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Chemical Energy Storage

Our team focus is chemistry and catalysis for energy applications

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  • John Gordon
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  • Cameron Moore
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Focusing on chemistry, catalysis for energy applications

We design, synthesize and characterize ligands and organometallic complexes for catalysis.

We conduct structure-function studies of complex molecular and material systems including hydrogen storage media and biomass for renewable energy. (ligand and catalyst synthesis, tandem catalysis, novel reaction media).

Cover Articles

ACS Catalysis - Metal–Ligand Bifunctional Catalysis: The “Accepted” Mechanism, the Issue of Concertedness, and the Function of the Ligand in Catalytic Cycles Involving Hydrogen Atoms

ACS Catalysis

P. A. Dub, J. C. Gordon: "Metal–Ligand Bifunctional Catalysis: The “Accepted” Mechanism, the Issue of Concertedness, and the Function of the Ligand in Catalytic Cycles Involving Hydrogen Atoms", ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7, 6635.

ChemSusChem - Synthesis of Acetone-Deerivied C6, C9, and C12 Carbon Scaffolds for Chemical and Fuel Applications

ChemSusChem

C. M. Moore, R. W. Jenkins, M. T. Janicke, W. L. Kubic Jr., E. Polikarpov, T. A. Semelsberger, A. D. Sutton, “Synthesis of Acetone-Derived C6, C9, and C12 Carbon Scaffolds for Chemical and Fuel Applications", (ChemSusChem 24/2016).

ChemSusChem - The Conversion of Starch and Sugars into Branched C10 and C11 Hydrocarbons (ChemSusChem 17/2016)

ChemSusChem

A. D. Sutton, J. K. Kim, R. Wu, C. B. Hpy, D. B. Kimball, L. A.Silks III, J. C. Gordon, “The Conversion of Starch and Sugars into Branched C10 and C11 Hydrocarbons”, (ChemSusChem 17/2016).


ChemSusChem - The Effect of Functional Groups in Bioderived Fuel Candidates - ChemSusChem

ChemSusChem

R. W. Jenkins, C. M. Moore, T. A. Semelsberger, C. J. Chuck, J. C. Gordon, A. D. Sutton: “The Effect of Functional Groups in Bioderived Fuel Candidates”, ChemSusChem., 2016, 9, 922.


Dalton Transactions - The Mechanism of Enantioselective Ketone Reduction with Noyori and Noyori-Ikariya Bifunctional Catalysts

Dalton Transactions

P. A. Dub, J. C. Gordon, “The Mechanism of Enantioselective Ketone Reduction with Noyori and Noyori-Ikariya Bifunctional Catalysts”, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 6756-6781.


Dalton Transactions - Regeneration of Ammonia Borane From Spent Fuel Materials - Dalton Transactions

Dalton Transactions

O. T. Summerscales, J. C. Gordon, “Regeneration of Ammonia Borane From Spent Fuel Materials”, Dalton Transactions”, Invited Review Article, 2013, 42, 10075.


Dalton Transactions - Fluoroaryl-Substituted Aminoalane Dimers: Syntheses and Structures

Dalton Transactions

P. Shukla,a A. H. Cowley,*a J. N. Jones,a J. C. Gordon,b B. L. Scottb, “Fluoroaryl-Substituted Aminoalane Dimers: Syntheses and Structures”, Dalton Trans., 2005, 1019-1022.


Agewandte Chemie - Mild and Homogeneous Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of C=C, C=O, and C=N Bonds

Angewandte Chemie

G. Zhang, B. L. Scott, S. K. Hanson, “Mild and Homogeneous Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of C=C, C=O, and C=N Bonds”, 2012, 51(48), 12102-12106.


Agewandte Chemie - Efficient Regeneration of Partially Spent Ammonia Borane Fuel

Angewandte Chemie

B. L. Davis, D. A. Dixon,* E. B. Garner, J. C. Gordon,* M. H. Matus, B. Scott, and F. H. Stephens, “Efficient Regeneration of Partially Spent Ammonia Borane Fuel”, Agew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48,6812-6816.

Catalysis Science and Technology - Functional Group Dependence of the Acid Catalyzed Ring Opening of Biomass Derived Furan Rings: an Experimental and Theoretical Study

Catalysis Science & Technology

C. R. Waidmann, A. W. Pierpont, E. R. Batista, J. C. Gordon, R. L. Martin, L. A. P. Silks, R. M. West, and R. Wu, “Functional Group Dependence of the Acid Catalyzed Ring Opening of Biomass Derived Furan Rings: an Experimental and Theoretical Study”, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2013, 3, 106-115.

Inorganic Chemistry

Guest Editor Cover article:
J. C. Gordon, K. Czerwinski, and L. Francesconi, “Forum on Aspects of Inorganic Chemistry Related to Nuclear Energy”, Special Forum Issue of Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 52(7).

People

Team Leaders

John C. GordonJohn Gordon
John was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland. He received his B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Chemistry from the University of Glasgow in 1985 and his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1990 from the University of Notre Dame. John held postdoctoral positions at the University of Maryland (College Park) and at Los Alamos National Laboratory. After spending a brief period in the private sector, he returned to Los Alamos as a Technical Staff Member in 1999. His current research efforts focus on chemistry for energy applications with an emphasis on sustainable and renewable approaches. His work has been recognized by several awards including an exceptional mentor award, a LANL Fellows Prize and appointment to the ranks of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists (AIC) and Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory. (Profile)
LANL Ligands and Molecular Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Molecules Containing Carbonyl Functionalities

