The Chilton Group - Publications

Press coverage

M. Peplow, Record-breaking molecular magnet, Chemical & Engineering News, 2022.
W. Kremer, Keeping data forever, BBC Radio 4: People Fixing the World, 2020.
Building a research group, a reputation and a network, Reaxys PhD Prize Community News, 2020.
R. Rogers, How researchers at The University of Manchester explore magnetic properties of molecules with the AWS Cloud, AWS Public Sector Blog, 2020.
L. Dormehl, DNA, laser-etched glass, and beyond: A peek into the future of data storage, Digital Trends, 2019.
J. Kenny, Major leap towards storing data at the molecular level, UoM press release, 2017.

Other publications

N. F. Chilton, PHI - A user friendly spin Hamiltonian modelling package, IES EPR News Letter, 2017, 27, 3, 14.
N. F. Chilton, How to store data on magnets the size of a single atom, The Conversation, 2017.
N. F. Chilton, Code Sharing: The Life of Phi, Hindawi 'Opening Science' Blog, 2017.

Book Chapters

M. J. Giansiracusa, G. K. Gransbury, N. F. Chilton and D. P. Mills, Single-Molecule Magnets in Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Wiley, 2021

Preprints

C. Heras, D. Reta, R. Valero, G. Albareda, N. F. Chilton, A. J. Fielding, I. de P. R. Moreira, J. Maria Bofill and F. López-Calahorra, Biradical Formation by Deprotonation in Thiazole-Derivatives: The Hidden Nature of Dasatinib, ChemRxiv, 2019
A. Mattioni, J. K. Staab, W. J. A. Blackmore, D. Reta, J. Iles-Smith, A. Nazir and N. F. Chilton, Vibronic Effects on the Quantum Tunnelling of Magnetisation in Single-Molecule Magnets, arXiv, 2023
R. Nabi, J. G. C. Kragskow, J. K. Staab, D. Reta, J. M. Skelton and N. F. Chilton, Impact of Finite Phonon Lifetimes on the Spin Dynamics of Single-Molecule Magnets, ChemRxiv, 2023
G. K. Gransbury, S. Corner, J. G. C. Kragskow, P. Evans, H. Yeung, W. J. A. Blackmore, G. Whitehead, I. Vitorica-Yrezabal, N. F. Chilton and D. P. Mills, AtomAccess: A predictive tool for molecular design and its application to the targeted synthesis of dysprosium single-molecule magnets, ChemRxiv, 2023

Peer-reviewed publications

2023

140. W. J. A. Blackmore, G. K. Gransbury, P. Evans, J. G. C. Kragskow, D. P. Mills and N. F. Chilton, Characterisation of magnetic relaxation on extremely long timescales, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, accepted.
139. R. Alotaibi, A. Booth, E. Little, A. Brookfield, A. Achari, S. J.Lockyer, G. A. Timco, G. F. S. Whitehead, I. Vitorica-yrezabal, N. F. Chilton, R. R. Nair, D. Collison and R. E. P. Winpenny, Synthesis and Characterization of Heterometallic Rings Templated through Alkylammonium or Imidazolium Cations, Dalton Trans., 2023, accepted.
138. B. Alnami, J. G. C. Kragskow, J. K. Staab, J. M. Skelton and N. F. Chilton, Structural evolution of paramagnetic lanthanide compounds in solution compared to time- and ensemble-average structures, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, accepted
137. G. Li Manni, I. Fdez. Galván ..., L. Birnoschi ..., N. F. Chilton ..., J. K. Staab et al., The OpenMolcas Web: A Community-Driven Approach to Advancing Computational Chemistry, J. Chem. Theor. Comput., 2023, doi: 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00182
136. K. R. McClain, H. Kwon, K. Chakarawet, R. Nabi, J. G. C. Kragskow, N. F. Chilton, R. D. Britt, J. R. Long and B. G. Harvey, A Trinuclear Gadolinium Cluster with a Three-Center One-Electron Bond and an S = 11 Ground State, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, doi:10.1021/jacs.3c00182
135. P. Zhang, R. Nabi, J. K. Staab, N. F. Chilton and S. Demir, Taming Super-Reduced Bi₂³⁻ Radicals with Rare Earth Cations, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c01058
134. M. J. Giansiracusa, M. Vonci, Y. L. Whyatt, C. Williams, K. Mason, D. Parker, E. J. L. McInnes and N. F. Chilton, Determination of molecular hydration in solution via changes in magnetic anisotropy, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 4531.
133. T. Han, Y.-S. Ding, M. J. Giansiracusa, N. F. Chilton, R. E. P. Winpenny and Y.-Z. Zheng, Determinative Effect of Axial Linearity on Single-Molecule Magnet Performance in Dinuclear Dysprosium Complexes, Chem. Eur. J., doi:10.1002/chem.202300256
132. W. J. A. Blackmore, A. Mattioni, S. C. Corner, P. Evans, G. K. Gransbury, D. P. Mills and N. F. Chilton, Measurement of the Quantum Tunnelling Gap in a Dysprosocenium Single-Molecule Magnet, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2023, 14, 2193.
131. V. S. Parmar, A. M. Thiel, R. Nabi, G. K. Gransbury, M. S. Norre, P. Evans, S. C. Corner, J. M. Skelton, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills and J. Overgaard, Influence of pressure on the structure, phonon spectrum and magnetic properties of a dysprosocenium Single Molecule Magnet, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 2656.
130. A. Vincent, Y. L. Whyatt, N. F. Chilton and J. R. Long, Strong Axiality in a Dysprosium(III) Bis(borolide) Complex Leads to Magnetic Blocking at 65 K, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 1572.
129. G. K. Gransbury, B. L. L. Réant, A. J. Wooles, J. Emerson-King, N. F. Chilton, S. T. Liddle and D. P. Mills, Electronic Structure Comparisons of Isostructural Early d- and f-Block Metal(III) Bis(cyclopentadienyl) Silanide Complexes, Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 621.

