Role
Lee is Associate Professor in Materials Chemistry.
Lee teaches on the following modules:
- Inorganic Bonding and Solid-State Materials
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
- Advanced Chemistry
- Research Methods
- Professional Development
- BSc Project
- MChem/MSc/MRes Project
Career overview
Lee completed his PhD in Materials Chemistry at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, and he was awarded the Ramsay Medal by University College London in 1998. After working for the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Union of Crystallography and The Royal Society of Chemistry he returned to the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory at the Royal Institution of Great Britain as a postdoctoral research assistant in the group of Professor Peter Day.
Lee’s first chemistry lecturer position was at Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé (Sep 2007-Sep 2010) before he took up a permanent Senior Lecturer in Chemistry role at University of Hertfordshire (Sep 2010-Jan 2012). He returned to Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé in January 2012 as Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry and Admissions Tutor.
Lee was awarded a Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship for October 2017-September 2018.
Research areas
Areas of research interest include:
- Structure-property relationships
- Crystal growth and molecular assembly
- Coordination chemistry - boron, d and f block
- Spontaneous chiral resolution
- 2D materials
- Chiral conductors
- Molecular superconductors
- Spin liquids
- Spin crossover
Opportunities to carry out postgraduate research towards an MPhil / PhD exist in the areas identified above. Further information may be obtained from the NTU Graduate School.
External activity
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Sponsors and collaborators
Recent research has been supported by The Royal Society, The Leverhulme Trust, Japan Society for Promotion of Science, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, The Nuffield Foundation, and The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Lee collaborates widely, including
Publications
MARTIN, L., WALLIS, J.D. and OGAR, J.O., 2025, , Dalton Transactions. ISSN 1477-9234
BLUNDELL, T.J., SNEADE, K., OGAR, J.O., YAMASHITA, Y., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y., YAMAMOTO, T. and MARTIN, L., 2025. . Journal of the American Chemical Society. ISSN 0002-7863
OGAR, J.O., WALLIS, J.D., BLUNDELL, T.J., RUSBRIDGE, E.K., MANTLE, A., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y., IMAJO, S. and MARTIN, L., 2025. Inorganic Chemistry, 64 (2), pp. 1075-1084. ISSN 0020-1669
HOWARTH, E., LOPEZ, J., OGAR, J.O., BLUNDELL, T.J., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y., IMAJO, S., IHARA, Y., COLES, S.J., HORTON, P.N., CHRISTENSEN, J. and MARTIN, L., 2025. Dalton Transactions. ISSN 1477-9226
SHORT, J.I., RUSHBRIDGE, E.K., BLUNDELL, T.J., OGAR, J.O., YANG, S., WALLIS, J.D. and MARTIN, L., 2024. New Journal of Chemistry. ISSN 1144-0546
OGAR, J.O., BLUNDELL, T.J., USMAN, R., VAVROVIČ, M. and MARTIN, L., 2024. Polyhedron, 264: 117262. ISSN 0277-5387
BLUNDELL, T.J., OGAR, J.O., BRANNAN, M.J., RUSBRIDGE, E.K., WALLIS, J.D., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y., IMAJO, S. and MARTIN, L., 2024. RSC Advances, 14 (26), pp. 18444-18452. ISSN 2046-2069
BLUNDELL, T.J., RUSBRIDGE, E.K., PEMBERTON, R.E., BRANNAN, M.J., MORRITT, A.L., OGAR, J.O., WALLIS, J.D., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y., IMAJO, S. and MARTIN, L., 2024. CrystEngComm, 26 (14), pp. 1962-1975. ISSN 1466-8033
LARAMEE, B., GHIMIRE, R., GRAF, D., MARTIN, L., BLUNDELL, T.J. and AGOSTA, C.C., 2023. Magnetochemistry, 9 (3): 64. ISSN 2312-7481
BLUNDELL, T.J., MORRITT, A.L., RUSBRIDGE, E.K., QUIBELL, L., OAKES, J., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y., IMAJO, S., KADOYA, T., YAMADA, J.-I., COLES, S.J., CHRISTENSEN, J. and MARTIN, L., 2022. Materials Advances. ISSN 2633-5409
BLUNDELL, T.J., LOPEZ, J.R., SNEADE, K., WALLIS, J.D., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y., COLES, S.J., WILSON, C. and MARTIN, L., 2022. Dalton Transactions, 51, pp. 4843-4852. ISSN 1477-9226
ATTWOOD, M., AKUTSU, H., MARTIN, L., BLUNDELL, T.J., LE MAGUERE, P. and TURNER, S.S., 2021. Dalton Transactions. ISSN 1477-9226
BLUNDELL, T.J., BRANNAN, M., MBURU-NEWMAN, J., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y., IMAJO, S. and MARTIN, L., 2021. Magnetochemistry, 7 (7): 90. ISSN 2312-7481
BLUNDELL, T.J., BRANNAN, M., NISHIMOTO, H., KADOYA, T., YAMADA, J.-I., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y. and MARTIN, L., 2021. . Chemical Communications, 57, 5406–5409.
ATTWOOD, M., AKUTSU, H., BLUNDELL, T. J, MARTIN, L., LEMAGUERE, P. and TURNER, S.S., 2021. Dalton Transactions.
