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  • 2003 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Michael W. George is a researcher affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their main field of study is Materials Science, with extensive work in related subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their research covers a broad spectrum of topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research

Michael W. George has published frequently in several venues. The most common publication platforms include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic Process Research & Development
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nature Communications
  • Applied Surface Science

Several recent publications provide insight into the scope and focus of their research:

  • "Rational Design of Triplet Sensitizers for the Transfer of Excited State Photochemistry from UV to Visible" (2020), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Two chemically distinct root lignin barriers control solute and water balance" (2021), Nature Communications
  • "Scalable Continuous Vortex Reactor for Gram to Kilo Scale for UV and Visible Photochemistry" (2020), Organic Process Research & Development
  • "N-doping enabled defect-engineering of MoS2 for enhanced and selective adsorption of CO2: A DFT approach" (2020), Applied Surface Science
  • "A dirigent protein complex directs lignin polymerization and assembly of the root diffusion barrier" (2023), Science

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Michael W. George include:

  • Neil R. Champness
  • Stephen P. Argent
  • Surajit Kayal
  • Martyn Poliakoff
  • Elena Besley

Among their recognitions, Michael W. George was awarded the Corday-Morgan Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 Using the Complexes [Re(bpy)(CO)3L]n (n = +1, L = P(OEt)3, CH3CN; n = 0, L = Cl-, Otf-; bpy = 2,2‘-Bipyridine; Otf- = CF3SO3) as Catalyst Precursors: Infrared Spectroelectrochemical Investigation

    Frank P. A. Johnson;Michael W. George;Frantisek Hartl;James J. Turner

  • Photophysics of diimine platinum(II) bis-acetylide complexes

    C E Whittle;J A Weinstein;M W George;K S Schanze

  • A Porous Framework Polymer Based on a Zinc(II) 4,4‘-Bipyridine-2,6,2‘,6‘-tetracarboxylate: Synthesis, Structure, and “Zeolite-Like” Behaviors

    Xiang Lin;Alexander J. Blake;Claire Wilson;Xue Zhong Sun

  • 1,2-Didehydroazepines from the photolysis of substituted aryl azides: analysis of their chemical and physical properties by time-resolved spectroscopic methods

    Yu Zhuo. Li;John P. Kirby;Michael W. George;Martyn. Poliakoff

  • ULTRA: A Unique Instrument for Time-Resolved Spectroscopy.

    Gregory M. Greetham;Pierre Burgos;Qian Cao;Ian P. Clark

  • Mechanism of the Photochemical Ligand Substitution Reactions of fac-[Re(bpy)(CO)3(PR3)]+ Complexes and the Properties of Their Triplet Ligand-Field Excited States

    Kazuhide Koike;Nobuaki Okoshi;Hisao Hori;Koji Takeuchi

  • Reversible adsorption of nitrogen dioxide within a robust porous metal-organic framework

    Xue Han;Harry G. W. Godfrey;Lydia Briggs;Andrew J. Davies

  • Development of a broadband picosecond infrared spectrometer and its incorporation into an existing ultrafast time-resolved resonance raman, UV/visible, and fluorescence spectroscopic apparatus

    Michael Towrie;David C. Grills;Joanne Dyer;Julia A. Weinstein

  • Applying green chemistry to the photochemical route to artemisinin

    Zacharias Amara;Jessica F. B. Bellamy;Raphael Horvath;Samuel J. Miller

  • EDF2: A density functional for predicting molecular vibrational frequencies

    Ching Yeh Lin;Michael W. George;Peter M. W. Gill

  • Photoreactivity examined through incorporation in metal−organic frameworks

    Alexander J. Blake;Neil R. Champness;Timothy L. Easun;David R. Allan

  • Nanosecond Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy with a Dispersive Scanning Spectrometer

    Tetsuro Yuzawa;Chihiro Kato;Michael W. George;Hiro-O Hamaguchi

  • Probing the reactivity of photoinitiators for free radical polymerization: time-resolved infrared spectroscopic study of benzoyl radicals.

    Christopher S Colley;David C Grills;Nicholas A Besley;Steffen Jockusch

  • Selective CO2 uptake and inverse CO2/C2H2 selectivity in a dynamic bifunctional metal–organic framework

    Wenbin Yang;Andrew J. Davies;Xiang Lin;Mikhail Suyetin

  • Photophysical Behavior of a New CO2 Reduction Catalyst, Re(CO)2(bpy){P(OEt)3}2+

    Osamu Ishitani;Michael W. George;Takashi Ibusuki;Frank P. A. Johnson

  • Remarkable Stability of (η5-C5H5)Re(CO)2L (L = n-Heptane, Xe, and Kr): A Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopic Study of (η5-C5H5)Re(CO)3 in Conventional and Supercritical Fluid Solution

    Xue Zhong Sun;David C. Grills;Sergei M. Nikiforov;Martyn Poliakoff

  • Quantitative analysis of the formation and diffusion of A1-adenosine receptor-antagonist complexes in single living cells

    S. J. Briddon;R. J. Middleton;Y. Cordeaux;F. M. Flavin

  • (2,4,6-TRIMETHYLBENZOYL)DIPHENYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE PHOTOCHEMISTRY. A DIRECT TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF BOTH RADICAL FRAGMENTS

    Gregory W. Sluggett;Claudia Turro;Michael W. George;Igor V. Koptyug

  • How does the critical point change during a chemical reaction in supercritical fluids? A study of the hydroformylation of propene in supercritical CO(2).

    Jie Ke;Buxing Han;Michael W. George;Haike Yan

  • Nanosecond time-resolved infrared spectroscopy: a comparative view of spectrometers and their applications in organometallic chemistry

    Michael W. George;Martyn Poliakoff;James J. Turner

  • Structural Investigation of the Ground and Excited States of ClRe(CO)3(4,4'-bipyridyl)2 using Vibrational Spectroscopy

    Daniel R. Gamelin;Michael W. George;Paul Glyn;Friedrich-Wilhelm Grevels

Frequent Co-Authors

Martyn Poliakoff
Martyn Poliakoff University of Nottingham
Michael Towrie
Michael Towrie Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Anthony W. Parker
Anthony W. Parker Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Pavel Matousek
Pavel Matousek Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Nicholas A. Besley
Nicholas A. Besley University of Nottingham
Alexander J. Blake
Alexander J. Blake University of Nottingham
John Kelly
John Kelly University College London
Robin N. Perutz
Robin N. Perutz University of York
Keith C. Gordon
Keith C. Gordon University of Otago
Marina K. Kuimova
Marina K. Kuimova Imperial College London

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