2022

128. J. K. Staab and N. F. Chilton, An analytic linear vibronic coupling method for first-principles spin-dynamics calculations in single-molecule magnets, J. Chem. Theor. Comput., 2022, 11, 6588.
127. M. Godsall and N. F. Chilton, Investigation of the Electronic Structure and Optical Spectra of Uranium-(IV), -(V) and -(VI) Complexes Using Multi-configurational Methods, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2022, 36, 6059.
126. L. Birnoschi and N. F. Chilton, HYPERION: A New Computational Tool for Relativistic Ab Initio Hyperfine Coupling, J. Chem. Theor. Comput., 2022, 18, 4719.
125. N. F. Chilton, Molecular Magnetism, Annu. Rev. Mater. Res., 2022, 52, 79.
124. T. Pei, J. O. Thomas, S. Sopp, M.-Y. Tsang, N. Dotti, J. Baugh, N. F. Chilton, S. Cardona-Serra, A. Gaita-Ariño, H. L. Anderson and L. Bogani, Exchange-induced spin polarization in a single magnetic molecule junction, Nature Commun., 2022, 4506.
123. J. G. C. Kragskow, J. Marbey, C. D. Buch, J. Nehrkorn, M. Ozerov, S. Piligkos, S. Hill and N. F. Chilton, Analysis of vibronic coupling in a 4f molecular magnet with FIRMS, Nature Commun., 2022, 13, 825.
122. C. A. Gould, K. R. McClain, D. Reta, J. G. C. Kragskow, D. A. Marchiori, E. Lachman, E.-S. Choi, J. G. Analytis, R. D. Britt, N. F. Chilton, B. G. Harvey and J. R. Long, Ultrahard magnetism from mixed-valence dilanthanide complexes with metal–metal bonding, Science, 2022, 375, 198.
121. Y.-S. Ding, W. J. A. Blackmore, Y.-Q. Zhai, M. J. Giansiracusa, D. Reta, I. Vitorica-Yrezabal, R. E. P. Winpenny, N. F. Chilton and Y.-Z. Zheng, Studies of the Temperature-Dependence of the Structure and Magnetism of a Hexagonal Bipyramidal Dysprosium(III) Single-Molecule Magnet, Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 227.
120. P. Zhang, F. Benner, N. F. Chilton and S. Demir, Organometallic Lanthanide Bismuth Cluster Single-Molecule Magnets, Chem, 2022, 8, 717.

2021

119. A. J. Walisinghe and N. F. Chilton, Assessment of minimal active space CASSCF-SO methods for calculation of atomic Slater-Condon and spin-orbit coupling parameters in d- and f-block ions, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 14130.
118. R. T. R. Alotaibi, E. Little, J. M. Fowler, A. Brookfield, R. W. Adams, A. Achari, G. A. Timco, G. F. S. Whitehead, N. F. Chilton, R. R. Nair, D. Collison and R. E. P. Winpenny, Single Isomer Heterometallic {Cr^III₆M^II₂} Rings Templated by Tetramethylammonium, Inorg. Chem., 2021, 60, 15675.
117. E. Garlatti, A. Chiesa, P. Bonfà, E. Macaluso, I. Onuorah, V. Parmar, Y.-S. Ding, Y.-Z. Zheng, M. Giansiracusa, D. Reta, E. Pavarini, T. Guidi, D. P. Mills, N. F. Chilton, R. E. P. Winpenny, P. Santini and S. Carretta, A Cost-Effective Semi Ab-initio Approach to Model Relaxation in Rare-Earth Single-Molecule Magnets, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2021, 12, 8826.
116. K. Kumar, O. Stefanczyk, N. F. Chilton, K. Nakabayashi, K. Imoto, R. E. P. Winpenny and S.-I. Ohkoshi, Magnetic Properties and Second Harmonic Generation of Noncentrosymmetric Cyanido-Bridged Ln(III)–W(V) Assemblies, Inorg. Chem., 2021, 60, 12009.
115. D. Reta, J. G. C. Kragskow and N. F. Chilton, Ab initio prediction of high-temperature magnetic relaxation rates in single-molecule magnets, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 5943.
114. J. A. Seed, L. Birnoschi, E. Lu, F. Tuna, A. J. Wooles, N. F. Chilton and S. T. Liddle, Anomalous Magnetism of Uranium(IV)-Oxo and -Imido Complexes Reveals Unusual Doubly-Degenerate Electronic Ground States, Chem, 2021, 7, 1666.
113. L. R. Thomas-Hargreaves, M. J. Giansiracusa, M. Gregson, E. Zanda, F. O’Donnell, A. J. Wooles, N. F. Chilton and S. T. Liddle, Correlating Axial and Equatorial Ligand Field Effects to the Single-Molecule Magnet Performances of a Family of Dysprosium Bis-Methanediide Complexes, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 3911.
112. H. M. O’Connor, S. Sanz, A. J. Scott, M. B. Pitak, W. T. Klooster, S. J. Coles, N. F. Chilton, E. J. L. McInnes, P. J. Lusby, H. Weihe, S. Piligkos and E. K. Brechin, [Cr^III₈Ni^II₆]ⁿ⁺ Heterometallic Coordination Cubes, Molecules, 2021, 26, 757.
111. A. J. McMillan, M. Sienkowska, P. Di Lorenzo, G. K. Gransbury, N. F. Chilton, M. Salamone, A. Ruffoni, M. Bietti and D. Leonori, Practical and Selective sp³ C–H Bond Chlorination via Aminium Radicals, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 7132.
110. C. A. P. Goodwin, M. J. Giansiracusa, S. M. Greer, H. M. Nicholas, P. Evans, M. Vonci, S. Hill, N. F. Chilton and D. P. Mills, Isolation and electronic structures of derivatized manganocene, ferrocene and cobaltocene anions, Nature Chem., 2021, 13, 243
109. L. R. Thomas-Hargreaves, D. Hunger, M. Kern, A. J. Wooles, J. van Slageren, N. F. Chilton and S. T. Liddle, Insights into D_4h@Metal-Symmetry Single-Molecule Magnetism: The Case of a Dysprosium-bis(Boryloxide) Complex, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 733.
108. J. Wang, Q.-W. Li, S.-G. Wu, Y.-C. Chen, R,-C, Wan, G.-Z. Huang, Y. Liu, J.-L. Liu, D. Reta, M. J. Giansiracusa, Z.-X. Wang, N. F. Chilton and M.-L. Tong, Opening magnetic hysteresis by axial ferromagnetic coupling: from mono-decker to double-decker metallacrown, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 5299.

