Publications List

Recently submitted

1. N. Armstrong, R. C. Hoft, A. McDonagh, M. B. Cortie, M. J. Ford
Submitted to Nano Letters, “A Limit to Molecular Rectification”

2007

2. R. C. Hoft, M. J. Ford, A. McDonagh, M. B. Cortie
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, in Press, accepted 25 July 2007
“Adsorption of Amine Compounds on the Au(111) surface – A Density Functional Study”

3. N. Harris, M. J. Ford, M. B. Cortie, A. M. McDonagh
Nanotechnology, in Press, accepted 25 July 2007.
“Laser-induced assembly of gold nanoparticles into colloidal crystals”

4. N. Stokes, A. M. McDonagh, M. B. Cortie
Gold Bulletin, In Press, accepted July 2007.
“Preparation of Nanoscale Gold Structures by Nanolithography”

5. T. Rawling, A. M. McDonagh, S. B. Colbran
Inorganica Chimica Acta, In Press, accepted 11 June 2007.
“Synthesis, Electrochemistry and Spectroscopic Properties of Ruthenium Phthalocyanine and Naphthalocyanine Complexes with Triphenylarsine Ligands”

6. M-J Choi, T. Smoother, A. A. Martin, A. M. McDonagh, P. J. Maynard, C. Lennard, C. Roux
Forensic Science International In Press, accepted 22 Feb 2007.
“Fluorescent TiO2 powders prepared using a new perylene diimide dye: Applications in latent fingermark detection.”

7. T. Rawling, A. M. McDonagh
Coordination Chemistry Reviews 251 (2007) 1128-1157.
“Ruthenium Phthalocyanine and Naphthalocyanine Complexes: Synthesis, Properties and Applications”

8. F. J. D. Maharaj, A. M. McDonagh, S. B. Colbran
Applied Organometallic Chemistry 21 (2007) 73-75.
“The Instructive Redox Behaviour of 4-Ferrocenylcatechol on Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide Electrodes”

9. A. M. McDonagh, M. H. Zareie, M. J. Ford, C. Barton, M. Ginic-Markovic, J. Matisons
Journal of the American Chemical Society 129 (2007) 3533-3538.
“Ethynylbenzene Monolayers on Gold: A metal-molecule binding motif derived from a hydrocarbon.”

10. T. Rawling, H. Xiao, S-T Lee, S. B. Colbran, A. M. McDonagh
Inorganic Chemistry 46 (2007) 2805-2813.
“Optical and Redox Properties of Ruthenium Phthalocyanine Complexes Tuned With Axial Ligand Substituents”

2006

11. M-J. Choi, K. E. McBean, R. Wuhrer, A. M. McDonagh, P. J. Maynard, C. Lennard, C. Roux.
Journal of Forensic Identification, 56 (2006) 24-32.
“Investigation into the Binding of Gold Nanoparticles to Fingermarks using Scanning Electron Microscopy.”

12. N. T. Lucas, A. M. McDonagh, I. G. Dance, S. B. Colbran, D. C. Craig
Dalton Transactions, (2006) 680-685.
“cis-[PtBr2{PPh2(4-catechol)}2]: synthesis, crystal structure, and computational modelling of its binding to nanocrystalline TiO2”

13. S. B. Colbran, S-T. Lee, D. G. Lonnon, F. J. D. Maharaj, A. M. McDonagh, K. A. Walker, R. Young.
Organometallics, 25 (2006) 2216-2224.
“Covalently-linked Ferrocenyl Quinones: Proton-dependent Redox Behaviour and Charge Re-distribution”

14. H. M. Zareie, A. M. McDonagh, J. Edgar, M. J. Ford, M. B. Cortie, M. R. Phillips
Chemistry of Materials, 18 (2006) 2376-2380.
“Controlled Assembly of 1,4-Phenylenedimethanethiol Molecular Nanostructures”

