomerism in copper(II) nitrato complexes of N,N',N"-tris{[(para-nitrobenzyl)phenyl]aminoethyl}amine, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry [P], issue 34, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Germany, pp. 5394-5400.

Zeng, Z., Torriero, A., Bond, A., Spiccia, L., 2010, Fluorescent and electrochemical sensing of polyphosphate nucleotides by ferrocene functionalised with two ZnII(TACN)(pyrene) complexes, Chemistry-A European Journal [P], vol 16, issue 30, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim Germany, pp. 9154-9163.

Shiddiky, M.J.A., Torriero, A.A.J., Zeng, Z., Spiccia, L., Bond, A.M., 2010, Highly selective and sensitive DNA assay based on electrocatalytic oxidation of ferrocene bearing zinc(II)-cyclen complexes with diethylamine, Journal Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 132, issue 29, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 10053-10063.

Brimblecombe, R., Koo, A., Dismukes, G., Swiegers, G., Spiccia, L., 2010, Solar driven water oxidation by a bioinspired manganese molecular catalyst, Journal Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 132, issue 9, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 2892-2894.

Venkatachalam, T., Barreto Solano, J., Kreher, U., Reutens, D., Spiccia, L., 2010, Synthesis, characterization and coordination chemistry of dibenzofuran derivatives of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane, Inorganica Chimica Acta [P], vol 363, issue 12, Elsevier Science SA, Switzerland, pp. 2896-2904.

Paule, S.G., Nikolovski, B., Ludeman, J.P., Gray, R.E., Spiccia, L., Zimmet, P.Z., Myers, M.A., 2009, Ability of GHTD-amide and analogs to enhance insulin activity through zinc chelation and dispersal of insulin oligomers, Peptides [P], vol 30, issue 6, Elsevier Inc, USA, pp. 1088-1097.

Belousoff, M.J., Gasser, G.A., Graham, B., Tor, Y., Spiccia, L., 2009, Binding of HIV-1 TAR mRNA to a peptide nucleic acid oligomer and its conjugates with metal-ion-binding multidentate ligands, Journal Of Biological Inorganic Chemistry [P], vol 14, SpringerLink, Germany, pp. 287-300.

Belousoff, M.J., Graham, B., Spiccia, L., Tor, Y., 2009, Cleavage of RNA oligonucleotides by aminoglycosides, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry [P], vol 7, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 30-33.

Dismukes, G., Brimblecombe, R., Felton, G.A., Pryadun, R.S., Sheats, J.E., Spiccia, L., Swiegers, G.F., 2009, Development of bioinspired Mn4O4-Cubane water oxidation catalysts: Lessons from photosynthesis, Accounts Of Chemical Research [P], vol 42, issue 12, American Chemical society, USA, pp. 1935-1943.

Brimblecombe, R., Bond, A.M., Dismukes, G., Swiegers, G.F., Spiccia, L., 2009, Electrochemical investigation of Mn4O4-cubane water-oxidizing clusters, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics [P], vol 11, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 6441-6449.

Swiegers, G.F., Huang, J.H., Brimblecombe, R., Chen, J., Dismukes, G., Mueller-Westerhoff, U.T., Spiccia, L., Wallace, G.G., 2009, Homogeneous catalysts with a mechanical (machine-like) action, Chemistry-A European Journal [P], vol 15, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Germany, pp. 4746-4759.

Allegrucci, A., Lewcenko, N., Mozer, A.J., Dennany, L., Wagner, P., Officer, D.L., Sunahara, K., Mori, S., Spiccia, L., 2009, Improved performance of porphyrin-based dye sensitised solar cells by phosphinic acid surface treatment, Energy & Environmental Science [P], vol 2, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 1069-1073.

Casey, W.H., Rustad, J.R., Spiccia, L., 2009, Minerals as Molecules - Use of Aqueous Oxide and Hydroxide Clusters to Understand Geochemical Reactions, Chemistry-A European Journal [P], vol 15, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Germany, pp. 4496-4515.

Qi, A., Friend, J., Yeo, L.Y., Morton, D.A.V., McIntosh, M.P., Spiccia, L., 2009, Miniature inhalation therapy platform using surface acoustic wave microfluidic atomization, Lab On A Chip [P], vol 9, The Royal Society of Chemistry, London, pp. 2184-2193.

Brimblecombe, R., Dismukes, G., Swiegers, G.F., Spiccia, L., 2009, Molecular water-oxidation catalysts for photoelectrochemical cells, Dalton Transactions [P], Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 9374-9384.

Belousoff, M.J., Ung, P., Forsyth, C.M., Tor, Y., Spiccia, L., Graham, B., 2009, New macrocyclic terbium(III) complex for use in RNA footprinting experiments, Journal Of The American Chemical Society [P], vol 131, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 1106-1114.

Zeng, Z., Spiccia, L., 2009, Off-on fluorescent detection of thymidine nucleotides by a zinc(II)-cyclen complex bearing two diagonal pyrenes, Chemistry-A European Journal [P], vol 15, Wiley VCH-Verlag, Germany, pp. 12941-12944.

Almesaker, A.T., Scott, J., Spiccia, L., Strauss, C., 2009, One-pot synthesis of tripodal tris(2-aminoethyl)amine derivatives from seven molecular components, Tetrahedron Letters [P], vol 50, Elsevier, UK, pp. 1847-1850.

Ohlin, A.C., Brimblecombe, R., Spiccia, L., Casey, W.H., 2009, Oxygen isotopic exchange in an MnIIIMn3 IV-oxo cubane, Dalton Transactions [P], Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 5278-5280.

Nickita, N., Gasser, G.A., Pearson, P., Belousoff, M.J., Goh, L.Y., Bond, A.M., Deacon, G.B., Spiccia, L., 2009, Ruthenium(ll) complexes incorporating 2-(2'-Pyridyl)pyrimidine-4- carboxylic acid, Inorganic Chemistry [P], vol 48, issue 1, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 68-81.

Jiang, W., Prescott, M., Devenish, R.J., Spiccia, L., Hearn, M.T.W., 2009, Separation of hexahistidine fusion proteins with immobilized metal ion affinity chromatographic (IMAC) sorbents derived from MN+ -tacn and its derivatives, Biotechnology And Bioengineering [P], vol 103, issue 4, Wiley Periodicals Inc, Germany, pp. 747-756.

Almesaker, A.T., Gamez, P., Reedijk, J., Scott, J., Spiccia, L., Teat, S.J., 2009, Stabilisation of a very short Cu-F bond within the protected cavity of a copper(ii) compound from a tris(2-aminoethyl)amine derivative, Dalton Transactions [P], Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 4077-4080.

Brimblecombe, R., Kolling, D.R.J., Bond, A.M., Dismukes, G., Swiegers, G.F., Spiccia, L., 2009, Sustained water oxidation by [Mn4O4]7+ core complexes inspired by oxygenic photosynthesis, Inorganic Chemistry [P], vol 48, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 7269-7279.

Andrews, P.C., Forsyth, C.M., Junk, P.C., Nuzhnaya, I., Spiccia, L., 2009, Synthesis and structural characterisation of gallium and indium fluoroalkoxide 'ate' complexes, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry [P], vol 694, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 373-381.

Zeng, Z., Torriero, A.A.J., Belousoff, M.J., Bond, A.M., Spiccia, L., 2009, Synthesis, X-ray structure of ferrocene bearing Bis(Zn-cyclen) complexes and the selective electrochemical sensing of TpT, Chemistry-A European Journal [P], vol 15, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Germany, pp. 10988-10996.

Nickita, N., Gasser, G.A., Bond, A.M., Spiccia, L., 2009, Synthesis, spectroscopic properties and electrochemical oxidation of RuII-polypyridyl complexes attached to a peptide nucleic acid monomer backbone, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry [P], issue 14, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Germany, pp. 2179-2186.

