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Dr Martin Peeks

Dr Martin Peeks

Scientia Fellow (Level C)

University of Oxford, DPhil, 2018

University of St Andrews, MChem, 2013

Science
School of Chemistry

Martin is a Scientia Senior Lecturer in the School of Chemistry with a research interest in using chemical synthesis (building new molecules) and advanced analytical and computational techniques to uncover fundamental chemistry and to develop new solutions in sensing and light-harvesting. Recent work has included studies of aromaticity, electronic delocalization, and unusual chromophores.

Martin completed his DPhil thesis at the University of Oxford in late 2016, working with Prof Harry Anderson. Postdoctoral stays at MIT (Swager group) and back in Oxford (Anderson group) followed, before he took up a position at UNSW in 2019.

You can learn more about the work of the Peeks group at its website: peeksgroup.com

#scienv #supramolecular #aromaticity
Phone
+61-2-93857375
E-mail
m.peeks@unsw.edu.au
Location
School of Chemistry Room 1007, June Griffith F10
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Peeks MD, 2024, 'What did aromaticity ever do for us? A user’s guide to aromatic and antiaromatic molecules', in Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry, Academic Press, pp. 1 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.apoc.2024.10.001
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Chen AZ; Peeks MD; Kyne SH, 2025, 'Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Authentic Learning Activities to Introduce Chemistry Students to Systems Thinking through Green Chemistry', Journal of Chemical Education, 102, pp. 2283 - 2293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c01326
    Journal articles | 2025
    Hillier BK; de Clercq DM; Bortolussi SDS; Capomolla SS; Nielsen MP; Młodzikowska-Pieńko K; Gershoni-Poranne R; Schmidt TW; Peeks MD, 2025, 'Photoexcited and ground-state diradical(oid) character in a triquino[3]radialene', Chemical Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5sc01676b
    Journal articles | 2024
    Bortolussi SDS; Zhou C; Lynch NB; Peeks MD, 2024, 'Spectroscopic Manifestations of (Anti)Aromaticity in Oxidized and Reduced Porphyrin and Norcorrole', Chemistry A European Journal, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202401741
    Journal articles | 2024
    Bradley D; Tian R; Bhadbhade MM; Macreadie LK; Sarowar CH; Peeks MD, 2024, 'Probing the Antiaromaticity and Coordination Chemistry of Bowl-Shaped Zinc(II) Norcorrole', Inorganic Chemistry, 63, pp. 10103 - 10107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01146
    Journal articles | 2023
    Bradley D; Hillier BK; Peeks MD, 2023, 'Electronic delocalization in charged macrocycles is associated with global aromaticity', Chemical Communications, 59, pp. 13438 - 13441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3cc03464j
    Journal articles | 2023
    Bradley D; Jirásek M; Anderson HL; Peeks MD, 2023, 'Disentangling global and local ring currents', Chemical Science, 14, pp. 1762 - 1768, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2sc05923a
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bradley D; Branley C; Peeks M, 2022, 'A straightforward method to quantify the electron-delocalizing ability of pi-conjugated molecules', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24, pp. 11486 - 11490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D2CP01497A
    Journal articles | 2022
    Deng J; Bradley D; Jirásek M; Anderson HL; Peeks MD, 2022, 'Correspondence on “How Aromatic Are Molecular Nanorings? The Case of a Six‐Porphyrin Nanoring”**', Angewandte Chemie, 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202201231
    Journal articles | 2022
    Deng JR; Bradley D; Jirásek M; Anderson HL; Peeks MD, 2022, 'Correspondence on “How Aromatic Are Molecular Nanorings? The Case of a Six-Porphyrin Nanoring”**', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61, pp. e202201231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202201231
    Journal articles | 2021
    Jirásek M; Anderson HL; Peeks MD, 2021, 'From Macrocycles to Quantum Rings: Does Aromaticity Have a Size Limit?', Accounts of Chemical Research, 54, pp. 3241 - 3251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00323
    Journal articles | 2021
    Nelson Z; Delage-Laurin L; Peeks MD; Swager TM, 2021, 'Large Faraday Rotation in Optical-Quality Phthalocyanine and Porphyrin Thin Films', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, pp. 7096 - 7103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c02113
    Journal articles | 2021
    Wimberger L; Prasad SKK; Peeks MD; Andreásson J; Schmidt TW; Beves JE, 2021, 'Large, Tunable, and Reversible pH Changes by Merocyanine Photoacids', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, pp. 20758 - 20768, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c08810
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kendrick WJ; Jirásek M; Peeks MD; Greetham GM; Sazanovich IV; Donaldson PM; Towrie M; Parker AW; Anderson HL, 2020, 'Mechanisms of IR amplification in radical cation polarons', Chemical Science, 11, pp. 2112 - 2120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9sc05717j
