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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2010 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Euan K. Brechin is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and specializes in materials science with a focus on materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and inorganic chemistry. Their research encompasses topics such as crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, magnetism in coordination complexes, lanthanide and transition metal complexes, supramolecular chemistry and complexes, porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, and metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms.

Their recent publications include:

  • A {Gd12Na6} Molecular Quadruple-Wheel with a Record Magnetocaloric Effect at Low Magnetic Fields and Temperatures, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Vibrational coherences in manganese single-molecule magnets after ultrafast photoexcitation, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • Against the Norm: Non Irving-Williams Transmetalation in Transition Metal Dimers, 2022, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Exploiting host-guest chemistry to manipulate magnetic interactions in metallosupramolecular M 4 L 6 tetrahedral cages, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Pressure-and temperature induced phase transitions, piezochromism, NLC behaviour and pressure controlled Jahn-Teller switching in a Cu-based framework, 2020, Chemical Science

Euan K. Brechin frequently collaborates with the following researchers:

  • Gary S. Nichol
  • Scott J. Dalgarno
  • Stergios Piligkos
  • Marco Coletta
  • Marco Evangelisti

Their works have appeared primarily in the following publication venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Chemical Communications
  • Chemical Science
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Awards received by Euan K. Brechin include the Tilden Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2018, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2013, and the Corday-Morgan Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of 3d metallic single-molecule magnets

    G. Aromí;Euan Brechin

  • A record anisotropy barrier for a single-molecule magnet.

    Constantinos J. Milios;Alina Vinslava;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Stephen Moggach

  • Recipes for enhanced molecular cooling.

    Marco Evangelisti;Euan K. Brechin

  • Toward a Magnetostructural Correlation for a Family of Mn6 SMMs

    Constantincis J. Milios;Ross Inglis;Alina Vinslava;Rashmi Bagai

  • The search for 3d–4f single-molecule magnets: synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of a [MnIII2DyIII2] cluster

    Abhudaya Mishra;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Simon Parsons;George Christou

  • A dense metal-organic framework for enhanced magnetic refrigeration

    Giulia Lorusso;Joseph W. Sharples;Elias Palacios;Olivier Roubeau

  • Cryogenic magnetocaloric effect in a ferromagnetic molecular dimer.

    Marco Evangelisti;Olivier Roubeau;Elias Palacios;Agustín Camón

  • [MnIII4LnIII4] Calix[4]arene Clusters as Enhanced Magnetic Coolers and Molecular Magnets

    Georgios Karotsis;Stuart Kennedy;Simon J. Teat;Christine M. Beavers

  • Slow Magnetic Relaxation in a Co(II) -Y(III) Single-Ion Magnet with Positive Axial Zero-Field Splitting

    Enrique Colacio;José Ruiz;Eliseo Ruiz;Eduard Cremades

  • Single-molecule magnets: a new class of tetranuclear manganese magnets.

    Jae Yoo;Euan K. Brechin;Akira Yamaguchi;Motohiro Nakano

  • Polyoxometalate-Mediated Self-Assembly of Single-Molecule Magnets: {[XW9O34]2[MnIII4MnII2O4(H2O)4]}12−

    Chris Ritchie;Alan Ferguson;Hiroyuki Nojiri;Haralampos N. Miras

  • Molecular coolers: The case for [CuII5GdIII4]

    Stuart K. Langley;Nicholas F. Chilton;Boujemaa Moubaraki;Thomas Hooper

  • Using tripodal alcohols to build high-spin molecules and single-molecule magnets

    Euan K Brechin

  • A calix[4]arene 3d/4f magnetic cooler

    Georgios Karotsis;Marco Evangelisti;Scott J. Dalgarno;Euan K. Brechin

  • Single-Molecule Magnets: A New Family of Mn12 Clusters of Formula [Mn12O8X4(O2CPh)8L6]

    Colette Boskovic;Euan K. Brechin;William E. Streib;Kirsten Folting

  • Mixed-Valent Mn Supertetrahedra and Planar Discs as Enhanced Magnetic Coolers

    Maria Manoli;Anna Collins;Simon Parsons;Andrea Candini

  • Ground state spin-switching via targeted structural distortion: twisted single-molecule magnets from derivatised salicylaldoximes.

    Constantinos J. Milios;Stergios Piligkos;Euan K. Brechin

  • Direct Observation of Quantum Coherence in Single-Molecule Magnets

    C. Schlegel;J. van Slageren;J. van Slageren;M. Manoli;Euan Brechin

  • Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization in a New [Mn18]2+ Single-Molecule Magnet with S = 13

    E K Brechin;C Boskovic;W Wernsdorfer;J Yoo

  • A Ferromagnetic Mixed-Valent Mn Supertetrahedron: Towards Low-Temperature Magnetic Refrigeration with Molecular Clusters†

    Maria Manoli;Russell D. L. Johnstone;Simon Parsons;Mark Murrie

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Parsons
Simon Parsons University of Edinburgh
Constantinos J. Milios
Constantinos J. Milios University of Crete
Wolfgang Wernsdorfer
Wolfgang Wernsdorfer Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
George Christou
George Christou University of Florida
Marco Evangelisti
Marco Evangelisti Spanish National Research Council
Scott J. Dalgarno
Scott J. Dalgarno Heriot-Watt University
Mark Murrie
Mark Murrie University of Glasgow
Gopalan Rajaraman
Gopalan Rajaraman Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Richard E. P. Winpenny
Richard E. P. Winpenny University of Manchester
Eric J. L. McInnes
Eric J. L. McInnes University of Manchester

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