Auxilio, A., Andrews, P.C., Junk, P.C., Spiccia, L., 2009, The adsorption behavior of C.I. acid blue 9 onto calcined Mg-Al layered double hydroxides, Dyes and Pigments [P], vol 81, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 103-112.

Subramanian, P., Clark, N., Winther-Jensen, B., Macfarlane, D.R., Spiccia, L., 2009, Vapour-phase polymerization of pyrrole and 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene using iron(III) 2,4,6-trimethylbenzenesulfonate, Australian Journal of Chemistry [E], vol 62, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 133-139.

Kreher, U., Hearn, M.T.W., Spiccia, L., 2009, X-ray crystal structure, acidbase properties and complexation characteristics of a methylenephosphonate derivative of 1,4,7,10- tetraazacyclododecane, Australian Journal of Chemistry [E], vol 62, CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1583-1592.

Lewcenko, N., Byrnes, M.J., Cheng, Y., Zakeeruddin, S.M., Gratzel, M., Spiccia, L., 2008, Alkylpyrrolidiniumtrialkoxysilyl iodides as organic iodide sources for dye-sensitised solar cells, Chemical Communications, Royal Society of Chemistry, U K, pp. 3852-3854.

Hart, J.N., Cheng, Y., Simon, G.P., Spiccia, L., 2008, Alternative materials and processing techniques for optimized nanostructures in dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, vol 8, issue 5, Amer Scientific Publishers, USA, pp. 2230-2248.

Belousoff, M.J., Graham, B., Spiccia, L., 2008, Copper(II) complexes of N-methylated derivatives of ortho- and meta-xylyl-bridged bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononane) ligands: Synthesis, X-ray structure and reactivity as artificial nucleases, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, issue 26, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Germany, pp. 4133-4139.

Graham, B., Spiccia, L., Hearn, M.T.W., 2008, Examination of the binding behaviour of several proteins with the immobilized copper(II) complexes of o-, m- and p-xylylene bridged bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononane) macrocycles, Journal of Chromatography A, vol 1194, Elsevier, The Netherlands, pp. 30-37.

Andrews, P.C., Junk, P.C., Nuzhnaya, I., Spiccia, L., 2008, Fluorinated bismuth alkoxides: From monomers to polymers and oxo-clusters, Dalton Transactions, issue 19, Royal Society of Chemistry, U K, pp. 2557-2568.

Auxilio, A., Andrews, P.C., Junk, P.C., Spiccia, L., Neumann, N., Raverty W., Vanderhoek, N., Pringle, J.M., 2008, Functionalised pseudo-boehmite nanoparticles as an excellent adsorbent material for anionic dyes, Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol 18, issue 21, Royal Society of Chemistry, U K, pp. 2466-2474.

Cerneaux, S., Zakeeruddin, S.M., Gratzel, M., Cheng, Y., Spiccia, L., 2008, New functional triethoxysilanes as iodide sources for dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol 198, issue 2-Mar, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 186-191.

Fischmann, A.J., Forsyth, C.M., Spiccia, L., 2008, Stabilization of copper(II) thiosulfonate coordination complexes through cooperative hydrogen bonding interactions, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 47, issue 22, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 10565-10574.

Brimblecombe, R., Swiegers, G.F., Dismukes, G., Spiccia, L., 2008, Sustained water oxidation photocatalysis by a bioinspired manganese cluster, Angewandte Chemie, vol 47, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Germany, pp. 7335-7338.

Pearson, P., Bond, A.M., Deacon, G.B., Forsyth, C.M., Spiccia, L., 2008, Synthesis and characterisation of bis(2,2'-bipyridine)(4-carboxy-4'-(pyrid-2-ylmethylamido)-2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) di(hexafluorophosphate): Comparison of spectroelectrochemical properties with related complexes, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol 361, Elsevier, The Netherlands, pp. 601-612.

Gasser, G.A., Spiccia, L., 2008, Synthesis of a ferrocenyl uracil PNA monomer for insertion into PNA sequences, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol 693, issue 15, Elsevier Science, Switzerland, pp. 2478-2482.

Belousoff, M.J., Tjioe, L., Graham, B., Spiccia, L., 2008, Synthesis, X-Ray Crystal Structures, and Phosphate Ester Cleavage Properties of bis(2-Pyridylmethyl)amine Copper(II) Complexes with Guanidinium Pendant Groups, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 47, issue 19, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 8641-8651.

Gasser, G.A., Tjioe, L., Graham, B., Belousoff, M.J., Juran, S., Walther, M., Kunstler, J., Bergmann, R., Stephan, H., Spiccia, L., 2008, Synthesis, copper(II) complexation, 64Cu-labeling, and bioconjugation of a new bis(2-pyridylmethyl) derivative of 1,4,7- triazacyclononane, Bioconjugate Chemistry, vol 19, Americal Chemiscal Society, USA, pp. 719-730.

Subramanian, P., Clark, N.B., Spiccia, L., Winther-Jensen, B., Forsyth, C.M., 2008, Vapour phase polymerisation of pyrrole induced by iron(III) alkylbenzenesulfonate salt oxidising agents, Synthetic Metals, vol 158, issue 17-18, Elsevier, The Netherlands, pp. 704-711.

Hart, J.N., Menzies, D.B., Cheng, Y., Simon, G.P., Spiccia, L., 2007, A comparison of microwave and conventional heat treatments of nanocrystalline TiO2, Solar Energy Materials and, vol 91, issue 1, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 6-16.

Auxilio, A., Andrews, P.C., Junk, P.C., Spiccia, L., Neumann, D., Raverty W., Vanderhoek, N., 2007, Adsorption and intercalation of Acid Blue 9 on Mg-Al layered double hydroxides of variable metal composition, Polyhedron, vol 26, issue 14, Pergamon, UK, pp. 3479-3490.

Graham, B., Comba, P., Hearn, M.T.W., Spiccia, L., 2007, An examination of the binding behavior of histidine-containing peptides with immobilized metal complexes derived from the macrocyclic ligand, 1,4,7-triazacyclononane, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, vol 12, issue 1, Springer, Germany, pp. 11-21.

Winther-Jensen, B., Clark, N., Subramanian, P., Helmer, R.J.N., Ashraf, S., Wallace, G.G., Spiccia, L., Macfarlane, D.R., 2007, Application of polypyrrole to flexible substrates, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol 104, issue 6, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, pp. 3938-3947.

Gasser, G.A., Belousoff, M.J., Bond, A.M., Spiccia, L., 2007, Binding of nitrate to a CuII-cyclen complex bearing a ferrocenyl pendant: Synthesis, solid-state X-ray structure, and solution-phase electrochemical and spectrophotometric studies, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 46, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 3876-3888.

Bashkirava, A., Andrews, P.C., Junk, P.C., Robertson, E.G., Spiccia, L., Vanderhoek, N., 2007, Conformational polymorphism in N-(4'-methoxyphenyl)-3-bromothiobenzamide, Chemistry - An Asian Journal, vol 2, Wiley InterScience, Germany, pp. 530-538.

Kreher, U., Hearn, M.T.W., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., 2007, Coordination chemistry of 1,4-bis(carboxymethyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane: Synthesis and characterization of mononuclear and binuclear mu-oxo-bridged iron(III) complexes, and a 1D-helical copper(II) chain, Polyhedron, vol 26, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 3205-3216.

Hart, J.N., Bourgeois, L.N., Cervini, R., Cheng, Y., Simon, G.P., Spiccia, L., 2007, Low temperature crystallization behavior of TiO2 derived from a sol-gel process, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, vol 42, issue 2, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 107-117.

Menzies, D.B., Dai, Q., Bourgeois, L.N., Caruso, R.A., Cheng, Y., Simon, G.P., Spiccia, L., 2007, Modification of mesoporous TiO2 electrodes by surface treatment with titanium(IV), indium(III) and zirconium(IV) oxide precursors: preparation, characterization and photovoltaic performance in dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells, Nanotechnology, vol 18, issue 12, IOP Publishing Ltd, Bristol, England, pp. 1-11.

