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Curriculum Vitae 

Associate Professor Stuart Robert Batten 

B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D., GCHE, FRACI, C. Chem. 

Address: School of Chemistry, Monash University 3800, Australia. 

Telephone: +61 3 9905 4606 (W); +61 3 412 651 338 (mobile) 

Fax: +61 3 9905 4597 Email: stuart.batten@monash.edu 

Web: http://www.chem.monash.edu.au/staff/sbatten/ 

Date of Birth: June 7, 1969 Nationality: Australian 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours). 1991. University of Melbourne. 

• Doctor of Philosophy. 1996. University of Melbourne. Supervised by Richard Robson and 

Bernard F. Hoskins. 

• Graduate Certificate in Higher Education. 2007. Monash University. 

Career Highlights: 

• 2010- – Associate Head (Postgraduate), School of Chemistry, Monash University. 

• 2010-2013 – ARC Future Fellow, Monash University. 

• 2009- – Associate Professor, School of Chemistry, Monash University. 

• 2007-2008 – Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry, Monash University. 

• 2006 – Lecturer, School of Chemistry, Monash University. 

• 2001-2005 – ARC Australian Research Fellow, Monash University. 

• 1998-2000 – ARC Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Monash University, with 

Prof. Keith Murray. 

• 1997-1998 – Postdoctoral position, University of Melbourne, with A/Prof. Richard 

Robson. 

• 1996-1997 – Postdoctoral position, Monash University, with Prof. Keith Murray. 

• 1995-1996 – Postdoctoral position, University of Bristol, U.K., with Dr. John C. Jeffery. 

Awards: 

• 2009 – Awarded the Ollé Prize by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute for 

Coordination Polymers: Design, Analysis and Application, S.R. Batten, S.M. Neville and D.R. 

Turner, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2008. 

• 2008 – Elected Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. 

• 2008 – Awarded a Thomson Scientific Citation Award by Thomson Scientific. Award 

recognized the highest average citation rate amongst Australian researchers in the field of Chemistry 

for the period 1997 to 2007. 

• 2008 – Awarded the Le Fèvre Memorial Prize by the Australian Academy of Science. 

Award recognises outstanding basic research in chemistry by scientists under 40. 

• 2007 – Selected as one of the Cosmos Bright Sparks by the Editorial Advisory Board of 

Cosmos magazine. Awards recognise the top 10 young scientists aged 40 or under in Australia. 

• 2006 – Awarded a Victorian Young Tall Poppy Science Award by the Australian 

Institute of Political Science. Awards recognise the achievements of outstanding young researchers 

in the sciences. 

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• 2006 – Awarded the inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Award by 

Monash University. Awarded to a researcher within 10 years of the conferring of their PhD. 

• 2006 – Awarded the inaugural Early Career Researcher Award by the Faculty of 

Science, Monash University. Awarded to a researcher within 10 years of the conferring of their 

PhD. 

• 2005 – Awarded the HG Andrewartha Medal by the Royal Society of South Australia. 

This Medal is awarded to a scientist under the age of 40 in recognition of outstanding research. It is 

awarded only sparingly and not necessarily every year. 

• 2003 – Awarded the Edgeworth David Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales. 

This Medal is awarded annually to a scientist under the age of 35 for distinguished contributions to 

Australian science. 

• 2002 – Awarded the Rennie Memorial Medal by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. 

This is awarded annually to a member of the RACI under the age of 35 who has contributed most 

towards the development of some branch of chemical science. Such contribution is judged by the 

research work published during the ten years immediately preceding the award. 

Committees: 

• Member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) task group 

on “Coordination polymers and metal organic frameworks: nomenclature guidelines” #2009-012-2- 

200 (2009-) 

• Member of the School Executive, School of Chemistry, Monash University (2010-) 

• Associate Editor (Handling), Australian Journal of Chemistry (2008-) 

• Member of Powder Diffraction Program Advisory Committee at the Australian 

Synchrotron (2010-2011) 

• Member of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) Commission on Structural 

Chemistry (2008-2011) 

• Member of the International Programme Committee for the 2010 Asian Crystallographic 

Association Meeting (AsCA’10), Busan, Korea (31 Oct – 3 Nov, 2010) 

• Member of the programme committee for the 26 th Meeting of SCANZ (Crystal 26), 

Barossa Valley, SA (14-17 April 2009) 

• Member of the Selection Committee, 2007 Victorian Young Tall Poppies (2007) 

• Member of the Education Committee, School of Chemistry, Monash U (2007-2009) 

• Member of the Science Faculty Board, Monash U (2007-2009) 

• Member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of The Open Inorganic Chemistry Journal, 

The Open Condensed Matter Physics Journal, and The Open Crystallography Journal (2007present) 

• Co-chair of the inaugural Australasian Crystallography School (2008) 

• Secretary of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand (SCANZ) 

(2007-present) 

• Member of the programme committee for the 25 th Meeting of SCANZ (Crystal XXV), 

Hunter Valley, NSW (10-13 April 2007) 

• Chair of the Inorganic Chemistry Special Interest Group of the Victorian Branch of the 

Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (2004-present) 

• Victorian representative for the Inorganic Division of the RACI (2003-present). 

• Member of the Single Crystal Instrument Advisory Team for the OPAL Nuclear Reactor 

being built at Lucas Heights (2003-present). 

Professional Affiliations: 

• Member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute since 1989; Fellow since 2008. 

• Member of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand since 1990. 

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Research Highlights: 

• 208 refereed journal papers, 1 book, 7 book chapters, 79 conference presentations. 

• More than 10,000 citations; h-index = 48. 

• Referee for over 500 papers submitted to 40 different journals (including Chem. Comm., 

Dalton, New J. Chem., Chem. Soc. Rev., JACS, Inorg. Chem., Angew. Chem., Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 

Aust. J. Chem.), as well as ARC, NSERC (Canada), NSF (USA), PRF (USA), KOSK (Norway), SFI 

(Ireland), and Marsden (NZ) funding applications, as well as beamtime proposals for both the 

Australian Synchrotron and OPAL Neutron Instruments. Referee for 4 PhD and MSc theses. 

• Extensive collaborations and requests for my expertise from 46 distinct research groups 

since 2000, based in Australia, China, India, Denmark, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, Spain, 

France and the United Kingdom. 

Funding: 

Including fellowships, personal ARC funding for 1998-2013 is ca. $2.88M; CI on grants of more 

than $6.66M. 

• ARC LIEF Grant, 2010 ($530K). 


• ARC Discovery Grant, 2010-2012 ($330K). 


• ARC Future Fellowship, 2010-2013 ($886K) 

• DIIST International Science Linkages, Australia-China Special Fund for Scientific and 

Technological Cooperation, 2009-2011 ($281K) 





• ARC Research Networks Grant, 2004-2008 ($1.5M). 


• ARC Australian Research Fellowship, 2001-2005 ($405K) 

• ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1998-2000 ($150K). 

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Publications 

Assoc. Prof. Stuart R. Batten 

More that 10,000 citation; current h-index = 48. 

Refereed Papers 

208. “Transformation of a 1D to 3D coordination polymer mediated by low temperature 

lattice solvent loss”, Anthony S.R. Chesman, David R. Turner, Glen B. Deacon and 

Stuart R. Batten, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 4899-4901. 

207. “New Approaches to 12-coordination: Structural Consequences of Steric Stress, 

Lanthanoid Contraction and Hydrogen Bonding”, Anthony S.R. Chesman, David R. 

Turner, Glen B. Deacon and Stuart R. Batten, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2010, 2798-2812. 

206. “Di- and Triammonium Salts of Carbamoyldicyanomethanide, C(CN) 2(CONH 2) - : 

Towards Organic Layered Architectures”, David R. Turner and Stuart R. Batten, Cryst. 

Growth Des., 2010, 10, 2501-2508. 

205. “Metal-organic framework (MOF): lanthanide(III)-doped approach for 

luminescence modulation and luminescent sensing”, Feng Luo and Stuart R. Batten, 

Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 4485-4488. 

204. “Cadmium Metal-Directed Three-Dimensional Coordination Polymers: In Situ 

Tetrazole Ligand Synthesis, Structures and Luminescent Properties”, Yongcai Qiu, 

Yinghua Li, Guo Peng, Jinbiao Cai, Limin Jin, Li Ma, Hong Deng, Matthias Zeller, and 

Stuart R. Batten, Cryst. Growth Des., 2010, 10, 1332-1340. 

203. “Synthesis, structures, photoluminescence and magnetic properties of five 

compounds with 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate acid and imidazole ligands”, Jiao Xu, 

Zhaorui Pan, Tianwei Wang, yizhi Li, Zijian Guo, Stuart R. Batten and Hegen Zheng, 

CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 612-619. 

202. “Unprecedented 4- and 6-Connected 2D Coordination Networks Based on 4 4 - 

Subnet Tectons, Showing Unusual Supramolecular Motifs of Rotaxane and Helix”, Lu- 

Fang Ma, Li-Ya Wang, Miao Du, and Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49, 365- 

367. 

201. “1D coordination polymers of Cu(II) and Cu(II) dimers with a dicyanomethanide 

ligand”, David R. Turner and Stuart R. Batten, Polyhedron, 2010, 29, 333-341. Invited 

contribution (DRT) to a special issue on ‘up and coming’ inorganic chemists. 

200. “Chains, helices, sheets and unusual 3D nets: Diverse structures of the flexible, 

ditopic ligand 1,2-bis(3-(4-pyridyl)pyrazolyl)ethane”, Anthony S.R. Chesman, David R. 

Turner, Tamsyn M. Ross, Suzanne M. Neville, Jinzhen Lu, Keith S. Murray and Stuart 

R. Batten, Polyhedron, 2010, 29, 2-9. Invited contribution (SRB) to a special issue on 

‘up and coming’ inorganic chemists. Awarded the 2009 Young Investigator Issue best 

paper. 

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199. “Nucleophilic Addition of Water and Alcohols to Dicyanonitrosomethanide: 

Ligands with Diverse Bonding Modes in Magnetically Coupled d-Block Complexes”, 

Anthony S.R. Chesman, David R. Turner, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Glen 

B. Deacon, Stuart R. Batten, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2010, 59-73. 

198. “An unusual 3D polycatenane motif generated by the 2D 2D parallel 3D 

parallel interpenetration of (4,4) sheets”, Huadong Guo, Dongfang Qiu, Xianmin Guo, 

Stuart R. Batten and Hongjie Zhang, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 2611-2614. 

197. “Systematic Metal Variation and Solvent and Hydrogen-Gas Storage in 

Supramolecular Nanoballs”, Martin B. Duriska, Suzanne M. Neville, Jinzhen Lu, Simon 

S. Iremonger, John F. Boas, Cameron J. Kepert and Stuart R. Batten, Angew. Chem. Int. 

Ed., 2009, 48, 8919-8922; Angew. Chem., 2009, 121, 9081-9084. 

196. “Coordination polymers of nitrocyanamide, O 2NNCN - : Synthesis, structure and 

magnetism”, Anna M. Kutasi, David R. Turner, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Stuart R. Batten 

and Keith S. Murray, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 2089-2095. Special issue on 

Supramolecular Magnetism. 

195. “An Octanuclear Iron(III) Cluster Complex Containing the Nitroso Bridging 

Ligand Carbamoylcyanonitrosomethanide”, Anthony S.R. Chesman, David R. Turner, 

Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Glen B. Deacon, and Stuart R. Batten, Aust. J. 

Chem., 2009, 62, 1137-1141. Invited contribution to a Research Front on 

Supramolecular Magnetic Materials. 

194. “Variable length ligands: a new class of bridging ligands for supramolecular 

chemistry and coordination polymers”, Martin B. Duriska, Suzanne M. Neville and 

Stuart R. Batten, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5579-5581. Designated as a ‘Hot Paper’. 

193. “In situ tetrazole ligand synthesis leading to a microporous cadmium-organic 

framework for selective ionic sensing”, Yongcai Qiu, Hong Deng, Jixia Mou, Shihe 

Yang, Matthias Zeller, Stuart R. Batten, Haohan Wu and Jing Li, Chem. Commun., 

2009, 5415-5417. 

192. “Three-centre, two-electron bonds in complexes of Mn, Ni, Co and Cd with 3-(4benzonitrile)pyrazole 

scorpionates”, Yuniar P. Prananto, David R. Turner, Martin B. 

Duriska, Jinzhen Lu and Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2009, 362, 4646-4650. 

Invited contribution to a special issue honouring Jerry Trofimenko. 

191. “Hetero-Ligand Molecular “Stirrups” Using Conformationally Flexible Ditopic 

Pyridyl-Pyrazolyl Ligands”, Jinzhen Lu, David R. Turner, Lindsay P. Harding and 

Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 7525-7527. 

190. “Solvent-induced assembly of two supramolecular isomers of Mn II 

thiophenedicarboxylate coordination polymers”, Hong-Bo Yuan, Shi-Yao Yang, Zhao- 

Xiong Xie, Rong-Bing Huang, Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2009, 12, 755- 

757. 

189. “Octapi Interactions: Self-Assembly of a Pd-Based [2]-Catenane Driven by Eight- 

Fold π-Interactions”, Jinzhen Lu, David R. Turner, Lindsay P. Harding, Lindsay T. 

