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Dr Leigh Fon Jones M.Chem.,Ph.D.

Contact Details

Title Lecturer Above The Bar
Address School of Chemistry
Room 133
Arts/Science Building
Nui Galway
Telephone: Ext. 3462
Email:
ei.yawlagiun@senoj.hgiel

 

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Biography:

MChem. (Hons) with Industrial Experience (University of Manchester)
PhD (University of Manchester)
Royal Society Fellow (Monash University, Melbourne)
ARC Fellow (Monash University, Melbourne)
PDRA (University of Leeds, UK)
PDRA (University of Edinburgh, UK)                      
     

Peer Reviewed Journals

R. Inglis, E. Houton, J. Liu, A. Prescimone, J. Cano, S. Piligkos, S. Hill, L. F. Jones and E. K. Brechin (2011) 'Accidentally on purpose: construction of a ferromagnetic, oxime-based [MnIII2] dimer'. Dalton Trans , 40 :9999-10006. [Details]
R. Inglis, C. Milios, L. F. Jones, S. Piligkos, E. K. Brechin (2012) 'Twisted Molecular Magnets'. Chem Comm, 48 :181-190. [Details]
E. Houton, S. M. Taylor, C. C. Beedle, J. Cano, S. Piligkos, S. Hill, A. G. Ryder, E. K. Brechin and L. F. Jones (2012) 'Ferromagnetic exchange in a twisted, oxime-bridged [Mn(III)2] dimer'. Dalton Transactions, 41 (27):8340-8347. [Details]
N. Berg, T. Rajeshkumar, S. M. Taylor, E. K. Brechin, G. Rajaraman and L. F. Jones (2012) 'What controls the magnetic interaction in bis-mu-alkoxo Mn(III) dimers? A combined experimental and theoretical exploration'. Chemistry - A European Journal, 18 :5906-5918. [Details]
N. Berg, S. M. Taylor, A. Prescimone, E. K. Brechin and L. F. Jones (2012) 'Old Dog, New Tricks: 2,2´-Biphenol as a Bridging and Book-End Ligand in Discrete and Extended Co(II) Architectures'. Crystengcomm, 14 (8):2732-2738. [Details]
S. T. Meally, C. McDonald, P. Kealy, S. M. Taylor, E. K. Brechin and L. F. Jones.* (2012) 'Investigating the Solid State Hosting Abilities of Homo- and Heterovalent [Co7] Metallocalix[6]arenes'. Dalton Transactions, 41 (18):5610-5616. [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Brechin, E.K.,Collison, D.,Harrison, A.,Teat, S.J.,Wernsdorfer, W. (2002) 'New routes to high nuclearity cages: A fluoride-based hexaicosametallic manganese cage'. Chemical Communications, (8). [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Batsanov, A.,Brechin, E.K.,Collison, D.,Helliwell, M.,Mallah, T.,McInnes, E.J.L.,Piligkos, S. (2002) 'Octametallic and hexadecametallic ferric wheels'. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, (41). [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Brechin, E.K.,Collison, D.,Helliwell, M.,Mallah, T.,Piligkos, S.,Rajaraman, G.,Wernsdorfer, W. (2003) 'A Novel Undecametallic Iron(III) Cluster with an S = 11/2 Spin Ground State'. Inorganic Chemistry, (42). [Details]
Low,D.M.,Jones, L.F.,Bell, A.,Brechin, E.K.,Mallah, T.,Riviere, E.,Teat, S.J.,McInnes, E.J.L. (2003) 'Solvothermal synthesis of a tetradecametallic FeIII cluster'. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, (42). [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Brechin, E.K.,Collison, D.,Raftery, J.,Teat, S.J. (2003) 'New Routes to High Nuclearity Clusters: Fluoride-Based Octametallic and Tridecametallic Clusters of Manganese'. Inorganic Chemistry, (42). [Details]
Stowe, A.C.,Van Tol, J.,Dalal, N.S.,Collison, D.,Jones, L.,Tabernor, J.,Brechin, E.K. (2004) 'Variable frequency EPR studies of a centered FeIII tetrahedron'. International Journal of Modern Physics B, (18). [Details]
