Staff profile
Prof. Jonathan W. Steed
Professor

Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
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Professor in the Department of Chemistry | CG103L | +44 (0) 191 33 42085 |
Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing | +44 (0) 191 33 42085 |
Biography
Jonathan W. Steed was born in London, UK in 1969. He obtained his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees at University College London, working with Derek Tocher on organometallic and coordination chemistry. He graduated in 1993 winning the Ramsay Medal for his Ph.D. work. Between 1993 and 1995 he was a NATO postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alabama and University of Missouri, working with Jerry Atwood. In 1995 he was appointed as a Lecturer at King's College London. In 2004 he joined Durham University where he is currently Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. Professor Steed is co-author of the textbooks Supramolecular Chemistry (2000, 2009 & 2021) Core Concepts in Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanochemistry (2007) and around 350 research papers. He has edited the Encyclopaedia of Supramolecular Chemistry (2004), Organic Nanostructures (2008) and the 8-volume Supramolecular Chemistry from Molecules to Nanomaterials (2012). He is the recipient of the RSC Meldola Medal (1998), Durham's Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching (2006), the Bob Hay Lectureship (2008) and the RSC Corday-Morgan Prize (2010). He is Editor-in-Chief of the American Chemical Society journal Crystal Growth & Design. His interests are in crystallization, supramolecular gels and crystalline solids particularly pharmaceutical solids, co-crystals and hydrates. See personal web pages for full details.
Supramolecular Chemistry
Traditional molecular chemistry is largely concerned with the synthesis and study of molecules linked by covalent bonds between atoms. However, there is another entire area of chemistry, often impinging on nanometre scale assemblies, that transcends the chemistry of the covalent bond. This is termed Supramolecular Chemistry and it involves the study of systems bonded by a multitude of non-covalent interactions, particularly hydrogen bonding, π-π stacking, and metal-ligand dative bonds. Many of these kinds of interactions are difficult to control yet their importance and potential is mind blowing. For example, in biochemistry Nature relies heavily on just these interactions to fold proteins into their active conformations and, crucially, it is hydrogen bonding (base pairing) and π-π stacking that give DNA its characteristic double helical shape. Prof. Steed is the author of a definitive book on Supramolecular Chemistry.1
Molecular Sensors

Our work encompasses many aspects of supramolecular chemistry from crystallization and the nature of individual interactions (particularly in the solid state) to their incorporation and use in functioning molecular devices, particularly in applications such as the design and synthesis of molecular sensors for anions (e.g. environmental pollutants). To take just one example, a complex molecular device based on a calixarene (shown on the right) is capable of selectively recognising and binding a two halide anions entirely through non-covalent interactions (NH···X and CH···X hydrogen bonds) and photochemically signalling that binding via the appended pyrene units.2
Supramolecular Gels

Gels comprise a liquid trapped by a highly porous network of nanometre-scale fibres. As well as being fascinating because of their complex and emergent microstructure, the highly porous, locally ordered network in gels, coupled with their formation by spontaneous self-organization gives them tremendous technological possibilities, for example in the controlled formation of highly porous polymers and in the controlled crystallization of targeted pharmaceutical polymorphic forms, an area of particular interest for our group.5 Extremely simple, readily prepared bis(urea) building blocks give gels via a hierarchical series of self-organization steps strongly influenced (both positively and negatively) by ionic additives such as metal salts. The intrinsic ability of bis(ureas) to aggregate via NH∙∙∙O=C hydrogen bonded interactions is modulated and can be switched on and of by reversible coordination interactions to metal cations and hydrogen bonding to conjugate anions. Our group are particularly active in the design of targeted gels for pharmaceutical crystal form control. An SEM image of a dried gel showing chiral helical fibres derived from a chiral gelator is shown left.3-7
Crystallography and Solid Form

Facilities at Durham for both single crystal and powder work are internationally leading. The group is also particularly active in structure determination by neutron diffraction and students have the opportunity of taking part in visits to facilities at the ILL in Grenoble, France or the ISIS facility in the UK. Our single crystal neutron structure of the exotic H7O3+ ion trapped by two molecules called 'crown ethers' is shown right. We are particularly interested in low symmetry crystal structures with more than one molecule in the asymmetric unit7 and we maintain a dedicated web resource on this work (http://zprime.co.uk). The group are also expert in the study of polymorphism, particularly in pharmaceutical hydrates and in the use of novel methods such as gel phase crystal growth and mechanochemistry to influence solid form.
References
- J. W. Steed and J. L. Atwood, "Supramolecular Chemistry", 3rd Ed, J. Wiley & Sons: Chichester, 2021.
- “Induced Fit Inter-Anion Discrimination by Binding-Induced Excimer Formation”, M. H. Filby, S. J. Dickson, N. Zaccheroni, L. Prodi, S. Bonacchi, M. Montalti, M. J. Paterson, T. D. Humphries, C. Chiorboli, and J. W. Steed, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 4105-4113.
- "Anion-Tuning of Supramolecular Gel Properties", G. O. Lloyd and J. W. Steed, Nature Chem., 2009, 1, 437.
- "Metal- and Anion Binding Supramolecular Gels", M. M. Piepenbrock, G. O. Lloyd, N. Clarke and J. W. Steed, Chem. Rev., 2010, 110, 1960.
- "Anion-switchable supramolecular gels for controlling pharmaceutical crystal growth”, J. A. Foster, M.-O. M. Piepenbrock, G. O. Lloyd, N. Clarke, J. A. K. Howard and J. W. Steed, Nature Chem., 2010, 2, 1037–1043.
- “Halogen-Bonding-Triggered Supramolecular Gel Formation”, L. Meazza, J. A. Foster, K. Fucke, P. Metrangolo, G. Resnati and J. W. Steed, Nature Chem., 2013, 5, 42–47.
