Publications

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1. PREPRINTS

5. Trigonal planar heteroleptic lanthanide(III) bis(silyl)amide complexes containing aminoxyl radicals and anions, G. K. Gransbury, H. M. Nicholas, S. R. Murphy, J. Emerson-King, M. Vonci, C. A. P. Goodwin, R. E. P. Winpenny, N. F. Chilton, M. J. Giansiracusa, D. P. Mills, ChemRxiv, 2024, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-qz0gw.

4. Synthesis and characterization of solvated lanthanide(II) bis(triisopropylsilyl)phosphide complexes, J. Baldwin, A. Brookfield, G. F. S. Whitehead, L. S. Natrajan, E. J. L. McInnes, M. S. Oakley, D. P. Mills, ChemRxiv, 2024, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-3m17t.

3. 31P NMR chemical shift anisotropy in paramagnetic lanthanide phosphide complexes, J. Baldwin, K. L. Bonham, T. R. C. Thompson, G. K. Gransbury, G. F. S. Whitehead, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. Lee, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, ChemRxiv, 2024, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-q2v5h.

2. Soft magnetic hysteresis in a dysprosium amide-alkene complex up to 100 K, J. Emerson-King, G. K. Gransbury, B. E. Atkinson, W. J. A. Blackmore, G. F. S. Whitehead, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, ChemRxiv, 2024, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-36vjp.

1. A six-legged piano stool dysprosium single-molecule magnet, S. C. Corner, W. A. Blackmore, G. K. Gransbury, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, ChemRxiv, 2024, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-5c2gq.

2. EDITORIALS

1. A molecular sandwich with a lithium–aluminium filling, D. P Mills, Nature Chem., 2024, 16, 1045, DOI:10.1038/s41557-024-01563-4.

3. journal PAPERs

99. Isolation and electronic structures of lanthanide(II) bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphide complexes, J. Baldwin, A. Brookfield, G. F. S. Whitehead, L. S. Natrajan, E. J. L. McInnes, M. S. Oakley, D. P. Mills, Inorg. Chem., 2024, DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02888. ChemRxiv, 2024, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-bl9lf.

98. Tris-Silanide f-Block Complexes: Insights into Paramagnetic Influence on NMR Chemical Shifts, B. L. L. Réant, F. J. Mackintosh, G. K. Gransbury, C. A. Mattei, B. Alnami, B. Atkinson, D. Bonham, J. Baldwin, A. J. Wooles, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. Lee, N. F. Chilton, S. T. Liddle, D. P. Mills, JACS Au, 2024, 4, 2695, DOI:10.1021/jacsau.4c00466. ChemRxiv, 2024, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-wz846.

97. Ligand Effects on the Spin Relaxation Dynamics and Coherence Manipulation of Organometallic La(II) Potential
Qudits, L. E. Nodaraki, A.-M. Ariciu, D. N. Huh, J. Liu, D. O. T. A. Martins, F. Ortu, R. E. P. Winpenny, E. J. L. McInnes, D. P. Mills, W. J. Evans, F. Tuna, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 15000, DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c12827.

96. Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Bis-Halobenzene Decamethyldysprosocenium Cations, S. C. Corner, G. K. Gransbury, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, G. F. S. Whitehead, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63, 9562, DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c04106; ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-0g6qg.

95. Halobenzene Adducts of a Dysprosocenium Single-Molecule Magnet, S. C. Corner, G. K. Gransbury, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, G. F. S. Whitehead, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63, 9552, DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c04105; ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-9l4wm.

94. Isolation of a bent dysprosium bis(amide) single-molecule magnet, J. Emerson-King, G. K. Gransbury, G. F. S. Whitehead, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, M. Rouzières, R. Clérac, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 3331, DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c12427; ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-xv0ht.

93. Metal-carbon bonding in early lanthanide substituted cyclopentadienyl complexes probed by pulsed EPR spectroscopy, L. E. Nodaraki, J. Liu, A.-M. Ariciu, F. Ortu, M. S. Oakley, L. Birnoschi, G. K. Gransbury, P. J. Cobb, J. Emerson-King, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, E. J. L. McInnes, F. Tuna, Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 3003, DOI:10.1039/D3SC06175B; ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-tvmr0.

