Applications of Synthesis to Problems in Materials and Biology
We are interested in synthesis of all kinds, from biologically active molecules to polymers. The common theme is that our target must have a use, whether it allows us to probe a biological system or to make a smart material. The new frontiers in research are at the interfaces and major breakthroughs are now happening in collaborative research projects on multidisciplinary themes. Our interest in the Bio21 Institute is to address the interface of biological and materials science. Our research also involves extensive collaboration with chemists at CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies and the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College, London.
Latest news
[17/07/2006] Dr Gary Leeke from the University of Birmingham joins the group as a visitor for two weeks to work on continuous flow reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide.
[07/07/2006] Professor Andrew Holmes has been successful in attracting funding for an ARC Linkage International Materials World Proposal in collaboration with Professor Chris Ober and Professor George Malliaras from Cornell University.
[05/06/2006] Nick Evans' work on the synthesis of electrophosphorescent polymers appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
[03/05/2006] Sven Webber joins the group on exchange for 4 weeks from the group of Professor Ullrich Scherf in Wuppertal, Germany.
[05/04/2006] Georgia McCluskey has been awarded a Faculty of Science Prize for her 2005 honours thesis.
[24/03/2006] Professor Andrew Holmes has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.
[06/03/2006] Honours students Rob Borthwick, Aedan Cosgriff, Michelle Haeusler and Brian Johnson join the group.
[21/02/2006] Dr Rachel Williamson joins the group to work on synthesis in supercritical carbon dioxide and as Professor Holmes's associate in editing Organic Letters.
[15/01/2006] Professor Holmes has been appointed as Associate Editor for the ACS journal, Organic Letters.
[14/01/2006] Photographs and a powerpoint presentation illustrating the Holmes group lab in the Bio21 Institute have been added on the Facilities page.
[14/12/2005] The group's paper on polymers in dye-sensitised nanocrystalline solar cells appears in Chemical Communications.
[26/10/2005] The group's paper on new polymer hosts for green emitting phosphorescent complexes in polymer light-emitting diodes appears in Chemical Communications.
[26/9/2005] The group's paper on new, blue-green emitting iridium complexes for use in polymer light-emitting diodes appears in Chemical Communications.
[13/9/2005] Catherine Smith and Melanie Tsang's paper on palladium catalysed aryl amination reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide appears in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry.
[10/08/2005] Another new movie added to the Gallery, watch the light-emitting device that we prepared for the official opening of Bio21.