15. H. M. Zareie, J. Barber, A. M. McDonagh
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110 (2006) 15951-15954.
“Structural Changes in Self-assembled Monolayers Initiated by Ultra-violet Light”

16. M-J. Choi, A. M. McDonagh, P. J. Maynard, R. Wuhrer, C. Lennard, C. Roux.
Journal of Forensic Identification, 56 (2006) 756-768.
“Preparation and Evaluation of Metal Nanopowders for the Detection of Fingermarks on Non-porous Surfaces”

17. M. P. Cifuentes, C. E. Powell, J. P. Morrall, A. M. McDonagh, N. T. Lucas, M. G. Humphrey, M. Samoc, S. Houbrechts, I. Asselberghs, K. Clays, A. Persoons, T. Isoshima.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128 (2006) 10819-10832.
“Electrochemical, Spectroelectrochemical, Molecular Quadratic and Cubic Nonlinear Optical Properties of Alkynylruthenium Dendrimers.”

2005

18. N. T. Lucas, J. M. Hook, A. M. McDonagh, S. B. Colbran.
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, (2005) 496-503
”Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Functionalized with Pd and W Complexes of a Catecholphosphine Ligand.”

19. M. J. Ford, R. C. Hoft, A. M. McDonagh
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109 (2005) 20387-20392
“Theoretical study of ethynylbenzene adsorption on Au(111) and implications for a new class of self-assembled monolayer.”

20. I. Asselberghs, A. McDonagh, M. D. Ward, J. McCleverty, B. Coe, A. Persoons, K. Clays
SPIE Proceedings, Int. Soc. Opt. Eng . 5935(Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials V) (2005) 215-223.
“Switching of the first hyperpolarisability.”

2003

21. I. Asselberghs, K. Clays, A. Persoons, A. M. McDonagh, M. D. Ward, J. A. McCleverty.
Chemical Physics Letters, 368 (2003) 408-411.
“In situ reversible electrochemical switching of the molecular first hyperpolarizability”.

22. M. G. Wheatley, A. M. McDonagh, M. P. Brungs, R. P. Chaplin, E. Sizgek.
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 76 (2003) 175-181.
“A study of reverse bias in a dye sensitised photoelectrochemical device.”

23. A. M. McDonagh, C. E. Powell, J. P. Morrall, M. P. Cifuentes, M. G. Humphrey.
Organometallics 22 (2003) 1402-1413.
“Convergent Synthesis of Alkynylbis(bidentate phosphine)ruthenium Dendrimers”

24. C. E. Powell, M. P. Cifuentes, A. M. McDonagh, S. K. Hurst, N. T. Lucas, C. D. Delfs, R. Stranger, M. G. Humphrey, S. Houbrechts, I. Asselberghs, A. Persoons, D. C. R. Hockless.
Inorganica Chimica Acta, 352 (2003) 9-18.
“Organometallic complexes for nonlinear optics. Part 27. Syntheses and optical properties of Some Iron, Ruthenium and Osmium Alkynyl Complexes.”

25. F. Maharaj, A. M. McDonagh, M. Scudder, D. Craig, I. Dance.
CrystEngComm 5 (2003) 305-309.
“Crystal packing principles for ferrocenyl groups linked by polyyne chains: dimorphism of Fc-C4-Fc.”

2002

26. S. K. Hurst, M. P. Cifuentes, A. M. McDonagh, M. G. Humphrey, M. Samoc, B. Luther-Davies, I. Asselberghs, A. Persoons.
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 642 (2002) 259-267.
“Organometallic complexes for nonlinear optics. 25. Quadratic and cubic hyperpolarizabilities of some dipolar and quadrupolar gold and ruthenium complexes”.

2001

27. A. M. McDonagh, G. J. Deeble, S. Hurst, M. P. Cifuentes, M. G. Humphrey.
Journal of Chemical Education, 78 (2001) 232-234.
"Ruthenium Vinylidene and Acetylide Complexes. An Advanced Undergraduate Multi-technique Inorganic / Organometallic Chemistry Experiment".

