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Simon Parsons is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Materials Science, with a substantial focus on Materials Chemistry along with related subfields such as Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Inorganic Chemistry, and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects centered around crystallography and respiratory medicine. Main topics include:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

Simon Parsons has contributed to numerous publications with notable recent papers including:

  • "Quantum chemical topology and natural bond orbital analysis of M-O covalency in M(OC6H5)4 (M = Ti, Zr, Hf, Ce, Th, Pa, U, Np)", 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • "Controlling Spin Switching with Anionic Supramolecular Frameworks", 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • "Mapping the cooperativity pathways in spin crossover complexes", 2020, Chemical Science
  • "Ketamine Use for Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Children Is Associated With a Lower Occurrence of Adverse Hemodynamic Events", 2020, Critical Care Medicine
  • "Effectiveness of Intrapleural Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Dornase Alfa vs Tissue Plasminogen Activator Alone in Children with Pleural Empyema", 2020, JAMA Pediatrics

Their frequent co-authors include Mark R. Warren, Victoria E. J. Berryman, Jacob J. Shephard, Tatsumi Ochiai, and Amy N. Price, indicating regular collaboration with researchers active in related fields.

Simon Parsons has been published extensively in specialized venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Crystal Growth & Design
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications through Springer Science+Business Media, including the 2021 work titled "Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems."

Best Publications

  • Use of intensity quotients and differences in absolute structure refinement

    Simon Parsons;Howard D. Flack;Trixie Wagner

  • Opening the Gate: Framework Flexibility in ZIF-8 Explored by Experiments and Simulations

    D. Fairen-Jimenez;Stephen Moggach;M. T. Wharmby;P. A. Wright

  • Inhibition of cancer cell growth by ruthenium(II) arene complexes

    Robert E. Morris;Rhona E. Aird;Piedad del Socorro Murdoch;Haimei Chen

  • A record anisotropy barrier for a single-molecule magnet.

    Constantinos J. Milios;Alina Vinslava;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Stephen Moggach

  • Structure-activity relationships for cytotoxic ruthenium(II) arene complexes containing N,N-, N,O-, and O,O-chelating ligands

    Abraha Habtemariam;Michael Melchart;Rafael Fernandez;Simon Parsons

  • Organometallic Ruthenium(II) Diamine Anticancer Complexes: Arene-Nucleobase Stacking and Stereospecific Hydrogen-Bonding in Guanine Adducts

    Haimei Chen;John A. Parkinson;Simon Parsons;Robert A. Coxall

  • Inter-ligand reactions: in situ formation of new polydentate ligands

    Robert A. Coxall;Steven G. Harris;David K. Henderson;Simon Parsons

  • Highly luminescent, triple- and quadruple-stranded, dinuclear Eu, Nd, and Sm(III) lanthanide complexes based on bis-diketonate ligands

    Andrew P. Bassett;Steven W. Magennis;Peter B. Glover;David J. Lewis

  • Toward a Magnetostructural Correlation for a Family of Mn6 SMMs

    Constantincis J. Milios;Ross Inglis;Alina Vinslava;Rashmi Bagai

  • The search for 3d–4f single-molecule magnets: synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of a [MnIII2DyIII2] cluster

    Abhudaya Mishra;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Simon Parsons;George Christou

  • A potent cytotoxic photoactivated platinum complex

    Fiona S. Mackay;Julie A. Woods;Julie A. Woods;Pavla Heringová;Jana Kašpárková

  • Catalytic organometallic anticancer complexes

    Sarah J. Dougan;Abraha Habtemariam;Sarah E. McHale;Simon Parsons

  • Controlling ligand substitution reactions of organometallic complexes: tuning cancer cell cytotoxicity.

    F Y Wang;A Habtemariam;E P L van der Geer;R Fernandez

  • The TOPAS symbolic computation system

    A. A. Coelho;John S. O. Evans;Ivana R. Evans;A. Kern

  • Kinetics of aquation and anation of ruthenium(II) arene anticancer complexes, acidity and X-ray structures of aqua adducts.

    Fuyi Wang;Haimei Chen;Simon Parsons;Iain D. H. Oswald

  • Effect of high pressure on the crystal structures of polymorphs of glycine

    Alice Dawson;David R. Allan;Scott A. Belmonte;Stewart J. Clark

  • Tuning the Reactivity of Osmium(II) and Ruthenium(II) Arene Complexes under Physiological Conditions

    Anna F A Peacock;Abraha Habtemariam;Rafael Fernández;Victoria Walland

  • Synthesis, structure, and properties of [Pt(II)(diimine)(dithiolate)] dyes with 3,3'-, 4,4'-, and 5,5'-disubstituted bipyridyl: applications in dye-sensitized solar cells.

    Elaine A. M. Geary;Lesley J. Yellowlees;Lorna A. Jack;Iain D. H. Oswald

  • Mixed-Valent Mn Supertetrahedra and Planar Discs as Enhanced Magnetic Coolers

    Maria Manoli;Anna Collins;Simon Parsons;Andrea Candini

  • The derivation of non-merohedral twin laws during refinement by analysis of poorly fitting intensity data and the refinement of non-merohedrally twinned crystal structures in the program CRYSTALS

    Richard I. Cooper;Robert O. Gould;Simon Parsons;David J. Watkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander J. Blake
Alexander J. Blake University of Nottingham
Euan K. Brechin
Euan K. Brechin University of Edinburgh
Peter J. Sadler
Peter J. Sadler University of Warwick
Richard E. P. Winpenny
Richard E. P. Winpenny University of Manchester
Peter A. Tasker
Peter A. Tasker University of Edinburgh
Stephen A. Moggach
Stephen A. Moggach University of Western Australia
Martin Schröder
Martin Schröder University of Manchester
Brian F. G. Johnson
Brian F. G. Johnson University of Cambridge
Mark Murrie
Mark Murrie University of Glasgow
Wolfgang Wernsdorfer
Wolfgang Wernsdorfer Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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