Jones,L.F., Brechin, E.K.,Collison, D.,Rajaraman, G.,Brockman, J.,Murugesu, M.,Sanudo, E.C.,Raftery, J.,Teat, S.J.,Wernsdorfer, W.,Christou, G. (2004) 'New routes to polymetallic clusters: Fluoride-based tri-, deca-, and hexaicosametallic MnIII clusters and their magnetic properties'. Chemistry - A European Journal, (10). [Details]
Carrasco,R.,Cano, J.,Mallah, T.,Jones, L.F.,Collisonm,D.,Brechin, E.K. (2004) 'Theoretical study of the magnetic behavior of [Fe8] and [Fe 16] wheels'. Inorganic Chemistry, (43). [Details]
Tabernor,J.,Jones, L.F.,Heath, S.L.,Muryn, C.,Aromi, G.,Ribas, J.,Brechin, E.K.,Collison, D. (2004) 'A centred, elongated 'ferric tetrahedron' with an S = 15/2 spin ground state'. Dalton Transactions, . [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Jensen, P.,Moubaraki, B.,Cashion, J.D.,Berry, K.J.,Murray, K.S. (2005) 'The role of diisopropanolamine (dipaH3) in cluster dimerisation and polymerisation: From spin frustrated S = 5 Fe6III clusters to the novel 1-D covalent polymer of mixed valence [Co3IICoIII] tetramers'. Dalton Transactions, . [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Raftery, J.,Teat, S.J.,Collison, D.,Brechin, E.K. (2005) 'Manganese (III) fluoride as a new synthon in Mn cluster chemistry'. Polyhedron, (24). [Details]
Wittick, L.M.,Jones, L.F.,Jensen, P.,Moubaraki, B.,Spiccia, L.,Berry, K.J.,Murray, K.S. (2006) 'New mixed-valence MnII2MnIII2 clusters exhibiting an unprecedented MnII/III oxidation state distribution in their magnetically coupled cores'. Dalton Transactions, (6). [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Jensen, P.,Moubaraki, B.,Berry, K.J.,Boas, J.F.,Pilbrow, J.R.,Murray, K.S. (2006) 'Heptanuclear iron(iii) triethanolamine clusters exhibiting 'millennium dome'-like topologies and an octanuclear analogue with ground spin states of S = 5/2 and 0, respectively'. Journal of Materials Chemistry, (16). [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Brechin, E.K.,McInnes, E.J.L.,Low, D.M.,Helliwell, M.,Raftery, J.,Collison, D.,Aromi, G.,Cano, J.,Mallah, T.,Wernsdorfer, W. (2006) 'Fe(III) clusters built with tripodal alcohol ligands'. Polyhedron, (25). [Details]
Jones,L.F.,O'Dea, L.,Offermann, D.A.,Jensen, P.,Moubaraki, B.,Murray, K.S. (2006) 'Benzotriazole based 1-D, 2-D and 3-D metal dicyanamide and tricyanomethanide coordination networks'. Polyhedron, (25). [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Camm, K.D.,Kilner, C.A.,Halcrow, M.A. (2006) 'Novel hydrogen bond network topologies in complexes of the ditopic ligand 5-amino-3-(pyrid-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole'. CrystEngComm, (8). [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Kilner, C.A.,De Miranda, M.P.,Wolowska, J.,Halcrow, M.A. (2007) 'A hexacopper fluoro metallacrown cavitand and its alkali-metal complexes'. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, (46). [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Kilner, C.A.,Halcrow, M.A. (2007) 'A comparison of different methods for fitting susceptibility data of cobalt(II) coordination polymers in a new cobalt(II)/sulfate 1-D chain'. New Journal of Chemistry, (31). [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Kilner, C.A.,Halcrow, M.A. (2007) 'Variable temperature structural and magnetic characterisation of the cubane cluster [Cu4(?3-OH)4(L)4][ClO4]4 (L = 5-tert-butyl-3-(pyrid-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole)'. Polyhedron, (26). [Details]
