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An–Imidophosphorane (An = U–Pu) Bond Covalency and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Thermodynamics Driven by Orbital Energy Matching Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2026 , 28 , 6687–6702.Front Outside Cover Synthesis of Cp* Terphenylamido U(III) Iodide Complexes with a Substitutable Iodide Position to Generate Terminal U(III)–(κ3 -BH4 ) Complexes Organometallics 2026 , 45 , 469−482.Department of Chemistry News and Achievements Ligand Design Criteria for the Stability of High Oxidation State Praseodymium Complexes Inorg. Chem. 2026 , 65 , 1991–2001.Geometric and Electronic Structure Evolution of Gallium Hydrides: Group 13 Perspective J. Phys. Chem. A 2025 , 129 , 6391−6403.Structural Evolution of Boron Clusters upon Copper Doping in CuBx − (x = 4−6) J. Phys. Chem. A 2025 , 129 , 6024–6033.Invited article in the special issue “Michael A. Duncan Festschrift” Praseodymium in the Formal +5 Oxidation State Nat. Chem. 2025 , 17 , 1005–1010.C&EN WSU College of Arts and Sciences News Scienmag Nature Chemistry News & Views Mirage News Science News Today Discovery Alert Formation and Stability of Zr(IV), Hf(IV), Th(IV), and U(IV) Bis(amide) Dichloride Complexes Using Bulky Amide Ligands: Insights Into Metal-Arene Interactions and Hapticity Polyhedron 2025 , 276 , 117593.Invited article in a special issue: ‘The chemistry of the f-elements ’ Realization of an Elusive U(III)-Imido Complex Chem. Eur. J. 2025 , 31 , e202403859.Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer at the Pu5+/4+ Couple J. Am. Chem. Soc . 2024 , 146 , 21859–21867.
At University of Akron
A Tetrahedral Neptunium(V) Complex Nat. Chem. 2024 , 16 , 1490–1495.ChemistryViews Searching for Stable Copper Borozene Complexes in CuB7 – and CuB8 – Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2024 , 26 , 12928–12938.Themed Collection: “Size effects in chemistry & physics of atomic & molecular clusters, nanoparticles & nanostructures” 2024 Hot PCCP article Front Outside Cover The Structural and Electronic Split: Boron vs. Aluminum Hydrides Chem. Phys. Rev . 2024 , 5 , 011401 (Invitation by Prof. Xiaosong Li).Editor’s Choice as a Featured Article Synthesis and Characterization of Uranium Complexes Supported by Substituted Aryldimethylsilylanilide Ligands Organometallics 2024 , 43 , 284–298.Journal Cover Impact of Pendent Ammonium Groups on Solubility and Cycling Charge Carrier Performance in Nonaqueous Redox Flow Batteries Inorg. Chem . 2023 , 62 , 19218–19229.Structural Distortion by Alkali Metal Cations Modulates the Redox and Electronic Properties of Ce3+ Imidophosphorane Complexes Chem. Sci. 2023 , 14 , 11708–11717.2023 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection Divergent Stabilities of Tetravalent Cerium, Uranium, and Neptunium Imidophosphorane Complexes Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023 , 62 , e202306580.“Hot Paper” Ligand Control of Oxidation and Crystallographic Disorder in the Isolation of Hexavalent Uranium Mono-Oxo Complexes Inorg. Chem. 2023 , 62 , 2304–2316.Single-Metal-Encapsulated Double-Cage [Pt@Sn17 ]4− : An Exception from Group 14 Endohedral Clusters Chem. Eur. J. 2022 , 28 , e202202651.“VIP” Inside Cover Akron’s Digest [Nb@Ge13/14 ]3− : New Family Members of Ge-based Intermetalloid Clusters Chem. Eur. J. 2022 , 28 , e202202192.Zwitterionic Ferrocenes: An Approach for Redox Flow Battery (RFB) Catholytes Inorg. Chem. 2022 , 61 , 8117–8120.Synthesis, Solid-State, Solution, and Theoretical Characterization of an “In-Cage” Scandium-NOTA Complex Dalton Trans . 2022 , 51 , 9994–10005.Symmetry Collapse Due to the Presence of Multiple Local Aromaticity in Ge24 4− Nat. Comm. 2022 , 13, 1–8.Editors’ Highlights of “Inorganic and physical chemistry” Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Characterization of a Pr4+ Imidophosphorane Complex and the Redox Chemistry of Nd3+ and Dy3+ Complexes Dalton Trans . 2022 , 51 , 6696–6706.
At Los Alamos National Laboratory
An Allyl Uranium (IV) Sandwich Complex: Are ϕ Bonding Interactions Possible? Chem. Eur. J . 2022 , 28 , e202200114.“Hot Paper” Ternary Aromatic and Anti-aromatic Clusters Derived from the Hypho Species [Sn2 Sb5 ]3− Nat. Comm. 2021 , 12 , 1–8.Bridging Aromatic/Antiaromatic Units: Recent Advances in Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity in Main‐Group and Transition‐Metal Clusters from Bonding and Magnetic Analyses Eur. J. Inorg. Chem . 2021 , 2021 , 4239–4250.Complexation of Lanthanides and Heavy Actinides with Aqueous Sulfur Donating Ligands Inorg. Chem. 2021 , 60 , 6125–6134.Featured Article Editor’s Choice Iron-Iminopyridine Complexes as Charge Carriers for Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Battery Applications Energy Storage Mater . 2021 , 37 , 576–586.A Comparative Review of Metal-Based Charge Carriers in Nonaqueous Flow Batteries ChemSusChem , 2021 , 14 , 1214–1228.“VIP” Cover Profile Expanding the Potential of Redox Carriers for Flow Battery Applications J. Mater. Chem. A 2020 , 8 , 17808–17816.σ-Aromaticity-Induced Stabilization of Heterometallic Supertetrahedral Clusters [Zn6 Ge16 ]4– and [Cd6 Ge16 ]4– Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020 , 59 , 17286–17290.“Hot Paper” Comparison of Tetravalent Cerium and Terbium Ions in a Conserved, Homoleptic Imidophosphorane Ligand Field Chem. Sci. 2020 , 11 , 6149–6159.2020 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection Boron‐Made N2 : Realization of a B≡B Triple Bond in the B2 Al3 − Cluster Chem. Eur. J. 2020 , 26 , 8017–8021.δ and φ Back-Donation in AnIV MetallacyclesNat. Commun. 2020 , 11 , 1558.Chemistry World C&EN News Stories STE Highlights Design, Isolation, and Spectroscopic Analysis of a Tetravalent Terbium Complex J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019 , 141 , 13222–13233.Structure and Bonding in [Sb@In8 Sb12 ]3− and [Sb@In8 Sb12 ]5− Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019 , 58 , 8367–8371.Inside Cover Linked Picolinamide Nickel Complexes As Redox Carriers for Non-Aqueous Flow Batteries ChemSusChem 2019 , 12 , 1304–1309.The Cover Feature Catalyst-Inspired Charge Carriers for High Energy Density Redox Flow Batteries Front. Phys. 2019 , 6 , 1–10.Impact of Ligand Substitutions on Multielectron Redox Properties of Fe Complexes Supported by Nitrogenous Chelates ACS Omega 2018 , 3 , 14766–14778.Realization of an Al≡Al Triple Bond in the Gas-Phase Na3 Al2 − Cluster via Double Electronic Transmutation Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018 , 57 , 14060–14064. C&EN | Science Briefs at LANL Symmetry Reduction upon Size Mismatch: The Non-Icosahedral Intermetalloid Cluster [Co@Ge12 ]3− Chin. J. Chem. 2018 , 36 , 1165–1168.Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity in Zintl Clusters Chem. Eur. J. 2018 , 24 , 14583–14597.
At Utah State University
Multicenter Bonding Effects in Oxygen Vacancy in the Bulk and on the Surface of MgO J. Phys. Chem. C 2018 , 122 , 11933–11937.[Co2 @Ge16 ]4- : Localized vs. Delocalized Bonding in Two Isomeric Intermetalloid Clusters Chem. Eur. J. 2018 , 24 , 699–705.“Hot Paper” Usefulness of the σ-Aromaticity and σ-Antiaromaticity Concepts for Clusters and Solid-State Compounds Chem. Eur. J. 2018 , 24 , 292–305.Predicting the Structure and Chemistry of Low-Dimensional Materials Handbook of Solid State Chemistry . R. Dronskowski, S. Kikkawa, A. Stein (Eds). Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2017 , pp. 527–570.Long-Range Magnetic Response of Toroidal Boron Structures: B16 and [Co@B16 ]−/3− Species Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017 , 19 , 26145–26150.A Stable Compound of Helium and Sodium at High Pressure Nat. Chem. 2017 , 9 , 440–445.C&EN Utah State Today Chemistry World GIZMODO Carnegie Science International Business Times IFLSCIENCE! ScienceAlert AZOMATERIALS EurekAlert! Space.com Peculiar All-Metal σ-Aromaticity of [Au2 Sb16 ]4− Anion in the Solid State Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016 , 55 , 15344–15346.Manganese-Centered Tubular Boron Cluster – MnB16 – : A New Class of Transition-Metal Molecules J. Chem. Phys. 2016 , 144 , 154310.All-Metal Antiaromaticity in Sb4 -Type Lanthanocene Anions Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016 , 55 , 5531–5535.Two-Dimensional Magnetic Boron Phys. Rev. B 2016 , 93 , 085406.d-AO Spherical Aromaticity in Ce6 O8 J. Comput. Chem. 2016 , 37 , 103–109.Antiferromagnetic Stabilization in the Ti8 O12 Cluster Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016 , 55 , 1699–1703.Classical and Multicenter Bonding in Boron: Two Faces of Boron Boron. D. Hnyk and M. L. McKee (Eds), Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015 , pp. 1–16.Cobalt-Centred Boron Molecular Drums with the Highest Coordination Number in the CoB16 – Cluster Nat. Commun. 2015 , 6 , 8654.C&EN ChemViews Magazine Utah State Today N+1 Internet Edition Molecules of the Year for 2015 by C&EN Revealing Unusual Chemical Bonding in Planar Hyper-Coordinate Ni2 Ge and Quasi-Planar Ni2 Si Two-Dimensional Crystals Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015 , 17 , 26043–26048.Aluminum Chain in Li2 Al3 H8 – as Suggested by Photoelectron Spectroscopy and ab initio Calculations Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015 , 17 , 26079–26083.Atlas of Science Post-anti-van’t Hoff-Le Bel Motif in Atomically Thin Germanium-Copper Alloy Film Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015 , 17 , 17545–17551.Homocatenation of Aluminum: Alkane-like Structures of Li2 Al2 H6 and Li3 Al3 H8 Chem. Eur. J. 2015 , 21 , 5307–5310.Front Cover Cover Profile Two-dimensional Cu2 Si Monolayer with Planar Hexacoordinate Copper and Silicon Bonding J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015 , 137 , 2757–2762.JACS SPOTLIGHTS Assessing the Viability of Extended Nonmetal Atom Chains in Mn F4n+2 (M=S and Se) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015 , 54 , 1476–1480.Sciencing Supertetrahedral B80 H20 , C80 H20 , and Al80 H20 Analogs of Dodecahedrane and their Substituted Molecules Struct. Chem . 2015 , 26 , 223–229.A Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Study of the Structures and Chemical Bonding of the B25 – Cluster J. Chem. Phys. 2014 , 141 , 034303.The I=X (X = O,N,C) Double Bond in Hypervalent Iodine Compounds: Is it Real? Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014 , 53 , 9617–9621.Chemistry World Chemical Bonding in Inorganic Aromatic Compounds Understanding Boron through Size-Selected Clusters: Structure, Chemical Bonding, and Fluxionality Acc. Chem. Res. 2014 , 47 , 1349–1358.Complexes Between Planar Boron Clusters and Transition Metals: a Photoelectron Spectroscopy and ab initio Study of CoB12 – and RhB12 – J. Phys. Chem. A 2014 , 118 , 8098–8105.A Combined Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Study of the Quasi-Planar B24 – Cluster J. Chem. Phys. 2013 , 139 , 144307.Structural Changes in the Series of Boron-Carbon Mixed Clusters Cx B10-x – (x = 3–10) J. Chem. Phys. 2013 , 139 , 114307.“Benzation” of Graphene upon Addition of Monovalent Chemical Species Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013 , 15 , 6842–6848.Computational Probing of All-Boron Li2n B2n H2n+2 Polyenes Comp. Theor. Chem. 2013 , 1004 , 5–11.Chemical Bonding in Coronene, Isocoronene, and Circumcoronene Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012 , 18 , 3485–3491.Deciphering Chemical Bonding in BC3 Honeycomb Epitaxial Sheet J. Phys. Chem. C 2012 , 116 , 3147–3152.Is Graphene Aromatic? Nano Research 2012 , 5 , 117–123.