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Byrne, Murray V. Baker and Stuart R. Batten, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 10372- 

10373. Highlighted in Science (2009, 325, 518) as an ‘Editor’s Choice’. 

188. “Various coordination architectures constructed from N-[(carboxyphenyl)sulfonyl]glycine: 

structural variation via ligand isomerism effects and metal-directed 

assembly”, Lu-Fang Ma, Li-Ya Wang, Shu-Hui Chen, Hong-Wei Hou, Stuart R. Batten, 

Polyhedron, 2009, 28, 2494-2502. 

187. “A new 3-fold interpenetration of diamond-like network constructed from 

polyoxometalate building blocks”, Hongxun Yang, Guoliang Li, Bo Xu, Tianfu Liu, 

Yafeng Li, Rong Cao, Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2009, 12, 605-607. 

186. “Three Unprecedented Entangled Metal-Organic Frameworks: Self-Penetration 

and Hydrothermal in Situ Ligand Formation”, Li-Xin Sun, Yan Qi, Yun-Xia Che, Stuart 

R. Batten and Ji-Min Zheng, Cryst. Growth Des., 2009, 9, 2995-2998. 

185. “Two coordination polymers displaying unusual threefold 1D1D and threefold 

2D3D interpenetration topologies”, Jian-Qiang Liu, Yao-Yu Wang, Ping Liu, Zhe 

Dong, Qi-Zhen Shi, and Stuart R. Batten, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 1207-1209. 

184. “Three New Heterothiometallic Cluster Polymers with Fascinating Topologies”, 

Zhaorui Pan, Jiao Xu, Hegen Zheng, Kexuan Huang, Yizhi Li, Zijian Guo and Stuart R. 

Batten, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 5772-5778. 

183. “Two three-dimensional cyano-bridged bimetallic cadmium(II) and copper(II)copper(I) 

mixed-valence polymer compounds: Crystal structures and thermal stability 

analysis and magnetic properties”, Yi Jin, Yan Qi, Stuart R. Batten, Pengzhen Cao, Wei 

Chen, Yunxia Che, Jimin Zheng, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2009, 362, 3395-3400. 

182. “Two 3-D Cluster-Based Frameworks: Highly Eight-Connected Molecular 

Topology and Magnetism”, Pang-Kuan Chen, Stuart R. Batten, Yan Qi and Ji-Min 

Zheng, Cryst. Growth Des., 2009, 9, 2756-2761. 

181. “Three-dimensional Metal Azide Coordination Polymers with Amino Carboxylate 

Coligands: Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties”, Zi-Lu Chen, Chun-Fang 

Jiang, Wei-Hong Yan, Fu-Pei Liang, and Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 

4674-4684. 

180. “Unusual parallel entanglement of metal-organic 2D frameworks with coexistence 

of polyrotaxane, polycatenane and interdigitation”, Xin-Yi Cao, Yuan-Gen Yao, Stuart 

R. Batten, En Ma, Ye-Yan Qin, Jian Zhang, Rui-Bo Zhang and Jian-Kai Cheng, 

CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 1030-1036. 

179. “Lanthaballs: Chiral, Structurally Layered Polycarbonate Tridecanuclear 

Lanthanoid Clusters”, Anthony S. R. Chesman, David R. Turner, Boujemaa Moubaraki, 

Keith S. Murray, Glen B. Deacon, and Stuart R. Batten, Chem. Eur. J., 2009, 15, 5203- 

5207. 

178. “Dicarboxylate anion-dependent assembly of Ni(II) coordination polymers with 

4,4’-dipyridyl sulfide”, Lu-Fang Ma, Li-Ya Wang, Jiang-Liang Hu, Yao-Yu Wang, 

Stuart R. Batten and Jian-Ge Wang, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 777-783. 

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177. “Two Coordination Polymers Involving Triangular and Linear Trinuclear Co(II) 

Clusters Created via In Situ Ligand Synthesis”, Lu-Fang Ma, Yao-Yu Wang, Li-Ya 

Wang, Dan-Hua Lu, Stuart R. Batten, and Jian-Ge Wang, Cryst. Growth Des., 2009, 9, 

2036-2038. 

176. “Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Gas Storage Studies in New Three-dimensional 

5-Aminoisophthalate Praseodymium Polymeric Complexes”, Yongcai Qiu, Hong Deng, 

Shihe Yang, Jixia Mou, Carole Daiguebonne, Nicolas Kerbellec, Olivier Guillou and 

Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 3976-3981. 

175. “Metal-Promoted Nucleophilic Addition and Cyclisation of Diamines with 

Dicyanonitrisomethanide, [C(CN) 2(NO)] - ”, Anthony S. R. Chesman, David R. Turner, 

Glen B. Deacon, and Stuart R. Batten, Chem. Asian J., 2009, 4, 761-769. 

174. “Synthesis and characterization of heterometallic molecular triangles using 

ambidentate linker: self-selection of a single linkage isomer”, Arun Kumar Bar, Rajesh 

Chakrabarty, Ki-Whan Chi, David R. Turner, Stuart R. Batten and Partha Sarathi 

Mukherjee, Dalton Trans., 2009, 3222-3229. cf. ‘Additions and Corrections’, Dalton 

Trans., 2009, 10621-10624. 

173. “A Series of Lead(II) Complexes with π-π Stackings: Structural Diversities by 

Varying the Ligands”, Jin Yang, Jian-Fang Ma, Ying-Ying Liu, Ji-Cheng Ma, and 


172. “Structural Variation from 1D to 3D: Effects of Temperature and pH Value on the 

Construction of Co(II)-H 2tbip/bpp Mixed Ligands System”, Lu-Fang Ma, Li-Ya Wang, 

Dan-Hua Lu, Stuart R. Batten, and Jian-Ge Wang, Cryst. Growth Des., 2009, 9, 1741- 

1749. 

171. “Unusual three-dimensional coordination networks with [WS 6Cu 6] cluster nodes 

and α-C 3N 4 topology”, Zhao-Rui Pan, Xiao-Qiang Yao, He-Gen Zheng, Yi-Zhi Li, Zi- 

Jian Guo and Stuart R. Batten, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 605-609. 

170. “A Nano-Scale Molecular Switch Triggered by Thermal, Light, and Guest 

Perturbation”, Martin B. Duriska, Suzanne M. Neville, Boujemaa Moubaraki, John D. 

Cashion, Gregory J. Halder, Karena W. Chapman, Chérif Balde, Jean-François Létard, 

Keith S. Murray, Cameron J. Kepert, and Stuart R. Batten, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 

2009, 48, 2549-2552; Angew. Chem., 2009, 121, 2587-2590. Designated a ‘Hot Paper’ 

and highlighted on the inside front cover. 

169. “Mono- and Di-Potassium Derivatives of Benzenepentacarboxylic Acid”, David R. 

Turner, Joshua Strachn-Hatton and Stuart R. Batten, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2009, 635, 

439-444. 

168. “Hydrothermal Synthesis, Structures, and Luminescent Properties of Seven d 10 

Metal-Organic Frameworks Based on 9,9-Dipropylfluorene-2,7-Dicarboxylic Acid 

(H 2DFDA)”, Hua-Dong Guo, Xian-Min Guo, Stuart R. Batten, Jiang-Feng Song, Shu- 

Yan Song, Song Dang, Guo-Li Zheng, Jin-Kui Tang, and Hong-Jie Zhang, Cryst. 

Growth Des., 2009, 9, 1394-1401. 

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167. “Systematic investigation on the coordination chemistry of a sulfonated monoazo 

dye: Ligand dominated d- and f-block derivatives”, Jian Lü, Shui-Ying Gao, Jing-Xiang 

Lin, Lin-Xi Shi, Rong Cao and Stuart R. Batten, Dalton Trans., 2009, 1944-1953. 

166. “Solvent-Induced Structural Changes in Complexes of 1,2-bis(3-(3pyridyl)pyrazolyl)ethane”, 

Yuniar P. Prananto, David R. Turner, Jinzhen Lu and Stuart 

R. Batten, Aust. J. Chem., 2009, 62, 108-114. 

165. “Self-Assembly of a Series of Cobalt(II) Coordination Polymers Constructed from 

H 2tbip and Dipyridyl-Based Ligands”, Lu-Fang Ma, Li-Ya Wang, Yao-Yu Wang, Stuart 

R. Batten, and Jian-Ge Wang, Yu-Fang Wang, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 915-924. 

164. “Ammonium salts of carbamoyldicyanomethanide, C(CN) 2(CONH 2) - . Effects of 

hydrogen-bonding cations on anionic networks.”, David R. Turner, Rose MacDonald, 

Wan Teng Lee and Stuart R. Batten, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 298-305. 

163. “Four-, and six-connected entangled frameworks based on flexible bis(imidazole) 

ligands and long dicarboxylate anions”, Jin Yang, Jian-Fang Ma, Ying-Ying Liu and 

Stuart R. Batten, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 151-159. 

162. “Destabilisation of a dual-synthon hydrogen bonding motif by packing effects and 

competing hydrogen bond donors”, David R. Turner, Sze Nee Pek and Stuart R. Batten, 

CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 87-93. 

161. “Topological Diversification in Metal-Organic Frameworks: Secondary Ligand 

and Metal Effects”, Jian-Qiang Liu, Yao-Yu Wang, Ya-Nan Zhang, Ping Liu, Qi-Zhen 

Shi, and Stuart R. Batten, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2009, 147-154. 

160. “A Series of Cu(II) Complexes Based on Different Bis(Imidazole) Ligands and 

Organic Acids: Formation of Water Clusters and Fixation of Atmospheric Carbon 

Dioxide”, Jin Yang, Jian-Fang Ma, Ying-Ying Liu, Ji-Cheng Ma, and Stuart R. Batten, 

Cryst. Growth Des., 2008, 8, 4383-4393. 

159. “A Sheet of Clusters: Self-Assembly of a (4,4) Network of Fe III 

10 Clusters”, David 

R. Turner, Sze Nee Pek, John D. Cashion, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray and 

Stuart R. Batten, Dalton Trans., 2008, 6877-6879. 

158. “Transition metal coordination frameworks with bridges of 1,2-bis(4pyridyl)ethane-N,N´-dioxide 

incorporating anions of different size”, Hao-Ling Sun, 

Zhe-Ming Wang, Song Cao and Stuart R. Batten, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1796- 

1802. 

157. “A series of intriguing metal-organic frameworks with 3,3´,4,4´benzophenonetetracarboxylic 

acid: synthesis, crystal structure and influence of solvent 

and pH value”, Hong Wang, Yao-Yu Wang, Guo-Ping Yang, Cui-Juan Wang, Gui-Lin 

Wen, Qi-Zhen Shi, and Stuart R. Batten, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1583-1594. 

156. “Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Two New 3D frameworks with Primitive 

Cubic Topology”, Xiang He, Chuan-De Wu, Ming-Xing Li and Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. 

Chem. Commun., 2008, 11, 1378-1381. 

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155. “Hydrothermal Synthesis, Structures and Physical Properties of Four New Flexible 

Multicarboxylate Ligands-Based Compounds”, Zhaorui Pan, Hegen Zheng, Tianwei 

Wang, You Song, Yi-Zhi Li, Zijian Guo and Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 

9528-9536. 

154. “Control of the topologies and packing modes of three 2D coordination polymers 

through variation of the solvent ratio of a binary solvent mixture”, Fang-Kuo Wang, 

Shi-Yao Yang, Rong-Bin Huang, Lan-Sun Zheng and Stuart R. Batten, CrystEngComm, 

2008, 10, 1211-1215. 

153. “Three Zn(II)-triazole-H 3btc complexes regulated by mixed ligands protonation 

upon stepwise crystallization”, En-Cui Yang, Zhong-Yi Liu, Xiu-Guang Wang, Stuart 

R. Batten and Xiao-Jun Zhao, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1140-1143. 

152. “Generation of a 4-crossing [2]-catenane motif by the 2D2D parallel 

interpenetration of pairs of (4,4) sheets”, Jian-Qiang Liu, Yao-Yu Wang, Lu-Fang Ma, 

Gui-Lin Wen, Qi-Zhen Shi, Stuart R. Batten, and Davide M. Proserpio, 

CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1123-1125. 

151. “Architecture of a new selenocyanato bridged one-dimensional polymeric complex 

of cadmium(II): synthesis, crystal structure and spectroscopic studies”, Ruma Roy 

Choudhury, Chirantan Roy Choudhury, Stuart R. Batten and Samiran Mitra, Struct. 

Chem., 2008, 19, 645-649. 

150. “Synthesis and Crystal Structures of a Series of Novel Helical Coordination 

Polymers Constructed from Flexible Bis(imidazole) Ligands and Metal Salts”, Yan Qi, 

Feng Luo, Stuart R. Batten, Yun-Xia Che and Ji-Min Zheng, Cryst. Growth Des., 2008, 

8, 2806-2813. 

149. “Unprecedented trinodal 4-connected metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with 2fold 

interpenetration”, Yan Qi, Yun-Xia Che, Stuart R. Batten and Ji-Min Zheng, 

CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1027-1030. 

148. “Synthesis and structural characterization of lanthanide coordination polymers 

featuring 4,4´,6,6´-tetra-carboxy-2,2´-bipyridine and rare network topology”, Niamh R. 

Kelly, Sandrine Goetz, Stuart R. Batten and Paul E. Kruger, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 

1018-1026. 

147. “Construction of coordination networks with high connectivity: a new 8-connected 

self-penetrating network based on tetranuclear metal clusters”, Zhi-Gang Li, Guan-Hua 

Wang, Heng-Qing Jia, Ning-Hai Hu, Jing-Wei Xu and Stuart R. Batten, 

CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 983-985. 

