Dr Mark Symes
- Senior Lecturer (School of Chemistry)
telephone:
(+44) (0)141 330 4416
email:
Mark.Symes@glasgow.ac.uk
A5-12, Chemistry, Joseph Black Building
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8067-5240Biography
I am a Royal Society University Research Fellow (2016-2021) in the School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow.
I obtained a PhD in supramolecular chemistry from the University of Edinburgh (2005-2009, with Prof. David A. Leigh, FRS) and subsequently undertook postdoctoral work at MIT with Prof. Daniel Nocera (2009-2010), conducting electrochemical and photochemical studies on models of cobalt oxy-hydroxide water-oxidising catalysts.
After returning to the UK, I joined the group of Prof. Lee Cronin at the University of Glasgow (Nov. 2010 - Sept. 2013), during which time I developed new systems for the overall electrolysis of water. From October 2013 to September 2016, I held a Kelvin Smith Fellowship at the University of Glasgow, which allowed me to establish my own independent research group focusing on electrochemistry and energy conversion.
I was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Young Academy of Scotland in August 2016, and I am currently the Chair of the RSC Electrochemistry Interest Group committee (having previously been the secretary of the same, 2017-2019). I was part of the organizing committee for the 2019 installment of the RSC Electrochemistry Group's flagship conference, "Electrochem".
I am also currently the secretary of the Glasgow and West of Scotland local section of the RSC, and heavily involved in public outreach through this. I have been on the editorial board of Nature Publishing Group's Scientific Reports since 2014 as an expert in electrochemistry.
Research interests
- electrochemical water splitting
- electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction
- electrosynthesis
- sonoelectrochemistry,vphotoelectrochemistry
- electrochemical small molecule activation
- electrocatalysis
Further information on my group's research interests can be found on our website.
Publications
2021
McHugh, P. J., Das, A. K., Wallace, A. G., Kulshrestha, V., Shahi, V. K. and Symes, M. D. (2021) An Investigation of a (vinylbenzyl) trimethylammonium and N-vinylimidazole-substituted poly (vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) copolymer as an anion-exchange membrane in a lignin-oxidising electrolyser. Membranes, 11(6), 425. (doi: 10.3390/membranes11060425)
Stergiou, A. D. and Symes, M. D. (2021) Organic transformations using electro-generated polyoxometalate redox mediators. Catalysis Today, (doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2021.05.003) (In Press)
Paul, A., Shipman, M. A., Onabule, D. Y., Sproules, S. and Symes, M. D. (2021) Selective aldehyde reductions in neutral water catalysed by encapsulation in a supramolecular cage. Chemical Science, 12(14), pp. 5082-5090. (doi: 10.1039/D1SC00896J)
Yusuf, L., Symes, M. D. and Prentice, P. (2021) Characterising the cavitation activity generated by an ultrasonic horn at varying tip-vibration amplitudes. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 70, 105273. (doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105273) (PMID:32795929)
2020
McHugh, P. J., Stergiou, A. D. and Symes, M. (2020) Decoupled electrochemical water splitting: from fundamentals to applications. Advanced Energy Materials, 10(44), 2002453. (doi: 10.1002/aenm.202002453)
Spicer, R. L., Stergiou, A., Young, T. A., Duarte, F., Symes, M. D. and Lusby, P. J. (2020) Host-guest induced electron transfer triggers radical-cation catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society, (doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b11273) (PMID:31935091)
Chisholm, G. , Cronin, L. and Symes, M. D. (2020) Decoupled electrolysis using a silicotungstic acid electron-coupled-proton buffer in a proton exchange membrane cell. Electrochimica Acta, 331, 135255. (doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135255)
Lomax, B. A., Conti, M., Khan, N., Bennett, N. S., Ganin, A. Y. and Symes, M. D. (2020) Proving the viability of an electrochemical process for the simultaneous extraction of oxygen and production of metal alloys from lunar regolith. Planetary and Space Science, 180, 104748. (doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2019.104748)
Symes, M. , Wilkinson, D., Cioncoloni, G. and Bucher, G. (2020) Attempted characterisation of phenanthrene-4,5-quinone and electrochemical synthesis of violanthrone-16,17-quinone. How does the stability of bay quinones correlate with structural and electronic parameters? RSC Advances, 10, pp. 38004-38012. (doi: 10.1039/D0RA06519F)
2019