Staff Members

Michael T. JanickeMichael Janicke
Michael graduated from Rice University and the Ph.D. program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, with degrees in chemical engineering. Following his studies, he was awarded Alexander von Humboldt and Max Planck Society postdoctoral fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for Carbon Research before coming to the Laboratory. His expertise is in heterogeneous catalysis, microreactor systems, and porous materials. Additionally, he manages the solution and solid-state NMR systems for the Lab's Magnetic Resonance Center for Chemical Signatures. He has published nearly 30 articles with over 2,200 citations in peer-reviewed literature. (Profile)

Cameron M. MooreCameron M. Moore
Cameron received his B.Sc. from Western Washington University in 2010 where he worked under Timothy B. Clark. He then joined Nathaniel K. Szymczak’s group at the University of Michigan as a graduate student studying non-covalent interactions within inorganic coordination complexes and catalysts. After receiving his Ph.D. in 2015, he is currently a postdoc at Los Alamos National Laboratory developing catalytic processes for the low temperature conversion of bio-derived feedstocks with Dr. Andrew Sutton. He recently was awarded the Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship and won the prize for outstanding presentation at the Postdoctoral Research day in May 2016.

Publications
  1. Mishra, N.; Orfield, N. J.;…., Htoon, H.; Sykora, M.; Hollingsworth, J. A. Using shape to turn off blinking for two-colour multiexciton emission in CdSe/CdS tetrapods. Nature Commun., 2017, 8, 15083, doi:10.1038/ncomms15083. 
  2. Hanson, C. J.; Hartmann, H. F.;….,Sykora, M.; Hollingsworth, J. A. Giant PbSe/CdSe/CdSe Quantum Dots: Crystal-Structure-Defined Ultrastable Near-Infrared Photoluminescence from Single Nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 11081-11088.
  3. Dilbeck, T.; Wang, J. C.; Zhou, Y.; Olsson, A.; Sykora, M.; Hanson, K. Elucidating the Energy- and Electron-Transfer Dynamics of Photon Upconversion in Self-Assembled Bilayers. J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 19690−19698.
  4. Kreller, C. R.;…Sykora, M.; Hartl, M.; Daemen, L.; Garzon, F. H. Intragranular Phase Proton Conduction in Crystalline Sn1−xInxP2O7 (x = 0 and 0.1) J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 23896−23905.
  5. Dub, P. A.; Scott, B. L.; Gordon, J. C., "Why Does Alkylation of the N–H Functionality within M/NH Bifunctional Noyori-Type Catalysts Lead to Turnover"? J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (3), pp 1245–1260.
  6. Jenkins, R. W., Moore, C.M., Semelsberger, T. A., Sutton, A.D (2017), Heterogeneous ketone hydrodeoxygenation for the production of fuels and feedstocks from biomass, ChemCatChem.
  7. Moore, C. M., Staples, O., Jenkins, R. W., Brooks, T. J., Semelsberger, T. A., Sutton, A. D. (2017), Acetaldehyde as an ethanol derived bio-building block: an alternative to Guerbet chemistry, Green Chemistry.
  8. Moore, C. M, Jenkins, R. W., Janike, M.T., Kubic, W.L., Polikarpov, E., Semelsberger, T. A., Sutton, A. D. (2016), Synthesis of Acetone-Derived C6, C9, and C12 Carbon Scaffolds for Chemical and Fuel Applications, ChemSusChem.
  9. Azad, A. K., Kort-Kamp, W. J., Sykora, M., Weisse-Bernstein, N. R., Luk, T. S., Taylor, A. J., ... & Chen, H. T. (2016). Metasurface Broadband Solar Absorber. Scientific reports, 6. (https://www.nature.com/articles/srep20347).
  10. Yang, D., Pacheco, R., Edwards, S., Torres, J., Henderson, K., Sykora, M., ... & Larson, S. (2016). Thermal stability of a eutectic mixture of bis (2, 2-dinitropropyl) acetal and formal: Part B. Degradation mechanisms under water and high humidity environments. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 130, 338-347. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141391016301768).
  11. Dub, P. A.; Gordon, J. C. The mechanism of enantioselective ketone reduction with Noyori and Noyori-Ikariya bifunctional catalysts. Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 6756-6781.
  12. Dub, P. A.; Scott, B. L.; Gordon, J. C. First-row transition metal complexes of ENENES ligands: the ability of the thioether donor to impact the coordination chemistry. Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 1560-1571.
  13. Jenkins, Rhodri W., et al. "The Effect of Functional Groups in Bio‐Derived Fuel Candidates." ChemSusChem 9.9 (2016): 922-931.
  14. Sutton, Andrew D., et al. "The Conversion of Starch and Sugars into Branched C10 and C11 Hydrocarbons." ChemSusChem (2016).
  15. Dub, P. A.; Scott, B. L.; Gordon, J. C. Air-stable NNS (ENENES) ligands and their well-defined ruthenium and iridium complexes for molecular catalysis. Organometallics 2015, 34, 4464-4479.
  16. Dub, P. A.; Gordon, J. C. Preparation of polydentate ligands and their transition metal complexes for molecular catalysis PCT Int. Appl. 2015, WO2015191505A1.
  17. A. L. Tamasi, K. S. Boland, K. Czerwinski, J. K. Ellis, S. A. Kozimor, R. L. Martin, A. L. Pugmire, D. Reilly, B. L. Scott, A. D. Sutton, G. L. Wagner, J. R. Walensky and M. P. Wilkerson, Oxidation and Hydration of U3O8 Materials Following Controlled Exposure to Temperature and Humidity, Anal. Chem., 2015, 87(8), 4210.