Shaw,R.,Raftery, J.,Evangelisti, M.,Affronte, M.,Collison, D.,Brechin, E.K.,McInnes, E.J.L.,Laye, R.H.,Jones, L.F.,Low, D.M.,Talbot-Eeckelaers, C.,Wei, Q.,Milios, C.J.,Teat, S.,Helliwell, M. (2007) '1,2,3-Triazolate-bridged tetradecametallic transition metal clusters [M14(L)6O6(OMe)18X6] (M = FeIII, CrIII and VIII/IV) and related compounds: Ground-state spins ranging from S = 0 to S = 25 and spin-enhanced magnetocaloric effect'. Inorganic Chemistry, (46). [Details]
Mokuolu,Q.F., Foguet-Albiol,D.,Jones, L.F.,Wolowska, J.,Kowalczyk, R.M.,Kilner, C.A.,Christou, G.,McGowan, P.C.,Halcrow, M.A. (2007) 'Four copper(ii) pyrazolido complexes derived from reactions of 3{5th CuF2 or Cu(OH)2'. Dalton Transactions, . [Details]
Jones, L.F.,Milios, C.J.,Prescimone, A.,Evangelisti, M.,Brechin, E.K. (2008) 'Switching pairwise exchange interactions to enhance SMM properties'. Comptes Rendus Chimie, (11). [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Barrett, S.A.,Kilner, C.A.,Halcrow, M.A. (2008) 'Ammonium, alkylammonium, and amino acid complexes of a hexacopper fluoro-metallacrown cavitand'. Chemistry - A European Journal, (14). [Details]
Inglis,R.,Jones, L.F.,Mason, K.,Collins, A.,Moggach, S.A.,Parsons, S.,Perlepes, S.P.,Wernsdorfer, W.,Brechin, E.K. (2008) 'Ground spin state changes and 3D networks of exchange coupled [Mn 3III] single-molecule magnets'. Chemistry - A European Journal, (14). [Details]
Bahr,S., Milios,C.J., Jones,L.F., Brechin,E.K., Mosser,V., Wernsdorfer,W. (2008) 'Infulence of antisymmteric exchange interaction onquantum tunnelling of magnetisation in a dimeric molecular magnet Mn6'. Physical Review B-Condensed Matter, :132401-132404. [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Cochrane, M.E.,Koivisto, B.D.,Leigh, D.A.,Perlepes, S.P.,Wernsdorfer, W.,Brechin, E.K. (2008) 'Tuning magnetic properties using targeted structural distortion: New additions to a family of Mn6 single-molecule magnets'. Inorganica Chimica Acta, (361). [Details]
Moro, F, Corradini,V, Biagi,R, De Renzi,V, Evangelisti,M,Del Pennino,U, Milios,C.J, Jones,L.F, Brechin,E.K. (2008) 'Grafting derivatives of Mn6 single-molecule magnets with high anisotropy energy barrier on Au111) surface'. J Phys Chem B, 112 :9729-9735. [Details]
Karotsis,G., Jones,L.F., Papaefstathiou,G.S., Collins, A., Parsons, S., Brechin,E.K. (2008) 'Rare Tetranuclear mixed valent [MnII2MnIV2] clusters as building blocks to extended networks'. DALTON TRANSACTIONS, :4917-4925. [Details]
Papatriantafyllopoulou, C.,Perlepes, S.P.,Jones, L.F.,Nguyen, T.D.,Matamoros-Salvador, N.,Cunha-Silva, L.,Almeida Paz, F.A.,Rocha, J., Evangelisti, M.,Brechin, E.K. (2008) 'Using pyridine amidoximes in 3d-metal cluster chemistry: A novel ferromagnetic Ni12 complex from the use of pyridine-2-amidoxime'. Dalton Transactions, . [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Inglis, R.,Cochrane, M.E.,Mason, K.,Collins, A.,Parsons, S.,Perlepes, S.P.,Brechin, E.K. (2008) 'New structural types and different oxidation levels in the family of Mn6-oxime single-molecule magnets'. Dalton Transactions, . [Details]
Karotsis,G.,Jones, L.F.,Papaefstathiou, G.S.,Collins, A.,Parsons, S.,Nguyen, T.D.,Evangelisti, M.,Brechin, E.K. (2008) 'Rare tetranuclear mixed-valent [MnII2Mn IV2] clusters as building blocks for extended networks'. Dalton Transactions, . [Details]
Inglis,R,Jones,L.F.,Karotsis,G.,Collins,A.,Parsons, S.,Perlepes,S.P.,Wernsdorfer,W.,Brechin,E.K. (2008) 'Enhancing SMM properties via axial distortion of [Mn3] SMMs'. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, . [Details]
