Publications

Journal articles

Links to peer-reviewed journal articles are provided below. Books and other material (book chapters, theses and online contributions) are listed elsewhere. Adobe Reader is required to read the files.

2007

48. Direct observation of ion evaporation from a triply charged nanodroplet
K McQuinn, F Hof* and JS McIndoe*
 Chemical Communications, 2007, in the press.

47. Reversible binding of dihydrogen in multimetallic complexes
AS Weller* and JS McIndoe*
 European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2007, in the press.

46. Investigation into the formation of heteronuclear clusters of formula [{Ru₆C(CO)₁₆Ag₂X}₂]^2– (X = Cl, Br or I)
DM Chisholm, JS McIndoe*, G Bodizs, WH Ang, R Scopelliti and PJ Dyson*
 Journal of Cluster Science, 2007, 18, 303 (807 kb file).

45. Sequential reduction of high hydride count rhodium octahedral clusters [Rh₆(PR₃)₆H₁₂][BAr^F₄]₂: redox-switchable hydrogen storage
SK Brayshaw, A Harrison, JS McIndoe, F Marken, PR Raithby, JE Warren and AS Weller*
 Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 1793-1804 (593 kb file).

2006

44. The energetics of the X₂ + X^– → X₃^– equilibrium (X = Cl, Br, I) in aqueous and non-aqueous solution
E Crawford, JS McIndoe* and DG Tuck
 Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2006, 84, 1607-1613 (136 kb file).

43. Proton sponge phosphines: electrospray-active ligands
NJ Farrer, R McDonald and JS McIndoe*
 Dalton Transactions, 2006, 4570 - 4579 (331 kb file).
 Selected as a "Hot Paper".
 Featured in Chemical Science, "Victoria proton sponge rises to catalytic challenge".

42. Ionic liquids enable electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry in hexane
MA Henderson and JS McIndoe*
 Chemical Communications, 2006, 2872-2874 (403 kb file).
 Selected as a "Hot Paper".
 Featured in Chemical Technology, "Broadening the mass spectrum".

41. Storing and Releasing Hydrogen with a Redox Switch
SK Brayshaw, JC Green, N Hazari, JS McIndoe, F Marken, PR Raithby and AS Weller*
 Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2006, 45, 6005-6008 (221 kb file).
 Selected as a "Hot Paper".
 Featured as a "Research Highlight" in Nature.
 Highlighted in Green Chemistry.

40. High hydride count rhodium octahedra, [Rh₆(PR₃)₆H₁₂][BAr^F₄]₂ : synthesis, structures and reversible hydrogen uptake under mild conditions
SK Brayshaw, M Ingleson, JC Green, JS McIndoe, PR Raithby, G Kociok-Köhn and AS Weller*
 Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, 128, 6247-6263 (896 kb file).

39. Energy dependent electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry of carbonyl clusters
E Crawford, PJ Dyson, O Forest, S Kwok and JS McIndoe*
Journal of Cluster Science, 2006, 17, 47-63 (453 kb file).
 Invited article for the BFG Johnson retirement issue.

2005

38. Holding onto lots of hydrogen: a 12-hydride-rhodium cluster that reversibly adds two molecules of H₂
SK Brayshaw, M Ingleson, JC Green, PR Raithby, G Kociok-Köhn, JS McIndoe and AS Weller*
 Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2005, 44, 6875-6878 (176 kb file).
 Selected as a "Hot Paper".

37. Hydrogen sponge? A heteronuclear cluster that absorbs large quantities of hydrogen
PJ Dyson and JS McIndoe
 Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2005, 44, 5772-5774 (139 kb file).

36. EDit: a computer program to assist in the presentation of energy-dependent mass spectra
SLG Husheer, O Forest, M Henderson and JS McIndoe*
 Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 2005, 19, 1352-1354 (307 kb file).
 Webpage for program download and supporting information.

2004

35. An octahedral rhodium cluster with six phosphine and 12 hydride ligands and 10 too few electrons
PJ Dyson and JS McIndoe
 Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2004, 43, 6028-6030 (805 kb file).

34. Direct probe electrospray (and nanospray) ionization mass spectrometry of neat ionic liquids
PJ Dyson,* I Khalaila, S Luettgen, JS McIndoe* and D Zhao
 Chemical Communications, 2004, 2204-2205 (310 kb file).

33. Analysis of low oxidation state transition metal clusters by laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry
PJ Dyson,* AK Hearley, BFG Johnson,* PRR Langridge-Smith and JS McIndoe*
 Inorganic Chemistry, 2004, 43, 4962-4973 (276 kb file).