- “Blending gelators to tune gel properties and probe anion-induced disassembly”, J. A. Foster, R. M. Edkins, G. J. Cameron, N. Colgin, K. Fucke, S. Ridgeway, A. G. Crawford, T. B. Marder, A. Beeby, S. L. Cobb and J. W. Steed, Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 279–291.
- “Packing Problems: High Z′ Crystal Structures and their Relationship to Cocrystals, Inclusion Compounds and Polymorphism,” K. M. Steed and J. W. Steed, Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 2895-2933.
Research interests
- Supramolecular Chemistry
- Crystallography
- Molecular Materials
Research groups
- Physical Organic and Assembly
- Soft Matter and Interfaces
Awarded Grants
- 2017: SOFI CDT - Understanding Lactam-Active Ingredient Co-Phases(£46000.00 from Ashland Inc)
- 2017: Solid State Reactivity of Dialkyne Dosimeters(£46000.00 from Ashland Inc)
- 2016: Small Molecule Gels are targeted Crystallization Media for Solid Form Discovery(£33999.00 from Astra Zeneca UK Ltd)
- 2014: Scientific Properties of Complex Knots(£155801.00 from Leverhulme Trust)
- 2013: A Supramolecular Gel Control of Pharmaceutical Crystal Growth(£220882.14 from European Commission)
- 2013: Solid State Chameleons: Chemical Transformations as Single Crystal Transitions(£155415.35 from European Commission)
- 2012: Complementary Gel and Microemulsion Strategies for Pharmaceutical Solid Form Control(£688937.00 from Epsrc)
- 2009: IS WATER STRUCTURE IMPORTANT?(£335175.00 from Epsrc)
- 2007: CHEMICALLY TUNABLE SUPRAMOLECULAR GELS(£283569.00 from Epsrc)
- 2007: SYMMETRY BREAKING IN MOLECULAR CRYSTAL STRUCTURES(£301169.00 from Epsrc)
- 2006: PROBING METAL-MEDIATED HYDROGEN ACTIVATION(£100199.00 from The Leverhulme Trust)
Media Contacts
Available for media contact about:
- Chemistry: Crystallography, crystal growth and crystal structure including polymorphism e.g. of pharmaceuticals
- Structure, Property and Function: Crystallography, crystal growth and crystal structure including polymorphism e.g. of pharmaceuticals
- Science & Technology: Crystallography, crystal growth and crystal structure including polymorphism e.g. of pharmaceuticals
- Chemistry: Crystallography, crystal growth and crystal structure including polymorphism e.g. of pharmaceuticals
- Chemistry: Inorganic chemistry
- Structure, Property and Function: Inorganic chemistry
- Chemistry: Inorganic chemistry
- Chemistry: Nanoscale materials, particularly gels
- Structure, Property and Function: Nanoscale materials, particularly gels
- Chemistry: Nanoscale materials, particularly gels
Publications
Journal Article
- Andrews, Jessica L., Yufit, Dmitry S., McCabe, James F., Fox, Mark A. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2023). Vapor Sorption and Halogen-Bond-Induced Solid-Form Rearrangement of a Porous Pharmaceutical. Crystal Growth & Design 23(4): 2628-2633.
- Andrews, Jessica L., Kennedy, Stuart R., Yufit, Dmitry S., McCabe, James F. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2022). Designer Gelators for the Crystallization of a Salt Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient─Mexiletine Hydrochloride. Crystal Growth & Design 22(11): 6775-6785.
- Braschinsky, Alan & Steed, Jonathan W. (2022). Molecular clusters in confined spaces. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 473: 214840.
- Hall, Amy V., Gostick, Isobel E. F., Yufit, Dmitry S., Marchant, Gloria Y., Kirubakaran, Preyanthiny, Madu, Shadrack J., Li, Mingzhong, Steel, Patrick G. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2022). Integral Role of Water in the Solid-State Behavior of the Antileishmanial Drug Miltefosine. Crystal Growth & Design 22(10): 6262-6266.
- Chambers, Luke I., Yufit, Dmitry S., Musa, Osama M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2022). Understanding the Interaction of Gluconamides and Gluconates with Amino Acids in Hair Care. Crystal Growth & Design 22(10): 6190-6200.
- Chambers, Luke I., Musa, Osama M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2022). Prediction and Preparation of Coamorphous Phases of a Bislactam. Molecular Pharmaceutics 19(7): 2651-2661.
- Picci, Giacomo, Mulvee, Matthew T., Caltagirone, Claudia, Lippolis, Vito, Frontera, Antonio, Gomila, Rosa M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2022). Anion-Responsive Fluorescent Supramolecular Gels. Molecules 27(4): 1257.
- Smith, James P., Yufit, Dmitry S., McCabe, James F. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2022). The “Magic Linker” Highly Effective Gelation from Sterically Awkward Packing. Crystal Growth & Design 22(3): 1914-1921.
- Hendrikse, Simone I. S., Contreras-Montoya, Rafael, Ellis, Amanda V., Thordarson, Pall & Steed, Jonathan W. (2022). Biofunctionality with a twist: the importance of molecular organisation, handedness and configuration in synthetic biomaterial design. Chemical Society Reviews 51(1): 28-42.
- Chambers, Luke I., Yufit, Dmitry S., Fox, Mark A., Musa, Osama M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2022). Structure and hydration of polyvinylpyrrolidone-hydrogen peroxide. Chemical Communications 58(1): 80-83.
- Jayabhavan, Sreejith Sudhakaran, Steed, Jonathan W. & Damodaran, Krishna K. (2021). Crystal Habit Modification of Metronidazole by Supramolecular Gels with Complementary Functionality. Crystal Growth & Design 21(9): 5383-5393.