    Journal articles | 2020
    Rickhaus M; Jirasek M; Tejerina L; Gotfredsen H; Peeks MD; Haver R; Jiang H-W; Claridge TDW; Anderson HL, 2020, 'Global aromaticity at the nanoscale', Nature Chemistry, 12, pp. 236 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41557-019-0398-3
    Journal articles | 2019
    Bressan G; Peeks MD; Anderson HL; Meech SR; Heisler IA, 2019, 'Time-Resolved Structural Dynamics of Extended Ï-Electron Porphyrin Nanoring', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, pp. 27222 - 27229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b07494
    Journal articles | 2019
    Jeon I; Peeks MD; Savagatrup S; Zeininger L; Chang S; Thomas G; Wang W; Swager TM, 2019, 'Janus Graphene: Scalable Self-Assembly and Solution-Phase Orthogonal Functionalization', Advanced Materials, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201900438
    Journal articles | 2019
    Peeks M; Gong J; McLoughlin K; Kobatake T; Haver R; Herz L; Anderson HL, 2019, 'Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity in the Excited States of Porphyrin Nanorings', ChemRxiv, 10, pp. 2017 - 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00623
    Journal articles | 2019
    Peeks MD; Anderson HL, 2019, 'Watching Bonds Move in a Large Antiaromatic Ring', Chem, 5, pp. 9 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2018.12.019
    Journal articles | 2019
    Peeks MD; Jirasek M; Claridge TDW; Anderson HL, 2019, 'Global Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity in Porphyrin Nanoring Anions', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 58, pp. 15717 - 15720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201909032
    Journal articles | 2019
    Peeks MD; Jirasek M; Claridge TDW; Anderson HL, 2019, 'Global Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity in Porphyrin Nanoring Anions', Angewandte Chemie, 131, pp. 15864 - 15867, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.201909032
    Journal articles | 2019
    Richert S; Anderson HL; Peeks MD; Timmel CR, 2019, 'Probing the orientation of porphyrin oligomers in a liquid crystal solvent–a triplet state electron paramagnetic resonance study', Molecular Physics, 117, pp. 2700 - 2708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2018.1511868
    Journal articles | 2018
    Cremers J; Haver R; Rickhaus M; Gong JQ; Favereau L; Peeks MD; Claridge TDW; Herz LM; Anderson HL, 2018, 'Template-Directed synthesis of a conjugated zinc porphyrin nanoball', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140, pp. 5352 - 5355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b02552
    Journal articles | 2018
    Posligua V; Aziz A; Haver R; Peeks MD; Anderson HL; Grau-Crespo R, 2018, 'Band Structures of Periodic Porphyrin Nanostructures', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122, pp. 23790 - 23798, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b08131
    Journal articles | 2018
    Wang P; Jeon I; Lin Z; Peeks MD; Savagatrup S; Kooi SE; Van Voorhis T; Swager TM, 2018, 'Insights into Magneto-Optics of Helical Conjugated Polymers', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140, pp. 6501 - 6508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b03777
    Journal articles | 2018
    Wang P; Lin S; Lin Z; Peeks MD; Van Voorhis T; Swager TM, 2018, 'A Semiconducting Conjugated Radical Polymer: Ambipolar Redox Activity and Faraday Effect', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140, pp. 10881 - 10889, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b06193
    Journal articles | 2017
    Kowalska P; Peeks MD; Roliński T; Anderson HL; Waluk J, 2017, 'Detection of a weak ring current in a nonaromatic porphyrin nanoring using magnetic circular dichroism', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, pp. 32556 - 32565, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7cp07348h
    Journal articles | 2017
    Peeks MD; Claridge TDW; Anderson HL, 2017, 'Aromatic and antiaromatic ring currents in a molecular nanoring', Nature, 541, pp. 200 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature20798
    Journal articles | 2017
    Peeks MD; Tait CE; Neuhaus P; Fischer GM; Hoffmann M; Haver R; Cnossen A; Harmer JR; Timmel CR; Anderson HL, 2017, 'Electronic Delocalization in the Radical Cations of Porphyrin Oligomer Molecular Wires', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, pp. 10461 - 10471, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b05386
    Journal articles | 2017
    Richert S; Cremers J; Kuprov I; Peeks MD; Anderson HL; Timmel CR, 2017, 'Constructive quantum interference in a bis-copper six-porphyrin nanoring', Nature Communications, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14842
    Journal articles | 2017
    Richert S; Kuprov I; Peeks MD; Suturina EA; Cremers J; Anderson HL; Timmel CR, 2017, 'Quantifying the exchange coupling in linear copper porphyrin oligomers', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, pp. 16057 - 16061, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7cp01787a
    Journal articles | 2016
