Associate Professor David Henry
PhD, BSc(Hons), MRACI, C.Chem

My research involves developing solutions for Agriculture, the Environment and Health using Inorganic and Computational Chemistry. In particular I focus on materials design for soil amendments, pollution remediation, theranostics for oncology and antibacterial surfaces.

Specialties:
Environmental and Soil Chemistry,
Inorganic Chemistry
Nanomaterials
Quantum Chemistry, Materials Simulation, Molecular Dynamics

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I am teaching in the following units:

Semester 1      CHE202 Physical Chemistry 1

                          CHE308 Organic and Biological Chemistry 2

Semester 2     CHE205 Organic and Biological Chemistry

                 CHE304 Materials Chemistry

My expertise is in the area of Physical Chemistry, Materials simulation and Computational Chemistry and involves applying an extensive range of methodologies including electronic first principles and forcefield / classical methods to chemical, biological and materials related problems.

My current research involves using computational and theoretical methods to

(i) develop gallium-based nano-catalysts,

(ii) investigate the stability and reactivity of metal complexes under physiological conditions and

(iii) design pigments for heat insulating coatings.

In addition to my own research group I maintain a number of collaborations both within Murdoch University as well as across industry (CSIRO and WA Dept. Agriculture) and other institutions (Xian University and Kyoto University). These collaborations include:

An experimental research project with Professors Bernie Dell (Agricultural and Fisheries Sciences, Murdoch) and Richard Harper (Agricultural and Fisheries Sciences, Murdoch) identifying and quantifying deep soil carbon in Western Australian soils,

A collaboration with Jiuxu Song (Xian University, China) to investigate Silicon-carbide nanotubes.

A collaboration with Professor Akitomo Tachibana (Kyoto) to explore the physical chemistry of main-group metal particles.

Design of Gallium-based nanocatalysts

The properties of metal clusters can differ significantly from that of bulk materials and are often dependent on not only the composition but also the size of the clusters. As a result, cluster based materials are increasingly being investigated for their reactivity and catalytic activity which may be enhanced due to their high surface-to-bulk ratio. Theoretical methods are used to determine the structures and stabilities of novel gallium-based clusters and assemblies. Theoretical calculations provide insight to the physical and chemical interaction of small molecules with these novel assemblies, through the identification of transition states and determination of reaction energetics. Molecular dynamics simulations provide a theoretical means of estimating the thermal stability of the clusters.

Investigation of the Stability of Chromium(III) based Anti-diabetic compounds.

The biological role of chromium(III) remains highly contentious with some research suggesting that this metal ion is an essential element in human nutrition and has a role in glucose metabolism, while other reports reject this pointing to potential toxic effects. The aim of this research is to use experimental and theoretical techniques to investigate the stability of common chromium(III) supplements. The project will involve synthesizing these compounds then measuring their stability and isomerism at different pHs using a range of analytical techniques (NMR, Raman, UV-Vis spectroscopy) and using state-of-the-art computational chemistry techniques to validate the spectral assignments. This work has important implications for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes and in understanding the potential toxicity of chromium based dietary supplements.

Insulating Pigments

Density Functional Theory methods are used to theoretically characterise a series of perylene derivatives that have previously been identified to act as near-infrared reflecting pigments. A range of structural and electronic properties are investigated in an attempt to identify if a relationship exists between these parameters and the observed trends in NIR-reflectance. Overtones and combination modes of fundamental IR vibrations appear to be particularly important in explaining the observed variations in NIR reflectance/absorbance. Aromatic groups lead to a small number of intense NIR bands, while alkyl groups generally lead to a greater number of less intense NIR bands. However, neighbouring group effects and/or a molecular dipole moment can substantially alter the intensity of these bands. The next phase of this work is to study the properties of aggregates of these pigments.

Unlocking Hydrophobic Soils

Eucalypts have often been associated with soil water repellency under natural conditions and can have a potentially serious impact on water movement across and within the soil. Water repellency develops because of the formation of hydrophobic coatings on soil particles and this reduces a soil’s ability to absorb water. Water repellency is broadly related to a soil’s surface area and is thus more likely to occur on sandy surfaced soils although there are also reports of occurrence on soils with clay content. It is clear that further research is required to characterize the amounts and composition of these organic compounds. This would identify the cause of this particular phenomenon and help with amelioration strategies. Further studies could also examine variation in water repellency across different species, which would show if different species secrete similar compounds.

