Molecular Materials Group
School of Chemistry
University of Sydney
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Dr Peter Southon

Dr Peter Southon

Dr Peter Southon


Previous Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D (UTS), 2000
Email: peter.southon@sydney.edu.au

Research Areas

Materials Characterisation, particularly in non-ambient environments; Adsorption and Microporosity; Gas storage and separation

Research Roles

Instrument Scientist and Laboratory Manager


Where are They Now?

Research Fellow for the Vibrational Facility at the University of Sydney

Publications
  1. J.E. Auckett, S.H. Ogilvie, S.G. Duyker, P.D. Southon, C.J. Kepert, V.K. Peterson, Flexible yttrium coordination geometry inhibits “bare-metal” guest-interactions in the metal-organic framework Y(btc), Energies, 2016, 9(10), 836. doi:10.3390/en9100836

  2. N.F. Sciortino, F. Ragon, K.A. Zenere, P.D. Southon, G.J. Halder, K.W. Chapman, L. Piñeiro-López, J.A. Real, C.J. Kepert and S.M. Neville, Exploiting Pressure To Induce a “Guest-Blocked” Spin Transition in a Framework Material, Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 10490-10498. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01686

  3. K. Healey, W. Liang, P.D. Southon, T.L. Church and D.M. D'Alessandro, Photoresponsive Spiropyran-Functionalised MOF-808: Postsynthetic Incorporation and Light Dependent Gas Adsorption Properties, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, in press. doi:10.1039/C6TA04160D

  4. R.G. Miller, P.D. Southon, C.J. Kepert and S. Brooker, Commensurate CO2 capture, and shape selectivity for HCCH over H2CCH2, in zigzag channels of a robust CuI(CN)(L) MOF, Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55(12), 6195–6200. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00813

  5. A. Lennartson, P.D. Southon, N.F. Sciortino, C.J. Kepert, C. Frandsen, S. Mørup, S. Piligkos, C.J. McKenzie, Reversible Guest Binding in a Non-Porous FeII Coordination Polymer Host Toggles Spin Crossover, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21(45), 16066–16072. DOI:10.1002/chem.201502547

  6. S. Kanehashi, G.Q. Chen, C.A. Scholes, B. Ozcelik, C. Hua, L. Ciddor, P.D. Southon, D.M. D'Alessandro, S.E. Kentish, Enhancing gas permeability in mixed matrix membranes through tuning the nanoparticle properties, J. Membr. Sci., 2015, 482, 49-55. DOI:10.1016/j.memsci.2015.01.046

  7. B. Náfrádi , M. Choucair, P.D. Southon, C.J. Kepert, L. Forró, Strong interplay between the electron spin lifetime in chemically synthesized graphene multilayers and surface bound oxygen, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 770-777. DOI:10.1002/chem.201404309

  8. S.H. Ogilvie, S.G. Duyker, P.D. Southon, V.K. Peterson, C.J. Kepert, Host–guest adsorption behavior of deuterated methane and molecular oxygen in a porous rare-earth metal–organic framework, Powder Diffr., 2014, 29, S96-101. DOI:10.1017/S0885715614001158

  9. M.G. Cowan, R.G. Miller, P.D. Southon, J.R. Price, O. Yazaydin, J.R. Lane, C.J. Kepert, S. Brooker, Selective gas adsorption in a pair of isostructural MOFs differing in framework charge and anion loading, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 12076–12083. DOI:10.1021/ic501876m

  10. T.D. Keene, M.J. Murphy, J.R. Price, N.F. Sciortino, P.D. Southon, C.J. Kepert, Multifunctional MOFs through CO2 fixation: a metamagnetic kagome lattice with uniaxial zero thermal expansion and reversible guest sorption, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 14766-14771. DOI:10.1039/C4DT02205J

  11. S.G. Duyker, G.J. Halder, P.D. Southon, D.J. Price, A.J. Edwards, V.K. Peterson, C.J. Kepert, Topotactic structural conversion and hydration-dependent thermal expansion in robust LnMIII(CN)6·nH2O and flexible ALnFeII(CN)6·nH2O frameworks (A = Li, Na, K; Ln = La–Lu, Y; M = Co, Fe; 0 = n = 5), Chem. Sci., 2014, 3409-3417. DOI:10.1039/C4SC00809J

  12. V.K. Peterson, P.D. Southon, G.J. Halder, D.J. Price, J.J. Bevitt, C.J. Kepert, Guest Adsorption in the Nanoporous Metal-Organic Framework Cu3(1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate)2: Combined In-Situ X-ray Diffraction and Vapor Sorption, Chem. Mater., 2014, 26(16), 4712-4723. DOI:10.1021/cm501138g

