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Michael G. B. Drew is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with significant contributions to subfields such as electronic, optical and magnetic materials, inorganic chemistry, and materials chemistry. The scientist's work also intersects with oncology and electrical and electronic engineering.

The topics covered in the research include:

  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Electromagnetic wave absorption materials
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Microwave and Dielectric Measurement Techniques
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions

Recent published papers by Michael G. B. Drew illustrate a focus on microwave absorption and theoretical modeling. Notable examples include:

  • "An experimental and theoretical investigation into methods concerned with "reflection loss" for microwave absorbing materials", 2020, Materials Chemistry and Physics
  • "A theoretical investigation of the quarter-wavelength model-part 2: verification and extension", 2021, Physica Scripta
  • "A theoretical investigation on the quarter-wavelength model - part 1: analysis", 2021, Physica Scripta
  • "A Re-evaluation of the mechanism of microwave absorption in film - Part 2: The real mechanism", 2022, Materials Chemistry and Physics
  • "Unexpected results in microwave absorption - part 1: different absorption mechanisms for metal-backed film and for material", 2023, Surfaces and Interfaces

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Ying Liu
  • Yue Liu
  • Antonio Frontera
  • Shouvik Chattopadhyay
  • Rosa M. Gomila

The main venues where Michael G. B. Drew publishes their work include:

  • New Journal of Chemistry
  • Polyhedron
  • Materials Chemistry and Physics
  • RSC Advances
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Michael G. B. Drew has contributed to several book publications, notably with repeated titles published by Policy Press and Bristol University Press eBooks. The book titled "Uncovering Food Poverty in Ireland" was published multiple times in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Structures of high coordination complexes

    Michael G.B. Drew

  • Highly Efficient Separation of Actinides from Lanthanides by a Phenanthroline-Derived Bis-triazine Ligand

    Frank W. Lewis;Laurence M. Harwood;Michael J. Hudson;Michael G. B. Drew

  • Anion Selective Recognition and Sensing by Novel Macrocyclic Transition Metal Receptor Systems. 1H NMR, Electrochemical, and Photophysical Investigations

    Paul D. Beer;Fridrich Szemes;Vincenzo Balzani;Claudio M. Salà

  • Oestrogenic activity of parabens in MCF7 human breast cancer cells

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  • Anion-Templated Rotaxane Formation

    James A. Wisner;Paul D. Beer;Michael G. B. Drew;Mark R. Sambrook

  • Complexes formed between the quadridentate, heterocyclic molecules 6,6′-bis-(5,6-dialkyl-1,2,4-triazin-3-yl)-2,2′-bipyridine (BTBP) and lanthanides(III): implications for the partitioning of actinides(III) and lanthanides(III)

    Mark R. S. Foreman;Michael J. Hudson;Michael G. B. Drew;Clément Hill

  • Novel lanthanide luminescent materials based on complexes of 3-hydroxypicolinic acid and silica nanoparticles

    Paula C. R. Soares-Santos;Helena I. S. Nogueira;Vitor Felix;Michael G. B. Drew

  • New bis(triazinyl) pyridines for selective extraction of americium(III)

    Michael J. Hudson;Carole E. Boucher;Damien Braekers;Jean F. Desreux

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Acyclic, Macrocyclic, and Calix[4]arene Ruthenium(II) Bipyridyl Receptor Molecules That Recognize and Sense Anions

    Fridrich Szemes;Dusan Hesek;Zheng Chen;Simon W. Dent

  • Resorcarene-Based Nanoarchitectures: Metal-Directed Assembly of a Molecular Loop and Tetrahedron.