- Sahub, Chonticha, Andrews, Jessica L., Smith, James P., Mohamad Arif, Maya A., Tomapatanaget, Boosayarat & Steed, Jonathan W. (2021). Enhancement of sensitivity for dichlorvos detection by a low-weight gelator based on bolaamphiphile amino acid derivatives decorated with a hybrid graphene quantum dot/enzyme/hydrogel. Materials Chemistry Frontiers 5(18): 6850-6859.
- Hall, Amy V., Musa, Osama M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2021). Properties and Applications of Stimuli-Responsive Diacetylenes. Crystal Growth & Design 21(6): 3614-3638.
- Jones, Christopher D., Kershaw Cook, Laurence J., Marquez-Gamez, David, Luzyanin, Konstantin V., Steed, Jonathan W. & Slater, Anna G. (2021). High-Yielding Flow Synthesis of a Macrocyclic Molecular Hinge. Journal of the American Chemical Society 143(19): 7553-7565.
- Hall, Amy V., Musa, Osama M., Hood, David K., Apperley, David C., Yufit, Dmitry S. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2021). Alkali Metal Salts of 10,12-Pentacosadiynoic Acid and Their Dosimetry Applications. Crystal Growth & Design 21(4): 2416-2422.
- Byrne, Peter, Lloyd, Gareth O. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2021). Guest inclusion by Borromean weave coordination networks. Journal of Coordination Chemistry 74(1-3): 152-161.
- Chambers, Luke I., Grohganz, Holger, Palmelund, Henrik, Löbmann, Korbinian, Rades, Thomas, Musa, Osama M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2021). Predictive identification of co-formers in co-amorphous systems. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 157: 105636.
- Andrews, Jessica L., Nilsson Lill, Sten O., Freitag-Pohl, Stefanie, Apperley, David C., Yufit, Dmitry S., Batsanov, Andrei S., Mulvee, Matthew T., Edkins, Katharina, McCabe, James F., Berry, David J., Probert, Michael R. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2021). Derisking the Polymorph Landscape: The Complex Polymorphism of Mexiletine Hydrochloride. Crystal Growth & Design 21(12): 7150-7167.
- Hall, Amy V., Yufit, Dmitry S., Zhang, Yingfeng, Musa, Osama M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2021). Anisotropic thermal expansion effects in layered n-Alkyl carboxylic acid – bipyridyl cocrystals. Supramolecular Chemistry 33(10): 578.
- Saikia, Basanta, Mulvee, Matthew T., Torres-Moya, Ivan, Sarma, Bipul & Steed, Jonathan W. (2020). Drug Mimetic Organogelators for the Control of Concomitant Crystallization of Barbital and Thalidomide. Crystal Growth & Design 20(12): 7989-7996.
- Taylor, Christopher R., Mulvee, Matthew T., Perenyi, Domonkos S., Probert, Michael R., Day, Graeme M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2020). Minimizing polymorphic risk through cooperative computational and experimental exploration. Journal of the American Chemical Society 142(39): 16668-16680.
- Hall, Amy V., Yufit, Dmitry S., Apperley, David C., Senak, Larry, Musa, Osama M., Hood, David K. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2020). The crystal engineering of radiation-sensitive diacetylene cocrystals and salts. Chemical Science 11(30): 8025-8035.
- Tyler, Andrew R., Ragbirsingh, Ronnie, McMonagle, Charles J., Waddell, Paul G., Heaps, Sarah E., Steed, Jonathan W., Thaw, Paul, Hall, Michael J. & Probert, Michael R. (2020). Encapsulated Nanodroplet Crystallization of Organic-Soluble Small Molecules. Chem 6(7): 1755-1765.
- Jones, Christopher David, Lewis, Aled R, Jones, Daniel Raymond, Ottley, Chris, Liu, Kaiqiang & Steed, Jonathan W (2020). Lilypad aggregation: localised self-assembly and metal sequestration at a liquid-vapour interface. Chemical Science 11(28): 7501-7510.
- Lopera, Alberto, Aguilar, Juan A., Belda, Raquel, Verdejo, Begoña, Steed, Jonathan W. & García-España, Enrique (2020). Hybrid GMP–polyamine hydrogels as new biocompatible materials for drug encapsulation. Soft Matter 16(28): 6514-6522.
- Hong, Yuexian, Yufit, Dmitry S., Letzelter, Nathalie & Steed, Jonathan W. (2020). Calcium cyclic carboxylates as structural models for calcium carbonate scale inhibitors. CrystEngComm 22(15): 2585-2592.
- Cincotti, Antonio, Maucher, Fabian, Evans, David, Chapin, Brette M., Horner, Kate, Bromley, Elizabeth, Lobb, Andrew, Steed, Jonathan W. & Sutcliffe, Paul (2019). Threaded Rings that Swim in Excitable Media. Physical Review Letters 123(25): 258102.
- Edkins, Katharina, McIntyre, Garry J, Wilkinson, Clive, Kahlenberg, Volker, Toebbens, Daniel M., Griesser, Ulrich J., Bruening, Juergen, Schmidt, Martin U. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2019). Extensive sequential polymorphic interconversion in the solid-state: Two hydrates and ten anhydrous phases of hexamidine diisethionate. Crystal Growth & Design 2019(19): 7280-7289.
- Rizzo, Carla, Andrews, Jessica L., Steed, Jonathan W. & D'Anna, Francesca (2019). Carbohydrate-Supramolecular Gels: Adsorbents for Chromium(VI) Removal from Wastewater. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 548: 184-196.
- Jones, Christopher D., Simmons, Henry T. D., Horner, Kate E., Liu, Kaiqiang, Thompson, Richard L. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2019). Braiding, branching and chiral amplification of nanofibres in supramolecular gels. Nature Chemistry 11: 375-381.
- Osman, Deenah, Martini, Maria Alessandra, Foster, Andrew W., Chen, Junjun, Scott, Andrew J. P., Morton, Richard J., Steed, Jonathan W., Lurie-Luke, Elena, Huggins, Thomas G., Lawrence, Andrew D., Deery, Evelyne, Warren, Martin J., Chivers, Peter T. & Robinson, Nigel J. (2019). Bacterial sensors define intracellular free energies for correct enzyme metalation. Nature Chemical Biology 15(3): 241-249.
- Torres-Moya, Iván, Saikia, Basanta, Prieto, Pilar, Carrillo, José R. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2019). High thermal stability, pH responsive organogels of 2H-benzo[d]1,2,3-triazole derivatives as pharmaceutical crystallization media. CrystEngComm 21(13): 2135-2143.
- Andrews, Jessica L., Pearson, Emma, Yufit, Dmitry S., Steed, Jonathan W. & Edkins, Katharina (2018). Supramolecular gelation as the first stage in Ostwald’s rule. Crystal Growth & Design 18(12): 7690-7700.
- Dawn, Arnab, Mirzamani, Marzieh, Jones, Christopher D., Yufit, Dmitry S., Qian, Shuo, Steed, Jonathan W. & Kumari, Harshita (2018). Investigating the effect of supramolecular gel phase crystallization on gel nucleation. Soft Matter 14(46): 9489-9497.
- Steed, Jonathan W. (2018). 21st Century Developments in the Understanding and Control of Molecular Solids. Chemical Communications 54(94): 13175-13182.
- Ghosh, Dipankar, Ferfolja, Katja, Drabavičius, Žygimantas, Steed, Jonathan W. & Damodaran, Krishna K. (2018). Crystal habit modification of Cu(ii) isonicotinate–N-oxide complexes using gel phase crystallisation. New Journal of Chemistry 42(24): 19963-19970.
- Perrin, Andrea, Goodwin, Melissa J., Callear, Samantha, Soper, Alan K., Musa, Osama M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2018). Structures of a Clathrate Hydrate Former, Inhibitor, and Synergist in Water. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 122(18): 4901-4912.
- Steed, Jonathan W. & Tocher, Derek A. (2018). Dynamic behaviour in nicotinate-bridged binuclear ruthenium(IV) complexes. Polyhedron 147: 152-155.
- Spinelli, Floriana, d'Agostino, Simone, Taddei, Paola, Jones, Christopher David, Steed, Jonathan W. & Grepioni, Fabrizia (2018). Activating [4+4] photoreactivity in the solid-state via complexation: from 9-(methylaminomethyl)anthracene to its silver(I) complexes. Dalton Transactions 16(47): 5725-5733.
- Kennedy, Stuart R., Jones, Christopher D., Yufit, Dimitrii S., Nicholson, Catherine Emma, Cooper, Sharon J. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2018). Tailored Supramolecular Gel and Microemulsion Crystallization Strategies – is Isoniazid Really Monomorphic? CrystEngComm 20(10): 1390-1398.
- Hong, Yuexian, Letzelter, Nathalie, Evans, John S. O., Yufit, Dmitry S & Steed, Jonathan W. (2018). Phosphate-Free Inhibition of Calcium Carbonate Dishwasher Deposits. Crystal Growth & Design 18(3): 1526-1538.
- Goodwin, Melissa, Musa, Osama, Berry, David & Steed, Jonathan W. (2018). Small-Molecule Povidone Analogs in Coamorphous Pharmaceutical Phases. Crystal Growth & Design 18(2): 701-709.
- Coubrough, Heather M., Jones, Christopher D., Yufit, Dmitry S. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2018). Gelation by histidine-derived ureas. Supramolecular Chemistry 30(5-6): 384-394.
- Perrin, Andrea, Goodwin, Melissa J., Musa, Osama M., Yufit, Dimitrii S & Steed, Jonathan W. (2017). Boric Acid Co-crystals in Guar Gelation. CrystEngComm 19(47): 7125-7131.
- Jones, Christopher D., Kennedy, Stuart R., Walker, Martin, Yufit, Dmitry S. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2017). Scrolling of supramolecular lamellae in the hierarchical self-assembly of fibrous gels. Chem 3(4): 603-628.
- Goodwin, Melissa J., Steed, Benjamin W., Yufit, Dmitry S., Musa, Osama M., Berry, David J. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2017). Halogen and Hydrogen Bonding in Povidone-Iodine and Related Co-Phases. Crystal Growth & Design 17(10): 5552-5558.
- Aguilar, Juan A., Belda, Raquel, García-España, Enrique, Morris, Gareth A. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2017). GMP polyamine hybrid hydrogels: enhanced gel strength probed by z-spectroscopy. Chemistry - A European Journal 23(32): 7755-7760.
- Amabilino, David B., Smith, David K. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2017). Supramolecular Materials. Chemical Society Reviews 46(9): 2404-2420.
- Perrin, Andrea, Goodwin, Melissa J., Musa, Osama M., Berry, David J., Corner, Philip, Edkins, Katharina, Yufit, Dmitry S. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2017). Hydration Behavior of Polylactam Clathrate Hydrate Inhibitors and Their Small-Molecule Model Compounds. Crystal Growth & Design 17(6): 3236-3249.
- Berry, David J. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2017). Pharmaceutical cocrystals, salts and multicomponent systems; intermolecular interactions and property based design. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 117: 3-24.
- Lee, Rachael, Yufit, Dmitry S., Probert, Michael R. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2017). High Pressure/Low Temperature Polymorphism in 2,6-Dimethylpyridine–Formic Acid Cocrystals. Crystal Growth & Design 17(4): 1647-1653.
- Offiler, Caroline A., Jones, Christopher D. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2017). Metal ‘turn-off’, anion ‘turn-on’ gelation cascade in pyridinylmethyl ureas. Chemical Communications 53(12): 2024-2027.
- Foster, Jonathan A., Damodaran, Krishna K., Maurin, Antoine, Day, Graeme M., Thompson, Hugh P. G., Cameron, Gary J., Bernal, Jenifer Cuesta & Steed, Jonathan W. (2017). Pharmaceutical Polymorph Control in a Drug-Mimetic Supramolecular Gel. Chemical Science 8(1): 78-84.
- Lee, Rachael, Mason, Sax A., Mossou, Estelle, Lamming, Glenn, Probert, Michael R. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2016). Neutron Diffraction Studies on Guest-Induced Distortions in Urea Inclusion Compounds. Crystal Growth & Design 16(12): 7175-7185.
- Jones, Christopher D. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2016). Gels with sense: supramolecular materials that respond to heat, light and sound. Chemical Society Reviews 45(23): 6546-6596.
- Kennedy, Stuart R., Miquelot, Adeline, Aguilar, Juan A. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2016). Trimeric Cyclamers: Hierarchical High Z′ Crystal Engineering Based on Guest Structure and Basicity. Chemical Communications 52(79): 11846-11849.
- Horner, Kate E., Miller, Mark A., Steed, Jonathan W. & Sutcliffe, Paul M. (2016). Knot theory in modern chemistry. Chemical Society Reviews 45(23): 6432-6448.
- Perrin, Andrea, Musa, Osama M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2016). Modulating the Hydration Behaviour of Calcium Chloride by Lactam Complexation. Dalton Transactions 45(30): 12181-12187.
- Kaufmann, Lena, Kennedy, Stuart R., Jones, Christopher D. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2016). Cavity-Containing Supramolecular Gels as a Crystallization Tool for Hydrophobic Pharmaceuticals. Chemical Communications 52(66): 10113-10116.
- Lee, Rachael, Firbank, Andrew J., Probert, Michael R. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2016). Expanding the Pyridine–Formic Acid Cocrystal Landscape under Extreme Conditions. Crystal Growth & Design 16(7): 4005-4011.
- Qureshi, Naseem, Yufit, Dmitri S., Steed, Kirsty M., Howard, Judith A. K. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2016). Anion Hydrogen Bonding from a ‘Revealed’ Urea Ligand. CrystEngComm 18: 5333-5337.
- Reddy, J. Prakasha & Steed, Jonathan W. (2016). Polymorphism of (Z)-3-Bromopropenoic acid: a high and low Z' pair. Crystal Growth & Design 16: 4021-4025.
- Ruiz-Palomero, Celia, Kennedy, Stuart R., Soriano, M. Laura, Jones, Christopher D., Valcárcel, Miguel & Steed, Jonathan W. (2016). Pharmaceutical crystallization with nanocellulose organogels. Chemical Communications 52(50): 7782-7785.
- Corner, Philip A., Harburn, J. Jonathan, Steed, Jonathan W., McCabe, James F. & Berry, David J. (2016). Stabilisation of an amorphous form of ROY through a predicted co-former interaction. Chemical Communications 52(39): 6537-6540.
- Kumari, Harshita, Kline, Steven R., Kennedy, Stuart R., Garvey, Christopher, Raston, Colin L., Atwood, Jerry L. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2016). Manipulating three-dimensional gel network entanglement by thin film shearing. Chemical Communications 52(24): 4513-4516.
- Cayuela, Angelina, Soriano, M. Laura, Kennedy, Stuart R., Steed, J. W. & Valcárcel, M. (2016). Fluorescent carbon quantum dot hydrogels for direct determination of silver ions. Talanta 151: 100-105.
- Hooper, Abigail E., Kennedy, Stuart R., Jones, Christopher D. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2016). Gelation by supramolecular dimerization of mono(urea)s. Chemical Communications 52(1): 198-201.
- Cayuela, Angelina, Kennedy, Stuart R., Soriano, M. Laura, Valcárcel, Miguel & Steed, Jonathan W. (2015). Fluorescent carbon dot–molecular salt hydrogels. Chemical Science 6(11): 6139-6146.
- Ghosh, Dipankar, Lebedytė, Ieva, Yufit, Dmitry S., Damodaran, Krishna K. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2015). Selective gelation of N-(4-pyridyl)nicotinamide by copper(II) salts. CrystEngComm 17(42): 8130-8138.
- Edkins, Robert M., Hayden, Elliott, Steed, Jonathan W. & Fucke, Katharina (2015). Conserved hydrogen bonding in tetrahydrocarbazolone derivatives: influence of solution-state assembly on crystal form nucleation. Chemical Communications 51(25): 5314-5317.
- Dawn, Arnab, Andrew, Katherine S., Yufit, Dmitry S., Hong, Yuexian, Reddy, J. Prakasha, Jones, Christopher D., Aguilar, Juan A. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2015). Supramolecular Gel Control of Cisplatin Crystallization: Identification of a New Solvate Form Using a Cisplatin-Mimetic Gelator. Crystal Growth & Design 15(9): 4591-4599.
- Goodwin, Melissa J., Musa, Osama M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2015). The problems associated with sour gas in the oilfield industry and their solutions. Energy & Fuels 29(8): 4667-4682.
- Kumari, Harshita, Armitage, Sarah E., Kline, Steven R., Damodaran, Krishna K., Kennedy, Stuart R., Atwood, Jerry L. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2015). Fluorous ‘Ponytails’ Lead to Strong Gelators Showing Thermally Induced Structure Evolution. Soft Matter 11(43): 8471-8478.
- Steed, Kirsty M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2015). Packing Problems: High Z′ Crystal Structures and their Relationship to Cocrystals, Inclusion Compounds and Polymorphism. Chemical Reviews 115(8): 2895-2933.
- Fucke, Katharina, McIntyre, Garry J., Lemee-Cailleay, Marie-Helene, Wilkinson, Clive, Edwards, Alison J., Howard, Judith A. K. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2015). Insights into the Crystallisation Process from Anhydrous, Hydrated and Solvated Crystal Forms of Diatrizoic Acid. Chemistry - A European Journal 21(3): 1036-1047.