92. Thermally stable Terbium(II) and Dysprosium(II) Bis-Amidinate Single-Molecule Magnets, P.-B. Jin, Q.-C. Luo, G. K. Gransbury, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, T. Hajdu, I. Strashnov, E. J. L. McInnes, R. E. P. Winpenny, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, Y.-Z. Zheng, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 27993, DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c07978; ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-snc7m. Selected for the Front Cover of the Journal.

91. Stabilization of Pu(IV) in PuBr4(OPCy3)2 and Comparisons with Structurally Similar ThX4(OPR3)2 (R = Cy, Ph) Molecules, C. J. Windorff,* C. A. P. Goodwin, J. M. Sperling, T. E. Albrecht-Schönzart, Z. Bai, W. J. Evans, Z. K. Huffmann, R. Jeannin, B. N. Long, D. P. Mills, T. N. Poe, J. W. Ziller, Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 18136, DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02575.

90. AtomAccess: A predictive tool for molecular design and its application to the targeted synthesis of dysprosium single-molecule magnets, G. K. Gransbury, S. C. Corner, J. G. C. Kragskow, P. Evans, H. M. Yeung, G. F. S. Whitehead, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, M. S. Oakley, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 22814, DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c08841. ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-28z84.

89. Non-classical early lanthanide(II) tris(di-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl) complexes, J. Liu, L. E. Nodaraki, D. O. T. Alves Martins, M. J. Giansiracusa, P. J. Cobb, J. Emerson-King, F. Ortu, G. F. S. Whitehead, G. K. Gransbury, E. J. L. Mclnnes, F. Tuna, D. P. Mills, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2023, e20230055, DOI:10.1002/ejic.202300552. ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-nhfxr. Assigned as a Very Important Paper by the journal. An invited article to the ‘Chemistry and Applications of the f-Block Elements’ Special Collection.

88. Characterisation of magnetic relaxation on extremely long timescales, W. J. A. Blackmore, G. K. Gransbury, P. Evans, D. P. Mills, N. F. Chilton, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 16735, DOI:10.1039/D3CP01278F; ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-xcdmj. Assigned as a HOT Article by the journal.

87. Comparison of group 4 and thorium M(IV) substituted cyclopentadienyl silanide complexes, B. L. L. Réant, D. De Alwis Jayasinghe, A. J. Wooles, S. T. Liddle, D. P. Mills, Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 7635, DOI:10.1039/D3DT00987D.

86. Measurement of the quantum tunneling gap in a dysprosocenium single-molecule magnet, W. J. A. Blackmore, A. Mattioni, S. C. Corner, P. Evans, G. K. Gransbury, D. P. Mills, N. F. Chilton, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2023, 14, 2193, DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00034.

85. Influence of pressure on the structure, phonon spectrum and magnetic properties of a dysprosocenium single molecule magnet, 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, J. Overgaard, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 2656, DOI:10.1039/D2CC06722F. Selected for the 2023 Pioneering Investigators Themed collection.

84. Synthesis and Characterization of Yttrium Methanediide Silanide Complexes, B. L. L. Réant, A. J. Wooles, S. T. Liddle, D. P. Mills, Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 137, DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03053.

83. Electronic Structure Comparisons of Isostructural Early d- and f-Block Metal(III) Bis(cyclopentadienyl) Silanide Complexes, G. K. Gransbury, B. L. L. Reant, A. J. Wooles, J. Emerson-King, N. F. Chilton, S. T. Liddle, D. P. Mills, Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 621, DOI:10.1039/D2SC04526E.

82. Synthesis of heteroleptic yttrium and dysprosium 1,2,4-tris(trimethylsilyl)cyclopentadientyl complexes, S. C. Corner, C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Ortu, P. Evans, H. Zhang, G. K. Gransbury, G. F. S. Whitehead, D. P. Mills, Aust. J. Chem., 2022, 75, 684, DOI:10.1071/CH21314. An Invited Article to a Special Issue in honour of Prof. Glen Deacon’s 85th birthday.

