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Dr. David Otway BSc,ARCS, PhD, DIC, MRSC, CChem, CSci

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Dr. David Otway BSc,ARCS, PhD, DIC, MRSC, CChem, CSci

 

Peer Reviewed Journals

Donegan, K. P.; Godsell, J. F.; Otway, D. J.; Morris, M. A.; Roy, S.; Holmes, J. D. (2012) 'Size-tuneable synthesis of nickel nanoparticles'. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 14 :670(1)-670(10). Available Online [Details]
Donegan, K. P.; Godsell, J. F.; Tobin, J. M.; O'Byrne, J. P.; Otway, D. J.; Morris, M. A.; Roy, S.; Holmes, J. D.; (2011) 'Microwave-assisted synthesis of icosahedral nickel nanocrystals'. CrystEngComm, 3 :2023-2028. Available Online [Details]
Fleming, P. G.; Holmes, J. D.; Otway, D. J.; Morris, M. A.; (2011) 'The complex synthesis and solid state chemistry of ceria-lanthana solid solutions prepared via a hexamethylenetetramine precipitation'. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 184 :2595-2600. Available Online [Details]
Barry, L; Holmes, JD; Otway, DJ; Copley, MP; Kazakova, O; Morris, MA; (2010) 'Unusual magnetism in templated NiS nanoparticles'. Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter, 22 (7). Available Online [Details]
Godsell, Jeffrey F; Donegan, Keith P; Tobin, Joseph M; Copley, Mark P; Rhen, Fernando MF; Otway, David J; Morris, Michael A; O'Donnell, Terence; Holmes, Justin D; Roy, Saibal; (2010) 'Magnetic properties of Ni nanoparticles on microporous silica spheres'. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 322 (9-12):1269-1274. [DOI] [Details]
L. Barry, J. Tobin, M. Copley, J. D. Holmes, D. J. Otway, M. A. Morris; (2008) 'MnS doped mesoporous silica catalysts for the generation of novel carbon nanocages'. Applied Catalysis A: General, 341 (1-2):8-11. [Details]
Barry, L.,Copley, M.,Holmes, J. D.,Otway, D. J.,Kazakova, O.,Morris, M. A.; (2007) 'Synthesis and characterization of nanoparticulate MnS within the pores of mesoporous silica'. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 180 (12):3443-3449. Available Online [Details]
Park, J.H.: Afzaal, M.; Kemmler, M.; O'Brien, P.; Otway, D.J. Raftery, J., ;Waters, J.; (2003) 'The deposition of thin films of CuME2 by CVD techniques (M = In, Ga and E = S, Se)'. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 13 (*):1942-1949. [Details]
O’Brien, P.; Pickett, N. L.; Otway D. J.; (2002) 'Developments in CVD Delivery Systems: A Chemist’s Perspective on the Chemical and Physical Interactions between Precursors'. Advanced Materials, Chemical Vapor Deposition, 8 (6):237-249. [Details]
Kemmler, M.; Lazell, M. R.: O’Brien, P.; Otway, D. J.; Park, J.-H.; Walsh, J. R.; (2002) 'The Growth of Thin Films of copper chalcogenides films by MOCVD and AACVD using novel single-molecule precursors'. Journal of Material Science Letters, 13 (*):531-*. [Details]
Lazell, M. R.; O’Brien, P.; Otway, D. J.; Park, J.-H.; (2000) 'Single Source Molecular Precursors for the Deposition of III/VI Chalcogenide Semiconductors using MOCVD and Related Techniques'. Journal of The Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, * (*):4479-4486. [Details]
P. O¿Brien, D. J. Otway and D. S. Boyle; (2000) 'The importance of ternary complexes in defining basic conditions for the deposition of ZnS by aqueous chemical bath deposition'. Thin Solid Films, 361-362 :17-21. [Details]
D. J. Otway, D. J.; Rees, Jr., W. S. , ; (2000) 'Group 2 Element beta-diketonate complexes: Synthetic and Structural Investigations'. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 210 (*):279-328. [Details]