146. “A photoluminescent 3D silver(I) coordination polymer with mixed ligands 

anthracene-9,10-dicarboxylate and hexamethylenetetramine, showing binodal 4connected 

(4 3 .6 3 ) 2(4 2 .6 2 .8 2 ) 3 topology”, Chun-Sen Liu, Ze Chang, Jun-Jie Wang, Li-Fen 

Yan, Xian-He Bu, Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2008, 11, 889-892. 

145. “Synthesis of New Copper Cyanide complexes via the Transformation of 

Organonitrile to Inorganic Cyanide”, Hong Deng, Yongcai Qui, Carole Daiguebonne, 

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Nicolas Kerbellec, Oliver Guillou, Matthias Zeller, and Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. Chem., 

2008, 47, 5866-5872. 

144. “Pseudohalide-induced structural variations in hydrazone-based metal complexes: 

Synthesis, electrochemical study and structural aspects”, Sambuddha Banerjee, Aurkie 

Ray, Soma Sen, Samiran Mitra, David L. Hughes, Ray J. Butcher, Stuart R. Batten, 

David R. Turner, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2008, 361, 2692-2700. 

143. “Copper 5-sulfoisophthalato quasi-planar squares in coordination polymers 

modulated by alkaline-earth metals: a way to molecular squares?”, Rong Cao, Jian Lü 

and Stuart R. Batten, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 784-789. 

142. “Reversible shrinkage and expansion of a blue photofluorescence cadmium 

coordination polymer and in situ tetrazole ligands synthesis”, Hong Deng, Yong-Cai 

Qiu, Ying-Hua Li, Zhi-Hui Liu, Rong-Hua Zeng, Matthias Zeller and Stuart R. Batten, 

Chem. Commun., 2008, 2239-2241. 

141. “Unusual parallel and inclined interlocking modes in polyrotaxane-like metalorganic 

frameworks”, Jin Yang, Jian-Fang Ma, Stuart R. Batten and Zhong-Min Su, 

Chem. Commun., 2008, 2233-2235. 

140. “A Variety of 1D to 3D Metal-Organic Coordination Architectures Assembled 

with 1,1´-(2,2´-Oxybis(ethane-2,1-diyl))bis(1H-imidazole)”, Yan Qi, Yunxia Che, Feng 

Luo, Stuart R. Batten, Yang Liu and Jimin Zheng, Cryst. Growth Des., 2008, 8, 1654- 

1662. 

139. “Structural and spectral studies of a new copper(II) complex with a tridentate 

thiosemicarbazone ligand”, Soma Sen, Shyamapada Shit, Samiran Mitra, Stuart R. 

Batten, Struct. Chem., 2008, 19, 137-142. 

138. “Amide-water hydrogen bond motifs in alkali-metal/crown ether complexes of 

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carbamoyldicyanomethanide, C(CONH2)(CN) 2 ”, David R. Turner, Sze Nee Pek and 

Stuart R. Batten, New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 719-726. 

137. “Lanthanide Coordination Polymers Constructed from Infinite Rod-Shaped 

Secondary Building Units and Flexible Ligands”, Jian Lü, Wen-Hua Bi, Fu-Xian Xiao, 

Stuart R. Batten, and Rong Cao, Chem. Asian J., 2008, 3, 542-547. 

136. “Synthesis, crystal structures and fluorescence properties of two new di- and 

polynuclear Cd(II) complexes with N 2O donor set of a tridentate Schiff base ligand”, 

Subhra Basak, Soma Sen, C. Marschner, J. Baumgartner, Stuart R. Batten, David R. 

Turner, Samiran Mitra, Polyhedron, 2008, 27, 1193-1200. 

135. “A Photoluminescent Hexanuclear Silver(I) Complex Exhibiting C-H…Ag Close 

Interactions”, Chun-Sen Liu, Pei-Quan Chen, Ze Chang, Jun-Jie Wang, Li-Fen Yan, 

Hong-Wei Sun, Xian-He Bu, Zhenyang Lin, Zheng-Ming Li, Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. 

Chem. Commun., 2008, 11, 159-163. 

134. “A guest-templated (6,3)-sheet constructed using asymmetric hydrogen-bonding 

anions”, David R. Turner and Stuart R. Batten, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 170-172. 

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133. “Coordination behaviour and network formation with 4,4’,6,6’-tetracarboxy-2,2’bipyridine 

and 4,4’-dicarboxy-2,2’-bipyridine ligands with rare and alkaline earth 

metals”, Niamh R. Kelly, Sandrine Goetz, Stuart R. Batten and Paul E. Kruger, 

CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 68-78. 

132. “Steric control of 4-connected network topology in hydrogen bonded coordination 

polymers”, David R. Turner, Joshua Strauchn-Hatton and Stuart R. Batten, 

CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 34-38. Paper highlighted on the cover. 

131. “Heterotapes: A Persistent, Dual-Synthon Hydrogen Bonding Motif”, David R. 

Turner, Sze Nee Pek and Stuart R. Batten, Chem. Asian J., 2007, 2, 1534-1539. 

130. “Coligand Modulated Six-, Eight- and Ten-Connected Zn/Cd-1,2,4-Triazolate 

Frameworks Based on Mono-, Bi-, Tri-, Penta- and Heptanuclear Cluster Units”, Quan- 

Guo Zhai, Can-Zhong Lu, Xiao-Yuan Wu, and Stuart R. Batten, Cryst. Growth Des., 

2007, 7, 2332-2342. 

129. “Synthesis, characterisation and crystal structures of three trinuclear cadmium(II) 

complexes with multidentate Schiff base ligands”, Joy Chakraborty, Santarupa 

Thakurta, Brajagopal Samanta, Aurkie Ray, G. Piley, Stuart R. Batten, Paul Jensen and 

Samiran Mitra, Polyhedron, 2007, 26, 5139-5149. 

128. “[CH 3NH 2(CH 2) 2NH 2CH 3][M 2(HCOO) 6] (M = Mn II and Co II ): Weak Ferromagnetic 

Metal Formate Frameworks of Unique Binodal 6-connected (4 12 .6 3 )(4 9 .6 6 ) Topology, 

Templated by a Diammonium Cation”, Zheming Wang, Xueyu Zhang, Stuart R. Batten, 

Mohamedally Kurmoo, and Song Gao, Inorg. Chem., 2007, 46, 8439-8441. 

127. “Structure, magnetism and photomagnetism of mixed-ligand 

tris(pyrazolyl)methane iron(II) spin crossover compounds”, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Ben 

A. Leita, Gregory J. Halder, Stuart R. Batten, Paul Jensen, Jonathan P. Smith, John D. 

Cashion, Cameron J. Kepert, Jean-François Létard and Keith S. Murray, Dalton Trans., 

2007, 4413-4426. Designated as a “Hot Paper” by the editors. 

126. “Expanded ligands: bis(2,2’:6’,2’’-terpyridine carboxylic acid)ruthenium(II) 

complexes as metallosupramolecular analogues of dicarboxylic acids”, Edwin C. 

Constable, Emma L. Dunphy, Catherine E. Housecroft, Markus Neuburger, Silvia 

Schaffner, Frank Schaper and Stuart R. Batten, Dalton Trans., 2007, 4323-4332. 

125. “Unprecedented (3,4)-connected metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with 3-fold 

interpenetration and considerable solvent-accessible void space”, Feng Luo, Ji-min 

Zheng and Stuart R. Batten, Chem. Commun., 2007, 3744-3746. 

124. “Tetramethylammonium hexanitratoneodymiate(III). Structural variations of the 

[Nd(NO 3) 6] 3- anion in a single crystal.”, A.S.R. Chesman, D.R. Turner, G.B. Deacon 

and S.R. Batten, J. Coord. Chem., 2007, 60, 2191-2196. 

123. “Hexacyanometalate anions as precursors of two new trinuclear heterobimetallic 

assemblies: Syntheses, structures and cryomagnetic properties”, Brajagopal Samanta, 

Joy Chakraborty, R.K. Bhubon Singh, Manas K. Saha, Stuart R. Batten, Paul Jensen, M. 

Salah El. Fallah and Samiran Mitra, Polyhedron, 2007, 26, 4354-4362. 

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122. “Solvothermal vs. bench-top reactions: Control over the formation of discrete 

complexes and coordination polymers”, Anthony S.R. Chesman, David R. Turner, 

David J. Price, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Glen B. Deacon and Stuart R. 

Batten, Chem. Commun., 2007, 3541-3543. 

121. “Organic-Acid Effect on the Structures of a Series of Lead(II) Complexes”, Jin 

Yang, Jian-Fang Ma, Ying-Ying Liu, Ji-Cheng Ma, and Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. Chem., 

2007, 46, 6542-6555. 

120. “Self-Assembly of a Nanoscopic Platinum(II) Double Square Cage”, Sushobhan 

Ghosh, Stuart R. Batten, David R. Turner and Partha Sarathi Mukherjee, 

Organometallics, 2007, 26, 3252-3255. 

119. “The magnetic and structural elucidation of 3,5-bis(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazolatebridged 

dinuclear iron(II) spin crossover compounds”, Caspar J. Schneider, John D. 

Cashion, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Suzanne M. Neville, Stuart R. Batten, David R. Turner, 

Keith S. Murray, Polyhedron, 2007, 26, 1764-1772. Special issue associated with the 

10 th International Conference on Molecule-based Magnets. 

118. “Magnetic canting or not? Two isostructural 3D Co II and Ni II coordination 

polymers with the rare non-interpenetrated (10,3)-d topological network, showing spincanted 

antiferromagnetism only in the Co II system”, Jian-Rong Li, Qun Yu, Ying Tao, 

Xian-He Bu, Joan Ribas and Stuart R. Batten, Chem. Commun., 2007, 2290-2292. 

117. “Synthesis, Structure, and Characterization of Three Series of 3d-4f Metal-Organic 

Frameworks Based on Rod-Shaped and (6,3)-Sheet Metal Carboxylate Substructures”, 

Feng Luo, Stuart R. Batten, Yunxia Che, Ji-Min Zheng, Chem. Eur. J., 2007, 13, 4948- 

4955. 

116. “Self-assembly of a heterometallic molecular triangle using an ambidentate ligand 

and self-selection for a single linkage isomer”, Sushobhan Ghosh, David R. Turner, 

Stuart R. Batten and Partha Sarathi Mukherjee, Dalton Trans., 2007, 1869-1871. Paper 

featured on the cover. 

115. “Unusual T4(1) Water Chain Stabilized in the One-Dimensional Chains of a 

Copper(II) Coordination Polymer”, Yi Jin, Yunxia Che, Stuart R. Batten, Pangkuan 

Chen, and Jimin Zheng, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2007, 1925-1929. 

114. “Heteropolynuclear Metamagnet Showing Spin Canting and Single-Crystal to 

Single-Crystal Phase Transformation”, Pang-Kuan Chen, Yun-Xia Che, Ji-Min Zheng 

and Stuart R. Batten, Chem. Mater., 2007, 19, 2162-2167. 

113. “Synthesis, characterisation and crystal structures of a few coordination complexes 

of nickel(II), cobalt(III) and zinc(II) with N’-[(2-pyridyl)methylene]salicyloylhydrazone 

Schiff base”, Brajagopal Samanta, Joy Chakraborty, Shyamapada Shit, Stuart R. Batten, 

Paul Jensen, Jason D. Masuda, Samiran Mitra, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2007, 360, 2471- 

2484. 

112. “Temperature-Dependent Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks Based on a 

Flexible Tetradentate Ligand with Bidirectional Coordination Donors”, Yu-Bin Dong, 

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You-Yun Jiang, Jie Li, Jian-Ping Ma, Feng-Ling Liu, Bo Tang, Ru-Qi Huang, and 

Stuart R. Batten, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 4520-4521. 

111. “Homoleptic 12-coordinate lanthanoids with η 2 -nitroso ligands”, Anthony S.R. 

Chesman, David R. Turner, Ekaterina I. Izgorodina, Stuart R. Batten and Glen B. 

Deacon, Dalton Trans., 2007, 1371-1373. 

110. “Synthesis, Characterisation and Crystal Structure of a Copper(II) Dichromate 

Complex with the N,N’-Bis(2-pyridylmethylene)butane-1,4-diamine Schiff Base 

Ligand”, Brajagopal Samanta, Joy Chakraborty, Shyamapada Shit, Stuart R. Batten, 

Paul Jensen, Samiran Mitra, Z. Naturforsch. B, 2007, 62b, 495-500. 

109. “Molecular Tectonics of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) – A Rational Design 

Strategy for Unusual Mixed-Connected Network Topologies”, Miao Du, Zhi-Hui 

Zhang, Liang-Fu Tang, Xiu-Guang Wang, Xiao-Jun Zhao, and Stuart R. Batten, Chem. 

Eur. J., 2007, 13, 2578-2586. 

108. “An inclined interpenetrating heteropolynuclear polymer with unusual propagation 

of metal carboxylate secondary building units by both carboxylate and pyridyl bridging 

units”, Pang-Kuan Chen, Yun-Xia Che, Stuart R. Batten, Ji-Min Zheng, Inorg. Chem. 

Commun., 2007, 10, 415-418. 

107. “New Cu(II) complexes with polydentate chelating Schiff base ligands: Synthesis, 

structures, characterizations and biochemical activity studies”, Brajagopal Samanta, Joy 

Chakraborty, C.R. Choudhury, S.K. Dey, D.K. Dey, S.R. Batten, P. Jensen, Glenn P.A. 

