Professor Robert Stranger

BSc(Hons) DipEd PhD

Professor

ANU College of Science

E: Rob.Stranger@anu.edu.au

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Areas of expertise

Quantum Chemistry 030701
Transition Metal Chemistry 030207
Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural) 0306
Structural Chemistry And Spectroscopy 030606

Publications

Cavigliasso, G, Criddle, A, Kim, H et al. 2014, 'On the selective cleavage of nitrous oxide by metal-amide complexes', Dalton Transactions, vol. 43, no. 12, pp. 4631-4634.
Shaw, M, Ghohe, N, Ariafard, A et al 2014, 'NO₂ bond cleavage by MoL₃ complexes', Dalton Transactions, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 1620-1629.
Jin, L, Smith, P, Noble, C et al 2014, 'Electronic structure of the oxygen evolving complex in photosystem II, as revealed by ⁵⁵Mn Davies ENDOR studies at 2.5 K', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 16, no. 17, pp. 7799-7812.
Chuah, W, Stranger, R, Pace, R et al 2014, 'Ab initio modeling of the effect of oxidation coupled with H_nO deprotonation on carboxylate ligands in Mn/Ca clusters', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 118, no. 13, pp. 3553-3558.
Kulasekera, E, Petrie, S, Stranger, R et al 2014, 'DFT calculation of static first hyperpolarizabilities and linear optical properties of metal alkynyl complexes', Organometallics, vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 2434-2447.
Terrett, R, Petrie, S, Pace, R et al 2014, 'What does the Sr-substituted 2.1 Å resolution crystal structure of photosystem II reveal about the water oxidation mechanism?', Chemical Communications, vol. 50, no. 24, pp. 3187-3190.
Daumann, L, Comba, P, Larrabee, J et al 2013, 'Synthesis, magnetic properties, and phosphoesterase activity of dinuclear cobalt(II) complexes', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 2029-2043.
Schliep, M, Cavigliasso, G, Quinnell, R et al 2013, 'Formyl group modification of chlorophyll a: A major evolutionary mechanism in oxygenic photosynthesis', Plant Cell and Environment, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 521-527.
Randles, M, Gupta, V, Simpson, P et al 2013, 'Mixed-metal cluster chemistry: 32. Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of a trimetallic molybdenum-iridium carbonyl cluster possessing a Î¼₃-Î·2-benzyne ligand', Polyhedron, vol. 52, pp. 957-962.
Young, R, Hill, A, Cavigliasso, G et al 2013, '[(Î¼-C){Re(CO)₂(Î·-C₅H₅)}₂]: A surprisingly simple bimetallic carbido complex', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 52, no. 13, pp. 3699-3702.
Babgi, B, Al-Hindawi, A, Moxey, G et al 2013, 'Organometallic complexes for nonlinear optics. 52. Syntheses, structural, spectroscopic, quadratic nonlinear optical, and theoretical studies of Ru(C₂C₆H₄R-4)(Îº²-dppf)(Î·⁵-C₅H₅)', Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 730, pp. 108-115.
Cavigliasso, G, Stranger, R, Lo, W et al 2013, 'The nature of species derived from [Pt(bipy)₂]²⁺ in aqueous solution: X-ray structural, mass spectral, NMR, and computational studies', Polyhedron, vol. 64, pp. 238-246.
Randles, M, Simpson, P, Gupta, V et al. 2013, 'Syntheses of pentanuclear group 6 iridium clusters by core expansion of tetranuclear clusters with Ir(CO)₂(Î·⁵-C₅Me₄R) (R = H, Me)', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 52, no. 19, pp. 11256-11268.
Kulasekera, E, Petrie, S, Stranger, R et al 2013, 'DFT/TD-DFT analysis of structural, electrochemical and optical data from mononuclear osmium and heterobinuclear osmium-ruthenium alkynyl complexes', Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 748, no. -, pp. 21-28.
Grelaud, G, Cifuentes, M, Schwich, T et al 2012, 'Multistate redox-active metalated triarylamines', European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, no. 1, pp. 65-75.
