Associate Professor
Rodney F C Claridge
Position
Adjunct Professor
Qualifications
M.Sc., B.A.(Cant.), Ph.D.(Camb.), F.N.Z.I.C.
Contact Details
Telephone: +64 3 364 2987 ext: 7414
Fax: +64 3 364 2110
Email: rod.claridge@canterbury.ac.nz
Research Interests
Abstract
Applications of electron paramagnetic resonance to a variety of chemical problems.
- Radical ion chemistry in solution. The structure and reactions of aromatic radical ions and ion-pair formation in organic solvents. Recently additivity relationships have been developed and applied to interpretation of spectral data on radical ions and are being extended to ion pair species.
- Solid state chemistry of unstable paramagnetic species induced by irradiation of silicate minerals. In Zircon, ZrSi0(ÿ4), at least seven species are identified. Their structure and inter relationships are being investigated.
- Matrix isolation studies of photochemically induced intermediates.
Representative Papers
R F C Claridge, K M Mackle, G L A Sutton and W C Tennant, " 10K EPR of an oxygen hole aluminium centre, [AlO(ÿ4)](ö0), in x-irradiated zircon (zirconium silicate)", J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 1994, 6, 10415.
R F C Claridge, K M Mackle, G L A Sutton and W C Tennant, " Zircon EPR revisited: 10K EPR of three low-symmetry centresan in x-irradiated zircon (zirconium silicate)", J. Phys.: Condens. Matter,, 1994, 6, 3429-36.
I-R Jeon, N Norma, R F C Claridge and Y Shirota, "Electrochemical doping of poly(3-vinylperylene) and electrical properties of doped polymers", Polymer J., 1992, 24, 273-79.
M G Bakker, R F C Claridge and B M Peake, "Conformational studies of peri-substituted naphthalene anion and cation radicals", J. Magn. Reson., 1989, 81, 134-7.