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DR COLETTE BOSKOVIC



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Organization: Chemistry
Position: LECTURER IN CHEMISTRY
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Homepage: http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/staff/coletteb/research/index.html
Work: 8344 4971
Fax: 9347 5180
Room: 272
Level: 02
Building: Chemistry - Old
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
polynuclear metal complexes as molecular nanomagnets transition metal chemistry, coordination chemistry, magnetochemistry, single-molecule magnets, polyoxometalates, lanthanoid chemistry Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Switzerland University of Berne Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (honours) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1993
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1998

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Royal Australian Chemical Institute 01-Jan-1994

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Selby Research Award, University of Melbourne 01-Jan-2004

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Polynuclear metal complexes as molecular nanomagnets Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005
X-ray Molecular Structure Elucidation Facility (MSEF) Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) 01/01/2007
A NATIONAL BIOMEDICAL ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING CENTRE Chief Investigator MONASH UNIVERSITY Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2007
New approaches to bistable spin clusters Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • A new family of octanuclear Cu4Ln4 (Ln = Gd, Tb and Dy) spin clusters
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Dalton Transactions
    Volume: -
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 59-63
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Incorporation of a tripodal ligand with a (N,O,O)-donor set into a new family of nickel and cobalt spin clusters

     


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Polyhedron
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 369-377
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  • A dodecanuclear manganese(II,III) complex of pentaerythritol
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Acta Crystallographica Section C - Crystal Structure Communications
    Volume: C63
    Page numbers: m71-m73
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  • Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of a novel Tb4 spin cluster and synthesis of a Tb chain
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Polyhedron
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 3023-3028
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Mixed-Valent Cobalt Spin Clusters: a Hexanuclear Complex and a One-Dimensional Coordination Polymer Comprised of Alternating Hepta and Mononuclear Fragments
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 8950-8957
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Hexakis(μ4-2-amino-2-methylpropane-1,3-diolato)hexachloroheptairon(II,III) acetonitrile disolvate monohydrate
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Acta Crystallographica Section E - Structure Reports Online
    Volume: 61
    Page numbers: m611-m613
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  • High-Nuclearity mixed-chelate ferric complexes from a new family of polynuclear precursors
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 44
    Page numbers: 3181-3189
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • Long-lived light-induced metastable states in trans-[Ru(NH3)4(H2O)NO]Cl3·H2O
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 1164-1170
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  • Single-Molecule Magnets: Structure and Properties of [Mn18O14(O2CMe)18(hep)4(hepH)2(H2O)2](ClO4)2 with Spin S = 13
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 44
    Page numbers: 502-511
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  • Synthesis and Spectroscopic characterization of a new family of Ni4 spin clusters
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 44
    Page numbers: 4315-4325
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Evidence for two light-induced metastable electronic states in Cl3[Ru(NH3)5NO]H2O
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Chemical Physics Letters
    Volume: 390
    Page numbers: 347
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  • Pressure Dependence of the Magnetic Anisotropy in the Single-Molecule Magnet [Mn4O3Br(OAc)3(dbm)3]
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Physical Review B
    Volume: 70
    Page numbers: 172413-1-172413-4
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  • Synthesis and Characterization of a New Family of Bi-, Tri-, Tetra- and Pentanuclear Ferric Complexes
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 43
    Page numbers: 5053-5068
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • A new core topology in pentanuclear complexes
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Dalton Transactions
    Page numbers: 3671-3672
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  • Ferromagnetic and Antiferromagnetic Intermolecular Interactions in a New Family of Mn4 Complexes with an Energy Barrier to Magnetization Reversal
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
    Volume: 125
    Page numbers: 14046-14058
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  • Molecular spin clusters: neutron scattering studies and new synthetic approaches
    Year: 2003
    Journal: ChemPhysChem
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 911-926
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  • [Mn18]2+ and [Mn21]4+ single-molecule magnets
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Polyhedron
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 2267-2271
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • A new synthetic method to Mn carboxylate clusters: reductive fragmentation of [Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O)4] to [Mn8O2(O2CR)14(RCO2H)4] (R = CH2But)
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Chemical Communications
    Volume: 00
    Page numbers: 2502-2503
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  • New tri- and tetranuclear transition metal spin clusters incorporating a versatile polydentate Schiff base ligand
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry Communications
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: 881-886
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  • Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization in a New [Mn18]2+ Single-Molecule Magnet with S = 13
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
    Volume: 124
    Page numbers: 9710-9711
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  • Single-Molecule Magnets: A new Family of Mn12 Clusters of Formula [Mn12O8X4(O2CPh)8(L)6]
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
    Volume: 124
    Page numbers: 3725-3736
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  • Single-Molecule Magnets: Novel Mn8 and Mn9 Carboxylate Clusters Containing an Unusual Pentadentate Ligand Derived from Pyridine-2,6-dimethanol
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 41
    Page numbers: 5107-5118
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  • Spin-parity dependent tunnelling of magnetization in single-molecule magnets
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Physical Review B
    Volume: 65
    Page numbers: 180403-1-180403-4
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Single-Molecule Magnets: Ligand-Induced Core Distortion and Multiple Jahn-Teller Isomerism in [Mn12O12(O2CMe)8(O2PPh2)8(H2O)4]
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Chemical Communications
    Page numbers: 467-468
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  • Single-Molecule Magnets: Ligand-Induced Core Distortion and Multiple Jahn-Teller Isomerism in [Mn12O12(O2CMe)8(O2PPh2)8(H2O)4]
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
    Volume: 123
    Page numbers: 9914-9915
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  • Single-Molecule Magnets: Site-Specific Ligand Abstraction from [Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O)4] and the Preparation and Properties of [Mn12O12(NO3)4(O2CCH2But)12(H2O)4]
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 4199-4210
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