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Peter C. Junk is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia and has made significant contributions to the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Oncology.

The scientist's research focuses on specific main topics such as Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Magnetism in coordination complexes, and Metal complexes synthesis and properties.

Peter C. Junk has published extensively, with frequent publication venues including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Australian Journal of Chemistry
  • Molecules
  • Dalton Transactions
  • New Journal of Chemistry

Their recent publications reflect a focus on advanced materials and sensing applications. Selected papers include:

  • Design and Advanced Manufacturing of NU-1000 Metal-Organic Frameworks with Future Perspectives for Environmental and Renewable Energy Applications (2023, Small)
  • Phenolic nitroaromatics detection by fluorinated metal-organic frameworks: Barrier elimination for selective sensing of specific group of nitroaromatics (2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • Incorporation of thiazolothiazole fluorophores into a MOF structure: A highly luminescent Zn(II)-based MOF as a selective and reversible sensor for Cr2O72− and MnO4− anions (2020, Journal of Solid State Chemistry)
  • Advances in the development of rare earth metal and carboxylate compounds as corrosion inhibitors for steel (2020, Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology The International Journal of Corrosion Processes and Corrosion Control)
  • Rare Earths-The Answer to Everything (2024, Molecules)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Peter C. Junk's career with frequent co-authors including Glen B. Deacon, Zhifang Guo, Anthony E. Somers, Nazli E. Rad, and Angus C. G. Shephard.

Best Publications

  • Ball and Socket Nanostructures: New Supramolecular Chemistry Based on Cyclotriveratrylene

    Jonathan W. Steed;Peter C. Junk;Jerry L. Atwood;Michael J. Barnes

  • Leishmaniasis: current treatment and prospects for new drugs and vaccines.

    Lukasz Kedzierski;Anuratha Sakthianandeswaren;Joan Curtis;Philip Craig Andrews

  • Dual Effect of Ceramide on Human Endothelial Cells Induction of Oxidative Stress and Transcriptional Upregulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase

    Huige Li;Peter Junk;Andrea Huwiler;Christian Burkhardt

  • Four-membered group 13 metal(I) N-heterocyclic carbene analogues: Synthesis, characterization, and theoretical studies

    Cameron Jones;Peter Courtney Junk;James A Platts;Andreas Stasch

  • Alkali-metal bis(aryl)formamidinates: a study of coordinative versatility

    Peter Courtney Junk;Marcus L Cole

  • Dinitrogen reduction and C-H activation by the divalent organoneodymium complex [(C5H2tBu3)2Nd(mu-I)K([18]crown-6)].

    Florian Jaroschik;Aurelien Momin;Francois Nief;Xavier Frederic Le Goff

  • Rapid mechanochemical synthesis of two new Cd(II)-based metal–organic frameworks with high removal efficiency of Congo red

    Mohammad Yaser Masoomi;Ali Morsali;Peter C. Junk

  • Towards a Structural Understanding of the Anti‐Ulcer and Anti‐Gastritis Drug Bismuth Subsalicylate

    Philip Craig Andrews;Glen Berenger Deacon;Craig Macdonald Forsyth;Peter Courtney Junk

  • Highly Hindered Amido-Lithium and Amido-Magnesium Complexes. Crystal-Structures of [Li(Mu-N(SiMe3)2)(Tetrahydrofuran)]2 and [MgBus(Mu-N(SiMe3)2)]2

    Lutz M. Engelhardt;Brian S. Jolly;Peter C. Junk;Colin L. Raston

  • Synthetic, structural and theoretical studies of amidinate and guanidinate stabilised germanium(I) dimers

    S Green;Cameron Jones;Peter Courtney Junk;Kai-Alexander Lippert

  • Spectroscopic properties of lanthanoid benzene carboxylates in the solid state: Part 1

    Matthias Hilder;Peter Courtney Junk;Ulrich H Kynast;Marina Lezhnina

  • An Asymmetric Supercapacitor Based on a Non-Calcined 3D Pillared Cobalt(II) Metal-Organic Framework with Long Cyclic Stability.

    Soheila Sanati;Reza Abazari;Ali Morsali;Alexander M Kirillov;Alexander M Kirillov

  • (3+3)-cyclocondensation of the enantiopure and racemic forms of trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane with terephthaldehyde: formation of diastereomeric molecular triangles and their stereoselective solid-state stacking into microporous chiral columns

    Martin Chadim;Miloš Buděšı́nský;Jana Hodačová;Jiřı́ Závada

  • Cerium(III/IV) formamidinate chemistry, and a stable cerium(IV) diolate.

    Daniel Werner;Glen Berenger Deacon;Peter Courtney Junk;Reiner Anwander

  • Syntheses, crystal structures, magnetic properties, and EPR spectra of tetranuclear copper(II) complexes featuring pairs of "roof-shaped" Cu2X2 dimers with hydroxide, methoxide, and azide bridges.

    Bim Graham;Milton Thomas William Hearn;Peter C Junk;Christopher M Kepert

  • Synthesis and characterisation of bulky guanidines and phosphaguanidines: precursors for low oxidation state metallacycles

    Guoxia Jin;Cameron Jones;Peter Courtney Junk;Kai-Alexander Lippert

  • Synthetic, Structural and Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies in Bismuth(III) Halide/N,N′-Aromatic Bidentate Base Systems. I Large-Cation (2,2′-Bipyridinium and 1,10-Phenan- throlinium) Salts of Polyhalobismuthate(III) Ions

    Graham A. Bowmaker;Peter C. Junk;Aaron M. Lee;Brian W. Skelton

  • Anti-leishmanial activity of heteroleptic organometallic Sb(V) compounds

    Muhammad Irshad Ali;Muhammad Khawar Rauf;Amin Badshah;Ish Kumar

  • The Striking Influence of Intramolecular Lanthanoid–π–Arene Interactions on the Structural Architecture of the Homoleptic Aryloxolanthanoid(II) Complexes [Eu2(Odpp)(μ‐Odpp)3] and [Yb2(Odpp)2(μ‐Odpp)2] and the YbII/YbIII Trimetallic [Yb2(μ‐Odpp)3]+[Yb(Odpp)4]− (−Odpp=2,6‐Diphenylphenolate)

    Glen B. Deacon;Craig M. Forsyth;Peter C. Junk;Brian W. Skelton

  • Structural variations in rare earth benzoate complexes: Part I. Lanthanum

    Hendrik Bußkamp;Hendrik Bußkamp;Glen B. Deacon;Matthias Hilder;Peter C. Junk

  • New, environmentally friendly, rare earth carboxylate corrosion inhibitors for mild steel

    Anthony E. Somers;Bruce R.W. Hinton;Caspar de Bruin-Dickason;Glen B. Deacon

Frequent Co-Authors

Glen B. Deacon
Glen B. Deacon Monash University
Allan H. White
Allan H. White University of Western Australia
Brian W. Skelton
Brian W. Skelton University of Western Australia
Craig Macdonald Forsyth
Craig Macdonald Forsyth Monash University
Cameron Jones
Cameron Jones Monash University
Maria Forsyth
Maria Forsyth Deakin University
Colin L. Raston
Colin L. Raston Flinders University
Jerry L. Atwood
Jerry L. Atwood University of Missouri
Andreas Stasch
Andreas Stasch University of St Andrews
Jonathan W. Steed
Jonathan W. Steed Durham University

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