Yap, Samiran Mitra, Struct. Chem., 2007, 18, 33-41. 

106. “Polythreading of 1-D sawtooth into 3-D ths net in the strong hydrogen-bonded 

supramolecular structure of 2-(1H-Tetrazol-5-yl)pyrazine hemihydrate”, Jian-Rong Li, 

Xian-He Bu, Guo-Chen Jia, Stuart R. Batten, J. Mol. Struct., 2007, 828, 142-146. 

105. “catena-Poly[[copper(II)-bis(µ-3-carboxypyridine-2-carboxylato)κ 

3 N,O 2 :O 3 ; κ 3 O 3 :N,O 2 ] methanol disolvate]”, David R. Turner and Stuart R. Batten, 

Acta Crystallogr., Sect. E, 2007, E63, m452-m454. 

104. “Synthesis and Complexes of the New Scorpionate Ligand Tris[3-(4-benzonitrile)pyrazol-1-yl]borate”, 

Stuart R. Batten, Martin B. Duriska, Paul Jensen, and Jinzhen Lu, 

Aust. J. Chem., 2007, 60, 72-74. 

103. “An unusual 3-D asymmetric mixed valence copper-azido complex with 

pyrazinecarboxylate as co-ligand showing rare net topology: Hydrothermal synthesis, 

structure and magnetic properties”, Fu-Chen Liu, Yong-Fei Zeng, Jiong-Peng Zhao, Bo- 

Wen Hu, Xian-He Bu, Joan Ribas, Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2007, 10, 

129-132. 

102. “Two new copper(II) complexes with the shortest (N-N) diazine based rigid 

ligand: Example of unusual tridentate coordination mode”, Ruma Karmakar, Chirantan 

Roy Choudhury, Stuart R. Batten, Samiran Mitra, J. Mol. Struct., 2007, 826, 75-81. 

101. “Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetism of a single-molecule magnet, 

[Mn 16O 16(OMe) 6(OAc) 16(MeOH) 3(H 2O) 3].6H 2O, and of a mixed bridge 1D chain, 

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[Mn(µ-OMe)(µ-OAc) 2] n”, David J. Price, Stuart R. Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith 

S. Murray, Polyhedron, 2007, 26, 305-317. 

100. “(1,4,10,13-Tetraoxa-7,16-diazacyclooctadecane-7,16-diaceto)nickel(II)”, Martin 

B. Duriska and Stuart R. Batten, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. E, 2006, 62, m2930-m2931. 

99. “(1,4,10,13-Tetraoxa-7,16-diazacyclooctadecane-7,16-diaceto)cobalt(II)”, Martin B. 

Duriska and Stuart R. Batten, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. E, 2006, 62, m2928-m2929. 

98. “Five New Cobalt(II) and Copper(II)-1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylate 

Supramolecular Architectures: Synthesis, Structures, and Magnetic Properties”, Arpi 

Majumder, Volker Gramlich, Georgina M. Rosair, Stuart R. Batten, Jason D. Masuda, 

M. S. El Fallah, Joan Ribas, Jean-Pascal Sutter, Cédric Desplanches, and Samiran 

Mitra, Cryst. Growth Des., 2006, 6, 2355-2368. 

97. “1D chain structures of M(dca) 2(phen)(H2O).MeOH, M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Cd, 

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dca = dicyanamide, N(CN) 2 , phen = 4,7-phenanthroline”, Daniel S. Tonzing, Stuart R. 

Batten and Keith S. Murray, J. Mol. Struct., 2006, 796, 63-68. Invited contribution; 

special issue on coordination polymers. 

96. “Novel Heterometallic 3d-4f Metal-Azido Complex of Mixed Ligands with 

Unprecedented Structure Type: Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties”, Fu- 

Chen Liu, Yong-Fei Zeng, Jiao Jiao, Jian-Rong Li, Xian-He Bu, Joan Ribas and Stuart 

R. Batten, Inorg. Chem., 2006, 45, 6129-6131. 

95. “Tetramethylammonium hexanitratolanthanate(III) methanol solvate”, Anthony S.R. 

Chesman, David R. Turner, Glen B. Deacon and Stuart R. Batten, Acta Crystallogr., 

Sect. E, 2006, 62, m1942-m1943. 

94. “Syntheses and structures of metal tetrazole coordination polymers”, Xian-Ming 

Zhang, Yan-Fei Zhao, Hai-Shun Wu, Stuart R. Batten and Seik Weng Ng, Dalton 

Trans., 2006, 3170-3178. 

93. “A Novel Acentric Three-Dimensional Network with Complicated Topology”, Hao- 

Ling Sun, Bao-Qing Ma, Song Gao and Stuart R. Batten, Cryst. Growth Des., 2006, 6, 

1261-1263. 

92. “Dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells incorporating ethylmethylimidazoliumbased 

ionic liquid electrolytes”, Qing Dai, David B. Menzies, Douglas R. MacFarlane, 

Stuart R. Batten, Stewart Forsyth, Leone Spiccia, Yi-Bing Cheng, Maria Forsyth, C. R. 

Chimie, 2006, 9, 617-621. 

91. “Synthesis, X-ray Crystal Structures, Magnetism, and Phosphate Ester Cleavage 

Properties of Copper(II) Complexes of N-Substituted Derivatives of 1,4,7- 

Triazacyclononane”, Matthew J. Belousoff, Martin B. Duriska, Bim Graham, Stuart R. 

Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, and Leone Spiccia, Inorg. Chem., 2006, 

45, 3746-3755. 

90. “Catalytic oxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol by a manganese(III) 18azametallacrown-6 

compound: Synthesis, crystal structure, fluorescence, magnetic and 

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kinetic investigation”, Arpi Majumder, Sanchita Goswami, Stuart R. Batten, M. Salah 

El Fallah, Joan Ribas, Samiran Mitra, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2006, 359, 2375-2382. 

89. “First Metal Azide Complex with Isonicotinate as a Bridging Ligand Showing New 

Net Topology: Hydrothermal Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties”, Fu-Chen 

Liu, Yong-Fei Zeng, Jiao Jiao, Xian-He Bu, Joan Ribas and Stuart R. Batten, Inorg. 

Chem., 2006, 45, 2776-2778. 

88. “Retention of (4,4) connectivity in the absence of π…π interactions: First report of 

homometallic cadmium tris-dicyanamide compound”, Moumita Biswas, Stuart R. 

Batten, Paul Jensen, and Samiran Mitra, Aust. J. Chem., 2006, 59, 115-117. 

87. “An Interpenetrating Coordination Polymer Reinforced by Weak Hydrogen Bonds 

and Argentophilic Interactions”, Martin B. Duriska, Stuart R. Batten and David J. Price, 

Aust. J. Chem., 2006, 59, 26-29. 

86. “Direction of topological isomers of silver(I) coordination polymers induced by 

solvent, and selective anion-exchange of a class of PtS-type host frameworks”, Miao 

Du, Xiao-Jun Zhao, Jian-Hua Guo, and Stuart R. Batten, Chem. Commun., 2005, 4836- 

4838. 

85. “An unprecedented eight-connected self-penetrating network based on pentanuclear 

zinc cluster building blocks”, Xin-Long Wang, Chao Qin, En-Bo Wang, Zhong-Min Su, 

Lin Xu, and Stuart R. Batten, Chem. Commun., 2005, 4789-4791. 

84. “Polynuclear nickel (II) and copper (II) complexes of hexaazamacrocycles 

incorporating pairs of diethylenetriamine subunits separated by aromatic spacers”, Bim 

Graham, Leone Spiccia, Stuart R. Batten, Brian W. Skelton, Allan H. White, Inorg. 

Chim. Acta, 2005, 358, 3983-3994. 

83. “Synthesis, structure and fluorescence of novel manganese (II) and zinc(II) –1,3,5benzene 

tricarboxylate coordination polymers : Extended 3D supramolecular 

architectures stabilised by hydrogen bonding”, Arpi Majumder, Shyamapada Shit, 

Chirantan Roy Choudhury, Stuart R. Batten, Guillaume Pilet, Dominique Luneau, 

Nathalie Daro, Jean-Pascal Sutter, Nitin Chattopadhyay, Samiran Mitra, Inorg. Chim. 

Acta, 2005, 358, 3855-3864. 

82. “Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Two Copper(II) Complexes of N-(1acetyl-2-propylidene)(2-pyridylmethyl) 

amine”, Ruma Karmakar, Chirantan Roy 

Choudhury, Andrei S. Batsanov, Stuart R. Batten, and Samiran Mitra, Struct. Chem., 

2005, 16, 535-539. 

81. “Multidimensional Metal-Organic Frameworks Constructed from Flexible 

Bis(imidazole) Ligands”, Guang-Hua Cui, Jian-Rong Li, Jin-Lei Tian, Xian-He Bu and 


80. “Cu 2+ -Mediated Dehydrogenative Coupling and Hydroxylation of an N- 

Heterocyclic Ligand: from Generation of a Tetratopic Ligand to the Designed Assembly 

of Three-Dimensional Copper(I) Coordination Polymers”, Sheng Hu, Jing-Cai Chen, 

Ming-Liang Tong, Bo Wang, Yun-Xin Yan and Stuart R. Batten, Angew. Chem. Int. 

Ed., 2005, 44, 5471-5475; Angew. Chem., 2005, 117, 5607-5611. 

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79. “Glorious Uncertainty – Challenges for Network Design”, Stuart R Batten, J. Solid 

State Chem., 2005, 178, 2475-2479. Invited contribution; special issue on reticular 

chemistry. 

78. “A Novel Three-Dimensional Network Containing Mn(II) Ions and 

Tricyanomethanide with Rare 4 6 .6 4 Topology”, Hao-Ling Sun, Bao-Qing Ma, Song Gao 

and Stuart R. Batten, Cryst. Growth Des., 2005, 5, 1331-1333. 

77. “New bis-, tris- and tetrakis(pyrazolyl)borate ligands with 3-pyridyl and 4-pyridyl 

substituents: synthesis and coordination chemistry”, Harry Adams, Stuart R. Batten, 

Graham M. Davies, Martin B. Duriska, John C. Jeffery, Paul Jensen, Jinzhen Lu, 

Graham R. Motson, Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse and Michael D. Ward, 

Dalton Trans., 2005, 1910-1923. 

76. “A Unique Cyanide-Bridged Three-dimensional (3-D) Copper(II)–Copper(I) 

Mixed-Valence Polymer Containing 1-D Water Tapes with Cyclic Pentamer Units” Ji- 

Min Zheng, Stuart R. Batten and Miao Du, Inorg. Chem., 2005, 44, 3371-3373. 

75. “From 1-D Coordination Polymers to 3-D Hydrogen-Bonding Networks: Crystal 

Engineering and Magnetism of Cu II −dca−Cyanopyridine Supramolecular Systems (dca 

= Dicyanamide, N(CN) 2 −)”, Miao Du, Xiao-Jun Zhao, Stuart R. Batten and Joan Ribas, 

Cryst. Growth Des., 2005, 5, 901-909. 

74. “A new (3,4)-connected three-dimensional anionic porous coordination net 

templated by Me 4N + cations”, Ming-Liang Tong, Jing Wang, Sheng Hu, Stuart R. 

Batten, Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2005, 8, 48-51. 

73. “Structures and Magnetism of a Series Mn(II) Coordination Polymers Containing 

Pyrazine-Dioxide Derivatives and Different Anions”, Hao-Ling Sun, Song Gao, Bao- 

Qing Ma, Gang Su, Stuart R. Batten, Cryst. Growth Des., 2005, 5, 269-277. 

72. “Hybrid Materials Containing Organometallic Cations and 3-D Anionic Metal 

Dicyanamide Networks of Type [Cp * 

2M][M'(dca) 3]”, Patricia van der Werff, Eugenia 

Martínez-Ferrero, Stuart R Batten, Paul Jensen, Catalina Ruiz-Pérez, Manuel Almeida, 

Joao C. Waerenborgh, John D. Cashion, Boujemaa Moubaraki, José Ramón Galán- 

Mascarós, José María Martínez-Agudo, Eugenio Coronado, and Keith S. Murray, 

Dalton Trans., 2005, 285-290. 

71. “3D Self-penetrating coordination network constructed by dicyanamide and 1,2bis(4-pyridyl)ethane-N,N´-dioxide 

(bpeado)”, Hao-Ling Sun, Song Gao, Bao-Qing Ma 

and Stuart R. Batten, CrystEngComm, 2004, 6(94), 579-583. 

70. “Designing Dinuclear Iron(II) Spin Crossover Complexes. Structure and Magnetism 

of Dinitrile-, Dicyanamido-, Tricyanomethanide-, Bipyrimidine- and Tetrazine-Bridged 

Compounds”, Stuart R. Batten, Jens Bjernemose, Paul Jensen, Ben A. Leita, Keith S. 

Murray, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Jonathan P. Smith and Hans Toftlund, Dalton Trans., 

2004, 3370-3375. 

69. “[Cu 4 

I Cu II (CN)6(DMF) 4] n: Redetermination and topology analysis of a mixed 

valence copper-cyanide coordination polymer with unique six-connected self- 

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penetrating network”, Xiao-Jun Zhao, Stuart R. Batten, and Miao Du, Acta Crystallogr., 

Sect. E, 2004, 60, m1237-m1239. 

