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F. Richard Keene is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and specializes primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans various subfields including Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Oncology, and Neurology.

The scientist's scholarly output often focuses on topics related to crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, RNA interference and gene delivery, extracellular vesicles in disease, and the synthesis and properties of metal complexes. Particularly, Keene has engaged in research involving organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis as well as lanthanide and transition metal complexes.

Keene has published recently in several reputable scientific venues. Notable publication venues and the number of related papers include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (3 publications)
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2 publications)
  • Dalton Transactions (1 publication)
  • Chemical Communications (1 publication)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (1 publication)

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Keene demonstrate a focus on luminescent metal complexes and polypyridylruthenium compounds, including:

  • An optical ratiometric approach using enantiopure luminescent metal complexes indicates changes in the average quadruplex DNA content as primary cells undergo multiple divisions, published in 2025 in Dalton Transactions
  • A tetranuclear polypyridylruthenium(II) complex as a selective stain for extracellular vesicle penetration through brain microvascular endothelium, 2023, Chemical Communications
  • Synthesis of Triple-Stranded Diruthenium(II) Compounds, 2022, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Front Cover: Synthesis of Triple-Stranded Diruthenium(II) Compounds (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 25/2022), 2022, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Photophysical Studies of Helicate and Mesocate Double-Stranded Dinuclear Ru(II) Complexes, 2024, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Keene frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors who have contributed on multiple occasions. These include:

  • Kate L. Flint (6 collaborations)
  • David M. Huang (5 collaborations)
  • Oliver M. Linder-Patton (5 collaborations)
  • Christopher J. Sumby (5 collaborations)
  • Kartika Wardhani (2 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Current trends and future challenges in the experimental, theoretical and computational analysis of intervalence charge transfer (IVCT) transitions

    Deanna M. D'Alessandro;F. Richard Keene

  • Ruthenium complexes as antimicrobial agents.

    Fangfei Li;J. Grant Collins;F. Richard Keene;F. Richard Keene

  • Intervalence charge transfer (IVCT) in trinuclear and tetranuclear complexes of iron, ruthenium, and osmium.

    Deanna M. D'Alessandro;F. Richard Keene

  • Designed Synthesis of Mononuclear Tris(heteroleptic) Ruthenium Complexes Containing Bidentate Polypyridyl Ligands

    Peter A. Anderson;Glen B. Deacon;Klaus H. Haarmann;F. Richard Keene

  • Effect of Delocalization and Rigidity in the Acceptor Ligand on MLCT Excited-State Decay.

    Joseph A. Treadway;Barbara Loeb;Rosa Lopez;Peter A. Anderson

  • Metal complexes as structure-selective binding agents for nucleic acids

    F. Richard Keene;Jayden A. Smith;J. Grant Collins

  • A cautionary warning on the use of electrochemical measurements to calculate comproportionation constants for mixed-valence compounds

    Deanna M. D'Alessandro;F. Richard Keene

  • Isolation and characterisation of stereoisomers in di- and tri-nuclear complexes

    F. Richard Keene

  • Stereochemistry and polymetallic ligand-bridged molecular assemblies

    F. Richard Keene

  • Intervalence transfer and electron transfer in themixed-valence ion [(bpy)₂ClRu(pyz)RuCl(bpy)₂]³⁺

    Robert W. Callahan;F. Richard Keene;Thomas J. Meyer;Dennis J. Salmon

  • Metal-ion promotion of the oxidative dehydrogenation of coordinated amines and alcohols

    F. Richard Keene

  • Black MLCT Absorbers

    Peter A. Anderson;Peter A. Anderson;Geoffrey F. Strouse;Geoffrey F. Strouse;Joseph A. Treadway;Joseph A. Treadway;F. Richard Keene;F. Richard Keene

  • Oxidation of isopropylamine and related amines coordinated to ruthenium. Formation of monodentate imine and alkylideneamido complexes of ruthenium

    Peter A. Adcock;F. Richard Keene;Robert S. Smythe;Michael R. Snow

  • Manipulating the properties of MLCT excited states

    Peter A. Anderson;F. Richard Keene;Thomas J. Meyer;John A. Moss

  • Oxidation of coordinated diamines in bis(2,2'-bipyridine) complexes of ruthenium

    Gilbert M. Brown;Thomas Ray. Weaver;F. Richard. Keene;Thomas J. Meyer

  • The antimicrobial activity of inert oligonuclear polypyridylruthenium(II) complexes against pathogenic bacteria, including MRSA

    Fangfei Li;Yanyan Mulyana;Marshall Feterl;Jeffrey M. Warner

  • Synthesis of polypyridyl complexes of ruthenium(II) containing three different bidentate ligands

    Geoffrey F. Strouse;Peter A. Anderson;Jon R. Schoonover;Thomas J. Meyer

  • Chiral [Ru(pp)2(CO)2]2+ Species (pp = Bidentate Polypyridyl Ligand) and Their Use in the Stereoselective Synthesis of Ligand-Bridge Dinuclear Complexes

    Todd J. Rutherford;Michael G. Quagliotto;F. Richard Keene

  • Measurement of rates of electron transfer between tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(3+) and tris(1,10-phenanthroline)iron(2+) ions and between tris(1,10-phenanthroline)ruthenium(3+) and tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(2+) ions by differential excitation flash photolysis

    Roger C. Young;F. Richard Keene;Thomas J. Meyer

  • Spectral and Electrochemical Properties of the Diastereoisomeric Forms of Azobis(2-pyridine)-Bridged Diruthenium Species

    Laurence S. Kelso;David A. Reitsma;F. Richard Keene

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Meyer
Thomas J. Meyer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Peter C. Junk
Peter C. Junk James Cook University
Peter J. Steel
Peter J. Steel University of Canterbury
Edward R. T. Tiekink
Edward R. T. Tiekink Sunway University
Geoffrey F. Strouse
Geoffrey F. Strouse Florida State University
Alex Loukas
Alex Loukas James Cook University
Robert K. Poole
Robert K. Poole University of Sheffield
Alex von Zelewsky
Alex von Zelewsky University of Fribourg
Jack K. Clegg
Jack K. Clegg University of Queensland
Elizabeth J. Harry
Elizabeth J. Harry University of Technology Sydney

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