Wallace, A. G., McHugh, P. J. and Symes, M. D. (2019) The effects of ultrasound on the electro-oxidation of sulfate solutions at low pH. ChemPhysChem, 20(22), pp. 3134-3140. (doi: 10.1002/cphc.201900346) (PMID:31141282) (PMCID:PMC6899799)
McGlynn, J. C. et al. (2019) The rapid electrochemical activation of MoTe2 for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Nature Communications, 10, 4916. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12831-0)
Shipman, M. A., Sproules, S. , Wilson, C. and Symes, M. D. (2019) Towards a better understanding of the electrosynthesis of 2,5-dicarboxy-2,5-dihydrofurans: structure, mechanism and influence over stereochemistry. Royal Society Open Science, 6(7), 190336. (doi: 10.1098/rsos.190336) (PMID:31417736) (PMCID:PMC6689595)
Cioncoloni, G., Wilson, C. , Roger, I. and Symes, M. D. (2019) Crystal structure of catena-poly[[(μ-6-{[bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amino]methyl}pyridine-2-carboxylato)copper(II)] perchlorate acetonitrile monosolvate]. Acta Crystallographica. Section E: Crystallographic Communications, 75(6), pp. 789-793. (doi: 10.1107/S2056989019006285)
2018
Chen, J.-J., Symes, M. D. and Cronin, L. (2018) Highly reduced and protonated aqueous solutions of [P2W18O62]6− for on-demand hydrogen generation and energy storage. Nature Chemistry, 10(10), pp. 1042-1047. (doi: 10.1038/s41557-018-0109-5) (PMID:30104721)
Cioncoloni, G., Roger Barba, I., Wheatley, P. S., Wilson, C. , Morris, R. E., Sproules, S. and Symes, M. D. (2018) Proton-coupled electron transfer enhances the electrocatalytic reduction of nitrite to no in a bioinspired copper complex. ACS Catalysis, 8(6), pp. 5070-5084. (doi: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00361)
Chen, J.-J., Ye, J.-C., Zhang, X.-G., Symes, M. D. , Fan, S.-C., Long, D.-L. , Zheng, M.-S., Wu, D.-Y., Cronin, L. and Dong, Q.-F. (2018) Design and performance of rechargeable sodium ion batteries, and symmetrical li-ion batteries with supercapacitor-like power density based upon polyoxovanadates. Advanced Energy Materials, 8(6), 1701021. (doi: 10.1002/aenm.201701021)
McGlynn, J. C., Cascallana-Matías, I., Fraser, J. P., Roger, I., McAllister, J. , Miras, H. N. , Symes, M. D. and Ganin, A. Y. (2018) Molybdenum ditelluride rendered into an efficient and stable electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction by polymorphic control. Energy Technology, 6(2), pp. 345-350. (doi: 10.1002/ente.201700489)
Macdonald, L., Rausch, B., Symes, M. D. and Cronin, L. (2018) Selective hydrogenation of nitroarenes using an electrogenerated polyoxometalate redox mediator. Chemical Communications, 54(9), pp. 1093-1096. (doi: 10.1039/C7CC09036F) (PMID:29333558)
Symes, M. D. and Wilson, C. (2018) Probing the effects of steric bulk on the solution-phase behaviour and redox chemistry of cobalt-diimine complexes. Supramolecular Chemistry, 30(9), pp. 742-750. (doi: 10.1080/10610278.2017.1373195)
2017
Shipman, M. A. and Symes, M. D. (2017) A re-evaluation of Sn(II) phthalocyanine as a catalyst for the electrosynthesis of ammonia. Electrochimica Acta, 258, pp. 918-622. (doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.11.105)
Symes, M. , Cogdell, R. , Macdonald, L., McGlynn, J., Irvine, N., Alshibane, I., Bloor, L., Rausch, B., Hargreaves, J. S.J. and Cronin, L. (2017) Using earth abundant materials for the catalytic evolution of hydrogen from electron-coupled proton buffers. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 1(8), pp. 1782-1787. (doi: 10.1039/C7SE00334J)
Heras Ojea, M. J., Hay, M. A., Cioncoloni, G., Craig, G. A., Wilson, C. , Shiga, T., Oshio, H., Symes, M. D. and Murrie, M. (2017) Ligand-directed synthesis of {MnIII5} twisted bow-ties. Dalton Transactions, 46(34), pp. 11201-11207. (doi: 10.1039/C7DT02430D) (PMID:28766637)
Cioncoloni, G., Sproules, S. , Wilson, C. and Symes, M. D. (2017) Unprecedented inequivalent metal coordination environments in a mixed-ligand dicobalt complex. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2017(31), pp. 3707-3713. (doi: 10.1002/ejic.201700803)
Roger, I., Wilson, C. , Senn, H. M. , Sproules, S. and Symes, M. D. (2017) An investigation into the unusual linkage isomerization and nitrite reduction activity of a novel tris(2-pyridyl) copper complex. Royal Society Open Science, 4(8), 170593. (doi: 10.1098/rsos.170593)
Shipman, M. A. and Symes, M. D. (2017) Recent progress towards the electrosynthesis of ammonia from sustainable resources. Catalysis Today, 286, pp. 57-68. (doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2016.05.008)
Roger, I., Moca, R., Miras, H. , Crawford, K. G., Moran, D. A.J. , Ganin, A. Y. and Symes, M. D. (2017) The direct hydrothermal deposition of cobalt-doped MoS2 onto fluorine-doped SnO2 substrates for catalysis of the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(4), pp. 1472-1480. (doi: 10.1039/C6TA08287D)