68. “Coordination Polymers of Dicyanamide and Methylpyrazine: Syntheses, Structures 

and Magnetic Properties”, Anna M. Kutasi, Alexander R. Harris, Stuart R. Batten, 

Boujemaa Moubaraki, and Keith S. Murray, Cryst. Growth Des., 2004, 4, 605-610. 

Invited contribution. 

67. “Structure and magnetism of 3D anionic metal dicyanamide (MePh 3P)[M(dca) 3] (M 

= Fe, Co, Ni) and (EtPh 3P)[M(dca) 3] (M = Mn, Co, Ni) networks”, Patricia M. van der 

Werff, Stuart R. Batten, Paul Jensen, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, and John 

D. Cashion, Cryst. Growth Des., 2004, 4, 503-508. Invited contribution. 

66. “Synthesis, structure and magnetism of new single molecule magnets composed of 

Mn II 

2Mn III 

2 alkoxo-carboxylate bridged clusters capped by triethanolamine ligands”, 

Lisa M. Wittick, Keith S. Murray, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Stuart R. Batten, Leone 

Spiccia, and Kevin J. Berry, Dalton Trans., 2004, 1003-1011. 

65. “Preparation of Acentric Porous Coordination Frameworks from an Interpenetrated 

Diamondoid Array through Anion-Exchange Procedures: Crystal Structures and 

Properties”, Miao Du, Ya-Mei Guo, Shen-Tan Chen, Xian-He Bu, Stuart R. Batten, 

Joan Ribas, and Susumu Kitagawa, Inorg. Chem., 2004, 43, 1287-1293. 

64. “Ionic Liquids Based on Imidazolium and Pyrrolidinium Salts of the 

Tricyanomethanide Anion”, Stewart A. Forsyth, Stuart R. Batten, Qing Dai and 

Douglas R. MacFarlane, Aust. J. Chem., 2004, 57, 121-124. 

63. “A Neutral 3D Copper Coordination Polymer Showing 1D Open Channels and the 

First Interpenetrating NbO-Type Network”, Xian-He Bu, Ming-Liang Tong, Ho-Chol 

Chang, Susumu Kitagawa and Stuart R. Batten, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2004, 43, 192- 

195; Angew. Chem., 2004, 116, 194-197. 

62. “A New Self-Penetrating Uniform Net, (8,4) (or 8 6 ), Containing Planar 4- 

Connecting Nodes”, Ming-Liang Tong, Xiao-Ming Chen, and Stuart R. Batten, J. Am. 

Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 16170-16171. 

61. “Structure and Magnetism of Coordination Polymers Containing Dicyanamide and 

Tricyanomethanide”, Stuart R. Batten and Keith S. Murray, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2003, 

246, 103-130. Invited contribution. 

60. “1D Manganese(III) and iron(III) coordination polymers containing Schiff-base 

ligands and dicyanamide”, David J. Price, Stuart R. Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki and 

Keith S. Murray, Ind. J. Chem. Sect. A, 2003, 42A, 2256-2266. 

59. “The Reaction Of Iron Carboxylates with Titanium Alkoxides. Isolation and 

Structural Characterisation of [Ti 6(µ 3-O) 6(O 2CPh) 6(OCH 2(CH 3) 3) 6]”, Paul S. Ammala, 

Stuart R. Batten, Christopher M. Kepert, Leone Spiccia, Adrian M. van den Bergen and 

Bruce O. West, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2003, 353, 75-81. 

58. “Synthesis, structure and magnetism of [Mn(µ-OH)(µ-OAc) 2].HOAc.H 2O and the 

facilitation of long-range magnetic order through hydrogen-bonding”, David J. Price, 

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Stuart R. Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray, Polyhedron, 2003, 22, 

2161-2167. 

57. “AgC(CN) 3 Based Coordination Polymers”, Brendan F. Abrahams, Stuart R. Batten, 

Bernard F. Hoskins and Richard Robson, Inorg. Chem., 2003, 42, 2654-2664. 

56. “Structure and magnetism of trinuclear and tetranuclear mixed valent manganese 

clusters from dicyanonitrosomethanide derived ligands”, David J. Price, Stuart R. 

Batten, Kevin J. Berry, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray, Polyhedron, 2003, 

22, 165-176. 

55. “Syntheses, X-ray Structures and Magnetic Properties of Linear and Bent Trinuclear 

Complexes Formed by Hexacyanometallates and Copper(II) Complexes”, Richard J. 

Parker, Kevin D. Lu, Stuart R. Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Leone 

Spiccia, John D. Cashion, A. David Rae and Anthony C. Willis, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton 

Trans., 2002, 3723-3730. 

54. “Syntheses, crystal structures, and magnetic properties of first row transition metal 

coordination polymers containing dicyanamide and 4,4´-bipyridine”, Paul Jensen, Stuart 

R. Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 

2002, 3712-3722. 

53. “First Cu II Diamondoid Net with 2-Fold Interpenetrating Frameworks. The Role of 

the Anion in the Construction of the Supramolecular Arrays”, Miao Du, Xian-He Bu, 

Ya-Mei Guo, He Liu, Stuart R. Batten, Joan Ribas and Thomas C. W. Mak, Inorg. 

Chem., 2002, 41, 4904-4908. 

52. “Structural and Magnetic Properties of the Coordination Polymer 

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Mn(dca) 2(H2O) 2.2Me4pyz, dca = Dicyanamide (N(CN) 2 ), Me4pyz = 

Tetramethylpyrazine”, Anna M. Kutasi, Stuart R. Batten, Alexander R. Harris, 

Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray, Aust. J. Chem., 2002, 55, 311-313. Paper 

featured on the cover. 

51. “Structure and Magnetism of the Ladder-like Coordination Polymer 

- 

Co3(dca) 2(nic) 4(H2O) 2.2H2O, dca = dicyanamide, N(CN) 2 , nic = nicotinate anion”, 

Anna M. Kutasi, Stuart R. Batten, Alexander R. Harris, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith 

S. Murray, CrystEngComm, 2002, 4(36), 202-204. 

50. “Synthesis, Molecular Structure and Magnetic Properties of [Fe 6(µ 3-O) 2(OPr i ) 2(µ- 

OPr i ) 6(O 2CPh) 2(µ-O 2CPh) 4]”, Paul S. Ammala, Stuart R. Batten, John D. Cashion, 

Christopher M. Kepert, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Leone Spiccia and 

Bruce O. West, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2002, 331, 90-97. 

49. “Synthesis, Structure and Magnetism of a New Manganese Carboxylate Cluster: 

[Mn 16O 16(OMe) 6(OAc) 16(MeOH) 3(H 2O) 3].6H 2O”, David J. Price, Stuart R. Batten, 

Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray, Chem. Commun., 2002, 762-763. 

48. “New 2D coordination polymers containing both bidentate and tridentate 

dicyanamide bridges and intercalated phenazine”, Anna M. Kutasi, Stuart R. Batten, 

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Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2002, 819- 

821. Paper featured on the cover. 

47. “Crystal Engineering with Mercuric Chloride”, Stuart R. Batten, Alexander R. 

Harris, Keith S. Murray and Jonathan P. Smith, Cryst. Growth Des., 2002, 2, 87-89. 

46. “Malleable Coordination Networks”, Stuart R. Batten and Keith S. Murray, Aust. J. 

Chem., 2001, 54, 605-609. Invited contribution. 

45. “Copper(I) tris-pyrazolylmethane complexes and their reactivity towards dioxygen”, 

Milivoje Cvetkovic, Stuart R. Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray and Leone 

Spiccia, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2001, 324, 131-140. 

44. “Nitrato(1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane)copper(II) perchlorate”, Stuart R. 

Batten, Leone Spiccia and Claire E. Templar, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. E, 2001, 57, 

m265-m266. 

43. “The Encapsulation of Ferrocyanide by Copper(II) Complexes of Tripodal 

Tetradentate Ligands. Novel H-bonding Networks Incorporating Heptanuclear and 

Pentanuclear Heterometallic Assemblies”, Richard J. Parker, Leone Spiccia, Stuart R. 

Batten, John D. Cashion and Gary D. Fallon, Inorg. Chem., 2001, 40, 4696-4704. 

42. “Topology of Interpenetration”, Stuart R. Batten, CrystEngComm, 2001, 3(18), 67- 

73. Invited contribution. 

41. “Synthesis, Structural Isomerism and Magnetism of the Coordination Polymers 

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[M(dca) 2pyz], M = Mn, Co, Ni and Zn, dca = Dicyanamide (N(CN) 2 ) and pyz = 

Pyrazine”, Paul Jensen, Stuart R. Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray, J. 

Solid State Chem., 2001, 159, 352-361. 

40. “trans-Bis(pyridine-3-carboxylate)tetraaquonickel(II)”, Stuart R. Batten and 

Alexander R. Harris, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. E, 2001, 57, m9-m11. 

39. “trans-Bis(pyridine-4-carboxylate)tetraaquonickel(II)”, Stuart R. Batten and 

Alexander R. Harris, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. E, 2001, 57, m7-m8. 

38. “Dichloro[tetrakis-N,N,N',N'-(2-pyridylmethyl)benzene-1,4-diamine]iron(II)”, 

Stuart R. Batten, Christine J. McKenzie and Lars Preuss Nielsen, Acta Crystallogr., 

Sect. C, 2001, 57, 156-157. 

37. “3D networks constructed using both coordinative and hydrogen bonding: synthesis, 

structure and magnetic properties of M(tcm) 2(H 2O) 2.Me 4pyz, M = Co, Ni”, Stuart R. 

Batten, Bernard F. Hoskins, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray and Richard 

Robson, CrystEngComm, 2001, 3(8), 33-35. 

36. “Structure and Magnetism of anionic dicyanamidometallate extended networks of 

types (Ph4As)[M II II 

(dca) 3] and (Ph4As) 2[M2 (dca)3(H2O)].H2O.CH3OH where dca - = 

- 

N(CN) 2 and MII = Co, Ni,” Patricia M. van der Werff, Stuart R. Batten, Paul Jensen, 

Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray and Emily H.-K. Tan, Polyhedron, 2001, 20, 

1129-38. 

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35. “Coordination Polymers”, Stuart R. Batten, Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci., 

2001, 5, 107-114. Invited contribution. 

34. “Cation Templation of Anionic Metal Dicyanamide Networks”, Patricia M. van der 

Werff, Stuart R. Batten, Paul Jensen, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray, Inorg. 

Chem., 2001, 40, 1718-1722. 

33. “Anionic metal dicyanamide networks with paramagnetic counter-cations”, Stuart 

R. Batten, Paul Jensen, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray, Chem. Commun., 

2000, 2331-2332. 

32. “Tris(2,2'-bipyridyl-N,N')iron(II) diperchlorate”, Stuart R. Batten, Keith S. Murray 

and Nathan J. Sinclair, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C, 2000, 56, e320-e320. 

31. “Phase change in tetraphenylphosphonium perchlorate”, Stuart R. Batten, Alexander 

R. Harris and Keith S. Murray, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C, 2000, 56, 1394-1395. Paper 

featured on the cover of issue 11. 

30. “Copper(I) dicyanamide coordination polymers: ladders, sheets, layers, diamondlike 

networks and unusual interpenetration”, Stuart R. Batten, Alexander R. Harris, Paul 

Jensen, Keith S. Murray and Angela Ziebell, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2000, 3829- 

3836. Special issue associated with Dalton Discussion 3. 

29. “An alternative to interpenetration whereby nets with large windows may achieve 

satisfactory space filling”, Stuart R. Batten, Bernard F. Hoskins, Boujemaa Moubaraki, 

Keith S. Murray and Richard Robson, Chem. Commun., 2000, 1095-1096. 

28. “Self-Penetration - a Structural Compromise between Single Networks and 

Interpenetration: Magnetic Properties and Crystal Structures of [Mn(dca) 2(H2O)] and 

- 

[M(dca)(tcm)], M = Co, Ni, Cu, dca = Dicyanamide, N(CN) 2 , tcm = 

- 

Tricyanomethanide, C(CN) 3 ”, Paul Jensen, David J. Price, Stuart R. Batten, Boujemaa 

Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray, Chem. Eur. J., 2000, 6, 3186-3195. 

27. “Infinite molecular tubes: structure and magnetism of M(dca) 2(apym), M = Co, Ni, 

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apym = 2-aminopyrimidine, dca = dicyanamide, N(CN) 2 ”, Paul Jensen, Stuart R. 

Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray, Chem. Commun., 2000, 793-794. 

26. “Interdigitation, Interpenetration and Intercalation in Layered Cuprous 

Tricyanomethanide Derivatives”, Stuart R. Batten, Bernard F. Hoskins and Richard 

Robson, Chem. Eur. J., 2000, 6, 156-161. 

25. “Syntheses, Structures and Magnetism of α-Mn(dca) 2, Mn(dca) 2(H2O) 2.H2O, Mn(dca) 2(C2H5OH) 2.(CH3) 2CO, Fe(dca) 2(CH3OH) 2 and Mn(dca) 2(L) 2, where L = 

pyridine, CH3OH, DMF and dca - - 

= Dicyanamide, N(CN) 2 ”, Stuart R. Batten, Paul 

Jensen, Cameron J. Kepert, Mohamedally Kurmoo, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. 

Murray and David J. Price, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1999, 2987-2997. 

24. “Crystal structures and magnetic properties of the interpenetrating rutile-related 

compounds M(tcm) 2 [M = octahedral, divalent metal; tcm- = tricyanomethanide, 

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C(CN) 3 ] and the sheet structures of [M(tcm)2(EtOH) 2] (M = Co or Ni)”, Stuart R. 

