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Deposition of metallic silver from versatile amidinate precursors for use in functional materials

Shreya Mrig, Martha A Jennings, Malavika A Bhide, Clare Bakewell and Caroline E Knapp, Journal of Chemical Research. January 2022., https://doi.org/10.1177/17475198221075301

Precursor design and impact of structure on the fabrication of materials

Investigations into the structure, reactivity, and AACVD of aluminium and gallium amidoenoate complexes

Kristian L. Mears , Malavika A. Bhide , Caroline E. Knapp * and Claire J. Carmalt, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 156-167, DOI: 10.1039/D1DT03365D

Ethyl zinc 𝛽-ketoiminates and 𝛽-amidoenoates: The influence of precursor design on the deposition of highly conductive zinc oxide thin films via AACVD

Synthesis, solution dynamics and chemical vapour deposition of heteroleptic zinc complexes via ethyl and amide zinc thioureides

M. A. Bhide, K. L. Mears, C. J. Carmalt and C. E. Knapp, Chem. Sci., 2021. DOI: 10.1039/D1SC01846A.

Synthetic and Structural Studies of Ethyl Zinc beta-amidoenoates and beta-ketoiminates

M. A. Bhide, J. A. Manzi, C. E. Knapp and C. J. Carmalt, Molecules, 2021, 26, 3165. DOI: 10.3390/molecules26113165.

MODs vs NPs: vying for the future of printed electronics

S. P. Douglas, S. Mrig and C. E. Knapp, Chem. Eur. J., 2021, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004860.

Synthetic tethered silver nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide for alkaline oxygen reduction catalysis

H. R. Tinker, M. A. Bhide, E. Magliocca, T. S. Miller and C. E. Knapp, J. Mater. Sci., 2021, DOI: 10.1007/s10853-020-05711-2.

Molecular Complexes Featuring Unsupported Dispersion-Enhanced Aluminum–Copper and Gallium–Copper Bonds

K. L. Mears, C. R. Stennett, E. K. Taskinen, C. E. Knapp, C. J. Carmalt, H. M. Tuononen and P. P. Power, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 19874–19878.

Iron-Intercalated Zirconium Diselenide Thin Films from the Low-
Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition of [Fe(η5‐C5H4Se)2Zr(η5‐C5H5)2]2

C. Sanchez-Perez, C. E. Knapp, R. H. Colman, C. Sotelo-Vazquez, S. Sathasivam, R. Oilunkaniemi, R. S. Laitinen and C. J. Carmalt, ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 15799–15804.

Low Temperature Deposition of Highly Conductive Aluminium Metal Films on Flexible Substrates using Liquid Alane MOD Precursors

S. P. Douglas and C. E. Knapp, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 26193–26199.

A novel precursor towards buffer layer materials: the first solution based CVD of zinc oxysulfide

M. A. Bhide, C. J. Carmalt and C. E. Knapp, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 5501–5508.

Structural and Dynamic Properties of Gallium Alkoxides

K. L. Mears, L. G. Bloor, D. Pugh, A. E. Aliev, C. E. Knapp and C. J. Carmalt, Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 10346–10356.

A rugged, self-sterilizing antimicrobial copper coating on ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene: a preliminary study on the feasibility of an antimicrobial prosthetic joint material

K. Wu, S. P. Douglas, G. Wu, A. J. MacRobert, E. Allan, C. E. Knapp and I. P. Parkin, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019, 7, 3310–3318.

Cover Feature: Precursors for Atmospheric Plasma-Enhanced Sintering: Low-Temperature Inkjet Printing of Conductive Copper (ChemistryOpen 11/2018)

C. E. Knapp, E. A. Metcalf, S. Mrig, C. Sanchez-Perez, S. P. Douglas, P. Choquet and N. D. Boscher, ChemistryOpen, 2018, 7, 843–843.

Room-Temperature Plasma-Assisted Inkjet Printing of Highly Conductive Silver on Paper

C. E. Knapp, J.-B. Chemin, S. P. Douglas, D. A. Ondo, J. Guillot, P. Choquet and N. D. Boscher, Adv. Mater. Technol., 2018, 3, 1700326.

Precursors for Atmospheric Plasma-Enhanced Sintering: Low-Temperature Inkjet Printing of Conductive Copper

C. E. Knapp, E. A. Metcalf, S. Mrig, C. Sanchez-Perez, S. P. Douglas, P. Choquet and N. D. Boscher, ChemistryOpen, 2018, 7, 850–857.

Metal β-diketoiminate precursor use in aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition of gallium- and aluminium-doped zinc oxide

C. E. Knapp, C. Dyer, N. P. Chadwick, R. Hazael and C. J. Carmalt, Polyhedron, 2018, 140, 35–41.

Macrocycles containing 1,1′-ferrocenyldiselenolato ligands on group 4 metallocenes

C. Sanchez-Perez, C. E. Knapp, M. M. Karjalainen, R. Oilunkaniemi, C. J. Carmalt and R. S. Laitinen, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 5415–5421.

Accessing new 2D semiconductors with optical band gap: synthesis of iron-intercalated titanium diselenide thin films via LPCVD

C. Sanchez-Perez, C. E. Knapp, R. H. Colman, C. Sotelo-Vazquez, R. Oilunkaniemi, R. S. Laitinen and C. J. Carmalt, RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 22552–22558.

Robust electrografted interfaces on metal oxides for electrocatalysis – an in situ spectroelectrochemical study

T. G. A. A. Harris, R. Götz, P. Wrzolek, V. Davis, C. E. Knapp, K. Ly, P. Hildebrandt, M. Schwalbe, I. Weidinger, I. Zebger and A. Fischer, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 15200–15212.

