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Chair of Organic Chemistry and EPSRC Senior Research Fellow
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Some Research Highlights
    
Leigh Group - In the Press
From time to time, research from the Leigh Group is featured in newspapers and other media all over the world. To view a selection of recent articles, click on the
links below the graphic.
Making the tiniest machines - 8th July 2009
To see Dave's lecture 'Making the tiniest machines' given on 8th July 2009 following his election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society (London), please click the icon below.
The Magic of Chemistry - Chem. Sci. 4, C5 (2007)
For an interview with Dave in Chemical Science,
please click on the icon below.
Discussing the latest Science paper on BBC TV News - Reporting Scotland (29 November 2004)
To view a report about our research on the BBC Scotland evening news programme, 'Reporting Scotland',
please click on the TV below. (If you can't view the report, you may need to download Realplayer from the link below.)
Discussing the latest Nature Materials paper on BBC Radio - Good Morning Scotland (29 August 2005)
To hear a report about our research on the BBC Radio Scotland morning news programme, 'Good Morning Scotland',
please click on the icon below.
'Prize for team's little gift to the future', The Times, March 2008
'Tiny Pieces of the World...', The Scotsman, September 2005
'A Chancellor Powered by Brownian Motion', The Daily Telegraph, September 2005
 
Our research group is concerned with developing
simple ideas and concepts across the traditional branches of the molecular,
biomolecular and materials sciences by the design and synthesis of new types of
molecular level architectures to control and influence function and properties. Following
the discovery of a simple hydrogen bond-directed route to catenanes
(mechanically-interlocked rings) in our laboratory a few years ago, we are currently
exploring several areas of possible application including biological chemistry
(peptide and protein rotaxanes, novel prodrug systems), catalysis (reagents that
function through hydrogen bonding), macromolecules (mechanically-linked polymers)
and smart materials (catenane and rotaxane-based devices).
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the UK research councils, the European Community (including TMR Networks with academic and
industrial groups in Italy, France, Greece, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands) and both UK and
overseas industry.
"If you
want to conquer the ocean and reach out for new continents
don't tell your
men to get wood and nails to build a ship,
just instil in
them the yearning for the expanse of the seas and distant lands"
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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For "The World of 'Molecular Machines'", please click on the map.
Discussing the latest Science paper on BBC Radio Scotland (29 November 2004)
To listen to Professor Leigh's (very early morning!) interview with Mhairi Stuart on the BBC Radio Scotland news programme, 'Good Morning Scotland',
please press play on the Quicktime panel below. (If you can't see the panel, you may need to download Quicktime from the link below.)
To listen to Professor Leigh's interview with Geoff Watts on the BBC Radio 4 Science programme, 'Leading Edge',
please press play on the Quicktime panel below. (If you can't see the panel, you may need to download Quicktime from the link below.)
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