
Tel: 03 479 7928
Location: Science II, 5c3
Email: anna.garden@otago.ac.nz
The Garden research group is led by Associate Professor Anna Garden of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Otago, which is situated in Dunedin, New Zealand. Our research interests are focused on using a computational approach to investigate catalysis of small molecule reactions on both extended and nanoparticle catalysts.
For more information about the Garden Research Group: http://www.otago.ac.nz/annagarden
Publications
Smith, N. B., Jowett, T., Yu, D., Pahl, E., & Garden, A. L. (2023). Comparison of taboo search methods for atomic cluster global optimization with a basin-hopping algorithm. Journal of Chemical Information & Modeling. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00526
Journal - Research Article
Chan, J. R., Casey-Stevens, C. A., Le Ster, M., Shaib, A., Tadich, A., Cowie, B. C. C., … Garden, A. L., & Natali, F. (2023). Epitaxial growth of gadolinium and samarium thin films and their subsequent facile nitridation at ambient temperatures. Applied Surface Science, 632, 157550. doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157550
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McIntyre, S. M., Ennis, C., & Garden, A. L. (2023). A computational investigation into the hydrogenation of NO on water ice surfaces to rationalize the NO:HNO:NOH disparity in space. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00391
Journal - Research Article
Garden, A. (2023, February). Computational modelling of hydrogen evolution catalysts. Verbal presentation at the Inaugural New Zealand Hydrogen Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Vasdev, R. A. S., Preston, D., Casey-Stevens, C. A., Martí-Centelles, V., Lusby, P. J., Garden, A. L., & Crowley, J. D. (2023). Exploiting supramolecular interactions to control isomer distributions in reduced-symmetry [Pd2L4]4+ cages. Inorganic Chemistry, 62, 1833-1844. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00937
Journal - Research Article
Garden, A. L., Abghoui, Y., & Skúlason, E. (2018). Applications of transition metal nitrides as electrocatalysts. In J. S. J. Hargreaves, A. R. McFarlane & S. Laassiri (Eds.), Alternative catalytic materials: Carbides, nitrides, phosphides and amorphous boron alloys. (pp. 133-163). Royal Society of Chemistry. doi: 10.1039/9781788013222-00133
Chapter in Book - Research
Kjaergaard, H. G., Lane, J. R., Garden, A. L., Schofield, D. P., Robinson, T. W., & Mills, M. J. (2008). Atmospheric photolysis of sulfuric acid. In Advances in quantum chemistry (Vol. 55). (pp. 137-158). Elsevier.
Chapter in Book - Research
Chan, J. R., Casey-Stevens, C. A., Le Ster, M., Shaib, A., Tadich, A., Cowie, B. C. C., … Garden, A. L., & Natali, F. (2023). Epitaxial growth of gadolinium and samarium thin films and their subsequent facile nitridation at ambient temperatures. Applied Surface Science, 632, 157550. doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157550
Journal - Research Article
McIntyre, S. M., Ennis, C., & Garden, A. L. (2023). A computational investigation into the hydrogenation of NO on water ice surfaces to rationalize the NO:HNO:NOH disparity in space. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00391
Journal - Research Article
Smith, N. B., Jowett, T., Yu, D., Pahl, E., & Garden, A. L. (2023). Comparison of taboo search methods for atomic cluster global optimization with a basin-hopping algorithm. Journal of Chemical Information & Modeling. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00526
Journal - Research Article
Vasdev, R. A. S., Preston, D., Casey-Stevens, C. A., Martí-Centelles, V., Lusby, P. J., Garden, A. L., & Crowley, J. D. (2023). Exploiting supramolecular interactions to control isomer distributions in reduced-symmetry [Pd2L4]4+ cages. Inorganic Chemistry, 62, 1833-1844. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00937
Journal - Research Article
Bondì, L., Garden, A. L., Totti, F., Jerabek, P., & Brooker, S. (2022). Quantitative assessment of ligand substituent effects on σ- and π-contributions to Fe-N bonds in spin crossover FeII complexes. Chemistry: A European Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/chem.202104314
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Hanifpour, F., Canales, C. P., Fridriksson, E. G., Sveinbjörnsson, A., Tryggvason, T. K., Yang, J., … Garden, A. L., … Skúlason, E. (2022). Operando quantification of ammonia produced from computationally-derived transition metal nitride electro-catalysts. Journal of Catalysis, 413, 956-967. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.07.030
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Qiu, X., Garden, A. L., & Fairbanks, A. J. (2022). Protecting group free glycosylation: one-pot stereocontrolled access to 1,2-trans glycosides and (1→6)-linked disaccharides of 2-acetamido sugars. Chemical Science, 13, 4122. doi: 10.1039/d2sc00222a
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Rubin, D., Sansom, C. E., Richards, D. J., Lucas, N. T., Garden, A. L., Saldivia Pérez, P. R., Lord, J. M., & Perry, N. B. (2022). Halimane diterpenes in the alpine daisy Celmisia viscosa: Absolute configuration, 2,6-dideoxyhexopyran-3-ulosides, conformational flexibility, and intraspecific variation. Journal of Natural Products. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00206