81. Functionalized Tris(anilido)triazacyclononanes as Hexadentate Ligands for the Encapsulation of U(III), U(IV) and La(III) Cations, A. F. Formanuik, F. Ortu, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, F. Tuna, E. J. L. McInnes, L. S. Natrajan, D. P. Mills, Inorganics, 2021, 9, 86, DOI:10.3390/inorganics9120086. An Invited Article to the ‘Cornerstones in Contemporary Inorganic Chemistry’ Special Issue. Selected for the Front Cover of the Journal.

80. A cost-effective approach to model relaxation in high-barrier rare-earth single-ion magnets, E. Garlatti, A. Chiesa, P. Bonfà, E. Macaluso, I. J. Onuorah, V. S. 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, S. Carretta, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 8826, DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02367.

79. Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Distorted Tetrahedral Dy(III) Aryloxide Complexes, V. S. Parmar, G. K. Gransbury, G. F. S. Whitehead, D. P. Mills, R. E. P. Winpenny, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 9208, DOI:10.1039/D1CC02707G.

78. 29Si NMR Spectroscopy as a Probe of s- and f-Block Metal(II)-Silanide Bond Covalency, B. L. L. Réant, V. E. J. Berryman, A. R. Basford, L. E. Nodaraki, A. J. Wooles, F. Tuna, N. Kaltsoyannis, D. P. Mills, S. T. Liddle, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 9813; DOI:10.1021/jacs.1c03236.

77. Isolation and electronic structures of derivatized manganocene, ferrocene and cobaltocene anions, C. A. P. Goodwin, M. J. Giansiracusa, S. M. Greer, H. M. Nicholas, P. Evans, M. Vonci, S. Hill, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, Nature Chemistry, 2021, 13, 243, DOI:10.1038/s41557-020-00595-w. Highlighted in: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 12632.

76. Polarised Covalent Thorium(IV)- and Uranium(IV)-Silicon Bonds, B. L. L. Réant, V. E. J. Berryman, J. A. Seed, A. R. Basford, A. Formanuik, A. J. Wooles, N. Kaltsoyannis, S. T. Liddle, D. P. Mills, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 12620, DOI:10.1039/D0CC06044E (ChemRxiv, 2020, DOI:chemrxiv.12732137.v1).

75. Heteroleptic Samarium(III) Chalcogenide Complexes: Opportunities for Giant Exchange Coupling in Bridging σ- and π-Radical Lanthanide Dichalcogenides, C. A. P. Goodwin, B. L. L. Réant, G. F. Vettese, J. G. C. Kragskow, M. J. Giansiracusa, I. M. DiMucci, K. M. Lancaster, D. P. Mills, S. Sproules, Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 7571, DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00470.

74. Synthesis and characterisation of light lanthanide bis-phospholyl borohydride complexes, J. Liu, L. E. Nodaraki, P. J. Cobb, M. J. Giansiracusa, F. Ortu, F. Tuna, D. P. Mills, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 6504, DOI:10.1039/D0DT01241F.

73. A Double Dysprosocenium Single-Molecule Magnet Bound Together With Neutral Ligands, P. Evans, D. Reta, C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Ortu, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 5677, DOI: 10.1039/C9CC08945D; ChemRXiv, 2019, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv.10312304.v1.

72. Probing relaxation dynamics in five‐coordinate dysprosium single‐molecule magnets, V. Parmar, F. Ortu, X. Ma, N. F. Chilton, R.Clérac, D. P. Mills, R. E. P. Winpenny, Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 7774, DOI:10.1002/chem.202001235. Assigned as a Hot Paper by the journal.

71. Understanding magnetic relaxation in single-ion magnets with high blocking temperature, 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, S. Carretta, Phys. Rev. B, 2020, 101, 174402, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.174402.

70. A Bis-Monophospholyl Dysprosium Cation Showing Magnetic Hysteresis at 48 Kelvin, P. Evans, D. Reta, G. F. S. Whitehead, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 19935, DOI:10.1021/jacs.9b11515; ChemRXiv, 2019, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv.10050128.v1.

69. Electronic structures of bent lanthanide(III) complexes with two N-donor ligands, H. M. Nicholas, M. Vonci, C. A. P. Goodwin, S.-W. Loo, S. R. Murphy, D. Cassim, R. E. P. Winpenny, E. J. L. McInnes, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 10493, DOI:10.1039/C9SC03431E; ChemRXiv, 2019, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv.7952063.v1. Assigned as a Chemical Science Pick of the Week and a Hot Article by the journal; see the news story and a video here.