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Batten, Bernard F. Hoskins, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray and Richard 

Robson, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1999, 2977-2986. 

23. “Studies of the construction of coordination polymers using linear pyridyl-donor 

ligands”, Stuart R. Batten, John C. Jeffery and Michael D. Ward, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 

1999, 292, 231-237. 

22. “Structural isomers of M(dca) 2 molecule-based magnets. Crystal structure of 

tetrahedrally coordinated sheet-like β-Zn(dca) 2 and β-Co/Zn(dca) 2, and the octahedrally 

coordinated rutile-like α-Co(dca) 2, where dca - - 

= dicyanamide, N(CN) 2 , and magnetism 

of β-Co(dca) 2”, Paul Jensen, Stuart R. Batten, Gary D. Fallon, Boujemaa Moubaraki, 

Keith S. Murray and David J. Price, Chem. Commun., 1999, 177-178. 

21. “Ni(tpt)(NO 3) 2 - A Three-Dimensional Network with the Exceptional (12,3) 

Topology: A Self-Entangled Single Net”, Brendan F. Abrahams, Stuart R. Batten, 

Martin J. Grannas, Hasan Hamit, Bernard F. Hoskins and Richard Robson, Angew. 

Chem. Int. Ed., 1999, 38, 1475-1477; Angew. Chem., 1999, 111, 1538-1540. 

20. “Synthesis, Structural Isomerism and Magnetism of Extended Framework 

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Compounds of Type [Cu(dca) 2(pyz)] n, where dca = Dicyanamide (N(CN) 2 ) and pyz = 

Pyrazine”, Paul Jensen, Stuart R. Batten, Gary D. Fallon, David C.R. Hockless, 

Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray and Richard Robson, J. Solid State Chem., 

1999, 145, 387-393. 

19. “Molecular Magnetism in Manganese Dicyanamide Extended Network Structures”, 

Keith S. Murray, Stuart R. Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki, David J. Price and Richard 

Robson, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 1999, 335, 313-322. 

18. “Selenium and tellurium derivatives of a monocarbon platinacarborane complex”, 

Stewart A. Batten, John C. Jeffery, Leigh H. Rees, Martin D. Rudd and F. Gordon A. 

Stone, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1998, 2839-2848. 

17. “Synthesis and rutile-like structure of [Cd(tcm)(hmt)(H2O)](tcm), tcm = 

- 

tricyanomethanide, C(CN) 3 , hmt = hexamethylenetetramine”, Stuart R. Batten, Bernard 

F. Hoskins and Richard Robson, Inorg. Chem., 1998, 37, 3432-3434. 

16. “Comment on Interwoven Hydrogen-Bonding Networks in Benzene-1,3,5-triacetic 

Acid by Fitzgerald & Gerkin (1997)”, Stuart R. Batten, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C, 1998, 

54, 1193. 

15. “Structure and Molecular Magnetism of the Rutile-Related Compounds M(dca) 2, M 

= Co II , Ni II , Cu II - 

, dca = dicyanamide, N(CN) 2 ”, Stuart R. Batten, Paul Jensen, Boujemaa 

Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray and Richard Robson, Chem. Commun., 1998, 439-440. 

14. “Interpenetrating Nets: Ordered, Periodic Entanglement”, Stuart R. Batten and 

Richard Robson, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 1998, 37, 1460-1494; Angew. Chem., 1998, 

110, 1558-1595. 

13. “Crystal structures of a series of Co II , Cu II and Zn II complexes of 4’-(3,4dihydroxyphenyl)-2,2’:6’,2”-terpyridine”, 

Brenda Whittle, Emily L. Horwood, Leigh H. 

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Rees, Stuart R. Batten, John C. Jeffery and Michael D. Ward, Polyhedron, 1998, 17, 

373-379. 

12. “The Structures of [Ag(tcm)], [Ag(tcm)(phz) 1/2] and [Ag(tcm)(pyz)] (tcm = 

- 

tricyanomethanide, C(CN) 3 , phz = phenazine, pyz = pyrazine)”, Stuart R. Batten, 

Bernard F. Hoskins and Richard Robson, New J. Chem., 1998, 22, 173-175. 

11. “Structure and Magnetism of a Bimetallic Pentanuclear Cluster 

[(Ni(bpm) 2) 3(Fe(CN) 6) 2].7H 2O (bpm = Bis(1-pyrazolyl)methane). The Role of the 

Hydrogen-Bonded 7H 2O “Cluster” in Long-Range Magnetic Ordering”, Kenneth Van 

Langenberg, Stuart R. Batten, David C.R. Hockless, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. 

Murray, Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 5006-5015. 

10. “Synthesis of the Reagent [Na][Pt(PEt 3) 2(η 5 -7-CB 10H 11)] and Preparation of the 

Platinacarborane Complexes [PtX(PEt 3) 2(η 5 -7-CB 10H 11)] (x = H, Au(PPh 3), Cu(PPh 3), 

HgPh)”, Stewart A. Batten, John C. Jeffery, Peter L. Jones, Donald F. Mullica, Martin 

D. Rudd, Eric L. Sappenfield, F. Gordon A. Stone and Andreas Wolf, Inorg. Chem., 

1997, 36, 2570-2577. 

9. “Some Coordination Chemistry of the Bidentate Nitrogen-Donor Ligand 2-(2- 

Aminophenyl)pyridine”, Alexander M.W. Cargill Thompson, Stuart R. Batten, John C. 

Jeffery, Leigh H. Rees and Michael D. Ward, Aust. J. Chem., 1997, 50, 109-114. 

8. “Synthesis and Properties of Ligand-bridged Dinuclear Complexes Containing transbis[o-phenylenebis(dimethylarsine)]chlororuthenium(II) 

Centres”, Benjamin J. Coe, 

Samar Hayat, Roy L. Beddoes, Madeleine Helliwell, John C. Jeffery, Stuart R. Batten 

and Peter S. White, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1997, 591-599. 

- 

7. “Solvolysis of B(C6H5) 4 in Methanol to Give the Chiral Coordination Polymer 

- 

Cd(tcm)(B(OMe) 4).xMeOH, tcm = Tricyanomethanide, C(CN) 3 , x = ca. 1.6”, Stuart R. 

Batten, Bernard F. Hoskins and Richard Robson, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1997, 

36, 636-637; Angew. Chem., 1997, 109, 652-653. 

6. “Ruthenium(II) complexes of some new polynucleating ligands incorporating 

terpyridyl and macrocyclic aza-crown binding sites”, Brenda Whittle, Stuart R. Batten, 

John C. Jeffery, Leigh H. Rees and Michael D. Ward, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 

1996, 4249-55. 

5. “A Wellsian ‘3D Racemate’: Eight Interpenetrating, Enantiomorphic (10,3)-a Nets, 

Four Right Handed and Four Left Handed”, Brendan F. Abrahams, Stuart R. Batten, 

Hasan Hamit, Bernard F. Hoskins and Richard Robson, Chem. Commun., 1996, 1313- 

1314. 

4. “A Cubic 3,4-Connected Net with Large Cavities in Solvated [Cu 3(tpt) 4](ClO 4) 3 (tpt = 

2, 4, 6-Tri(4-pyridyl)-1, 3, 5-triazine)”, Brendan F. Abrahams, Stuart R. Batten, Hasan 

Hamit, Bernard F. Hoskins and Richard Robson, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1996, 35, 

1690-1692; Angew. Chem., 1996, 108, 1794-1796. 

3. “2,4,6-Tri(4-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine as a 3-Connecting Building Block for Infinite 

Nets”, Stuart R. Batten, Bernard F. Hoskins and Richard Robson, Angew. Chem. Int. 

Ed. Engl., 1995, 34, 820-822; Angew. Chem., 1995, 107, 884-886. 

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2. “Two Interpenetrating 3D Networks Which Generate Spacious Sealed-Off 

Compartments Enclosing of the Order of 20 Solvent Molecules in the Structures of 

Zn(CN)(NO 3)(tpt) 2/3.solv (tpt = 2,4,6-tri(4-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine, solv = 

~3/4C 2H 2Cl 4.3/4CH 3OH or ~3/2CHCl 3.1/3CH 3OH)”, Stuart R. Batten, Bernard F. 

Hoskins and Richard Robson, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995, 117, 5385-5386. 

(highlighted in “Sentencing Molecules to Prison”, Robert F. Service, Science, 

1995, 268, 1698 and Encyclopaedia Britannica, Book of the Year, 1996, 240-241) 

1. “3D Knitting Patterns. Two Independent, Interpenetrating Rutile-related Infinite 

Frameworks in the Structure of Zn[C(CN) 3] 2”, Stuart R. Batten, Bernard F. Hoskins and 

Richard Robson, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1991, 445-447. 

Book Chapters 

BC7. “Topology and Interpenetration”, Stuart R. Batten, in Metal-Organic 

Frameworks: Design and Application, Ed. L.R. MacGillivray, 2010, Ch. 3, pp. 91-130, 

Wiley-VCH. Invited contribution. 

BC6. “Structural Coordination Chemistry of Small, Dicyanomethanide-Based Ligands”, 

David R. Turner and Stuart R. Batten, in Coordination Chemistry Research Progress, 

eds. T.W. Cartere and K.S. Verley, 2008, Ch. 5, pp. 153-174, Nova Science Publishers. 

Invited contribution. 

BC5. “Coordination Polymers”, Stuart R. Batten, Encyclopedia of Supramolecular 

Chemistry, eds. J.L. Atwood and J.W. Steed, Marcel Dekker, New York, USA, 2006, 1- 

13. Invited contribution. 

BC4. “Interpenetrating Networks”, Stuart R. Batten, in Frontiers in Crystal 

Engineering, eds. E.R.T. Tiekink and J.J. Vittal, Wiley, 2006, Ch. 8, 157-194. Invited 

contribution. 

BC3. “Interpenetration”, Stuart R. Batten, Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry, 

Eds. J.L. Atwood and J.W. Steed, Marcel Dekker, New York, USA, 2004, 735-741. 

Invited contribution. Refereed. 

BC2. “Catenane and Rotaxane Motifs in Interpenetrating and Self-Penetrating 

Coordination Polymers”, Stuart R. Batten and Richard Robson, in Molecular 

Catenanes, Rotaxanes and Knots, A Journey Through the World of Molecular 

Topology, eds. J.-P. Sauvage and C. Dietrich-Buchecker, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 1999, 

Ch. 5, 77-105. 

BC1. “Crystal Engineering of Novel Materials Composed of Infinite Two- and Three- 

Dimensional Frameworks”, Richard Robson, Brendan F. Abrahams, Stuart R. Batten, 

Robert W. Gable, Bernard F. Hoskins and Jianping Liu, in Supramolecular 

Architecture: Synthetic Control in Thin Films and Solids, ACS Symposium Series, 499, 

ed. T. Bein, Am. Chem. Soc., Washington DC, 1992, Ch. 19, 256-273. 

Books 

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Bk1. Coordination Polymers: Design, Analysis and Application, Stuart R. Batten, 

Suzanne M. Neville and David R. Turner, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 

2009. 424 pages. SRB was the winner of the 2009 Ollé Prize of the RACI for this 

publication. 

Other Publications 

O5. “Dendrimers and Dendrons: Concepts, Syntheses, Applications' by G.R. 

Newkome, C.N. Moorefield and F. Vogtle”, Book Review, The Alchemist, May 9, 

2002. 

O4. “Main Group Chemistry by A.G. Massey”, Book Review, The Alchemist, March 

24, 2001. 

O3. “Supramolecular Chemistry by J.W. Steed and J.L. Atwood”, Book Review, The 

Alchemist, January 24, 2001. 

O2. “Principles and Methods in Supramolecular Chemistry by H-J Schneider and A. 

Yatsimirsky”, Book Review, The Alchemist, May 19, 2000. 

O1. “Improved resealing procedures for the second deseal/reseal program in RAAF 

F111 aircraft fuel tanks”, S. Batten, R.H.E. Huang and L.V. Wake, MRL Tech. Rep., 

MRL-TR, 1994, MRL-TR-93-64, 34pp. (Chem. Abs. 122:12164g) 

Conference Presentations 

C79. “Pyrazole-carboxylate mixed ligand systems as building blocks in cobalt(II) 

coordination polymers”, C.S. Hawes, C.M. Fitchett, S.R. Batten, P.E. Kruger, 39 th 

International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC39), Adelaide, July 25-30, 

2010 (poster). 

C78. “Neutron Diffraction Studies of Hydrogen-Bonding Networks in Hydrated Ln/K 

Complexes”, D.R. Turner, S.R. Batten, A.J. Edwards, 39 th International Conference on 

Coordination Chemistry (ICCC39), Adelaide, July 25-30, 2010 (talk). 

C77. “Multifunctional Metallosupramolecular Materials”, S.R. Batten, 39 th 

International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC39), Adelaide, July 25-30, 

2010 (Keynote lecture). 

C76. “Magnetostructural studies on a series of 1D polymeric Fe(II) spin crossover 

materials, comprising new, 2,2’-dipyridylamine-triazine ligands, and displaying solvate 

dependent solid-state behaviour”, Tamsyn Ross, David R. Turner, Boujemaa 

Moubaraki, Gregory J. Halder, Suzanne M. Neville, Stuart R. Batten, and Keith S. 