  13. A. Yuan, H. Zhou, G. Diao, P.D. Southon, C.J. Kepert, L. Liu, Gas and vapor adsorption in octacyanometallate-based frameworks Mn2[M(CN)8] (M = W, Mo) with exposed Mn2+ sites, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2014, 39(2), 884-889. DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.10.143

  14. J. Sundberg, L.J. Cameron, P.D. Southon, C.J. Kepert C.J. McKenzie, Oxygen chemisorption/desorption in a reversible single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation, Chem. Sci., 2014, 5(10), 4017-4025. DOI:10.1039/c4sc01636j

  15. C. Hua, A. Rawal, T.B. Faust, P.D. Southon, R. Babarao, J.M. Hook, D.M. D'Alessandro, Exploiting Stable Radical States for Multifunctional Properties in Triarylamine-based Porous Organic Polymers, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2(31), 12466-12474. DOI:10.1039/c4ta01925c

  16. W. Liang, H. Chevreau, F. Ragon, P.D. Southon, V.K. Peterson, D.M. D'Alessandro, Tuning pore size in a zirconium-tricarboxylate metal-organic framework, CrystEngComm, 2014, 16(29), 6530-6533. DOI:10.1039/C4CE01031K

  17. S.H. Ogilvie, S.G. Duyker, P.D. Southon, V.K. Peterson, C.J. Kepert, Identification of bridged CO2 binding in a Prussian blue analogue using neutron powder diffraction, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49(82), 9404-9406 (Hot Article). DOI:10.1039/C3CC46019C

  18. A. Das, M. Choucair, P.D. Southon, J.A. Mason, M. Zhao, C.J. Kepert, A.T. Harris, D.M. D’Alessandro, Application of the Piperazine Grafted CuBTTri Metal-Organic Framework in Postcombustion Carbon Dioxide Capture, Microporous Mesoporous Mater., 2013, 174, 74-80. DOI:10.1016/j.micromeso.2013.02.036

  19. T.D. Keene, D. Rankine, J.D. Evans, P.D. Southon, C.J. Kepert, J.B. Aitken, C.J. Sumby, C.J. Doonan, Solvent-modified dynamic porosity in chiral 3D kagome frameworks, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42(22), 7871-7879. DOI:10.1039/C3DT00096F

  20. R. Lyndon, K. Konstas, B.P. Ladewig, P.D. Southon, C.J. Kepert, M.R. Hill, Dynamic Photo-Switching in Metal–Organic Frameworks as a Route to Low-Energy Carbon Dioxide Capture and Release, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52(13), 3695-3698 (Very Important Article). DOI:10.1002/anie.201206359

  21. A. Das, P.D. Southon, M. Zhao, C.J. Kepert, A.T. Harris, D.M. D'Alessandro, Carbon dioxide adsorption by physisorption and chemisorption interactions in piperazine-grafted Ni2(dobdc) (dobdc = 1,4-dioxido-2,5-benzenedicarboxylate), Dalton Trans., 2012, 41(38), 11739-11744. DOI:10.1039/C2DT31112G

  22. P. Yuan, P.D. Southon, Z. Liu, C.J. Kepert, Organosilane functionalization of halloysite nanotubes for enhanced loading and controlled release, Nanotechnology, 2012, 23(37), 375705. DOI:10.1088/0957-4484/23/37/375705

  23. P.D. Southon, D.J. Price, P.K. Nielsen , C.J. McKenzie, C.J. Kepert, Reversible and Selective O2 Chemisorption in a Porous Metal-Organic Host Material, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133(28), 10885–10891. DOI:10.1021/ja202228v

  24. M.T. Dunstan, P.D. Southon, C.J. Kepert, J. Hester, J.A. Kimpton, C.D. Ling, Phase diagram, chemical stability and physical properties of the solid-solution Ba4Nb2-xTaxO9, J. Solid State Chem., 2011, 184(10), 2648–2654. DOI:10.1016/j.jssc.2011.07.036

  25. A.H. Yuan, P.D. Southon, D.J. Price, C.J. Kepert, H. Zhou, W.Y. Liu, Syntheses, Crystal Structures, and the Phase Transformation of Octacyanometallate-Based LnIII–WV Bimetallic Assemblies with Two-Dimensional Corrugated Layers, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2010, 23, 3610–3614. DOI:10.1002/ejic.201000320