68. Zero-Field Quantum Tunnelling of the Magnetization in a Series of High Energy-Barrier Dysprosium(III) Single-Molecule Magnets, 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, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 8541, DOI: 10.1039/C9DT01655D; ChemRxiv, 2018, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv.6790568.v1. Assigned as a hot article by the journal.

67. Light lanthanide metallocenium cations exhibiting weak equatorial anion interactions; J. Liu, D. Reta, J. Cleghorn, Y. X. Yeoh, F. Ortu, C. A. P. Goodwin, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 7749, DOI:10.1002/chem.201901167. Assigned as a hot paper by the journal.

66. Terbocenium: completing a heavy lanthanide metallocenium cation family with an alternative anion abstraction strategy; C. A. P. Goodwin, D. Reta, F. Ortu, J. Liu, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 9182, DOI:10.1039/C8CC05261A. An invited article to the ‘New molecules and materials from the f-block’ web issue. Highlighted in: Chemistry World.

65. Uranium(III) Carbon Multiple Bonding Supported by Arene δ-Bonding in Mixed Valence Hexauranium Nanometre-Scale Rings; A. J. Wooles, D. P. Mills, F. Tuna, E. J. L. McInnes, G. Law, A. Fuller, F. Kremer, M. Ridgway, W. Lewis, L. Gagliardi, B. Vlasavljevich, S. T. Liddle, Nature Commun., 2018, 9, 2097, DOI:10.1038/s41467-018-04560-7. Featured on an Editor’s Choice webpage.

64. Structural Characterisation of Lithium and Sodium Bulky Bis(silyl)amide Complexes; H. M. Nicholas, C. A. P. Goodwin, J. G. C. Kragskow, S. J. Lockyer, D. P. Mills, Molecules, 2018, 23, 1138, DOI:10.3390/molecules23051138. An invited article to the ‘Main Group Elements’ issue.

63. Heteroleptic Samarium(III) Halide Complexes Probed by Fluorescence-Detected L3-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy; C. A. P. Goodwin, B. L. L. Réant, J. G. C. Kragskow, I. M. DiMucci, K. M. Lancaster, D. P. Mills, S. Sproules, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 10613, DOI:10.1039/C8DT01452C. An invited article to the ‘New Talent: Europe’ issue.

62. Chromium chains as polydentate fluoride ligands for actinides and group IV metals; J.-D. Leng, A. K. Kostopoulos, L. H. Isherwood, A.-M. Ariciu, F. Tuna, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, R. G. Pritchard, G. F. S. Whitehead, G. A. Timco, D. P. Mills, R. E. P. Winpenny, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 6361, DOI:10.1039/C8DT00803E.

61. Salt metathesis routes to homoleptic near-linear Mg(II) and Ca(II) bulky bis(silyl)amide complexes; J.-D. Leng, C. A. P. Goodwin, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. P. Mills, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 12526, DOI:10.1039/C8DT00802G. An invited article to the ‘Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry of the s-Block’ issue.

60. Exploring Synthetic Routes to Heteroleptic UIII, UIV and ThIV Bulky Bis(silyl)amide Complexes; C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Tuna, E. J. L. Mcinnes, D. P. Mills, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2018, 2356, DOI:10.1002/ejic.201800036. An invited article to the ‘Celebrating the Past, Present and Future of EurJIC’ issue.

59. Thorium(IV) alkyl synthesis from a thorium(III) cyclopentadienyl complex and an N-heterocyclic olefin; J. Liu, J. A. Seed, A. Formanuik, F. Ortu, A. J. Wooles, D. P. Mills, S. T. Liddle, J. Organomet. Chem., 2018, 857, 75, DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.08.015. An invited article to the ‘Recent Advances in the Organometallic Chemistry of the Lanthanide and Actinides, dedicated to Professor William Evans’ issue.