Boyle, D. S. ; Robbe, O.; Halliday, D. P.; Heinrich, M. R.; Bayer, A.; O'Brien, P.; Otway, D. J.; Potter, M. D. G.; (2000) 'A novel method for the synthesis of the ternary thin film semiconductor cadmium zinc sulfide from acidic chemical baths'. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 10 (*):2439-2441. [Details]
A. Bayer, D. S. Boyle, M. Heinrich, P. O¿Brien, D. J. Otway; (2000) 'Waste Minimisation and Recycling in Chemical Bath Deposition: An Improved Route for the Solution Fabrication of Chalcogenide Semiconductors'. Green Chemistry, 2 (2):79-85. [Details]
K. A. Fleeting, P. O¿Brien, D. J. Otway, A. J. P. White, D. J. Williams,; (1999) 'Studies on some Mixed beta-Diketonate/Iso-propoxide Compounds of Zirconium and Hafnium; The X-Ray Single Crystal Structures of [M2(OPri)6(tmhd)2] (M = Zr, Hf): Some Chemistry Important in the MOCVD of Oxides'. Inorganic Chemistry, 38 (7):1432-1437. [Details]
D. S. Boyle, D. J. Otway, Paul O¿Brien, O. Robbe; (1999) 'A Novel Approach to the Deposition of CdS by Chemical Bath Deposition: The Deposition of Crystalline Thin Films of CdS from Acidic Baths'. J. Mater. Chem, 9 (3):725-729. [Details]
K. A. Fleeting, P. O¿Brien, A. C. Jones, D. J. Otway, A. J. P. White, D. J. Williams; (1999) 'Zirconium mixed ligand iso-propoxide/amino-alkoxide complexes: The crystal structures of [Zr2(OPri)6(L)2] and [Zr2(OBut)3(bdmap)4(OH)], {where L = dmap, dimethylamino-iso-propoxide and bdmap, bis-dimethylamino-iso-propoxide}'. Dalton. Trans, :2853-2859. [Details]
M. R. Lazell, P. O¿Brien, D. J. Otway, J.-H. Park,; (1999) 'Deposition of Thin Films of Gallium Sulfide from a Novel Single-Source Precursor, Ga(S2CNMeHex)3, by Low Pressure Metal Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition'. Chem. Mater, 11 (12):3430-3432. [Details]
A. C. Jones, T. J. Leedham, P. J. Wright, M. J. Crosbie, P. A. Lane, D. J. Williams, K. A. Fleeting, D. J. Otway, P. O¿Brien; (1998) 'MOCVD of Zirconia Thin Films by Direct Liquid Injection Using a New Class of Zirconium Precursor'. Chem. Vap. Dep, 4 (3):46-49. [Details]
M. Chunggaze, J. McAleese, P. O¿Brien, D. J. Otway; (1998) 'The Deposition of Thin Films of CdSe or ZnSe by MOCVD Using Simple Air-Stable Precursors'. J. Chem. Soc.,Chem. Commun, 7 :833-834. [Details]
J. McAleese, P. O¿Brien, D. J. Otway; (1998) 'A Novel Simple Process for the Deposition of Thin Films of CuInSe2 by MOCVD'. Chem. Vap. Dep, 4 (3):94-96. [Details]
M. A. Malik, P. O¿Brien, D. J. Otway; (1998) 'Novel Approaches to the Deposition of Selenium containing Materials'. Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements, 136-138 :341-446. [Details]
I. Baxter, S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, J. McAleese, K. M. A. Malik, D. M. P. Mingos, D. J. Otway, J. C. Plakatouras; (1998) 'Unusual Coordination Modes of Multidentate Ligands : Crystal X-Ray Structure of [{(tmhd)3Y}2(hmteta)] [tmhd = ButCOCHCOBut and hmteta = Me2N(CH2CH2NMe)2CH2CH2NMe2]'. Polyhedron, 17 (21):3777-3784. [Details]
A. C. Jones, T. J. Leedham, P. J. Wright, M. J. Crosbie, K. A. Fleeting, D. J. Otway, P. O¿Brien, M. E. Pemble; (1998) 'The Synthesis and Characterisation of Two Novel Titanium Iso-propoxides Stabilised with a Chelating Alkoxide : Their Use in the Liquid Injection MOCVD of Titanium Dioxide Thin Films'. J. Mater. Chem, 8 (8):1773-1777. [Details]
P. O¿Brien, D. J. Otway, J. R. Walsh; (1998) 'The growth of highly oriented -In2S3 using novel trisdialkyldithiocarbamates of indium'. Thin Solid Films, 315 (1-2):57-61. [Details]
I. Baxter, S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, K. M. A. Malik, D. M. P. Mingos, J. C. Plakatouras, D. J. Otway; (1998) 'Group 2/Titanium Heterometallic Alkoxides; their Reproducible Syntheses and Characterization. Crystal Structures of the compounds [SrTi4(OEt)18] and [Sr2Ti(OPri)8(PriOH)3.2PriOH]'. Polyhedron, 17 (5-6):625-639. [Details]