Roger, I. and Symes, M. D. (2017) Silver leakage from Ag/AgCl reference electrodes as a potential cause of interference in the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9(1), pp. 472-478. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.6b13438) (PMID:27996241)
2016
Cioncoloni, G., Senn, H. M. , Sproules, S. , Wilson, C. and Symes, M. (2016) The electronic and solvatochromic properties of [Co(L)(bipyridine)2]+ (L = o-catecholato, o-benzenedithiolato) species: a combined experimental and computational study. Dalton Transactions, 45(39), pp. 15575-15585. (doi: 10.1039/C6DT02807A)
Roger, I. and Symes, M. D. (2016) First row transition metal catalysts for solar-driven water oxidation produced by electrodeposition. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4(18), pp. 6724-6741. (doi: 10.1039/C5TA09423B)
Bloor, L. G., Solarska, R., Bienkowski, K., Kulesza, P. J., Augustynski, J., Symes, M. D. and Cronin, L. (2016) Solar-driven water oxidation and decoupled hydrogen production mediated by an electron-coupled-proton buffer. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(21), pp. 6707-6710. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b03187) (PMID:27159121) (PMCID:PMC5033397)
2015
Anamimoghadam, O., Symes, M. D. , Long, D. L. , Sproules, S. , Cronin, L. and Bucher, G. (2015) Electronically stabilized nonplanar phenalenyl radical and its planar isomer. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(47), pp. 14944-14951. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b07959) (PMID:26526672)
Roger, I. and Symes, M. D. (2015) Efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation at neutral and high pH by adventitious nickel at nanomolar concentrations. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(43), pp. 13980-13988. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b08139) (PMID:26477432)
Timmons, A. J. and Symes, M. D. (2015) Converting between the oxides of nitrogen using metal–ligand coordination complexes. Chemical Society Reviews, 44(19), pp. 6708-6722. (doi: 10.1039/C5CS00269A) (PMID:26158348)
Chen, J.-J., Symes, M. D. , Fan, S.-C., Zheng, M.-S., Miras, H. N. , Dong, Q.-F. and Cronin, L. (2015) High performance polyoxometalate-based cathode materials for rechargeable lithium ion batteries. Advanced Materials, 27(31), pp. 4649-4654. (doi: 10.1002/adma.201501088) (PMID:26177828)
Martinez-Cuezva, A., Pastor, A., Cioncoloni, G., Orenes, R.-A., Alajarin, M., Symes, M. D. and Berna, J. (2015) Versatile control of the submolecular motion of di(acylamino)pyridine-based [2]rotaxanes. Chemical Science, 6(5), pp. 3087-3094. (doi: 10.1039/C5SC00790A) (PMID:28706682) (PMCID:PMC5490047)
2014
Rausch, B., Symes, M. D. , Chisholm, G. and Cronin, L. (2014) Decoupled catalytic hydrogen evolution from a molecular metal oxide redox mediator in water splitting. Science, 345(6202), pp. 1326-1330. (doi: 10.1126/science.1257443)
Cereda, A., Hitchcock, A., Symes, M. D. , Cronin, L. , Bibby, T. S. and Jones, A. K. (2014) A bioelectrochemical approach to characterize extracellular electron transfer by Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. PLoS ONE, 9(3), e91484. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091484) (PMID:24637387) (PMCID:PMC3956611)
Beves, J.E., Blanco, V., Blight, B.A., Carrillo, R., D'Souza, D.M., Howgego, D., Leigh, D.A., Slawin, A.M.Z. and Symes, M.D. (2014) Toward metal complexes that can directionally walk along tracks: controlled stepping of a molecular biped with a palladium(II). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(5), pp. 2094-2100. (doi: 10.1021/ja4123973)
Bloor, L.G., Molina-Sanchez, P.I., Symes, M. and Cronin, L. (2014) Low pH electrolytic water splitting using earth abundant metastable catalysts that self-assemble in situ. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(8), pp. 3304-3311. (doi: 10.1021/ja5003197)
Mathieson, J. S., Cooper, G. J.T. , Symes, M. and Cronin, L. (2014) Quantification of ion binding using electrospray mass spectrometry. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 1, pp. 49-52. (doi: 10.1039/C3QI00037K)
2013
Symes, M.D. , Cogdell, R.J. and Cronin, L. (2013) Designing artificial photosynthetic devices using hybrid organic-inorganic modules based on polyoxometalates. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 371(1996), p. 20110411. (doi: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0411)
Kitson, P. J., Symes, M. D. , Dragone, V. and Cronin, L. (2013) Combining 3D printing and liquid handling to produce user-friendly reactionware for chemical synthesis and purification. Chemical Science, 4(8), pp. 3099-3103. (doi: 10.1039/C3SC51253C)
