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Dr Ross Davidson

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- Electronically Perturbed Vibrational Excitations of the Luminescing Stable Blatter RadicalBar-David, J., Daaoub, A., Chen, S., Sibug-Torres, S. M., Rocchetti, S., Kang, G., Davidson, R. J., Salthouse, R. J., Guo, C., Mueller, N. S., Sangtarash, S., Bryce, M. R., Sadeghi, H., Baumberg, J. J., Davidson, R. J., & Baumberg, J. J. (2025). Electronically Perturbed Vibrational Excitations of the Luminescing Stable Blatter Radical. ACS Nano, 19(8), 7650-7660. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c09661
- Dual phosphorescent emissions from conformers of iridium complex rotors.Hsu, Y.-T., Bhagani, C., Aguilar, J. A., Fox, M. A., Yufit, D., Davidson, R., & Beeby, A. (2024). Dual phosphorescent emissions from conformers of iridium complex rotors. Dalton Transactions, 53(43), 17518-17524. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DT02321H
- The Conductance and Thermopower Behavior of Pendent Trans -Coordinated Palladium(II) Complexes in Single-Molecule JunctionsBastante, P., Davidson, R. J., Al Malki, W., Salthouse, R. J., Cea, P., Martin, S., Batsanov, A. S., Lambert, C. J., Bryce, M. R., & Agrait, N. (2024). The Conductance and Thermopower Behavior of Pendent Trans -Coordinated Palladium(II) Complexes in Single-Molecule Junctions. ACS Omega, 9(36), 38303-38312. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c06475
- Light Activated Release of Nitrile Ligands from trans -Ru(L)(PPh 3 ) 2 (nitrile) ComplexesDavidson, R. J., Hsu, Y.-T., Yufit, D. S., & Beeby, A. (2024). Light Activated Release of Nitrile Ligands from trans -Ru(L)(PPh 3 ) 2 (nitrile) Complexes. ACS Omega, 9(31), 34098-34105. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c04917
- Large area arrays of discrete single-molecule junctions derived from host-guest complexes.Escorihuela, E., Del Barrio, J., Davidson, R. J., Beeby, A., Low, P. J., Prez-Murano, F., Cea, P., & Martin, S. (2024). Large area arrays of discrete single-molecule junctions derived from host-guest complexes. Nanoscale, 16(3), 1238-1246. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3nr05122f
- Connectivity-Dependent Conductance of 2,2′-Bipyridine-Based Metal ComplexesChelli, Y., Ferri, N., Vezzoli, A., Davidson, R. J., Morris, J., Nichols, R. J., Higgins, S. J., Sangtarash, S., Sadeghi, H., Yufit, D. S., & Beeby, A. (2023). Connectivity-Dependent Conductance of 2,2′-Bipyridine-Based Metal Complexes. ACS Omega, 8(51), 48958-48965. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c06555
- Electronic Conductance and Thermopower of Cross-Conjugated and Skipped-Conjugated Molecules in Single-Molecule JunctionsSalthouse, R. J., Hurtado-Gallego, J., Grace, I. M., Davidson, R., Alshammari, O., Agraït, N., Lambert, C. J., & Bryce, M. R. (2023). Electronic Conductance and Thermopower of Cross-Conjugated and Skipped-Conjugated Molecules in Single-Molecule Junctions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(28), 13751-13758. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00742
- Single-Molecule Junction Formation in Deep Eutectic Solvents with Highly Effective Gate CouplingQiao, X., Vezzoli, A., Smith, S., Higgins, S. J., Davidson, R. J., Beeby, A., & Nichols, R. J. (2023). Single-Molecule Junction Formation in Deep Eutectic Solvents with Highly Effective Gate Coupling. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(26), 12802-12810. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c03129
- Tuning Emission Lifetimes of Ir(C^N)2(acac) Complexes with Oligo(phenyleneethynylene) GroupsDavidson, R., Hsu, Y.-T., Fox, M. A., Aguilar, J. A., Yufit, D., & Beeby, A. (2023). Tuning Emission Lifetimes of Ir(C^N)2(acac) Complexes with Oligo(phenyleneethynylene) Groups. Inorganic Chemistry, 62(6), 2793-2805. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03934