- Perrin, Andrea, Myers, Dominic, Fucke, K., Musa, Osama M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2014). N-alkyl pyrrolidone ether podands as versatile alkali metal ion chelants. Dalton Transactions 43(8): 3153-3161.
- Qureshi, N., Yufit, D. D., Steed, K. M., Howard, J. A. K. & Steed, J. W. (2014). Hydrogen Bonding Effects in Anion Binding Calixarenes. CrystEngComm 16(36): 8413–8420.
- Lee, R., Howard, J. A. K., Probert, M. R. & Steed, J. W. (2014). Structure of Organic Solids at Low Temperature and High Pressure. Chemical Society Reviews 43(13): 4300-4311.
- Foster, J. A., Edkins, R. M., Cameron, G. J., Colgin, N., Fucke, K., Ridgeway, S., Crawford, A. G., Marder, T. B., Beeby, A., Cobb, S. L. & Steed, J. W. (2014). Blending gelators to tune gel properties and probe anion-induced disassembly. Chemistry - A European Journal 20(1): 279-291.
- Lloyd, Gareth O. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2014). Supramolecular assembly in a Janus-type urea system. Chemical communications 50(12): 1426–1428.
- Kumar, D. K. & Steed, J. W. (2014). Supramolecular Gel Phase Crystallization: Orthogonal Self-Assembly Under Non-equilibrium Conditions. Chemical Society Reviews 43: 2080-2088.
- Foster, Jonathan A., Johnson, David W. Pipenbrock, Mark-Oliver M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2014). Using Gel Morphology to Control Pore Shape. New Journal of Chemistry 38(3): 927-932.
- James, S., Perrin, A, Jones, C. D., Yufit, D. S. & Steed, J. W. (2014). Highly Interlocked Anion-Bridged Supramolecular Networks from Interrupted Imidazole-Urea Gels. Chemical Communications 50(85): 12851-12854.
- Betou, Marie, Male, Louise, Steed, Jonathan W. & Grainger, Richard S. (2014). Carbamoyl Radical-Mediated Synthesis and Semipinacol Rearrangement of β-Lactam Diols. Chemistry - A European Journal 20(21): 6505-6517.
- Steed, J. W. (2013). First glimpse at a calixarene clathrate. Chemical Communications 49(2): 114-117.
- Liu, K. & Steed, J. W. (2013). Triggered Formation of Thixotropic Hydrogels by Balancing Competitive Supramolecular Synthons. Soft Matter 9(48): 11699-11705.
- Fucke, K., Edwards, A. J., Probert, M. R., Tallentire, S. E., Howard, J. A. K. & Steed, J. W. (2013). Unexpected Low Temperature Behaviour of Piroxicam Monohydrate. ChemPhysChem 14(4): 675-679.
- Todd, A. M., Swinburne, A. N., Goeta, A. E. & Steed, J. W. (2013). Anion receptor coordination tripods capped by [9]ane-S3. New Journal of Chemistry 37(1): 89-96.
- Perrin, A., Musa, O. M. & Steed, J. W. (2013). The Chemistry of Low Dosage Clathrate Hydrate Inhibitors. Chemical Society Reviews 42(5): 1996-2015.
- Meazza, L., Foster, J. A., Fucke, K., Metrangolo, P., Resnati, G. & Steed, J. W. (2013). Halogen-Bonding-Triggered Supramolecular Gel Formation. Nature Chemistry 5(1): 42-47.
- Steed, J. W. (2013). The role of co-crystals in pharmaceutical design. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 34(3): 185-193.
- Alajarin, Mateo, Orenes, Raul-Angel, Howard, Judith A. K., Spencer, Elinor C., Steed, Jonathan W. & Pastor, Aurelia (2012). Novel Capsular Aggregates from Flexible Tripodal Triureas with Cs Symmetry. Chemistry - A European Journal 18(8): 2389-2397.
- Fucke, K., Peach, M. J. G., Howard, J. A. K. & Steed, J. W. (2012). A new water•••Na+ coordination motif in an unexpected diatrizoic acid disodium salt crystal form. Chemical Communications 48(79): 9822-9824.
- Fucke, K., McIntyre, G. J., Wilkinson, C., Henry, M., Howard, J. A. K. & Steed, J. W. (2012). New insights into an Old Molecule: Interaction Energies of Theophylline Crystal Forms. Crystal Growth and Design 12(3): 1395-1401.
- Fucke, K., Howard, J. A. K. & Steed, J. W. (2012). Overcoming the solvation shell during the crystallisation of diatrizoic acid from dimethylsulfoxide. Chemical Communications 48(99): 12065-12067.
- James, S. L., Adams, C. J., Bolm, C., Braga, D., Collier, P., Friščić, T., Grepioni, F., Harris, K. D. M., Hyett, G., Jones, W., Krebs, A., Mack, J., Maini, L., Orpen, A. G., Parkin, I. P., Shearouse, W. C., Steed, J. W. & Waddell, D. C. (2012). Mechanochemistry: opportunities for new and cleaner synthesis. Chemical Society Reviews 41(1): 413-447.
- Ion, Laura, Nieto, Sonia, Pérez, Julio, Riera, Lucía, Riera, Víctor, Díaz, Jesús, López, Ramón, Anderson, Kirsty M. & Steed, Jonathan W. (2011). Two Different Hydrogen Bond Donor Ligands Together: A Selectivity Improvement in Organometallic {Re(CO)3} Anion Hosts. Inorganic Chemistry 50(17): 8524-8531.
- Piepenbrock, MOM Clarke, N & Steed, JW (2010). Shear induced gelation in a copper(II) metallogel: new aspects of ion-tunable rheology and gel-reformation by external chemical stimuli. Soft Matter 6(15): 3541-3547.