Anamimoghadam, O., Symes, M. D. , Busche, C. , Long, D.-L. , Caldwell, S. T. , Flors, C., Nonell, S., Cronin, L. and Bucher, G. (2013) Naphthoxanthenyl, a new stable phenalenyl type radical stabilized by electronic effects. Organic Letters, 15(12), pp. 2970-2973. (doi: 10.1021/ol401117g)
Symes, M. D. , Lutterman, D. A., Teets, T. S., Anderson, B. L., Breen, J. J. and Nocera, D. G. (2013) Photo-active cobalt cubane model of an oxygen-evolving catalyst. Chemsuschem, 6(1), pp. 65-69. (doi: 10.1002/cssc.201200682)
Rausch, B., Symes, M.D. and Cronin, L. (2013) A bio-inspired, small molecule electron-coupled-proton buffer for decoupling the half-reactions of electrolytic water splitting. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(37), pp. 13656-13659. (doi: 10.1021/ja4071893)
Symes, M.D. and Cronin, L. (2013) Decoupling hydrogen and oxygen evolution during electrolytic water splitting using an electron-coupled-proton buffer. Nature Chemistry, 5, pp. 403-409. (doi: 10.1038/nchem.1621)
2012
Symes, M.D. and Cronin, L. (2012) Patterned metal oxide films for solar energy. Nano Energy, 1(3), pp. 340-341. (doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2012.02.002)
Nemeth, B., Symes, M. D. , Boulay, A. G., Busche, C. , Cooper, G. J. T. , Cumming, D. R. S. and Cronin, L. (2012) Real-time ion-flux imaging in the growth of micrometer-scale structures and membranes. Advanced Materials, 24(9), pp. 1238-1242. (doi: 10.1002/adma.201104345)
Lydon, C., Sabi, M.M., Symes, M.D. , Long, D.L. , Murrie, M. , Yoshii, S., Nojiri, H. and Cronin, L. (2012) Directed assembly of nanoscale Co(II)-substituted {Co9[P2W15]3} and {Co14[P2W15]4} polyoxometalates. Chemical Communications, 48(79), pp. 9819-9821. (doi: 10.1039/c2cc34865a)
Symes, M.D. , Kitson, P.J., Yan, J., Richmond, C., Cooper, G.J.T. , Bowman, R.W., Vilbrandt, T. and Cronin, L. (2012) Integrated 3D-printed reactionware for chemical synthesis and analysis. Nature Chemistry, 4, pp. 349-354. (doi: 10.1038/nchem.1313)
Thiel, J., Molina-Sanchez, P.I., Symes, M.D. and Cronin, L. (2012) Insights into the self-assembly mechanism of the modular polyoxometalate "Keggin-Net" family of framework materials and their electronic properties. Crystal Growth and Design, 12(2), pp. 902-908. (doi: 10.1021/cg201342z)
2011
Barran, P.E., Cole, H.L., Goldup, S.M., Leigh, D.A., McGonigal, P.R., Symes, M.D. , Wu, J. and Zengerle, M. (2011) Active-metal template synthesis of a molecular trefoil knot. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 50(51), pp. 12280-12284. (doi: 10.1002/anie.201105012)
Musumeci, C., Rosnes, M.H., Giannazzo, F., Symes, M.D. , Cronin, L. and Pignataro, B. (2011) Smart high-κ nanodielectrics using solid supported polyoxometalate-rich nanostructures. ACS Nano, 5(12), pp. 9992-9999. (doi: 10.1021/nn2037797)
Symes, M.D. and Cronin, L. (2011) The crystal computer - computing with inorganic cellular frameworks and nets. International Journal of Nanotechnology and Molecular Computation, 3(1), pp. 24-34. (doi: 10.4018/jnmc.2011010103)
Symes, M.D. , Surendranath, Y., Lutterman, D.A. and Nocera, D.G. (2011) Bidirectional and unidirectional PCET in a molecular model of a cobalt-based oxygen-evolving catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(14), pp. 5174-5177. (doi: 10.1021/ja110908v)
2010
Leigh, D.A., Lusby, P., McBurney, R.T. and Symes, M.D. (2010) Improved dynamics and positional bias with a second generation palladium(II)-complexed molecular shuttle. Chemical Communications, 46(14), pp. 2382-2384. (doi: 10.1039/C001697G)
2009
Goldup, S.M., Leigh, D.A., Long, T., McGonigal, P.R., Symes, M.D. and Wu, J. (2009) Active metal template synthesis of [2]catenanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131(43), pp. 15924-15929. (doi: 10.1021/ja9070317)
2008
Berna, J., Goldup, S.M., Lee, A., Leigh, D.A., Symes, M.D. , Teobaldi, G. and Zerbetto, F. (2008) Cadiot-Chodkiewicz active template synthesis of rotaxanes and switchable molecular shuttles with weak intercomponent interactions. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 47(23), pp. 4392-4396. (doi: 10.1002/anie.200800891)
2007
Crowley, J.D., Leigh, D.A., Lusby, P.J., McBurney, R.T., Perret-Aebi, L., Petzold, C., Slawin, A.M.Z. and Symes, M.D. (2007) A switchable palladium-complexed molecular shuttle and its metastable positional isomers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(48), pp. 15085-15090. (doi: 10.1021/ja076570h)
Articles
McHugh, P. J., Das, A. K., Wallace, A. G., Kulshrestha, V., Shahi, V. K. and Symes, M. D. (2021) An Investigation of a (vinylbenzyl) trimethylammonium and N-vinylimidazole-substituted poly (vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) copolymer as an anion-exchange membrane in a lignin-oxidising electrolyser. Membranes, 11(6), 425. (doi: 10.3390/membranes11060425)
