Research project

Molecular and Supramolecular d-f Upconverting Phosphors

Research groups:
Lead researchers:

Dr Richard Knighton
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Richard Knighton MChem DPhil FHEA

Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry

Research interests

Inorganic luminescence
Homogeneous catalysis
Upconversion spectroscopy

Connect with Richard

Email: R.C.Knighton@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Sustainability and Materials

The Sustainability and Materials group uses emerging chemical technologies to address world challenges in catalysis, clean energy, carbon capture, and healthcare diagnostics.

Research outputs

‘Click’-able hemiindigo triazole photoswitches with switchable fluorescence

Zhihao Ling, Robert C.P. O’Toole, Rebecca Kerridge, Alex Buchanan, Maria Storm Thomsen, Alexander M. Wilmshurst, Roman Yu Peshkov, Richard C. Knighton, Stefano Crespi & George T. Williams, 2026, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 14(32), 14389-14393

DOI: 10.1039/d6tc01405d

Type: article