Grants

CRC Soils, 2021 – 2024, R. Harper, D. Henry, “Evaluation of gamma radiometrics as a tool to manage soil water repellency in cropping soils – PhD studentship” Total funding $120,000

GRDC Synchrotron Project (9177791), R. Bell, D. Henry, J. Zhong-Tao, G. Poinern, “Monitoring of Folliar Fertilisers” Total Funding $684,830

CRC Soils (3.S.002), 2020 – 2022, D. Henry, R. Harper, N. Bolan, Stability of Soil Carbon Under Different Amendments in Sandy Soils” Total funding $90,000

CRC Soils (PJA3.3.003), 2019 – 2021, R. Bell, R. Harper, D. Henry, D. Laird, Sandy soils: Organic and Clay Amendments to Improve the Productivity of Sandy Soils” Total funding $600,000

CRC Soils, 2018 – 2020, K. Angel, S. Kimber, D. Minkey, S. Noack, S. Petty, M. Rose, T. Rose, J. Rust, L. Van Zwieten, R. Bell, D. Henry, J. Howieson, NSW DPI led – Are Herbicide Residues Hampering Soil Performance – Developing Predictive and Management Tools” Total funding $380,000

GRDC Grant (DAW00244), 2014 – 2019, S. Davies, P. Ward, M. Roper, R. Harper, D. Henry, R. Bell, “Delivering enhanced agronomic strategies for improved crop performance on water repellent soils in Western Australia”, $ 7,252,500)

ARC Linkage (LP0990511), I. Yarovsky, D. J. Henry, E. Evans “Environmentally Responsive Clean Coatings” Bluescope Steel; Awarded 2010-2012   Total funding: $474,000

RMIT / Science Engineering and Technology Seed Grant; “Holding on to our most precious resource – Water Conservation for the 21^st Century” Awarded 2008 Total funding: $20,000

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Short Term Invitation Fellowship; D. J. Henry, A. Tachibana (Kyoto University) “Regional DFT Study of Hydrogen Interactions with Novel Light Metal Clusters” Awarded 2007 Total funding: $5,000

Awards

2009                        School of Applied Sciences (RMIT), Emerging Researcher Award

2006                        Nanovic Industrial Nanotechnology Prize

1995                        Rex Williamson Scholarship

1994-1997               Priority Australian Post Graduate Research Scholarship

1993                        John Clarke Scholarship

1992                        Society for Chemical Industry in Victoria Scholarship

1991                        Rohm and Haas Scholarship for best 2^nd Year results

1990-1991               Australian Cement, Chemistry Scholarship for best 1^st Year results

Soil Water Repellence: A Molecular Dynamics Study of Amphiphillic Compounds on Mineral Surfaces, D. J. Henry, N. Daniel, S. M. Mijan, R. J. Harper, RACI Physical Chemistry 2016 (PC16), Christchurch, New Zealand, 2016.

Reactivity of Gallium Nanoclusters, D. J. Henry, RACI Physical Chemistry 2013 (PC13), Hobart, Australia, 2013.

Stability and Reactivity of Gallium Clusters, D. J. Henry, RACI Inorganic Chemistry 2011 (IC11), Perth, Australia, 2011.

Regioselectivity in the reactions of Aluminium Nanoclusters, D. J. Henry, P. Szarek, A. Varano, A. Tachibana, I. Yarovsky RACI2010, Melbourne, Australia, July 2010

A DFT Study of H2 interactions with light metal clusters, D. J. Henry, A. Varano, T. Atta, I. Yarovsky Congress of The World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists, Sydney, Australia, September 2008

Aluminium clusters for hydrogen storage, D. J. Henry, A. Varano, and I. Yarovsky, 11th Australian Molecular Modelling Conference (MM2007), Melbourne, Australia, November 27-30, 2007.

Nanocarbon interactions with coatings: An insight from molecular dynamics studies, D. J. Henry, E. Evans, and I. Yarovsky, Organic and Physical Chemistry Conference, Adelaide, February 2007.