  18. A. E. King, T. J. Brooks, Y.-H. Tian, E. R. Batista and A. D. Sutton, Understanding Ketone Hydrodeoxygenation for the Production of Fuels and Feedstocks From Biomass, ACS Catal., 2015, 5(2), 1223.
  19. Z. Ji, S. K. Doorn, and M. Sykora, Electrochromic Graphene Molecules, ACS Nano, 2015, 9 (4), pp 4043–4049.
  20. J. L. Brown, M. B. Jones, A. J. Gaunt, B. L. Scott, C. E. MacBeth and J. C. Gordon, Lanthanide(III) Di- and Tetra-Nuclear Complexes Supported by a Chelating Tripodal Tris(Amidinate) Ligand, Inorg. Chem., 2015, 54(8), 4064.
  21. A. W. Pierpoint, E. R. Batista, R. L. Martin, W. Chen, J. K. Kim, C. B. Hoyt, J. C. Gordon, R. Michalczyk, L. A. Silks and R. Wu, Origins of the Regioselectivity in the Lutetium Triflate Catalyzed Ketalization of Acetone with Glycerol: a DFT Study, ACS Catal., 2015, 5(2), 1013.
  22. T. K. Mukhopadhyay, M. Flores, R. K. Feller, B. L. Scott, R. D. Taylor, M. Paz-Pasternak, N. J. Henson, F. N. Rein, N. C. Smythe, R. J. Trovitch and J. C. Gordon, A New Spin on Cyclooctatetraene (COT) Redox Activity: Low-​Spin Iron(I) Complexes That Exhibit Antiferromagnetic Coupling to a Singly Reduced η4-​COT Ligand, Organometallics, 2015, 33(24), 7101.
  23. Z. Ji, R. Wu, L, Adamska, K. A. Velizhanin, S. K. Doorn and M. Sykora In Situ Synthesis of Graphene Molecules on TiO2: Application in Sensitized Solar Cells, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2014, 6, 20473–20478.
  24. K. P., Acharya, Z. Ji, T. G. Holesinger, J. A. Crisp, S. A. Ivanov, D. J. Williams, J. L. Casson, M. Sykora and J. A. Hollingsworth, Layer-by-Layer Fabrication of Nanowire Sensitized Solar Cells: Geometry-Independent Integration, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24, 6843–6852.
  25. K. V. Vasudevan, W. L. Boncher, N. A. Smith, M. W. Blair, B. L. Scott, B. L. Bennett, M. P. Hehlen, R. E. Muenchausen and J. C. Gordon, Nitrile-Supported Coordination Polymers of Cerium(III) Bromide, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2014, 2014, 2213-221.
  26. P. A. Dub, N. J. Henson, R. L. Martin and J. C. Gordon, Unravelling the Mechanism of the Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Acetophenone by [RuX2(diphosphine)(1,2-diamine)] Catalysts, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 3505-352.1
  27. C. R. Waidmann, L. A. Silks, R. Wu and J. C. Gordon, One-pot reduction of olefin and ketone moieties by a copper-phosphine catalyst enabled by polar aprotic solvents, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2013, 3, 1240-1245.
  28. C. R. Waidmann, A. W. Pierpont, E. R. Batista, J. C. Gordon, R. L. Martin, L. A. P. Silks, R. M. West and R. Wu, Functional group dependence of the acid catalyzed ring opening of biomass derived furan rings: an experimental and theoretical study, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2013, 3, 106-115.
  29. K. V. Vasudevan, N. C. Smythe, B. L. Scott and J. C. Gordon, Metallopolymer formation using the (1R,2R)-N,N'-bis(pyridylmethylene)cyclohexane-1,2-diamine (BPID) ligand class, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 4768-477.
  30. A. D. Sutton, F. D. Waldie, R. Wu, M. Schlaf, L. A. Pete' Silks, III and J. C. Gordon, The hydrodeoxygenation of bioderived furans into alkanes, Nat. Chem., 2013, 5, 428-432.
  31. O. T. Summerscales and J. C. Gordon, Complexes containing multiple bonding interactions between lanthanoid elements and main-group fragments, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 6682-6692.
  32. O. T. Summerscales and J. C. Gordon, Regeneration of ammonia borane from spent fuel materials, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 10075-10084.
  33. M. B. Jones, A. J. Gaunt, J. C. Gordon, N. Kaltsoyannis, M. P. Neu and B. L. Scott, Uncovering f-element bonding differences and electronic structure in a series of 1:3 and 1:4 complexes with a diselenophosphinate ligand, Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 1189-1203.
  34. W. Chen, F. N. Rein, B. L. Scott and R. C. Rocha, (4'-Ethynyl-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine)(2,2':6',2''-terpyridine)-ruthenium(II) bis-(hexa-fluoridophosphate) acetonitrile disolvate, Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online, 2013, 69, m79-80.
  35. W. Chen, F. N. Rein, B. L. Scott and R. C. Rocha, (2,2'-Bi-pyridine)-chlorido-[diethyl (2,2':6',2''-terpyridin-4-yl)phospho-nate]ruthenium(II) hexa-fluorido-phosphate aceto-nitrile/water solvate, Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online, 2013, 69, m510-511.
  36. W. Chen, F. N. Rein, B. L. Scott and R. C. Rocha, (4'-Ethynyl-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine)(2,2':6',2''-terpyridine)ruthenium(II) bis(hexafluoridophosphate) acetonitrile disolvate, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. E: Struct. Rep. Online, 2013, 69, m79-m80.
  37. W. Chen, F. N. Rein, B. L. Scott and R. C. Rocha, (2,2'-Bipyridine)chlorido[diethyl (2,2':6',2''-terpyridin-4-yl)phosphonate]ruthenium(II) hexafluoridophosphate acetonitrile/water solvate, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. E: Struct. Rep. Online, 2013, 69, m510-m51.
  38. D. E. Chavez, S. K. Hanson, J. M. Veauthier and D. A. Parrish, Electroactive Explosives: Nitrate Ester-Functionalized 1,2,4,5-Tetrazines, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 6876-6879.
  39. K. V. Vasudevan, N. A. Smith, B. L. Scott, B. L. Bennett, R. E. Muenchausen and J. C. Gordon, Ionic liquid mediated routes to polydentate oxygen-donor adducts of cerium(III) bromide, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 1924-192.