32. On the catalytic activity of cluster anions in styrene hydrogenation: considerable enhancements in ionic liquids compared to molecular solvents
PJ Dyson*, G. Laurenczy, JS McIndoe and D Zhao
 Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2004, 214, 19-25 (129 kb file).

2003

31. Analysis of coordination and organometallic compounds using photo-ionisation mass spectrometric techniques
A Dorcier, PJ Dyson* and JS McIndoe
 European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2003, 4294-4297 (98 kb file).

30. A strategy for generating naked metal clusters for gas-phase reactivity studies by FTICR-MS
CPG Butcher, A Dinca, PJ Dyson, BFG Johnson, PRR Langridge-Smith and JS McIndoe*
 Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2003, 42, 5752-5755 (1514 kb file).
 Angewandte Chemie, 2003, 115, 5930-5933.

29. Analysis of organometallic compounds using ion trap mass spectrometry
PJ Dyson and JS McIndoe
 Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2003, 354, 68-74 (704 kb file).
 Invited article for "Protagonists in chemistry: BFG Johnson" edition.
 ScienceDirect Selected Article, ChemWeb.com Inorganic, Vol 2 Issue 8, 27 Nov 2003.

28. Laser synthesis of transition metal clusters
JS McIndoe*
 Transition Metal Chemistry, 2003, 28, 122-131 (624 kb file).
 Invited Literature Highlight.

27. Direct analysis of catalysts immobilised in ionic liquids using electrospray ionisation ion trap mass spectrometry
PJ Dyson*, JS McIndoe* and D Zhao
 Chemical Communications, 2003, 508-509 (331 kb file).
 Selected as a "Hot Paper".
 Featured in C&EN Concentrates, 24 February 2003.

26. Fragmentation of transition metal carbonyl cluster anions: structural insights from mass spectrometry
CPG Butcher, PJ Dyson, BFG Johnson, T Khimyak and JS McIndoe*
 Chemistry - A European Journal, 2003, 9, 944-950 (244 kb file).

25. Studies of polyhalide ions in aqueous and non-aqueous solution by electrospray mass spectrometry
JS McIndoe and DG Tuck
 Dalton Transactions, 2003, 244-248 (154 kb file).

2002

24. The preparation and characterisation of monomeric and linked metal carbonyl clusters containing the closo-Si₂Co₄ pseudo-octahedral core
C Evans, GJ Harfoot, JS McIndoe, CJ McAdam, KM Mackay, BK Nicholson*, BH Robinson and ML Van Tiel
 Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 2002, 4678-4683 (173 kb file).

23. On the use of breakdown graphs combined with energy dependent mass spectrometry to provide a complete picture of fragmentation processes
CPG Butcher, PJ Dyson, BFG Johnson, JS McIndoe*, PRR Langridge-Smith and C Whyte
 Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 2002, 16, 1595-1598 (146 kb file).

22. Mass spectrometric identification of singly-charged anionic and cationic sulfur, selenium, tellurium and phosphorus species produced by laser ablation
AK Hearley, BFG Johnson*, JS McIndoe and DG Tuck
 Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2002, 334, 105-112 (313 kb file).
 Invited paper for the A Wojcicki tribute edition.

21. New complexes with M-Si-O or M-Si-S linkages (M = Fe or Co)
JS McIndoe and BK Nicholson*
 Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2002, 648, 237-245 (222 kb file).

20. Bis[dicarbonyl(cyclopentadienyl)ferrio]mercury(II)
JS McIndoe and BK Nicholson*
 Acta Crystallographica Section E, 2002, E58, m53-m54 (222 kb file).

19. Collision-induced dissociation and photodetachment of singly and doubly charged anionic polynuclear transition metal carbonyl clusters
CPG Butcher, BFG Johnson, JS McIndoe, X Yang, X-B Wang and L-S Wang*
 Journal of Chemical Physics, 2002, 116, 6560-6566 (310 kb file).

2001

18. Mass spectrometric method for the rapid characterisation of transition metal carbonyl cluster reaction mixtures
PJ Dyson*, AK Hearley, BFG Johnson, T Khimyak, JS McIndoe* and PRR Langridge-Smith
 Organometallics, 2001, 20, 3970-3974 (90 kb file).

17. Combining energy-dependent electrospray ionisation with tandem mass spectrometry for the analysis of inorganic compounds
PJ Dyson, AK Hearley, BFG Johnson, JS McIndoe*, C Whyte and PRR Langridge-Smith
 Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 2001, 15, 895-897 (122 kb file).
 Featured on the website spectroscopyNOW.com.

