Publications
28 “Effect of capping groups at the N- and C-termini on the conformational preference of a,b-peptoids” E. De Santis, T. Hjelmgaard, C. Caumes, S. Faure, B. D. Alexander, S. J. Holder, G. Siligardi, C. Taillefumier and A. A. Edwards, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, DOI:10.1039/C1OB06386C.
27 "Perichromism: A novel, rapid, spectroscopic technique to distinguish between amorphous and crystalline material” P. J. Major, S. R. Wicks, B. D. Alexander and J. C. Mitchell, Applied Spectroscopy, 2011, 12, In press.
26 “Charge Carrier Dynamics on Mesoporous WO3 during Water Splitting” F. M. Pesci, A. J. Cowan, B. D. Alexander, J. R. Durrant and D. R. Klug, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2011, 2, 1900-1903.
25 “Cyclic α,β-peptoid octamers with differing side chain patterns: synthesis and conformational investigation” E. De Santis, T. Hjelmgaard, S. Faure, O. Roy, C. Didierjean, B. D. Alexander, G. Siligardi, R. Hussain, T. Jávorfi, A. A. Edwards and C. Taillefumier, Amino Acids, 2011, 41, 663-672.
24 “Metal Oxide Photoanodes for Water Splitting” J. Augustynski, B. D. Alexander and R. Solarska, Topics in Current Chemistry, 2011, 303, 1-38.
23 “Synthesis and characterisation of Fe–V–O thin film photoanodes” C. D. Morton, I. J. Slipper, M. J. K. Thomas and B. D. Alexander, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A, 2010, 216, 209-214.
22 “Tailoring the morphology of WO3 films with substitutional cation doping: Effect on the photoelectrochemical properties” R. Solarska, B. D. Alexander, A. Braun, R. Jurczakowski, G. Fortunato, M. Stiefel, T. Graule and J. Augustynski, Electrochimica Acta, 2010, 55, 7780-7787.
21 “Low temperature crystal structure of N-Acetyl-L-Glutamic acid: comparison with the DFT calculated structure” N. Kausar, B. D. Alexander, R. A. Palmer, B. S. Potter, T. J. Dines, M. Helliwell and B. Z. Chowdhry, Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 2010, 40, 602-607.
20 “Raman spectroscopy in pharmaceutical analysis” B. Z. Chowdhry, S. Jabeen, B. D. Alexander, European Pharmaceutical. Reviews, 2009, 14, 34-39.
19 "Vibrational spectroscopy and DFT calculations of the di-amino acid peptide L-aspartyl-L-glutamic acid in the zwitterionic state." N. Kausar, T. J. Dines, B. Z. Chowdhry and B. D. Alexander, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2009, 11, 6389-6400.
18 "Vibrational spectroscopy and DFT calculations of di-amino acid peptides: α- and β-N-acetyl-L-Asp-L-Glu in the solid state." N. Kausar, B. D. Alexander, T. J. Dines, R. Withnall and B. Z. Chowdhry, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 2009, 40, 661-669.
17 "Vibrational spectroscopy and DFT calculations of amino acid derivatives: N-acetyl-L-Asp and N-acetyl-L-Glu in the solid state. N. Kausar, B. D. Alexander, T. J. Dines, R. Withnall and B. Z. Chowdhry, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 2009, 40, 670-678.
16 "Remediation of a chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbon in water by photoelectrocatalysis. S. Nissen, B. D. Alexander, I. Dawood, M. Tillotson, R. P. K. Wells, D. E. Macphee and K. Killham, Environmental Pollution, 2009, 157, 72-76.
15 "DFT calculations of the structures and vibrational spectra of the [Fe(bpy)3]2+ and [Ru(bpy)3]2+ complexes." B. D. Alexander, T. J. Dines, R. W. Longhurst, Chemical Physics, 2008, 352, 19-27.
14 "Metal Oxide Photoanodes for Solar Hydrogen Production." B. D. Alexander, P. J. Kulesza, I. A. Rutkowska, R. Solarska, and J. Augustynski, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2008, 18, 2298-2303.
