Molecular Materials Group
School of Chemistry
University of Sydney
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Dr Ben Mullaney

Dr Ben Mullaney

Previous Postdoctoral Fellow

Previous Studies

BSc (Adv) (Hons), University of Sydney, 2009
PhD, University of Sydney, 2013
DPhil, University of Oxford, 2014

Research Areas

Spin crossover, colossal thermal expansion, multifunctional materials, and host-guest chemistry in coordination frameworks


Publications

  1. B.R. Mullaney, L. Goux-Capes, D.J. Price, G. Chastanet, J.-F. Letard, C.J. Kepert Spin crossover-induced colossal positive and negative thermal expansion in a nanoporous coordination framework material, Nat. Commun., 2017, 8, 1053. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00776-1

  2. B.R. Mullaney, M.J. Cunningham, J.J. Davis, P.D. Beer, Acyclic halogen and hydrogen bonding diquat-containing receptors for the electrochemical sensing of anions, Polyhedron, 2016, 116(15), 20-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2016.03.006

  3. L.C. Gilday, S.W. Robinson, T.A. Barendt, M.J. Langton, B.R. Mullaney, P.D. Beer, Halogen bonding in supramolecular chemistry, Chem. Rev., 2015, 115(15), 7118-7195. DOI: 10.1021/cr500674c

  4. B.R. Mullaney, B.E. Partridge, P.D. Beer, A halogen-bonding bis-triazolium rotaxane for halide-selective anion recognition, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 1660-1665. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201405578

  5. B.R. Mullaney, A.L. Thompson, P.D. Beer, An all-halogen bonding rotaxane for selective recognition and sensing of halides in aqueous media, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 11458-11462. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201403659
  6. [Cover picture: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 11665.]

  7. S.C. Picot, B.R. Mullaney, P.D. Beer, Ion-pair recognition by a heteroditopic triazole-containing receptor,Chem. Eur. J., 2012, 18, 6230-6237. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201200251

Where are They Now?

Working as a start-up entrepreneur in Sydney, commercialising Intellectual Property


Molecular Materials Group - School of Chemistry - The University of Sydney - NSW 2006 - Australia
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