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  1. Light Lanthanide Metallocenium Cations Exhibiting Weak Equatorial Anion Interactions

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, May 2019, Wiley

    Dr David Mills

  2. Low-coordinate rare-earth and actinide complexes

    Article • January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr David Mills

  3. Studies of hysteresis and quantum tunnelling of the magnetisation in dysprosium(iii) single molecule magnets

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  4. Electronic structures of bent lanthanide(III) complexes with two N-donor ligands

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  5. Uranium(III)-carbon multiple bonding supported by arene δ-bonding in mixed-valence hexauranium nanometre-scale rings

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Mills

  6. Structural Characterization of Lithium and Sodium Bulky Bis(silyl)amide Complexes

    Article • Molecules, May 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr David Mills

  7. Exploring Synthetic Routes to Heteroleptic UIII , UIV , and ThIV Bulky Bis(silyl)amide Complexes

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr David Mills

  8. Synthesis and structural characterization of lanthanum and cerium substituted cyclopentadienyl borohydride complexes

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr David Mills

  9. Chromium chains as polydentate fluoride ligands for actinides and group IV metals

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  10. Heteroleptic samarium(iii) halide complexes probed by fluorescence-detected L3-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  11. Salt metathesis routes to homoleptic near-linear Mg(ii) and Ca(ii) bulky bis(silyl)amide complexes

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  12. Terbocenium: completing a heavy lanthanide metallocenium cation family with an alternative anion abstraction strategy

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  13. Synthesis and Electronic Structures of Heavy Lanthanide Metallocenium Cations

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, December 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr David Mills

  14. Molecular magnetic hysteresis at 60 kelvin in dysprosocenium

    Article • Nature, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Mills

  15. Yttrium Methanide and Methanediide Bis(silyl)amide Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, July 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr David Mills

  16. Investigation into the Effects of a Trigonal-Planar Ligand Field on the Electronic Properties of Lanthanide(II) Tris(silylamide) Complexes (Ln = Sm, Eu, Tm, Yb)

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, May 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr David Mills

  17. Analysis of Lanthanide-Radical Magnetic Interactions in Ce(III) 2,2′-Bipyridyl Complexes

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, February 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr David Mills

  18. The inverse-trans-influence in tetravalent lanthanide and actinide bis(carbene) complexes

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2017, Nature

    Dr Andrew Kerridge, Dr David Mills

  19. Double Reduction of 4,4′-Bipyridine and Reductive Coupling of Pyridine by Two Thorium(III) Single-Electron Transfers

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr Andrew Kerridge, Dr David Mills

  20. Actinide covalency measured by pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy

    Article • Nature Chemistry, December 2016, Nature

    Dr Andrew Kerridge, Dr David Mills

  21. Concomitant Carboxylate and Oxalate Formation From the Activation of CO2by a Thorium(III) Complex

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Andrew Kerridge, Dr David Mills

  22. Physicochemical Properties of Near-Linear Lanthanide(II) Bis(silylamide) Complexes (Ln = Sm, Eu, Tm, Yb)

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, May 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr David Mills

  23. Activation of Heteroallenes COxS2-x(x= 0-2): Experimental and Theoretical Evidence of the Synthetic Versatility of a Bulky Guanidinato SmIIComplex

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr David Mills

  24. Salt metathesis versus protonolysis routes for the synthesis of silylamide Hauser base (R2NMgX; X = halogen) and amido-Grignard (R2NMgR) complexes

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  25. White phosphorus activation by a Th(iii) complex

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Andrew Kerridge, Dr David Mills

  26. New vistas in the molecular chemistry of thorium: low oxidation state complexes

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  27. Synthesis and Reactivity of a Cerium(III) Scorpionate Complex Containing a Redox Non-Innocent 2,2′-Bipyridine Ligand

    Article • Inorganics, November 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Marie-Emmanuelle Boulon, Dr David Mills

  28. Homoleptic Trigonal Planar Lanthanide Complexes Stabilized by Superbulky Silylamide Ligands

    Article • Organometallics, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr David Mills

  29. The first near-linear bis(amide) f-block complex: a blueprint for a high temperature single molecule magnet

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  30. A structural investigation of heteroleptic lanthanide substituted cyclopentadienyl complexes

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  31. [UIII{N(SiMe2tBu)2}3]: A Structurally Authenticated Trigonal Planar Actinide Complex

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr David Mills

  32. Reactivity of the uranium(iv) carbene complex [U(BIPMTMS)(Cl)(μ-Cl)2Li(THF)2] (BIPMTMS= {C(PPh2NSiMe3)2}) towards carbonyl and heteroallene substrates: metallo-Witt...

    Article • Dalton Transactions, April 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  33. Synthesis and Characterisation of Lanthanide N-Trimethylsilyl and -Mesityl Functionalised Bis(iminophosphorano)methanides and -Methanediides

    Article • Inorganics, December 2013, MDPI AG

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  34. The Nature of the UC Double Bond: Pushing the Stability of High‐Oxidation‐State Uranium Carbenes to the Limit

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, April 2013, Wiley

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  35. Reactivity Studies of a T-Shaped Yttrium Carbene: C–F and C–O Bond Activation and C═C Bond Formation Promoted by [Y(BIPM)(I)(THF)2] (BIPM = C(PPh2NSiMe3)2)

    Article • Organometallics, February 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  36. The Inherent Single-Molecule Magnet Character of Trivalent Uranium

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, February 2013, Wiley

    Dr David Mills

  37. Reactivity of the Yttrium Alkyl Carbene Complex [Y(BIPM)(CH2C6H5)(THF)] (BIPM = {C(PPh2NSiMe3)2})2–: From Insertions, Substitutions, and Additions to Nontypical Transformations

    Article • Organometallics, December 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  38. Synthesis of a Uranium(VI)-Carbene: Reductive Formation of Uranyl(V)-Methanides, Oxidative Preparation of a [R2C═U═O]2+Analogue of the [O═U═O]2+Uranyl Ion (R = Ph2PNSiMe3), and Comparison of the Na...

