Stephen Brown
niobiumalkoxide.bsky.social
Stephen Brown
@niobiumalkoxide.bsky.social
Inorganic Chemist and Crystallographer
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Massive congratulations to Dr. Stephen Brown @niobiumalkoxide.bsky.social on completing his PhD studies and also being awarded the Uni Warwick Department of Chemistry PhD Publication Prize for his paper in @jacs.acspublications.org! Check it out here pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Photoinitiated Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Redox Transformations of Titanium-Oxo Clusters
Titanium-oxo clusters can undergo photochemical reactions under UV light, resulting in the reduction of the titanium-oxo core and oxidation of surface ligands. This is an important step in photocatalytic processes in light-absorbing Ti/O-based clusters, metal–organic frameworks, and (nano)material surfaces; however, studying the direct outcome of this photochemical process is challenging due to the fragility of the immediate photoproducts. In this report, titanium-oxo clusters [TiO(OiPr)(L)]n (n = 4, L = O2PPh2, or n = 6, L = O2CCH2tBu) undergo a two-electron photoredox reaction in the single-crystal state via an irreversible single-crystal to single-crystal (SC-SC) transformation initiated by a UV laser. The process is monitored by single crystal X-ray diffraction revealing the photoreduction of the cluster with coproduction of an (oxidized) acetone ligand, which is retained in the structure as a ligand to Ti(3+). The results demonstrate that photochemistry of inorganic molecules can be studied in the single crystal phase, allowing characterization of photoproducts which are unstable in the solution phase.
pubs.acs.org
June 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Delighted to see Stephen's paper on the light absorption properties of Ce-oxo clusters out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org. We look at the effects of mixed valency, dye ligands and size on the electronic structure of molecular nanoparticles of ceria!
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June 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Excited to see my latest paper is available now! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Photoabsorption of 1–2 nm molecular Ce-oxo nanoclusters versus ceria: intervalence charge transfer but no size effects - Chemical Science (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D5SC00905G
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June 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🎉🎊Passed my PhD 🎉😂
February 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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We are happy to announce that a 3.5-year fully funded PhD position is open within our team at the University of Warwick - fees are covered only for home UK students, and the deadline is 29th April 2025.

RTs are appreciated! 🙏🏼

Enquiries: Rianne.Lord@warwick.ac.uk

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLQ466/p...
January 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Chemical Formulas xkcd.com/3040
January 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Brown glitter 🤎
January 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Merry Christmas all! Hope it is a peaceful day and a joyous rest.
December 25, 2024 at 6:03 PM