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Richard Robson is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their work primarily focuses on the field of Materials Science, with 106 publications contributing to this area. Within this domain, their research places strong emphasis on Materials Chemistry, accounting for 88 publications, alongside subfields such as Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The main topics explored in Richard Robson's research include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Magnetism in Coordination Complexes
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
  • Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications

Their frequent publication venues reflect a consistent presence in specialized journals and databases, with contributions such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (41 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (4 publications)
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2 publications)
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2 publications)
  • Chemistry of Materials (1 publication)

Recent papers attributed to Richard Robson include:

  • "The Historical Development of the Concepts Underlying the Design and Construction of Targeted Coordination Polymers/MOFs: A Personal Account," 2024, The Chemical Record
  • "Effects of Mixed Valency in an Fe-Based Framework: Coexistence of Slow Magnetic Relaxation, Semiconductivity, and Redox Activity," 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Tuning Charge-State Localization in a Semiconductive Iron(III)-Chloranilate Framework Magnet Using a Redox-Active Cation," 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • "The Effect of Sterically Active Ligand Substituents on Gas Adsorption within a Family of 3D Zn-Based Coordination Polymers," 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Multifunctional Coordination Polymer Exhibiting Reversible Mechanical Motion Allowing Selective Uptake of Guests and Leading to Enhanced Electrical Conductivity," 2021, Inorganic Chemistry

Richard Robson frequently collaborates with a network of coauthors, including:

  • Brendan F. Abrahams
  • Timothy A. Hudson
  • Ashley L. Sutton
  • Carol Hua
  • Deanna M. D'Alessandro

Best Publications

  • Interpenetrating Nets: Ordered, Periodic Entanglement.

    Stuart R. Batten;Richard Robson

  • Design and construction of a new class of scaffolding-like materials comprising infinite polymeric frameworks of 3D-linked molecular rods. A reappraisal of the zinc cyanide and cadmium cyanide structures and the synthesis and structure of the diamond-related frameworks [N(CH3)4][CuIZnII(CN)4] and CuI[4,4',4'',4'''-tetracyanotetraphenylmethane]BF4.xC6H5NO2

    B. F. Hoskins;Richard Robson

  • Infinite polymeric frameworks consisting of three dimensionally linked rod-like segments

    Bernard F. Hoskins;Richard Robson

  • A net-based approach to coordination polymers

    Richard Robson

  • Assembly of porphyrin building blocks into network structures with large channels

    Brendan F. Abrahams;Bernard F. Hoskins;D. M. Michail;Richard Robson

  • An Infinite 2D Polyrotaxane Network in Ag2(bix)3(NO3)2 (bix = 1,4-Bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene)

    Bernard F. Hoskins;Richard Robson;Damian A. Slizys

  • Design and its limitations in the construction of bi- and poly-nuclear coordination complexes and coordination polymers (aka MOFs): a personal view.

    R. Robson

  • A new type of interpenetration involving enmeshed independent square grid sheets. The structure of diaquabis-(4,4′-bipyridine)zinc hexafluorosilicate

    Robert W. Gable;Bernard F. Hoskins;Richard Robson

  • Einander durchdringende Netze: geordnete, periodische Verschlingung

    Stuart R. Batten;Richard Robson

  • The Structure of [Zn(bix)2(NO3)2]·4.5 H2O (bix = 1,4‐Bis(imidazol‐1‐ylmethyl)benzene): A New Type of Two‐Dimensional Polyrotaxane

    Bernard F. Hoskins;Richard Robson;Damian A. Slizys

  • A new type of infinite 3D polymeric network containing 4-connected, peripherally-linked metalloporphyrin building blocks

    Brendan F. Abrahams;Bernard F. Hoskins;Richard Robson

  • Two Interpenetrating 3D Networks Which Generate Spacious Sealed-Off Compartments Enclosing of the Order of 20 Solvent Molecules in the Structures of Zn(CN)(NO3)(tpt)2/3.cntdot.solv (tpt = 2,4,6-tri(4-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine, solv = .apprx.3/4C2H2Cl4.cntdot.3/4CH3OH or .apprx.3/2CHCl3.cntdot.1/3CH3OH)

    Stuart R. Batten;Bernard F. Hoskins;Richard Robson

  • Structure and molecular magnetism of the rutile-related compounds M(dca)2, M = CoII, NiII, CuII, dca = dicyanamide, N(CN)2–

    Stuart R. Batten;Richard Robson;Paul Jensen;Boujemaa Moubaraki

  • A Robust (10,3)-a Network Containing Chiral Micropores in the AgI Coordination Polymer of a Bridging Ligand that Provides Three Bidentate Metal-Binding Sites

    Brendan F. Abrahams;Patricia A. Jackson;Richard Robson

  • Ni(tpt)(NO3 )2 -A Three-Dimensional Network with the Exceptional (12,3) Topology: A Self-Entangled Single Net.

    Brendan F. Abrahams;Stuart R. Batten;Martin J. Grannas;Hasan Hamit

  • Interdigitation, Interpenetration and Intercalation in Layered Cuprous Tricyanomethanide Derivatives

    Stuart R. Batten;Bernard F. Hoskins;Richard Robson

  • A Cubic (3,4)-Connected Net with Large Cavities in Solvated [Cu3(tpt)4](ClO4)3 (tpt = 2,4,6-Tri(4-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine)

    Brendan F. Abrahams;Stuart R. Batten;Hasan Hamit;Bernard F. Hoskins

  • Zinc saccharate: a robust, 3D coordination network with two types of isolated, parallel channels, one hydrophilic and the other hydrophobic.

    Brendan F. Abrahams;Michael Moylan;Simon D. Orchard;Richard Robson

  • Crystal Engineering of Novel Materials Composed of Infinite Two- and Three-Dimensional Frameworks

    Richard Robson;Brendan F. Abrahams;Stuart R. Batten;Robert W. Gable

  • Structures of [Ag(tcm)], [Ag(tcm)(phz)1/2] and [Ag(tcm)(pyz)] (tcm=tricyanomethanide, C(CN)3-, phz=phenazine, pyz=pyrazine)

    Stuart R. Batten;Bernard F. Hoskins;Richard Robson

Frequent Co-Authors

Brendan F. Abrahams
Brendan F. Abrahams University of Melbourne
Bernard F. Hoskins
Bernard F. Hoskins University of Melbourne
Stuart Robert Batten
Stuart Robert Batten Monash University
Keith S. Murray
Keith S. Murray Monash University
Boujemaa Moubaraki
Boujemaa Moubaraki Monash University
Guy N. L. Jameson
Guy N. L. Jameson University of Melbourne
Alan M. Bond
Alan M. Bond Monash University
Ravichandar Babarao
Ravichandar Babarao RMIT University
Masa-aki Haga
Masa-aki Haga Chuo University
Michaele J. Hardie
Michaele J. Hardie University of Leeds

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