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Overview

Mark E. Light is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with significant contributions to materials chemistry and organic chemistry, among other subfields such as inorganic chemistry, molecular biology, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

Their work covers a range of scientific topics including X-ray diffraction in crystallography, crystallization and solubility studies, and the synthesis and applications of metal-organic frameworks. Additional topics they have engaged with include crystallography and molecular interactions, asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, and radical photochemical reactions.

Mark E. Light has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Chemical Communications
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organic Letters

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on metal-organic frameworks, photochemical processes, and advanced materials synthesis. Notable publications include:

  • A Highly Water-Stable meta-Carborane-Based Copper Metal-Organic Framework for Efficient High-Temperature Butanol Separation, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Biomimetic Photodegradation of Glyphosate in Carborane-Functionalized Nanoconfined Spaces, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Water-Stable Carborane-Based Eu3+/Tb3+ Metal-Organic Frameworks for Tunable Time-Dependent Emission Color and Their Application in Anticounterfeiting Bar-Coding, 2022, Chemistry of Materials
  • Large-area synthesis of high electrical performance MoS2 by a commercially scalable atomic layer deposition process, 2023, npj 2D Materials and Applications
  • A Solid-State Intramolecular Wittig Reaction Enables Efficient Synthesis of Endofullerenes Including Ne@C60, 3He@C60, and HD@C60, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Collaboration plays a significant role in their research, with frequent co-authors including Michael B. Hursthouse, Gerard P. McGlacken, Bruno Linclau, Pedro Cintas, and Clara Viñas. These collaborators have contributed to a substantial number of joint publications, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their scientific endeavors.

Best Publications

  • Calix[4]pyrrole as a chloride anion receptor: solvent and countercation effects.

    Jonathan L Sessler;Dustin E. Gross;Won Seob Cho;Vincent M Lynch

  • Structure–Activity Relationships in Tripodal Transmembrane Anion Transporters: The Effect of Fluorination

    Nathalie Busschaert;Marco Wenzel;Mark E. Light;Paulina Iglesias-Hernández

  • Squaramides as potent transmembrane anion transporters

    Nathalie Busschaert;Isabelle L. Kirby;Sarah Young;Simon J. Coles

  • Calix[4]pyrrole: An Old yet New Ion‐Pair Receptor

    Radu Custelcean;Lætitia H. Delmau;Bruce A. Moyer;Jonathan L. Sessler

  • Nitrophenyl derivatives of pyrrole 2,5-diamides: structural behaviour, anion binding and colour change signalled deprotonation

    Salvatore Camiolo;Philip A. Gale;Michael B. Hursthouse;Mark E. Light

  • Structural Diversity in Pyridine-N-Functionalized Carbene Copper(I) Complexes

    Arran A. D. Tulloch;Andreas A. Danopoulos;Sven Kleinhenz;Mark E. Light

  • N-Heterocyclic Pincer Dicarbene Complexes of Iron(II): C-2 and C-5 Metalated Carbenes on the Same Metal Center

    Andreas A. Danopoulos;Nikolaos Tsoureas;Joseph A. Wright;Mark E. Light

  • Fluoride‐Ion Encapsulation within a Silsesquioxane Cage

    Alan R. Bassindale;Manuel Pourny;Peter G. Taylor;Michael B. Hursthouse

  • High-Activity Catalysts for Suzuki Coupling and Amination Reactions with Deactivated Aryl Chloride Substrates: Importance of the Palladium Source.

    Robin B. Bedford;Catherine S. J. Cazin;Simon J. Coles;Thomas Gelbrich

  • Anion binding vs. deprotonation in colorimetric pyrrolylamidothiourea based anion sensors

    Louise S. Evans;Philip A. Gale;Mark E. Light;Roberto Quesada

  • The dipolar endofullerene HF@C60

    Andrea Krachmalnicoff;Richard Bounds;Salvatore Mamone;Shamim Alom

  • Quadratic Optical Nonlinearities of N‐Methyl and N‐Aryl Pyridinium Salts

    Benjamin J. Coe;James A. Harris;Inge Asselberghs;Kurt Wostyn

  • Anion-binding modes in a macrocyclic amidourea

    Simon J. Brooks;Philip A. Gale;Mark E. Light

  • Carboxylate complexation by a family of easy-to-make ortho-phenylenediamine based bis-ureas: studies in solution and the solid state

    Simon J. Brooks;Peter R. Edwards;Philip A. Gale;Mark E. Light

  • Isophthalamides and 2,6-dicarboxamidopyridines with pendant indole groups: a ‘twisted’ binding mode for selective fluoride recognition

    Gareth W. Bates;Philip A. Gale;Mark E. Light

  • 1,3-Diindolylureas and 1,3-Diindolylthioureas: Anion Complexation Studies in Solution and the Solid State

    Claudia Caltagirone;Jennifer R. Hiscock;Michael B. Hursthouse;Mark Edward Light

  • Conformational control of transmembrane Cl(-) transport.

    Paul V Santacroce;Jeffery T Davis;Mark E Light;Philip A Gale

  • A higher yielding route for T8 silsesquioxane cages and X-ray crystal structures of some novel spherosilicates

    Alan R. Bassindale;Zhihua Liu;Iain A. MacKinnon;Peter G. Taylor

  • Co-transport of H+/Cl- by a synthetic prodigiosin mimic.

    Philip A Gale;Mark E Light;Beth McNally;Korakot Navakhun

  • Solution and solid-state studies of 3,4-dichloro-2,5-diamidopyrroles: formation of an unusual anionic narcissistic dimer

    Salvatore Camiolo;Philip A. Gale;Michael B. Hursthouse;Mark E. Light

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael B. Hursthouse
Michael B. Hursthouse University of Southampton
Philip A. Gale
Philip A. Gale University of Groningen
Simon J. Coles
Simon J. Coles University of Southampton
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
William Levason
William Levason University of Southampton
Gillian Reid
Gillian Reid University of Southampton
Clara Viñas
Clara Viñas Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Peter N. Horton
Peter N. Horton University of Southampton
Francesc Teixidor
Francesc Teixidor Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Ajai K. Singh
Ajai K. Singh Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

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