Publications
"Hypercoordinating Stannanes with C,N-Donor Ligands: A Structural, Computational, and Polymerization Study"
Gloria M. D'Amaral, Desiree N. Bender, Nicola Piccolo, Alan J. Lough, Robert A. Gossage, Daniel A. Foucher, and R. Stephen Wylie. Inorganics 2024, 12 (4), 122.
![Crystal structure of two unique molecules of a pyridyl stannane](/content/dam/foucher_research/pyridyl-stannanes.png)
"Beauty and the Packaging Beast: Plastic in the Beauty Industry"
Cassandra Sisto, Shelley Haines, and Daniel Foucher. Fashion Studies 2024, 5 (1), 1-24.
![Partial chemical structure of PET plastic](/content/dam/foucher_research/plastics.png)
"Biobased polymers from lignocellulosic sources"
Rachele N. Carafa, Daniel A. Foucher, and Guerino G. Sacripante. Green Chem. Lett. Rev. 2023, 16 (1), 2153087.
![The components of lignocellulose and some of their applications](/content/dam/foucher_research/LignocellulosicBiomass.png)
"New Hypercoordinating Organostannanes for the Modular Functionalization of Mono- and Polystannanes: Synthetic and Computational Studies"
Jeffrey Pau, Jung-Won Choi, Kaitlyn Silverthorne, Mokhamed Ranne, R. Stephen Wylie, Robert A. Gossage, Alan J. Lough, and Daniel A. Foucher. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 2022 (7), e202100937.
![Crystal structure of a thiol stannane](/content/dam/foucher_research/thiol-stannane.png)
"Evaluation of Virucidal Activity of Residual Quaternary Ammonium-treated Surfaces on SARS-CoV-2"
Alexander G. Caschera, Julie McAuley, Youry Kim, Damian Purcell, Jasper Rymenants, and Daniel A. Foucher. Am. J. Infect. Control 2022, 50 (3), 325-329.
![Proposed mechanism for the deactivation of Covid-19](/content/dam/foucher_research/Covid-Mechanism.png)
"Electrochemical Studies of Chlorine Containing Silanes"
J. Mark A. Hoddenbagh, Daniel A. Foucher, and Dennis J. Worsfold. ChemRxiv 2021, PREPRINT.
![ChemDraw of chlorosilanes used in study](/content/dam/foucher_research/chlorosilanes.png)
"A structural, DFT and experimental investigation of the ring stability and ring-opening polymerization behaviour of cyclic thionylphosphazenes in the presence of Lewis acid catalysts"
Rachele N. Carafa, Kristy V. Halnan, R. Stephen Wylie, Daniel A. Foucher, Alan J. Lough, Ian Manners, and Andrew R. McWilliams. Polymer 2021, 233, 124196.
![Two crystal structures of a gallium trichloride coordinated thionylphosphazene](/content/dam/foucher_research/Gallium-thionylphosphazene.png)
"Site- and Stereoselective C-H Alkylations of Carbohydrates Enabled by Cooperative Photoredox, Hydrogen Atom Transfer, and Organotin Catalysis"
Daniel J. Gorelik, Julia A. Turner, Tarunpreet S. Virk, Daniel A. Foucher, and Mark S. Taylor. Org. Lett. 2021, 23 (13), 5180-5185.
![Proposed cocatalytic cycle of carbohydrates](/content/dam/foucher_research/organostannane-mechanism.jpeg)
"Antimicrobial Testing of Dry Surfaces through Large Droplet Inoculation"
Alexander Caschera, Evan Ronan, Farhan Yusuf, Amir Tehrani, Lukasz Porosa, Otini Krokramp, Gideon Wolfaardt, and Daniel Foucher. Protocol Exchange 2021, PREPRINT.
![A figure showing the inoculation of bacteria on coated samples](/content/dam/foucher_research/LDI-Protocol.jpg)
"Access to thermally robust and abrasion resistant antimicrobial plastics: synthesis of UV-curable phosphonium small molecule coatings and extrudable additives"
Joseph Bedard, Alexander Caschera, and Daniel A. Foucher. RSC Adv. 2021, 11, 5548-5555.
![AFM of plastic surfaces treated with quaternary phosphonium compounds](/content/dam/foucher_research/Phosphonium-surfaces.png)
"Water Dispersible Sulfo-Polyester Resins with Controlled Nano-Sized Particles"
Guerino G. Sacripante and Daniel A. Foucher. ChemRxiv 2021, PREPRINT.