Stergiou, A. D. and Symes, M. D. (2021) Organic transformations using electro-generated polyoxometalate redox mediators. Catalysis Today, (doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2021.05.003) (In Press)
Paul, A., Shipman, M. A., Onabule, D. Y., Sproules, S. and Symes, M. D. (2021) Selective aldehyde reductions in neutral water catalysed by encapsulation in a supramolecular cage. Chemical Science, 12(14), pp. 5082-5090. (doi: 10.1039/D1SC00896J)
Yusuf, L., Symes, M. D. and Prentice, P. (2021) Characterising the cavitation activity generated by an ultrasonic horn at varying tip-vibration amplitudes. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 70, 105273. (doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105273) (PMID:32795929)
McHugh, P. J., Stergiou, A. D. and Symes, M. (2020) Decoupled electrochemical water splitting: from fundamentals to applications. Advanced Energy Materials, 10(44), 2002453. (doi: 10.1002/aenm.202002453)
Spicer, R. L., Stergiou, A., Young, T. A., Duarte, F., Symes, M. D. and Lusby, P. J. (2020) Host-guest induced electron transfer triggers radical-cation catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society, (doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b11273) (PMID:31935091)
Chisholm, G. , Cronin, L. and Symes, M. D. (2020) Decoupled electrolysis using a silicotungstic acid electron-coupled-proton buffer in a proton exchange membrane cell. Electrochimica Acta, 331, 135255. (doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135255)
Lomax, B. A., Conti, M., Khan, N., Bennett, N. S., Ganin, A. Y. and Symes, M. D. (2020) Proving the viability of an electrochemical process for the simultaneous extraction of oxygen and production of metal alloys from lunar regolith. Planetary and Space Science, 180, 104748. (doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2019.104748)
Symes, M. , Wilkinson, D., Cioncoloni, G. and Bucher, G. (2020) Attempted characterisation of phenanthrene-4,5-quinone and electrochemical synthesis of violanthrone-16,17-quinone. How does the stability of bay quinones correlate with structural and electronic parameters? RSC Advances, 10, pp. 38004-38012. (doi: 10.1039/D0RA06519F)
Wallace, A. G., McHugh, P. J. and Symes, M. D. (2019) The effects of ultrasound on the electro-oxidation of sulfate solutions at low pH. ChemPhysChem, 20(22), pp. 3134-3140. (doi: 10.1002/cphc.201900346) (PMID:31141282) (PMCID:PMC6899799)
McGlynn, J. C. et al. (2019) The rapid electrochemical activation of MoTe2 for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Nature Communications, 10, 4916. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12831-0)
Shipman, M. A., Sproules, S. , Wilson, C. and Symes, M. D. (2019) Towards a better understanding of the electrosynthesis of 2,5-dicarboxy-2,5-dihydrofurans: structure, mechanism and influence over stereochemistry. Royal Society Open Science, 6(7), 190336. (doi: 10.1098/rsos.190336) (PMID:31417736) (PMCID:PMC6689595)
Cioncoloni, G., Wilson, C. , Roger, I. and Symes, M. D. (2019) Crystal structure of catena-poly[[(μ-6-{[bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amino]methyl}pyridine-2-carboxylato)copper(II)] perchlorate acetonitrile monosolvate]. Acta Crystallographica. Section E: Crystallographic Communications, 75(6), pp. 789-793. (doi: 10.1107/S2056989019006285)
Chen, J.-J., Symes, M. D. and Cronin, L. (2018) Highly reduced and protonated aqueous solutions of [P2W18O62]6− for on-demand hydrogen generation and energy storage. Nature Chemistry, 10(10), pp. 1042-1047. (doi: 10.1038/s41557-018-0109-5) (PMID:30104721)
Cioncoloni, G., Roger Barba, I., Wheatley, P. S., Wilson, C. , Morris, R. E., Sproules, S. and Symes, M. D. (2018) Proton-coupled electron transfer enhances the electrocatalytic reduction of nitrite to no in a bioinspired copper complex. ACS Catalysis, 8(6), pp. 5070-5084. (doi: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00361)
Chen, J.-J., Ye, J.-C., Zhang, X.-G., Symes, M. D. , Fan, S.-C., Long, D.-L. , Zheng, M.-S., Wu, D.-Y., Cronin, L. and Dong, Q.-F. (2018) Design and performance of rechargeable sodium ion batteries, and symmetrical li-ion batteries with supercapacitor-like power density based upon polyoxovanadates. Advanced Energy Materials, 8(6), 1701021. (doi: 10.1002/aenm.201701021)
McGlynn, J. C., Cascallana-Matías, I., Fraser, J. P., Roger, I., McAllister, J. , Miras, H. N. , Symes, M. D. and Ganin, A. Y. (2018) Molybdenum ditelluride rendered into an efficient and stable electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction by polymorphic control. Energy Technology, 6(2), pp. 345-350. (doi: 10.1002/ente.201700489)
