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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Inorganic Molecular Chemistry |
| Keywords | molecular magnetism, main group, organometallics, lanthanides, actinides |
| Honours and awards | 2015: ERC Consolidator Grant 2014: ICCC Rising Star Lectureship 2014: RSC Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship |
Current contact address
| Country | United Kingdom |
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| City | Brighton |
| Institution | University of Sussex |
| Institute | Department of Chemistry, School of Life Sciences |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Manfred Scheer | Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/08/2010 |
Programme(s)
| 2009 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers |
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| 2021 | Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme |
Nominator's project description
| Professor Layfield is an internationally leading researcher in the area of f-block chemistry, who has made decisive breakthroughs in the field of lanthanide single-molecule magnets, leading to a detailed understanding of their potential use in nanoscale devices. These discoveries changed the fundamental understanding of the general structure-property relationships in molecular magnetism and have opened a novel path to the first high-temperature single-molecule magnets. During his stay in Germany, he will continue his research on organometallic single-molecule magnets. |