Gatt, P, Petrie, S, Stranger, R et al 2012, 'Rationalizing the 1.9 Ã? crystal structure of photosystem II - a remarkable Jahn-Teller balancing act induced by a single proton transfer', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 51, no. 48, pp. 12025-12028.
West, P, Cifuentes, M, Schwich, T et al 2012, 'Syntheses and spectroscopic, structural, electrochemical, spectroelectrochemical, and theoretical studies of osmium(II) mono- and bis-alkynyl complexes', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 51, no. 20, pp. 10495-10502.
Smith, S, Peralta, R, Jovito, R et al 2012, 'Spectroscopic and Catalytic Characterization of a Functional Fe^IIIFe^II Biomimetic for the Active Site of Uteroferrin and Protein Cleavage', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 2065-2078.
Petrie, S, Gatt, P, Stranger, R et al 2012, 'The interaction of His337 with the Mn₄Ca cluster of photosystem II', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 14, no. 13, pp. 4651-4657.
Pace, R & Stranger, R 2012, 'The biomimetic inspiration for renewable hydrogen fuel production from water oxidation within artificial photosynthesis', Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 597-607.
Pace, R, Stranger, R & Petrie, S 2012, 'Why nature chose Mn for the water oxidase in Photosystem II', Dalton Transactions, vol. 41, no. 24, pp. 7179-7189.
Petrie, S, Gatt, P, Stranger, R et al 2012, 'Modelling the metal atom positions of the Photosystem II water oxidising complex: a density functional theory appraisal of the 1.9 Ã? resolution crystal structure', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 14, no. 32, pp. 11333-11343.
Pace, R, Jin, L & Stranger, R 2012, 'What spectroscopy reveals concerning the Mn oxidation levels in the oxygen evolving complex of photosystem II: X-ray to near infra-red', Dalton Transactions, vol. 41, no. 36, pp. 11145-11160.
Cavigliasso, G, Stranger, R & Yates, B 2012, 'Dinitrogen metal complexes with a strongly activated N-N bond: a computational investigation of [(Cy₂N)₃Nb-(Î¼-NN)-Nb(NCy₂)₃] and related [Nb-(Î¼-NN)-Nb] systems', Dalton Transactions, vol. 41, no. 45, pp. 13948-13959.
Swiegers, G, Clegg, J & Stranger, R 2011, 'Structural similarities in enzymatic, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts of water oxidation', Chemical Science, vol. 2, no. 11, pp. 2254-2262.
Terrett, R, Cavigliasso, G, Stranger, R et al 2011, 'On the unprecedented level of dinitrogen activation in the calix[4]arene complex of Nb(III)', Dalton Transactions, vol. 40, no. 42, pp. 11267-11275.
Ariafard, A, Brookes, N, Stranger, R et al 2011, 'DFT Study on the Mechanism of the Activation and Cleavage of CO₂ by (NHC)CuEPh₃ (E = Si, Ge, Sn)', Organometallics, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 1340-1349.
Jaszewski, A, Stranger, R & Pace, R 2011, 'Structural and electronic models of the water oxidizing complex in the S₀ state of photosystem II: a density functional study', Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials, vol. 115, no. 15, pp. 4484-4499.
Brookes, N, Ariafard, A, Stranger, R et al 2011, 'Tuning the Laplaza-Cummins 3-coordinate M[N(R)Ph]₃ catalyst to activate and cleave CO₂', Dalton Transactions, vol. 40, no. 20, pp. 5569-5578.
Jaszewski, A, Petrie, S, Pace, R et al 2011, 'Toward the assignment of the manganese oxidation pattern in the water-oxidizing complex of photosystem II: a time-dependent DFT study of XANES energies', Chemistry, A European Journal, vol. 17, no. 20, pp. 5699-5713.
Gatt, P, Stranger, R & Pace, R 2011, 'Application of computational chemistry to understanding the structure and mechanism of the Mn catalytic site in photosystem II - A review', Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, vol. 104, no. 1-2, pp. 80-93.
Ariafard, A, Zarkoob, F, Batebi, H et al 2011, 'DFT Studies on the carboxylation of the C-H bond of heteroarenes by copper(I) complexes', Organometallics, vol. 30, no. 22, pp. 6218-6224.
