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Shephard, Angus C.G., Delon, Aymeric, Chevreux, Sylviane, Martinez, Agathe, Guo, Zhifang, Deacon, Glen B., Lemercier, Gilles, McClenaghan, Nathan, Jonusauskas, Gediminas, Junk, Peter C., and Jaroschik, Florian (2024) Divalent ansa-Octaphenyllanthanocenes: Synthesis, Structures, and EuII Luminescence. Inorganic Chemistry. (In Press)

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Somers, A.E., Peng, Y., Chong, A.L., Forsyth, M., Macfarlane, D.R., Deacon, G.B., Hughes, A.E., Hinton, B.R.W., Mardel, J.I., and Junk, P.C. (2020) Advances in the development of rare earth metal and carboxylate compounds as corrosion inhibitors for steel. Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology, 55 (4). pp. 311-321.

Thomas, Nicholas C., Beaumont, Owen A., Deacon, Glen B., Gaertner, Cornelius, Forsyth, Craig M., Somers, Anthony E., and Junk, Peter C. (2020) Preparation and structures of rare earth 3-Benzoylpropanoates and 3-Phenylpropanoates. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 73 (12). pp. 1250-1259.

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Mottram, Eleanor, Hamilton, Sophie, Moon, Joshua S., Wang, Jun, Bousrez, Guillaume, Somers, Anthony E., Deacon, Glen B., and Junk, Peter C. (2020) Synthesis, structure, and corrosion inhibiting properties of phenylacetato-rare earth(III) complexes. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 73 (17-19). pp. 2677-2697.

Guo, Zhifang, Blair, Victoria L., Deacon, Glen B., and Junk, Peter C. (2020) Widely contrasting outcomes from the use of tris(pentafluorophenyl)bismuth or pentafluorophenylsilver as oxidants in the reactions of lanthanoid metals with N,N '-diarylformamidines. Dalton Transactions, 49. pp. 13588-13600.

Peng, Yu, Hughes, Anthony E., Mardel, James I., Deacon, Glen B., Junk, Peter C., Forsyth, Maria, Hinton, Bruce R.W., and Somers, Anthony E. (2019) Leaching behavior and corrosion inhibition of a rare earth carboxylate incorporated epoxy coating system. Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11 (39). pp. 36154-36168.

Rad, Nazli E., Junk, Peter C., Deacon, Glen B., and Wang, Jun (2019) New homoleptic rare earth 3,5-diphenylpyrazolates and 3,5-di-tert-butylpyrazolates and a noteworthy structural discontinuity. Zeitschrift fuer Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 645 (13). pp. 877-881.

Guo, Zhifang, Luu, Jenny, Blair, Victoria, Deacon, Glen B., and Junk, Peter C. (2019) Replacing mercury: syntheses of lanthanoid pyrazolates from free lanthanoid metals, pentafluorophenylsilver, and pyrazoles, aided by a facile synthesis of polyfluoroarylsilver compounds. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2019 (7). pp. 1018-1029.

Gholivand, Khodayar, Pooyan, Mahsa, Mohammadpanah, Fahimeh, Pirastefar, Foroogh, Junk, Peter C., Wang, Jun, Valmoozi, Ali Asghar Ebrahimi, and Mani-Varnosfaderani, Ahmad (2019) Synthesis, crystal structure and biological evaluation of new phosphoramide derivatives as urease inhibitors using docking, QSAR and kinetic studies. Bioorganic Chemistry, 86. pp. 482-493.

Werner, Daniel, Deacon, Glen B., and Junk, Peter C. (2019) Trapping CS₂²⁻ and S₃²⁻ between two ytterbium formamidinates. Inorganic Chemistry, 58 (3). pp. 1912-1918.

Ghazali, Nurul F., Phonsri, Wasinee, Murray, Keith S., Junk, Peter C., Deacon, Glen B., and Turner, David R. (2019) Trinuclear and mononuclear lanthanoid complexes containing 2-Methyl-8-quinolinolate: synthesis, structures, and magnetic properties. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2019 (20). pp. 2549-2557.

