Browsing Chemistry Faculty Research, Publications and Presentations by Title

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  • Possible Dimensional Effect on Heat-Capacity of Molecular Solids 

    WHITE, MA, and JA MORRISON. 1978. "Possible Dimensional Effect on Heat-Capacity of Molecular Solids." Physical Review Letters 40(24): 1574-1576. Copyright © 1978 American Physical Society.
    No abstract available.

  • Preparation of Low Surface Area Si-Alloy Anodes for Li-Ion Cells by Ball Milling 

    Simeng Cao, Mohammad H. Tahmasebi, Shayne Gracious, J. Craig Bennett, and M. N. Obrovac. Preparation of Low Surface Area Si-Alloy Anodes for Li-Ion Cells by Ball Milling. J. Electrochem. Soc. (2022), 169 (6), 060540.
    A new and simple 2-step milling technique is utilized to produce Si–Ti–N alloys with significantly reduced surface area compared to conventional ball milling, while still attaining a full amorphous active Si phase. Surface ...

  • Pressure-Induced Isostructural Antiferromagnetic-Ferromagnetic Transition in an Organic Electride 

    Dale, Stephen; Otero de la Roza, Alberto; and Johnson, Erin. (2018). Pressure-Induced Isostructural Antiferromagnetic-Ferromagnetic Transition in an Organic Electride. The Journal of Physical Chemistry, C 122, 12742-12747. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b02125

  • Probing the Hydrolytic Reactivity of 2-Difluoromethyl Pyrroles 

    Published version: Melanson JA, Figliola C, Smithen DA, Kajetanowicz AK, Thompson A. (2017). Probing the Hydrolytic Reactivity of 2-Difluoromethyl Pyrroles. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. 15, 144-152. doi:10.1039/c6ob01441k

  • Prodigiosenes Conjugated to Tamoxifen and Estradiol 

    Published version: Marchal E1, Figliola C, Thompson A. (2017) Prodigiosenes Conjugated to Tamoxifen and Estradiol. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 15(25):5410-5427. doi: 10.1039/c7ob00943g

  • Properties and applications of protein-stabilized fluorescent gold nanoclusters: short review. 

    Chevrier, Daniel M., Amares Chatt, and Peng Zhang. 2012. "Properties and applications of protein-stabilized fluorescent gold nanoclusters: short review.." Journal of Nanophotonics 6: 06450417. Copyright 2012 Society of Nanophotonics.
    A review. Research is turning toward nanotechnol. for solns. to current limitations in biomedical imaging and anal. detection applications. New to fluorescent nanomaterials that could help advance such applications are ...

  • Quantitative Determination of Carbon Dioxide Content in Organic Electrolytes by Infrared Spectroscopy 

    Haonan Yu and M. N. Obrovac, Quantitative Determination of Carbon Dioxide Content in Organic Electrolytes by Infrared Spectroscopy, J. Electrochem. Soc., 166 (2019) A2467 - A2470
    CO2 has been shown to be an effective additive to improve the cycling characteristics of silicon negative electrodes for Li-ion batteries. However, a quantitative technique for measuring the CO2 content in electrolyte is ...

  • Quantitative electron delocalization in solids from maximally localized Wannier functions 

    J. Chem. Theory Comput. 14, 4699-4710 (2018)

  • Quantitative Measurement of Compositional Inhomogeneity in NMC Cathodes by X-ray Diffraction Postprint 

    Published Version: Mohammad H. Tahmasebi and M.N.Obrovac. Quantitative Measurement of Compositional Inhomogeneity in NMC Cathodes by X-ray Diffraction. J.Electrochem. Soc. (2023). Accepted manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/acefff
    A novel X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis technique is described for quantitatively measuring compositional inhomogeneity in Li[NixMnyCoz]O2 (NMC) cathode materials and NMC precursors. Single-phase rock salt precursors with ...

  • Rapid mechanochemical synthesis of amorphous alloys 

    T.D. Hatchard, A. Genkin and M.N. Obrovac, Rapid Mechanochemical Synthesis of Amorphous Alloys, AIP Advances, 7 (2017) 045201.
    A rapid method for preparing amorphous alloys has been developed utilizing a SPEX high energy ball mill. Parameters such as ball size, mass of balls and milling time, were systematically optimized to prepare amorphous ...