Macdonald, L., Rausch, B., Symes, M. D. and Cronin, L. (2018) Selective hydrogenation of nitroarenes using an electrogenerated polyoxometalate redox mediator. Chemical Communications, 54(9), pp. 1093-1096. (doi: 10.1039/C7CC09036F) (PMID:29333558)
Symes, M. D. and Wilson, C. (2018) Probing the effects of steric bulk on the solution-phase behaviour and redox chemistry of cobalt-diimine complexes. Supramolecular Chemistry, 30(9), pp. 742-750. (doi: 10.1080/10610278.2017.1373195)
Shipman, M. A. and Symes, M. D. (2017) A re-evaluation of Sn(II) phthalocyanine as a catalyst for the electrosynthesis of ammonia. Electrochimica Acta, 258, pp. 918-622. (doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.11.105)
Symes, M. , Cogdell, R. , Macdonald, L., McGlynn, J., Irvine, N., Alshibane, I., Bloor, L., Rausch, B., Hargreaves, J. S.J. and Cronin, L. (2017) Using earth abundant materials for the catalytic evolution of hydrogen from electron-coupled proton buffers. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 1(8), pp. 1782-1787. (doi: 10.1039/C7SE00334J)
Heras Ojea, M. J., Hay, M. A., Cioncoloni, G., Craig, G. A., Wilson, C. , Shiga, T., Oshio, H., Symes, M. D. and Murrie, M. (2017) Ligand-directed synthesis of {MnIII5} twisted bow-ties. Dalton Transactions, 46(34), pp. 11201-11207. (doi: 10.1039/C7DT02430D) (PMID:28766637)
Cioncoloni, G., Sproules, S. , Wilson, C. and Symes, M. D. (2017) Unprecedented inequivalent metal coordination environments in a mixed-ligand dicobalt complex. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2017(31), pp. 3707-3713. (doi: 10.1002/ejic.201700803)
Roger, I., Wilson, C. , Senn, H. M. , Sproules, S. and Symes, M. D. (2017) An investigation into the unusual linkage isomerization and nitrite reduction activity of a novel tris(2-pyridyl) copper complex. Royal Society Open Science, 4(8), 170593. (doi: 10.1098/rsos.170593)
Shipman, M. A. and Symes, M. D. (2017) Recent progress towards the electrosynthesis of ammonia from sustainable resources. Catalysis Today, 286, pp. 57-68. (doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2016.05.008)
Roger, I., Moca, R., Miras, H. , Crawford, K. G., Moran, D. A.J. , Ganin, A. Y. and Symes, M. D. (2017) The direct hydrothermal deposition of cobalt-doped MoS2 onto fluorine-doped SnO2 substrates for catalysis of the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(4), pp. 1472-1480. (doi: 10.1039/C6TA08287D)
Roger, I. and Symes, M. D. (2017) Silver leakage from Ag/AgCl reference electrodes as a potential cause of interference in the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9(1), pp. 472-478. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.6b13438) (PMID:27996241)
Cioncoloni, G., Senn, H. M. , Sproules, S. , Wilson, C. and Symes, M. (2016) The electronic and solvatochromic properties of [Co(L)(bipyridine)2]+ (L = o-catecholato, o-benzenedithiolato) species: a combined experimental and computational study. Dalton Transactions, 45(39), pp. 15575-15585. (doi: 10.1039/C6DT02807A)
Roger, I. and Symes, M. D. (2016) First row transition metal catalysts for solar-driven water oxidation produced by electrodeposition. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4(18), pp. 6724-6741. (doi: 10.1039/C5TA09423B)
Bloor, L. G., Solarska, R., Bienkowski, K., Kulesza, P. J., Augustynski, J., Symes, M. D. and Cronin, L. (2016) Solar-driven water oxidation and decoupled hydrogen production mediated by an electron-coupled-proton buffer. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(21), pp. 6707-6710. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b03187) (PMID:27159121) (PMCID:PMC5033397)
Anamimoghadam, O., Symes, M. D. , Long, D. L. , Sproules, S. , Cronin, L. and Bucher, G. (2015) Electronically stabilized nonplanar phenalenyl radical and its planar isomer. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(47), pp. 14944-14951. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b07959) (PMID:26526672)
Roger, I. and Symes, M. D. (2015) Efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation at neutral and high pH by adventitious nickel at nanomolar concentrations. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(43), pp. 13980-13988. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b08139) (PMID:26477432)
Timmons, A. J. and Symes, M. D. (2015) Converting between the oxides of nitrogen using metal–ligand coordination complexes. Chemical Society Reviews, 44(19), pp. 6708-6722. (doi: 10.1039/C5CS00269A) (PMID:26158348)
Chen, J.-J., Symes, M. D. , Fan, S.-C., Zheng, M.-S., Miras, H. N. , Dong, Q.-F. and Cronin, L. (2015) High performance polyoxometalate-based cathode materials for rechargeable lithium ion batteries. Advanced Materials, 27(31), pp. 4649-4654. (doi: 10.1002/adma.201501088) (PMID:26177828)