2020

107. D. Reta and N. F. Chilton, Extraction of "hidden" relaxation times from AC susceptibility data, Chem. Sq., 2020, 4, 3.
106. M. J. Giansiracusa, S. Al-Badran, A. K. Kostopolous, G. F. S. Whitehead, E. J. L. McInnes, D. Collison, R. E. P. Winpenny and N. F. Chilton, Magnetic Exchange Interactions in Symmetric Lanthanide Dimetallics, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2020, 7, 3909.
105. G. Lu, Y. Liu, W. Deng, G.-Z. Huang, Y.-C. Chen, J.-L. Liu, Z.-P. Ni, M. J. Giansiracusa, N. F. Chilton and M.-L. Tong, A Perfect Triangular Dysprosium Single-Molecule Magnet with Virtually Antiparallel Ising-like Anisotropy, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2020, 7, 2941.
104. D. Parker, E. A. Suturina, I. Kuprov and N. F. Chilton, How the Ligand Field in Lanthanide Coordination Complexes Determines Magnetic Susceptibility Anisotropy, Paramagnetic NMR Shift and Relaxation Behaviour, Acc. Chem. Res., 2020, 53, 1520.
103. K.-X. Yu, J. G. C. Kragskow, Y.-S. Ding, Y.-Q. Zhai, D. Reta, N. F. Chilton and Y.-Z. Zheng, Enhancing magnetic hysteresis in single-molecule magnets by ligand functionalisation, Chem, 2020, 6, 1777.
102. P. Evans, D. Reta, C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Ortu, N. F. Chilton and D. P. Mills, A Double-Dysprosocenium Single-Molecule Magnet Bound Together with Neutral Ligands, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 5677.
101. V. S. Parmar, F. Ortu, X. Ma, N. F. Chilton, R. Clérac, D. P. Mills and R. E. P. Winpenny, Probing relaxation dynamics in five‐coordinate dysprosium single‐molecule magnets, Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 36, 7774.
100. A. Chiesa, F. Cugini, R. Hussain, E. Macaluso, G. Allodi, E. Garlatti, M. Giansiracusa, C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Ortu, D. Reta, J. M. Skelton, T. Guidi, P. Santini, M. Solzi, R. De Renzi, D. P. Mills, N. F. Chilton and S. Carretta, Understanding magnetic relaxation in high blocking-temperature single-ion magnets, Phys. Rev. B, 2020, 101, 174402.
99. T. Han, M. J. Giansiracusa, Z.-H. Li, Y.-Song Ding, N. F. Chilton, R. E. P. Winpenny and Y.-Z. Zheng, Exchange-Biasing in a Dinuclear Dysprosium(III) Single-Molecule Magnet with a Large Energy Barrier for Magnetization Reversal, Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 6773.
98. Y.-S. Ding, T. Han, Y.-Q. Zhai, D. Reta, N. F. Chilton, R. E. P. Winpenny and Y.-Z. Zheng, A Study of Magnetic Relaxation in Dysprosium(III) Single-Molecule Magnets, Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 5893.