16. Laser desorption ionisation versus electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry: applications in the analysis of cluster anions
PJ Dyson*, AK Hearley, BFG Johnson, JS McIndoe* and PRR Langridge-Smith
 Journal of Cluster Science, 2001, 12, 273-283 (159 kb file).
 Invited paper for the S Martinengo tribute edition.

2000

15. Electrospray mass spectrometric characterisation of bimetallic group 8 - gold clusters
R Bhalla, PJ Dyson*, F Lauterwasser, JS McIndoe
 Gold Bulletin, 2000, 33, 56-59 (269 kb ).
 Invited contribution.

14. Formation of the highly unusual cyclic clusters [HM(CO)₄]_n (M = Mn, n = 4-9; M = Re, n = 4-6)
PJ Dyson, AK Hearley, BFG Johnson*, JS McIndoe, PRR Langridge-Smith
 Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 2000, 2521-2525 (244 kb file).

13. Spectroscopic and mass spectrometric methods for the characterisation of metal clusters
BFG Johnson and JS McIndoe*
 Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2000, 200-202, 901-932 (395 kb file).
 Invited review for volume 200.

12. Insights into the elimination of HCHO from the clusters [M_n(CO)_m(COOMe)]^- (M_n = Ru₆C, m = 16; M_n = Rh₆, m = 15) provided by electrospray mass spectrometry
PJ Dyson, N Feeder, BFG Johnson, JS McIndoe*, PRR Langridge-Smith
 Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 2000, 1813-1815 (149 kb file).
 This issue featured cover art from our paper.

11. Generation of supraclusters and nanoclusters using laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometry
PJ Dyson*, JE McGrady*, M Reinhold, BFG Johnson, JS McIndoe and PRR Langridge-Smith
 Journal of Cluster Science, 2000, 11, 391-401 (161 kb file).

10. Applications of laser desorption and electrospray ionisation mass spectrometric techniques at the transition between clusters and colloids
PJ Dyson, BFG Johnson*, JS McIndoe and PRR Langridge-Smith
 Inorganic Chemistry, 2000, 39, 2430-2431 (31 kb file).

9. Energy-dependent electrospray mass spectrometry (EDESI-MS): applications in transition-metal carbonyl chemistry
PJ Dyson, BFG Johnson, JS McIndoe* and PRR Langridge-Smith
 Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 2000, 14, 311-313 (38 kb file).
 Special Issue: Papers Presented at BMSS 1999.

1999

8. UV laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometry of the triruthenium clusters Ru₃(CO)_12-x(PPh₃)_x
PJ Dyson*, BFG Johnson*, AK Hearley, JS McIndoe and PRR Langridge-Smith*
 Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 1999, 2, 591-594 (127 kb file).

7. A study of the gas phase behaviour of [Os₆(CO)₁₈] and its high yield synthesis using UV LDI mass spectrometry
WJ Dollard, PJ Dyson*, AT Jackson, BFG Johnson*, JS McIndoe and PRR Langridge-Smith*
 Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 1999, 2, 587-590 (119 kb file).

6. Reactivity and characterization of transition-metal carbonyl clusters using UV laser desorption mass spectrometry
G Critchley, PJ Dyson*, BFG Johnson*, JS McIndoe, RK O'Reilly and PRR Langridge-Smith*
 Organometallics, 1999, 18, 4090-4097 (100 kb file).

5. Facile cleavage of Si-Si or Si-Ge bonds in the reactions of disilanes or germylsilanes with cobalt carbonyl
JS McIndoe and BK Nicholson*
 Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1999, 577, 181-188 (146 kb file).

4. The reactions of azide ions with metal carbonyl compounds
JS McIndoe and BK Nicholson*
 Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1999, 573, 232-236 (111 kb file).
 Invited paper for the BFG Johnson tribute edition.

pre-1999

3. Mass spectrometric and structural studies of some platinum-group metal complexes: the crystal and molecular structure of trans-[Ru(NO)Cl₃(SbPh₃)₂]
S Chand, RK Coll* and JS McIndoe
 Polyhedron, 1998, 17, 507-511 (438 kb file).

2. Electrospray mass spectrometry of metal carbonyl complexes
W Henderson, JS McIndoe, BK Nicholson* and PJ Dyson
 Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 1998, 519-525 (140 kb file).
 "Publisher's Choice" (accepted for accelerated publication).

1. Electrospray mass spectrometric analysis of neutral metal carbonyl complexes by derivatisation with alkoxide ion
W Henderson, JS McIndoe, BK Nicholson* and PJ Dyson
 Chemical Communications, 1996, 1183-1184 (216 kb file).