28. A. M. McDonagh, M. D. Ward, J. A. McCleverty.
New Journal of Chemistry, 25, (2001) 1236-44.
"Redox and UV/VIS/NIR Spectroscopic Properties of Tris(pyrazolyl)borato-oxo-molybdenum(V) Complexes With Naptholate and Related Co-ligands.

29. M. Malaun, R. Kowallick, A. M. McDonagh, M. Marcaccio, R. L. Paul, I. Asselberghs, K. Clays, A. Persoons, B. Bildstein, C. Fiorini, J-M. Nunzi, M. D. Ward, J. A. McCleverty.
Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, (2001) 3025-38.
"Donor-acceptor Complexes Incorporating Ferrocenes: Spectro-electrochemical Characterisation, Quadratic Hyperpolarisabilities and the Effects of Oxidising and Reducing Agents".

2000

30. A. M. McDonagh, M. P. Cifuentes, N. T. Lucas, M. G. Humphrey, S. Houbrechts, A. Persoons.
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 605, (2000), 193-201.
"Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics 19. Syntheses and molecular quadratic hyperpolarizabilities of indoanilino-alkynyl-ruthenium complexes".

31. A. M. McDonagh, N. T. Lucas, M. P. Cifuentes, M. G. Humphrey, S. Houbrechts, A. Persoons.
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 605, (2000), 184-192.
"Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics 20. Syntheses and molecular quadratic hyperpolarizabilities of alkynyl complexes derived from (E)-4,4'-HCCC6H4N=NC6H4NO2".

32. C. D. Delfs, R. Stranger, M. G. Humphrey, A. M. McDonagh.
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 607, (2000), 208-212.
"Trends in Back-Bonding in the Series trans-[M(CCR)Cl(PH3)4] (M = Fe, Ru,Os;
R = H, Ph, C6H4NO2-4)".

33. A. M. McDonagh, M. P. Cifuentes, M. G. Humphrey, S. Houbrechts, J. Maes, A. Persoons, M. Samoc, B. Luther-Davies.
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 610, (2000) 71-79.
"Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics 21. Syntheses and Quadratic Hyperpolarizabilities of Alkynyl Complexes Containing Optically Active 1,2-Bis(methyl-phenylphosphino)benzene Ligands".

34. A. M. McDonagh, S. R. Bayly, D. J. Riley, M. D. Ward, J. A. McCleverty, M. A. Cowin, C. N. Morgan, R. Varrazza, R. V. Penty, I. H. White.
Chemistry of Materials, 12, (2000), 2523-24.
"A Variable Optical Attenuator Operating In The Near-infrared Region Based On An Electrochromic Molybdenum Complex".

35. M. Samoc, B. Luther-Davies, M. G. Humphrey, M. P. Cifuentes, A. M. McDonagh, C. E. Powell, G. A. Heath.
SPIE Proceedings, Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 4461 (Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials), (2001) 65-77.
“Third-order optical nonlinearities of organometallics: influence of dendritic geometry on the nonlinear properties and electrochromic switching of nonlinear absorption.

1999

36. I.R. Whittall, A.M. McDonagh, M.G. Humphrey and M. Samoc.
Adv. Organomet. Chem., 43, (1999) 349-405.
"Organometallic Complexes in Nonlinear Optics II: Third-Order Nonlinearities and Optical Limiting Studies".

37. A. M. McDonagh, M. G. Humphrey,.M. Samoc, B. Luther-Davies, S. Houbrechts, T. Wada, H. Sasabe, A. Persoons.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 121, (1999), 1405-06.
"Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics 16. Second and Third Order Optical Nonlinearities of Octopolar Alkynylruthenium Complexes".