Cerneaux, S., Zakeeruddin, S.M., Pringle, J.M., Cheng, Y., Gratzel, M., Spiccia, L., 2007, Novel nano-structured silica-based electrolytes containing quaternary ammonium iodide moieties, Advanced Functional Materials, vol 17, issue 16, Wiley - VCH Verlag GMBH, Weinheim, Germany, pp. 3200-3206.

Gasser, G.A., Fischmann, A.J., Forsyth, C.M., Spiccia, L., 2007, Products of hydrolysis of (ferrocenylmethyl)trimethylammonium iodide: Synthesis of hydroxymethylferrocene and bis(ferrocenylmethyl) ether, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol 692, Elsevier S.A., Switzerland, pp. 3835-3840.

Gasser, G.A., Belousoff, M.J., Bond, A.M., Kosowski, Z.E., Spiccia, L., 2007, Recognition of thymine and related nucleosides by a ZnII-cyclen complex bearing a ferrocenyl pendant, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 46, issue 5, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 1665-1674.

Cerneaux, S., Xiong, X., Simon, G.P., Cheng, Y., Spiccia, L., 2007, Sol-gel synthesis of SiC-TiO2 nanoparticles for microwave processing, Nanotechnology, vol 18, issue 5, IOP Publishing Ltd, Bristol England, pp. 005708-1-055708-10.

Belousoff, M.J., Battle, A.R., Graham, B., Spiccia, L., 2007, Syntheses, structures and hydrolytic properties of copper(II) complexes of asymmetrically N-functionalised 1,4,7-triazacyclononane ligands, Polyhedron, vol 26, issue 2, Pergamon, UK, pp. 344-355.

Spiccia, L., Casey, W.H., 2007, Synthesis of experimental models for molecular inorganic geochemistry-A review with examples, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol 71, Pergamon, UK, pp. 5590-5604.

Nickita, N., Belousoff, M.J., Bhatt, A.I., Bond, A.M., Deacon, G.B., Gasser, G.A., Spiccia, L., 2007, Synthesis, structure, spectroscopic properties, and electrochemical oxidation of Ruthenium(II) complexes incorporating Monocarboxylate Bipyridine ligands, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 46, issue 21, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 8638-8651.

Andrews, P.C., Junk, P.C., Nuzhnaya, I., Spiccia, L., Vanderhoek, N., 2006, Complications in metathesis reactions involving Grignard reagents: Effect of solvent on products obtained from the interaction of PhMgBr with GaCl3 or InBr3, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol 691, issue 16, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 3426-3433.

Dai, Q., Menzies, D.B., Macfarlane, D.R., Batten, S.R., Forsyth, S., Spiccia, L., Cheng, Y., Forsyth, M., 2006, Dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells incorporating ethylmethylimidazolium-based ionic liquid electrolytes, Comptes Rendus Chimie, vol 9, issue 5-6, Elsevier France, France, pp. 617-621.

Subramanian, P., Clark, N.B., Helmer, R.J.N., Barisci, J.N., Kim, B.C., Wallace, G., Spiccia, L., Macfarlane, D.R., 2006, Electrochromic conducting polymers and packaging products: Polymer selection and methods of application, Appita Journal, vol 59, Appita, Inc., Australia, pp. 465-470.

Gasser, G.A., Belousoff, M.J., Bond, A.M., Spiccia, L., 2006, Facile synthesis and detailed characterization of a new ferrocenyl uracil peptide nucleic acid monomer, Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol 71, issue 20, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 7565-7573.

Hart, J.N., Menzies, D.B., Cheng, Y., Simon, G.P., Spiccia, L., 2006, Microwave processing of TiO2 blocking layers for dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, vol 40, issue 1, Springer, Dordretcht The Netherlands, pp. 45-54.

Wittick, L., Jones, L.F., Jensen, P., Moubaraki, B., Spiccia, L., Berry, K.J., Murray, K.S., 2006, New mixed-valence MnII 2MnIII 2 clusters exhibiting an unprecedented MnII/III oxidation state distribution in their magnetically coupled cores, Dalton Transactions, vol 6, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 1534-1543.

Menzies, D.B., Dai, Q., Cheng, Y., Simon, G.P., Spiccia, L., 2006, One-step microwave calcination of ZrO2-coated TiO2 electrodes for use in dye-sensitized solar cells, Comptes Rendus Chimie, vol 9, issue 5-6, Elsevier Ltd, France, pp. 713-716.

Belousoff, M.J., Graham, B., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., 2006, Oxalato-bridged dinuclear copper(II) complexes of N-alkylated derivatives of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane: synthesis, X-ray crystal structures and magnetic properties, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, issue 23, Wiley-VCH, Germany, pp. 4872-4878.

Battle, A.R., Graham, B., Spiccia, L., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., 2006, Structure and magnetic properties of polynuclear chloro- and hydroxo-bridged copper(II) complexes formed by a tetramacrocyclic derivative of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol 359, issue 1, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 289-297.

Belousoff, M.J., Duriska, M., Graham, B., Batten, S.R., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., 2006, Synthesis, X-ray crystal structures, magnetism, and phosphate ester cleavage properties of copper(II) complexes of N-substituted derivatives of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 45, issue 9, Wiley, Germany, pp. 3746-3755.

Hart, J.N., Menzies, D.B., Cheng, Y., Simon, G.P., Spiccia, L., 2006, TiO2 sol-gel blocking layers for dye-sensitized solar cells, Comptes Rendus Chimie, vol 9, issue 5-6, Elseveir France, France, pp. 622-626.

Liu, W.W., Brugger, J., Spiccia, L., McInnes, B.I., 2006, UV-Vis spectrophotometric and XAFS studies of ferric chloride complexes in hyper-saline LiCl solutions at 25-90 degreesC, Chemical Geology, vol 231, issue 4, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 326-349.

Warden, A.C., Warren, M., Hearn, M.T.W., Spiccia, L., 2005, Adduct formation between organic oxoanions and hexaazamacrocycles, Crystal Growth & Design, vol 5, issue 2, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 713-720.

Hart, J.N., Cheng, Y.B., Simon, G.P., Spiccia, L., 2005, Challenges of producing TiO2 films by microwave heating, Surface and Coatings Technology, vol 198, issue 1-3, Elsevier Science SA, Switzerland, pp. 20-23.

Menzies, D.B., Bourgeois, L.N., Cheng, Y.B., Simon, G.P., Brack, N., Spiccia, L., 2005, Characterization of Nanostructured Core-Shell Working Electrodes for Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Surface and Coatings Technology, vol 198, issue 1-3, Elsevier Science SA, Switzerland, pp. 118-122.

Graham, B., Spiccia, L., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., Hockless, D.C.R., 2005, Imidazole derivatives of binuclear copper (II) and nickel (II) complexes incorporating bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononan-1-yl) ligands, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol 358, issue 358, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 3974-3982.

Menzies, D.B., Dai, Q., Cheng, Y.B., Simon, G.P., Spiccia, L., 2005, Improvement of the Zirconia shell in nanostructured titania core-shell working electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells, Materials Letters, vol 59, issue 14-15, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 1893-1896.

Fry, F., Fischmann, A.J., Belousoff, M.J., Spiccia, L., Brugger, J., 2005, Kinetics and mechanism of hydrolysis of a model phosphate diester by [Cu(Me3tacn)(OH2)2]2+ (Me 3tacn = 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane), Inorganic Chemistry, vol 44, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 941-950.

Battle, A.R., Spiccia, L., 2005, Molecular structure and hydrolytic stability amidinium salts derived from triazatricyclo[5.2.1.0 4,10]decane, Tetrahedron, vol 61, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 7499-7507.

Menzies, D.B., Hart, J.N., Cheng, Y., Simon, G.P., Dai, Q., Spiccia, L., 2005, Nanostructured TiO2 films in dye-sensitized solar cells, International Journal of Nanoscience, vol 4, issue 4, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, Singapore, pp. 785-793.

Graham, B., Spiccia, L., Batten, S.R., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., 2005, Polynuclear nickel (II) and copper (II) complexes of hexaazamacrocycles incorporating pairs of diethylenetriamine subunits separated by aromatic spacers, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol 358, issue 13, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 3983-3994.

Jackson, W.G., Dickie, A.J., McKeon, J.A., Spiccia, L., Brudenell, S.J., Hockless, D.C.R., Willis, A.C., 2005, Synthesis, structure, and kinetics and stereochemistry of base-catalyzed hydrolysis of meso- and rac-[Co2(tmpdtne)Cl2] 4+, bis(pentaamine) complexes devoid of deprotonatable NH centers, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 44, issue 2, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 401-409.

Warden, A.C., Spiccia, L., Hearn, M.T.W., Boas, J.F., Pilbrow, J.R., 2005, The synthesis, structure and properties of copper(II) complexes of asymmetrically functionalized derivatives of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane, Dalton Transactions, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 1804-1813.

Warden, A.C., Warren, M., Battle, A.R., Hearn, M.T.W., Spiccia, L., 2004, Adducts formed by tetrahedral anions and protonated forms of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane: competition with chloride anions, CrystEngComm, vol 6, issue 84, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 522-530.

Warden, A.C., Warren, M., Hearn, M.T.W., Spiccia, L., 2004, Anion binding to azamacrocycles: synthesis and X-ray crystal structures of halide adducts of [12]aneN4 and [18]aneN6, New Journal of Chemistry, vol 28, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 1160-1167.

Warden, A.C., Warren, M., Hearn, M.T.W., Spiccia, L., 2004, Binding of inorganic oxoanions to macrocyclic ligands: effect of the degree of protonation on supramolecular assemblies formed by phosphate and [18]aneN6, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 43, issue 22, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 6936-6943.

Warden, A.C., Warren, M., Hearn, M.T.W., Spiccia, L., 2004, Binding of inorganic oxoanions to macrocyclic ligands: interactions of sulfate and dithionate with protonated forms of [18]aneN6, New Journal of Chemistry, vol 28, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 1301-1308.

Pearson, P., Kepert, C.M., Deacon, G.B., Spiccia, L., Warden, A.C., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., 2004, Carbonyl-carboxylato-ruthenium complexes incorporating diimine ligands and unexpected cyclometalation of carboxylate ligands, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 43, issue 2, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 683-691.

Warren, M., Battle, A.R., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., 2004, Coordinative flexibility of 1,2-bis[1,4,7-triazacyclonon-1-yl]propan-2-ol in mononuclear and binuclear Ni() complexes, Dalton Transactions, issue 15, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 2309-2313.

Hart, J.N., Cervini, R., Cheng, Y.B., Simon, G.P., Spiccia, L., 2004, Formation of anatase TiO2 by microwave processing, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol 84, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 135-143.

Spiccia, L., 2004, Homopolynuclear and heteropolynuclear Rh() aqua ions - a review, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol 357, Elsevier, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 2799-2817.

Menzies, D.B., Dai, Q., Cheng, Y.B., Simon, G.P., Spiccia, L., 2004, Microwave calcination of thin Ti02 films on transparent conducting oxide glass substrates, Journal of Materials Science, vol 39, Kluwer Academic pub., Dordrecht Netherland, pp. 6361-6363.

Menzies, D.B., Cervini, R., Cheng, Y., Simon, G.P., Spiccia, L., 2004, Nanostructured ZrO2-coated TiO2electrodes for dye-sensitised solar cells, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, vol 32, Springer, Dordretcht The Netherlands, pp. 363-366.

Menzies, D.B., Cheng, Y., Simon, G.P., Spiccia, L., 2004, Nanostructured working electrodes in dye-sensitised solar cells - an overview, Journal of the Australasian Ceramic Society, vol 40, issue 2, Australasian Ceramic Society, Australia, pp. 20-27.

Jackson, W.G., Dickie, A.J., Bhula, R., McKeon, J.A., Spiccia, L., Brudenell, S.J., Hockless, D.C.R., Willis, A.C., 2004, Pyridyl-based pentadentate ligands: base-catalyzed hydrolysis of asym-[Co(dmptacn)Cl]2+, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 43, issue 21, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 6549-6556.

Kepert, C.M., Deacon, G.B., Sahely, N., Spiccia, L., Fallon, G.D., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., 2004, Synthesis of heteroleptic bis(diimine)carbonylchlororuthenium(II) complexes from photodecarbonylated precursors, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 43, issue 3, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 2818-2827.

Fischmann, A.J., Warden, A.C., Black, J., Spiccia, L., 2004, Synthesis, characterization, and structures of copper(II)-thiosulfate complexes incorporating tripodal tetraamine ligands, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 43, issue 21, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 6568-6578.

Wittick, L.M., Murray, K.S., Moubaraki, B., Batten, S.R., Spiccia, L., Berry, K.J., 2004, Synthesis, structure and magnetism of new single molecule magnets composed of Mn2Mn2 alkoxo-carboxylate bridged clusters capped by triethanolamine ligands, Dalton Transactions, issue 7, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 1003-1011.

Spiccia, L., Deacon, G.B., Kepert, C.M., 2004, Synthetic routes to homoleptic and heteroleptic ruthenium() complexes incorporating bidentate imine ligands, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, vol 248, Elsevier, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 1329-1341.

Kepert, C.M., Bond, A.M., Deacon, G.B., Spiccia, L., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., 2004, The synthesis and structure of heteroleptic tris(diimine)ruthenium() complexes, Dalton Transactions, issue 11, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 1766-1774.

Graham, B., Hearn, M.T.W., Spiccia, L., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., 2003, Amino acid binding to copper(II) in (1,4,7-triazacyclononane) (L-histidine)copper(II) hexafluorophosphate monohydrate, Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol 56, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 1259-1261.

Fry, F.H., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., Warren, M., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., 2003, Asymmetry in endogenously bridged binuclear copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes formed by 1,2-bis[1,4,7-triazacyclonon-1-yl]propan-2-ol, Dalton Transactions, vol 5, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 866-871.

Fry, F.H., Spiccia, L., Jensen, P., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Tiekink, E.R.T., 2003, Binuclear copper(II) complexes of xylyl-bridged bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononane) ligands, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 42, issue 18, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 5594-5603.

Deacon, G.B., Pearson, P., Skelton, B.W., Spiccia, L., White, A.H., 2003, Di--benzoato-bis[dicarbonyl(pyridine)ruthenium(I)] (new polymorph) and di--trifluoroacetato-bis[dicarbonyl(pyridine)ruthenium(I)], Acta Crystallographica Section C - Crystal Structure Communications, vol 59, Munksgaard International Publishers Ltd, Copenhagen Denmark, pp. 537-539.

Fry, F.H., Jensen, P., Kepert, C.M., Spiccia, L., 2003, Macrocyclic copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes incorporating phosphate esters, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 42, issue 18, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 5637-5644.

Warden, A.C., Hearn, M.T.W., Spiccia, L., 2003, Novel acetate binding modes in [Na2Cu(CH3COO)4(H2O)]H2O, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 42, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 7037-7040.

Kepert, C.M., Deacon, G.B., Spiccia, L., 2003, Synthesis and structures of di(2-pyridyl)amine diruthenium(I) complexes, including an example of monodentate coordination, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol 355, Elsevier, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 213-222.

Ammala, P.S., Batten, S.R., Kepert, C.M., Spiccia, L., Van Den Bergen, A.M., West, B.O., 2003, The reaction of iron carboxylates with titanium alkoxides. Isolation and structural characterisation of [Ti6(3-O)6(O2CPh)6(OCH2C(CH3)3)6], Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol 353, Elsevier, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 75-81.

Fry, F.H., Fallon, G.D., Spiccia, L., 2003, Zinc(II) complexes of xylyl bridged bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononane) derivatives, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol 346, Elsevier, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 57-66.

Liu, W., Brugger, J., McPhail, D., Spiccia, L., 2002, A Spectrophotometric study of aqueous copper (I)-chloride complexes in LiCl solutions between 100C and 250C, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol 66, issue 20, Elsevier, Kidlington UK, pp. 3615-3633.

Graham, B., Spiccia, L., Fallon, G.D., Hearn, M.T.W., Mabbs, F.E., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., 2002, Structure and magnetic properties of tri- and hexa-nuclear hydroxo-bridged copper(II) complexes formed by a trimacrocyclic derivative of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane, Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, vol 6, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 1226-1232.

Parker, R.J., Spiccia, L., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Hockless, D.C.R., Rae, A.D., Wills, A.C., 2002, Structure and magnetism of heptanuclear complexes formed on encapsulation of hexacyanoferrate(II) with the Mn(II) and Ni(II) complexes of 1,4-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 41, issue 9, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 2489-2495.

Parker, R.J., Lu, K.D., Batten, S.R., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., Cashion, J.D., Rae, A.D., Willis, A.C., 2002, Synthesis, crystal structures and magnetic properties of linear and bent trinuclear complexes formed by hexacyanometallates and copper(II) complexes, Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, vol 19, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 3723-3730.

Ammala, P.S., Batten, S.R., Cashion, J.D., Kepert, C.M., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., West, B.O., 2002, Synthesis, molecular structure and magnetic properties of [Fe6(3-O)2(OPri)6 (OPri)6 (O2CPh)2(2CPh)4], Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol 331, Elsevier Science SA, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 90-97.

Junk, P.C., McCool, B.J., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., Cashion, J.D., Steed, J.W., 2002, Utilization of crown ethers to stabilize the dinuclear -oxo bridged iron (III) aqua ion, [(H2O)5Fe(-O)Fe(OH2)5]4+, Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, vol 6, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 1024-1029.

Brugger, J., McPhail, D., Black, J., Spiccia, L., 2001, Complexation of metal ions in brines: application of electronic spectroscopy in the study of the Cu(II)-LiCl-H2O system between 25 and 90C, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol 65, issue 16, Pergamon, USA, pp. 2691-2708.

Cvetkovic, M., Batten, S.R., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., 2001, Copper(I) tris(pyrazolyl)methane complexes and their reactivity towards dioxygen, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol 324, Elsevier, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 131-140.

Wolfbauer, G., Bond, A.M., Deacon, G.B., Howitt, J.A., Macfarlane, D.R., Spiccia, L., 2001, Dependence of the voltammetric oxidation of the photovoltaic sensitizer [(H3-tctpy)RuII(NCS)3]- on the electrode material, solvent, and isomeric purity, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol 148, issue 2, Electrochemical Society Inc., New Jersey USA, pp. 97-104.

Nazeeruddin, M.K., Pechy, P., Renouard, T., Zakeeruddin, S.M., Humphry-Baker, R., Comte, P., Liska, P., Cevey, L., Costa, E., Shklover, V., Spiccia, L., Deacon, G.B., Bignozzi, C.A., Gratzel, M., 2001, Engineering of efficient panchromatic sensitizers for nanocrystalline TiO2-based solar cells, Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol 123, issue 8, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 1613-1624.

Batten, S.R., Spiccia, L., Templar, C.E., 2001, Nitrato(1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazyclononane)copper(II) perchlorate, Acta Crystallographica Section E-Structure Reports Online, vol 57, Munksgaard International Publishers Ltd, Copenhagen Denmark, pp. 265-266.

Graham, B., Spiccia, L., Bond, A.M., Hearn, M.T., Kepert, C.M., 2001, Structural, spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of nickel(II) "sandwich" complexes with ligands featuring tethered 1,4,7-triazacyclononane macrocycles, Dalton Transactions: an international journal of inorganic chemistry, vol 15, issue 15, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 2232-2238.

Parker, R.J., Spiccia, L., Berry, K.J., Fallon, G.D., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., 2001, Structure and magnetic properties of a high-spin Mn6IICrIII cluster containing cyano bridges and Mn centres capped by pentadentate ligands, Chemical Communications, vol 4, issue 4, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 333-334.

Graham, B., Hearn, M.W., Junk, P.C., Kepert, C.M., Mabbs, F.E., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., 2001, Syntheses, crystal structures, magnetic properties, and EPR spectra of tetranuclear copper(II) complexes featuring pairs of "roof-shaped" Cu2X2 dimers with hydroxide, methoxide, and azide bridges, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 40, issue 7, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 1536-1543.

Warden, A.C., Graham, B., Hearn, M.T.W., Spiccia, L., 2001, Synthesis of novel derivatives of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane, Organic Letters, vol 3, issue 18, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 2855-2858.

Parker, R.J., Spiccia, L., Batten, S.R., Cashion, J.D., Fallon, G.D., 2001, The encapsulation of ferrocyanide by copper (II) complexes of tripodal tetradentate ligands. Novel H-bonding networks incorporating heptanuclear and pentanuclear heterometallic assemblies, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 40, issue 18, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 4696-4704.

Wolfbauer, G., Bond, A.M., Deacon, G.B., Howitt, J.A., Macfarlane, D.R., Spiccia, L., 2001, The voltammetric reduction, deprotonation and surface activity of ruthenium photovoltaic sensitizers in acetone, Electrochemistry Communications, vol 3, Elsevier Science Inc., New York USA, pp. 400-405.

Ammala, P.S., Cashion, J.D., Kepert, C.M., Murray, K.S., Moubaraki, B., Spiccia, L., West, B.O., 2001, core, Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, vol 13, Royal Society of Chemistry, Washington USA, pp. 2032-2041.

Kepert, C., Deacon, G.B., Spiccia, L., Fallon, G.D., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., 2000, A facile and benign synthesis of binuclear ruthenium(I) "sawhorse" complexes, Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, vol issue 16, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 2867-2873.

Ammala, P., Cashion, J.D., Kepert, C., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., West, B.O., 2000, An octanuclear FeIII Compound Featuring a new type of Double Butterfly Iron - Oxo Core, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, vol 39 no 9, Wiley-VCH, Berlin Germany, pp. 1688-1690.

Gutmann, N.H., Spiccia, L., Turney, T.W., 2000, Complexation of Cu(II) and Ni(II) by ntrilotriacetate intercalted in Zn-Cr layered double hydroxides, Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol 10, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 1219-1224.

Graham, B., Grannas, M.J., Hearn, M.T.W., Kepert, C., Spiccia, L., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., 2000, Coordination Chemistry of a Novel Tetramacrocyclic Ligand Derived from 1,4,7-Triazacyclononane: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Nickel(II) and Copper(II) Complexes, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 39, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 1092-1099.

Parker, R., Spiccia, L., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., 2000, Cyano bridged dinuclear Cu(II) complexes, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol s 300-302, Elsevier Science, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 922-931.

Wolfbauer, G., Bond, A.M., Deacon, G.B., Macfarlane, D.R., Spiccia, L., 2000, Electrochemical, spectroelectrochemical and theoretical studies on the reduction and deprotonation of the photovoltaic sensitizer [(H3-tctpy)RuII(NCS)3]- (H3-tctpy = 2,2':6',2"-terpyridine-4,4',4"-tricarboxylic acid), Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol 490, Elsevier Science, Lausanne Switzerland, pp. 7-16.