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, June 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  39. Group 1 Bis(iminophosphorano)methanides, Part 1: N-Alkyl and Silyl Derivatives of the Sterically Demanding Methanes H2C(PPh2NR)2 (R = Adamantyl and Trimethylsilyl)

    Article • Organometallics, September 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  40. Group 1 Bis(iminophosphorano)methanides, Part 2: N-Aryl Derivatives of the Sterically Demanding Methanes H2C(PPh2NR)2 (R = 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl or 2,6-diisopropylphenyl)

    Article • Organometallics, September 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  41. A delocalized arene-bridged diuranium single-molecule magnet

    Article • Nature Chemistry, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  42. Uranium–Carbon Multiple Bonding: Facile Access to the Pentavalent Uranium Carbene [U{C(PPh2NSiMe3)2}(Cl)2(I)] and Comparison of UVC and UIVC Bonds

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, February 2011, Wiley

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  43. Early metal bis(phosphorus-stabilised)carbene chemistry

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  44. Synthesis and further reactivity studies of some transition metal gallyl complexes

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr David Mills

  45. Regioselective C−H Activation and Sequential C−C and C−O Bond Formation Reactions of Aryl Ketones Promoted by an Yttrium Carbene

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, September 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  46. Reactions of alkali metal and yttrium alkyls with a sterically demanding bis(aryloxysilyl)methane: Formation of aryloxide complexes by Si-O bond cleavage

    Article • Comptes Rendus Chimie, June 2010, Cellule MathDoc/CEDRAM

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  47. Lanthanide tri-benzyl complexes: structural variations and useful precursors to phosphorus-stabilised lanthanide carbenes

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  48. Low coordinate lanthanide(ii) complexes supported by bulky guanidinato and amidinato ligands

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  49. Gallium tri-chloride derivatives of the sterically demanding pyridines 2,6-Ar2C6H3N (Ar=2,4,6-Me3C6H2 or 2,4,6-Pri3C6H2)

    Article • Polyhedron, January 2010, Elsevier

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  50. Heteroleptic [M(CH2C6H5)2(I)(THF)3] Complexes (M = Y or Er): Remarkably Stable Precursors to Yttrium and Erbium T-Shaped Carbenes

    Article • Organometallics, October 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  51. A Heterobimetallic Gallyl Complex Containing an Unsupported Ga−Y Bond

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, April 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr David Mills

  52. σ and π Donation in an Unsupported Uranium–Gallium Bond

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, January 2009, Wiley

    Alexander John Blake, Dr David Mills

  53. Metal–metal bonds in f-element chemistry

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  54. Synthesis and reactivity of the yttrium-alkyl-carbene complex [Y(BIPM)(CH2C6H5)(THF)] (BIPM = {C(PPh2NSiMe3)2})

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  55. Synthesis and structural characterisation of group 10 metal(ii) gallyl complexes: analogies with platinum diboration catalysts?

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  56. Flexible coordination of bulky amidinates and guanidinates towards rhodium(i): conversion of kinetic to thermodymanic isomers

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  57. Investigations into the preparation of groups 13–15 N-heterocyclic carbene analogues

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr David Mills

  58. Group 9 and 11 Metal(I) Gallyl Complexes Stabilized by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Coordination:  First Structural Characterization of Ga−M (M = Cu or Ag) Bonds

    Article • Organometallics, July 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr David Mills

  59. A Lanthanide−Gallium Complex Stabilized by the N-Heterocyclic Carbene Group

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Polly Arnold, Dr David Mills

  60. Complexes of an Anionic Gallium(I)N-Heterocyclic Carbene Analogue with Group 14 Element(II) Fragments:  Synthetic, Structural and Theoretical Studies

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, September 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr David Mills

  61. Facile Transformations of a 1,3,5-Triphosphacyclohexadienyl Anion within the Coordination Sphere of Group 13 and 14 Elements:  Synthesis of 1,3-Diphosphacyclopentadienyl Complexes and Phosphaorganometallic Cage Compounds

    Article • Organometallics, September 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr David Mills

  62. Oxidative addition of an imidazolium cation to an anionic gallium(I) N-heterocyclic carbene analogue: Synthesis and characterisation of novel gallium hydride complexes

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, June 2006, Elsevier

    Dr David Mills

  63. Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Theoretical Studies of Complexes of Magnesium and Calcium with Gallium Heterocycles

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, April 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr David Mills

  64. The reactivity of gallium-(i), -(ii) and -(iii) heterocycles towards Group 15 substrates: attempts to prepare gallium–terminal pnictinidene complexes

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  65. An EPR and ENDOR Investigation of a Series of Diazabutadiene-Group 13 Complexes

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, January 2005, Wiley

    Dr David Mills

  66. The reactivity of gallium(i) and indium(i) halides towards bipyridines, terpyridines, imino-substituted pyridines and bis(imino)acenaphthenes

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills

  67. Bis(phosphorus-stabilised)methanide and methandiide derivatives of group 1–5 and f-element metals

    Article • Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr David Mills