- Quantum interference dependence on molecular configurations for cross-conjugated systems in single-molecule junctionsHurtado-Gallego, J., Davidson, R., Grace, I. M., Rincón-García, L., Batsanov, A. S., Bryce, M. R., Lambert, C. J., & Agraït, N. (2022). Quantum interference dependence on molecular configurations for cross-conjugated systems in single-molecule junctions. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 7(10), 1287-1293. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2me00074a
- Divergent Approach for Tris-Heteroleptic Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes Using Triisopropylsilylethynyl-Substituted SynthonsEdkins, R. M., Hsu, Y.-T., Fox, M. A., Yufit, D., Beeby, A., & Davidson, R. J. (2022). Divergent Approach for Tris-Heteroleptic Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes Using Triisopropylsilylethynyl-Substituted Synthons. Organometallics, 41(17), 2487-2493. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00292
- Thermoelectric Enhancement in Single Organic Radical MoleculesHurtado-Gallego, J., Sangtarash, S., Davidson, R., Rincón-García, L., Daaoub, A., Rubio-Bollinger, G., Lambert, C. J., Oganesyan, V. S., Bryce, M. R., Agraït, N., & Sadeghi, H. (2022). Thermoelectric Enhancement in Single Organic Radical Molecules. Nano Letters, 22(3). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03698
- Turning the Tap: Conformational Control of Quantum Interference to Modulate Single Molecule ConductanceJiang, F., Trupp, D., Algethami, N., Zheng, H., He, W., Alqorashi, A., Zhu, C., Tang, C., Li, R., Liu, J., Sadeghi, H., Shi, J., Davidson, R., Korb, M., Naher, M., Sobolev, A. N., Sangtarash, S., Low, P. J., Hong, W., & Lambert, C. (2019). Turning the Tap: Conformational Control of Quantum Interference to Modulate Single Molecule Conductance. Angewandte Chemie, 58(52), 18987-18993. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201909461
- Highly Linearized Twisted Iridium(III) ComplexesDavidson, R., Hsu, Y.-T., Griffiths, G. C., Li, C., Yufit, D., Pal, R., & Beeby, A. (2018). Highly Linearized Twisted Iridium(III) Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 57(22), 14450-14462. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02818
- Conductance of ‘bare-bones’ tripodal molecular wiresDavidson, R. J., Milan, D. C., Al-Owaedi, O. A., Ismael, A. K., Nichols, R. J., Higgins, S. J., Lambert, C. J., Yufit, D. S., & Beeby, A. (2018). Conductance of ‘bare-bones’ tripodal molecular wires. RSC Advances, 8(42), 23585-23590. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ra01257a
- Exploring the Chemistry and Photophysics of Substituted Picolinates Positional Isomers in Iridium(III) Bisphenylpyridine ComplexesDavidson, R., Hsu, Y.-T., Bhagani, C., Yufit, D., & Beeby, A. (2017). Exploring the Chemistry and Photophysics of Substituted Picolinates Positional Isomers in Iridium(III) Bisphenylpyridine Complexes. Organometallics, 36(15), 2727-2735. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00179
- The use of organolithium reagents for the synthesis of 4-aryl-2-phenylpyridines and their corresponding iridium(III)complexesDavidson, R., Hsu, Y.-T., Batchelor, T., Yufit, D., & Beeby, A. (2016). The use of organolithium reagents for the synthesis of 4-aryl-2-phenylpyridines and their corresponding iridium(III)complexes. Dalton Transactions, 45(28), Article 11496. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6dt01461e
- Single-Molecule Conductance of Viologen–Cucurbit[8]uril Host–Guest ComplexesZhang, W., Gan, S., Vezzoli, A., Davidson, R., Milan, D., Luzyanin, K., Higgins, S., Nichols, R., Beeby, A., Low, P., Li, B., & Niu, L. (2016). Single-Molecule Conductance of Viologen–Cucurbit[8]uril Host–Guest Complexes. ACS Nano, 10(5), 5212-5220. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b00786
- Effects of Electrode–Molecule Binding and Junction Geometry on the Single-Molecule Conductance of bis-2,2′:6′,2″-Terpyridine-based ComplexesDavidson, R., Al-Owaedi, O. A., Milan, D. C., Zeng, Q., Tory, J., Hartl, F., Higgins, S. J., Nichols, R. J., Lambert, C. J., & Low, P. J. (2016). Effects of Electrode–Molecule Binding and Junction Geometry on the Single-Molecule Conductance of bis-2,2′:6′,2″-Terpyridine-based Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 55(6), 2691-2700. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02094