Dalton Transactions Blog

We would like to congratulate Trevor Hayton, who has been awarded the 2013-2014 Dalton Lectureship, in recognition of his work on actinides, especially his ground-breaking work on f-element chemistry.

This lectureship, sponsored by Dalton Transactions, aims to enhance communication between the best researchers, and is awarded yearly to an outstanding young investigator in the general field of inorganic chemistry.

Trevor will be presenting his lecture at University of California, Berkeley in early 2014, where he will also be spending time with the faculty, postdocs and students.

Trevor Hayton grew up in Surrey, British Columbia. In 1998, he received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of British Columbia, whereupon he began his Ph.D. research, also at UBC, under the direction of Peter Legzdins. After graduating in 2003, he began a postdoctoral fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory, working under the direction of James M. Boncella. In 2006 he started a faculty position at University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is currently an Associate Professor.

Here are some of the most cited articles published in 2012. Read what has been making an impact in the inorganic world from Dalton Transactions.

Applications of luminescent inorganic and organometallic transition metal complexes as biomolecular and cellular probes
Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo, Alex Wing-Tat Choi and Wendell Ho-Tin Law
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 6021-6047
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT11892K

Carbene-stabilized main group diatomic allotropes
Yuzhong Wang and Gregory H. Robinson
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 337-345
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11165E

New trends in polyoxometalate photoredox chemistry: From photosensitisation to water oxidation catalysis
Carsten Streb
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 1651-1659
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11220A

A series of isostructural mesoporous metal–organic frameworks obtained by ion-exchange induced single-crystal to single-crystal transformation
Qingxia Yao, Junliang Sun, Kuo Li, Jie Su, Maxim V. Peskov and Xiaodong Zou
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 3953-3955
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12088G

Double N–H bond activation of N,N′-bis-substituted hydrazines with stable N-heterocyclic silylene
Ramachandran Azhakar, Rajendra S. Ghadwal, Herbert W. Roesky, Jakob Hey and Dietmar Stalke
Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 1529-1533
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11708D

A cationic iridium(III) complex showing aggregation-induced phosphorescent emission (AIPE) in the solid state: synthesis, characterization and properties
Guo-Gang Shan, Ling-Yu Zhang, Hai-Bin Li, Shuang Wang, Dong-Xia Zhu, Peng Li, Chun-Gang Wang, Zhong-Min Su and Yi Liao
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 523-530
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11215E

Allylic alcohols as synthetic enolate equivalents: Isomerisation and tandem reactions catalysed by transition metal complexes
Nanna Ahlsten, Agnieszka Bartoszewicz and Belén Martín-Matute
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 1660-1670
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11678A

Influence of terminal substitution on structural, DNA, Protein binding, anticancer and antibacterial activities of palladium(II) complexes containing 3-methoxy salicylaldehyde-4(N) substituted thiosemicarbazones
P. Kalaivani, R. Prabhakaran, E. Ramachandran, F. Dallemer, G. Paramaguru, R. Renganathan, P. Poornima, V. Vijaya Padma and K. Natarajan
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 2486-2499
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11838B

Calcium manganese(IV) oxides: biomimetic and efficient catalysts for water oxidation
Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour, Babak Pashaei and Sara Nayeri
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 4799-4805
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12189A

Small organometallic compounds as antibacterial agents
Malay Patra, Gilles Gasser and Nils Metzler-Nolte
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 6350-6358
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12460B

The RSC’s Divisions are keen to support their members with their careers and their scientific activities. To this end, we have launched two new grants which allow our members to apply for funding from their Divisions for various purposes.

If you are organising an activity, such as a small “no frills” meeting or a young researcher meeting, and you need funds, the Small Grants for Scientific Activities may be able to help, with grants of up to £2000. Our Divisions have already supported a number of people with their activities, such as Prof. Michael Glazer’s exhibition, entitled “The Two Braggs”, celebrating the centenary of the seminal work on X-ray diffraction by the eponymous father and son team.

In addition, the Small Grants are also available to support early career researchers (more than 5 years post PhD) with travel to conferences they are participating in. For full details, please visit the website at: http://rsc.li/small-grants.

We all know how important it is for young PhD students and post-doctoral researchers to participate in conferences and workshops. So, we’re very pleased to announce our new Travel Grants for PhD Students and Post-doctoral Researchers (within 5 years of completion of PhD). You can apply to your Division for up to £800 for travel to any conference or workshop anywhere in the world that will benefit you or your career. More information can be found at http://rsc.li/ecr-travel.

Both grants are available now. Application is easy; in each case, we ask that you read the terms & conditions and fill out a simple application form.

The spirit of these grants is to provide quick, flexible and transparent sources of funding for our members. You should typically receive a response from your Division within two or three months for the Small Grants and Travel Grants, respectively.

We look forward to receiving your applications.