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Overview

Paul D. Beer is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research activity spans primarily across the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Bioengineering.

Their work encompasses a broad range of topics focused on molecular interactions and analytical techniques. Key research areas include:

  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

Paul D. Beer has published extensively in various scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemical Communications

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Beer are:

  • "Halogen bonding motifs for anion recognition" (2020), published in Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Electrochemical Anion Sensing: Supramolecular Approaches" (2020), published in Chemical Reviews
  • "Halogen bonding and chalcogen bonding mediated sensing" (2022), published in Chemical Science
  • "Modulating Chalcogen Bonding and Halogen Bonding Sigma-Hole Donor Atom Potency and Selectivity for Halide Anion Recognition" (2021), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Redox-Switchable Chalcogen Bonding for Anion Recognition and Sensing" (2022), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

The scientist collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors who have contributed to multiple publications alongside them. These include:

  • Andrew Docker
  • Heike Kuhn
  • Zongyao Zhang
  • Yuen Cheong Tse
  • Hui Min Tay

In addition to journal articles, Paul D. Beer has contributed to book publications. Notably, they have a published work titled Supramolecular Chemistry (2022) with Oxford University Press.

Best Publications

  • Anion Recognition and Sensing: The State of the Art and Future Perspectives

    Paul D. Beer;Philip A. Gale

  • Halogen Bonding in Supramolecular Chemistry.

    Lydia C. Gilday;Sean W. Robinson;Timothy A. Barendt;Matthew J. Langton

  • Transition-Metal Receptor Systems for the Selective Recognition and Sensing of Anionic Guest Species

    Paul D. Beer

  • Transition metal and organometallic anion complexation agents

    Paul D. Beer;Elizabeth J. Hayes

  • Advances in anion supramolecular chemistry:from recognition to chemical applications

    Nicholas H. Evans;Paul D. Beer

  • Anion Recognition in Water: Recent Advances from a Supramolecular and Macromolecular Perspective.

    Matthew J. Langton;Christopher J. Serpell;Christopher J. Serpell;Paul D. Beer

  • Erkennung und Nachweis von Anionen: gegenwärtiger Stand und Perspektiven

    Paul D. Beer;Philip A. Gale

  • Meldola Medal Lecture. Redox responsive macrocyclic receptor molecules containing transition metal redox centres

    Paul D. Beer

  • Anion templated assembly of mechanically interlocked structures

    Matthew S. Vickers;Paul D. Beer

  • Electrochemical and optical sensing of anions by transition metal based receptors

    P Beer

  • 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

  • Sigma-hole interactions in anion recognition

    Jason Y.C. Lim;Paul D. Beer

  • Anion selective recognition and optical/electrochemical sensing by novel transition-metal receptor systems

    Paul D. Beer

  • Halogen bonding anion recognition

    Asha Brown;Paul D. Beer

  • Anion-Templated Rotaxane Formation

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

  • Mechanisms of electrochemical recognition of cations, anions and neutral guest species by redox-active receptor molecules

    Paul D. Beer;Philip A. Gale;George Zheng Chen

  • Transition Metal and Organic Redox-Active Macrocycles Designed to Electrochemically Recognize Charged and Neutral Guest Species

    Paul D. Beer

  • Enhancement of anion recognition exhibited by a halogen-bonding rotaxane host system.

    Nathan L. Kilah;Matthew D. Wise;Christopher J. Serpell;Amber L. Thompson

  • Halogen bonding in water results in enhanced anion recognition in acyclic and rotaxane hosts

    Matthew J. Langton;Sean W. Robinson;Igor Marques;Vítor Félix

  • Rotaxane and catenane host structures for sensing charged guest species.

    Matthew J. Langton;Paul D. Beer

  • Interweaving anion templation.

    Michael D. Lankshear;Paul D. Beer

  • Core@shell bimetallic nanoparticle synthesis via anion coordination

    Christopher J. Serpell;James Cookson;Dogan Ozkaya;Paul D. Beer

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael G. B. Drew
Michael G. B. Drew University of Reading
Vítor Félix
Vítor Félix University of Aveiro
Jason J. Davis
Jason J. Davis University of Oxford
Philip A. Gale
Philip A. Gale University of Groningen
Stephen Faulkner
Stephen Faulkner University of Oxford
Andrew R. Cowley
Andrew R. Cowley University of Oxford
Amber L. Thompson
Amber L. Thompson University of Oxford
David K. Smith
David K. Smith University of York
Alan M. Kenwright
Alan M. Kenwright Durham University
David P. Cormode
David P. Cormode University of Pennsylvania

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