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Dr Robert W Baker


Contact Details

Senior Lecturer
Room 516a
School of Chemistry, Building F11
The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
E: robert.baker@sydney.edu.au
T: +61 (2) 9351-4049
F: +61 (2) 9351-3329
W: http://sydney.edu.au/science/chemistry/~baker_r/


Career Highlights

BSc(Hons) 1984, University of Western Australia
PhD 1990, University of Western Australia

Areas of Interest

  • Stereochemistry
  • Organosulfur and phosphorus chemistry
  • Chiral organometallic complexes
  • Asymmetric synthesis and catalysis

Research

Please see my home page.

Publications (2009 to 2012)

  1. Sieb, D; Baker, RW; Wadepohl, H and Enders, M. Naphthyridine cyclopentadienyl chromium complexes as single-site catalysts for the formation of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene. Organometallics, 31 (21), 7368-7374, 2012. DOI: 10.1021/om300582j

  2. Baker, RW; Radzey, H; Lucas, NT and Turner, P. Stereospecific syntheses and structures of planar chiral bidentate η5:κS -indenyl-sulfanyl and -sulfinyl complexes of rhodium(III). Organometallics, 31 (15), 5622-5633, 2012. DOI: 10.1021/om300581r

  3. Sieb, D; Schuhen, K; Morgen, M; Herrmann, H; Wadepohl, H; Lucas, NT; Baker, RW and Enders, M. Synthesis and complexation behavior of indenyl and cyclopentadienyl ligands functionalized with a naphthyridine unit. Organometallics, 31 (1), 356-364, 2012. DOI: 10.1021/om2009638

  4. Ping, W; Paraska, D; Baker, R and Harrowell, P. Molecular engineering of the glass transition: Glass-forming ability across a homologous series of cyclic stilbenes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 115 (16), 4696-4702, 2011. DOI: 10.1021/jp110975y

  5. Chatjaroenporn, K; Baker, RW; FitzGerald, PA and Warr, GG. Polymerizable cationic micelles form cylinders at intermediate conversions. Langmuir, 26 (14), 11715-11719, 2010. DOI: 10.1021/la101159g

  6. Chatjaroenporn, K; Baker, R; Fitzgerald, P and Warr, GG. Structure changes in micelles and adsorbed layers during surfactant polymerization. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 336 (2), 449-454, 2009. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.04.059