Meally,S.T.,Mason, K.,McArdle, P.,Brechin, E.K.,Ryder, A.G.,Jones, L.F. (2009) 'A F-bridged Mn(II) molecular square'. Chemical Communications, (45). [Details]
Stoumpos,C.C.,Inglis, R.,Karotsis, G.,Jones, L.F.,Collins, A.,Parsons, S.,Milios, C.J.,Papaefstathiou, G.S.,Brechin, E.K. (2009) 'Supramolecular entanglement from interlocked molecular nanomagnets'. Crystal Growth and Design, (9). [Details]
Scott, R.T.W.,Wernsdorfer, W.,Aromi,G.,McInnes, E.J.L.,Brechin, E.K., Jones, L.F.,Tidmarsh, I.S.,Breeze, B.,Laye, R.H.,Wolowska, J.,Stone, D.J.,Collins, A.,Parsons, S. (2009) 'Ferromagnetic NiII discs'. Chemistry - A European Journal, (15). [Details]
Milios,C.J.,Inglis, R.,Jones, L.F.,Prescimone, A.,Parsons, S.,Wernsdorfer, W.,Brechin, E.K. (2009) 'Constructing clusters with enhanced magnetic properties by assembling and distorting Mn3 building blocks'. Dalton Transactions, . [Details]
Jones, L.F.,Kilner, C.A.,Halcrow, M.A. (2009) 'A cobalt metallacrown anion host with guest-dependent redox activity'. Chemistry - A European Journal, (15). [Details]
Bahr, S.,Milios, C.J.,Jones, L.F.,Brechin, E.K.,Mosser, V.,Wernsdorfer, W. (2009) 'Quantum tunnelling of magnetization in the single-molecule magnet Mn 6'. New Journal of Chemistry, (33). [Details]
Jones,L.F.,Prescimone, A.,Evangelisti, M.,Brechin,E.K. (2009) '1D chains of Mn6 single-molecule magnets'. Chemical Communications, . [Details]
Inglis, R.,Taylor, S.M.,Jones, L.F.,Papaefstathiou, G.S.,Perlepes, S.P.,Datta, S.,Hill, S.,Wernsdorfer, W.,Brechin, E.K. (2009) 'Twisting, bending, stretching: Strategies for making ferromagnetic [Mn III3] triangles'. Dalton Transactions, . [Details]
Inglis, R.,Piligkos, S.,Brechin, E.K.,Jones, L.F.,Milios, C.J.,Datta, S.,Collins, A.,Parsons, S.,Wernsdorfer, W.,Hill, S.,Perlepes, S.P. (2009) 'Attempting to understand (and control) the relationship between structure and magnetism in an extended family of Mn6 single-molecule magnets'. Dalton Transactions, . [Details]
Atwood, J.L., Brechin,E.K., Dalgarno,S.J., Inglis,R., Jones,L.F., Mossine,A., Paterson,M.J., Power,N.P., Teat,S.J. (2010) 'Towards Control Over Magnetism in Metal-Organic Capsules'. Chem. Commun, 46 :3482-3486. [Details]
Jones,L.F., Kilner,C.A., Halcrow,M.A. (2010) 'A Trinuclear IronIII) Compound with an Unusual T-Shaped [Fe3µ3-O)]7+ Core'. J. Clust. Sci, 21 :279-290. [Details]
Meally, C.,McDonald, G.,Karotsis, G.,Papaefstathiou,S., Brechin,E.K.,Dunne,P.W.,McArdle,P.,Power,N.P.,Jones,l.F. (2010) 'A Family of Double-Bowl Pseudo Metallocalix[6]arene Discs'. Dalton Trans.; Special Issue on Molecular Magnetism, 39 :4809-4816. [Details]
Meally,S.T.,Karotsis,G.,Brechin, E.K.,Papaefstathiou, G.S.,Dunne, P.W.,McArdle, P.,Jones, L.F. (2010) 'Planar [Ni7] discs as double-bowl, pseudo metallacalix[6]arene host cavities'. CrystEngComm, 12 (12):59-63. [DOI] [Details]
Berg,N.,Jones, L.F. (2010) 'Alternating bimetallic Na/Mn covalent and ionic chains'. CrystEngComm, (12). [Details]
Henkelis,J.J.,Jones, L.F.,De Miranda, M.P.,Kilner, C.A.,Halcrow, M.A. (2010) 'Two heptacopper(II) disk complexes with a [Cu7((? 3-OH)4(?-OR)2]8+ core'. Inorganic Chemistry, (49). [Details]
Berg,N., Jones,L.F. (2011) 'A Series of Alternating Na+ / M3+ M = Mn, Fe) Covalent and Ionic Chains '. CrystEngComm, . [Details]
                                                                                                                                   

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