2019

97. P. Evans, D. Reta, G. F. S. Whitehead, N. F. Chilton and D. P. Mills, A Bis-Monophospholyl Dysprosium Cation Showing Magnetic Hysteresis at 48 Kelvin, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 19935.
96. D. Reta and N. F. Chilton, Uncertainty Estimates for Magnetic Relaxation Times and Magnetic Relaxation Parameters, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 23567.
95. H. M. Nicholas, M. Vonci, C. A. P. Goodwin, S. Wei Loo, S. R. Murphy, D. Cassim, R. E. P. Winpenny, E. J. L. McInnes, N. F. Chilton and D. P. Mills, Electronic Structures of Bent Lanthanide(III) Complexes with Two N-Donor Ligands, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 10493.
94. A. M. Ariciu, D. H. Woen, D. N. Huh, L. Nodaraki, A. Kostopoulos, C. A. P. Goodwin, N. F. Chilton, E. J. L. McInnes, R. E. P. Winpenny, W. J. Evans and F. Tuna, Engineering electronic structure to prolong relaxation times in molecular qubits by minimising orbital angular momentum, Nature Commun., 2019, 10, 3330.
93. M. J. Giansiracusa, S. Al-Badran, A. K. Kostopoulos, G. F. S. Whitehead, D. Collison, F. Tuna, R. E. P. Winpenny and N. F. Chilton, A Large Barrier Single-Molecule Magnet Without Magnetic Memory, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 10795.
92. T. Han, Y.-S. Ding, Z.-H. Li, K.-X. Yu, Y.-Q. Zhai, N. F. Chilton and Y.-Z. Zheng, Dichlorido-bridged dinuclear Dy(III) single-molecule magnet with an effective energy barrier larger than 600 K, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 7930.
91. A. C. Harnden, E. A. Suturina, A. S. Batsanov, M. A. Fox, K. Mason, M. Vonci, E. J. L. McInnes, N. F. Chilton and D. Parker, Unravelling the Complexities of Pseudocontact Shift Analysis in Lanthanide Coordination Complexes of Differing Symmetry, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 10290.
90. E. A. Suturina, K. Mason, M. Botta, F. Carniato, I. Kuprov, N. F. Chilton, E. J. L. McInnes, M. Vonci and D. Parker, Periodic trends and hidden dynamics of magnetic properties in three series of triazacyclononane lanthanide complexes, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 8400.
89. F. Ortu, D. Reta, Y.-S. Ding, C. A. P. Goodwin, M. P. Gregson, E. J. L. McInnes, R. E. P. Winpenny, Y.-Z. Zheng, S. T. Liddle, D. P. Mills and N. F. Chilton, Studies of Hysteresis and Quantum Tunnelling of the Magnetisation in Dysprosium(III) Single Molecule Magnets, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 8541.
88. M. J. Giansiracusa, A. K. Kostopoulos, D. Collison, R. E. P. Winpenny and N. F. Chilton, Correlating Blocking Temperatures with Relaxation Mechanisms in Single-Molecule Magnets, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 7025.
87. J. Liu, D. Reta, J. Cleghorn, Y. X. Yeoh, F. Ortu, C. A. P. Goodwin, N. F. Chilton and D. P. Mills, Light Lanthanide Metallocenium Cations Exhibiting Weak Equatorial Anion Interactions, Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 7749.
86. M. Vonci, K. Mason, E. R. Neil, D. S. Yufit, E. J. L. McInnes, D. Parker and N. F. Chilton, Sensitivity of Magnetic Anisotropy in the Solid State for Lanthanide Complexes with Small Crystal Field Splitting, Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 5733.
85. J. Wang, Z.-Y. Ruan, Q.-W. Li, Y.-C. Chen, G.-Z. Huang, J.-L. Liu, D. Reta, N. F. Chilton, Z.-X. Wang and M.-L. Tong, Slow magnetic relaxation in a {EuCu₅} metallacrown, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 1686.

2018

84. C. A. P. Goodwin, D. Reta, F. Ortu, J. Liu, N. F. Chilton and D. P. Mills, Terbocenium: completing a heavy lanthanide metallocenium cation family with an alternative anion abstraction strategy, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 9182.
83. K. Mason, A. C. Harnden, C. Patrick, A. W. J. Poh, A. S. Batsanov, E. A. Suturina, M. Vonci, E. J. L. McInnes, N. F. Chilton and D. Parker, Exquisite Sensitivity of The Ligand Field to Solvation and Donor Polarisability in Coordinatively Saturated Lanthanide Complexes, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 8486.
82. Y.-S. Ding, K.-X. Yu, D. Reta, F. Ortu, R. E. P. Winpenny, Y.-Z. Zheng and N. F. Chilton, Field- and temperature-dependent quantum tunnelling of the magnetisation in a large barrier single-molecule magnet, Nature Commun., 2018, 9, 3134.
81. E. A. Suturina, K. Mason, C. F. G. C. Geraldes, N. F. Chilton, D. Parker and Ilya Kuprov, Lanthanide-induced relaxation anisotropy, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 17676.
80. D. Sertphon, P. Harding, K. S. Murray, B. Moubaraki, N. F. Chilton, S. Hill, J. Marbey, H. Adams, C. G. Davies, G. N. L. Jameson and D. J. Harding, Self-assembly of a mixed-valence Fe^II-Fe^III tetranuclear star, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 7118.
79. J. Turner, N. F. Chilton, A. Kumar, A. L. Colebatch, G. R. Whittell, H. A. Sparkes, A. S. Weller and I. Manners, Iron Precatalysts with Bulky Tri(t‐butyl)cyclopentadienyl Ligands for the Dehydrocoupling of Dimethylamine‐Borane, Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 14127.
78. S. Sanz, H. M. O’Connor, P. Comar, A. Baldansuren, M. B. Pitak, S. J. Coles, H. Weihe, N. F. Chilton, E. J. L. McInnes, P. J. Lusby, S. Piligkos and E. K. Brechin, Modular [Fe^III₈M^II₆]ⁿ⁺ (M^II = Pd, Co, Ni, Cu) Coordination Cages, Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 3500.
77. M. J. Giansiracusa, E. Moreno-Pineda, R. Hussain, R. Marx, M. Martínez Prada, P. Neugebauer, S. Al-Badran, D. Collison, F. Tuna, J. van Slageren, S. Carretta, T. Guidi, E. J. L. McInnes, R. E. P. Winpenny and N. F. Chilton, Measurement of Magnetic Exchange in Asymmetric Lanthanide Dimetallics: Toward a Transferable Theoretical Framework, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 2504.
76. D. Reta, F. Ortu, S. Randall, D. P. Mills, N. F. Chilton, R. E.P. Winpenny, L. Natrajan, B. Edwards and N. Kaltsoyannis, The performance of density functional theory for the description of ground and excited state properties of inorganic and organometallic uranium compounds, J. Organomet. Chem., 2018, 857, 58.