  40. K. V. Vasudevan, B. L. Scott and J. C. Gordon, Main-group element compounds derived from the (1R,2R)-N,N'-bis(2-pyridylmethylene)cyclohexane-1,2-diamine (BPID) ligand, Main Group Chem., 2012, 11, 45-52.
  41. V. W. Manner, A. Y. Koposov, P. Szymanski, V. I. Klimov and M. Sykora, Role of Solvent-Oxygen Ion Pairs in Photooxidation of CdSe Nanocrystal Quantum Dots, ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 2371-237.7
  42. K. V. Vasudevan, N. A. Smith, B. L. Scott, E. A. McKigney, M. W. Blair, J. C. Gordon and R. E. Muenchausen, An ionic liquid-mediated route to cerium(III) bromide solvates, Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 4627-4631.
  43. P. Szymanski, N. Fuke, A. Y. Koposov, V. W. Manner, L. B. Hoch and M. Sykora, Effect of organic passivation on photoinduced electron transfer across the quantum dot/TiO2 interface, Chem. Commun. (Cambridge, U. K.), 2011, 47, 6437-6439.
  44. A. D. Sutton, A. K. Burrell, D. A. Dixon, E. B. Garner, III, J. C. Gordon, T. Nakagawa, K. C. Ott, J. P. Robinson and M. Vasiliu, Regeneration of Ammonia Borane Spent Fuel by Direct Reaction with Hydrazine and Liquid Ammonia, Science (Washington, DC, U. S.), 2011, 331, 1426-1429.
  45. A. Y. Koposov, P. Szymanski, T. Cardolaccia, T. J. Meyer, V. I. Klimov and M. Sykora, Electronic Properties and Structure of Assemblies of CdSe Nanocrystal Quantum Dots and Ru-Polypyridine Complexes Probed by Steady State and Time-Resolved Photoluminescence, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2011, 21, 3159-3168.
  46. A. Y. Koposov, T. Cardolaccia, V. Albert, E. Badaeva, S. Kilina, T. J. Meyer, S. Tretiak and M. Sykora, Formation of Assemblies Comprising Ru-Polypyridine Complexes and CdSe Nanocrystals Studied by ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy and DFT Modeling, Langmuir, 2011, 27, 8377-8383.
  47. C. Galland, Y. Ghosh, A. Steinbrueck, M. Sykora, J. A. Hollingsworth, V. I. Klimov and H. Htoon, Two types of luminescence blinking revealed by spectroelectrochemistry of single quantum dots, Nature (London, U. K.), 2011, 479, 203-207
  48. W. Chen, F. N. Rein, B. L. Scott and R. C. Rocha, Catalytic photooxidation of alcohols by an unsymmetrical tetra(pyridyl)pyrazine-bridged dinuclear Ru complex, Chemistry, 2011, 17, 5595-5604
  49. W. Chen, F. N. Rein, B. L. Scott and R. C. Rocha, Catalytic Photooxidation of Alcohols by an Unsymmetrical Tetra(pyridyl)pyrazine-Bridged Dinuclear Ru Complex, Chem. - Eur. J., 2011, 17, 5595-5604, S5595/5591-S5595/5519
  50. V. V. Albert, E. Badaeva, S. Kilina, M. Sykora and S. Tretiak, The Frenkel exciton Hamiltonian for functionalized Ru(II)-bpy complexes, J. Lumin., 2011, 131, 1739-1746
  51. Fuke, N.; Hoch, L. B.; Koposov, A. Y.; Manner, V. W.; Werder, D. J.; Fukui, A.; Koide, N.; Katayama, H.; Sykora, M. CdSe Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cell with ~100% Internal Quantum Efficiency. ACS Nano. 2010, 4,6377–6386.
  52. J. M. Veauthier, D. E. Chavez, B. C. Tappan and D. A. Parrish, Synthesis and Characterization of Furazan Energetics ADAAF and DOATF, J. Energ. Mater., 2010, 28, 229-249
  53. M. Sykora, A. Y. Koposov, J. A. McGuire, R. K. Schulze, O. Tretiak, J. M. Pietryga and V. I. Klimov, Effect of Air Exposure on Surface Properties, Electronic Structure, and Carrier Relaxation in PbSe Nanocrystals, ACS Nano, 2010, 4, 2021-2034
  54. A. D. Sutton, B. L. Davis, K. X. Bhattacharyya, B. D. Ellis, J. C. Gordon and P. P. Power, Recycle of tin thiolate compounds relevant to ammonia borane regeneration, Chem. Commun. (Cambridge, U. K.), 2010, 46, 148-149
  55. N. C. Smythe and J. C. Gordon, Ammonia Borane as a Hydrogen Carrier: Dehydrogenation and Regeneration, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2010, 509-521
  56. J. A. McGuire, M. Sykora, I. Robel, L. A. Padilha, J. Joo, J. M. Pietryga and V. I. Klimov, Spectroscopic Signatures of Photocharging due to Hot-Carrier Transfer in Solutions of Semiconductor Nanocrystals under Low-Intensity Ultraviolet Excitation, ACS Nano, 2010, 4, 6087-6097.
  57. J. A. McGuire, M. Sykora, J. Joo, J. M. Pietryga and V. I. Klimov, Apparent versus true carrier multiplication yields in semiconductor nanocrystals, Nano Lett., 2010, 10, 2049-2057.
  58. S. K. Hanson, R. T. Baker, J. C. Gordon, B. L. Scott and D. L. Thorn, Aerobic Oxidation of Lignin Models Using a Base Metal Vanadium Catalyst, Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49, 5611-5618.
  59. S. K. Hanson, R. T. Baker, J. C. Gordon, B. L. Scott, L. A. Silks and D. L. Thorn, Mechanism of alcohol oxidation by dipicolinate vanadium(V): unexpected role of pyridine, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 17804-17816.
  60. J. C. Gordon and G. J. Kubas, Perspectives on how Nature Employs the Principles of Organometallic Chemistry in Dihydrogen Activation in Hydrogenases, Organometallics, 2010, 29, 4682-4701.
  61. B. L. Davis, A. D. Sutton, J. C. Gordon, D. E. Schwarz, B. L. Scott and D. L. Thorn, Formation of benzodiazaborolanes from borazine, Main Group Chem., 2010, 9, 135-139.
  62. E. Badaeva, V. V. Albert, S. Kilina, A. Koposov, M. Sykora and S. Tretiak, Effect of deprotonation on absorption and emission spectra of Ru(II)-bpy complexes functionalized with carboxyl groups, Phys Chem Chem Phys, 2010, 12, 8902-891.