58. The performance of density functional theory for the description of ground and excited state properties of inorganic and organometallic uranium compounds; D. Reta, F. Ortu, S. Randall, D. P. Mills, N. F. Chilton, R. E. P. Winpenny, L. Natrajan, B. Edwards, N. Kaltsoyannis, J. Organomet. Chem., 2018, 857, 58, DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.09.021. An invited article to the ‘Recent Advances in the Organometallic Chemistry of the Lanthanide and Actinides, dedicated to Professor William Evans’ issue.

57. Synthesis and structural characterization of lanthanum and cerium substituted cyclopentadienyl borohydride complexes; F. Ortu, D. Packer, J. Liu, M. Burton, A. Formanuik, D. P. Mills, J. Organomet. Chem., 2018, 857, 45, DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.09.010. An invited article to the ‘Recent Advances in the Organometallic Chemistry of the Lanthanide and Actinides, dedicated to Professor William Evans’ issue.

56. Synthesis and Electronic Structures of Heavy Lanthanide Metallocenium Cations; C. A. P. Goodwin, D. Reta, F. Ortu, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 18714, DOI:10.1021/jacs.7b11535.

55. Molecular magnetic hysteresis at 60 K in dysprosocenium; C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Ortu, D. Reta, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, Nature, 2017, 548, 439, DOI:10.1038/nature23447. Assigned as a Hot Paper: Cited in the top 0.1% of the field of Chemistry in March/April 2018. Highlighted in: Nature News and Views, 2017, 548, 400; Chem. Eng. News, 2017, 95(35), 7 (News of the Week); Chemistry World; New Scientist; Phys.org; The Conversation; Nature Research Chemistry Community; Manchester CAMERA; Manchester InAbstract; Yahoo! News; Yahoo! Finance; Digital Trends; Controlled Environments; Storage Magazine; Nanowerk Nanotechology News; EurekAlert!; Science Newsline; Science Daily; Nanotechnology Now; R&D Magazine; Electronic Component News; Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine; Discover Magazine; Computer Weekly; New Atlas; Singularity Hub; Space Daily; True Viral News; International Business Times; Long Room; Futurism; The Surg; Compound Interest; Cooling Zone; American Laboratory; World Industrial Reporter; Wall Street Pit; Scientific American (Italian Edition); La Nuova Sardegna; To Vima; Muy Interesante; Kurzweil AI; and, N + 1 (Russian Edition); Radio 24.

54. Yttrium methanide and methanediide bis(silylamides); F. Ortu, M. Gregson, A. J. Wooles, D. P. Mills, S. T. Liddle, Organometallics, 2017, 36, 4584, DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00394. An invited article to the ‘Organometallic Actinide and Lanthanide Chemistry’ issue.

53. 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). C. A. P. Goodwin, N. F. Chilton, L. S. Natrajan, M.-E. Boulon, J. W. Ziller, W. J. Evans, D. P. Mills, Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 5959, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00664.

52. Analysis of Lanthanide-Radical Magnetic Interactions in Ce(III) 2,2′-Bipyridyl Complexes. F. Ortu, J. Liu, M. Burton, J. M. Fowler, A. Formanuik, M.-E. Boulon, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 2496,
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02683.

51 . The inverse-trans-influence in tetravalent lanthanide and actinide bis(carbene) complexes; M. Gregson, E. Lu, D. P. Mills, F. Tuna, E. J. L. McInnes, C. Hennig, A. C. Scheinost, J. McMaster, W. Lewis, A. J. Blake, A. Kerridge, S. T. Liddle, Nature Commun. 2017, 14137, DOI:10.1038/ncomms14137. Assigned as a Highly Cited Paper: Cited in the top 1% of the field of Chemistry in 2017-18. Highlighted in: ESRF Annual Highlights report; Phys.org; ChemEurope; ANI News; Daily News and Analysis; Business Standard; Homeland Security Newswire; EurekAlert; Deccan Chronicle; R&D Magazine; Health Medicine Network; Alpha Galileo; New Kerala; and, About Manchester.

50. Actinide covalency measured by pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; A. Formanuik, A.-M. Ariciu, F. Ortu, R. Beekmeyer, A. Kerridge, F. Tuna, E. J. L. McInnes, D. P. Mills, Nature Chemistry, 2017, 9, 578, DOI:10.1038/nchem.2692. Highlighted in: Chem. Eng. News 2017, 95(2), 8; Laboratory News; YouTube (Channel CAMERA): https://youtu.be/jeB3ENfMbRE; Xinhua News Agency; Blue & Green Tomorrow.

