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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Peter J. Steel is a researcher affiliated with the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, specializing primarily in the field of Materials Science. Their work spans several interconnected subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's recent publications focus on crystallographic studies and protein chemistry. Notable papers include:

  • Sub-Ångstrom structure of collagen model peptide (GPO)10 shows a hydrated triple helix with pitch variation and two proline ring conformations, 2020, Food Chemistry
  • CCDC 272328: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 272327: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 272326: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, The Cambridge Structural Database

These publications indicate a significant engagement with X-ray diffraction techniques applied to crystallography and the structural analysis of biomolecules such as collagen peptides.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • William Lewis
  • H. Suzuki
  • Deepti Mahapatra
  • A.J. Board
  • Jolon M. Dyer

Peter J. Steel has contributed multiple works to venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database and Food Chemistry, reflecting a focus on both experimental crystal structure determination and chemical characterization of biological materials.

The main research topics covered by their work encompass:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Collagen: Extraction and Characterization
  • Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis

Recognition for their contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Ligand Design in Multimetallic Architectures: Six Lessons Learned

    Peter J. Steel

  • Aromatic nitrogen heterocycles as bridging ligands; a survey

    Peter J. Steel

  • Electrochromic conducting polymers via electrochemical polymerization of bis(2-(3,4-ethylenedioxy)thienyl) monomers

    Gregory A. Sotzing;John R. Reynolds;Peter J. Steel

  • The First Coordinatively Saturated, Quadruply Stranded Helicate and Its Encapsulation of a Hexafluorophosphate Anion.

    David A. McMorran;Peter J. Steel

  • N,N′-Chelating biheteroaromatic ligands; a survey

    Edwin C. Constable;Peter J. Steel

  • Multiply Colored Electrochromic Carbazole-Based Polymers

    Gregory A. Sotzing;Jerry L. Reddinger;Alan R. Katritzky;Jadwiga Soloducho

  • Poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) prepared via electrochemical polymerization of EDOT, 2,2′‐Bis(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) (BiEDOT), and their TMS derivatives

    Gregory A. Sotzing;John R. Reynolds;Peter J. Steel

  • Regioselective synthesis of polysubstituted pyrazoles and isoxazoles.

    Alan R. Katritzky;Mingyi Wang;Suoming Zhang;Michael V. Voronkov

  • Metallosupramolecular silver(I) assemblies based on pyrazine and related ligands

    Peter J. Steel;Christopher M. Fitchett

  • Self-assembly and X-ray structure of a ten-component,three-dimensional metallosupramolecular cage

    Chris M. Hartshorn;Peter J. Steel

  • Self-Assembly and X-ray Structure of a Dimetalloparacyclophane Incorporating a pi-pi Stacked Subunit.

    Chris M. Hartshorn;Peter J. Steel

  • 1-Aza-1,3-bis(triphenylphosphoranylidene)propane: A Novel :CHCH2N: Synthon

    Alan R. Katritzky;Jinlong Jiang;Peter J. Steel

  • Donor-mediated band gap reduction in a homologous series of conjugated polymers.

    Christopher A Thomas;Kyukwan Zong;Khalil A Abboud;Peter J Steel

  • Spectral Assignments and Reference Data

    Alan R. Katritzky;Novruz G. Akhmedov;Mingyi Wang;Charles J. Rostek

  • Cyclometallated compounds. V, Double cyclopalladation of diphenyl pyrazines and related ligands

    Peter J. Steel;Graham B. Caygill

  • New ruthenium(II) complexes with pyridylpyrazole ligands. Photosubstitution and proton, carbon-13, and ruthenium-99 NMR structural studies

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  • Efficient Routes to Chiral 2-Substituted and 2,6-Disubstituted Piperidines

    Alan R. Katritzky;Guofang Qiu;and Baozhen Yang;Peter J. Steel

  • Chiral heterocyclic ligands. Part IV. Synthesis and metal complexes of 2,6-Bis(pyrazol-1-ylmethyl)pyridine and chiral derivatives

    Andrew A. Watson;Donald A. House;Peter J. Steel

  • Is the silver–alkene interaction a useful new supramolecular synthon?

    Jennifer Burgess;Peter J. Steel

  • POLY(PYRAZOL-1-YLMETHYL)BENZENES : NEW MULTIDENTATE LIGANDS

    CM Hartshorn;PJ Steel

  • Asymmetric Syntheses of 2-Substituted and 2,5-Disubstituted Pyrrolidines from (3S,5R,7aR)-5-(Benzotriazol-1-yl)-3-phenyl[2,1-b]oxazolopyrrolidine.

    Alan R. Katritzky;Xi-Lin Cui;Baozhen Yang;Peter J. Steel

  • Low Band Gap Cyanovinylene Polymers Based on Ethylenedioxythiophene

    Gregory A. Sotzing;Christopher A. Thomas;John R. Reynolds;Peter J. Steel

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan R. Katritzky
Alan R. Katritzky University of Florida
Christopher J. Sumby
Christopher J. Sumby University of Adelaide
Ion Ghiviriga
Ion Ghiviriga University of Florida
F. Richard Keene
F. Richard Keene University of Adelaide
Edwin C. Constable
Edwin C. Constable University of Basel
Alison J. Downard
Alison J. Downard University of Canterbury
John R. Reynolds
John R. Reynolds Georgia Institute of Technology
Gregory A. Sotzing
Gregory A. Sotzing University of Connecticut
Christian V. Stevens
Christian V. Stevens Ghent University
Abdullah M. Asiri
Abdullah M. Asiri King Abdulaziz University

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