Publications Pre 2010

  1. A. D. Sutton, B. L. Davis and J. C. Gordon, Regeneration of ammonia borane spent fuel, Prepr. Symp. - Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., 2009, 54, 1028-1029.
  2. B. Sun, A. T. Findikoglu, M. Sykora, D. J. Werder and V. I. Klimov, Hybrid Photovoltaics Based on Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Amorphous Silicon, Nano Lett., 2009, 9, 1235-1241.
  3. H. Jude, F. N. Rein, W. Chen, B. L. Scott, D. M. Dattelbaum and R. C. Rocha, Pyrazole and pyrazolyl complexes of cis-bis(2,2'-bipyridine)chlororuthenium(II): synthesis, structural and electronic characterization, and acid-base chemistry, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2009, 683-690.
  4. E. Jakubikova, W. Chen, D. M. Dattelbaum, F. N. Rein, R. C. Rocha, R. L. Martin and E. R. Batista, Electronic Structure and Spectroscopy of [Ru(tpy)2]2+, [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(H2O)]2+, and [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(Cl)]+, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 10720-10725.
  5. S. K. Hanson, R. T. Baker, J. C. Gordon, B. L. Scott, A. D. Sutton and D. L. Thorn, Aerobic Oxidation of Pinacol by Vanadium(V) Dipicolinate Complexes: Evidence for Reduction to Vanadium(III), J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 428-429.
  6. B. L. Davis, D. A. Dixon, E. B. Garner, J. C. Gordon, M. H. Matus, B. Scott and F. H. Stephens, Efficient regeneration of partially spent ammonia borane fuel, Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2009, 48, 6812-6816.
  7. W. Chen, F. N. Rein and R. C. Rocha, Homogeneous photocatalytic oxidation of alcohols by a chromophore-catalyst dyad of ruthenium complexes, Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2009, 48, 9672-9675.
  8. W. Chen, F. N. Rein and R. C. Rocha, Homogeneous Photocatalytic Oxidation of Alcohols by a Chromophore-Catalyst Dyad of Ruthenium Complexes, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 9672-9675, S9672/9671-S9672/9632.
  9. J. M. Veauthier, E. J. Schelter, C. N. Carlson, B. L. Scott, R. E. Da Re, J. D. Thompson, J. L. Kiplinger, D. E. Morris and K. D. John, Direct Comparison of the Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Samarocene and Ytterbocene Terpyridine Complexes, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 5841-5849.
  10. M. Sykora, L. Mangolini, R. D. Schaller, U. Kortshagen, D. Jurbergs and V. I. Klimov, Size-Dependent Intrinsic Radiative Decay Rates of Silicon Nanocrystals at Large Confinement Energies, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2008, 100, 067401/067401-067401/067404
  11. E. J. Schelter, J. M. Veauthier, C. R. Graves, K. D. John, B. L. Scott, J. D. Thompson, J. A. Pool-Davis-Tournear, D. E. Morris and J. L. Kiplinger, 1,4-Dicyanobenzene as a scaffold for the preparation of bimetallic actinide complexes exhibiting metal-metal communication, Chem. - Eur. J., 2008, 14, 7782-7790.
  12. R. C. Rocha, F. N. Rein, H. Jude, A. P. Shreve, J. J. Conception and T. J. Meyer, Observation of three intervalence-transfer bands for a Class II-III mixed-valence complex of ruthenium, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 503-506.
  13. H. Jude, F. N. Rein, P. S. White, D. M. Dattelbaum and R. C. Rocha, Synthesis, Structure, and Electronic Properties of a Dimer of Ru(bpy)2 Doubly Bridged by Methoxide and Pyrazolate, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 7695-7702.
  14. C. N. Carlson, J. M. Veauthier, K. D. John and D. E. Morris, Electronic and magnetic properties of bimetallic ytterbocene complexes: the impact of bridging ligand geometry, Chem. - Eur. J., 2008, 14, 422-431.
  15. M. Sykora, M. A. Petruska, J. Alstrum-Acevedo, I. Bezel, T. J. Meyer and V. I. Klimov, Photoinduced charge transfer at nanoscale between the CdSe nanocrystal quantum dots and polypyridine complexes of Ru(II), Prepr. Symp. - Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., 2007, 52, 824-826.
  16. E. J. Schelter, R. Wu, J. M. Veauthier, E. D. Bauer, C. H. Booth, R. K. Thomson, C. R. Graves, K. D. John, B. L. Scott, J. D. Thompson, D. E. Morris and J. L. Kiplinger, Comparative Study of f-Element Electronic Structure across a Series of Multimetallic Actinide and Lanthanoid-Actinide Complexes Possessing Redox-Active Bridging Ligands, Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49, 1995-2007.
  17. R. D. Schaller, M. Sykora, J. M. Pietryga and V. I. Klimov, Generation of multiple excitons from absorption of a single photon in nanocrystal quantum dots, Prepr. Symp. - Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., 2007, 52, 822-823.