Martinez-Cuezva, A., Pastor, A., Cioncoloni, G., Orenes, R.-A., Alajarin, M., Symes, M. D. and Berna, J. (2015) Versatile control of the submolecular motion of di(acylamino)pyridine-based [2]rotaxanes. Chemical Science, 6(5), pp. 3087-3094. (doi: 10.1039/C5SC00790A) (PMID:28706682) (PMCID:PMC5490047)
Rausch, B., Symes, M. D. , Chisholm, G. and Cronin, L. (2014) Decoupled catalytic hydrogen evolution from a molecular metal oxide redox mediator in water splitting. Science, 345(6202), pp. 1326-1330. (doi: 10.1126/science.1257443)
Cereda, A., Hitchcock, A., Symes, M. D. , Cronin, L. , Bibby, T. S. and Jones, A. K. (2014) A bioelectrochemical approach to characterize extracellular electron transfer by Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. PLoS ONE, 9(3), e91484. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091484) (PMID:24637387) (PMCID:PMC3956611)
Beves, J.E., Blanco, V., Blight, B.A., Carrillo, R., D'Souza, D.M., Howgego, D., Leigh, D.A., Slawin, A.M.Z. and Symes, M.D. (2014) Toward metal complexes that can directionally walk along tracks: controlled stepping of a molecular biped with a palladium(II). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(5), pp. 2094-2100. (doi: 10.1021/ja4123973)
Bloor, L.G., Molina-Sanchez, P.I., Symes, M. and Cronin, L. (2014) Low pH electrolytic water splitting using earth abundant metastable catalysts that self-assemble in situ. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(8), pp. 3304-3311. (doi: 10.1021/ja5003197)
Mathieson, J. S., Cooper, G. J.T. , Symes, M. and Cronin, L. (2014) Quantification of ion binding using electrospray mass spectrometry. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 1, pp. 49-52. (doi: 10.1039/C3QI00037K)
Symes, M.D. , Cogdell, R.J. and Cronin, L. (2013) Designing artificial photosynthetic devices using hybrid organic-inorganic modules based on polyoxometalates. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 371(1996), p. 20110411. (doi: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0411)
Kitson, P. J., Symes, M. D. , Dragone, V. and Cronin, L. (2013) Combining 3D printing and liquid handling to produce user-friendly reactionware for chemical synthesis and purification. Chemical Science, 4(8), pp. 3099-3103. (doi: 10.1039/C3SC51253C)
Anamimoghadam, O., Symes, M. D. , Busche, C. , Long, D.-L. , Caldwell, S. T. , Flors, C., Nonell, S., Cronin, L. and Bucher, G. (2013) Naphthoxanthenyl, a new stable phenalenyl type radical stabilized by electronic effects. Organic Letters, 15(12), pp. 2970-2973. (doi: 10.1021/ol401117g)
Symes, M. D. , Lutterman, D. A., Teets, T. S., Anderson, B. L., Breen, J. J. and Nocera, D. G. (2013) Photo-active cobalt cubane model of an oxygen-evolving catalyst. Chemsuschem, 6(1), pp. 65-69. (doi: 10.1002/cssc.201200682)
Rausch, B., Symes, M.D. and Cronin, L. (2013) A bio-inspired, small molecule electron-coupled-proton buffer for decoupling the half-reactions of electrolytic water splitting. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(37), pp. 13656-13659. (doi: 10.1021/ja4071893)
Symes, M.D. and Cronin, L. (2013) Decoupling hydrogen and oxygen evolution during electrolytic water splitting using an electron-coupled-proton buffer. Nature Chemistry, 5, pp. 403-409. (doi: 10.1038/nchem.1621)
Symes, M.D. and Cronin, L. (2012) Patterned metal oxide films for solar energy. Nano Energy, 1(3), pp. 340-341. (doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2012.02.002)
Nemeth, B., Symes, M. D. , Boulay, A. G., Busche, C. , Cooper, G. J. T. , Cumming, D. R. S. and Cronin, L. (2012) Real-time ion-flux imaging in the growth of micrometer-scale structures and membranes. Advanced Materials, 24(9), pp. 1238-1242. (doi: 10.1002/adma.201104345)
Lydon, C., Sabi, M.M., Symes, M.D. , Long, D.L. , Murrie, M. , Yoshii, S., Nojiri, H. and Cronin, L. (2012) Directed assembly of nanoscale Co(II)-substituted {Co9[P2W15]3} and {Co14[P2W15]4} polyoxometalates. Chemical Communications, 48(79), pp. 9819-9821. (doi: 10.1039/c2cc34865a)
Symes, M.D. , Kitson, P.J., Yan, J., Richmond, C., Cooper, G.J.T. , Bowman, R.W., Vilbrandt, T. and Cronin, L. (2012) Integrated 3D-printed reactionware for chemical synthesis and analysis. Nature Chemistry, 4, pp. 349-354. (doi: 10.1038/nchem.1313)
Thiel, J., Molina-Sanchez, P.I., Symes, M.D. and Cronin, L. (2012) Insights into the self-assembly mechanism of the modular polyoxometalate "Keggin-Net" family of framework materials and their electronic properties. Crystal Growth and Design, 12(2), pp. 902-908. (doi: 10.1021/cg201342z)
Barran, P.E., Cole, H.L., Goldup, S.M., Leigh, D.A., McGonigal, P.R., Symes, M.D. , Wu, J. and Zengerle, M. (2011) Active-metal template synthesis of a molecular trefoil knot. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 50(51), pp. 12280-12284. (doi: 10.1002/anie.201105012)
