Here is a listing of articles I have written for a number of journals, magazines and websites.
2015
Heterocycles on a gram scale
ChemistryViews – news
Flexible approach to rigid compounds
ChemistryViews – news
Alternating polymer sorts itself
ChemistryViews – news
2014
Solid approach to product extraction
ChemistryViews – news
Solvent-controlled alkenylation
ChemistryViews – news
Molecular three-step shuffle
ChemistryViews – news
Probing Chirality
ChemistryViews – news
Tackling Taxol
ChemistryViews – news
Making mushroom molecules
ChemistryViews – news
Creating cucurbiturils
ChemistryViews – news
Accessing aryl amines
ChemistryViews – news
New lead for lead-like compounds
ChemistryViews – news
Smell-free sulfide synthesis
ChemistryViews – news
Synthesis of carolacton
ChemistryViews – news
Direct imine acylation
ChemistryViews – news
China’s foreigner investment
Chemistry World – The Insider
2013
Three-ring dance for antitumor agent
ChemistryViews – news
Into the ether
ChemistryViews – news
Networking for natural products
ChemistryViews – news
Selecting with sulfur
ChemistryViews – news
Sound help for trisubstituted alkenes
ChemistryViews – news
Resolving asymmetric epoxidations
ChemistryViews – news
Discerning imine hydrogenation
ChemistryViews – news
Squaring up to Michael additions
ChemistryViews – news
Chiral column? Here’s one I made earlier
ChemistryViews – news
Angling for a route to fish proteins
ChemistryViews – news
Organolithium cross-coupling
ChemistryViews – news
Targeting cholera toxin
ChemistryViews – news
Cryptophane proves good host
ChemistryViews – news
Hope for hepatitis drug
ChemistryViews – news
Proper path to propiolic acids
ChemistryViews – news
Sweet route to steviamine
ChemistryViews – news
Assisting C−H activation
ChemistryViews – news
Clicking for cyclic peptides
ChemistryViews – news
Cascading towards a polyketide
ChemistryViews – news
Reinvestigating Tatanans A–C
ChemistryViews – news
Continuous flow to pure amines
ChemistryViews – news
Semireduction of alkynes
ChemistryViews – news
New route to tetrasubstituted allenes
ChemistryViews – news
Inhibiting Hepatitis C
ChemistryViews – news
2012
Arabian promise
Chemistry World – managing change
2011
Biosensors: Real-time in-cell calcium detection
Asia Materials – research highlight
Although the original version of this article is no longer available, a reprint can be accessed through the link above
Synthesis: Block-by-block catechins
Asia Materials – research highlight
Nanotubes: DNA using the tube
Asia Materials – featured highlight
Surface chemistry: Self-healing protection
Asia Materials – research highlight
Surface chemistry: A close look at hydrophobicity
Asia Materials – research highlight
Biosensors: Sweet and simple
A*Star Research – research highlight
2010
A simple network of synthetic replicators can perform the logical OR operation
Allen, V. C., Robertson, C. C., Turega, S. M. & Philp, D.
Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 1920–1923 (subscription required)
2009
Stacking at the flick of a switch
RIKEN Research – research highlight
Bringing energy into the fold
A-IBMN Research – research highlight
Although the original version of this article is no longer available, the text can be accessed through the link above
Making the switch for DNA
RIKEN Research – research highlight
Missing piece gets a work over
RIKEN Research – research highlight
Interview: Chemical carpentry
Highlights in Chemical Technology – Interview with Thorri Gunnlaugsson
2008
Breast cancer detection gets sweet and sensitive
A-IMBN Research – research highlight
Although the original version of this article is no longer available, the text can be accessed through the link above
New route to specific sugars
RIKEN Research – research highlight
Interview: Mapping out success
Highlights in Chemical Biology – Interview with Akimitsu Okimoto
Sweet defense against HIV
A-IMBN Research – research highlight
Although the original version of this article is no longer available, the text can be accessed through the link above
Complexes full of energy
RIKEN Research – research highlight
Interview: Medicinal reasons
Highlights in Chemical Science – Interview with Yixin Lu
Working well in a crowded cell
RIKEN Research – research highlight
Mapping disease progression
RIKEN Research – research highlight
A new oxidation mechanism
A-IMBN Research – research highlight
Although the original version of this article is no longer available, the text can be accessed through the link above
2007
Tackling cancer by fishing for trouble
RIKEN Research – research highlight
Solid facts to understanding shock
RIKEN Research – research highlight
Lanthanide as leading light for display technology
RIKEN Research – research highlight
Simple and efficient synthesis
A-IMBN Research – research highlight
Although the original version of this article is no longer available, the text can be accessed through the link above
Playing tag highlights genetic disorder
RIKEN Research – highlight of the month
Sweet synthesis to aid understanding of bacteria
RIKEN Research – research highlight
Molecules switching position
RIKEN Research – research highlight
Working shifts could aid disease detection
RIKEN Research – research highlight
The long and short of nanowire
RIKEN Research – research highlight
Coordination polymers: Trapped charges
Nature China – research highlight
Nanotubes: Keeping your cool
Nature China – research highlight
Ionic liquids: A buffer zone
Nature China – research highlight
Organic synthesis: Compounds worth their salt
Nature China – research highlight
Sensors: Making light work
Nature China – research highlight
Catalytic reactions: As good as gold
Nature China – research highlight
Tailoring for gold
RIKEN Research – research highlight
Calculated approach to catalysis
RIKEN Research – research highlight
Selection with silicon
RIKEN Research – research highlight
2006
Catalyst plays multiple roles
RIKEN Research – highlight of the month
2005
Education: Cuts hit chemistry
Chemistry World – news and analysis
Improving asymmetric reactions
Chemistry World – research
FameLab
Chemistry World – news and analysis
Clearer vision
Chemistry World – research
Olive extraction
Chemistry World – research
More power to China
Chemistry World – news and analysis
Robert Grubbs wins prestigious award
Chemistry World – news and analysis
Peptide liquid crystals
Chemistry World – research
The path of least bacterial resistance
Chemistry World – research
High stakes in the instrument market
Chemistry World – feature (subscription required)
Safety first
Chemistry World – news and analysis
Chinese chemical industry: friend or foe?
Chemistry World – news and analysis
Education: Collaboration networks for Birmingham
Chemistry World – news and analysis
Funding: Assessing university research in 2008
Chemistry World – news and analysis
Regulating cell division
Chemistry World – research
Biomedical polymers
Chemistry World – research
Complex mimetics, simply done
Chemistry World – research
Tackling West Nile Virus
Chemistry World – news and analysis
Therapeutic promise for CML
Chemistry World – news and analysis
Ligand helps chain extension reaction
Chemistry World – research
Soy source for green composites
Chemistry World – research
Bad breath – disease or cure?
Chemistry World – research
Sunshine slows immune response to allergens
Chemistry World – research
A Chinese education
Chemistry World – feature
2004
Global warming debate heats up
Chemistry World – news and analysis
The deep blue sky’s the limit
Chemistry World – news and analysis
The effects, if any, of antidepressants
Chemistry World – news and analysis
Arthritis pain relief proves ineffective
Chemistry World – research
Frying tonight?
Chemistry World – research
Crystal engineering networks
Chemistry World – news and analysis
Bonding behaviour
Chemistry World – research
Macromolecules shape up
Chemistry World – research
Squeeze on success for AstraZeneca
Chemistry World – news and analysis
Dahlia structures hold drug promise
Chemistry World – research
Image is everything
Chemistry World – research
So much for the afterglow
Chemistry World – research
Double or quadruple? With DNA it makes a difference
Chemistry World – research
Technical trouble
Chemistry World – news and analysis
Locating a poison
Chemistry World – research
Sweet centres
Chemistry World – research
Catalytic behaviour
Chemistry World – research
The changing image of chemistry
Chemistry World – feature
2001
Transfer of stereochemical information in a minimal self-replicating system
Allen, V. C., Philp, D. & Spencer, N.
Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 777–780 (subscription required)