  18. K. C. Jantunen, B. L. Scott, J. C. Gordon and J. L. Kiplinger, Reactivity of (C5Me5)Lu(CH2SiMe3)2(THF) with pyridine ring systems: synthesis and structural characterization of an η2-(N,C)-pyridyl (mono)pentamethylcyclopentadienyl lutetium(III) complex, Organometallics, 2007, 26, 2777-2781.
  19. J. C. Gordon, R. T. Baker, A. K. Burrell, B. L. Davis, H. V. Diyabalanage, C. W. Hamilton, M. Inbody, K. K. Jonietz, K. C. Ott, V. Pons, T. A. Semelsberger, R. Shrestha, F. H. Stephens, D. L. Thorn and W. Tumas, Chemical hydrogen storage at Los Alamos, Prepr. Symp. - Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., 2007, 52, 445-446.
  20. Pons, T.; Medintz, I.L.; Sykora, M.; Mattoussi, H. Spectrally resolved energy transfer using quantum dot donors: ensemble and single-molecule photoluminescence studies. Phys. Rev. B. 2006; 73, 245302-1-7.
  21. M. Sykora, M. A. Petruska, J. Alstrum-Acevedo, I. Bezel, T. J. Meyer and V. I. Klimov, Photoinduced Charge Transfer between CdSe Nanocrystal Quantum Dots and Ru-Polypyridine Complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 9984-9985.
  22. E. J. Schelter, J. M. Veauthier, J. D. Thompson, B. L. Scott, K. D. John, D. E. Morris and J. L. Kiplinger, 4f-5f Heterotrimetallic Complexes Exhibiting Electrochemical and Magnetic Communication, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 2198-2199.
  23. R. D. Schaller, M. Sykora, J. M. Pietryga and V. I. Klimov, Seven Excitons at a Cost of One: Redefining the Limits for Conversion Efficiency of Photons into Charge Carriers, Nano Lett., 2006, 6, 424-429.
  24. R. D. Schaller, M. Sykora, S. Jeong and V. I. Klimov, High-Efficiency Carrier Multiplication and Ultrafast Charge Separation in Semiconductor Nanocrystals Studied via Time-Resolved Photoluminescence, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 25332-25338.
  25. K. C. Jantunen, B. L. Scott, P. J. Hay, J. C. Gordon and J. L. Kiplinger, Dearomatization and Functionalization of Terpyridine by Lutetium(III) Alkyl Complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 6322-6323.
  26. C. N. Carlson, C. J. Kuehl, R. E. A. Da Re, J. M. Veauthier, E. J. Schelter, A. E. Milligan, B. L. Scott, E. D. Bauer, J. D. Thompson, D. E. Morris and K. D. John, Ytterbocene Charge-Transfer Molecular Wire Complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 7230-724.1
  27. J. M. Veauthier, E. J. Schelter, C. J. Kuehl, A. E. Clark, B. L. Scott, D. E. Morris, R. L. Martin, J. D. Thompson, J. L. Kiplinger and K. D. John, Ligand Substituent Effect Observed for Ytterbocene 4'-Cyano-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine, Inorg. Chem., 2005, 44, 5911-5920.
  28. J. M. Veauthier, C. N. Carlson, G. E. Collis, J. L. Kiplinger and K. D. John, The synthesis of poly-nitrile aromatic and oligopyridine ligands via palladium-catalyzed cyanation of aryl halides, Synthesis, 2005, 2683-2686.
  29. G. R. Giesbrecht, J. C. Gordon, D. L. Clark and B. L. Scott, (η5-Fluorenyl)-tris-pyridine-di-iodo-lanthanum(III) and -neodymium(III), Appl. Organomet. Chem., 2005, 19, 98-99.
  30. D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, P. J. Hay and R. Poli, Existence and stability of lanthanide-main group element multiple bonds. New paradigms in the bonding of the 4f elements. A DFT study of Cp2CeZ (Z = F+, O, NH, CH-, CH2) and the ligand adduct Cp2Ce(CH2)(NH3), Organometallics, 2005, 24, 5747-5758.
  31. B. H. McMahon, M. Fabian, F. Tomson, T. P. Causgrove, J. A. Bailey, F. N. Rein, R. B. Dyer, G. Palmer, R. B. Gennis and W. H. Woodruff, FTIR studies of internal proton transfer reactions linked to inter-heme electron transfer in bovine cytochrome c oxidase, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Bioenerg., 2004, 1655, 321-331.
  32. G. R. Giesbrecht, J. C. Gordon, D. L. Clark and B. L. Scott, Auto-ionization in Lutetium Iodide Complexes: Effect of the Ionic Radius on Lanthanide-Iodide Binding, Inorg. Chem., 2004, 43, 1065-1070.
  33. G. R. Giesbrecht, J. C. Gordon, D. L. Clark, P. J. Hay, B. L. Scott and C. D. Tait, A comparative study of π-arene-bridged lanthanum arylamide and aryloxide dimers. Solution behavior, exchange mechanisms, and x-ray crystal structures of La2(NH-2,6-iPr2C6H3)6, La(NH-2,6-iPr2C6H3)3(THF)3, and La(NH-2,6-iPr2C6H3)3(py)2, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 6387-6401.
  34. G. R. Giesbrecht and J. C. Gordon, Lanthanide alkylidene and imido complexes, Dalton Trans., 2004, 2387-2393.
  35. G. R. Giesbrecht, G. E. Collis, J. C. Gordon, D. L. Clark, B. L. Scott and N. J. Hardman, Mono-cyclopentadienyl complexes of lanthanum: synthesis and characterization of anilido derivatives, J. Organomet. Chem., 2004, 689, 2177-2185.
