McGonigal Group, November 2025

L-R: Front, Aniket, Antara, Ketaki, Mariia, Paresh; Back, Tom, Eleanor, Paul, Chris, Charlotte; Not pictured, Juliet, Conor

Shapeshifting Molecules

Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 8631–8636; Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 324–332; Nature Chem. 2023, 15, 615–624; Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 14608; Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 14618

Aromatic Cation Materials

Nature Chem. 2023, 15, 516–525; Science 2025, 390, 1254–1258.

Luminescent Organic Materials

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 17882; Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 6990; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202202193; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 19780; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202505433

Supramolecular Repair of Low-Friction Surfaces

Chem 2022, 8, 480–493

Welcome to the website of the McGonigal research group. We are based in the Chemistry Department at the University of Oxford.

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State-Independent Electrolytes in Science. We have developed new organic materials that retain their conductivity across three phases of matter, from isotropic liquid, to liquid crystal, to solid. Read more.

Juliet Passes PhD Viva. Congratulations to the newly minted Dr Juliet Barclay!

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State-Independent Ionic Conductivity, Science2025, 390, 1254–1258.

Control of dynamic sp3-C stereochemistry. Nature Chem. 2023, 15, 615–624.

Rupturing aromaticity by periphery overcrowding. Nature Chem. 2023, 15, 516–525.

Shape changes during Cope rearrangement of a diaryl barbaralane. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 8631

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