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Research in the Emslie group is focused in 3
areas, all of which rely heavily on ligand design
and organometallic synthesis/reactivity. For more information, click on the buttons below:

ALD
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New organometallic reactivity for metal Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD): volatile precursor synthesis, solution deposition reactions, mechanistic studies, and ALD
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LnAn
Actinide complexes of ultra-rigid ligands: organometallic reactivity, redox chemistry, small molecule acti-vation, metal–ligand bonding studies, and potentially Ln/An separation
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Late transition metal ambiphilic ligand complexes (typically borane-containing): synthesis, metal-ligand bonding studies, and applications in cooperative substrate activation.

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Note 1: students interested in joining the group typically have a choice between several different research areas, which can differ significantly (e.g. more exploratory vs more applied research, substantial vs minimal new ligand synthesis, mainly organometallic vs coordination chemistry, transition metal vs f-element chemistry etc.)

Note 2: The Emslie group is a synthetic inorganic chemistry group, so the major focus (typically >80%) of all projects is molecular synthesis (mostly air-sensitive, and in some cases extremely air sensitive).