  36. T. M. Cameron, J. C. Gordon, B. L. Scott and W. Tumas, C-H activation of a 2,2'-bipyridine ligand within (mono)pentamethylcyclopentadienyl lutetium complexes, Chem. Commun. (Cambridge, U. K.), 2004, 1398-1399.
  37. T. M. Cameron, J. C. Gordon and B. L. Scott, Synthesis and Characterization of (Mono)pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Lutetium Complexes: Formation of Bipyridyl-Stabilized Alkyls, Anilides, and Terminal Acetylides, Organometallics, 2004, 23, 2995-3002.
  38. G. R. Giesbrecht, J. C. Gordon, D. L. Clark and B. L. Scott, Synthesis, structure and solution dynamics of lithium salts of superbulky cyclopentadienyl ligands, Dalton Trans., 2003, 2658-2665.
  39. G. R. Giesbrecht, J. C. Gordon, D. L. Clark, C. A. Hijar, B. L. Scott and J. G. Watkin, Neutral and anionic transition metal complexes supported by decafluorodiphenylamido ligands: X-ray crystal structures of {Na(THF)2}{Ti[N(C6F5)2]4}, {K(η6-C6H5Me)2}{ZrCl2[N(C6F5)2]3}, K{VCl[N(C6F5)2]3}, Fe[N(C6F5)2]2(THF)2 and Co[N(C6F5)2]2(py)2, Polyhedron, 2003, 22, 153-163.
  40. G. R. Giesbrecht, D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon and B. L. Scott, Syntheses and structures of mono-cyclopentadienyl di-iodide complexes of the lanthanides: X-ray crystal structures of Cp'''LaI2py3 (Cp''' = [η5-C5H2(SiMe3)3-1,2,4]-; py = pyridine) and Cp'''LaI2(bipy)py (bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine), Appl. Organomet. Chem., 2003, 17, 473-479.
  41. T. M. Cameron, J. C. Gordon, R. Michalczyk and B. L. Scott, Unusual alkyl group activation and cationic complex formation from a novel lutetium dialkyl complex supported by a tridentate monoanionic ligand, Chem. Commun. (Cambridge, U. K.), 2003, 2282-2283.
  42. E. D. Brady, D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, P. J. Hay, D. W. Keogh, R. Poli, B. L. Scott and J. G. Watkin, Tris(bis(trimethylsilyl)amido)samarium: X-ray Structure and DFT Study, Inorg. Chem., 2003, 42, 6682-6690.
  43. J. C. Gordon, P. Shukla, A. H. Cowley, J. N. Jones, D. W. Keogh and B. L. Scott, Dialkylaluminum amides: new reagents for the conversion of C:O into C:NR functionalities, Chem. Commun. (Cambridge, U. K.), 2002, 2710-2711.
  44. J. C. Gordon, G. R. Giesbrecht, D. L. Clark, P. J. Hay, D. W. Keogh, R. Poli, B. L. Scott and J. G. Watkin, The First Example of a μ2-Imido Functionality Bound to a Lanthanide Metal Center: X-ray Crystal Structure and DFT Study of [(μ-ArN)Sm(μ-NHAr)(μ-Me)AlMe2]2 (Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H3), Organometallics, 2002, 21, 4726-4734.
  45. J. C. Gordon, G. R. Giesbrecht, J. T. Brady, D. L. Clark, D. W. Keogh, B. L. Scott and J. G. Watkin, Observation of a Significantly Reduced 1JC-H Coupling Constant in an Agostic f-Element Complex: X-ray Crystal Structure of (ArO)Sm[(μ-OAr)(μ-Me)AlMe2]2 (Ar = 2,6-i-Pr2C6H3), Organometallics, 2002, 21, 127-131.
  46. G. R. Giesbrecht, J. C. Gordon, D. L. Clark, B. L. Scott, J. G. Watkin and K. J. Young, Salt-Free Synthesis of Samarium-Aluminum Mixed-Metal Alkoxides: X-ray Crystal Structures of {[(i-Pr-O)(i-Bu)Al(μ-O-i-Pr)2Sm(O-i-Pr)(HO-i-Pr)](μ-O-i-Pr)}2, [(THF)2Sm(O-t-Bu)2(μ-O-t-Bu)2Al(i-Bu)2], Sm(OAr)3(THF)3 (Ar = 2,4,6-Me3C6H2), [Nd(μ-OAr)(OAr)2(py)2]2 (Ar = 2,4,6-Me3C6H2), and (ArO)3Sm[(μ-O-t-Bu)2Al2(O-t-Bu)4] (Ar = 2,6-i-Pr2C6H3), Inorg. Chem., 2002, 41, 6372-6379.
  47. G. R. Giesbrecht, J. C. Gordon, J. T. Brady, D. L. Clark, D. W. Keogh, R. Michalczyk, B. L. Scott and J. G. Watkin, Interactions of remote alkyl groups with lanthanide metal centers: synthesis, characterization and ligand redistribution reactions of heterobimetallic species containing trialkylaluminum fragments, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2002, 723-731.
  48. D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, P. J. Hay, R. L. Martin and R. Poli, DFT Study of Tris(bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl)lanthanum and -samarium, Organometallics, 2002, 21, 5000-5006.
  49. D. L. Bond, D. L. Clark, R. J. Donohoe, J. C. Gordon, P. L. Gordon, D. W. Keogh, B. L. Scott, C. D. Tait and J. G. Watkin, A model for trivalent actinides in media containing high carbonate concentrations - Structural characterization of the lanthanide tetracarbonate [Co(NH3)6][Na(μ-H2O)(H2O)4]2[Ho(CO3)4]·4H2O, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2001, 2921-2926.
  50. W. V. Konze, D. L. Clark, S. D. Conradson, J. Donohoe, J. C. Gordon, P. L. Gordon, D. W. Keogh, D. E. Morris and C. D. Tait, Identification of oligomeric uranyl complexes under highly alkaline conditions, AIP Conf. Proc., 2000, 532, 261-262.