- Foster, JA Piepenbrock, MOM, Lloyd, GO Clarke, N, Howard, JAK & Steed, JW (2010). Anion-switchable supramolecular gels for controlling pharmaceutical crystal growth. Nature Chemistry 2(12): 1037-1043.
- Anderson, K.M. Probert, M.R., Whiteley, C.N., Rowland, A.M., Goeta, A.E. & Steed, J.W. (2009). Designing Co-Crystals of Pharmaceutically Relevant Compounds That Crystallize with Z’ > 1. Crystal Growth & Design 9(2): 1082-1087.
- Piepenbrock, MOM, Lloyd, GO Clarke, N & Steed, JW (2008). Gelation is crucially dependent on functional group orientation and may be tuned by anion binding. Chemical Communications (23): 2644-2646.
- Anderson, KM Day, GM Paterson, MJ Byrne, P, Clarke, N & Steed, JW (2008). Structure Calculation of an Elastic Hydrogel from Sonication of Rigid Small Molecule Components. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47(6): 1058-1062.
- Filby, Maria H. Dickson, Sara Jane Zaccheroni, N, Prodi, L, Bonacchi, S, Montalti, M, Paterson, MJ Humphries, TD Chiorboli, C & Steed, JW (2008). Induced Fit Interanion Discrimination by Binding-Induced Excimer Formation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 130(12): 4105-4113.
- Alajarín, M., López-Leonardo, C., Berná, J. & Steed, J.W. (2006). On the protonation of a macrobicyclic cage: an inert tribenzylamine fragment and three robust aminophosphonium units. Tetrahedron Letters 47(30): 5405-5408.
- Steed, J.W. (2006). A modular approach to anion binding podands: adaptability in design and synthesis leads to adaptability in properties. Chemical Communications (25): 2637-2649.
- Belcher, W.J., Fabre, M., Farhan, T. & Steed, J.W. (2006). Pyridinium CH center dot center dot center dot anion and pi-stacking interactions in modular tripodal anion binding hosts: ATP binding and solid-state chiral induction. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 4(5): 781-786.
- Turner, D.R., Paterson, M.J. & Steed, J.W. (2006). A conformationally flexible, urea-based tripodal anion receptor: Solid-state, solution, and theoretical studies. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 71(4): 1598-1608.
- Stanley, C.E., Clarke, N., Anderson, K.M., Elder, J.A., Lenthall, J.T. & Steed, J.W. (2006). Anion binding inhibition of the formation of a helical organogel. Chemical Communications (30): 3199-3201.
- Filby, M.H., Humphries, T.D., Turner, D.R., Kataky, R., Kruusma, J. & Steed, J.W. (2006). Modular assembly of a preorganised, ditopic receptor for dicarboxylates. Chemical communications 2006(2): 156-158.
- Anderson, K.M., Afarinkia, K., Yu, H.W., Goeta, A.E. & Steed, J.W. (2006). When Z '=2 is better than Z '=1-supramolecular centrosymmetric hydrogen-bonded dimers in chiral systems. Crystal growth & design 6(9): 2109-2113.
- Batsanov, A.S., Collings, J.C., Ward, R.M., Goeta, A.E., Porres, L., Beeby, A., Howard, J.A.K., Steed, J.W. & Marder, T.B. (2006). Crystal engineering with ethynylbenzenes Part 2. Structures of 4-trimethylsilylethynyl-N,N-dimethylaniline, and 4-ethynyl-N,N-dimethylaniline with Z '=12 and a single-crystal to single-crystal phase transition at 122.5 +/- 2 K. CrystEngComm 8: 622-628.
- Todd, A.M., Anderson, K.M., Byrne, P., Goeta, A.E. & Steed, J.W. (2006). Helical or polar guest-dependent Z‘ = 1.5 or Z‘ = 2 forms of a sterically hindered bis(urea) clathrate. Crystal growth & design 6(8): 1750-1752.
- Russell, J.M., Parker, A.D.M., Radosavljevie-Evans, I., Howard, J.A.K. & Steed, J.W. (2006). Simultaneous anion and cation binding by a simple polymer-bound ureidopyridyl ligand. Chemical communications 2006(3): 269-271.
- Russell, J.M., Parker, A.D.M., Radosavljevic-Evans, I., Howard, J.A.K. & Steed, J.W. (2006). Anion-binding mode in a sulfanylphenyl urea complex solid state symmetry breaking and solution chelation. CrystEngComm 8(2): 119-122.
- Guilera, G., McGrady, G.S., Steed, J.W. & Jones, A.L. (2006). Complex Formation and Rearrangement Reactions of the Phosphine Hydride Anions [OsH3(PPh3)3]- and [IrH2(PPh3)3]-. Organometallics 25(1): 122-127.
- Anderson, K.M., Goeta, A.E., Hancock, K.S.B. & Steed, J.W. (2006). Unusual variations in the incidence of Z ' > 1 in oxo-anion structures. Chemical communications 2006(20): 2138-2140.
- Stchedroff, M.J., Moberg, V., Rodriguez, E., Aliev, A.E., Böttcher, J., Steed, J.W., Nordlander, E., Monari, M. & Deeming, A.J. (2006). Synthesis, characterisation and natural abundance Os-187 NMR spectroscopy of hydride bridged triosmium clusters with chiral diphosphine ligands. Inorganica Chimica Acta 359(3): 926-937.
- Filby, M.H. & Steed, J.W. (2006). A modular approach to organic, coordination complex and polymer based podand hosts for anions. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 250(23-24): 3200-3218.
- S. T. Bedford, R. S. Grainger, J. W. Steed & P. Tisselli (2005). Stereoselective synthesis of 2,5-disubstituted-1,4-oxathiane S-oxides. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 3(3): 404-406.