Molecular dynamics study of carbon nanoparticle interactions with silica and polyester surfaces, D. J. Henry, E. Evans and I. Yarovsky, Molecular Modelling 2006, Perth, April 2006.

Theoretical nanoscale design of self-cleaning surfaces, D. J. Henry, C. A. Lukey, E. Evans and I. Yarovsky, Pacific Rim Conference in Nano Science, Broome, Australia, September 2004.

Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Ambassador

RACI WA Branch Synthetic and Organic Chemistry Committee Member

Current and Past PhD students:

• K. R. J. Smettem, C. Rye, D. J. Henry, S. J. Sochacki, R. J. Harper (2021) Soil water repellency and the five spheres of influence: A review of mechanisms, measurement and ecological implications, Sci. Total Environ., 147429
• H. Taha, K. Ibrahim, M M. Rahman, D. J. Henry, C-Y Yin, J-P Veder, A. Amri, X. Zhao, Z-T Jiang (2020) Sol-gel derived ITO-based bi-layer and tri-layer thin film coatings for organic T solar cells applications, Appl. Surf. Sci. 530, 147164 1 – 15.
• H. Kirla, L. Hughes, D. J. Henry (2020) Carbohydrate coated fluorescent mesoporous silica particles for bacterial T imaging. Colloids Surf. B, 188, 110751 1 – 7
• K. M. Uddin, A. I. Alrawashdeh, D. J. Henry, P. L. Warburton, R. A. Poirier (2020) Hydrolytic deamination reactions of amidine and nucleobase derivatives. Int. J. Quant. Chem. 120, e26059 1 – 11.
• K. X. Ruthrof, A. J. M. Hopkins, M. Danks, G. O’Hara, R. Bell, D. Henry, R. Standish, M. Tibbett, J. Howieson, T. Burgess, R. Harper (2019) Rethinking soil water repellency and its management. Plant Ecol. 220, 977-984.
• S. M. Mijan Uddin, R. J. Harper, D. J. Henry (2019) Contribution of Binary Organic Layers to Soil Water Repellency: A Molecular Level Perspective. J. Phys. Chem. A, 123, 7518-7527.
• N. R. R. Daniel, S. M. Mijan Uddin,*^# R. J. Harper, D. J. Henry (2019) Soil water repellency: A molecular-level perspective of a global environmental phenomenon Geoderma, 338, 56-66.
• H. Taha, Z. T. Jiang, D. J. Henry, A. Amri, C. Y. Yin, A. B. Alias, X. Zhao (2018) Improved mechanical properties of sol-gel derived ITO thin films via Ag doping. Materials Today Commun. 14, 210-224.
• H. Taha, Z. T. Jiang, C. Y. Yin, D. J. Henry, X. Zhao, G. Trotter, A. Amri (2018) Novel approach for fabricating transparent and conducting SWCNTs/ITO Thin Films for Optoelectronic Applications. J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 3014-3027.
• S. M. M. Uddin, N. R. R. Daniel, R. J. Harper, D. J. Henry (2017) Why do biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) derived from vegetation fire not induce soil water repellency? Biogeochemistry 134,147–161.
• H. Taha, D. J. Henry, C.-Y. Yin, A. Amri, X. Zhao, S. Bahri, C. Le Minh, N. N. Ha, M. M. Rahman, Z.-T. Jiang (2017) Probing the effects of thermal treatment on the electronic structure and mechanical properties of Ti-doped ITO thin films. J. Alloys Compds 721, 333-346
• D. J. Henry, (2017) Ligand coordination effects on gallium nanocluster reactivity. Adv. Mater. Letts. 8, 862-865
• K. M. Uddin, R. A. Poirier, D. J. Henry, (2017) Investigation of mono-​, bis- and tris-​glycinatochromium(III)​: Comparisons of computational and experimental results. Polyhedron 130, 81-93.
• H. Taha, Z.-T. Jiang, D. J Henry, A. Amri, C.-Y. Yin, M. M. Rahman (2017) Improving the optoelectronic properties of titanium-doped indium tin oxide thin films. Semicond. Sci. Technol. 32, 065011
• K. M. Uddin, D. J. Henry, A. I. Alrawashdeh, P. L. Warburton, R. A. Poirier, (2017) Mechanism for the deamination of ammeline, guanine, and their analogues Structural Chemistry (in press).
• K. M. Uddin, A. Md. Habib, D. J. Henry, (2017) Investigation of the Spectroscopic, Thermal and Electrochemical Properties of Tris-​(glycinato)​chromium(III). ChemistrySelect 2(5), 1950-1958.
• P. Sangmanee, B. Dell, R. J. Harper, D. J. Henry, (2017) Quantification of deep soil carbon by a wet digestion technique. Soil Research 55, 78-85.
• K. M. Uddin, D. J. Henry, (2016) Further Theoretical Studies of the Aquation of Chromium(III) Chloride Nutritional Supplement: Effect of pH and Solvation, Chem. Select, 1, 5236 – 5249.
• J. Song, H. Liu, D. J. Henry, (2016) Layer effects on electronic structures of multi-walled armchair silicon carbide nanotubes.Comput. Mater. Sci. 125, 117-122.
• K.M. Uddin, D.J. Henry, R.A. Poirier, P.L. Warburton,(2016) Calculated bond dissociation energies and enthalpy of formation of α-amino acid radicals. Theo. Chem. Acc. 135 (9), 224-1 – 224-13.
• K. M. Uddin, R. Poirier, D. J. Henry, (2016), Mechanistic study of the aquation of nutritional supplement chromium chloride and other chromium(III) dihalides, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1084, 88 – 97.
• D. J. Henry, K. Ichikawa, H. Nozaki, A. Tachibana, (2016), Bonding in doped gallium nanoclusters: Insights from regional DFT, Computational Materials Science, 115, 145 – 153.
• J. Song, D. J. Henry, (2016) Stability and electronic structures of double-walled armchair germanium carbide nanotubes, Computational Materials Science 111, 86-90.
• L. Walden, R. Harper, D. Mendham, D. J. Henry, J. Fontaine, (2015), Eucalyptus reforestation induces soil water repellency, Soil Research, 53, 2,168 – 1
• K. Uddin, D. Ralph, D. J. Henry, (2015), Mechanistic investigation of halopentaaquachromium (III) complexes: Comparison of computational and experimental results, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1070, 2015, 152 – 161.

