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Graham A. Bowmaker

Graham A. Bowmaker

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Chemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
13370
World Ranking
9234
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Graham A. Bowmaker is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand, specializing in materials science with a focus on materials chemistry. Their research encompasses several subfields including polymers and plastics, inorganic chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, as well as animal science and zoology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within materials science, notably crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, polymer crystallization and properties, polymer nanocomposites and properties, natural fiber reinforced composites, inorganic fluorides and related compounds, and advanced NMR techniques and applications.

Frequent collaborators include John V. Hanna, Simon Grabowsky, Peter C. Healy, K.M. Lapere, and Brian W. Skelton.

Bowmaker has contributed to publications in multiple venues, with frequent appearances in The Cambridge Structural Database. Other venues include the Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, and Australian Journal of Chemistry.

Recent published papers include:

  • "Adsorption of HF on gibbsite calcined at various temperatures: A solid-state NMR study of low-level fluorinated systems," 2021, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
  • "Influence of grape marc extract on tuning the intermolecular interactions in the high-density polyethylene," 2021, Journal of Applied Polymer Science
  • "On the Structure and Role of Avian Eggshells: A 31P, 1H, and 13C Solid-State NMR Study," 2024, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • "Solid-State NMR, X-Ray Diffraction, and Theoretical Studies of Neutral Mononuclear Molecular Bis(triphenylphosphine)silver(i) Mono-Carboxylate and -Nitrate Systems," 2020, Australian Journal of Chemistry
  • "CCDC 1957305: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination," 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database

In 2001, Graham A. Bowmaker was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Best Publications

  • Relativistic effects in gold chemistry. I. Diatomic gold compounds

    Peter Schwerdtfeger;Michael Dolg;W. H. Eugen Schwarz;Graham A. Bowmaker

  • The Raman spectrum of brookite, TiO2 (Pbca, Z = 8)

    G. A. Tompsett;G. A. Bowmaker;R. P. Cooney;J. B. Metson

  • The thermal decomposition of silver (I, III) oxide: A combined XRD, FT-IR and Raman spectroscopic study

    Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse;Graham A. Bowmaker;James B. Metson

  • Solvent-assisted mechanochemistry

    Graham A. Bowmaker

  • Gold Is Smaller than Silver. Crystal Structures of (Bis(trimesitylphosphine)gold(I)) and (Bis(trimesitylphosphine)silver(I)) Tetrafluoroborate

    Angela Bayler;Annette Schier;Graham A. Bowmaker;Hubert Schmidbaur

  • Oxidation of a polycrystalline silver foil by reaction with ozone

    G.I.N. Waterhouse;G.A. Bowmaker;J.B. Metson

  • Studies of dopant effects in poly(3,4‐ethylenedi‐oxythiophene) using Raman spectroscopy

    William W. Chiu;Jadranka Travaš-Sejdić;Ralph P. Cooney;Graham A. Bowmaker

  • H2 Production from Ethanol over Rh–Pt/CeO2 Catalysts: The Role of Rh for the Efficient Dissociation of the Carbon–Carbon Bond

    P Y Sheng;A Yee;G A Bowmaker;Hicham Idriss

  • The Reactions of Ethanol over Au/CeO2

    P Y Sheng;G A Bowmaker;Hicham Idriss

  • Role of Aniline Oligomeric Nanosheets in the Formation of Polyaniline Nanotubes

    Zoran D. Zujovic;Cosmin Laslau;Graham A. Bowmaker;Paul A. Kilmartin

  • Infrared and Raman spectroscopic studies of the electrochemical oxidative degradation of polypyrrole

    Soumyadeb Ghosh;Graham A. Bowmaker;Ralph P. Cooney;John M. Seakins

  • Spectroscopic and conductivity studies of doping in chemically synthesized poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)

    William W. Chiu;Jadranka Travaš-Sejdić;Ralph P. Cooney;Graham A. Bowmaker

  • Crystal Structures of AuCN and AgCN and Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies of AuCN, AgCN, and CuCN†

    Graham A. Bowmaker;Brendan J. Kennedy;Jason C. Reid

  • Label-free electrochemical DNA sensor based on functionalised conducting copolymer.

    Hui Peng;Christian Soeller;Nickolas Vigar;Paul A. Kilmartin

  • Conducting polymers as free radical scavengers

    Marija Gizdavic-Nikolaidis;Jadranka Travas-Sejdic;Graham A. Bowmaker;Ralph P. Cooney

  • Vibrational Spectroscopic Study of the Structure of Sodium Bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate Reverse Micelles and Water-in-Oil Microemulsions

    Paul D. Moran;Graham A. Bowmaker;Ralph P. Cooney;John R. Bartlett

  • Oxygen chemisorption on an electrolytic silver catalyst: a combined TPD and Raman spectroscopic study

    Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse;Graham A. Bowmaker;James B. Metson

  • Relativistic effects in gold chemistry. V. Group 11 dipole polarizabilities and weak bonding in monocarbonyl compounds

    Peter Schwerdtfeger;Graham A. Bowmaker

  • Self-assembled nanostructured aniline oxidation products: a structural investigation

    Zoran D. Zujovic;Lijuan Zhang;Graham A. Bowmaker;Paul A. Kilmartin

  • Electrochemical detection of DNA hybridization amplified by nanoparticles.

    Hui Peng;Christian Soeller;Mark B Cannell;Graham A Bowmaker

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan H. White
Allan H. White University of Western Australia
Brian W. Skelton
Brian W. Skelton University of Western Australia
Peter Conrad Healy
Peter Conrad Healy Griffith University
Jadranka Travas-Sejdic
Jadranka Travas-Sejdic University of Auckland
Paul A. Kilmartin
Paul A. Kilmartin University of Auckland
Graeme J. Millar
Graeme J. Millar Queensland University of Technology
Peter Schwerdtfeger
Peter Schwerdtfeger Massey University
John V. Hanna
John V. Hanna University of Warwick
Hubert Schmidbaur
Hubert Schmidbaur Technical University of Munich
Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse
Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse University of Auckland

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