2017

75. C. A. P. Goodwin, D. Reta, F. Ortu, N. F. Chilton and D. P. Mills, Synthesis and Electronic Structures of Heavy Lanthanide Metallocenium Cations, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 18714.
74. G.-J. Zhou, T. Han, Y.-S. Ding, N. F. Chilton and Y.-Z. Zheng, Metallacrowns as templates for diabolo-like {LnCu₈} complexes with nearly perfect square antiprismatic geometry, Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 15617.
73. M. Vonci, K. Mason, E. A. Suturina, A. T. Frawley, S. G. Worswick, I. Kuprov, D. Parker, E. J. L. McInnes and N. F. Chilton, Rationalisation of anomalous pseudo-contact shifts and their solvent dependence in a series of C₃-symmetric lanthanide complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 14166.
72. C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Ortu, D. Reta, N. F. Chilton and D. P. Mills, Molecular magnetic hysteresis at 60 kelvin in dysprosocenium, Nature, 2017, 548, 439.
71. J. A. Seed, M. Gregson, F. Tuna, N. F. Chilton, A. J. Wooles, E. J. L. McInnes and S. T. Liddle, Rare Earth- and Uranium-Mesoionic Carbenes: A New Class of f-Block Carbene Complex Derived from an N-Heterocyclic Olefin, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 11534.
70. B. M. Gardner, D. M. King, F. Tuna, A. J. Wooles, N. F. Chilton and S. T. Liddle, Assessing Crystal Field and Magnetic Interactions in Diuranium-μ-Chalcogenide Triamidoamine Complexes With U^IV-E-U^IV Cores (E = S, Se, Te): Implications for Determining the Presence or Absence of Actinide-Actinide Magnetic Exchange, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 6207.
69. J. S. Uber, M. Estrader, J. Garcia, P. Lloyd-Williams, A. Sadurní, D. Dengler, J. van Slageren, N. F. Chilton, O. Roubeau, S. J. Teat, J. Ribas-Ariño and G. Aromí, Molecules Designed to Contain Two Weakly Coupled Spins with a Photo-switchable Spacer, Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 13648.
68. S. Sanz, H. M. O'Connor, V. Marti-Centelles, P. Comar, M. B. Pitak, S. J. Coles, G. Lorusso, E. Palacios, M. Evangelisti, A. Baldansuren, N. F. Chilton, H. Weihe, E. J. L. McInnes, P. J. Lusby, S. Piligkos and E. K. Brechin, [M^III₂M^II₃]ⁿ⁺ trigonal bipyramidal cages based on diamagnetic and paramagnetic metalloligands, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 5526.
67. C. A. P. Goodwin, N. F. Chilton, L. S. Natrajan, M.-E. Boulon, J. W. Ziller, W. J. Evans and D. P. Mills, Investigation into the Effects of a Trigonal-Planar Ligand Field on the Electronic Properties of Lanthanide(II) Tris(silylamide) Complexes (Ln = Sm, Eu, Tm, Yb), Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 5959.
66. E. Loukopoulos, N. F. Chilton, A. Abdul-Sada, and G. E. Kostakis, Exploring the coordination capabilities of a family of flexible benzotriazole-based ligands using cobalt(II) sources, Cryst. Growth Des., 2017, 17, 2718.
65. E. Loukopoulos, M. Kallitsakis, N. Tsoureas, A. Abdul-Sada, N. F. Chilton, I. N. Lykakis and G. E. Kostakis, Cu(II) coordination polymers as vehicles in the A³ coupling, Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 4898.
64. M.-E. Boulon, A. Fernandez, E. Moreno Pineda, N. F. Chilton, G. Timco, A. J. Fielding and R. E. P. Winpenny, Measuring spin···spin interactions between heterospins in a hybrid [2]rotaxane, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 3876.
63. F. Ortu, J. Liu, M. Burton, J. M. Fowler, A. Formanuik, M.-E. Boulon, N. F. Chilton and D. P. Mills, Analysis of Lanthanide-Radical Magnetic Interactions in Ce(III) 2,2′-Bipyridyl Complexes, Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 2496.
62. T. Pugh, N. F. Chilton and R. A. Layfield, Antimony-Ligated Dysprosium Single-Molecule Magnets as Catalysts for Stibine Dehydrocoupling, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 2073.