Cavigliasso, G, Christian, G, Stranger, R et al 2011, 'Achieving C-N bond cleavage in dinuclear metal cyanide complexes', Dalton Transactions, vol. 40, no. 28, pp. 7327-7339.
Petrie, S, Stranger, R & Pace, R 2010, 'Hydration preferences for Mn₄Ca cluster models of Photosystem II: location of potential substrate-water binding sites', Chemistry, A European Journal, vol. 16, no. 47, pp. 14026-14042.
Cavigliasso, G, Wilson, L, McAlpine, S et al 2010, 'Activation and cleavage of the N-N bond in side-on bound [L₂M-NN-ML₂] (L= NH₂, NMe₂, NiPr₂, C₅H₅, C₅Me₄H) dinitrogen complexes of transition metals from grou', Dalton Transactions, vol. 39, no. 19, pp. 4529-4540.
Zhang, C, Matsumoto, T, Samoc, M et al 2010, 'Dodecanuclear-Ellipse and Decanuclear-Wheel Nickel(II) Thiolato Clusters with Efficient Femtosecond Nonlinear Absorption', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 49, no. 25, pp. 4209-4212.
Brookes, N, Ariafard, A, Stranger, R et al 2010, 'Scission of Carbon Monoxide Using TaR₃, R=(N(tBu)Ph) or OSi(tBu)₃: A DFT Investigation', Chemistry, A European Journal, vol. 16, no. 27, pp. 8117-8132.
Brookes, N, Whited, M, Ariafard, A et al 2010, 'Factors dictating carbene formation at (PNP)Ir', Organometallics, vol. 29, no. 19, pp. 4239-4250.
Ariafard, A, Brookes, N, Stranger, R et al 2010, 'Density functional theory study on the mechanism of the reductive cleavage of CO₂ by a bis-Î²-Diketoiminatediiron Dinitrogen complex', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 49, no. 17, pp. 7773-7782.
Petrie, S, Stranger, R & Pace, R 2010, 'Location of Potential Substrate Water Binding Sites in the Water Oxidizing Complex of Photosystem II', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 49, no. 25, pp. 4233-4236.
Jaszewski, A, Stranger, R & Pace, R 2009, 'The effect of Mn oxidation state on metal core electron excitations in manganese dimers: a time-dependent density functional investigation', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 11, no. 27, pp. 5634-5642.
Brookes, N, Graham, D, Christian, G et al 2009, 'The Influence of Peripheral Ligand Bulk on Nitrogen Activation by Three-Coordinate Molybdenum Complexes-A Theoretical Study Using the ONIOM Method', Journal of Computational Chemistry, vol. 30, no. 13, pp. 2146-2156.
Christian, G, Stranger, R & Yates, B 2009, 'A comparison of N₂ cleavage in Schrock's Mo[N₃N] and Laplaza-Cummins' Mo[N(R)Ar]₃ systems', Chemistry, A European Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 646-655.
Cavigliasso, G, Christian, G, Stranger, R et al 2009, 'Activation and cleavage of the N-O bond in dinuclear mixed-metal nitrosyl systems and comparative analysis of carbon monoxide, dinitrogen, and nitric oxide activation', Dalton Transactions, vol. 2009/6, no. 6, pp. 956-964.
Babgi, B, Rigamonti, L, Cifuentes, M et al 2009, 'Length-Dependent Convergence and Saturation Behavior of Electrochemical, Linear Optical, Quadratic Nonlinear Optical, and Cubic Nonlinear Optical Properties of Dipolar Alkynylruthenium Complexes with Oligo(phenyleneethynylene) Bridges', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 131, no. 29, pp. 10293-10307.
Rigamonti, L, Babgi, B, Cifuentes, M et al 2009, 'Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics. 43. Quadratic Optical Nonlinearities of Dipolar Alkynylruthenium Complexes with Phenyleneethynylene/Phenylenevinylene Bridges', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 48, no. 8, pp. 3562-3572.
Dalton, G, Cifuentes, M, Watson, L et al 2009, 'Organometallic complexes for nonlinear optics. 42. Syntheses, linear, and nonlinear optical properties of ligated metal-functionalized oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)s', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 48, no. 14, pp. 6534-6547.