  51. D. L. Clark, R. J. Donohoe, J. C. Gordon, P. L. Gordon, D. W. Keogh, B. L. Scott, C. D. Tait and J. G. Watkin, First single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of a lanthanide tricarbonate complex: [Co(NH3)6][Sm(CO3)3(H2O)]·4H2O, Dalton, 2000, 1975-1977.
  52. D. L. Bond, D. L. Clark, R. J. Donohoe, J. C. Gordon, P. L. Gordon, D. W. Keogh, B. L. Scott, C. D. Tait and J. G. Watkin, A New Structural Class of Lanthanide Carbonates: Synthesis, Properties, and X-ray Structure of the One-Dimensional Chain Complex [Co(NH3)6]6[K2(H2O)10][Nd2(CO3)8]2·20H2O, Inorg. Chem., 2000, 39, 3934-3937.
  53. L. R. Avens, C. J. Burns, R. J. Butcher, D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, A. R. Schake, B. L. Scott, J. G. Watkin and B. D. Zwick, Mono(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)uranium(III) Complexes: Synthesis, Properties, and X-ray Structures of (η-C5Me5)UI2(THF)3, (η-C5Me5)UI2(py)3, and (η-C5Me5)U[N(SiMe3)2]2, Organometallics, 2000, 19, 451-457.
  54. D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, B. L. Scott and J. G. Watkin, Synthesis and characterization of a mixed-ring bis-cyclopentadienyl derivative of neodymium. X-ray crystal structures of (η-C5Me5)NdI2(py)3 and (η-C5Me5)(η-C5H4SiMe3)NdI(py), Polyhedron, 1999, 18, 1389-1396.
  55. D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, B. L. Scott and J. G. Watkin, Iodobis(pyridine-N)bis(η5-trimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl)neodymium, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C: Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1997, C53, 850-852.
  56. D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, J. G. Watkin, J. C. Huffman and B. D. Zwick, Structural characterization and reactivity studies of the samarium aryloxide complex Sm(O-2,6-Pr2iC6H3)3(THF)2, Polyhedron, 1996, 15, 2279-2289.
  57. D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, J. T. McFarlan, R. L. Vincent-Hollis, J. G. Watkin and B. D. Zwick, Crystal structure of the zerovalent niobium complex Nb(η-C6H5Me)2, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1996, 244, 269-272.
  58. D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, J. C. Huffman, J. G. Watkin and B. d. Zwick, Preparation of mono-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl uranium(IV) sulfido clusters through oxidation of (η-C5Me5)UI2(THF)3. X-ray structural characterization of (η-C5Me5)3U3(μ3-I)(μ3-S)(μ2-I)3I3, New J. Chem., 1995, 19, 495-502.
  59. D. M. Barnhart, D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, J. C. Huffman, J. G. Watkin and B. D. Zwick, Solution Study of the Ambient Temperature Monomer-Dimer Equilibrium Th2(OR)8 .dblharw. 2Th(OR)4 (R = CH-i-Pr2) and X-ray Crystal Structures of Th2(OCH-i-Pr2)8, Th(OCH-i-Pr2)4(quin), and ThI(OCH-i-Pr2)3(py)2, Inorg. Chem., 1995, 34, 5416-5423.
  60. D. M. Barnhart, R. J. Butcher, D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, J. G. Watkin and B. D. Zwick, An unprecedented cyclic structure for a monocyclopentadienyl metal complex: preparation and x-ray crystal structure of [(η-C5H5)Th2(O-i-Pr)7]3, New J. Chem., 1995, 19, 503-508.
  61. D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, J. C. Huffman, J. G. Watkin and B. D. Zwick, A Samarium Alkyl-Aryloxide Complex Containing a Trigonal Bipyramidal Carbon Atom: X-ray Structure of [Li(THF)]2[Sm(O-2,6-i-Pr2C6H3)3(CH2SiMe3)2], Organometallics, 1994, 13, 4266-4270.
  62. D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, J. C. Huffman, R. L. Vincent-Hollis, J. G. Watkin and B. D. Zwick, Preparation and X-ray Structures of K[Ln(O-2,6-i-Pr2C6H3)4] (Ln = La, Nd, Er). Extended Chain Structures of Lanthanide Tetrakis(Aryloxide) Anions Bridged by Potassium-η-Arene Interactions, Inorg. Chem., 1994, 33, 5903-5911.
  63. D. M. Barnhart, D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, J. C. Huffman and J. G. Watkin, Oligomerization of Metal-Oxygen Bonds in Thorium Alkoxide Chemistry: X-ray Crystal Structures of Th4(O-i-Pr)16(py)2 and Th2(OCHEt2)8(py)2, Inorg. Chem., 1994, 33, 3939-3944.
  64. D. M. Barnhart, D. L. Clark, J. C. Gordon, J. C. Huffman, R. L. Vincent, J. G. Watkin and B. D. Zwick, Synthesis, Properties, and X-ray Structures of the Lanthanide η6-Arene-Bridged Aryloxide Dimers Ln2(O-2,6-i-Pr2C6H3)6 and Their Lewis Base Adducts Ln(O-2,6-i-Pr2C6H3)3(THF)2 (Ln = Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Er, Yb, Lu), Inorg. Chem., 1994, 33, 3487-3497.

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