2016

61. Y.-S. Ding, N. F. Chilton, R. E. P. Winpenny and Y.-Z. Zheng, On Approaching The Limit of Molecular Magnetic Anisotropy: A Near-Perfect Pentagonal Bipyramidal Dy^III Single-Molecule Magnet, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 16071.
60. Q.-W. Li, R.-C. Wan, Y.-C. Chen, J.-L. Liu, L.-F. Wang, J.-H. Jia, N. F. Chilton and M.-L. Tong, Unprecedented Hexagonal Bipyramidal Single-Ion Magnets Based on Metallacrowns, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 13365.
59. D. M. King, P. A. Cleaves, A. J. Wooles, B. M. Gardner, N. F. Chilton, F. Tuna, W. Lewis, E. J. L. McInnes and S. T. Liddle, Molecular and Electronic Structure of Terminal and Alkali Metal-Capped Uranium(V)-Nitride Complexes, Nature Commun., 2016, 7, 13773.
58. T. Pugh, N. F. Chilton and R. A. Layfield, A Low-Symmetry Dysprosium Metallocene Single-Molecule Magnet with a High Anisotropy Barrier, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 11082.
57. K. Griffiths, P. Kumar, G. Akien, N. F. Chilton, A. Abdul-Sada, G. J. Tizzard, S. Coles and G. E. Kostakis, Tetranuclear 3d/4f coordination clusters as highly efficient catalysts for Friedel Crafts alkylation, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 7866.
56. C. A. P. Goodwin, N. F. Chilton, G. F. Vettese, E. M. Pineda, I. F. Crowe, J. W. Ziller, W. J. Evans and D. P. Mills, Physicochemical properties of near-linear Ln(II) bis-silylamide complexes (Ln = Sm, Eu, Tm, Yb), Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 10057.
55. J. P. S. Walsh, G. Bowling, A.-M. Ariciu, N. F. M. Jailani, N. F. Chilton, P. G. Waddell, D. Collison, F. Tuna and L. J. Higham, Evidence of Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Co(AcO)₂(py)₂(H₂O)₂, Magnetochemistry, 2016, 2, 23.
54. J. J. Dunsford, D. J. Evans, T. Pugh, S. N. Shah, N. F. Chilton and M. J. Ingleson, Three-Coordinate Iron(II) Expanded Ring N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes, Organometallics, 2016, 35, 1098.
53. J. O. Moilanen, N. F. Chilton, B. M. Day, T. Pugh and R. A. Layfield, Strong Exchange Coupling in a Trimetallic Radical-Bridged Cobalt(II)-Hexaazatrinaphthalene Complex, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 5521.
52. M. Gregson, N. F. Chilton, A.-M. Ariciu, F. Tuna, I. F. Crowe, W. Lewis, A. J. Blake, D. Collison, E. J. L. McInnes, R. E. P. Winpenny and S. T. Liddle, A Monometallic Lanthanide Bis(methanediide) Single Molecule Magnet with a Large Energy Barrier and Complex Spin Relaxation Behaviour, Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 155.

2015

51. S. K. Langley, D. P. Wielechowski, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki and K. S. Murray, A Family of {Cr^III₂Ln^III₂} Butterfly Complexes: Effect of the Lanthanide Ion on the Single-Molecule Magnet Properties, Inorg. Chem., 2015, 54, 10497.
50. S. K. Langley, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki and K. S. Murray, Single-molecule magnetism in {Co^III₂Dy^III₂}-amine-polyalcohol-acetylacetonate complexes: Effects of ligand replacement at the Dy^III sites on the dynamics of magnetic relaxation, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 867.
49. C. S. Hawes, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki, G. P. Knowles, A. L. Chaffee, K. S. Murray, S. R. Batten and D. R. Turner, Coordination polymers from a highly flexible alkyldiamine-derived ligand: structure, magnetism and gas adsorption studies, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 17494.
48. C.-Y. Lin, J.C. Fettinger, N. F. Chilton, A. Formanuik, F. Grandjean, G. J. Long, and P. P. Power, Salts of the Two-Coordinate Homoleptic Manganese(I) Dialkyl Anion [Mn{C(SiMe₃)₃}₂]^- with Quenched Orbital Magnetism, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 13275.
47. O. A. Blackburn, N. F. Chilton, K. Keller, C. E. Tait, W. K. Myers, E. J. L. McInnes, A. M. Kenwright, P. D. Beer, C. R. Timmel and S. Faulkner, Spectroscopic and crystal field consequences of fluoride binding by [Yb.DTMA]³⁺ in aqueous solution, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 10783.
46. E. Moreno Pineda, N. F. Chilton, F. Tuna, R. E. P. Winpenny and E. J. L. McInnes, Systematic Study of a Family of Butterfly-Like {M₂Ln₂} Molecular Magnets (M = Mg^II, Mn^III, Co^II, Ni^II, and Cu^II; Ln = Y^III, Gd^III, Tb^III, Dy^III, Ho^III, and Er^III), Inorg. Chem., 2015, 54, 5930.
45. N. F. Chilton, H. Lei, A. M. Bryan, F. Grandjean, G. J. Long and P. P. Power, Ligand Field Influence on the Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Quasi-Linear Two-Coordinate Iron(II) Complexes, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 11202.
44. B. M. Day, N. F. Chilton and R. A. Layfield, Molecular and Electronic Structures of Donor-Functionalized Dysprosium Pentadienyl Complexes, Dalton. Trans., 2015, 44, 7109.
43. T. Rajeshkumar, H. V. Annadata, M. Evangelisti, S. K. Langley, N. F. Chilton, K. S. Murray and G. Rajaraman, Theoretical Studies on Polynuclear {Cu^II₅Gd^III_n} Clusters (n = 4, 2): Towards Understanding Their Large Magnetocaloric Effect, Inorg. Chem., 2015, 54, 1661.
42. N. F. Chilton, Design Criteria for High-Temperature Single-Molecule Magnets, Inorg. Chem., 2015, 54, 2097.
41. S. K. Langley, D. P. Wielechowski, V. Vieru, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki, L. F. Chibotaru and K. S. Murray, The first 4d/4f single molecule magnet containing a {Ru^III₂Dy^III₂} core, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 2044.
40. N. F. Chilton, C. A. P. Goodwin, D. P. Mills and R. E. P. Winpenny, The first near-linear bis(amide) f-block complex: a blueprint for a high temperature single molecule magnet, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 101.