Brookes, N, Ariafard, A, Stranger, R et al 2009, 'Cleavage of Carbon Dioxide by an Iridium-Supported Fischer Carbene. A DFT Investigation', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 131, no. 16, pp. 5800-5808.
Brookes, N, Ariafard, A, Stranger, R et al 2009, 'Reactivity of CO₂ towards Mo[N(R)Ph]₃', Dalton Transactions, no. 42, pp. 9266-9272.
Smith, S, Riley, M, Noble, C et al 2009, 'Structural and Catalytic Characterization of a Heterovalent Mn(II)Mn(III) Complex That Mimics Purple Acid Phosphatases.', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 48, no. 21, pp. 10036-10048.
Christian, G, Terrett, R, Stranger, R et al 2009, 'Dinitrogen Activation by Fryzuk's [Nb(P₂N₂)] Complex and Comparison with the Laplaza-Cummins [Mo{N(R)Ar}₃] and Schrock [Mo(N₃N)] Systems', Chemistry, A European Journal, vol. 15, no. 42, pp. 11373-11383.
Cavigliasso, G, Stranger, R, McClintock, L et al 2008, 'A Computational Study of the Electronic Structure, Bonding and Spectral Properties of Tripodal Tetramine Co(III) Carbonate Complexes', Dalton Transactions, no. 18, pp. 2433-2441.
Cifuentes, M, Humphrey, M, Koutsantonis, G et al 2008, 'Coordinating Tectons: Bipyridyl Terminated Allenylidene Complexes', Organometallics, vol. 27, pp. 1716-1726.
Christian, G, Stranger, R, Yates, B et al 2008, 'Investigating CN^- cleavage by three-coordinate M[N(R)Ar]M[N(R)Ar]₃ complexes', Dalton Transactions, no. 3, pp. 338-344.
Cavigliasso, G & Stranger, R 2008, 'Electronic Structure and Metal-Metal Interactions in Trinuclear Face-Shared [M₃X₁₂]^3- (M ) Mo, W; X ) F, Cl, Br, I) Systems', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 47, no. 8, pp. 3072-3083.
Ariafard, A, Brookes, N, Stranger, R et al 2008, 'A Molecular Orbital Rationalization of Ligand Effects in N2 Activation', Chemistry, A European Journal, vol. 14, no. 20, pp. 6119-6124.
Petrie, S, Stranger, R & Pace, R 2008, 'Structural, Magnetic Coupling and Oxidation State Trends in Models of the CaMn4 Cluster in Photosystem II', Chemistry, A European Journal, vol. 14, no. 18, pp. 5482-5494.
Ariafard, A, Brookes, N, Stranger, R et al 2008, 'Activation of CS2 and CS by ML3 Complexes', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 130, no. 36, pp. 11928-11938.
Jaszewski, A, Stranger, R & Pace, R 2008, 'Time Dependent DFT Studies of Metal Core Electron Excitations in Mn Complexes', Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 112, no. 44, pp. 11223-11234.
McClintock, L, Cavigliasso, G, Stranger, R et al 2008, 'The donor ability of the chelated carbonate ligand: protonation and metallation of [(L)Co(O2CO)]+ complexes in aqueous solution', Dalton Transactions, vol. 2008/37, pp. 4984-4992.
Dalton, G, Cifuentes, M, Petrie, S et al 2007, 'Independent Switching of Cubic Nonlinear Optical Properties in a Ruthenium Alkynyl Cruciform Complex by Employing Protic and Electrochemical Stimuli', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 129, no. 39, pp. 11882-11883.
Christian, G, Stranger, R, Yates, B et al 2007, 'Cleavage of CO by Mo[N(R)Ar]3 Complexes', European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 2007, pp. 3736-3741.
Petrie, S, Stranger, R, Gatt, P et al 2007, 'Bridge Over Troubled Water: Resolving the Competing Photosystem II Crystal Structures', Chemistry, A European Journal, vol. 13, pp. 5082-5089.
Cavigliasso, G, Yu, C & Stranger, R 2007, 'Periodic trends in metal-metal bonding in edge-shared [M2Cl10]4systems', Polyhedron, vol. 26, pp. 2942-2948.
