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111
Citations
42340
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

David A. Leigh is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with significant contributions in Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis

David A. Leigh has published extensively, with a frequent presence in prominent venues such as:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (20 publications)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database (14 publications)
  • Chem (10 publications)
  • Nature (7 publications)
  • Nature Chemistry (5 publications)

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "A catalysis-driven artificial molecular pump", 2021, Nature
  • "Autonomous fuelled directional rotation about a covalent single bond", 2022, Nature
  • "Chemical fuels for molecular machinery", 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • "Chemical engines: driving systems away from equilibrium through catalyst reaction cycles", 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Self-assembly of a layered two-dimensional molecularly woven fabric", 2020, Nature

David A. Leigh has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Íñigo J. Vitórica-Yrezábal
  • Stefan Borsley
  • Benjamin M. W. Roberts
  • Daniel J. Tetlow
  • George F. S. Whitehead

Throughout their career, David A. Leigh has received several recognitions such as:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2005
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2009
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2015

Best Publications

  • Synthetic molecular motors and mechanical machines.

    Euan R. Kay;David A. Leigh;Francesco Zerbetto

  • Artificial Molecular Machines

    Sundus Erbas-Cakmak;David A. Leigh;Charlie T. McTernan;Alina L. Nussbaumer

  • Unidirectional rotation in a mechanically interlocked molecular rotor.

    David A. Leigh;Jenny K. Y. Wong;François Dehez;Francesco Zerbetto

  • Artificial molecular motors

    Salma Kassem;Thomas van Leeuwen;Anouk S. Lubbe;Miriam R. Wilson

  • Macroscopic transport by synthetic molecular machines.

    José Berná;David A. Leigh;Monika Lubomska;Sandra M. Mendoza

  • Photoinduction of fast, reversible translational motion in a hydrogen-bonded molecular shuttle

    Albert M. Brouwer;Céline Frochot;Francesco G. Gatti;David A. Leigh

  • Cover Picture: Light-Driven Transport of a Molecular Walker in Either Direction along a Molecular Track (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2011)

    Michael J. Barrell;Araceli G. Campaña;Max von Delius;Edzard M. Geertsema

  • Synthetische molekulare Motoren und mechanische Maschinen

    Euan R. Kay;David A. Leigh;Francesco Zerbetto

  • Sequence-Specific Peptide Synthesis by an Artificial Small-Molecule Machine

    Bartosz Lewandowski;Guillaume De Bo;John W. Ward;Marcus Papmeyer

  • A molecular information ratchet

    Viviana Serreli;Chin-Fa Lee;Euan R. Kay;David A. Leigh

  • Strategies and tactics for the metal-directed synthesis of rotaxanes, knots, catenanes, and higher order links.

    Jonathon E. Beves;Barry A. Blight;Christopher J. Campbell;David A. Leigh

  • Active metal template synthesis of rotaxanes, catenanes and molecular shuttles

    James D. Crowley;Stephen M. Goldup;Ai Lan Lee;David A. Leigh

  • A Reversible Synthetic Rotary Molecular Motor

    José V. Hernández;Euan R. Kay;David A. Leigh

  • Artificial switchable catalysts

    Victor Blanco;Victor Blanco;David A. Leigh;Vanesa Marcos

  • Catenanes: Fifty Years of Molecular Links

    Guzmán Gil-Ramírez;David A Leigh;Alexander J Stephens

  • An autonomous chemically fuelled small-molecule motor

    Miriam R. Wilson;Jordi Solà;Armando Carlone;Stephen M. Goldup

  • The application of CuAAC ‘click’ chemistry to catenane and rotaxane synthesis

    Kevin D. Hänni;David A. Leigh

  • Catalytic "click" rotaxanes: a substoichiometric metal-template pathway to mechanically interlocked architectures.

    Vincent Aucagne;Kevin D Hänni;David A Leigh;Paul J Lusby

  • A synthetic molecular pentafoil knot

    Jean François Ayme;Jonathon E. Beves;David A. Leigh;Roy T. McBurney

  • A synthetic small molecule that can walk down a track

    Max von Delius;Edzard M. Geertsema;David A. Leigh

  • Rotary and linear molecular motors driven by pulses of a chemical fuel

    Sundus Erbas-Cakmak;Stephen D. P. Fielden;Ulvi Karaca;David A. Leigh

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Zerbetto
Francesco Zerbetto University of Bologna
Alexandra M. Z. Slawin
Alexandra M. Z. Slawin University of St Andrews
Petra Rudolf
Petra Rudolf University of Groningen
Wybren Jan Buma
Wybren Jan Buma University of Amsterdam
Stephen M. Goldup
Stephen M. Goldup University of Southampton
Fabio Biscarini
Fabio Biscarini University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Sander Woutersen
Sander Woutersen University of Amsterdam
James D. Crowley
James D. Crowley University of Otago
Robin G. Pritchard
Robin G. Pritchard University of Manchester
Francesco Paolucci
Francesco Paolucci University of Bologna

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