2014

39. E. Moreno Pineda, N. F. Chilton, R. Marx, M. Dörfel, D. O. Sells, P. Neugebauer, S.-D. Jiang, D. Collison, J. van Slageren, E. J. L. McInnes and R. E. P. Winpenny, Direct measurement of dysprosium(III)···dysprosium(III) interactions in a single-molecule magnet, Nature Commun., 2014, 5, 5243.
38. J. P. S. Walsh, S. Sproules, N. F. Chilton, A.-L. Barra, G. A. Timco, D. Collison, E. J. L. McInnes and R. E. P. Winpenny, On the Possibility of Magneto-Structural Correlations: Detailed Studies of Dinickel Carboxylate Complexes, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 8464.
37. S. Langley, D. Wielechowski, V. Vieru, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki, L. F. Chibotaru and K. S. Murray, Modulation of Slow Magnetic Relaxation by Tuning Magnetic Exchange in {Cr₂Dy₂} Single Molecule Magnets, Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 3246.
36. A. Jozwiuk, A. L. Ingram, D. R. Powell, B. Moubaraki, N. F. Chilton, K. S. Murray and R. P. Houser, Redox and acid–base properties of asymmetric non-heme (hydr)oxo-bridged diiron complexes, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 9740.
35. S. K. Langley, L. Ungur, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki, L. F. Chibotaru and K. S. Murray, Single-Molecule Magnetism in a Family of {Co^III₂Dy^III₂} Butterfly Complexes: Effects of Ligand Replacement on the Dynamics of Magnetic Relaxation, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 4303.
34. S. A. Magee, S. Sproules, A.-L. Barra, G. A. Timco, N. F. Chilton, D. Collison, R. E. P. Winpenny and E. J. L. McInnes, Large Zero-Field Splittings of the Ground Spin State Arising from Antisymmetric Exchange Effects in Heterometallic Triangles, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 5310.
33. N. F. Chilton, G. B. Deacon, O. Gazukin, P. C. Junk, B. Kersting, S. K. Langley, B. Moubaraki, K. S. Murray, F. Schleife, M. Shome, D. R. Turner and J. A. Walker, Structure, Magnetic Behavior, and Anisotropy of Homoleptic Trinuclear Lanthanoid 8-Quinolinolate Complexes, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 2528.
32. G. F. S. Whitehead, J. Ferrando-Soria, L. G. Christie, N. F. Chilton, G. A. Timco, F. Moro and R. E. P. Winpenny, The acid test: the chemistry of carboxylic acid functionalised {Cr₇Ni} rings, Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 235.
31. S. Koenig, N. F. Chilton, C. Maichle-moessmer, E. M. Pineda, T. Pugh, R. Anwander and R. A. Layfield, Fast magnetic relaxation in an octahedral dysprosium tetramethyl-aluminate complex, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 3035.

2013

30. C.-Y. Lin, J.-D. Guo, J. C. Fettinger, S. Nagase, F. Grandjean, G. J. Long, N. F. Chilton and P. P. Power, Dispersion Force Stabilized Two-Coordinate Transition Metal–Amido Complexes of the −N(SiMe₃)Dipp (Dipp = C₆H₃-2,6-Prⁱ₂) Ligand: Structural, Spectroscopic, Magnetic, and Computational Studies, Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 13584.
29. S. K. Langley, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki and K. S. Murray, Magnetic properties of octa- and heptadeca-nuclear heterometallic Co^II-Ln^III complexes derived from the ligand 6-chloro-2-hydroxypyridine, Polyhedron, 2013, 66, 48.
28. S. K. Langley, D. P. Wielechowski, V. Vieru, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki, B. F. Abrahams, L. F. Chibotaru and K. S. Murray, A Cr^III₂Dy^III₂ Single-Molecule Magnet: Enhancing the Blocking Temperature through 3d Magnetic Exchange, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 12014.
27. N. F. Chilton, D. Collison, E. J. L. McInnes, R. E. P. Winpenny and A. Soncini, An electrostatic model for the determination of magnetic anisotropy in dysprosium complexes, Nature Commun., 2013, 4, 2551.
26. M. E. Russell, C. S. Hawes, A. Ferguson, M. I. J. Polson, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki, K. S. Murray and P. E. Kruger, Synthesis, structural and magnetic characterisation of iron(II/III), cobalt(II) and copper(II) cluster complexes of the polytopic ligand: N-(2-pyridyl)-3-carboxypropanamide, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 13576.
25. H. S. Scott, T. M. Ross, N. F. Chilton, I. A. Gass, B. Moubaraki, G. Chastanet, N. Paradis, J.-F. Lètard, K. R. Vignesh, G. Rajaraman, S. R. Batten and K. S. Murray, Crown-linked dipyridylamino-triazine ligands and their spin-crossover iron(II) derivatives: magnetism, photomagnetism and cooperativity, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 16494.
24. S. K. Langley, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki and K. S. Murray, Anisotropy barrier enhancement via ligand substitution in tetranuclear {Co^III₂Ln^III₂} single molecule magnets, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 6965.
23. W. A. Gobeze, V. A. Milway, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki, K. S. Murray and S. Brooker, Di- and Tetranuclear Complexes of Bis-Tetradentate Pyrimidine-Based Ligands with All-Methylene- Versus Mixed Methylene/Ethylene-Linked Arms, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2013, 2013, 4485.
22. I. A. Gass, S. Tewary, A. Nafady, N. F. Chilton, C. J. Gartshore, M. Asadi, D. W. Lupton, B. Moubaraki, A. M. Bond, J. F. Boas, S.-X. Guo, G. Rajaraman and K. S. Murray, Observation of Ferromagnetic Exchange, Spin Crossover, Reductively Induced Oxidation, and Field-Induced Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Monomeric Cobalt Nitroxides, Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 7557.
21. S. K. Langley, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki and K. S. Murray, Single-Molecule Magnetism in Three Related {Co^III₂Dy^III₂}-Acetylacetonate Complexes with Multiple Relaxation Mechanisms, Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 7183.
20. N. F. Chilton, R. P. Anderson, L. D. Turner, A. Soncini and K. S. Murray, PHI: A powerful new program for the analysis of anisotropic monomeric and exchange-coupled polynuclear d- and f-block complexes, J. Comput. Chem., 2013, 34, 1164.
19. M. R. Razali, N. F. Chilton, A. Urbatsch, B. Moubaraki, S. K. Langley, K. S. Murray, G. B. Deacon and S. R. Batten, Trinuclear and tetranuclear manganese clusters derived from cyano(imino(methoxy)methyl)nitrosomethanide (cmnm), Poly., 2013, 52, 797.
18. Y. Han, N. F. Chilton, M. Li, C. Huang, H. Xu, H. Hou, B. Moubaraki, S. K. Langley, S. R. Batten, Y. Fan and K. S. Murray, Post-Synthetic Monovalent Central-Metal Exchange, Specific I₂ Sensing, and Polymerization of a Catalytic [3×3] Grid of [Cu^II₄L₆]·(I)₂·13H₂O, Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 6321.
17. M. Schmidt, D. Wiedemann, B. Moubaraki, N. F. Chilton, K. S. Murray, K. R. Vignesh, G. Rajaraman and A. Grohmann, Iron(II) Complexes of Two Amine/Imine N₅ Chelate Ligands Containing a 1,4-Diazepane Core – To Crossover or Not To Crossover, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2013, 2013, 958.
16. N. F. Chilton, S. K. Langley, B. Moubaraki, A. Soncini, S. R. Batten and K. S. Murray, Single molecule magnetism in a family of mononuclear β-diketonate lanthanide(III) complexes: rationalization of magnetic anisotropy in complexes of low symmetry, Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 1719.
15. C. J. Schneider, J. D. Cashion, N. F. Chilton, C. Etrillard, M. Fuentealba, J. A. K. Howard, J.-F. Létard, C. Milsmann, B. Moubaraki, H. A. Sparkes, S. R. Batten and K. S. Murray, Spin Crossover in a 3,5-Bis(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazolate-Bridged Dinuclear Iron(II) Complex [{Fe(NCBH₃)(py)}₂(μ-L¹)₂] - Powder versus Single Crystal Study, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2013, 2013, 850.
14. M. R. Razali, A. S. R. Chesman, N. F. Chilton, S. K. Langley, B. Moubaraki, K. S. Murray, G. B. Deacon and S. R. Batten, Structure and magnetism of a mixed-valence octanuclear manganese(II/III) cluster derived from carbamoylcyanonitrosomethanide (ccnm), Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 1400.