Christian, G, Stranger, R, Petrie, S et al 2007, 'Breaking Chemistry's Strongest Bond: Can Three-Coordinate [M{N(R)Ar}₃] Complexes Cleave Carbon Monoxide?', Chemistry, A European Journal, vol. 13, pp. 4264-4272.
Christian, G, Stranger, R, Yates, B et al 2007, 'Rationalizing the different products in the reaction of N2 with three-coordinate MoL3 complexes', Dalton Transactions, vol. 2007/19, pp. 1939-1947.
Kilah, N, Petrie, S, Stranger, R et al 2007, 'Triphenylphosphine-Stabilized Diphenyl-Arsenium, -Stibenium, and -Bismuthenium Salts', Organometallics, vol. 26, no. 25, pp. 6106-6113.
Petrie, S, Stranger, R, Rae, A et al. 2006, 'Tertiary Arsine Adducts of Iodoarsines: A Structural and Theoretical Investigation', Organometallics, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 164-171.
Cavigliasso, G, Lovell, T & Stranger, R 2006, 'Periodic trends in metal-metal interactions in face-shared [M₂Cl₉]^z- systems', Dalton Transactions, vol. 2006/16, pp. 2017-2025.
Christian, G, Stranger, R & Yates, B 2006, 'Optimizing Small Molecule Activation and Cleavage in Three-Coordinate M[N(R)Ar]₃ Complexes', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 45, pp. 6851-6859.
Stranger, R & Yates, B 2006, 'Mixing of electronic states in molybdenum complexes involved in nitrogen activation', Chemical Physics, vol. 324, pp. 202-209.
Usher, A, Lucas, N, Dalton, G et al. 2006, 'Mixed-Metal Cluster Chemistry. 29. Core Expansion and Ligand-Driven Metal Exchange at Group 6-Iridium Clusters', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 45, pp. 10859-10872.
Oates, S, Hitchman, M, Skelton, B et al 2005, 'Crystal Structure of Cs₂Zn(NO₂)₄: Influence of Steric Crowding on Nitrite Coordination', Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol. 58, pp. 224-227.
Christian, G, Stranger, R, Yates, B et al 2005, 'Ligand rotation in [Ar(R)N]₃M-N₂-M[N(R)Ar]₃ (M, M = Mo^III,Nb^III; R = ⁱPr and ^tBu) dimers', Dalton Transactions, vol. 2005, pp. 962-968.
Graham, D, Beran, G, Head-Gordon, M et al 2005, 'Nitrogen Activation via Three-Coordinate Molybdenum Complexes: Comparison of Density Functional Theory Preformance with Wave Function Based Methods', Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 109, pp. 6762-6772.
Cavigliasso, G & Stranger, R 2005, 'Metal-Metal Interactions in Mixed-Valance [M₂Cl₉]^2- Species: Electronic Structure of d¹d² (V, Nb, Ta) and d⁴d⁵ (Fe, Ru, Os) Face-Shared Systems', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 44, no. 14, pp. 5081-5091.
Powell, C, Cifuentes, M, Humphrey, M et al 2004, 'Density Functional Theory Investigations into the Optical Properties of Metal-Alkynyl Complexes', New Developments in Metal Alkynyl Chemistry (MC2R 2004), Conference Organising Committee, n/a.
Powell, C, Cifuentes, M, Samoc, M et al 2004, 'Towards Efficient Switching of Third-order Nonlinear Optical Properties', Australian Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry 2004, Conference Organising Committee, n/a.
Christian, G & Stranger, R 2004, 'Metal Complexes which Optimize the Activation of Small Multiply-Bonded Molecules', Royal Australian Chemical Institute Physical Chemistry Conference 2004, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, unknown, p. 12.
Cavigliasso, G & Stranger, R 2004, 'Periodic Trends in Metal-Metal Interactions in Face-Shared [M2Cl9]3- System', Royal Australian Chemical Institute Physical Chemistry Conference 2004, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, unknown, p. 9.
