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[1] Ward, J. S.; Vezzoli, A. ; Wells, C.; Bailey, S.; Jarvis, S. P.; Lambert, C. J.; Robertson, C.; Nichols, R. Higgins, S. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202403577 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403577 Title: A Systematic Study of Methyl Carbodithioate Esters as Effective Gold Contact Groups for Single-Molecule Electronics.

[2] Herrer, L.; Naghibi, S.; Ward, J. S.; Bonestre, J. M.; Higgins, S. J.; Martin, S.; Vezzoli, A.; Nichols, R. J.; Serrano, J. L; Cea, P. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 2300133 Title: Sheathed Molecular Junctions for Unambiguous Determination of Charge-Transport Properties.

[3] dos Santos, P. L.; Pereira, D. S.; Eng, J.; Ward, J. S.; Bryce, M. R.; Penfold, T. J.; Monkman, A. P. ChemPhotoChem 2022, DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202200248 Title: Fine tuning the Photophysics of Donor-Acceptor (D-A3) Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters Using Isomerisation.

[4] Ward, J. S.; Vezzoli A. Curr. Opin. Electrochem. 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2022.101083 Title: Key Advances in Electrochemically-Addressable Single-Molecule Electronics.

[5] Ward, J. S. Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-820206-7.00047-0. Title: Manganese-Based Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Molecules: A Multitude of Organometallic Pharmaceutical Candidates Primed for Further Biological Analysis.

[6] Hempe, M.; Harrison, A. K; Ward, J. S.; Batsanov, A. S.; Fox, M. A.; Dias, F. B.; Bryce, M. R. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 1, 429–445 (equal contribution). Title: Cyclophane Molecules Exhibiting Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence: Linking Donor Units to Influence Molecular Conformation.

[7] Ward, J. S.; Danos, A.; Stachelek, P.; Fox, M. A.; Batsanov, A. S.; Monkman, A. P.; Bryce, M. R.; Dias, F. B. Mater. Chem. Front. 2020, 4, 3602–3615. Title: Exploiting Trifluoromethyl Substituents for Tuning Orbital Character of Singlet and Triplet States to Increase the Rate of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence.

[8] Stachelek, P.; Ward, J. S.; dos Santos, P. L.; Danos, A.; Collella, M.; Haase, N.; Raynes, S. J.; Batsanov, A. S.; Bryce, M. R.; Monkman, A. P. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 27125–27133 (equal contribution). Title: Molecular Design Strategies for Color Tuning of Blue TADF Emitters.

[9] Huang, R. J.; Kukhta, N. A.; Ward, J. S.; Danos, A.; Batsanov, A. S.; Bryce, M. R.; Dias, F. B. J. Mater. Chem. C 2019, 7, 13224–13234. Title: Balancing charge-transfer strength and triplet states for deep-blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence with an unconventional electron rich dibenzothiophene acceptor.

[10] Ward, J. S.; Palo, A. D.; Aucott; B. J.; Moir, J. W. B.; Lynam, J. M.; Fairlamb, I. J. S. Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 16233–16241. Title: A biotin-conjugated photo-activated CO-releasing molecule (biotinCORM): efficient CO-release from an avidin–biotinCORM protein adduct.

[11] Ward, J. S.; Kukhta, N. A.; dos Santos, P. L.; Congrave, D. G., Batsanov, A. S.; Monkman, A. P.; Bryce, M. R. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 17, 6684–6695. Title: Delayed Blue Fluorescence via Upper-Triplet State Crossing from C–C Bonded Donor–Acceptor Charge Transfer Molecules with Azatriangulene Cores.

[12] Nobuyasu, R. S.; Ward, J. S.; Gibson, J.; Penfold, T. J.; Batsanov, A. S.; Ren, Z.; Dias, F. B.; Bryce, M. R. J. Mater. Chem. C 2019, 7, 6672–6684 (equal contribution). Title: The influence of molecular geometry on the efficiency of thermally activated delayed fluorescence.