    O. Danny Fox;Michael G. B. Drew;Paul. D. Beer

  • Synthesis, crystal structures, magnetic properties and catecholase activity of double phenoxido-bridged penta-coordinated dinuclear nickel(II) complexes derived from reduced Schiff-base ligands: mechanistic inference of catecholase activity

    Apurba Biswas;Lakshmi Kanta Das;Michael G. B. Drew;Guillem Aromí

  • Insertion of a Hydroxido Bridge into a Diphenoxido Dinuclear Copper(II) Complex: Drastic Change of the Magnetic Property from Strong Antiferromagnetic to Ferromagnetic and Enhancement in the Catecholase Activity

    Apurba Biswas;Lakshmi Kanta Das;Michael G. B. Drew;Carmen Diaz

  • 6,6′-bis-(5,6-diethyl-[1,2,4]triazin-3-yl)-2,2′-bipyridyl the first example of a new class of quadridentate heterocyclic extraction reagents for the separation of americium(III) and europium(III)

    Michael G.B. Drew;Mark R.S.J. Foreman;Clément Hill;Michael J. Hudson

  • Geometric control of manganese redox state

    Michael G. B. Drew;Charles J. Harding;Vickie McKee;Grace G. Morgan

  • The crucial role of polyatomic anions in molecular architecture: structural and magnetic versatility of five nickel(II) complexes derived from A N,N,O-donor Schiff base ligand.

    Pampa Mukherjee;Michael G. B. Drew;Carlos J. Gómez-García;Ashutosh Ghosh

  • Anion-templated assembly of pseudorotaxanes: importance of anion template, strength of ion-pair thread association, and macrocycle ring size.

    Mark R. Sambrook;Paul D. Beer;James A. Wisner;Rowena L. Paul

  • Different supramolecular hydrogen bond structures and significant changes in magnetic properties in dinuclear μ2-1,1-N3 copper(II) complexes with very similar tridentate Schiff base blocking ligands

    Mau Sinha Ray;Ashutosh Ghosh;R. Bhattacharya;G. Mukhopadhyay

  • BTBPs versus BTPhens: Some Reasons for Their Differences in Properties Concerning the Partitioning of Minor Actinides and the Advantages of BTPhens

    Frank W. Lewis;Laurence M. Harwood;Michael J. Hudson;Michael G. B. Drew

  • A Demonstration of Anion Templation and Selectivity in Pseudorotaxane Formation We thank the EPSRC and the University of Reading for funds for the Image Plate System and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for financial support to Dr. Wisner.

    James A. Wisner;Paul D. Beer;Michael G. B. Drew

  • Separation of americium(III) from europium(III) with tridentate heterocyclic nitrogen ligands and crystallographic studies of complexes formed by 2,2′∶6′,2′′-terpyridine with the lanthanides

    Michael G. B. Drew;Peter B. Iveson;Michael J. Hudson;Jan Olov Liljenzin

  • Comparison of extraction behavior and basicity of some substituted malonamides

    L. Spjuth;J.O. Liljenzin;M.J. Hudson;M.G.B. Drew

  • Syntheses of Two New 1D and 3D Networks of Cu(II) and Co(II) Using Malonate and Urotropine as Bridging Ligands: Crystal Structures and Magnetic Studies

    Sanjit Konar;Partha Sarathi Mukherjee;Michael G. B. Drew;Joan Ribas

  • MESO-SUBSTITUTED EXPANDED PORPHYRINS : NEW AND STABLE HEXAPHYRINS

    Maria G. P. M. S. Neves;Rosália M. Martins;Augusto C. Tomé;Armando J. D. Silvestre

Frequent Co-Authors

Ashutosh Ghosh
Ashutosh Ghosh University of Calcutta
Paul D. Beer
Paul D. Beer University of Oxford
Vítor Félix
Vítor Félix University of Aveiro
Shouvik Chattopadhyay
Shouvik Chattopadhyay Jadavpur University
Michael J. Hudson
Michael J. Hudson University of Reading
Arindam Banerjee
Arindam Banerjee Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Antonio Frontera
Antonio Frontera University of the Balearic Islands
Maria José Calhorda
Maria José Calhorda University of Lisbon
Charles Madic
Charles Madic French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Antonio Bauzá
Antonio Bauzá University of the Balearic Islands

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