• D. J. Henry, D. Laird, (2014), How Old is my Bronze Cannon? A Laboratory Exercise Linking Analytical Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Metallurgy, Journal of Laboratory Chemical Education, 2, 4, 73 – 78.
• L. Shaw, G. Yiapanis, D. J. Henry, S. Maclaughlin, E. Evans, I. Yarovsky, I., (2013), Surface crosslinking effects on contamination resistance of functionalised polymers, Soft Matter, 9, 1798 – 1806.
• B. Kaur, S. Bhattacharya, D. J. Henry,(2013), Interpreting the near-infrared reflectance of a series of perylene pigments, Dyes and Pigments, 99, 502 – 511.
• D. Laird, D. J. Henry, (2013), Is There Ni in My Liquor? A Hands-On Laboratory Exercise for Relating Chemistry to Extractive Metallurgy,  J. Chem. Edu., 90, 12, 1671 – 1674.
• D. J. Henry, (2013), Hydrogen Adsorption on Gallium Nanoclusters, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials, Interfaces and Hard Matter, 117, 49, 26269 – 26279.
• D. J. Henry, (2012), Structures and stability of doped gallium nanoclusters, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials, Interfaces and Hard Matter, 116, 46, 24814 – 24823.
• G. Yiapanis, D. J. Henry, S. Maclaughlin, E. Evans, I. Yarovsky, (2012), Effect of Substrate on the Mechanical Response and Adhesion of PEGylated Surfaces: Insights from All-Atom Simulations, Langmuir: the A C S journal of surfaces and colloids, 28, 50, 17263 – 17272.
• E. Prime, D. J. Henry, I. Yarovsky, G. Qiao, D. Solomon, (2011), Comb polymers: Are they the answer to monolayer stability?, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 384, 1-3, 482 – 489.
• M. Plazzer, D. J. Henry, G. Yiapanis, I. Yarovsky, I., (2011), Comparative study of commonly used molecular dynamics force fields for modeling organic monolayers on water, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B: Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces & Biophysical, 115, 14, 3964 – 3971.
• A. Menon, D. J. Henry, T. Bally, L. Radom, (2011), Effect of substituents on the stabilities of multiply-substituted carbon-centered radicals, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 9, 3636 – 3657.
• A. Varano, D. J. Henry, I. Yarovsky, (2011), Role of hydrogen in dimerizaton of aluminum clusters: A theoretical study, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part A: Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment and General Theory, 115, 26, 7734 – 7743.
  