Usher, A, Dalton, G, Lucas, N et al. 2004, 'Mixed-metal cluster chemistry. 26. Proclivity for "all-terminal" or "plane-of-bridging-carbonyls" ligand disposition in tungsten-triiridium clusters', Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 689, pp. 50-57.
Cavigliasso, G & Stranger, R 2004, 'Density Functional Investigation of Metal-Metal Interactions in d⁴d⁴ Face-Shared [M₂Cl₉]^3- (M=Mn, Tc, Re) Systems', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 43, pp. 2368-2378.
Christian, G & Stranger, R 2004, 'Activation and cleavage of dinitrogen by three-coordinate metal complexes involving Mo(III) and Nb(II/III)', Dalton Transactions, vol. N/A, pp. 2492-2495.
Cavigliasso, G, Comba, P & Stranger, R 2004, 'Density Functional Investigation of Metal-Metal Interactions in Mixed-Valence d²d³ (Cr, Mo, W) and d³d⁴ (Mn, Tc, Re) Face-Shared [M₂Cl₉]^2- Systems', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 43, pp. 6734-6744.
Sharrad, C, Cavigliasso, G, Stranger, R et al 2004, 'Synthesis, characterization and DFT studies of the cobalt(III) complex of a tetrapodal pentadentate N₄S donor ligand', Dalton Transactions, vol. N/A, pp. 1166-1172.
Petrie, S, Mukhopadhyay, S, Armstrong, W et al 2004, 'Theoretical analysis of the [Mn₂(m-oxo)₂(m-carboxylato)₂]⁺ core', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 6, pp. 4871-4877.
Sharrad, C, Cavigliasso, G, Stranger, R et al 2004, 'Embracing ligands. Synthesis, characterisation and the correlation between ⁵⁹Co and NMR and ligand field parameters of Co(III) complexes with a new class of nitrogen-thioether multidentate ligand', Dalton Transactions, vol. N/A, pp. 767-777.
Petrie, S & Stranger, R 2004, 'On the Mechanism of Dioxygen Formation from a Di-m-Oxo-Bridged Manganese Dinuclear Complex', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 43, no. 17, pp. 5237-5244.
Petrie, S & Stranger, R 2004, 'DFT and Metal-Metal Bonding: A Dys-Functional Treatment for Multiply Charged Complexes?', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 2597-2610.
Delfs, C, Kitto, H, Stranger, R et al. 2003, 'Photoluminescence properties of four-coordinate gold(I)-phosphine complexes of the types [Au(diphos)₂]PF₆ and [Au₂(tetraphos)₂](PF₆)₂', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 42, no. 14, pp. 4469-4478.
Powell, C, Cifuentes, M, Morrall, J et al 2003, 'Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics. 30. Electrochromic Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Alkynylbis(diphosphine)ruthenium Complexes', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 125, no. 2, pp. 602-610.
Powell, C, Cifuentes, M, McDonagh, A et al 2003, 'Organometallic complexes for nonlinear optics. Part 27. Syntheses and optical properties of some iron, ruthenium and osmium alkynyl complexes', Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 352, no. -, pp. 9-18.
Cavigliasso, G & Stranger, R 2003, 'Influence of the Ligand on the Coupling between the Metal-Based Electrons in Face-Shared [M₂X₉]^3- (M = Mo, W; X = F, Cl, Br, I Systems', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 42, pp. 5252-5258.
Petrie, S & Stranger, R 2003, 'Cl₃V(m-S(CH₃)₂)₃VCl₃^2-: A First-Row, Face-Shared Bioctahedral Complex with Multiple Metal-Metal Bonding', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 42, pp. 4417-4424.
Christian, G, Driver, J & Stranger, R 2003, 'Dinitrogen activation in sterically-hindered three-coordinate transition metal complexes', Faraday Discussions, vol. 124, pp. 331-341.
Delfs, C & Stranger, R 2003, 'Investigating the Stability of the Peroxide Bridge in m-oxo and di-m-oxo manganese Clusters', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 42, pp. 2495-2503.
Petrie, S, Stranger, R & Duley, W 2003, 'Locally Aromatic Polycyclic Hydrocarbons as Potential Carriers of Infrared Emission Features', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 594, pp. 869-873.