Wolfbauer, G., Bond, A.M., Deacon, G.B., Macfarlane, D.R., Spiccia, L., 2000, Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of the Effect of Deprotonation on Electronic Spectra and Reversible Potentials of Photovoltaic Sensitizers: Deprotonation of cis-L2RuX2 (L = 2,2'-Bipyridine-4,4'-dicarboxylic Acid; X = CN-, NCS-) by Elect, Journal American Chemical Society, vol 122, American Chemical Society, Washinton DC USA, pp. 130-142.

Brudenell, S.J., Spiccia, L., Bond, A.M., Fallon, G.D., Hockless, D.C.R., Lazarev, G., Mahon, P.J., Tiekink, E.R.T., 2000, Structural, Spectroscopic, and Electrochemical Studies of Binuclear Manganese(II) Complexes of Bis(pentadentate) Ligands Derived from Bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononane) Macrocycles, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 39, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 881-892.

Percy, M.J., Barlett, J.R., Spiccia, L., West, B.O., Woolfrey, J.L., 2000, The Influence of Beta-Diketones on the Hydrolysis and Growth of Particles from Zirconium(IV) n-Propoxide, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, vol 19, Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht Netherland, pp. 315-319.

Fallon, G.D., Spiccia, L., West, B.O., Zhang, Q., 1999, Chemical Synthesis Studies on Pb Zr Alkoxides: A New Pb-Zr Structural Type, ....., Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, vol 16, Kluwer Academic Publ, Dordrecht Netherland, pp. 119-128.

Drljaca, A., Hardie, M.J., Raston, C.L., Spiccia, L., 1999, Self-Assembled Superanions: Ionic Capsules Stabilized by Polynuclear Chromium(III) Aqua Cations, Chemistry - A European Journal, vol 5 no. 8, Wiley VCH, Berlin Germany, pp. 2295-2299.

Brudenell, S.J., Spiccia, L., Hockless, D.C.R., Tiekink, E.R.T., 1999, Solution and solid state structures of binuclear zinc(II) complexes of bis(pentadentate) ligands derived from bis(1,4,7-triazacyclo-nonane) macrocycles, Journal Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, vol 9, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 1353-1518.

Junk, P.C., McCool, B.J., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., 1999, Supramolecular Complexation of Polynuclear Aqua Ions: A Crown Ether Adduct of a mu-Oxo-Bridged Iorn(III) Aqua Dimer, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, vol 38 number 15, Wiley-VCH, Germany, pp. 2224-2226.

Deacon, G.B., Keppert, C.M., Sahely, N., Skelton, B.W., Spiccia, L., Thomas, N.C., White, A.H., 1999, Synthesis and structure of photodecarbonylated ruthenium(II) complexes - potential intermediates for mixed ligand complexes, Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, vol 3, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 275-277.

Barton, T.J., Bartlett, J.R., Woolfrey, J.L., Spiccia, L., West, B.O., 1999, The influence of beta-diketones on the inductin times for hydrolysis of zirconium(IV) alkoxides, Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol 9, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 499-505.

Bond, A.M., Deacon, G.B., Howitt, J.A., Macfarlane, D.R., Spiccia, L., Wolfbauer, G., 1999, Voltammetric Determination of the Reversible Redox Potential for the Oxidation of the Highly Surface Active Polypyridyl Ruthenium Photovoltaic Sensitizer cis-Ru(II)(dcbpy)2(NCS)2, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol 146 issue 2, Electrochemical Soc. Inc., New Jersey USA, pp. 648-656.

Jiang, W., Graham, B., Spiccia, L., Hearn, M.T., 1998, Protein selectivity with immobilized metal ion-tacn sorbents: Chromatographic studies with human serum proteins and several other globular proteins, Analytical Biochemistry, vol 255, Academic Press, USA, pp. 47-58.

Jiang, W., Graham, B., Spiccia, L., Hearn, M.T., 1998, Protein selectivity with immobilized metal ion-tacn sorbents: chromatographic studies with human serum proteins and several other globular proteins, Analytical Biochemistry, vol 225 no 1, Academic Press, San Diego USA, pp. 47-58.

Brudenell, S.J., Spiccia, L., Bond, A.M., Comba, P., Hockless, D.C.R., 1998, Structural, EPR, and electrochemical studies of binuclear copper(II) complexes of bis(pentadentate) ligands derived from bis(1,4,7-triazacyclonane) macrocycles, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 37, Americal Chemical Society, USA, pp. 3705-3713.

Brudenell, S.J., Spiccia, L., Bond, A.M., Mahon, P.J., Hockless, D.C.R., 1998, Structural, spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of binuclear nickel(II) complexes of bis(pentadentate) ligands derived from bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononane) macrocycles, Dalton Transactions, vol n/a, Journal of the Chemical Society, UK, pp. 3919-3925.

Spiccia, L., West, B.O., Zhang, Q., 1998, Studies on the synthesis of Pb-Ti-oxo-alkoxo-carboxylato complexes, Polyhedron, vol 17, Elsevier Science Ltd, UK, pp. 1851-1861.

Spiccia, L., Fallon, G.D., Grannas, M.J., Nichols, P.J., Tiekink, E.R.T., 1998, Synthesis and characterisation of mononuclear and binuclear iron(II) complexes of pentadentate and bis(pentadentate) ligands derived from 1,4,7-triazacyclononane, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol 279, Elsevier, USA, pp. 192-199.

Crimp, S.J., Drljaca, A., Smythe, D., Spiccia, L., 1998, Synthesis and characterization of rhodium(III)-chromium(III) heterotrinuclear aqua ions, Dalton Transactions, vol n/a, Journal of the Chemical Society, UK, pp. 375-379.

Golding, J.J., Macfarlane, D.R., Spiccia, L., Forsyth, M., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., 1998, Weak Intermolecular Interactions in Sulfonamide Salts: Structure of 1-ethyl-2-Methyl-3-Benzyl Imidazolium Bis[(Trifluoromethyl)Sulfonyl]Amide, Chemical Communications, vol -, The Royal Chemical Society, Cambridge UK, pp. 1593-1594.

Golding, J.J., Macfarlane, D.R., Spiccia, L., Forsyth, M., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., 1998, Weak intermolecular interactions in sulfonamide salts: Structure of 1-ethyl-2-methyl-3-benzyl imidazolium bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]amide, Chemical Communications, vol n/a, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 1593-1594.

Drljaca, A., Anderson, J.R., Spiccia, L., Turney, T.W., 1997, A new method for generating chromium(III) intercalated clays, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol 256, Elsevier, Netherland, pp. 151-154.

Drljaca, A., Hockless, D.C.R., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., 1997, A supramolecular approach to the crystallization of polynuclear aqausions: Structure and megnetism of an 18 - crown -6 adduct of [(H20)4Cr(m-OH)2Cr(H20)4]-mesitylene sulfonate hydrate, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 36, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 1988-1989.

Drljaca, A., Hockless, D.C.R., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., 1997, A supramolecular approach to the crystallization of polynuclear aquaions: Structure and magnestism of an 18 - crown -6 adduct of bis(m - hydroxo)octaaquadichromium(III) mesitylene - 2 - sulfonate trihydrate, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 36, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 1988-1989.

Fry, F., Graham, B., Spiccia, L., Hockless, D.C.R., Tiekink, E.R.T., 1997, Binuclear copper complexes of bis(1,4,7-triazacyclonon-1-yl) ligands incorporating acetate pendant arms, Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 827-831.

Zachariou, M., Traverso, I., Spiccia, L., Hearn, M.T., 1997, Characterization by potentiometric procedures of the acid-base and metal binding properties of two new classes of immobilized metal ion affinity adsorbents developed for protein purification, Analytical Chemistry, vol 69, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 813-822.

Zachariou, M., Traverso, I., Spiccia, L., Hearn, M.T., 1997, Characterization by potentiometric procedures of the acid-base and metal binding properties of two new classes of immobilized metal ion affinity adsorbents developed for protein purification, Analytical Chemistry, vol 69, American Chemical Society, Columbus OH USA, pp. 813-822.