V-C. Arunasalam, I. Baxter, S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, K. M. A. Malik, S. A. S. Miller, D. M. P. Mingos, D. J. Otway; (1997) 'A Facile Synthesis of Alkaline Earth Metal beta-diketonates and the X-ray structure of the Loose dimer [{Ca(hfpd)2}2(heptaglyme)] {where hfpd is CF3COCHCOCF3 and heptaglyme is Me(OCH2CH2)7OMe}'. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans, 8 :1331-1335. [Details]
J. A Darr, S. R. Drake, D. J. Otway, S. A. S. Miller, D. M. P. Mingos, I. Baxter, Michael B. Hursthouse, K. M. Abdul Malik, ; (1997) 'Group 2 beta-diketonate complexes stabilised by O and N donor ligands; crystal structure of [Ca(PhCOCHCOPh)2(pmdeta)] = N,N,N',N',N''-pentamethyldiethlenetriamine)'. Polyhedron, 16 (15):2581-2588. [Details]
P. O¿Brien, D. J. Otway, J. R. Walsh; (1997) 'Novel asymmetric dialkyldiselenocarbamates of indium in the growth of indium selenide thin films'. Chem. Vap. Dep, 3 (4):227-229. [Details]
I. Baxter, S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, K. M. A. Malik, J. McAleese, D. J. Otway, J. C. Plakatouras; (1995) 'The Effect of Polyether Ligands on the Stabilities and the Mass Transport Properties of a Series of Gadolinium(III) beta-diketonate Complexes'. Inorganic Chemistry, 34 (6):1384-1394. [Details]
V-C. Arunasalam, S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, K. M. A. Malik, D. J. Otway; (1995) 'The Synthesis and Characterization of the first Group 2 mixed Alkoxide beta-diketonate Complexes; the single Crystal X-ray structures of [Ca4(OEt)4(tmhd)4(EtOH)4], [Ca4(tmhd)6(OCH2CH2NMe)2], and [Ba4(tmhd)6(OCH2CH2OPri)2(PriOCH2CH2OH)2]'. Inorganic Chemistry, 34 (1):5295-5306. [Details]
S. R. Drake, A. Lyons, D. J. Otway, D. J. Williams,; (1994) 'An Unexpected Product Derived From the Reaction of TbCl3(H2O)6 and [Na(hfpd)]; the Synthesis, Characterization and X-ray Structure of {[Tb2(hfpd)4(O2CCF3)2(H2O)4][Tb(hfpd)3(H2O)2]2.H2O} [Where hfpd is CF3COCHCOCF3]'. Inorganic Chemistry, 33 (6):1230-1233. [Details]
S. R. Drake, A. Lyons, D. J. Otway, A. M. Z. Slawin, D. J. Williams; (1993) 'Lanthanide beta-diketonate Glyme Complexes Exhibiting Unusual Coordination Modes, 1470-479X, Impact'. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans, 15 :2379-2389. [Details]
S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, K. M. A. Malik, S. A. S. Miller, D. J. Otway,; (1993) 'Oxygen or Nitrogen Chelates Stabilizing Barium and Yttrium beta-diketonates'. Inorganic Chemistry, 32 (20):4464-4471. [Details]
S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, K. M. A. Malik, D. J. Otway; (1993) 'Group 2 Metal Homoleptic beta-diketonate Complexes; the Single Crystal X-ray structures of [Sr3(tmhd)6(Htmhd)].C7H8.C5H12 and [Ba4(tmhd)8]'. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans, 19 :2883-2890. [Details]
S. R. Drake; D. J. Otway; (1992) 'A Low Temperature Synthesis of Barium Organometallics via Mixed Ammonia-Ethereal Solvents'. Polyhedron, 11 (7):745-758. [Details]
S. R. Drake, D. J. Otway, S. P. Perlepes; (1992) 'The Synthesis of Homoleptic Alkaline Earth Metal Complexes under Mild Conditions'. Main Group Metal Chemistry, 14 . [Details]
S. R. Drake, M. B. Hursthouse, K. M. A. Malik, D. J. Otway; (1992) 'The Synthesis and Characterization of the Group IIA Homoleptic Aryloxides under Mild Conditions, [M(OAr')2]2, and the [M(OAr')2(L)x] (M = Ca, Sr, and Ba; Ar' = 2,4,6 tri-t-butylphenol; L = THF, x = 4; L = DME, x = 2; and L = HMPA, x = 3: and the X-ray Structure of [Sr(OAr')2(THF)3].0.5THF'. Polyhedron, 11 (16). [Details]
S. R. Drake; D. J. Otway; (1991) 'The Synthesis of Metal Organic Compounds of Calcium, Strontium, and Barium by the use of Ammonia Gas Saturated Ethereal Solvents'. J. Chem. Soc.,Chem. Commun, 7 :517-519. [Details]
 