Christian, G, Driver, J, Petrie, S et al 2003, 'Using DFT to Design Metal Complexes which Optimise the Activation and Cleavage of Small Multiply-Bonded Molecules', Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (IC 2003), Conference Organising Committee, n/a, p. 210.
Christian, G, Driver, J & Stranger, R 2003, 'Dinitrogen Activation in Sterically-Hindered Three-Coordinate Transition Metal Complexes', Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Discussions, Conference Organising Committee, n/a, p. 19.
Stranger, R, McGrady, J & Petrie, S 2003, 'Spin State Considerations for O-O Bond Formation in Photosystem II', Wilhelm und Else Hereaus Seminar on Water Oxidation in Photosynthesis 2003, Conference Organising Committee, n/a.
Morrall, J, Powell, C, Stranger, R et al 2003, 'Organometallic complexes for nonlinear optics Part 32: Synthesis, optical spectroscopy and theoretical studies of some osmium alkynyl complexes', Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 670, pp. 248-255.
Lucas, N, Notaras, E, Petrie, S et al 2003, 'Mixed-Metal Cluster Chemistry. 22. Synthesis and Crystallographic, Electrochemical, and Theoretical Studies of Alkyne-Coordinated Group 6-Iridium Clusters Linked by Phenyleneethynylene Groups', Organometallics, vol. 22, pp. 708-721.
Humphrey, M, Powell, C, Cifuentes, M et al 2003, 'Electrochromic Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Alkynylbis(diphosphine)ruthenium Complexes', Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (IC 2003), Conference Organising Committee, n/a.
Duley, W, Petrie, S & Stranger, R 2003, 'Diamond, PAH and the UIR Bands', Annual Meeting of the Canadian Astronomical Society 2003, Conference Organising Committee, n/a.
Stranger, R & Petrie, S 2002, 'Electronic Structure and Metal-Metal Bonding in nominal d³d³ M(II)M(IV)Cl₉^3- (M(II) = V, Nb, Ta; M(IV) = Mn, Tc, Re) Face-Shared Binuclear Complexes', Dalton Transactions, vol. na, pp. 3630-3639.
Petrie, S & Stranger, R 2002, 'Magnetic Coupling and Intermetallic Electron Transfer in the Heterodinuclear Bioctahedral Complexes MW^IIICl₉^n- (M = V^II, Cr^III, Mn^IV): Tweaking the Balance between Ferromagnetism and Antifer', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 41, pp. 2341-2347.
Stranger, R, Lovell, T & McGrady, J 2002, 'Quantifying the Effect of High-Spin/low-spin Crossover on Electron Delocalization in d⁵d⁵ M₂Cl₉^3- (M = Fe, Ru, Os) dimers', Polyhedron, vol. 21, pp. 1969-1977.
Petrie, S & Stranger, R 2002, 'Metal-Metal Bonding Trends in Mixed-Group, Face-Shared d³d³ Bioctahedral Dimer Systems, M'M"Cl₉^n-', Polyhedron, vol. 21, pp. 1163-1175.
Petrie, S & Stranger, R 2002, 'Factors affecting Metal-Metal Bonding in the Face-Shared d³d³ Bioctahedral Dimer Systems, MMCl₉^5- (M, M = V, Nb, Ta)', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 41, pp. 6291-6297.
Lucas, N, Blitz, J, Petrie, S et al. 2002, 'Mixed-metal cluster chemistry. 19. Crystallographic, spectroscopic, electrochemical, spectroelectrochemical, and theoretical studies of systematically varied tetrahedral group 6-iridium clusters', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 124, no. -, pp. 5139-5153.
Delfs, C & Stranger, R 2001, 'Oxidation State Dependence of the Geometry, Electronic Structure, and Magnetic Coupling in Mixed Oxo- and Carboxylato-Bridged Manganese Dimers', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 40, pp. 3061-3076.
Stranger, R, Turner, A & Delfs, C 2001, 'Ligand Dependence of Metal-Metal Bonding in the d³d³ Dimers M₂X₉^n- (M^III = Cr, Mo, W; M^IV = Mn, Tc, Re; X = F, Cl, Br, I)', Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 40, no. 17, pp. 4093-4100.
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