Murray, Inorganic Symposium Day, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Victorian 

Branch, Melbourne, December 11, 2009 (talk). 

C75. “3d/4f Heterometallic and Polycarbanatolanthanoid “lanthaball” complexes”, 

Anthony S. R. Chesman, David R. Turner, Glen B. Deacon, and Stuart R. Batten, 

Inorganic Symposium Day, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Victorian Branch, 

Melbourne, December 11, 2009 (poster). 

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C74. “Alkaline Earth Metal Dithiocarbamate Complexes: From 1D to 3D”, Emily J. 

Mensforth, David R. Turner, Matthew R. Hill, and Stuart R. Batten, Inorganic 

Symposium Day, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Victorian Branch, Melbourne, 

December 11, 2009 (poster). 

C73. “Chemistry of small cyano anions”, Stuart R Batten, David R Turner, Anthony S 

R Chesman, Glen B Deacon, Keith S Murray, and Boujemaa Moubaraki, 8 th AINSE / 

ANBUG Neutron Scattering Symposium, Lucas Heights, Australia, December 7-9, 2009 

(invited talk). 

C72. “Structures and Magnetic Properties of 3-D Networks Cyanide-Bridged 

Homometallic Ni II -Ni II Coordination Polymers”, Kittipong Chainok, Kenneth J. Haller, 

Suzanne M. Neville, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Stuart R. Batten, and Keith S. Murray, 



C71. “Self-Assembly of a Pd Catenate Based on Pyrazole-Pyridine Ligand”, Stuart 

Batten, Jinzhen Lu, and David Turner, Inorganic Symposium Day, Royal Australian 

Chemical Institute Victorian Branch, Melbourne, December 14, 2007 (poster). 

C70. “Hydrogen Storage in a Discrete Nanoball”, M.B. Duriska, S.R. Batten, C.J. 

Kepert, S.S. Iremonger, Inorganic Symposium Day, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 

Victorian Branch, Melbourne, December 14, 2007 (poster). 

C69. “Rare Earth and Transition Metal Complexes of Nucleophilic Addition Products 

of Dicyanonitrosomethanide”, Anthony S.R. Chesman, David R. Turner, Boujemaa 

Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Glen B. Deacon and Stuart R. Batten, Inorganic 

Symposium Day, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Victorian Branch, Melbourne, 

December 14, 2007 (poster). 

C68. “Spin crossover in a family of polynuclear iron (II) mixed-ligand 

tris(pyrazolyl)methane compounds connectd by multitopic aromatic bridges”, Caspar J. 

Schneider, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Suzanne M. Neville, Stuart R. Batten, Keith S. 


Branch, Melbourne, December 14, 2007 (talk). 

C67. “The synthesis & structural elucidation of 3,5-bis(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazolate 

bridged dinuclear iron(II) spin crossover compounds”, C.J. Schneider, K.S. Murray, 

S.R. Batten, S.M. Neville, D.R. Turner, B. Moubaraki, J.D. Cashion, Crystal XXV, 25 th 

Conference of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand, Hunter 

Valley, 10-13 April 2007 (poster). 

C66. “Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of Cyanide-Bridged Bimetallic Fe II -M II 

Coordination Polymers (M II = Mn and Ni)”, K. Chainok, K.J. Haller, S.M. Neville, B. 

Moubaraki, S.R. Batten, J.D. Cashion, K.S. Murray, Crystal XXV, 25 th Conference of 

the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand, Hunter Valley, 10-13 

April 2007 (poster). 

C65. “Crystal Engineering with the Scorpion King”, S.R. Batten, M. Duriska, J. Lu, 

A.S.R. Chesman, D.R. Turner, P. Turner, J. McKinnon, Crystal XXV, 25 th Conference of 

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the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand, Hunter Valley, 10-13 

April 2007 (talk). 

C64. “Structure and Properties of a Discrete Nano-Sphere”, M.B. Duriska, J. Lu, S.R. 

Batten, Crystal XXV, 25 th Conference of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia 

and New Zealand, Hunter Valley, 10-13 April 2007 (talk). 

C63. “Scorpions and Crowns”, S.R. Batten, M. Duriska, J. Lu, D.R. Turner, A.S.R. 

Chesman, P. Turner, J. McKinnon, P. Jensen, K.S. Murray, B. Moubaraki, L. Spiccia, 

M.J. Belousoff, IC-07 Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Royal 

Australian Chemical Institute, Hobart, 4-8 February 2007 (talk). 

C62. “Synthesis and Complexes of Diaza-18-crown-6”, M.B. Duriska, S.R. Batten, IC- 

07 Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical 

Institute, Hobart, 4-8 February 2007 (poster). 

C61. “License to Kill (A Ligand) – Unexpected Nucleophilic Addition Products of 

Dicyanonitrosomethanide”, A.S.R. Chesman, D.R. Turner, G.B. Deacon, S.R. Batten, 

IC-07 Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian 

Chemical Institute, Hobart, 4-8 February 2007 (poster). 


bridged dinuclear iron(II) spin crossover compounds”, Caspar J. Schneider, John D. 


Keith S. Murray, IC-07 Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Royal 

Australian Chemical Institute, Hobart, 4-8 February 2007 (poster). 

C59. “Rare Earth/Dicyanonitrosomethanide Complexes”, Anthony S.R. Chesman, 

David R. Turner, Glen B. Deacon and Stuart R. Batten, Inorganic Symposium Day, 

Royal Australian Chemical Institute Victorian Branch, Melbourne, December 8, 2006 

(talk). 

C58. “Ferromagnetic Coupling in a Fe II -Mn II Cyanide Sheet Structure”, Kittipong 

Chainok, Kenneth J. Haller, Suzanne M. Neville, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Stuart R. 

Batten and Keith S. Murray, Inorganic Symposium Day, Royal Australian Chemical 

Institute Victorian Branch, Melbourne, December 8, 2006 (poster). 


bridged dinuclear iron(II) spin crossover compounds”, Caspar J. Schneider, John D. 


Keith S. Murray, Inorganic Symposium Day, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 


C56. “Unexpected Products From Nucleophilic Addition Reactions of dcnm, 

C(CN) 2(NO) - ”, Anthony S.R. Chesman, David R. Turner, Glen B. Deacon and Stuart R. 

Batten, Inorganic Symposium Day, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Victorian 

Branch, Melbourne, December 8, 2006 (poster). 

C55. “Synthesis and Complexes of Diaza-18-crown-6 Derivatives”, Martin B. Duriska 

and Stuart R. Batten, Inorganic Symposium Day, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 


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C54. “Crystal Engineering with Scorpionate Ligands”, Martin B. Duriska, Stuart R. 

Batten, Jinzhen Lu, Paul Jensen, Harry Adams, Graham M. Davies, John C. Jeffery, 

Graham R. Motson, Michael D. Ward, Inorganic Symposium Day, Royal Australian 


C53. “Controlling Ligand length in Functional Co-ordination Polymers: A Molecular 

Spring”, Martin B. Duriska and Stuart R. Batten, Inorganic Symposium Day, Royal 

Australian Chemical Institute Victorian Branch, Melbourne, December 8, 2005 (talk). 

C52. “Crystal Engineering with Scorpionate Ligands”, Martin B. Duriska, Stuart R. 

Batten, Jinzhen Lu, Paul Jensen, Harry Adams, Graham M. Davies, John C. Jeffery, 

Graham R. Motson, Michael D. Ward, XXth Congress and General Assembly of the 

International Union of Crystallography, IUCr XX, Florence, August 2005 (poster). 

C51. “The Nomenclature of Interpenetration”, Stuart R. Batten, XXth Congress and 

General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, IUCr XX, Florence, 

August 2005 (invited lecture). 

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C50. “Synthesis and Characterisation of a new Hybrid Spin-Crossover M(dca) 3 

Network Complexes. A Rare Lonsdaleite Structural Motif”, Boujemaa Moubaraki, 

Stuart Batten, John Cashion, and Keith Murray, Inorganic Symposium Day, Royal 

Australian Chemical Institute Victorian Branch, Melbourne, December 10, 2004 

(poster). 

C49. “Structural, Magnetic and Supramolecular Properties of Anionic Dicyanamide 

Coordination Polymers”, Patricia M. van der Werff, Stuart R. Batten, Paul Jensen, 

Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Inorganic Symposium Day, Royal Australian 


C48. “Polymeric Networks and Magnetic Properties of d-block Polycyano-bridged 

Compounds”, Anna Kutasi, Stuart R. Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki, and Keith S. 


Branch, Melbourne, December 10, 2004 (poster). 

C47. “Synthesis, Structure and Magnetism of new Mixed-valent Manganese Clusters”, 

Lisa Wittick, Stuart Batten, Kevin Berry, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith Murray, David 

Price and Leone Spiccia, Inorganic Symposium Day, Royal Australian Chemical 

Institute Victorian Branch, Melbourne, December 10, 2004 (lecture). 

C46. “Crystal Engineering with Scorpionate Ligands”, S.R. Batten, Martin B. Duriska, 

and Jinzhen Lu, Inorganic Symposium Day, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 


C45. “Synthesis and Coordination of a new scorpionate ligand – potassium tris-[{3-(4benzonitrile)-pyrazol-1-yl} 

hydroborate]”, Martin B. Duriska and Stuart R. Batten, 



C44. “Polymeric Networks and Magnetic Properties of d-block Polycyano-bridged 

Compounds”, Anna Kutasi, Stuart R. Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. 

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Murray, ICMM 2004, IXth International Conference on Molecule-based Magnets, 

Tsukuba, Japan, October 2004 (poster). 

C43. “Crystal Engineering with Scorpionate Ligands”, S.R. Batten and Martin B. 

Duriska, AsCA04 Asian Crystallographic Association Conference, Hong Kong, June 

2004 (lecture and poster). 

C42. “Modification of metal dicyanamide subnet architecture through introduction of 

coligands or variation of counerion”, S.R. Batten, A.R. Harris, P. Jensen, A.M. Kutasi, 

B. Moubaraki, K.S. Murray and P.M. van der Werff, ICMAT2003 International 

Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, December 2003 

(invited lecture). 

C41. “Malleability of Metal-Dicyanamide Coordination Networks”, Stuart R. Batten, 

Jasmine Filali, Alexander R. Harris, Paul Jensen, Anna M. Kutasi, Boujemaa 

Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, David J. Price and Patricia M. van der Werff, IC-03 

Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical 

Institute, Melbourne, February 2003 (lecture). 

C40. “Synthesis, Structure and Magnetism of new Mixed-valent Manganese Clusters”, 

Lisa Wittick, Stuart R. Batten, Kevin J. Berry, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, 

David J. Price and Leone Spiccia, IC-03 Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry 

Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Melbourne, February 2003 

(poster). 

C39. “Structural, Magnetic and Supramolecular Properties of Anionic Dicyanamide 

Coordination Polymers”, Patricia M. van der Werff, Stuart R. Batten, Paul Jensen, 

Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. Murray, IC-03 Conference of the Inorganic 

Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Melbourne, February 


C38. “Synthesis and Coordination of a new scorpionate ligand – potassium tris-[{3-(4benzonitrile)-pyrazol-1-yl} 

hydroborate]”, Martin B. Duriska and Stuart R. Batten, IC- 

03 Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical 

Institute, Melbourne, February 2003 (poster). 

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C37. “Synthesis and Characterisation of new Hybrid Spin-Crossover M(dca) 3 Network 

Complexes. A Rare Lonsdaleite Structural Motif.”, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Stuart R. 

Batten, John Cashion and Keith S. Murray, IC-03 Conference of the Inorganic 

Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Melbourne, February 


C36. “A New Single Molecule Magnet: [Mn 16O 16(OMe) 6(OAc) 16(MeOH) 3- 

(H 2O) 3].6H 2O”, David J. Price, Stuart R. Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith S. 

Murray, IC-03 Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian 

Chemical Institute, Melbourne, February 2003 (poster). 

C35. “New Coordination Polymers using Dicyanamide and Nitrogen-Donor 

Heterocyclic Ligands”, Anna Kutasi, Stuart R. Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki and Keith 

S. Murray, IC-03 Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Royal 

Australian Chemical Institute, Melbourne, February 2003 (poster). 

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C34. “Magnetism of a New Mn 16 Carboxylate Cluster and of a Long-Range Ordered Hbonded 

Mn(III) carboxylate Chain”, Keith S. Murray, David J. Price, Stuart R. Batten, 

Boujemaa Moubaraki, VIIIth International Conference on Molecule-based Magnets, 

Valencia, Spain, October 2002 (lecture). 

C33. “Structure and Magnetism of Dicyanamide Coordination Polymers”, S.R. Batten, 

P. Jensen, A.M. Kutasi, B. Moubaraki, K.S. Murray, D.J. Price, P.M. van der Werff, 

XIXth Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, 

IUCr XIX, Geneva, August 2002 (invited lecture). 

C32. “A New Manganese Carboxylate Cluster: 

[Mn 16O 16(OMe) 6(OAc) 16(MeOH) 3(H 2O) 3].6H 2O (Mn16-acetate)”, S.R. Batten, D.J. 

Price, B. Moubaraki, K.S. Murray, XIXth Congress and General Assembly of the 

International Union of Crystallography, IUCr XIX, Geneva, August 2002 (poster). 

C31. “Synthesis, Structure and Magnetism of Manganese Amidinate Clusters”, L. 

Wittick, K. Murray, L. Spiccia, S. Batten, B. Moubaraki, D. Price, XIXth Congress and 

General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, IUCr XIX, Geneva, 

August 2002 (poster). 

