Name

Surname

Deborah

Crawford

Institution name and department

School of Chemistry and Biosciences

University of Bradford

Position held

Lecturer in Bio-Organic Chemistry

Address/Country

Richmond Road, Bradford, BD7 1DP

E-mail

Webpage

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https://www.bradford.ac.uk/staff/dcrawford

Key words (up to 5)

Extrusion

Kinetics

Scale Up

Sonochemistry

Organic Synthesis

Areas of Research/Expertise 

My main areas of research within the mechanochemistry field include:

1)    Scale up of both organic and inorganic material synthesis under solvent-free conditions, employing Twin Screw Extrusion (TSE).

2)    Understanding the kinetic processes occurring during both ball mill and extrusion processes as well as how this has an effect on physical properties of the reaction

3)    Carrying out sonochemical reactions, under solvent-free conditions, employing an ultrasonic cleaning bath. These reactions include a variety of organic systems and the formation of co-crystals via this route. It also allows

5 Most representative publications related to mechanochemistry 

1.    Greener Dye Synthesis: Continuous, Solvent-Free Synthesis of Commodity Perylene Diimides by Twin-Screw Extrusion

Cao, Q.  Crawford, DE; ; Shi, CC; James, S.L.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 4478. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201913625.

2.    Insights into mechanochemical reactions at the molecular level: simulated indentations of aspirin and meloxicam crystals

Ferguson, M; Moyano, MS; Tribello, GA ; Crawford, DE ; Bringa, EM; James, S.L. Kohanoff, J; Del Popolo, MG;

Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 2924. DOI: 10.1039/c8sc04971h.

3.    Feedback Kinetics in Mechanochemistry: The Importance of Cohesive States

Hutchings, BP; Crawford, DE; Gao, L; Hu, PJ; James, S.L.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2017, 56, 1525. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201706723.

4.    Synthesis by extrusion: continuous, large-scale preparation of MOFs using little or no solvent

Crawford, D; Casaban, J; Haydon, R; Giri, N; McNally, T ; James, S.L.

Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 1645. DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03217a

5.    Solvent-free sonochemistry: Sonochemical organic synthesis in the absence of a liquid medium.

Crawford, D. E.

BJOC, 2017, 13, 1850. DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.13.179.

5 Most representative publications non-related to Mechanochemistry 

Orcid ID/ Google Scholar/ Researchgate/ Scopus profiles

Orcid ID

0000-0003-2579-7987

Google Scholar

Researchgate

Scopus profiles

Twitter/ Linkedin/ Instagram accounts

Twitter/

@DebbieC16017436

Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-crawford-728808135/

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