49. Double Reduction of 4,4'-Bipyridine and Reductive Coupling of Pyridine by Two Thorium(III) Single-Electron Transfers; Formanuik, F. Ortu, J. Liu, L. E. Nodaraki, F. Tuna, A. Kerridge, D. P. Mills, Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 2290, DOI:10.1002/chem.201605974.

48. SmCpR2-mediated cross-coupling of allyl and propargyl ethers with ketoesters and a telescoped approach to complex cycloheptanols; M. P. Plesniak, X. Just-Baringo, F. Ortu, D. P. Mills, D. J. Procter, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 13503, DOI:10.1039/C6CC07318B.

47. Concomitant Carboxylate and Oxalate Formation From the Activation of CO2 by a Thorium(III) Complex; A. Formanuik, F. Ortu, C. J. Inman, A. Kerridge, L. Castro, L. Maron, D. P. Mills, Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 17976, DOI:10.1002/chem.201604622.

46. Physicochemical properties of near-linear Ln(II) bis-silylamide complexes (Ln = Sm, Eu, Tm, Yb); C. A. P. Goodwin, N. F. Chilton, G. F. Vettese, E. Moreno Pineda, I. F. Crowe, J. W. Ziller, R. E. P. Winpenny, W. J. Evans, D. P. Mills, Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 10057, DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00808. An invited article to the ‘New Trends & Applications for Lanthanides’ issue, part of which was featured in the Editorial and on the Front Cover of the issue.

45. Activation of heteroallenes COxS2-x (x=0-2): Experimental and theoretical evidence of the synthetic versatility of a bulky guanidinato Sm(II) complex; L. Castro, D. P. Mills, C. Jones, L. Maron, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2016, 6, 792, DOI:10.1002/ejic.201501346.

44. White phosphorus activation by a Th(III) complex, A. Formanuik, F. Ortu, R. Beekmeyer, A. Kerridge, R. W. Adams, D. P. Mills, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 2390, DOI:10.1039/C5DT04528B.

43. Salt metathesis versus protonolysis routes for the synthesis of silylamide Hauser base (R2NMgX; X = halogen) and amido-Grignard (R2NMgR) complexes, C. A. P. Goodwin, A. Smith, F. Ortu, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. P. Mills, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 6004, DOI:10.1039/C5DT02535D. An invited article to the ‘Main Group Transformations’ issue.

42. Synthesis and Reactivity of a Ce(III) Scorpionate Complex Containing a Redox Non-Innocent 2,2'-Bipyridine Ligand, F. Ortu, H. Zhu, M.-E. Boulon, D. P. Mills, Inorganics, 2015, 3, 534, DOI:10.3390/inorganics3040534. An invited article to the ‘Rare Earth and Actinide’ issue.

41. A Structural Investigation of Heteroleptic Lanthanide Substituted Cyclopentadienyl Complexes; F. Ortu, J. M. Fowler, M. Burton, A. Formanuik, D. P. Mills, New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 7633, DOI: 10.1039/C5NJ00761E. An invited article to the ‘Frontiers of Organo-f-element Chemistry’ issue.

40. Homoleptic Trigonal Planar Lanthanide Complexes Stabilized by Superbulky Silylamide Ligands; C. A. P. Goodwin, K. C. Joslin, S. J. Lockyer, A. Formanuik, G. A. Morris, F. Ortu, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. P. Mills, Organometallics, 2015, 34, 2314, DOI: 10.1021/om501123e. An invited article to the ‘Mike Lappert Memorial’ issue.

39. The first near-linear bis(amide) f-block complex: a blueprint for a high temperature single molecule magnet; N. F. Chilton, C. A. P. Goodwin, D. P. Mills, R. E. P. Winpenny, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 101, DOI: 10.1039/C4CC08312A. Part of the themed collections: ‘Celebrating our 2018 prize and award winners’ and ‘Commemorating Michael Faraday (1791-1867).’ Assigned as a Highly Cited Paper: Cited in the top 1% of the field of Chemistry in 2015-16.