[13] Ward, J. S.; Nobuyasu, R. S.; Aguilar, J. A.; Hall, D.; Batsanov, A. S.; Fox, M. A.; Ren, Z.; Dias, F. B.; Bryce, M. R. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 3801–3816. Title: Impact of Methoxy Substituents on Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence and Room-Temperature Phosphorescence in All-Organic Donor–Acceptor Systems.

[14] Ward, J. S.; Nobuyasu, R. S.; Fox, M. A.; Batsanov, A. S.; Santos, J.; Dias, F. B.; Bryce, M. R. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 14431–14442. Title: Bond rotations and heteroatom effects in donor-acceptor-donor molecules: Implications for thermally activated delayed fluorescence and room temperature phosphorescence.

[15] Huang, R. J.; Ward, J. S.; Kukhta, N. A.; Avó, J.; Gibson, J.; Penfold, T. J.; Lima, J. C., Batsanov, A. S.; Berberan-Santos, M. N.; Bryce, M. R.; Dias, F. B. J. Mater. Chem. C 2018, 6, 9238–9247. Title: The influence of molecular conformation on the photophysics of organic room temperature phosphorescent luminophores.

[16] dos Santos, P. L.; Ward, J. S.; Congrave, D. G.; Batsanov, A. S.; Eng, J.; Stacey, J. E.; Penfold, T. J.; Monkman, A. P.; Bryce, M. R. Adv. Sci. 2018, 5, 1700989. (equal contribution, see acknowledgements) Title: Triazatruxene: A Rigid Central Donor Unit for a D–A3 Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Material Exhibiting Sub‐Microsecond Reverse Intersystem Crossing and Unity Quantum Yield via Multiple Singlet–Triplet State Pairs.

[17] Ward, J. S.; Morgan, R.; Lynam, J. M.; Fairlamb, I. J. S.; Moir, J. W. B. MedChemComm 2017, 8, 346–352. Title: Toxicity of tryptophan manganese (I) carbonyl (Trypto-CORM), against Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

[18] Pereira, D. S.; dos Santos, P. L.; Ward, J. S.; Data, P.; Okazaki, M.; Takeda, Y.; Minakata, S.; Bryce, M. R.; Monkman, A. P. Sci. Rep. 2017, 7, 6234. Title: An optical and electrical study of full thermally activated delayed fluorescent white organic light-emitting diodes.

[19] Huang, R. J.; Avo, J.; Northey, T.; Chaning-Pearce, E.; dos Santos, P. L.; Ward, J. S.; Data, P.; Etherington, M. K.; Fox, M. A.; Penfold, T. J.; Berberan-Santos, M. N.; Lima, J. C.; Bryce, M. R.; Dias, F. B. J. Mater. Chem. C 2017, 5, 6269–6280. Title: The contributions of molecular vibrations and higher triplet levels to the intersystem crossing mechanism in metal-free organic emitters.

[20] Etherington, M. K.; Franchello, F.; Gibson, J.; Northey, T.; Santos, J.; Ward, J. S.; Higginbotham, H. F.; Data, P.; Kurowska, A.; dos Santos, P. L.; Graves, D. R.; Batsanov, A. S.; Dias, F. B.; Bryce, M. R.; Penfold, T. J.; Monkman, A. P. Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 14987. Title: Regio- and conformational isomerization critical to design of efficient thermally-activated delayed fluorescence emitters.

[21] dos Santos, P. L.; Ward, J. S.; Batsanov, A. S.; Bryce, M. R.; Monkman, A. P. J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 16462–16469. Title: Optical and Polarity Control of Donor–Acceptor Conformation and Their Charge-Transfer States in Thermally Activated Delayed-Fluorescence Molecules.

[22] Aucott, B. J.; Ward, J. S.; Andrew, S. G.; Milani, J.; Whitwood, A. C.; Lynam, J. M.; Parkin, A.; Fairlamb, I. J. S. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 5431–5440. Title: Redox-Tagged Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Molecules (CORMs): Ferrocene-Containing [Mn(C^N)(CO)4] Complexes as a Promising New CORM Class.