Graham, B., Fallon, G.D., Hearn, M.T., Hockless, D.C.R., Lazarev, G., Spiccia, L., 1997, Coordination modes of a series of xylylene-bridged bis(1,4,7-triazacyclonon-1-yl) ligands: Synthesis, structure and properties of nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes, Inorganic Chemistry, vol 36, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 6366-6373.

Graham, B., Fallon, G.D., Hearn, M.T., Hockless, D.C.R., Lazarev, G., Spiccia, L., 1997, Coordination modes of a series of xylylene-bridged bis(1,4,7-triazacyclonon-1-yl) ligands: synthesis, structure, and properties of nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes, Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, vol 36, The American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 6366-6373.

Spiccia, L., Aramini, J.M., Crimp, S.J., Drljaca, A., Lawrenz, E.T., Tedesco, V., Vogel, H.J., 1997, Hydrolytic polymerization of rhodium(III). Characterization of various forms of a trinuclear aqua ion, Journal of Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, vol no, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 4603-4609.

Drljaca, A., Spiccia, L., Anderson, J.R., Turney, T.W., 1997, Intercalation of montmorillonite clay with individual oligomeric rhodium(III) aqua cations, Inorganic Chimica Acta, vol 254, Elsevier, Netherland, pp. 219-224.

Fallon, G.D., McLachlan, G.A., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., O'Brien, L., Spiccia, L., 1997, Mononuclear chromium(III), manganese(II) and iron(III) complexes of the pentadentate ligand 1,4-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane, Journal of Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 2765-2769.

Drljaca, A., Kepert, C., Spiccia, L., Raston, C.L., Sandoval, C.A., Smith, T.D., 1997, Qualitative test for supram olecular complexation of C60 using a mesporous silica, Chemical Communications, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, p. 196.

Graham, B., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Spiccia, L., Cashion, J.D., Hockless, D.C.R., 1997, Syntheses and characterization of mono - and di - nuclear iron(III) complexes of 1,4,7 - triazacyclononane - N - acetate (L). Crystal structures of [FeCl2L] and [Fe2(m - O)(m - O2CMe)L2]CIO4 . NaClO4 . 2H2O, Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, vol no, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 887-893.

Graham, B., Spiccia, L., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Cashion, J.D., Hockless, D.C.R., 1997, Synthesis and characterisation of mononuclear and dinuclear iron (III) Complexes of 1,4,7 - Triazacyclononane - N - Acetate(L). Crystal structures of [FeCl2L[ and [Fe2(m - O) (m - O2CMe)L2]CIO4 NaCIO4. 2H2O, Journal of the Chemical Society-Dalton Transactions, vol jsdtbi, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 887-893.

Fallon, G.D., Spiccia, L., West, B.O., Zhang, Q., 1997, The structure of hydrated lead(II) dimethylacetate, [Pb6(02CCH(CH3)2)12]4H20: a hexanuclear carboxylate, Polyhedron, vol 16, Pergamon, UK, pp. 19-23.

Spiccia, L., Graham, B., Hearn, M.T., Lazarev, G., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Tiekink, E.R.T., 1997, Towards synthetic models for trinuclear copper active sites of ascorbate oxidase and laccase: self-assembly, crystal structure and magnetic properties of the copper (II) complexes of 1,3,5-tris(1,4,7-triazacyclonon-1-ylmethyl)benzene, Journal of the Chemical Society-Dalton Transactions, vol -, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 4089-4097.

Spiccia, L., Graham, B., Hearn, M.T., Lazarev, G., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Tiekink, E.R.T., 1997, Towards synthetic models for trinuclear copper active sites of ascorbate oxidase and laccase: self-assembly, crystal structure and magnetic properties of the copper(II) complexes of 1,3,5-tris(1,4,7-triazacyclonon-1-ylmethyl)benzene, Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, vol no, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 4089-4097.

Conference Proceedings

Fekete, M., Singh, A., Hocking, R., Brimblecombe, R., Chang, L., Bach, U., Patti, A., Swiegers, G., Dismukes, G., Spiccia, L., 2011, Bioinspired water oxidation catalysts for solar hydrogen production, New Trends in Coordination, Bioinorganice, and Applied Inorganic Chemistry, 5 June 2011 to 10 June 2011, Slovak University of Technology Press, Bratislava, pp. 519-535.

Brimblecombe, R., Rotstein, M.C., Koo, A.L., Dismukes, G., Swiegers, G.F., Spiccia, L., 2009, A bio--inspired molecular water oxidation catalyst for renewable hydrogen generation: An examination of salt effects, Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology IV, Proceedings of SPIE Vol 7408, 3/8/2009 to 6/8/2009, SPIE, USA, pp. 74080V-1-74080V-8.

Menzies, D.B., Dai, Q., Maunders, C., Cheng, Y., Simon, G.P., Spiccia, L., 2005, Sol-gel synthesis of TiO2 nanocrystals for application in dye-sensitized solar cells, Proceedings of 2005 5th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, 11 July 2005 to 15 July 2005, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, usa, pp. 585-588.

Gasser, G., Bond, A.M., Graham, B., Kosowski, Z., Spiccia, L., 2005, Synthesis of new metal complex - biomolecule hybrids as redox ensors for specific nucleobases, NSTI-Nanotech 2005, 08 May 2005 to 12 May 2005, Nano Science and Technolgy Institute, USA, pp. 412-415.

McPhail, D.C., Brugger, J., Liu, W., Spiccia, L., Black, J., 1999, Copper chloride complexing in hydrothermal brines, Ninth Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Harvard Univ Massachusetts USA 22-27/8/99, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston USA, pp. 195-196.

Black, J., Brugger, J., McPhail, D.C., Spiccia, L., 1999, The Hydrothermal Geochemistry of copper chloride speicies from 20-300 degrees celsius, Geological Society of Australia, Abstracts no 55, Univ of Melbourne Sept 1999, GSA, Sydney NSW Australia, p. 61.

Ammala, P., Hockless, D.C.R., Spiccia, L., West, B.O., 1998, Cyclic alkoxide-carboxylates of titanium(IV), RACI Inorganic Chemistry Division Conference, Wollongong NSW 1-5/2/98, University of Wollongong, NSW Australia, p. 164.

Bayada, A., Greaves, B.C., Percy, M.J., Spiccia, L., Turney, T.W., Casey, P., West, B.O., 1998, Synthesis of novel aluminium phosphate aerogels, RACI Inorganic Chemistry Division Conference, Wollongong NSW 1-5/2/98, University of Wollongong, NSW Australia, p. 122.

Wei, J., Graham, B., Wirth, H.-., Boysen, R.I., Spiccia, L., Hearn, M.T., 1997, Engineering ligands for the high resolution analysis and purification of recombinant proteins, 17th International Symposium on the Separation of Proteins, Peptides and Polynucleotides, Rockvile, Maryland USA, Oct. 26-29, 1997, Barr Enterprises, Rockville MD USA, p. 41.

Pomeroy, M.J., McPhail, D.C., Spiccia, L., 1997, Geochemistry of Copper in Hydrotherml Brines, Abstracts Volume No 46, Monash Univ. Melbourne, 10/10/97, Geological Society of Australia, Sydney NSW Australia, p. 33.

Other

Graham, B., Mooney, J., Jiang, W., Hearn, M., Christensen, T., Spiccia, L., 2009, Peptide purification by means of metal ion affinity chromatography, Japan.

Christensen, T., Hearn, M.T.W., Spiccia, L., Jiang, W., Mooney, J.T., Graham, B., 2008, Peptide purification by means of metal ion affinity chromatography.

Spiccia, L., Thompson, S.J., Cheng, Y., Menzies, D.B., Simon, G.P., 2006, Scattering elongate photovoltaic cell, Australia.