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Somers, Anthony E., Hinton, Bruce R.W., de Bruin-Dickason, Caspar, Deacon, Glen B., Junk, Peter C., and Forsyth, Maria (2018) New, environmentally friendly, rare earth carboxylate corrosion inhibitors for mild steel. Corrosion Science, 139. pp. 430-437.

Werner, Daniel, Bayer, Uwe, Rad, Nazli E., Junk, Peter C., Deacon, Glen B., and Anwander, Reiner (2018) Unique and contrasting structures of homoleptic lanthanum(III) and cerium(III) 3,5-dimethylpyrazolates. Dalton Transactions, 47 (17). pp. 5952-5955.

Werner, Daniel, Deacon, Glen B., and Junk, Peter C. (2018) A deca-9-fluorenolato-deca-samarium oxide cage. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2018 (20-21). pp. 2241-2246.

Peng, Yu, Hughes, Anthony E., Deacon, Glen B., Junk, Peter C., Hinton, Bruce R.W., Forsyth, Maria, Mardel, James I., and Somers, Anthony E. (2018) A study of rare-earth 3-(4-methylbenzoyl)-propanoate compounds as corrosion inhibitors for AS1020 mild steel in NaCl solutions. Corrosion Science, 145. pp. 199-211.

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Werner, Daniel, Zhao, Xuefei, Best, Stephen P., Maron, Laurent, Junk, Peter C., and Deacon, Glen B. (2017) Bulky ytterbium formamidinates stabilise complexes with radical ligands, and related samarium "tetracyclone" chemistry. Chemistry: A European Journal, 23 (9). pp. 2084-2102.

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de Bruin-Dickason, Caspar N., Deacon, Glen B., Forsyth, Craig M., Hanf, Schirin, Heilmann, Oliver B., Hinton, Bruce R.W., Junk, Peter, Somers, Anthony E., Tan, Yu Qing, and Turner, David R. (2017) Synthesis and structures of rare earth 3-(4 '-Methylbenzoyl)-propanoate complexes: new corrosion inhibitors. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 70 (5). pp. 478-484.

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Deacon, Glen B., Junk, Peter C., and Werner, Daniel (2016) Enhancing the value of free metals in the synthesis of lanthanoid formamidinates: is a co-oxidant needed? Chemistry: a European journal, 22 (1). pp. 160-173.

Deacon, Glen B., Junk, Peter C., and Werner, Daniel (2016) The synthesis and structures of rare earth 2-fluorophenyl- and 2,3,4,5-tetrafluorophenyl-N,N '-bis(aryl)formamidinate complexes. Polyhedron, 103 (Part A). pp. 178-186.

Somers, A.E., Deacon, G.B., Hinton, B.R.W., Macfarlane, D.R., Junk, P.C., Tan, M.Y.J., and Forsyth, M. (2016) Recent developments in environment-friendly corrosion inhibitors for mild steel. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 96 (4). pp. 285-292.

Behrsing, Thomas, Deacon, Glen B., Luu, Jenny, Junk, Peter C., Skelton, Brian W., and White, Allan H. (2016) Structural diversity of lanthanoid salicylate hydrates. Polyhedron, 120. pp. 69-81.

Conference Item

Ang, Desmond T.C., Junk, Peter, Deacon, Glen, and Forsyth, Maria (2022) Electrochemistry and Engineering Study of Molecular Protective-Films to Steel-Alloys. In: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. pp. 121-124. From: INCASE 2021: 2nd International Conference on Advanced Surface Enhancement, 7-8 September 2021, Virtual.

Thesis

Shephard, Angus C. G. (2022) Explorations into the rare earth chemistry of biphenolates and superbulky cyclopentadienyl ligands, and a study of C-F activation by rare earth metals. PhD thesis, James Cook University.