  • Reevaluating the Stability and Prevalence of Conglomerates: Implications for Preferential Crystallization 

    Otero de la Roza, Alberto, Hein, Jason, and Johnson, Erin. (2016). Reevaluating the Stability and Prevalence of Conglomerates: Implications for Preferential Crystallization. Crystal Growth & Design, 16, 6055-6059. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01088

  • Regioselective Substituent Effects upon the Synthesis of Dipyrrins from 2-Formyl Pyrroles 

    Regioselective Substituent Effects upon the Synthesis of Dipyrrins from 2-Formyl Pyrroles. Beh, M.H.R.; Figliola, C.; Lund, K-l. A.R.; Kajetanowicz, A.K.; Johnsen, A.E.; Aronitz, E.M.; Thompson, A. Can. J. Chem. 2018, 96, 779-784, special issue to honour Dalhousie’s 200th anniversary (NSERC). https://doi.org/10.1139/cjc-2017-0662
    The synthesis of symmetric α-free meso-H-dipyrrin hydrobromides from 5-H-2-formyl pyrroles was investigated. The self-condensation produces regioisomeric dipyrrins through the adoption of two mechanistic pathways. The key ...

  • Relating 139La Quadrupolar Coupling Constants to Polyhedral Distortion in Crystalline Structures 

    Relating 139La Quadrupolar Coupling Constants to Polyhedral Distortion in Crystalline Structures Alexander L. Paterson, Margaret A. Hanson, Ulrike Werner-Zwanziger, and Josef W. Zwanziger The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2015 119 (45), 25508-25517 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09122
    A broad series of crystalline lanthanum oxide-based materials has been investigated through high-field 139La solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy and ab initio density functional theory (DFT) ...

  • Reversible lithium insertion in catalytically graphitized sugar carbon 

    M.N. Obrovac, Xiuyun Zhao, L.T. Burke and R.A. Dunlap, Reversible Lithium Insertion in Catalytically Graphitized Sugar Carbon, Electrochem. Commun., 60 (2015), 221-224
    Highlights • First report of Li insertion in highly ordered catalytically derived graphite. • Fe catalyst combined with hard carbon precursors enable 1200 °C graphitization. • First report of highly ordered graphite ...

  • The Reversible Magnesiation of Pb (Preprint) 

    Published Version: Kalani Periyapperuma, Tuan T. Tran, M.I. Purcell and M.N. Obrovac, The Reversible Magnesiation of Pb, Electrochim. Acta, 165 (2015) 162-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.03.006
    Sputtered Pb films have been found to reversibly alloy electrochemically with magnesium in Grignard based electrolytes. The voltage curve shows a single plateau at about 125 mV vs. Mg, corresponding to the formation of ...

  • Robust Synthesis of F-BODIPYs 

    Publisher's version: Beh, Michael; Douglas, Katherine; House, Kelsey; Murphy, Alexandra; Sinclair, Jackson; and Thompson, Alison. Robust Synthesis of F-BODIPYs. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 11473-11479. DOI: 10.1039/c6ob02238c
    F-BODIPYs are widely used in applications that rely upon their highly tunable optical properties. A protocol is established for the high-yielding synthesis of F-BODIPYs involving non-anhydrous reagents and not requiring ...

  • Scope and limitations in sulfur ylide mediated catalytic asymmetric aziridination of imines: use of phenyldiazomethane, diazoesters and diazoacetamides 

    Aggarwal, VK, M. Ferrara, CJ O'Brien, A. Thompson, et al. 2001. "Scope and limitations in sulfur ylide mediated catalytic asymmetric aziridination of imines: use of phenyldiazomethane, diazoesters and diazoacetamides." Journal of the Chemical Society-Perkin Transactions 1: 1635-1643.
    No abstract available.

  • Self-assembly of novel trimers using dipyrromethene ligands 

    Thompson, A., SJ Rettig, and D. Dolphin. 1999. "Self-assembly of novel trimers using dipyrromethene ligands." Chemical Communications: 631-632.
    Ligands comprising two dipyrromethene units linked at the beta-position have been used to prepare trimeric complexes with Zn-II and Co-II; the structure of the Zn-II complex is confirmed by X-ray analysis.

  • A series of potent BODIPY photosensitisers featuring tellurophene motifs at boron† (Postprint) 

    DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D4OB00546E
    This article describes the synthesis and photophysical properties of a series of BODIPY photosensitisers that feature tellurophene motifs appended at the boron centre. These compounds were obtained via nucleophilic ...

  • Si85Fe15Ox Alloy Anode Materials with High Thermal Stability for Lithium Ion Batteries 

    Yijia Liu, Michael Charlton, Jun Wang, J. Craig Bennett and M. N. Obrovac. Si85 Fe15 Ox Alloy Anode Materials with High Thermal Stability for Lithium Ion Batteries. J. Electrochem. Soc. (2021), 168 (11), 110521.
    The synthesis, microstructure and electrochemical properties of ball milled Si85Fe15Ox alloys with different oxygen contents are investigated. These materials combine the features of Si-M alloys (low irreversible capacity) ...