The simple, empirical, surprisingly accurate and venerable Arrhenius equation, based upon the work of Van't Hoff, is very useful for summarising large bodies of experimentally determined diffusion data for a given host/diffusant system. It is the first port of call for any resea…
The research presented within this thesis is concerned with the design, synthesis, characterisation, and analysis of a series of new compounds of platinum (II), with aims to produce compounds possessing switchable optical properties, and with potential applications as "smart-mat…
A series of Pt(S₂N₂)(P(OR)[subscript n]R′[subscript(3-n)])₂ complexes were prepared and analysed using ³¹P NMR and IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis and X-ray crystallography. Similarly, a series of Pt(SeSN₂)(P(OR)[subscript n]R′[subscript(3-n)])₂ complexes were also prepared …
Platinum-based drugs are an important group of alkylating-like agents which are used in cancer chemotherapy treatment. Cisplatin and oxaliplatin in particular are still commonly used today and are the focus of this thesis. As with most chemotherapy drugs, the efficacy of these d…
In the last two decades the field of molecular magnetic materials has become a rapidly growing interdisciplinary area in pure and applied sciences. These materials find their application in developing magnetic devices, molecular electronics, nonlinear optics, sensing devices, na…
This thesis is based on two projects involving work on Pt(111) and Sn/Pt(111) surface alloys. The first project focused on the adsorption and surface chemistry of pyridine, cyclohexylamine, and piperidine, which were studied on a Pt(111) single crystal in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) …
Water-soluble Pt(II) phosphors exist predominantly for photophysical studies. However, fewer are known to be candidates for cisplatin derivatives. If such a molecule could exist, it would be efficient at not only destroying the cancerous cells which harm the body, but the destru…