[23] Yahaya, N. P.; Appleby, K. M.; Teh, M.; Wagner, C.; Troschke, E.; Bray, J. T.; Duckett, S. B.; Hammarback, L. A.; Ward, J. S.; Milani, J.; Pridmore, N. E.; Whitwood, A. C.; Lynam, J. M.; Fairlamb, I. J. S. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 12455–12459. Title: Manganese (I)‐Catalyzed C−H Activation: The Key Role of a 7‐Membered Manganacycle in H‐Transfer and Reductive Elimination.

[24] Ward, J. S.; Nobuyasu, R. S.; Batsanov, A. S.; Data, P.; Monkman, A. P.; Dias, F. B.; Bryce, M. R. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 2612–2615. Title: The interplay of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) and room temperature organic phosphorescence in sterically-constrained donor–acceptor charge-transfer molecules.

[25] Ward, J. S.; Bray, J. T. W.; Aucott, B. J.; Wagner, C.; Pridmore, N. E.; Whitwood, A. C.; Moir, J. W. B.; Lynam, J. M.; Fairlamb, I. J. S. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 5044–5051. Title: Photoactivated Functionizable Tetracarbonyl (phenylpyridine) manganese (I) Complexes as CO‐Releasing Molecules: A Direct Suzuki–Miyaura Cross‐Coupling on a Thermally Stable CO‐RM.

[26] Ward, J. S. J. Organomet. Chem. 2016, Vol. 40, 140–176. Title: Carbon monoxide-releasing molecules: therapeutic molecules with a wide variety of medical applications.

[27] dos Santos, P. L.; Ward, J. S.; Data, P.; Batsanov, A. S.; Bryce, M. R.; Dias, F. B.; Monkman, A. P. J. Mater. Chem. C 2016, 4, 3815–3824. Title: Engineering the singlet–triplet energy splitting in a TADF molecule.

[28] dos Santos, P. L.; Ward, J. S.; Bryce, M. R.; Monkman, A. P. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2016, 7, 3341–3346. Title: Using Guest–Host Interactions to Optimize the Efficiency of TADF OLEDs.

[29] Arrowsmith, R. L.; Atkin, A. J.; Botchway, S. W.; Fairlamb, I. J. S.; Lynam, J. M.; Moir, J. W. B.; Pascu, S. I.; Ward, J. S.; Zhang, W. Q. Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 4957–4962. Title: Confocal and fluorescence lifetime imaging sheds light on the fate of a pyrene-tagged carbon monoxide-releasing Fischer carbene chromium complex.

[30] Ward, J. S.; Lynam, J. M.; Moir, J. W. B.; Fairlamb, I. J. S. Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 15061–15068. Title: Visible‐Light‐Induced CO Release from a Therapeutically Viable Tryptophan‐Derived Manganese (I) Carbonyl (TryptoCORM) Exhibiting Potent Inhibition against E. coli.

[31] Ward, J. S.; Lynam, J. M.; Moir, J. W. B.; Sanin, D. E.; Mountford, A. P.; Fairlamb, I. J. S. Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 10514–10517. Title: A therapeutically viable photo-activated manganese-based CO-releasing molecule (photo-CO-RM).

[32] Jensen, C. N.; Cartwright, J.; Ward, J. S.; Hart, S.; Turkenburg, J. P.; Ali, S. T.; Allen, M. J.; Grogan, G. Chembiochem. 2012, 13, 872–878. Title: A flavoprotein monooxygenase that catalyses a Baeyer–Villiger reaction and thioether oxidation using NADH as the nicotinamide cofactor.

[33] Atkin, A. J.; Fairlamb, I. J. S.; Ward, J. S.; Lynam, J. M. Organometallics 2012, 31, 5894–5902. Title: CO Release from norbornadiene iron (0) tricarbonyl complexes: importance of ligand dissociation.