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Bondì, L., Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., Feltham, H. L. C., Garden, A. L., & Brooker, S. (2021). Probing the generality of spin crossover complex T½ vs. ligand 15N NMR chemical shift correlations: Towards predictable tuning. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 8(22), 4846-4857. doi: 10.1039/d1qi00919b
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Casey-Stevens, C. A., Ásmundsson, H., Skúlason, E., & Garden, A. L. (2021). A density functional theory study of the mechanism and onset potentials for the major products of NO electroreduction on transition metal catalysts. Applied Surface Science, 552, 149063. doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.149063
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Ruffman, C., Gilmour, J. T. A., & Garden, A. L. (2021). Size-dependent trends in the hydrogen evolution activity and electronic structure of MoS2 nanotubes. Nanoscale Advances, 3, 5860-5871. doi: 10.1039/d1na00441g
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Ruffman, C., Gordon, C. K., Gilmour, J. T. A., Mackenzie, F. D., & Garden, A. L. (2021). Enhancing the hydrogen evolution activity of MoS2 basal planes and edges using tunable carbon-based supports. Nanoscale, 13, 3106. doi: 10.1039/d0nr07100e
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Weal, G. R., McIntyre, S. M., & Garden, A. L. (2021). Development of a structural comparison method to promote exploration of the potential energy surface in the global optimization of nanoclusters. Journal of Chemical Information & Modeling, 61, 1732-1744. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.0c01128
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Bondì, L., Garden, A. L., Jerabek, P., Totti, F., & Brooker, S. (2020). Quantitative and chemically intuitive evaluation of the nature of M-L bonds in paramagnetic compounds: Application of EDA-NOCV theory to spin crossover complexes. Chemistry: A European Journal, 26, 13677-13685. doi: 10.1002/chem.202002146
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Craig, A. J., Cording, A. P., Garden, A. L., & Hawkins, B. C. (2020). Does the reaction of cyclopropyl acid chlorides and imines to form 1, 3-oxazin-4-enone heterocycles proceed via a ketene or an N-acyl-Iminium mechanism? Journal of Organic Chemistry, 85, 5486-5492. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c00229
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Ruffman, C., Gordon, C. K., Skúlason, E., & Garden, A. L. (2020). Mechanisms and potential-dependent energy barriers for hydrogen evolution on supported MoS2 catalysts. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124(31), 17015-17026. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c04146
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Casey-Stevens, C. A., Lambie, S. G., Ruffman, C., Skúlason, E., & Garden, A. L. (2019). Geometric and electronic effects contributing to N2 dissociation barriers on a range of active sites on Ru nanoparticles. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123(50), 30458-30466. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b09563
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Kolb, M. J., Garden, A. L., Badan, C., Garrido Torres, J. A., Skúlason, E., Juurlink, L. B. F., … Koper, M. T. M. (2019). Elucidation of temperature-programmed desorption of high-coverage hydrogen on Pt(211), Pt(221), Pt(533) and Pt(553) based on density functional theory calculations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21, 17142-17151. doi: 10.1039/c9cp02330e
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Lambie, S. G., Weal, G. R., Blackmore, C. E., Palmer, R. E., & Garden, A. L. (2019). Contrasting motif preferences of platinum and gold nanoclusters between 55 and 309 atoms. Nanoscale Advances, 1(6), 2416-2425. doi: 10.1039/c9na00122k
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McPherson, J. N., Hogue, R. W., Akogun, F. S., Bondì, L., Luis, E. T., Price, J. R., Garden, A. L., Brooker, S., & Colbran, S. B. (2019). Predictable substituent control of CoIII/II redox potential and spin crossover in Bis(dipyridylpyrrolide)cobalt complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 58(3), 2218-2228. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03457
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Preston, D., Inglis, A. R., Garden, A. L., & Kruger, P. E. (2019). A symmetry interaction approach to [M2L2]4+ metallocycles and their self-catenation. Chemical Communications, 55, 13271-13274. doi: 10.1039/C9CC07130J
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Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., Bondì, L., Yang, M., Garden, A. L., & Brooker, S. (2019). Predictable electronic tuning by choice of azine substituent in five iron(II) triazoles: Redox properties and DFT calculations. Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 14, 1158-1166. doi: 10.1002/asia.201801537
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Garden, A. L., Pedersen, A., & Jónsson, H. (2018). Reassignment of 'magic numbers' for Au clusters of decahedral and FCC structural motifs. Nanoscale, 10(11), 5124-5132. doi: 10.1039/c7nr09440j
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