- L. Applegarth, N. Clark, A. C. Richardson, A. D. M. Parker, I. Radosavljevic-Evans, A. E. Goeta, J. A. K. Howard & J. W. Steed (2005). Modular nanometer-scale structuring of gel fibres by sequential self-organization. Chemical Communications (43): 5423-5425.
- D. R. Turner, M. Henry, C. Wilkinson, G. J. McIntyre, S. A. Mason, A. E. Goeta & J. W. Steed (2005). Cooperative hydrogen-bonding effects in a water square: A single-crystal neutron and partial atomic charges and hardness analysis study. Journal of the American Chemical Society 127(31): 11063-11074.
- C. A. Ilioudis, M. J. Bearpark & J. W. Steed (2005). Hydrogen bonds between ammonium ions and aromatic rings exist and have key consequences on solid-state and solution phase properties. New Journal of Chemistry 29(1): 64-67.
- S. E. Gibson, K. A. C. Kaufmann, J. A. Loch, J. W. Steed & A. J. P. White (2005). A study of Co-2(alkyne)(binap)(CO)(4) complexes (BINAP = (1,1 '-binaphthalene)-2,2 '-diylbis(diphenylphosphine). Chemistry-a European Journal 11(8): 2566-2576.
- D. R. Turner, B. Smith, E. C. Spencer, A. E. Goeta, I. R. Evans, D. A. Tocher, J. A. K. Howard & J. W. Steed (2005). Anion binding by Ag(I) complexes of urea-substituted pyridyl ligands. New Journal of Chemistry 29(1): 90-98.
- L. Applegarth, A. E. Goeta & J. W. Steed (2005). Influence of hydrogen bonding on coordination polymer assembly. Chemical Communications (18): 2405-2406.
- J. W. Boyd, N. Greaves, J. Kettle, A. T. Russell & J. W. Steed (2005). Alkene-arene meta photocycloadditions with a four-carbon-atom tether: Efficient approach toward the polycyclic ring systems of aphidicolin and stemodinone. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 44(6): 944-946.
- G. Hogarth, K. T. Holman, A. Pateman, A. Sella, J. W. Steed & I. Richards (2005). Multiple nitrene insertions into metal-sulfur bonds of dithiocarbamate complexes: synthesis of sulfido-amido and zwitterionic tetraamido complexes. Dalton Transactions (16): 2688-2695.
- A. Channa & J. W. Steed (2005). Anion and cation binding by a pendant arm cyclam and its macrobicyclic derivatives. Dalton Transactions (14): 2455-2461.
- C. A. Ilioudis & J. W. Steed (2005). Polyaza metacyclophanes as ditopic anion receptors. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 3(16): 2935-2945.
- S. E. Gibson, J. O. Jones, S. B. Kalindjian, J. D. Knight, N. Mainolfi, M. Rudd, J. W. Steed, M. J. Tozer & P. T. Wright (2004). Synthesis of meta- and paracyclophanes containing unsaturated amino acid residues. Tetrahedron 60(32): 6945-6958.
- C. A. Ilioudis, D. A. Tocher & J. W. Steed (2004). A highly efficient, preorganized macrobicyclic receptor for halides based on CH··· and NH···anion interactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society 126(39): 12395-12402.
- G. S. McGrady, G. Guilera, J. W. Steed & N. Kaltsoyannis (2004). Expanding metallaborane chemistry: an octahedral BH6 moiety supported through M-H-B bridges. New Journal of Chemistry 28(4): 444-446.
- D. R. Turner, B. Smith, A. E. Goeta, I. R. Evans, D. A. Tocher, J. A. K. Howard & J. W. Steed (2004). The R-1(2)(6) hydrogen-bonded synthon in neutral urea and metal-bound halide systems. Crystengcomm 6: 633-641.
- D. S. McGuinness, V. C. Gibson & J. W. Steed (2004). Bis(carbene)pyridine complexes of the early to middle transition metals: Survey of ethylene oligomerization and polymerization capability. Organometallics 23(26): 6288-6292.
- C. A. Ilioudis & J. W. Steed (2004). Complexation of I-4(2-) and I-8(2-) by protonated azacyclophanes. Crystengcomm 6: 239-242.
- D. R. Turner, A. Pastor, M. Alajarin & J. W. Steed (2004). Molecular containers: Design approaches and applications. Supramolecular Assembly Via Hydrogen Bonds I 108: 97-168.
- D. R. Turner, M. B. Hursthouse, A. E. Light & J. W. Steed (2004). Linear distortion of octahedral metal centres by multiple hydrogen bonds in modular ML4 systems. Chemical Communications (12): 1354-1355.
- J.W. Steed (2004). Modular approach to anion binding and sensing. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 227: U1234-U1234.
- D. R. Turner, E. C. Spencer, J. A. K. Howard, D. A. Tocher & J. W. Steed (2004). A modular, self-assembled, separated ion pair binding system. Chemical Communications (12): 1352-1353.
- E. Balchin, D. J. Malcolme-Lawes, M. D. Rowe, J. A. S. Smith, M. J. Bearpark, J. W. Steed, W. M. Wu, A. J. Horsewill & D. Stephenson (2004). The unusual solid state structure of heroin hydrochloride monohydrate and its selective detection using NQR spectroscopy. New Journal of Chemistry 28(11): 1309-1314.
- K. J. Wallace, W. J. Belcher, D. R. Turner, K. F. Syed & J. W. Steed (2003). Slow anion exchange, conformational equilibria, and fluorescent sensing in venus flytrap aminopyridinium-based anion hosts. Journal of the American Chemical Society 125(32): 9699-9715.
- Steed, J. W. (2003). Should solid-state molecular packing have to obey the rules of crystallographic symmetry? CrystEngComm 5(32): 169-179.