![3D surface plot of glass transition temperature of polyester resins compared to molecular weight and DEG concentration](/content/dam/foucher_research/3D-Surface-Plot.png)
"UV-Curable Surface-Attached Antimicrobial Polymeric Onium Coatings: Designing Effective, Solvent Resistant Coatings for Plastic Surfaces"
Rachel L. Shum, Siobhan R. Liu, Alexander Caschera, and Daniel A. Foucher. ACS Appl. Bio. Mater. 2020, 3 (7), 4302-4315.
![AFM of a plastic surface coated with a quaternary ammonium compound](/content/dam/foucher_research/QUAT-Surfaces.png)
"Preparation and DFT Studies of κ2C,N-Hypercoordinated Oxazoline Organotins: Monomer Constructs for Stable Polystannanes"
Desiree N. Bender, Alan J. Lough, R. Stephen Wylie, Robert A. Gossage, and Daniel A. Foucher. Inorganics 2020, 8 (5), 35.
![Crystal structure of an oxazoline organotin compound](/content/dam/foucher_research/tin-oxazoline.png)
"Hypercoordinated organotin(IV) compounds containing C,O- and C,N- chelating ligands: Synthesis, characterisation, DFT studies and polymerization behaviour"
Aman Khan, Jeffrey Pau, Julie Loungxay, Timbila Magobenny, R. Stephen Wylie, Alan J. Lough, and Daniel A. Foucher. J. Organomet. Chem. 2019, 900, 120910.
![Crystal structure of a chelating C,N organotin compound](/content/dam/foucher_research/C-N-chelating.png)
"Surface-attached sulfonamide containing quaternary ammonium antimicrobials for textiles and plastics"
Alexander Caschera, Kamlesh B. Mistry, Joseph Bedard, Evan Ronan, Moiz A. Syed, Aman U. Khan, Alan J. Lough, and Daniel A. Foucher. RSC Adv. 2019, 6, 3140.
![Crystal structure of a sulfonamide quaternary ammonium compound](/content/dam/foucher_research/sulfonamide-quat.png)
"Synthesis and Characterization of Readily Modified Poly(aryl)(alkoxy)stannanes by use of Hypercoordinated Sn Monomers"
Jeffrey Pau, Gloria M. D'Amaral, Alan J. Lough, R. Stephen Wylie, and Daniel A. Foucher. Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 18762-18771.
![A crystal structure of a tosyl stannane](/content/dam/foucher_research/tosyl-stannane.png)
"“Push–push and push–pull” polystannanes"
Jasveer S. Dhindsa, Brad F. Jacobs, Alan J. Lough, and Daniel A. Foucher. Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 14094-14100.
![A ChemDraw of a polystannane with phenyl and butyl substituents](/content/dam/foucher_research/Push-Pull.png)
"Proof of Concept Studies Directed Towards Designed Molecular Wires: Property Driven Synthesis of Air and Moisture-Stable Polystannanes"
Jeffrey Pau, Robert A. Gossage, R. Stephen Wylie, Alan J. Lough, and Daniel A. Foucher. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23 (57), 14367-14374.
![Crystal structure of a hypercoordinate tin molecule shown to be air- and moisture-stable](/content/dam/foucher_research/jeff-crystal.png)
"UV-Curable Contact Active Benzophenone Terminated Quaternary Ammonium Antimicrobials for Applications in Polymer Plastics and Related Devices"
Lukasz Porosa, Alexander Caschera, Joseph Bedard, Amanda Mocella, Evan Ronan, Alan J. Lough, Gideon Wolfaardt, and Daniel A. Foucher. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9(33), 27491-27503.
![AFM of a C18 quaternary ammonium compound containing a benzophenone moiety](/content/dam/foucher_research/surface-topography.png)
"Biomass Utilisation Strategies for Applications in Novel Polymer and Polymer Resin Production"
Justin J. S. Kosalka, Guerino G. Sacripante, Alan J. Lough, Daniel A. Foucher, and Robert A. Gossage. Polymers From Renewable Resources 2017, 8 (1), 1-10.
![Crystal structure of a unit cell of a bio-derived monomer](/content/dam/foucher_research/resin-monomer.png)
"A C18 Quaternary Ammonium Library"
Lukasz Porosa, Hellen Deng, Joseph Bedard, Alan J. Lough, Gideon Wolfaardt, and Daniel A. Foucher. ChemistrySelect 2016, 1 (21), 6914–6919.
![Crystal structure of a C18 quaternary ammonium compound](/content/dam/foucher_research/quat2.png)
"Hypercoordinate compounds of the group 14 elements containing κn-C,N-, C,O-, C,S- and C,P-ligands"
Aman Khan and Daniel Foucher. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2016, 312, 41-66.
![Crystal structure of a hypercoordinate tin compound](/content/dam/foucher_research/Hypercoordinate.jpg)
"Crystal structure of (E)-(benzylidene)(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amine"
Shane Harrypersad, Daniel Foucher, and Alan J. Lough. Acta Crystallogr. E. Crystallogr. Commun. 2015, 71 (12), 1040.
![Crystal structure of (E)-(benzylidene)(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amine](/content/dam/foucher_research/crystal-structure-of-(E)-(benzylidene)(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amine.png)
"Linear Oligostannanes: A Synthetic and TD-DFT Study"
Shane Harrypersad, Laura Liao, Aman Khan, R. Stephen Wylie, and Daniel A. Foucher. J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. 2015, 25 (3), 515-528.
![Two DFT HOMO diagrams of oligomeric stannanes](/content/dam/foucher_research/TD-DFT-oligostannanes.png)
"Reduction of C,O-chelated organotin(IV) dichlorides and dihydrides leading to protected polystannanes"
Aman Khan, Sarah Komejan, Aagam Patel, Christopher Lombardi, Alan J. Lough, and Daniel A. Foucher. J. Organomet. Chem. 2015, (776), 180-191.
![Crystal structure of a C,O-chelating organotin compound](/content/dam/foucher_research/C-O-chelation.png)
"Alternating Polystannanes: Syntheses and Properties"
Shane Harrypersad and Daniel A. Foucher. Chem. Comm. 2015, (51), 7120-7123.
![Tin NMR of a polystannane with alternating substituents](/content/dam/foucher_research/Alternating-polystannanes.png)
"Rapid Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of γ-Phosphonic Acid Quaternary Ammonium Antimicrobials for Biomedical Applications"
Lukasz Porosa, Gideon Wolfaardt, Alan J. Lough, and Daniel A. Foucher. Curr. Microw. Chem. 2015, 2 (1), 69-82.
![Crystal structure of a phosphonic acid quaternary ammonium compound](/content/dam/foucher_research/Phosphonic-quat.png)
"Nylon-Coated Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fabric for Enhanced Penetration Resistance"
Dariush Firouzi, Daniel A. Foucher, and Habiba Bougherara. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014, 131 (11) 40350.
![Nylon coated PE fabrics made to resist tearing](/content/dam/foucher_research/nylon-uhmwpe.png)
"Synthesis and Characterization of a Polyferrocenyldistannane"
Jon Ward, Saif Al-Alul, Shane Harrypersad, and Daniel A. Foucher. Can. J. Chem. 2014, (92), 525-532.
![A ChemDraw of a polyferrocenylstannane](/content/dam/foucher_research/Polyferrocenylstannanes.png)
"A new technique to improve the mechanical and biological performance of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene using a nylon coating"
Dariush Firouzi, Aya Youssef, Momen Amer, Rami Srouji, Asma Amleh, Daniel A. Foucher, and Habiba Bougherara. J. Mech. Behav. Biomed. Mater. 2014, 32, 198-209.
![Treated and untreated PE with nylon coatings](/content/dam/foucher_research/improved-nylon.png)
"Organometallic macromolecules with piano stool coordination repeating units: chain configuration and stimulated solution behaviour"
Kai Cao, Jonathan Ward, Ryan C. Amos, Moon Gon Jeong, Kyoung Taek Kim, Mario Gauthier, Daniel Foucher, and Xiaosong Wang. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50 (70), 10062-10065.
![A ChemDraw, two test tubes and crystal structure of a Fe-acyl complex with a P-Fe-C backbone surrounded by aromatic groups](/content/dam/foucher_research/Organometallic-piano-stool-coordination.gif)
"Synthesis, structures and properties of self-assembling quaternary ammonium dansylfluorescent tags for porous and non-porous surfaces"
Lukasz M. Porosa, Kamlesh B. Mistry, Amanda Mocella, Hellen Deng, Shayan Hamzehi, Alex Caschera, Alan J. Lough, Gideon Wolfaardt, and Daniel A. Foucher. J. Mat. Chem. B. 2014, 2 (11), 1509-1520.
![Crystal structure of quaternary ammonium salts containing dansyl fluorescent moieties](/content/dam/foucher_research/dansyl-sulfonamides.png)
"Recent advances in the homogeneous polymerization of olefins mediated by nickel complexes"
Yee-Yue Grace Luk, Daniel A. Foucher, and Robert A. Gossage. C. R. Chim. 2013, 16 (6), 573-579.
![Side view of three nickel clusters](/content/dam/foucher_research/Ni-olefins.png)
"Synthesis and Spectral Electrochemical Properties of a Symmetrical Tristanna-Bridged [3.3]Ferrocenophane"
Jon Ward, Saif Al-Alul, Matthew W. Forbes, Timothy E. Burrow, and Daniel A. Foucher. Organometallics 2013, 2 (10), 2893–2901.
![A ChemDraw of a bridged stannane ferrocene compound](/content/dam/foucher_research/Stannane-Bridge.png)
"Synthesis, Characterization, and Theoretical Analysis of Soluble Poly(oxothiazenes): The Ambient Temperature Lewis Acid Catalyzed in Situ Polymerization of N-Silylsulfonimidoyl Chlorides"
Victora Aldeva, Sossina Gesahegn, Babak Panahi, Michelle Shuoprasad, Jon Ward, Daniel A. Foucher, Robert A. Gossage, and Andrew R. McWilliams. Macromolecules 2013, 46 (7), 2562-2568.
![Orbital energy graph of a poly(oxothiazene)](/content/dam/foucher_research/polyoxothiazenes.png)
"Pd-catalysed reactions of alkynes with model distannanes and poly[di-(n-butyl)]stannane"
Aman Khan, Alan J. Lough, Robert A. Gossage, and Daniel A. Foucher. Dalton Trans. 2013, 42 (7), 2469-2476.
![Crystal structure of (Z,Z)-1,4-bis(trimethylstannyl)-1,4-diphenylbuta-1,3-diene](/content/dam/foucher_research/Pd-Catalyzed.png)
"Assessment of the working range and effect of sodium dichloroisocyanurate on Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms and planktonic cells"
Ari Morgenthau, Alexandru M. Nicolae, Andrew E. Laursen, Daniel A. Foucher, Gideon Wolfaardt, and Martina Hausner. Biofouling 2012, 28 (1), 111-120.
![CLSM microscopy of P. aeruginosa biofilms](/content/dam/foucher_research/P-aeruginosa.png)
"Unusual Cationic Tri-nuclear Nickel Clusters Incorporating Oxazolines or N,N,N′,N′-Tetramethylethylene-1,2-diamine: Applications in Olefin Polymerization"
Sanja Resanović, R. Stephen Wylie, J. Wilson Quail, Daniel A. Foucher, and Robert A. Gossage. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 9930-9932.
![Crystal structure of a nickel oxazoline compound](/content/dam/foucher_research/nickel-oxazolines.png)
"A convenient route to distannanes, oligostannanes and polystannanes"
Aman Khan, Robert A. Gossage, and Daniel A. Foucher. Can. J. Chem. 2010, 88, 1046-1052.
![UV-VIS spectrum of a polystannane](/content/dam/foucher_research/Distannane.png)
"Wurtz Coupling of Perfluorinated Dichlorostannanes"
Damion Miles, Timothy Burrow, Alan Lough, and Daniel Foucher. J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. 2010, 20, 544-553.
![Crystal structures of two perfluorinated dichlorostannanes](/content/dam/foucher_research/Perfluorinated-polystannanes.png)
"The Unexpected Synthesis of Oligomeric (Dimethylsilyl) Bridged Ferrocenes from the Desilylative Coupling of Tertiary 1,1’-Bis(dimethylsilyl)Ferrocene"
Damion Miles, Jon Ward, and Daniel A. Foucher. Organometallics 2010, 29, 1057-1060.
![A ChemDraw reaction showing actual and expected ferrocene products](/content/dam/foucher_research/Oligomeric-ferrocenes.png)
"3-Amino-1-methylpyrazin-1-ium iodide"
Daniel Foucher, Stephen Wylie, Donal H. Mccartney, and Alan J. Lough. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. E Struct. Rep. Online 2010, 66 (Pt. 1), o-60
![Crystal structure of 3-Amino-1-methylpyrazin-1-ium iodide](/content/dam/foucher_research/3-Amino-1-methylpyrazin-1-ium-iodide.jpg)
"3-Amino-1-methylpyrazin-1-ium chloride"
Daniel Foucher, Stephen Wylie, Joshua Acosta, and Alan J. Lough. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. E Struct. Rep. Online 2010, 66 (Pt. 1), o-61
![Crystal structure of 3-Amino-1-methylpyrazin-1-ium chloride](/content/dam/foucher_research/3-Amino-1-methylpyrazin-1-ium-chloride.jpg)
"Polyferrocenyldisiloxane from the Platinum-Catalyzed Reactions of Tertiary Bis(dimethylsilyl)ferrocene in a Polar Aprotic Solvent"
Damion Miles, Jon Ward, and Daniel A. Foucher. Macromolecules 2009, 42, 9199-9203.
![A ChemDraw of a polyferrocenyldisiloxane](/content/dam/foucher_research/Polyferrocenyldisiloxane.png)
"Tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]tin(IV)"
Daniel Foucher, Damion Miles, and Alan J. Lough. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. E Struct. Rep. Online 2009, 65 (7), m-704.
![Crystal structure of tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]tin(IV)](/content/dam/foucher_research/Tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluromethyl)phenyl)tin.jpg)