  26. H. Wu, J.M. Simmons, Y. Liu, C.M. Brown, X.S. Wang, S. Ma, V.K. Peterson, P.D. Southon, C.J. Kepert, H.C. Zhou, T. Yildirim, W. Zhou, Metal-Organic Frameworks with Exceptionally High Methane Uptake: Where and How is Methane Stored?, Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16(17), 5205-5214. DOI:10.1002/chem.200902719

  27. J.K. Clegg, S.S. Iremonger, M.J. Hayter, P.D. Southon, R.B. Macquart, M.B. Duriska, P. Jensen, P. Turner, K.A. Jolliffe, C.J. Kepert, G.V. Meehan, L.F. Lindoy, Hierarchical Self-Assembly of a Chiral Metal-Organic Framework Displaying Pronounced Porosity, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49(6), 1075-1078. DOI:10.1002/anie.200905497

  28. P.D. Southon, L. Liu, E.A. Fellows, D.J. Price, G.J. Halder, K.W. Chapman, B. Moubaraki, K.S. Murray, J.F. Létard, C.J. Kepert, Dynamic Interplay between Spin-Crossover and Host-Guest Function in a Nanoporous Metal-Organic Framework Material, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131(31), 10998–11009. DOI:10.1021/ja902187d Web of Knowledge Highly Cited Paper

  29. R.M. Yeates, M.J. Murdoch, P.D. Southon, A.C. Mclaughlin, R.F. Howe, F. Bonino, S. Bordiga, A. Damin, AM-6: a microporous one-dimensional ferromagnet, Dalton Trans., 2009, 8025-8032. DOI:10.1039/b908099f

  30. P. Yuan, P.D. Southon, Z. Liu, M.E.R. Green, J.M. Hook, S.J.Antill, C.J. Kepert, The Functionalization of Halloysite Clay Nanotubes by Grafting with γ-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112, 15742. DOI:10.1021/jp805657t Web of Knowledge Highly Cited Paper

  31. Y. Wu, A. Kobayashi, G.J. Halder, V.K. Peterson, K.W. Chapman, N. Lock, P.D. Southon, C.J. Kepert, Negative Thermal Expansion in the Metal-Organic Framework Material Cu3(btc)2, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008 47, 8929. DOI:10.1002/anie.200803925

  32. S.S. Iremonger, P.D. Southon, C.J. Kepert, A nanoporous chiral metal-organic framework material that exhibits reversible guest adsorption, Dalton Trans., 2008, 6103. DOI:10.1039/b816359f

  33. A.E. Phillips, A.L. Goodwin, G.J. Halder, P.D. Southon, C.J. Kepert, Nanoporosity and exceptional negative thermal expansion in single-network cadmium cyanide, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 1396. DOI:10.1002/anie.200704421

  34. S.M. Neville, G.J. Halder, K.W. Chapman, M.B. Duriska, P.D. Southon, J.D. Cashion, J.F. Létard, B. Moubaraki, K.S. Murray, C.J. Kepert, Single-crystal to single-crystal structural transformation and photomagnetic properties of a porous iron(II) spin-crossover framework, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008 130, 2869. DOI:10.1021/ja077958f

  35. K.W. Chapman, P.D. Southon, C.L. Weeks, C.J. Kepert, Reversible hydrogen gas uptake in nanoporous Prussian Blue analogues, Chemical Commun., 2005, 26 3322. DOI:10.1039/b502850g

  36. Y.K. Krisnandi, P.D. Southon, A.A. Adesina, R.F. Howe, ETS-10 as a photocatalyst, Int. J. Photoenergy, 2003, 5(3), 131-140. DOI:10.1155/S1110662X03000242

  37. P.D. Southon, R.F. Howe, Spectroscopic Studies of Disorder in the Microporous Titanosilicate ETS 10, Chem. Mater., 2002, 14(10), 4209-4218. DOI:10.1021/cm021199c

  38. P.D. Southon, J.R. Bartlett, J.L. Woolfrey, B. Ben-Nissan, Formation and characterisation of an aqueous zirconium hydroxide colloid, Chem. Mater., 2002, 14(10), 4313-4319. DOI:10.1021/cm0211913

  39. P.D. Southon, J.R. Bartlett, K.S. Finnie, J.L. Woolfrey, B. Ben-Nissan, G.S.K. Kannangara, The formation of zirconium hydroxide nanoparticles from aqueous nitrate solutions, J. Aust. Ceram. Soc., 1999, 35(1/2), 7-12.

  40. P.D. Southon, J.R. Bartlett, J.L. Woolfrey, M.G. Stevens, Evolution of the structure of aqueous zirconia gels during preparation and heating, Ceram. Trans., 1998, 81, 75-80.


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