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Overview

Peter N. Horton is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their primary research focus lies within the broad field of Materials Science, with a significant concentration on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work encompasses several key topics, notably X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography and Crystallization and Solubility Studies, each represented in over 360 publications. Other areas of research include Magnetism in coordination complexes, Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes, Crystallography and molecular interactions, Metal complexes synthesis and properties, as well as Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials.

Peter N. Horton has published extensively, contributing to a variety of scientific journals and databases. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganics
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Dalton Transactions
  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository

Recent papers authored by or involving Peter N. Horton reflect a range of topics intersecting inorganic and materials chemistry:

  • Spectroscopic and Theoretical Investigation of Color Tuning in Deep-Red Luminescent Iridium(III) Complexes, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Complex structures arising from the self-assembly of a simple organic salt, 2021, Nature
  • Long-lived, near-IR emission from Cr(iii) under ambient conditions, 2022, Chemical Communications
  • Iridium(III) Sensitisers and Energy Upconversion: The Influence of Ligand Structure upon TTA-UC Performance, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Enzyme-like Acyl Transfer Catalysis in a Bifunctional Organic Cage, 2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Collaboration plays a notable role in their research activities, with frequent co-authors including Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse, Simon J. A. Pope, Daniel M. Evans, and P. J. Murphy. These partnerships highlight interdisciplinary engagements within the materials and chemical sciences communities.

Best Publications

  • Halogen Bonding: A New Interaction for Liquid Crystal Formation

    H. Loc Nguyen;Peter N. Horton;Michael B. Hursthouse;and Anthony C. Legon

  • Applying hot-stage microscopy to co-crystal screening: a study of nicotinamide with seven active pharmaceutical ingredients

    David J. Berry;Colin C. Seaton;William Clegg;Ross W. Harrington

  • Squaramides as potent transmembrane anion transporters

    Nathalie Busschaert;Isabelle L. Kirby;Sarah Young;Simon J. Coles

  • Photocontrol over cucurbit[8]uril complexes: stoichiometry and supramolecular polymers

    Jesús del Barrio;Peter N. Horton;Didier Lairez;Gareth O. Lloyd

  • High-Activity Catalysts for Suzuki Coupling and Amination Reactions with Deactivated Aryl Chloride Substrates: Importance of the Palladium Source.

    Robin B. Bedford;Catherine S. J. Cazin;Simon J. Coles;Thomas Gelbrich

  • Thiophene and Selenophene Copolymers Incorporating Fluorinated Phenylene Units in the Main Chain: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application in Organic Field-Effect Transistors

    David J. Crouch;Peter J. Skabara;Jan E. Lohr;Joseph J W McDouall

  • Alkylated organic cages: from porous crystals to neat liquids

    Nicola Giri;Christine E. Davidson;Gavin Melaugh;Mario G. Del Pópolo

  • A higher yielding route for T8 silsesquioxane cages and X-ray crystal structures of some novel spherosilicates

    Alan R. Bassindale;Zhihua Liu;Iain A. MacKinnon;Peter G. Taylor

  • First examples of diazepanylidene carbenes and their late-transition-metal complexes

    Manuel Iglesias;Dirk J. Beetstra;Andreas Stasch;Peter N. Horton

  • Air- and moisture-stable cationic (diphosphine)palladium(II) complexes as hydroamination catalysts: X-ray crystal structures of two [(diphosphine)Pd(NCMe)(OH2)]2+[OTf]−2 complexes

    Kelin Li;Peter N. Horton;Michael B. Hursthouse;King Kuok (Mimi) Hii

  • Orthopalladated phosphinite complexes as high-activity catalysts for the Suzuki reaction

    Robin B. Bedford;Samantha L. Welch Hazelwood;Peter N. Horton;Michael B. Hursthouse

  • Towards predictable transmembrane transport: QSAR analysis of anion binding and transport

    Nathalie Busschaert;Samuel J. Bradberry;Marco Wenzel;Cally J. E. Haynes

  • Syntheses and quadratic nonlinear optical properties of salts containing benzothiazolium electron-acceptor groups

    Benjamin J. Coe;James A. Harris;Jonathan J. Hall;Bruce S. Brunschwig

  • Conformation Analyses, Dynamic Behavior and Amide Bond Distortions of Medium-sized Heterocycles. 1. Partially and Fully Reduced 1-Benzazepines

    Maryiam Qadir;Jonathan Cobb;Peter W Sheldrake;Neil Whittall

  • Trimeric liquid crystals assembled using both hydrogen and halogen bonding.

    Carsten Präsang;H. Loc Nguyen;Peter N. Horton;Adrian C. Whitwood

  • Electrochemical Method for the Determination of Enantiomeric Excess of Binol Using Redox-Active Boronic Acids as Chiral Sensors

    Giorgio Mirri;Steven D. Bull;Peter N. Horton;Tony D. James

  • Quadruply hydrogen bonded cytosine modules for supramolecular applications

    Valérie G.H. Lafitte;Abil E. Aliev;Peter N. Horton;Michael B. Hursthouse

  • Fluoride Ion Entrapment in Octasilsesquioxane Cages as Models for Ion Entrapment in Zeolites. Further Examples, X-ray Crystal Structure Studies, and Investigations into How and Why They May Be Formed

    Alan R. Bassindale;David J. Parker;Manuel Pourny;Peter G. Taylor

  • Practical synthesis of chiral vinylphosphine oxides by direct nucleophilic substitution. Stereodivergent synthesis of aminophosphine ligands

    Marco Oliana;Frank King;Peter N Horton;M B Hursthouse

  • Evolution of Linear Absorption and Nonlinear Optical Properties in V-Shaped Ruthenium(II)-Based Chromophores

    Benjamin J. Coe;Simon P. Foxon;Elizabeth C. Harper;Madeleine Helliwell

  • Intra- and intermolecular N−H···F−C hydrogen-bonding interactions in amine adducts of tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane and -alane

    Andrew J. Mountford;Simon J. Lancaster;Simon J. Coles;Peter N. Horton

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon J. Coles
Simon J. Coles University of Southampton
Michael B. Hursthouse
Michael B. Hursthouse University of Southampton
Simon J. A. Pope
Simon J. A. Pope Cardiff University
Mark E. Light
Mark E. Light University of Southampton
William Clegg
William Clegg Newcastle University
Duncan W. Bruce
Duncan W. Bruce University of York
King Kuok (Mimi) Hii
King Kuok (Mimi) Hii Imperial College London
Philip A. Gale
Philip A. Gale University of Groningen
Andrew J. P. White
Andrew J. P. White Imperial College London
Peter J. Skabara
Peter J. Skabara University of Glasgow

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