Book Chapters

Otway, D.J.; (2010) '[Co(dinosar)]Cl3: An Encapsulation Complex Prepared by a Template Reaction' In: Woollins, J.D (eds). Inorganic Experiments. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. [Details]
Otway, D.J.; (2010) 'Nitration of Cobalt(III) Acetylacetonate' In: Woolins, J.D (eds). Inorganic Experiments. Weinheim: WIley-VCH. [Details]
Otway, D.J.; (2010) 'Anomalous Paramagbetism in some Iron(III) Chelates studied by the Evans NMR method' In: Woolins, J.D (eds). Inorganic Experiments. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. [Details]
Otway, David; (2003) 'Three sections in Inorganic Experiments' In: J. D. Woollins (eds). Inorganic Experiments, 2nd edition, Completely Revised and Enlarged. unknown: Wiley Publishers. [Details]
S. R. Drake, P. Hall, D. J. Otway; (1994) 'Low Temperature Synthesis of Barium Amides and Phenoxides' In: J. D. Woollins (eds). Inorganic Experiments - a Systematic Approach. unknown: VCH Publishers. [Details]

Other Journals

J.-H. Park, M. R. Lazell, D. J. Otway, P. O¿Brien; (2000) 'Group III Metal Sulfide Thin Films from Single-Source Precursors by Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) Techniques' Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. - Chemical Processing of Dielectrics, Insulators and Electroceramics 606 :127-132. [Details]
J.-H. Park, D. J. Otway, P. O¿Brien; (2000) 'Iron Sulfide (FeS2) Thin Films from Single-Source Precursors by Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition (AACVD)' Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc.- Chemical Processing of Dielectrics, Insulators and Electroceramics 606 :133-138. [Details]
M. Kemmler, M. R. Lazell, D. J. Otway, P. O¿Brien; (2000) 'MOCVD of CuInE2 (where E = S or Se) and related materials for solar cell devices' M. Kemmler, M. R. Lazell, D. J. Otway, P. O¿Brien 606 :147-152. [Details]
P. O¿Brien, M. R. Heinrich, D. J. Otway, O. Robbe, A. Bayer, D. S. Boyle; (2000) 'New Approaches to Chemical Bath Deposition of Chalcogenides' Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. - Chemical Processing of Dielectrics, Insulators and Electroceramics 606 :199-204. [Details]
H. O. Davies, K. A. Fleeting, A. C. Jones, T. Leedham, P. O¿Brien, D. J. Otway; (1999) 'Novel Precursors for MOCVD of Thin Films of Metal Oxides containing Early Transition Metals' Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Ferroelectric Thin Films VII 541 :333-338. [Details]
J. McAleese, P. O¿Brien, D. J. Otway; (1998) 'Metalorganic Chemical Vapour Deposition of CuInSe2 from Copper and Indium Diselenocarbamates for Solar Cell Devices' Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Thin-Film Structures for Photovoltaics 485 :157-162. [Details]
K. A. Fleeting, A. C. Jones, T. Leedham, M. A. Malik, P. O¿Brien, D. J. Otway,; (1998) 'Spectroscopic and Structural Studies of some Precursors for the Deposition of PZT and Related Materials by MOCVD' Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc 495 :57-62. [Details]
W. S. Rees, Jr., O. Just, H. A. Luten, D. J. Otway; (1998) 'Precursors for Vapour Deposition of Phosphors for Electroluminescent Flat Panel Displays' Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc.- Chemical Aspects of Electronic Ceramics Processing 495 :83-93. [Details]
D. J. Otway, B. Obi, W. S. Rees; (1997) 'Precursors for Chemical Vapour Deposition of Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide' J. Alloys and Compounds - Symposium on High Temperature Superconductor Thin Films - Growth Mechanisms, Interfaces, Multilayers 251 (1-2) :254-263. [Details]
D. J. Otway, M. B. Hursthouse, H. A. Luten, K. M. A. Malik, W. S. Rees; (1996) 'Barium bis(beta-diketonate).tetraglyme complexes as potential CVD precursors for electronic materials' Jr. Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Electronic Ceramics II 415 :99-104. [Details]
D. J. Otway, M. B. Hursthouse, H. A. Luten, K. M. A. Malik, W. S. Rees; (1996) 'An investigation into the role of incorporated solvent (EtOH/H2O) molecules on the structure of Group 2 metal bis(beta-diketonate) complexes : ramifications for CVD precursors of electronic materials' Jr., Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Electronic Ceramics II 415 :105-110. [Details]

Conference Publications

Godsell, J.; Donegan, K.; Copley, M. P.; Rhen, F. M. F.; Morris, M. A.; Holmes, J. D.; Otway, D. J. Roy, S.; (2008) Novel nanocomposite magnetic materials for high frequency inductor cores . In: Vol. 1 eds. Joint European Magnetic Symposia [Details]
                                                                                                                                                         

Unpublished work

J. G. Montana, G. A. Showell, D. J. Otway.; (2005) Patent: 'Silicon Compounds and their use'. Unpublished work [Details]
     
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