• D. J. Henry, P. Szarek, K. Hirai, K. Ichikawa, A. Tachibana, I. Yarovsky (2011) Reactivity and Regioselectivity of Aluminium Nanoclusters: Insights from regional density functional theory J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 1714.
• D. J. Henry, V. I. Dewan, E. Prime, G. Qiao, D. H. Solomon, I. Yarovsky (2010) Monolayer structure and evaporation resistance: An MD study of octadecanol on water. J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 3869.
• A. Varano, D. J. Henry, I. Yarovsky, (2010) DFT study of H adsorption on magnesium doped aluminium clusters.J. Phys.Chem. A 114, 3602.
• G. Yiapanis, D. J. Henry, E. Evans, I. Yarovsky (2010) Simulations of nano-indentation of polymer surfaces: Effects of surface crosslinking on adhesion and hardness. J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 478.
• D. J. Henry, A. Varano, I. Yarovsky (2009) First principles investigation of H addition and abstraction reactions on doped aluminum clusters. J. Phys.Chem. A, 113, 5832.
• A. Budi, D. J. Henry, J. D. Gale, I. Yarovsky (2009) Comparison of embedded atom method potentials for small aluminium cluster simulations. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 21, 144206.
• D.J. Henry, I. Yarovsky, (2009) Dissociative adsorption of hydrogen molecule on aluminium clusters: Effect of charge and doping. J. Phys. Chem. A, 113, 2565.
  