Comparison of macrocyclic and acyclic chelators for gallium-68 radiolabelling

M. I. Tsionou, C. E. Knapp, C. A. Foley, C. R. Munteanu, A. Cakebread, C. Imberti, T. R. Eykyn, J. D. Young, B. M. Paterson, P. J. Blower and M. T. Ma, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 49586–49599.

Aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition of transparent conductive aluminum-doped zinc oxide thin films from a zinc triflate precursor

J. A. Manzi, C. E. Knapp, I. P. Parkin and C. J. Carmalt, Thin Solid Films, 2016, 616, 477–481.

Reactivity of vanadium oxytrichloride with β-diketones and diesters as precursors for vanadium nitride and carbide

B. J. Blackburn, J. H. Crane, C. E. Knapp, M. J. Powell, P. Marchand, D. Pugh, J. C. Bear, I. P. Parkin and C. J. Carmalt, Materials & Design, 2016, 108, 780–790.

Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Coordination Complexes as Tunable Optical Response Materials

W. Travis, C. E. Knapp, C. N. Savory, A. M. Ganose, P. Kafourou, X. Song, Z. Sharif, J. K. Cockcroft, D. O. Scanlon, H. Bronstein and R. G. Palgrave, Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 3393–3400.

Solution based CVD of main group materials

C. E. Knapp and C. J. Carmalt, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016, 45, 1036–1064.

[{VOCl2(CH2(COOEt)2)}4] as a molecular precursor for thermochromic monoclinic VO2 thin films and nanoparticles

B. Blackburn, M. J. Powell, C. E. Knapp, J. C. Bear, C. J. Carmalt and I. P. Parkin, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 10453–10463.

Aerosol-Assisted Chemical-Vapour Deposition of Zinc Oxide from Single-Source β-Iminoesterate Precursors: Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition of Zinc Oxide

J. A. Manzi, C. E. Knapp, I. P. Parkin and C. J. Carmalt, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2015, 2015, 3658–3665.

Synthesis and Characterisation of Various Diester and Triester Adducts of TiCl4

B. J. Blackburn, J. H. Crane, C. E. Knapp, P. Marchand, D. Pugh, I. P. Parkin and C. J. Carmalt, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2015, 2015, 3666–3673.

Origin of High Mobility in Molybdenum-Doped Indium Oxide

D. S. Bhachu, D. O. Scanlon, G. Sankar, T. D. Veal, R. G. Egdell, G. Cibin, A. J. Dent, C. E. Knapp, C. J. Carmalt and I. P. Parkin, Chem. Mater., 2015, 27, 2788–2796.

Synthesis and characterisation of novel aluminium and gallium precursors for chemical vapour deposition

C. E. Knapp, P. Marchand, C. Dyer, I. P. Parkin and C. J. Carmalt, New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 6585–6592.

Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition of Transparent Zinc Gallate Films

C. E. Knapp, J. A. Manzi, A. Kafizas, I. P. Parkin and C. J. Carmalt, ChemPlusChem, 2014, 79, 1024–1029.

Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition of a Copper Gallium Oxide Spinel

C. E. Knapp, I. D. Prassides, S. Sathasivam, I. P. Parkin and C. J. Carmalt, ChemPlusChem, 2014, 79, 122–127

The Role of Group 14 Element Hydrides in the Activation of C–H Bonds in Cyclic Olefins

O. T. Summerscales, C. A. Caputo, C. E. Knapp, J. C. Fettinger and P. P. Power, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 14595–14603.

Dimethylalkoxygallanes: Monomeric versus Dimeric Gas-Phase Structures

C. E. Knapp, D. A. Wann, A. Bil, J. T. Schirlin, H. E. Robertson, P. F. McMillan, D. W. H. Rankin and C. J. Carmalt, Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51, 3324–3331.

Synthetic and Structural Studies of Donor-Functionalized Alkoxy Derivatives of Gallium

C. E. Knapp, D. Pugh, P. F. McMillan, I. P. Parkin and C. J. Carmalt, Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 9491–9498.

Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of Transparent Conductive Gallium−Indium−Oxide Films

C. E. Knapp, G. Hyett, I. P. Parkin and C. J. Carmalt, Chem. Mater., 2011, 23, 1719–1726.

The use of combinatorial aerosol-assisted chemical vapour deposition for the formation of gallium-indium-oxide thin films

C. E. Knapp, A. Kafizas, I. P. Parkin and C. J. Carmalt, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 12644.

Synthesis, AACVD and X-ray crystallographic structures of group 13 monoalkoxometallanes

C. E. Knapp, L. Pemberton, C. J. Carmalt, D. Pugh, P. F. McMillan, S. A. Barnett and D. A. Tocher, Main Group Chemistry, 2010, 9, 31–40.

Dimethylalkoxygallane incorporating a donor-functionalised alkoxide: the monomeric gas-phase structure

C. E. Knapp, C. J. Carmalt, P. F. McMillan, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson and D. W. H. Rankin, Dalton Trans., 2008, 6880.

Synthesis and structures of gallium alkoxides

S. Basharat, C. E. Knapp, C. J. Carmalt, S. A. Barnett and D. A. Tocher, New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1513.

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Investigations into the structure, reactivity, and AACVD of aluminium and gallium amidoenoate complexes

Kristian L. Mears , Malavika A. Bhide , Caroline E. Knapp * and Claire J. Carmalt, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 156-167, DOI: 10.1039/D1DT03365D

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