Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry

Ewan J. M. Hamilton is a native of Scotland and earned a B.Sc. in Chemistry at The University of Edinburgh in 1986 before obtaining a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry in 1990 at the same institution under the supervision of Dr. Alan J. Welch, studying syntheses and structures of carboranes and metallacarboranes. Postdoctoral work with Sheldon G. Shore at The Ohio State University concentrated on new routes to non-oxide ceramic materials (principally BN and AlN) and also expanded his interest in cluster chemistry. Following a brief lectureship at the Ohio State University, Prof. Hamilton joined the faculty at The Ohio State University at Lima, where he teaches today. His interests remain in the general area of synthetic inorganic chemistry, and he continues to seek new applications and horizons for the chemistry of boron

1. Non-precious metals in catalysis “Homogeneous Aluminum and Iron catalysts for the synthesis of organic molecules and biodegradable polymers”

2. Smart Inorganic Polymers “Polyphosphazenes: macromolecular properties, structures and their methods of synthesis”

3. Inorganic Chemistry in Ionic Liquids “Application of ionic liquids in inorganic synthesis”

4. Metal Organic Frameworks “Wettability Control of Metal-Organic Frameworks”

5. Frustrated Lewis pairs and small molecule activation “Rivaling Transition Metal Reactivity – An Exploration of Frustrated Lewis Pairs Chemistry”

6. New Inorganic therapeutics, I “Ruthenium and iron metallodrugs: new inorganic and organometallic complexes as prospective anticancer agents”

7. New Inorganic Therapeutics, II “Functional Nanocomposites: Promising Candidates for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment”

8. Advances in fundamental main group chemistry , I “Recent Advances in the Selective Functionalization of Anionic Icosahedral Boranes and Carboranes”

9. Advances in fundamental main group chemistry , II “Coordination of N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) to Si-Si and P-P Multiple Bonded Compounds”

10. Bioinspired Inorganic Synthesis “Bioinorganic and bio-inspired solid-state chemistry: from classical crystallization to non-classical synthesis concepts”