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Curtin University
Nanochemistry Research Institute
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Dr David Brown

Senior Research Fellow
Postgraduate Coordinator

Room: 500.3118
Phone: +61 8 9266 1279
Email: D.H.Brown@curtin.edu.au

Fields of Interest

Synthetic organic, organometallic and coordination chemistry, azamacrocycles, N-heterocyclic carbenes, catalysis, immobilised catalysts, microreactors, biomaterials and polymer chemistry

Biography

  • BSc(Hons) in Chemistry, The University of Western Australia (1996)
  • PhD (Chemistry), The University of Western Australia (2001)
  • 2001-2003 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chemical and Process Engineering University of Sheffield
  • 2003-2007 Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia
  • 2007- Curtin Research and Teaching Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Curtin University

Selected Publications

  • P. V. Simpson, B. W. Skelton, D. H. Brown and M. V. Baker. “Synthesis and Characterisation of Mono- and Bidentate Alkoxybenzimidazolin-2-ylidene Palladium Complexes: Interesting Solution Behaviour and Application in Catalysis” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201001318
  • C. R. Driscoll, B. L. Reid, M. J. McIldowie, S. Muzzioli, G. L. Nealon, B. W. Skelton, S. Stagni, D. H. Brown, M. Massi, and I. Ogden. “A ‘plug-and-play’ approach to the preparation of transparent luminescent hybrid materials based on poly(methyl methacrylate), a calix[4]arene crosslinking agent and terbium ions.” Chem. Commun., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05570K
  • P. C. Andrews, D. H. Brown, B. H. Fraser, N. T. Gorham, P. C. Junk, M. Massi, T. G. St Pierre, B. W. Skelton, and R. C. Woodward. “Multifunctional Hybrid Materials Based on Transparent Poly(methyl methacrylate) Reinforced by Lanthanoid Hydroxo Clusters” Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 11227-11234.
  • Y. S Casadio, D. H Brown, T. V. Chirila, H.-B. Kraatz and M. V. Baker. “Biodegradation of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA) and poly{(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-co-[poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate]} hydrogels containing peptide-based crosslinking agents” Biomacromolecules, 2010, 11, 2949-2959.
  • D. H. Brown, G. L. Nealon, P. V. Simpson, B. W. Skelton and Z. Wang. “Silver and palladium complexes of a bis(benzimidazolin-2-ylidene)pyridine pincer ligand” Organometallics, 2009, 28, 1965-1968.
  • M. V. Baker, D. H. Brown, P. V. Simpson, B. W. Skelton and A. H. White. “Palladium complexes of o-xylyl-linked alkoxybenzimidazolin-2-ylidenes: interesting structural conformations and application as pre-catalysts” Dalton Trans., 2009, 7294-7307

Teaching

Chemical Structure and Spectroscopy 201
Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms 211
Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy 301
Synthetic Methods in Chemistry 311