Musumeci, C., Rosnes, M.H., Giannazzo, F., Symes, M.D. , Cronin, L. and Pignataro, B. (2011) Smart high-κ nanodielectrics using solid supported polyoxometalate-rich nanostructures. ACS Nano, 5(12), pp. 9992-9999. (doi: 10.1021/nn2037797)
Symes, M.D. and Cronin, L. (2011) The crystal computer - computing with inorganic cellular frameworks and nets. International Journal of Nanotechnology and Molecular Computation, 3(1), pp. 24-34. (doi: 10.4018/jnmc.2011010103)
Symes, M.D. , Surendranath, Y., Lutterman, D.A. and Nocera, D.G. (2011) Bidirectional and unidirectional PCET in a molecular model of a cobalt-based oxygen-evolving catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(14), pp. 5174-5177. (doi: 10.1021/ja110908v)
Leigh, D.A., Lusby, P., McBurney, R.T. and Symes, M.D. (2010) Improved dynamics and positional bias with a second generation palladium(II)-complexed molecular shuttle. Chemical Communications, 46(14), pp. 2382-2384. (doi: 10.1039/C001697G)
Goldup, S.M., Leigh, D.A., Long, T., McGonigal, P.R., Symes, M.D. and Wu, J. (2009) Active metal template synthesis of [2]catenanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131(43), pp. 15924-15929. (doi: 10.1021/ja9070317)
Berna, J., Goldup, S.M., Lee, A., Leigh, D.A., Symes, M.D. , Teobaldi, G. and Zerbetto, F. (2008) Cadiot-Chodkiewicz active template synthesis of rotaxanes and switchable molecular shuttles with weak intercomponent interactions. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 47(23), pp. 4392-4396. (doi: 10.1002/anie.200800891)
Crowley, J.D., Leigh, D.A., Lusby, P.J., McBurney, R.T., Perret-Aebi, L., Petzold, C., Slawin, A.M.Z. and Symes, M.D. (2007) A switchable palladium-complexed molecular shuttle and its metastable positional isomers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(48), pp. 15085-15090. (doi: 10.1021/ja076570h)
Grants
Supervision
- Stergiou, Athanasios
Metal-ligand Coordination Complexes for Small Molecule Activation Reactions
Teaching
- S4i - Electrochemistry for a Sustainable Future (final year)
- 2X6 - Main Group Chemistry (second year)
Research datasets
2021
McHugh, P., Das, A., Wallace, A., Kulshrestha, V., Shahi, V. and Symes, M. (2021) An Investigation of a (Vinylbenzyl) Trimethylammonium and N-Vinylimidazole-Substituted Poly (Vinylidene Fluoride-Co-Hexafluoropropylene) Copolymer as an Anion-Exchange Membrane in a Lignin-Oxidising Electrolyser. [Data Collection]
Paul, A., Shipman, M., Onabule, D., Sproules, S. and Symes, M. (2021) Selective Aldehyde Reductions in Neutral Water Catalysed by Encapsulation in a Supramolecular Cage. [Data Collection]
2019
Chisholm, G. , Cronin, L. and Symes, M. (2019) Decoupled Electrolysis using a Silicotungstic Acid Electron-Coupled-Proton Buffer in a Proton Exchange Membrane Cell. [Data Collection]
McGlynn, J., Dankwort, T., Keinle, L., Bandeira, N. A.G., Fraser, J. P., Gibson, E. K., Cascallana-Matias, I., Kamaras, K., Symes, M. , Miras, H. N. and Ganin, A. (2019) The rapid electrochemical activation of MoTe2 for the hydrogen evolution reaction. [Data Collection]
Wallace, A., McHugh, P. and Symes, M. (2019) The Effects of Ultrasound on the Electro-Oxidation of Sulfate Solutions at Low pH. [Data Collection]
Shipman, M., Sproules, S. , Wilson, C. and Symes, M. (2019) Towards a Better Understanding of the Electrochemical Synthesis of 2,5-dicarboxy-2,5-dihydrofurans: Structure, Mechanism and Influence over Stereochemistry. [Data Collection]
2018
Cioncoloni, G., Roger, I., Wilson, C. , Sproules, S. , Symes, M. , Wheatley, P. S. and Morris, R. (2018) Proton-Coupled-Electron Transfer Enhances the Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrite to NO in a Bioinspired Copper Complex. [Data Collection]
2016
Roger, I., Moca, R., Moiras, H., Crawford, K. G., Moran, D., Ganin, A. and Symes, M. (2016) The Direct Hydrothermal Deposition of Cobalt-Doped MoS2 onto Fluorine-Doped SnO2 Substrates for Catalysis of the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. [Data Collection] (Unpublished)
Roger, I. and Symes, M. (2016) Silver Leakage from Ag/AgCl Reference Electrodes as a Potential Cause of Interference in the Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. [Data Collection]
Cioncoloni, G., Senn, H. , Sproules, S. , Wilson, C. and Symes, M. (2016) The Electronic and Solvatochromic Properties of [Co(L)(bipyridine)2]+ (L = o-catecholato, o-benzenedithiolato) Species: a Combined Experimental and Computational Study. [Data Collection]
2015
Symes, M.D. and Roger Barba, I. (2015) Efficient Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation at Neutral and High pH by Adventitious Nickel at Nanomolar Concentrations. [Data Collection]
Additional information
- Director of Internationalisation for the School of Chemistry
- Head of Inorganic Teaching