38. A. M. McDonagh, M. G. Humphrey,.M. Samoc, B. Luther-Davies.
Organometallics, 18, (1999), 5195-97.
"Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics 17. Synthesis, Third-order Optical Nonlinearities and Two-Photon Absorption Cross Section of an Alkynylruthenium Dendrimer."

39. S. Houbrechts, T. Wada, H. Sasabe, J. P. L Morrall, I. R Whittall, A. M. McDonagh, M. G. Humphrey, A. Persoons.
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals S&T, Sect. B: Nonlinear Opt. 22, (1999), 165-168.
“Novel Organometals for Nonlinear Optics: Octopolar Alkynylmetal Complexes”.

1998

40. R. H. Naulty, A. M. McDonagh, I. R. Whittall, M. P. Cifuentes, M. G. Humphrey, S. Houbrechts, J. Maes, A. Persoons, G. A. Heath, D. C. R. Hockless.
J. Organomet. Chem., 563, (1998) 137-146.
"Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics. 15. Molecular Quadratic Hyper¬polarizabilities of trans-bis{bis(diphenylphosphino)methane}ruthenium  aryl- and  pyridyl-acetylides: X ray Crystal Structure of trans-[Ru(2-CCC5H3N-5-NO2)Cl(dppm)2]"

41. I.R. Whittall, A.M. McDonagh, M.G. Humphrey and M. Samoc.
Adv. Organomet. Chem., 42, (1998) 291-361.
"Organometallic Complexes in Nonlinear Optics I: Second-Order Nonlinearities".

42. A. M. McDonagh, M. G. Humphrey, D. C. R. Hockless.
Aust. J. Chem., 51, (1998) 807-811.
"Preparation of cis- and trans-[OsCl2(Me2SO)4], and X-ray Crystal Structures of the All-S-bound Isomers".

1997

43. A. M. McDonagh, M. G. Humphrey and D. C. R. Hockless.
Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 8, (1997) 3579-3583
"Selective Preparation of cis- or trans-dichlorobis{(R,R)-1,2-phenylene¬bis(methylphenylphosphine-P)}osmium(II) from dimethylsulfoxide complex precursors"

1996

44. A.M. McDonagh, I.R. Whittall, M.G. Humphrey, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White.
J. Organomet. Chem., 519, (1996) 229-235.
"Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics V. Syntheses and Computationally-Derived Quadratic Nonlinearities of trans-[Ru(CCC6H4R-4)Cl(dppm)2] (R = H, NO2, C6H4NO2-4, CH=CHC6H4NO2-4,(E)); X-ray crystal Structure of trans-[Ru(CCC6H4C6H4NO2-4,4')Cl(dppm)2]".

45. A.M. McDonagh, I.R. Whittall, M.G. Humphrey, D.C.R. Hockless, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White.
J. Organomet. Chem., 523, (1996) 33-40.
"Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics VI. Syntheses of Rigid-Rod Ruthenium -Acetylide Complexes Bearing Strong Acceptor Ligands; X-ray Crystal Structures of trans-[Ru(CCC6H4NO2-4)2(dppm)2] and trans-[Ru(CCC6H4C6H4NO2-4,4')2(dppm)2]".

46. A.M. McDonagh, M.P. Cifuentes, I.R. Whittall, M.G. Humphrey, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White.
J. Organomet. Chem., 526, (1996) 99-103.
"Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics VII: Cubic Optical Non-linearities of Octahedral trans-bis{bis(diphenylphosphino)methane}ruthenium acetylide complexes; X-ray Crystal Structure of trans-[Ru(CCC6H4Ph)(4-CCC6H4NO2)(dppm)2]".

47. D.C.R. Hockless, S. B. Wild, A. M. McDonagh, I.R. Whittall and M.G. Humphrey.
Acta Cryst., C52, (1996) 1639-1641.
"trans-Dichlorobis(R,R)-1,2-phenylenebis(methylphenylphosphine-P)ruthenium(II)".