    Karunanithy G; Cnossen A; Müller H; Peeks MD; Rees NH; Claridge TDW; Anderson HL; Baldwin AJ, 2016, 'Harnessing NMR relaxation interference effects to characterise supramolecular assemblies', Chemical Communications, 52, pp. 7450 - 7453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cc02544g
    Journal articles | 2016
    Liu P; Hisamune Y; Peeks MD; Odell B; Gong JQ; Herz LM; Anderson HL, 2016, 'Synthesis of Five-Porphyrin Nanorings by Using Ferrocene and Corannulene Templates', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55, pp. 8358 - 8362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201602909
    Journal articles | 2016
    Liu P; Hisamune Y; Peeks MD; Odell B; Gong JQ; Herz LM; Anderson HL, 2016, 'Synthesis of Five‐Porphyrin Nanorings by Using Ferrocene and Corannulene Templates', Angewandte Chemie, 128, pp. 8498 - 8502, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.201602909
    Journal articles | 2016
    Peeks MD; Neuhaus P; Anderson HL, 2016, 'Experimental and computational evaluation of the barrier to torsional rotation in a butadiyne-linked porphyrin dimer', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18, pp. 5264 - 5274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cp06167a
    Journal articles | 2016
    Richert S; Peeks MD; Tait CE; Anderson HL; Timmel CR, 2016, 'Photogenerated triplet states in supramolecular porphyrin ladder assemblies: An EPR study', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18, pp. 24171 - 24175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cp04444a
    Journal articles | 2016
    Tait CE; Neuhaus P; Peeks MD; Anderson HL; Timmel CR, 2016, 'Excitation wavelength-dependent EPR study on the influence of the conformation of multiporphyrin arrays on triplet state delocalization', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18, pp. 5275 - 5280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cp07424j
    Journal articles | 2015
    Tait CE; Neuhaus P; Peeks MD; Anderson HL; Timmel CR, 2015, 'Transient EPR Reveals Triplet State Delocalization in a Series of Cyclic and Linear π-Conjugated Porphyrin Oligomers', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137, pp. 8284 - 8293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b04511
    Journal articles | 2014
    Movsisyan LD; Peeks MD; Greetham GM; Towrie M; Thompson AL; Parker AW; Anderson HL, 2014, 'Photophysics of threaded sp-carbon chains: The polyyne is a sink for singlet and triplet excitation', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136, pp. 17996 - 18008, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja510663z
  • Preprints | 2024
    Bradley D; Tian R; Bhadbhade M; Macreadie L; Sarowar C; Peeks M, 2024, Supramolecular chemistry of an antiaromatic tetrapyrrole: zinc(II) norcorrole, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-40nv9
    Preprints | 2023
    Bradley D; Hillier B; Peeks M, 2023, Quantifying the electronic dimension of global aromaticity in macrocycles, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-h4t12
    Preprints | 2022
    Bradley D; Branley C; Peeks M, 2022, A straightforward method to quantify the electron-delocalizing ability of pi-conjugated molecules, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-lnp1r
    Preprints | 2022
    Bradley D; Branley C; Peeks M, 2022, A straightforward method to quantify the electron-delocalizing ability of pi-conjugated molecules, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-lnp1r-v2
    Preprints | 2022
    Bradley D; Jirásek M; Anderson H; Peeks M, 2022, Disentangling global and local ring currents, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-0dznf
    Preprints | 2021
    Deng J-R; Bradley D; Jirásek M; Anderson H; Peeks M, 2021, How Globally Aromatic Are Six-Porphyrin Nanorings?, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2021-hm34v
    Preprints | 2021
    Deng J-R; Bradley D; Jirásek M; Anderson H; Peeks M, 2021, How Globally Aromatic Are Six-Porphyrin Nanorings?, http://dx.doi.org/10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-hm34v
    Preprints | 2019
    Rickhaus M; Jirasek M; Tejerina L; Gotfredsen H; Peeks MD; Haver R; Jiang H-W; D. W. Claridge T; Anderson HL, 2019, Global Aromaticity at the Nanoscale, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.8953565.v2
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Peeks M; Swager T, 2018, 'Discovering new Faraday rotators: Towards structure-property relationships for magneto-optical effects', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, MA, Boston, presented at 256th National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) - Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Beyond, MA, Boston, 19 August 2018 - 23 August 2018, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000447609103297&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

ARC Discovery Project (2025-2028): Electronic delocalization in organometallic molecules (DP250100753). $679,839

ARC DECRA Fellowship (2024-2027): Pushing the limits of electronic delocalization in organic molecules (DE240100664). $493,474

Lindemann Trust Fellowship from the English-Speaking Union 2017-18.

My Teaching

I am course coordinator for CHEM2031 (Inorganic Chemistry: The Elements) and co-course coordinator for the "Python for Chemists" stream in CHEM4502.