2012

13. S. K. Langley, N. F. Chilton, L. Ungur, B. Moubaraki, L. F. Chibotaru and K. S. Murray, Heterometallic Tetranuclear [Ln^III₂Co^III₂] Complexes Including Suppression of Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization in the [Dy^III₂Co^III₂] Single Molecule Magnet, Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51, 11873.
12. M. Nematirad, W. J. Gee, S. K. Langley, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki, K. S. Murray and S. R. Batten, Single molecule magnetism in a μ-phenolato dinuclear lanthanide motif ligated by heptadentate Schiff base ligands, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 13711.
11. A. S. R. Chesman, D. R. Turner, K. J. Berry, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki, K. S. Murray, G. B. Deacon and S. R. Batten, Ln^III₂Mn^III₂ heterobimetallic ‘butterfly’ complexes displaying antiferromagnetic coupling (Ln = Eu, Gd, Tb, Er), Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 11402.
10. S. K. Langley, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki and K. S. Murray, Unusual oxidation state distributions observed for two mixed-valence heptanuclear manganese disc-like clusters, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 9789.
9. S. K. Langley, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki and K. S. Murray, Structure and magnetic exchange in heterometallic 3d–3d transition metal triethanolamine clusters, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 1033.

2011

8. S. K. Langley, N. F. Chilton, I. A. Gass, B. Moubaraki and K. S. Murray, Planar tetranuclear lanthanide clusters with the Dy₄ analogue displaying slow magnetic relaxation, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12656.
7. R. J. Archer, C. S. Hawes, G. N. L. Jameson, V. McKee, B. Moubaraki, N. F. Chilton, K. S. Murray, W. Schmitt and P. E. Kruger, Partial spin crossover behaviour in a dinuclear iron(II) triple helicate, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12368.
6. S. K. Langley, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki and K. S. Murray, Self-assembled decanuclear Na^I₂Mn^II₄Mn^III₄ complexes: from discrete clusters to 1-D and 2-D structures, with the Mn^II₄Mn^III₄ unit displaying a large spin ground state and probable SMM behaviour, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12201.
5. S. K. Langley, L. Ungur, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki, L. F. Chibotaru and K. S. Murray, Structure, Magnetism and Theory of a Family of Nonanuclear Cu^II₅Ln^III₄-Triethanolamine Clusters Displaying Single-Molecule Magnet Behaviour, Chem. Eur. J., 2011, 17, 9209.
4. S. K. Langley, R. A. Stott, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki and K. S. Murray, A high nuclearity mixed valence {Mn₃₂} complex, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 6281.
3. S. K. Langley, N. F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki, T. Hooper, E. K. Brechin, M. Evangelisti and K. S. Murray, Molecular coolers: The case for [Cu^II₅Gd^III₄], Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 1166.

2010

2. N. F. Chilton, S. K. Langley, B. Moubaraki and K. S. Murray, Synthesis, structural and magnetic studies of an isostructural family of mixed 3d/4f tetranuclear ‘star’ clusters, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 7787.
1. S. K. Langley, N. F. Chilton, M. Massi, B. Moubaraki, K. J. Berry and K. S. Murray, Synthesis and characterization of homo- and heterovalent tetra- hexa- hepta- and decanuclear manganese clusters using pyridyl functionalized β-diketone, carboxylate and triethanolamine ligands, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 7236.