13 "A spectroscopic study of 2,5-trans related furanose-based carbopeptoids." A. A. Edwards, B. D. Alexander, G. J. W. Fleet and G. E. Tranter, Chirality, 2008, 20, 969-972.
12 "Cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemical study of nickel and cobalt diphenyltetraazaannulene." B. D. Alexander, J. A. Crayston and T. J. Dines, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2007, 605, 109-117.
11 “Scaled quantum chemical force field and interpretation of the resonance Raman spectra of transition metal tris-α-diimine complexes.” B. D. Alexander, T. J. Dines and R. W. Longhurst, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, Yokohama, Japan, 2006, p.161.
10 "Electrochromic and photoelectrochemical characteristics of nanostructured WO3 films prepared by a sol-gel method." R. Solarska, B. D. Alexander and J. Augustynski, Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2006, 9, 301-306.
9 "Photoelectrochemical oxidation of water at transparent ferric oxide film electrodes." C. Jorand Sartoretti, B. D. Alexander, R. Solarska, I. A. Rutkowska, J. Augustynski and R. Cerny, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2005, 109, 13685-13692.
8 "Ab initio calculations of the structures and vibrational spectra of ethene complexes." B. D. Alexander and T. J. Dines, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2004, 108, 146-156.
7 "Ab initio calculations and normal coordinate analysis of ruthenium polypyridyl complexes." B. D. Alexander and T. J. Dines, Inorganic Chemistry, 2004, 43, 342-350.
6 "A resonance Raman and SERRS spectroscopic investigation of nickel (II) porphyrin complexes adsorbed at electrochemical interfaces." B. D. Alexander, J. A. Crayston and T. J. Dines, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2004, 6, 3576-3584.
5 "Electrochromic and structural characteristics of mesoporous WO3 films prepared by a sol-gel method." R. Solarska, B. D. Alexander and J. Augustynski, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2004, 8, 748-756.
4 "Electrochromic and structural characteristics of mesoporous WO3 films prepared by a sol-gel method." B. D. Alexander, R. Solarska and J. Augustynski, in Proceedings of the XIXth International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, ed. P. M. Fredericks, R. L. Frost and L. Rintoul, Csiro Publishing, Collingwood, Australia, 2004.
3 "Modelling the structure and vibrational spectra of sulphonate anions : problems to know and overcome." B. D. Alexander, in Proceedings of the XIXth International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, ed. P. M. Fredericks, R. L. Frost and L. Rintoul, Csiro Publishing, Collingwood, Australia, 2004.
2 "Photoelectrochemical oxidation of water at transparent ferric oxide film electrodes" C. Jorand Sartoretti, M. Ulmann, B. D. Alexander, J. Augustynski and A. Weidenkaff, Chemical Physics Letters, 2003, 376, 194-200.
1 "The chemical mechanism in the SERS spectrum of pyrazine", B. D. Alexander and T. J. Dines, in Proceedings of the XVIIIth International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, ed. J. Mink, G. Jalsovszky and G. Keresztury, John Wiley, Chichester, 2002, p 281.
Invited Book Chapters
2 “Organic Applications of UV-Visible Absorption Spectroscopy”, A. A. Edwards and B. D. Alexander in Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry, 2nd edition, eds. J. Linden, G. E. Tranter, D. Koppenaal, Academic Press, ISBN: 978-0-12-374417-3, 2010, pp. 2030-2089.
1 “Nanostructured Thin-Film WO3 Photoanodes for Solar Water and Sea-Water Splitting”, B. D. Alexander and J. Augustynski in On Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology, ed. L. Vayssieres, John Wiley & Sons, Singapore / Chichester, pp. 333-348, 2009.
Patent applications
Photoelectrochemical silver roughening for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, 2006, J. Augustynski, M. Odziemkowski, B. D. Alexander, M. Fedurco.
Our research was the highlight article in the Journal of Materials Chemistry (2008, vol. 18, p. 2298) and in Eureka magazine (January, 2009).
| Dr Bruce Alexander | Telephone: 0208 331 8209 | Email: b.alexander@gre.ac.uk |