Christensen, T., Hearn, M.T.W., Spiccia, L., Jiang, W., Mooney, J.T., Graham, B., 2003, Peptide Purification by Means of Metal Ion Affinity Chromatography, Europe.

Christensen, T., Hearn, M.T.W., Spiccia, L., Jiang, W., Mooney, J.T., 2003, Peptide Purification by Means of Metal Ion Affinity Chromatography, Worldwide.

Graham, B., Mooney, J., Jiang, W., Hearn, M., Christensen, T., Spiccia, L., 2002, Peptide purification by means of metal ion affinity chromatography, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Parker, R., Murray, K.S., Moubaraki, B., Spiccia, L., Hockless, D.C.R., 1997, Cyano bridged heteropolynuclear metal complexes, Postgraduate Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry, RACI, Australia.

Ammala, P., Spiccia, L., West, B.O., 1997, Reaction of trinuclear iron(III) carboxylates with Ti(IV) alkoxides, RACI 3rd Annual Postgraduate Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry, RACI, Australia.

Graham, B., Grannas, M.J., Spiccia, L., Fallon, G.D., Hearn, M.T., Tiekink, E.R.T., Hockless, D.C.R., Skelton, B.W., White, A.H., 1997, Synthesis and application of polynuclear metal complexes in immobilised metal affinity chromatography (IMAC), RACI 3rd Annual Postgraduate Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry, RACI, Australia.

Percy, M.J., Bartlett, J.R., Spiccia, L., West, B.O., Woolfrey, J.L., 1997, The effect of b - diketones on the rate of particle formation during the hydrolysis of zirconium(IV) propoxide, RACI 3rd Annual Postgraduate Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry, RACI, Australia.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Advancing the performance of photocathode dye-sensitized solar cells for their application in tandem solar cells.

Supervisors:

Bach, U (Main), Spiccia, L (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Aminoglycoside - Metal Complexes as Novel RNA Cleaving Agents.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Graham, B (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Design and Fabrication of Nano-Crystalline Metal Oxide Materials as Highly Efficient Photocatalysts.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Batten, S (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Investigation of inorganic metal oxides as catalysts for photo-electrochemical water splitting.

Supervisors:

Macfarlane, D (Joint), Spiccia, L (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Nano-structured functional materials for water splitting..

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Patti, A (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Nanomaterials as Cancer Imaging and Therapeutic Agents.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Graham, B (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

New electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells with transition metal complexes as redox mediators.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Batten, S (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

New redox mediators for dye sensitized solar cells.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Cheng, Y (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

New redox mediators for dye-sensitized solar cells.

Supervisors:

Bach, U (Main), Spiccia, L (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Novel redox couples for dye sensitized solar cells.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Ohlin, C (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Towards Light Driven Water Splitting.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Batten, S (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Water oxidation catalysis by metal oxides derived from coordination complexes: from complexes to natural minerals.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Bach, U (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Almesaker, A.

Program of Study:

Coordination chemistry of multidentate ligands from a multi-component reaction. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Scott, J (Associate).

Student:

Ammala, P.

Program of Study:

REACTIONS OF METAL ALKOXIDES WITH FRINUCLEAR "BASIC" METAL CARBOXYLATES. (PHD) 2000.

Supervisors:

West, B (Main), Spiccia, L (Associate).

Student:

Auxilio, A.

Program of Study:

Inorganic nanoparticles as potential pigments for anionic dye receptive layer formulation. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Junk, P (Main), Spiccia, L (Associate).

Student:

Barreto Solano, J.

Program of Study:

Design of functionalized nanoparticles as imaging agents for cancer. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main).

Student:

Belousoff, M.

Program of Study:

Metal complex and small molecule interactions with phosphate esters and nucleic acids. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main).

Student:

Black, J.

Program of Study:

COPPER(I) COMPLEX FORMATION IN THIOSULFATE LIXIVIANTS FOR GOLD LEACHING. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main).

Student:

Brimblecombe, R.

Program of Study:

Bio-inspired catalysis for photo-oxidation of water. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main).

Student:

Daeneke, T.

Program of Study:

Novel redox couples for dye-sensitized solar cells. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Bach, U (Associate).

Student:

Daly, R.

Program of Study:

EXPRESSION AND CHARACTERISATION OF THE LIGAND-BINDING DOMAINS OF ACTIVIN RECEPTORS. (PHD) 2002.

Supervisors:

Hearn, M (Main), Spiccia, L (Associate).

Student:

Draffin, S.

Program of Study:

"Selective carbohydrate separation facilitated by aryl boronic acids". (Masters) 2004.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Duggan ((Double Id)), P (Associate).

Student:

Fischmann, A.

Program of Study:

Thiosulfate and thiosulfonate complexes of copper(II): implications for gold leaching. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main).

Student:

Fry, F.

Program of Study:

METAL COMPLEXES BASED ON MACROCYCLIC LIGANDS AND THEIR ABILITY TO HYDROLYSE PHOSPHATE ESTERS. (PHD) 2002.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main).

Student:

Golding, J.

Program of Study:

NOVEL SALTS BASED ON ORGANIC ANIONS AND CATIONS. (PHD) 1999.

Supervisors:

Macfarlane, D (Main), Spiccia, L (Associate).

Student:

Huth, S.

Program of Study:

Amino acid derivatives of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane: synthesis, properties and their use in the preparation of peptides with metal-binding properties. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Hearn, M (Joint), Spiccia, L (Joint-Co).

Student:

Joshi, T.

Program of Study:

Ruthenium (II) complexes and their peptide nucleic acid bioconjugates for therapeutic and biosensing applications. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main).

Student:

Kreher, U.

Program of Study:

Hard metal ion chelating complexes for the application in immobilised metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) of biomolecules. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Hearn, M (Joint), Spiccia, L (Joint-Co).

Student:

Leelarathna, K.

Program of Study:

Chemistry of Nickel Aqueous Species and Solids in Sulphate Brines: Importance to Nickel Laterite Mineral Processing". (Masters) 2003.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Mcphail, D (Associate).

Student:

Menzies, D.

Program of Study:

Modification of nanostructured working electrodes for dye-sensitised solar cells. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Cheng, Y (Main), Simon, G (Associate), Spiccia, L (Associate).

Student:

Nickita, .

Program of Study:

Development of ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes for biosensor applications based on peptide nucleic acids. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main).

Student:

Offermann, D.

Program of Study:

POLYOL RECOGNITION OF PEPTIDE BORONIC ACIDS. (PHD) 2004.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main).

Student:

Pearson, P.

Program of Study:

Synthesis and electrochemistry of [Ru(bpy)2L] 0/+/2+ complexes. (Masters) 2006.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Bond, A (Associate), Deacon, G (Associate).

Student:

Sekine, R.

Program of Study:

Surfaced-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and computational chemistry for phytoestrogen research. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Mcnaughton, D (Main), Robertson, E (External), Spiccia, L (Associate).

Student:

Subramanian, P.

Program of Study:

Application of electrochromic materials to flexible substrates. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Macfarlane, D (Associate).

Student:

Tjioe, L.

Program of Study:

Catalytic cleavage agents for phosphate esters hydrolysis. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Graham, B (Associate).

Student:

Tyndall, E.

Program of Study:

APPLICATIONS OF BORON ACIDS AND ESTERS. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main).

Student:

Warden, A.

Program of Study:

COPPER(II) CO-ORDINATION CHEMISTRY AND ANION BINDING PROPERTIES OF POLYAZAMACROCYCLES. (PHD) 2004.

Supervisors:

Spiccia, L (Main), Hearn, M (Associate).

Student:

Wittick, L.

Program of Study:

SYNTHESIS AND MAGNETISM OF NANOSCALE MOLECULE BASED MAGNETS - MIXED-VALENT MANGANESE CLUSTER COMPLEXES CONTAINING A FLEXIBLE TRIPODAL LIGAND. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Murray, K (Main), Spiccia, L (Associate).