C30. “Structural, Magnetic and Supramolecular Properties of Anionic Metal 

Dicyanamide Polymers”, P. van der Werff, S.R. Batten, P. Jensen, B. Moubaraki, K.S. 

Murray, XIXth Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of 

Crystallography, IUCr XIX, Geneva, August 2002 (poster). 

C29. “Structural, Magnetic and Supramolecular Properties of Anionic Metal 

Dicyanamide Polymers”, Patricia van der Werff, Stuart R. Batten, Paul Jensen, 

Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, XXXVth International Conference on 

Coordination Chemistry, ICCC 35, Heidelberg, Germany, July 2002 (poster). 

C28. “A New Manganese Carboxylate Cluster: 

[Mn 16O 16(OMe) 6(OAc) 16(MeOH) 3(H 2O) 3].6H 2O (Mn16-acetate)”, David J. Price, Stuart 

R. Batten, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, XXXVth International Conference on 

Coordination Chemistry, ICCC 35, Heidelberg, Germany, July 2002 (poster). 

C27. “Coordination networks of the dicyanamide network”, Singapore International 

Chemical Conference – 2, Singapore, December 2001 (invited lecture). 

C26. “Coordination Networks Constructed from Dicyanamide and Various N- 

Heterocycles”, Stuart R. Batten, Julia Cianci, Gary D. Fallon, Alexander R. Harris, Paul 

Jensen, Anna Kutasi, Noel Letcher, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray and Angela 

Ziebell, , Crystal 22 – Twenty-second Meeting of the Society of Crystallographers in 

Australia, Couran Cove Resort, South Stradbroke Island, Queensland, July 2001 

(poster). 

C25. “Cation Templation of Anionic Metal Dicyanamide Networks”, Stuart R. Batten, 

Paul Jensen, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Emily H-K. Tan and Patricia M. 

van der Werff, World Chemistry Congress 2001, Brisbane, July 2001 (lecture). 

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C24. “Extended network Complexes Containing Schiff-base Ligands and 

Dicyanamide”, David J. Price, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Stuart R. Batten, 

Thao Chee and Seamus Delaney, World Chemistry Congress 2001, Brisbane, July 2001 

(poster). 

C23. “Structure and magnetism of metal dicyanamide framework materials”, K. 

Murray, S. Batten, G. Fallon, A. Harris, P. Jensen, B. Moubaraki, D. Price, P. Van Der 

Werff, 2000 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem 

2000), Honolulu, December 2000 (lecture). 

C22. “Copper(I) dicyanamide coordination polymers: ladders, sheets, layers, diamondlike 

networks and unusual interpenetration”, Stuart R. Batten, Alexander R. Harris, Paul 

Jensen, Keith S. Murray and Angela Ziebell, Dalton Discussion 3: Inorganic Crystal 

Engineering, Bologna, September 2000 (lecture). 

C21. “Recent advances in metal-dca and metal-tcm molecule based magnets; dca - = 

- - - 

N(CN) 2 , tcm = C(CN)3 “, Keith S. Murray, Stuart R. Batten, Paul Jensen, Boujemaa 

Moubaraki, Emily H.-K. Tan and Patricia van der Werff, Seventh International 

Conference on Molecule-Based Magnets, ICMM 2000, San Antonio, Texas, September, 

2000 (lecture). 

C20. “Structure and magnetism of metal dicyanamide framework materials”, K.S. 

Murray, S.R. Batten, G.D. Fallon, A.R. Harris, P. Jensen, B. Moubaraki, D.J. Price, 

E.H.-K. Tan and P. van der Werff, 34 th International Conference on Coordination 

Chemistry ICCC34, Edinburgh, July 2000 (lecture). 

C19. “Rutile-like coordination polymers – formation, interpenetration, self-penetration 

and dissection”, Stuart R. Batten, Alexander R. Harris, Bernard F. Hoskins, Paul Jensen, 

Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, David J. Price and Richard Robson, 34 th 

International Conference on Coordination Chemistry ICCC34, Edinburgh, July 2000 

(lecture). 

C18. “Molecule-Based magnetic Materials - Metal Dicyanamide Extended Networks”, 

D.J. Price, B. Moubaraki, P. Jensen, S.R. Batten, R. Robson and K.S. Murray, Royal 

Australian Chemical Institute Inorganic Division Conference IC 2000 / 11 RACIC, 

Canberra, February 2000 (poster). 

C17. “1D Polymeric Chains and Tetranuclear Clusters of Metal(II) Complexes 

Containing the Schiff Base Ligand 1,3-Bis(salicylidenimine)propan-2-ol and the 

Dipyrazolate Bridging Ligand 4,4'-Di-3,5-dimethylpyrazole”, J.P. Smith, B. Moubaraki, 

P.E. Kruger, S.R. Batten, and K.S. Murray, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 

Inorganic Division Conference IC 2000 / 11 RACIC, Canberra, February 2000 (poster). 

C16. “Crystal Structures and Magnetic Properties of M (II) (DCA) 2(PYZ) (for M = Mn, 

Fe, Co) and M (II) (DCA) 2(2-NH 2-PYM) (for M = Co, Ni, Cu) [Where DCA = 

Dicyanamide, PYZ = Pyrazine, and 2-NH 2-PYM = 2-Aminopyrimidine]”, S.R. Batten, 

G.D. Fallon, P. Jensen, B. Moubaraki, and K.S. Murray, Royal Australian Chemical 

Institute Inorganic Division Conference IC 2000 / 11 RACIC, Canberra, February 2000 

(poster). 

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C15. “Molecule-Based magnetic Materials Incorporating Metal Dicyanamides”, K.S. 

Murray, S.R. Batten, G.D. Fallon, P. Jensen, B. Moubaraki, D.J. Price, E.H.-K. Tan and 

P. van der Werff, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Inorganic Division Conference 

IC 2000 / 11 RACIC, Canberra, February 2000 (lecture). 

C14. “Crystal Structures and Magnetic Properties of M (II) (DCA) 2(PYZ) (for M = Mn, 

Fe, Co) and M (II) (DCA) 2(2-NH 2-PYM) (for M = Co, Ni, Cu) [Where DCA = 

Dicyanamide, PYZ = Pyrazine, and 2-NH 2-PYM = 2-Aminopyrimidine]”, S.R. Batten, 

G.D. Fallon, P. Jensen, B. Moubaraki, and K.S. Murray, Crystal XXI - Twenty-First 

Meeting of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia, Thredbo, February 2000 

(lecture). 

C13. “Extended Structures of Metal Dicyanamides and Their Magnetic Ordering”, K.S. 

Murray, S.R. Batten, G.D. Fallon, P. Jensen, B. Moubaraki, D.J. Price and E.H.-K. Tan, 

International Union of Crystallography XVIII Congress and General Assembly, 

Glascow, Scotland, August 4-13 1999 (lecture). 

C12. “Crystal Engineering and Magnetic Properties of Metal - Pseudohalide 

Coordination Polymers”, Stuart R. Batten, Gary D. Fallon, Bernard F. Hoskins, Paul 

Jensen, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, David J. Price, Richard Robson, and 

Emily Tan, Crystal Engineering: From Molecules and Crystals to Materials, 28th 

International Crystallography School, Erice, Italy, May 12 - 23 1999 (poster). 

C11. “Interpenetration”, Stuart R. Batten and Richard Robson, Crystal Engineering: 

From Molecules and Crystals to Materials, 28th International Crystallography School, 

Erice, Italy, May 12 - 23 1999 (lecture). 

C10. “Structure and Magnetism of Metal - Pseudohalide Coordination Polymers”, 

Stuart R. Batten, Bernard F. Hoskins, Paul Jensen, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. 

Murray, David J. Price, and Richard Robson, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 

Inorganic Division Conference IC'99, Wellington, New Zealand, January - February 

1999 (lecture). 

C9. “Molecular Magnetism in Metal-Dicyanamide Extended Networks”, Keith S. 

Murray, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Paul Jensen, David J. Price, Stuart R. Batten and 

Richard Robson, VI th International Conference on Molecule-Based Magnets, Seignosse, 

France, September 1998 (lecture). 

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C8. “Molecular Magnetic Materials Involving M(CN) 6 or M(DCA)2 bridges (DCA = 

Dicyanamide)”, Keith S. Murray, Kenneth Van Langenberg, Boujemaa Moubaraki, 

Kevin J. Berry, Paul Jensen, David J. Price, Stuart R. Batten, Richard Robson and 

David C.R. Hockless, 33rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, 

Florence, Italy, August - September 1998 (poster). 

C7. “New Molecular Magnetic Materials Involving M(CN) 6 

n- or M(DCA)2 Bridges 

(DCA = Dicyanamide)”, Keith S. Murray, Kenneth Van Langenberg, Boujemaa 

Moubaraki, Kevin J. Berry, Paul Jensen, Stuart R. Batten, Richard Robson and David 

C.R. Hockless, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Inorganic Division Conference 

IC'98, Wollongong, February 1998 (poster). 

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C6. “Synthesis, Structure and Magnetism of Extended 2D-Sheet Arrays Formed 

Between M(DCA) 2 Chains and Various Linking Ligands (DCA = Dicyanamide)”, Paul 

Jensen, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Stuart R. Batten, Richard Robson and 

David C.R. Hockless, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Inorganic Division 

Conference IC'98, Wollongong, February 1998 (poster). 

C5. “Interpenetration”, Stuart R. Batten and Richard Robson, Royal Australian 

Chemical Institute Inorganic Division Conference IC'98, Wollongong, February 1998 

(poster). 

C4. “Coordination Polymers of 1,3,5-Tri(4-pyridyl)triazine”, Brendan F. Abrahams, 

Stuart R. Batten, Hasan Hamit, Bernard F. Hoskins and Richard Robson, Royal 

Australian Chemical Institute Inorganic Division Conference IC'98, Wollongong, 

February 1998 (lecture). 

C3. “Examples of Two Distinct Interpenetrating 3D Nets Created by Bridging 

Hexagonal AgC(CN) 3 Sheets”, Stuart R. Batten, Bernard F. Hoskins and Richard 

Robson, Ninth National Convention of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 

Melbourne, December 1992 (poster). 

C2. “Novel Interpenetrating Molecular Frameworks Derived from AgTCM”, Stuart R. 

Batten, Bernard F. Hoskins and Richard Robson, AsCA ‘92 - Asian Crystallographic 

Association Inaugral Conference, Singapore, November 1992 (poster). 

C1. “Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of the First Known Example of 

Interpenetration in a Rutile-related Framework”, Stuart R. Batten, Bernard F. Hoskins 

and Richard Robson, Crystal XVII - Seventeenth Meeting of the Society of 

Crystallographers in Australia, Armidale, April 1991 (poster). 

Other Invited Lectures 

22. “Nanoballs, Crowns and Nitrile Anions”, La Trobe University, March 9, 2010. 

21. “Scorpions, Crowns, Nanoballs, and Small Nitrile Anions”, Northwest University, 

Xi’an, China, January 25, 2010. 

20. “Scorpions, Crowns, Nanoballs, and Small Nitrile Anions”, Luoyang Normal 

University, Luoyang, China, January 22, 2010. 

19. “Scorpions, Crowns, Nanoballs, and Small Nitrile Anions”, Zhengzhou University, 

Zhengzhou, China, January 18, 2010. 

18. “Small Cyano Anions: Multipurpose Building Blocks for Advanced Materials”, 

Nankai University, Tianjin, China, July 17, 2009. 

17. “Scorpions, Crowns and Nanoballs”, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China, 

July 16, 2009. 

16. “Small polynitrile anions”, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian 

Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Fujian, Fuzhou, China, September 26, 

2008. 

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15. “Scorpions, Crowns and Nanoballs”, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, 

Fuian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Fujian, Fuzhou, China, 

September 22, 2008. 

14. “Scorpions, Crowns and Nanoballs”, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, 

Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, September 18, 2008. 

13. “Scorpions, Crowns and Nanoballs”, University of Melbourne, August 12, 2008. 

12. “Crystal Mastery”, New Fellows’ and Medalists’ Symposium, Australian Academy 

of Science (Victorian Group), June 26, 2008. 

11. “Adventures in Crystal Engineering”, Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science, June 

11, 2008. 

10. “Adventures in Crystal Engineering”, University of Melbourne, August 14, 2006. 

9. “Coordinatively unsaturated coordination polymers and metallosupramolecules”, 

University of Adelaide, November 11, 2005. 

8. “Applications of finite and infinite arrays assembled via coordination bonds”, 

University of Melbourne, November 21, 2003. 

7. “Metallosupramolecular chemistry, both finite and infinite”, Monash University, 

November 4, 2003. 

6. “Crystal Engineering of Coordination Polymers”, University of Sydney, April 10, 

2002. 

5. “Crystal Engineering of Coordination Polymers”, University of New South Wales, 

October 25, 2001. 

4. “Coordination Networks of the Dicyanamide Ligand”, University of Melbourne, May 

21, 2001. 

3. “Crystal Engineering of Coordination Polymers”, Monash University, April 5, 2001. 

2. “Interpenetration, Networks and Dicyanamide”, University of Southern Denmark, 

Odense, July 7, 2001. 

1. “The Use of Supramolecular Coordination Chemistry Principles in the Design and 

Construction of Infinite Polymeric Frameworks”, Monash University, March 5, 1997. 

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Associate Professor Stuart Robert Batten - ACS Network

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