B.Sc.(Hons.) 1991, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK | Ph.D. 1995, University of East Anglia with Dr. Upali Jayasooriya | Post-Doctoral Fellow with Prof. Feri Mezei, Hahn-Meitner Insitute, Berlin, Germany | 1995 - 1998, Marie Curie Fellowship with Dr. Beatrice Gillon and Prof. Olivier Kahn, Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, Saclay, France, 1998-2000 | Scientist, Time-of-Flight Group, Institute Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France 2000-2005 | Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales (2009-present) | Associate Professor, School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales (2010-present).

My research interests primarily centre on the fundamental nature of molecular and molecule-based materials. Of particular interest are materials displaying novel magnetic interactions, nano-materials and the interactions between molecules in the solid state.

These ideas can be summarised as:

The study of novel molecular and molecule-based magnetic materials demonstrates a wealth of phenomena, ranging from low dimensionality (1D chains and 2D sheets), through to those systems which show no tendency to coalesce into a long range magnetic as a result of frustration - so-called spin liquids and spin ice.

Isolated clusters of several magnetic ions have been found to behave as nano-magnets, characterised as having a single, large magnetic moment per cluster. When these isolated moments have an inherent spin-relaxation anisotropy, they can behave as an ensemble of isolated, identical magnetic particles.

Research into such materials has potential applications in high density magnetic storage media, magnetic films and sensing devices.

The manner in which individual molecules align and condense in the crystalline state is a result of the intermolecular forces that act upon molecules. Long range ordering occurs as a direct result of the translational self-similarity in these forces. Due to the non-spherical nature of most molecules, the final crystalline structure is therefore a balance between the Gibbs free energies of competing potential stacking arrangements.

Supramolecular chemistry is a general term used to cover those studies that attempt to perturb these competing effects to induce one particular ordering motif (or geometry) over another. We aim to study these often very complex interactions first in simple model systems, before building in complexity and moving toward systems displaying apparent emergent behaviour.

Another area in which intermolecular interactions are dominant is nano-science which aims to deliver materials intimately structured on the nano-scale - thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair. We synthesise and study materials as diverse as single sheets only one atom thick - e.g. graphene - and highly fluorescent nanoparticles such as quantum dots. These materials sit at the interface between the chemistry of individual molecules and the collective physical properties of bulk materials; thechnologically they represent the ultimate in miniturisation.

Research in the Stride Group makes heavy use of neutron scattering techniques and I retain an interest is the development of new neutron instrumentation and methods. These are exciting times for the international neutron scattering community, with new facilities coming online over the next few years. This effort is not lost on Australia; the new national neutron facility at the Bragg Institute, provides doorstep access to world class instrumentation for Australian researchers in fields as diverse as physics, chemistry and materials science, through to the geo-sciences and biology.

Sodulation of CdSe Quantum Dot Optical Properties upon Graphene Deposition. F.K. Kanodarwala, F. Wang, P.J. Reece and J.A. Stride, J. Luminesc., 2014, 146, 46-52. Versatile and scalable chemical synthesis of graphene nanoribbons. M. Choucair, B. Gong, Bin, J.A. Stride, Mater. Lett., 2014, 119, 75-78. Synthesis and characterization of organic-inorganic hybrid materials prepared by sol-gel and containing CdS nanoparticles prepared by a colloidal method using poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone). L.F.F.F. Gonçalves, C.J.R. Silva, F.K. Kanodarwala, J.A. Stride, M.J Gomes, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol., accepted for publication 22 March 2014. Synthesis and characterization of organic-inorganic hybrid materials prepared by sol-gel and containing ZnxCd1-xS nanoparticles prepared by a colloidal method. L.F.F.F. Gonçalves, F.K. Kanodarwala, J.A. Stride, C.J.R. Silva, M.R. Pereira, M.J.M. Gomes, J. Luminesc., 2013, 144, 203-211. Simple catalyst-free production of carbon nanostructures. T.K. Ellis, C. Paras and J.A. Stride, Aus. J. Chem., accepted for publication 1 August 2013. One-pot synthesis of CdS nanoparticles exhibiting quantum size effect prepared within a sol-gel derived ureasilicate matrix. L.F. Gonçalves, C.R. Silva, F.K. Kanodarwala, J.A. Stride, M.R. Pereira, M.J Gomes, Opt. Mat., accepted for publication 27 August 2013.. Switchable Magnetism: Neutron Diffraction Studies of The Desolvated Coordination Polymer Co3(OH)2(C4O4)2. R.A. Mole, J.A. Stride, M.A. Nadeem, J.A. Stride, V. Peterson and P.T. Wood, Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 13462-13468. β-NaYF:Er nanocrystal films as a spectral converter to improve photoconversion efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells. S.Woo, S. Huang, R.P. Corkish, G.J. Conibeer, J.A. Stride, P.J. Reece, IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 1926-1929. 2013. Adsorption and Desorption Characteristics of 3-dimensional Networks of Fused Graphene. M. Choucair, N.M.K. Tse, M.R. Hill and J.A. Stride, Surf. Sci., 2012, 606, 34. The gram-scale synthesis of carbon onions. M. Choucair and J.A. Stride, Carbon, 2012, 50, 1109. Engineering Solvothermal Reactions to Produce Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes. M. Choucair, B. Gong and J.A. Stride, J. Nano Part. Res., 2012, 14, 901. Central atom size effects on the methyl torsions of group XIV tetratolyls. M.C.C. Ng, J.B. Harper, A.P.J. Stampfl, S. Rols, G.J. Kearley and J.A. Stride, Chem., Eur. J., 2012, 18, 13018. Highly Luminescent Quantum Dots: New Tools for Biological Applications. F.M. Najafi Zadeha, F. Wang, P. Reece and J.A. Stride, NSTI-Nanotech 2012, 1, 441. ISBN 978-1-4665-6274-5. Two Stage Magnetic Ordering and Spin Idle Behavior of the Coordination Polymer Co3(OD)2(C4O4)2.3H2O Determined Using Neutron Diffraction. R. A. Mole, J. A. Stride, P. F. Henry, M. Hoelzel, A. Senyshyn, A. Alberola, C. J. G. Garcia, P. R. Raithby, and P. T. Wood, Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 2246. A flexible copper based microporous metal-organic framework displaying selective adsorption of hydrogen over nitrogen. M.A. Nadeem, A.W. Thornton, M.R. Hill and J.A. Stride, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 3398. Chemical Synthesis of Graphene: From Single Layers to Several Grams. M. Choucair and J.A. Stride, in Nanotechnology in Australia: Showcase of Early Career Research, (ed: D. Kane, A. Micolich, J. Rabeau), Pan Stanford Pub (2011), ISBN: 9789814310024. Dispersion relation of the low-energy excitation in Zr50Be50 metallic glass. G.F. Gennady, N.V. Situkha, J.A. Stride and N. Klimenko, J. Surf. Inv. X-Ray, Sync. Neut. Tech., 2011, 5, 409. The Controlled Engineering of Photocatalyst Nanostructures. N.T. Tuong and J.A. Stride, IEEE Conf. Proc., ICONN 2010, 77. Superhydrophobic Carbon Onion Coatings. M. Choucair, M.R. Hill and J.A. Stride, IEEE Conf. Proc., ICONN 2010, 102. A three-dimensional metal-organic framework showing long-range magnetic ordering. M.A. Nadeem and J.A. Stride, IEEE Conf. Proc., ICONN 2010, 306.