38. [UIII{N(SiMe2tBu)2}3]: A Structurally Authenticated Trigonal Planar Actinide Complex; C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Tuna, E. J. L. McInnes, S. T. Liddle, J. McMaster, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. P. Mills, Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 14579, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404864. Assigned as a Very Important Paper by the journal.

PhD and PDRA Papers 2004-2013

4. Reviews

8. f-Element heavy pnictogen chemistry, J. Du, P. J. Cobb, J. Ding, D. P. Mills, S. T. Liddle, Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 13, DOI:10.1039/d3sc05056d.
An invited article to the themed collection “Celebrating the scientific accomplishments of RSC Fellows”

7. Metallocene anions: From electrochemical curiosities to isolable complexes, C. Magnoux, D. P. Mills, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2022, e202101063; DOI:10.1002/ejic.202101063R1. An Invited Article to the ‘Ferrocene Chemistry’ Special Issue. Assigned as a Very Important Paper and Review of the Week by the Journal. Selected for the Front Cover of the Journal.

6. Mononuclear Dysprosium Alkoxide and Aryloxide Single-Molecule Magnets, V. Parmar, D. P. Mills, R. E. P. Winpenny, Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 7625, DOI:10.1002/chem.202100085.

5. f‐Block Phospholyl and Arsolyl Chemistry, D. P. Mills, P. Evans, Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 6645, DOI:10.1002/chem.202005231. Selected by the Editorial Office for a Showcase of outstanding Review type articles.

4. f-Element silicon and heavy tetrel chemistry, B. L. L. Réant, S. T. Liddle, D. P. Mills, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 10871, DOI: 10.1039/D0SC04655H.

3. New Vistas in the Molecular Chemistry of Thorium: Low Oxidation State Complexes; F. Ortu, A. Formanuik, J. R. Innes, D. P. Mills, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 7537, DOI:10.1039/C6DT01111J. Assigned as a hot article by the journal.

2. Early metal bis(phosphorus-stabilised)carbene chemistry; S. T. Liddle, D. P. Mills, A. J. Wooles, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2011, 40, 2164. DOI: 10.1039/C0CS00135J.

1. Metal-metal bonds in f-element chemistry; S. T. Liddle, D. P. Mills, Dalton Trans., 2009, 5592. DOI: 10.1039/B904318G.

5. BOOK CHAPTERS

7. Small Molecule Activation by Molecular Lanthanide Complexes, D. P. Mills, C. A. P. Goodwin, in The Lanthanides and Actinides: Synthesis, Reactivity, Properties and Applications, Eds. S. T. Liddle, D. P. Mills, L. S. Natrajan, World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd, Singapore, 2022, ISBN: 978-1-80061-016-3, DOI: 10.1142/q0298.

6. Single-Molecule Magnets, M. J. Giansiracusa, G. K. Gransbury, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills, in Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Ed. R. A. Scott, John Wiley: Chichester, 2021, DOI:10.1002/9781119951438.eibc2784.

5. Chapter 306 - Low Coordinate Rare Earth and Actinide Complexes, F. Ortu, D. P. Mills, in Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, Eds. J.-C. G. Bünzli, V. K. Pecharsky, Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, 2019, 55, 1, DOI: 10.1016/bs.hpcre.2019.05.001.

4. Lanthanides: Divalent Organometallic Chemistry; H. M. Nicholas, D. P. Mills, in Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Ed. R. A. Scott, John Wiley: Chichester, 2017, DOI: 10.1002/9781119951438.eibc2453.

3. Silylamides: towards a half-century of stabilising remarkable f-element chemistry;
C. A. P. Goodwin, D. P. Mills, in Specialist Periodical Reports: Organometallic Chemistry: Volume 41, Eds. I. J.S. Fairlamb, J. Lynam, N. J. Patmore, P. Elliott, RSC Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2017, 123, ISBN: 978-1-78262-416-5, DOI: 10.1039/9781782626923-00123.

2. Ligand Design in Modern Lanthanide Chemistry, D. P. Mills, S. T. Liddle, in Ligand Design in Metal Chemistry: Reactivity and Catalysis, Eds. R. Lundgren, M. Stradiotto, Wiley, Chichester, UK, 2016, ISBN: 978-1118839836.