BLUNDELL, T.J., BRANNAN, M., MBURU-NEWMAN, J., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y., IMAJO, S. and MARTIN, L., 2021. Magnetochemistry, 7 (7): 90. ISSN 2312-7481
SHORT, J., BLUNDELL, T.J., YANG, S., SAHIN, O., SHAKESPEARE, Y., SMITH, E.L., WALLIS, J.D. and MARTIN, L., 2020. CrystEngComm, 2020, 22, 6632-6644
SHORT, J., BLUNDELL, , T.J., KRIVICKAS, S., YANG, S., WALLIS, J.D., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y. and MARTIN, L., 2020. Chemical Communications. ISSN 1359-7345
IMAJO, S., AKUTSU, H., AKUTSU-SATO, A., MORRITT, A.L., MARTIN, L. and NAKAZAWA, Y., 2019. Physical Review Research, 1 (3): 033184. ISSN 2643-1564
MORRITT, A.L., LOPEZ, J.R., BLUNDELL, T.J., CANADELL, E., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y., IMAJO, S. and MARTIN, L., 2019. Inorganic Chemistry. ISSN 0020-1669
ATTWOOD, M., AKUTSU, H., MARTIN, L., CRUICKSHANK, D. and TURNER, S., 2019. Dalton Transactions. ISSN 1477-9226
MARTIN, L., 2018. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 376, pp. 277-291. ISSN 0010-8545
MARTIN, L., LOPEZ, J.R., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y. and IMAJO, S., 2017. Inorganic Chemistry. ISSN 0020-1669
BASSIN, J.P., BOTHA, M., GARIKIPATI, R., GOYAL, M., MARTIN, L. and SHAH, A., 2017. Molecules, 22 (11), p. 1889. ISSN 1420-3049
LOPEZ, J.R., MARTIN, L., WALLIS, J.D., AKUTSU, H., YAMADA, J., NAKATSUJI, S., WILSON, C., CHRISTENSEN, J. and COLES, S.J., 2017. CrystEngComm, 19 (32), pp. 4848-4856. ISSN 1466-8033
MARTIN, L., MORRITT, A.L., LOPEZ, J.R., NAKAZAWA, Y., AKUTSU, H., IMAJO, S., IHARA, Y., ZHANG, B., ZHANG, Y. and GUO, Y., 2017. Dalton Transactions, 46 (29), pp. 9542-9548. ISSN 1477-9226
MARTIN, L., WALLIS, J.D., GUZIAK, M., MAKSYMIW, P., KONALIAN-KEMPF, F., CHRISTIAN, A., NAKATSUJI, S., YAMADA, J. and AKUTSU, H., 2017. Dalton Transactions. ISSN 1477-9226
MARTIN, L., MORRITT, A.L., LOPEZ, J.R., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y., IMAJO, S. and IHARA, Y., 2017. Inorganic Chemistry. ISSN 0020-1669
PATEL, C., BASSIN, J., SCOTT, M., FLYE, J., HUNTER, A., MARTIN, L. and GOYAL, M., 2016. Molecules, 21 (7), p. 861. ISSN 1420-3049
LOPEZ, J.R., MARTIN, L., WALLIS, J.D., AKUTSU, H., NAKAZAWA, Y., YAMADA, J.I., KADOYA, T., COLES, S.J. and WILSON, C., 2016. Dalton Transactions, 45 (22), pp. 9285-9293. ISSN 1477-9226
WANG, Q., MARTIN, L., BLAKE, A.J., DAY, P., AKUTSU, H. and WALLIS, J.D., 2016. Inorganic Chemistry, 55 (17), pp. 8543-8551. ISSN 0020-1669
LOPEZ, J.R., AKUTSU, H. and MARTIN, L., 2015. Synthetic Metals, 209, pp. 188-191. ISSN 0379-6779
MARTIN, L., AKUTSU, H., HORTON, P.N., HURSTHOUSE, M.B., HARRINGTON, R.W. and CLEGG, W., 2015. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. ISSN 1099-0682
MARTIN, L., AKUTSU, H., HORTON, P.N. and HURSTHOUSE, M.B., 2015. CrystEngComm, 17 (14), pp. 2771-2904. ISSN 1466-8033
MARTIN, L., YANG, S., BROOKS, A.C., HORTON, P.N., MALE, L., MOULFI, O., HARMAND, L., DAY, P., CLEGG, W., HARRINGTON, R.W. and WALLIS, J.D., 2015. CrystEngComm, 17 (38), pp. 7354-7362. ISSN 1466-8033
ZECCHINI, M., LOPEZ, J.R., ALLEN, S.W., COLES, S.J., WILSON, C., AKUTSU, H., MARTIN, L. and WALLIS, J.D., 2015. RSC Advances, 5 (39), pp. 31104-31112. ISSN 2046-2069
BROOKS, A.C., MARTIN, L., DAY, P., CLEGG, W., HARRINGTON, R.W. and WALLIS, J.D., 2015. Polyhedron, 102, pp. 75-81. ISSN 0277-5387
MARTIN, L., ENGELKAMP, H., AKUTSU, H., NAKATSUJI, S., YAMADA, J., HORTON, P. and HURSTHOUSE, M.B., 2015. Dalton Transactions, 44 (13), pp. 6219-6223. ISSN 1477-9234
Superconductivity
Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity with zero resistance without losing any energy and without heat generation. Many real-world applications have already been developed that harness the power of superconductors such as MRI for medical imaging; for generating, carrying and transforming electrical power; for transportation such as magnetically-levitating trains; for high speed and quantum computing as well as for physics research using particle accelerators and magnets.
