Simon Boyd
Room B68
Phone: +61 3 8344 8161
My PhD studies have centered around
the exciting new world of photomolecular devices. In particular my project aims
to develop donor-acceptor systems capable of undergoing photoactivated ligand
release. Complexes of type 1 have been synthesized and structurally
characterised with a view to demonstrating such a process. It is envisaged that
an electron transfer from the photoexcited chromophore to the kinetically inert
Co(III) will temporarily reduce the metal to the labile Co(II) species, thereby
inducing the release of a monodentate ligand (X-) to the solution
2. If a ligand possessing biological activity is attached to the metal then
the complex, coupled with a focussed laser source, has the potential ability to
provide a high degree of specificity in the area of its release. Complexes of
this type then, could see a future application as a drug delivery vehicle in the
photodynamic treatment of cancers.
I completed my undergraduate degree, a B.Sc(Hons), here at the University of Melbourne in 1995 before donning a backpack and exploring N.America and Europe. Upon return, I worked in industry for 3 years with BHP Steel before returning to postgraduate studies in 2000.
Publications: Boyd et al, Aus J. Chem. 2000, 53, 659-64
Conferences attended:
July 2001 World Chemistry Congress Brisbane, Australia
Aug2001 International Conference on Photochem Moscow, Russia
July2002 RACI Physical Chem Student Conference Adelaide, Austaralia
Mar2003 RACI Inorg Division Melbourne, Australia
