The presence of transition metals in the main chain of synthetic polymers can give rise to unique properties which differ from those of organic polymers. Recently, our group developed a route to strained ferrocenophanes ...

Most commercial nickel electroplating cells use soluble nickel anodes that generate some amount of residue, typically nickel fines and impurities that detach from the bulk during normal operation. Build-up of residue over ...

Although pure electrochemical techniques can provide substantial knowledge about electrochemical reaction mechanisms, they lack the ability to provide direct molecular structure information about the species involved. ...

This thesis is broadly subdivided into two topics: the development and exploration of a methodology for catalyst-controlled chemoselective cross-benzoin reactions using N-heterocyclic carbenes, and efforts towards a concise ...

Gold extraction processes from both primary and secondary sources have changed little over the past centuries with cyanide remaining the preferred leach reagent used in 90% of gold mines, while aqua regia, which has been ...

Nuclear power plants provide clean energy for generating electricity via neutron induced fission reactions of nuclear fuels and at the end of this energy generation process, radioactive waste is produced. Currently, the ...

There is growing evidence to suggest that small energetically favourable clusters play an important role in the thermodynamics and dynamics of liquids. However, identifying and quantifying favoured local structures (FLS) ...

This dissertation deals with the application of enantiotopic group selective reactions to the synthesis of enantiomerically pure compounds (EPC). Deprotonation of tropinone with optically pure, chiral lithium amides ...

This thesis begins with a historical perspective on aromaticity and benzene, including the discovery and proposed structures for benzene as well as proposed criteria for measuring aromaticity. The history of the synthesis ...

Solar cells are a renewable, clean alternative to fossil fuels. Silicon solar cells are used in about 90% of commercial modules. Despite having high efficiency and stability, silicon solar cells are costly and rigid. To ...