Welcome to the Supramolecular Chemistry group page at Heriot-Watt University. The group is run by Dr Scott J. Dalgarno and our research focuses on various aspects of self-assembly and coordination chemistry. Relatively up-to-date news is listed below, and the various links provided 'should' take you to the relevant information.

• Marco's paper on directed cluster assembly is published in Chemistry a European Journal.

• SJD awarded the 2015 RSC Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship.

• Welcome to Angela who has joined the group as a PhD student on a DTP scholarship.

• Welcome to Tony who has joined the group as a PhD student on a DTP scholarship.

• Welcome to Marco who has joined the group as a PhD student on a James-Watt scholarship.

• Our recent paper on calix[8]arene-supported lanthanide clusters has been published in Chemistry A European Journal and was highlighted in Angewandte Chemie Spotlights.

• A 2013 James Watt studentship is available to work on metallosupramolecular chemistry. Further information

• Welcome to Robyn who has joined the group as a PhD student on a James-Watt scholarship.

• Robyn wins a prize for her presentation at the 2012 SCI Scottish Undergraduate Research Symposium.

• Our recent Chemical Communications paper on 'Calixarene-supported rare earth octahedra' is highlighted in ACS Noteworthy Chemistry.

• Welcome to Robyn, Kenneth and Christian who join the group to undertake their undergraduate projects

• Welcome to Ross who joins the group to work on a joint project with Euan Brechin and Andrew Cooper.

• Kerry is awarded the Dr James Sandilands Prize for the best inorganic chemistry project 2010-2011. Congratulations Kerry!

• Congratulations to Gareth, India and Kerry for the award of their degrees.

• Stuart successfully defends his thesis, congratulations Dr Kennedy!
• Stuart starts a postdoctoral research associate position with Prof. Jerry Atwood (University of Missouri).

• SJD awarded the first RSC Chemical Communications Emerging Investigator Lectureship.

• Kerry wins a prize for her presentation at the 2011 SCI Scottish Undergraduate Research Symposium.

• Grant success: Grant in collaboration with Prof. Euan K. Brechin and project partner Prof. Andy Cooper is funded by EPSRC for a project entitled 'Calixarenes: Discrete Superstructures and Metal-Organic Frameworks''. £ 376k.

• Full paper on the Mn(III)2Mn(II)2 system is published in Chemistry - A European Journal.
• Chem. Eur. J., 2011, 17, 7521.

• SJD is awarded a 2010 RSC Harrison-Meldola prize 'in recognition of his work on the synthesis of new nanostructures based on calixarenes with remarkable magnetic and adsorption properties'.

• Our paper on 'enhanced magnetic coolers and molecular magnets' is featured on the front cover of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
• J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010,  132, 12983.. 

• Our  paper entitled 'Metal-Organic Calixarene Nanotubes' is published in Angewandte Chemie.
• Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 4205

• Our 'Calix[4]arene 3d/4f Magnetic Cooler' is highlighted in the European Institute of Molecular Magnetism Newsletter.

• Grant success: Grant in collaboration with Dr. Euan K. Brechin is funded by EPSRC for a project entitled 'Supramolecular Synthesis of Molecular Clusters: Topological Control of Hybrid Nanomagnets'. £ 442k.

• Our recent Angewandte Chemie paper is covered in Nature Chemistry Research Highlights. Single Molecule Magnets: Gadolinium keeps it cool. The article can be found here.

• Our paper entitled 'A Calix[4]arene 3d/4f Magnetic Cooler' is published in Angewandte Chemie as a 'Hot Paper'.
• Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 9928

• Our  paper entitled 'Calixarene-Based Single-Molecule Magnets' is published in Angewandte Chemie.
• Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 8285

• Stuart's paper on modulation of non-covalent nanotube packing is published in Chemical Communications.
• Chem. Commun., 2009, 5275