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Molecular Design

Synthesis, characterisation, reactions and phase transitions of inorganic crystalline and amorphous materials. Infrared and Raman spectroscopy; Organic and physical organic chemistry of systems containing phosphorous, silicon, sulfur and related elements; Design, synthesis and charaterisation of organic/organometallic compounds with useful properties; Molecular modelling, conformational analysis and single crystal structure determinations; Application of infrared and Raman spectroscopy in materials; Chemical education

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Boeyens JCA: 2001. Symmetry and structure: An overview. Crystal Engineering, 4, pp 61-99.

De Jager HJ, Prinsloo LC: 2001. The dehydration of phosphates monitored by DSC/TGA and in situ Raman spectroscopy. Thermochimica Acta, 376, pp 187-196.

Ichharam VVH, Boeyens JCA: 2001. Structural analysis of 2-(2-thienyl)-1-(2-pyrazinyl)ethene [C10H8N2S] and 2-(2-thienyl)-1-(2-quinoxalinyl)ethene [C14H10N2S]. Crystal Engineering, 4, pp 171-178.

Knoesen O, Wessels PL, Görls H, Lotz S: 2001. Structures of a tetradentate ferrocenyl ligand and its oxorhenium(V) complex in solution and in the solid state. Inorganic Chemistry, 40(6), pp 1199-1205.

Landman AA, De Waal D: 2001. Orbital symmetry in sulphur pigmentary chromophores. Crystal Engineering, 4, pp 159-169.

Landman M, Görls H, Lotz S: 2001. Synthesis and crystal structures of carbene complexes with conjugated thiophene units. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 617-618, pp 280-287.

Laurens S, Ichharam VVH, Modro TA: 2001. Preparation, structure, and reactivity of a new heterocyclic system-1-thio-2,8-diphenyl-2,5,8-triaza-1g5-phosphabicylo[3.3.0]octane. Heteroatom Chemistry, 12(5), pp 327-332.

Legodi MA, De Waal D, Potgieter JH, Potgieter SS: 2001. Rapid determination of CaCO3 in mixtures utilising FT-IR spectroscopy. Minerals Engineering, 14(9), pp 1107-1111.

Legodi MA, De Waal D, Potgieter JH: 2001. Quantitative determination of CaCO3 in cement blends by FT-IR. Applied Spectroscopy, 55(3), pp 361-365.

Modro TA: 2001. New developments in heterocyclic chemistry of phosphorus and nitrogen. Polish Journal of Chemistry, 75, pp 1089-1101.

Prinsloo LC: 2001. Radiation effects of ion beams in diamond: C Infrared and Raman spectroscopy. Applied Physics A - Materials Science & Processing, 72, pp 639-670.

Smit AE, Manoun B, De Waal D: 2001. Low-wavenumber Raman spectra of the spin-transition complexes [Fe(NH2trz)3](ClO4)2 and [Fe(Htrz)3](ClO4)2. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 32, pp 339-344.

Smit AE, Manoun B, Verryn SMC, De Waal D: 2001. Improvement of X-ray powder diffraction patterns of the spin transition polymer [Fe(Htrz)3](ClO4)2*1.85H2O. Powder Diffraction, 16(1) / Mar, pp 37-41.

Stefan R-I, Van Staden JF, Aboul-Enein HY: 2001. Molecular recognition in chiral discrimination. Crystal Engineering, 4, pp 113-118.