• D. J. Henry, A. Varano, I. Yarovsky, (2008), Performance of Numerical Basis Set DFT for Aluminum Clusters, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part A: Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment and General Theory, 112, 9835 – 9844.
• G. Yiapanis, D. J. Henry, E. Evans, I. Yarovsky, (2008), Molecular dynamics study of polyester surfaces and fullerene particles in aqueous environment, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials, Interfaces and Hard Matter, 112, 46, 18141 – 18149.
• G. Yiapanis, D. J. Henry, E. Evans, I. Yarovsky, (2007), Effect of surface composition and atomic roughness on interfacial adhesion between polyester and amorphous carbon, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials, Interfaces and Hard Matter, 111, 3000 – 3009.
• G. Yiapanis, D. J. Henry, E. Evans, I. Yarovsky, (2007), Effect of Aging on Interfacial Adhesion between Polyester and Carbon-based Particles: A Classical Molecular Dynamics Study, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials, Interfaces and Hard Matter, 111, 6465 – 6472.
• D. J. Henry, E. Evans, I. Yarovsky, (2007), A molecular dynamics study of siloxane diffusion in a polymer-melamine solution, Polymer, 48, 2179 – 2185.
• D. J. Henry, E. Evans, I. Yarovsky (2006) Classical molecular dynamics study of [60]fullerene interactions with silica and polyester surfaces, J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 15963.
• D. J. Henry, G. Yiapanis, E. Evans, I. Yarovsky, (2006) Colorbond® meets nanotech: Understanding coating interactions with the environment, Chemistry in Australia, 2006, 11.
• M. L. Coote; D. J. Henry (2005) Effect of substituents on radical stability in reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization: An ab Initio Study, Macromolecules 38, 1415.
• D. J. Henry, C. A. Lukey, E. Evans, I. Yarovsky (2005) Theoretical study of adhesion between graphite, polyester and silica surfaces, Mol. Simul. 31, 449.
• M. L. Coote; D. J. Henry, (2005) Computer-aided design of a destabilized RAFT adduct radical: Toward improved RAFT agents for styrene-block-vinyl acetate copolymers, Macromolecules 38, 5774.
• D. J. Henry, G. Yiapanis, E. Evans, I. Yarovsky, (2005) Adhesion between graphite and modified polyester surfaces: A theoretical study, J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 17224.
• B. J. W. Barratt; C. J. Easton; D. J. Henry; I. H. W. Li; L. Radom; J. S. Simpson, (2004) Inhibition of peptidylglycine a-amidating monooxygenase by exploitation of factors affecting the stability and ease of formation of glycyl radicals,  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 13306.
• R. Gómez-Balderas; M. L. Coote; D. J. Henry; L. Radom, (2004) Reliable theoretical procedures for calculating the rate of methyl radical addition to double and triple carbon-carbon bonds. J. Phys Chem A108, 2874.
• D. J. Henry; R. Gómez-Balderas; M. L. Coote; L. Radom (2004) Comparison of the kinetics and thermodynamics for methyl radical addition to C=C, C=O and C=S double bonds.J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 1732.
• G. P. F. Wood, D. J. Henry and L. Radom (2003) Performance of the RB3-LYP, RMP2, and UCCSD(T) procedures in calculating radical stabilization energies for ^•NHX radicals.J. Phys Chem A 107, 7985.
• R. Gómez-Balderas; M. L. Coote; D. J. Henry; L. Radom (2003) What is the origin of the contrathermodynamic behaviour in methyl radical addition to alkenes versus alkynes? J. Phys. Chem. A 107, 6082
• A. Rauk; R. J. Boyd; S. L. Boyd; D. J. Henry; L. Radom, (2003) Alkoxy radicals in the gaseous phase: b-scission reactions and formation by radical addition to carbonyl compounds.Canadian J. Chem. 81, 431
• D. J. Henry; A. L. J. Beckwith; L. Radom (2003) Homo-anomeric effect in 1,2-dimethoxyethyl radical. Aust. J. Chem. 56, 429.
• D. J. Henry; M. B. Sullivan; L. Radom (2003) G3-RAD and G3X-RAD: Modified Gaussian-3 (G3) and Gaussian-3X (G3X) procedures for radical thermochemistry. J. Chem. Phys. 118, 4849.
• D. J. Henry; C. J. Parkinson; L. Radom (2002) An assessment of the performance of high-level theoretical procedures in the computation of the heats of formation of small open-shell molecules.J. Phys. Chem. A 106, 7927.
• D. J. Henry; C. J. Parkinson; P. M. Mayer; L. Radom, (2001) Bond dissociation energies and radical stabilization energies associated with substituted methyl radicals.J. Phys. Chem. A 105, 6750.
• D. Dakternieks; K. Dunn; D. J. Henry; C. H. Schiesser; E. Tiekink, (1999) Organostannanes derived from (-)-menthol: Controlling stereochemistry during the preparation of (1R, 2S, 5R)-menthyldiphenyltin hydride and bis((1R, 2S, 5R)-menthyl)phenyltin hydride.Organometallics, 18, 3342.
• D. Dakternieks; D. J. Henry; C. H. Schiesser, (1999) Steric effects in radical chemistry: Absolute rate constants and Arrhenius parameters for the reactions of a series of alkyldiphenyltin hydrides with primary alkyl radicals. J. Phys. Org. Chem. 12, 233.
• D. Dakternieks, D. J. Henry; C. H. Schiesser (1998) Equilibria in free-radical chemistry: An ab initio study of hydrogen atom transfer reactions between silyl, germyl and stannyl radicals and their hydrides.; Organometallics, 17, 1079.
• D. Dakternieks; D. J. Henry; C. H. Schiesser (1998) Silanes and germanes as free-radical reducing agents: An ab initio study of hydrogen atom transfer from some trialkylsilanes and germanes to alkyl radicals. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 591.
• D. Dakternieks; D. J. Henry; C. H. Schiesser (1997) Stannanes as free-radical reducing agents: An ab initio study of hydrogen atom transfer from some trialkyltin hydrides to alkyl radicals. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1665.

Book Chapters

• G. Yiapanis, D. J. Henry, E. Evans, I. Yarovsky (2011) Application of molecular simulation to coatings design.Nanotechnology in Australia: Showcasing Early Career Research
• D. J. Henry and L. Radom (2001) Theoretical thermochemistry of radicals.In Quantum-Mechanical Prediction of Thermochemical Data; Cioslowski, J. (Ed).; Kluwer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands..