Dr. Arthur Reber
Research Associate
Professor
Department of Physics
Virginia Commonwealth
University
Richmond,
Virginia
23220
Acreber@vcu.edu
www.people.vcu.edu/~acreber
(804)-698-0357
Degrees: Ph.D. Chemistry,
University
of Chicago, 2004
M.S. Chemistry,
University of Chicago,
1999
B.A. Chemistry,
Earlham College,
1998
Research
Experience:
Virginia Commonwealth University.
Research
Associate Professor 2013-2016
Research
Assistant
Professor 2007-2013
Post-doctoral
Research Associate 2005-2007
University
of Chicago:
Doctoral
candidate, advisor R.S.
Berry, 1999-2004.
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2005
Teaching
Experience:
Virginia Commonwealth University 2007-2016.
INSC
201 Energy! 2010-2016: Managed since 2013
PHYS
215 Science, Technology, and Society 2010
PHYZ
320 Modern Physics Lab 2008-2009
Research
Mentor for 3 Ph.D Students and 3 M.S. Students
University
of Chicago:
Teaching Assistant
in General
Chemistry, 1998-1999, 2003-2004.
Teaching
Assistant in Experimental Physical Chemistry, 2002-2003.
Research Mentor
for high school student (resulted in
publication).
Honors:
Invited Speaker,
ISCAN Meeting, Trivandrum, India, 2016.
Invited
Speaker, ACS Fall Meeting 2015.
Invited Speaker,
DySON Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2014.
Invited
Speaker, Emerging Trends
in Materials Simulations and Experiments at USC 2010.
Invited Speaker,
APS March Meeting 2008.
Hot Topic
Speaker,
TAMCV 2007.
Invited
Speaker,
Int. Mat. Cong. XV 2006.
Nathan
Sugarman Teaching Award in
General Chemistry, University of Chicago,
2004.
GAANN
Fellowship,
University of Chicago, 1998-2001.
Fellowship
for
Scientific Exchange: Spanish Department of Education, Madrid, 1999.
Gertrude
Pardieck Hubbard award
for outstanding student in the physical sciences, Earlham
College,1997.
Professional
Activities:
Member of APS, ACS, Associate
Secretary for TAMC V, and referee for Journal of Chemical Physics,
Chemical
Physics Letters, and
the
Journal of Physical Chemistry.
Research
Interests:
Reactivity and Catalysis
in Clusters and Nanoparticles, Cluster Assembled Materials, the effect
of
quantum confinement on magnetic properties, Ligand-Protected Clusters,
Electronic Structure Methods, Density Functional Theory, and
Metal-Organic
Frameworks.
Citation
indices:
1386
citations
h-index:19
i-10 index: 34
(Google Scholar,
9/26/16)
References:
Professor Shiv N. Khanna
Department
of Physics
701
W. Grace St.
Virginia
Commonwealth University
Richmond
VA 23220
Professor
Ayusman Sen
Department of Chemistry
440 Chemistry
Building
Pennsylvania State
University
University
Park, PA16802
Research Professor John Monnier
Chemical Engineering
Swearingen Engineering Center
301 Main Street
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Presentations:
A.C. Reber, What determines if a
ligand activates or passivates a superatom cluster? ISCAN Meeting,
Trivandrum,
India, 2016.
A.C. Reber, Magnetic superatoms as
a source of new electronic and magnetic materials. National ACS
Meeting,
Division of Physical Chemistry August, Boston MA 2015.
A.C. Reber, Effect of N- and
P-Type Doping on the Oxygen-Binding Energy and Oxygen Spillover of
Supported
Palladium Clusters. APS March Meeting, San Antonio TX, 2015.
A.C. Reber, Controlling Band gap
Energies in Cluster Assembled Materials. 3rd Dyson conference, Dynamics
of
Systems on the Nanoscale, Edinburgh Scotland, 2014.
A.C. Reber, Characterizing
Catalysts on Surfaces. Endothermic
Fuel
BRI Review Meeting, Washington DC, 2013.
A.C. Reber, Dynamics of Oxygen on
Supported Pd Clusters and Reactivity with Methanol. Nanocatalysis for
Propulsion Workshop, Atlanta GA 2012.
A.C. Reber, Cooperative effects in
the Oxidation of Palladium Oxide Cations. APS March Meeting, 2012.
A.C. Reber, Catalytic Mechanisms
in Free and Supported Clusters.
Nanocatalysis for Propulsion Workshop, Salt
Lake City, UT 2011.
A.C. Reber, Reactivity Size
selective
reactivity of aluminum clusters with water. Invited talk, Emerging
Trends in Materials
Simulations and Experiments, Los Angeles, CA 2010.
A.C. Reber, On the Unusual
Reactivity Patterns in Copper doped Aluminum Cluster Anions. APS March
Meeting,
Pittsburgh, PA, 2010.
A.C. Reber. Spin Accommodation and
Reactivity of Superatoms. Invited Talk, APS March Meeting, New Orleans,
LA,
2008.
A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna, and A.W.
Castleman Jr. Superatom
Chemistry :
Super-halogens and Super-alkalis combine to form Ultra Alkaline-earth
Motifs
and Novel assemblies. Poster
presented
at Gordon Research Conference on Clusters, Crystals and
Nanocrystals, 2008.
A.C. Reber, P.J. Roach, K.M.
Davis, A. Ugrinov, M.C. Qian, S.N. Khanna, and A.W. Castleman Jr. From Designer Clusters to
Synthetic Cluster
Assemblies. TAMCV,
Hot topic presentation,
Richmond VA 2007.
A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna, and A.W.
Castleman Jr. New
Assemblies Combining
Super-halogens and Super-alkalis.
APS
March Meeting, Denver, CO, 2007.
A.C. Reber, P.A. Clayborne, J.U.
Reveles, S.N. Khanna, A.W. Castleman Jr., and A. Ali.
Silicon oxide nanoparticles reveal the origin
of silicate grains in circumstellar environments.
Int. Mat. Cong. XV, Cancun Mexico, 2006.
A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna, J.S.
Singh, and M.R. Beltran. Rings,
Towers
and Cages in ZnnOn
Clusters. APS March
Meeting, Baltimore MD, 2006.
A. Castleman, A. Reber, P.
Clayborne, J. Reveles, S. Khanna, and A. Ali.
Formation of Grains in Circumstellar
Environments: Experiment, Theory,
and Observation. NASA
LAW 144 (2006).
A. Reber. Above-threshold
Ionization and Superelastic
scattering in Magnesium. Talk
presented
at the tenth annual James Franck symposium, Chicago, IL, 2004.
Books and Monographs Published:
A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna,
A.W. Castleman Jr. Superatoms:
From Motifs to Materials. Chapter
9: 365-381. Science
and Technology of Atomic, Molecular,
Condensed Matter & Biological Systems: Nanoclusters - a bridge
across
disciplines, Volume 1, 2010.
Refereed Publications:
67. Transforming Ni9Te6
from
Electron Donor to Acceptor via Ligand Exchange. V. Chauhan, A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna.
J. Phys. Chem. A, ASAP (2016).
66. Effect of location and filling of d-states
on
methane activation in single site Fe-based catalysts.
S. Sahoo, A.C.
Reber, S.N. Khanna. Chem. Phys. Lett., 660, 48-54 (2016).
65. What Determines if a Ligand Activates or
Passivates a Superatom Cluster? Z.
Luo, A.C. Reber, M. Jia, W.H.
Blades, S.N.
Khanna, A.W. Castleman Jr. Chem. Sci. 7,
3067-3074 (2016).
64. Effect of O2 and CO
Exposure on the
Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Size-Selected Pdn
Clusters Supported on
TiO2(110). A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna, F.S. Roberts, and S.L. Anderson. J. Phys.
Chem. C
120, 2126-2138 (2016).
63. Conceptual Basis for Understanding C–C Bond
Activation in Ethane by Second Row Transition Metal Carbides. S. Sahoo,
A.C.
Reber, S.N. Khanna. J. Phys. Chem. A 119,
12855-12861 (2016).
62. Atom Precise Platinum-Thiol Crowns. A.
George,
Asha K.S, A.C. Reber, S. Biltek,
A.F.
Pedicini, A. Sen, S.N. Khanna, S. Mandal
Nanoscale, 7, 19448-19452 (2015).
61. Making sense of the conflicting magic
numbers
in WSin clusters. M.B. Abreu, A.C.
Reber, S.N. Khanna. J. Chem. Phys.
143, 074310 (2015).
60. Geometry controls the stability of FeSi14.
V. Chauhan, M.B. Abreu, A.C. Reber,
S.N.
Khanna. PCCP, 17 15718-15724 (2015).
59. The effect of cluster size on the optical
band
gap energy of Zn-based metal–organic frameworks. R. Ghosh, A.F.
Pedicini, P.C.
Rao, K.S. Asha, A.C. Reber, S.
Mandal. Dalton Trans. 44, 13464-13468 (2015).
58. The Effects of Alkaline Earth Counterions on the Architechture,
Band Gap Energies and Proton Transfer of Triazole based
coordination Polymers. K.S. Asha, A.C.
Reber, A.F. Pedicini, S.N. Khanna,
S. Mandal. Eur. J. of Inorg. Chem 12, 2085-2091 (2015).
57. Initial and Final State Effects in the
Ultraviolet and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (UPS and XPS) of
Size-Selected
Pdn Clusters Supported on TiO2
(110). F.S. Roberts, S.L.
Anderson, A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna.
Khanna.
J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 6033-6046
(2015).
56. Electronic structure, stability, and
oxidation
of boron-magnesium clusters and cluster solids. A.C.
Reber, S.N. Khanna. J. Chem. Phys. 142,
054304 (2015).
55. Structure investigation of CoxOy+(x=
3–6, y= 3–8) clusters by IR vibrational spectroscopy and DFT
calculations. C.N.
van Dijk, D.R. Roy, A. Fielicke, T. Rasing, A.C.
Reber, S.N. Khanna. Eur. Phys. J. D
68, 1-10.
54. Does the 18-Electron Rule Apply to CrSi12?
M.B. Abreu, A.C. Reber, S.N Khanna.
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, 3492-3496 (2014).
53. Effect of N-and P-Type Doping on the
Oxygen-Binding Energy and Oxygen Spillover of Supported Palladium
Clusters. A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna. J. Phys. Chem. C118,
20306-20313 (2014).
52. Reactivity of Silver Clusters Anions with
Ethanethiol. Z. Luo, G.U. Gamboa, M. Jia, A.C.
Reber, S.N. Khanna, A.W. Castleman Jr. J.
Phys. Chem. A 118,
8345-8350
(2014).
51. Boron Substitution in Aluminum Cluster
Anions:
Magic Clusters and Reactivity with Oxygen. J.C. Smith, A.C.
Reber, S.N. Khanna, A.W. Castleman Jr. J.
Phys. Chem. A 118,
8485-8492 (2014).
50. Isolation and Structural Characterization of
a
Silver–Platinum Nanocluster, Ag4Pt2
(DMSA)4.
S.R. Biltek, A. Sen, A.F. Pedicini, A.C.
Reber, S.N. Khanna. J. Phys. Chem. A
118, 8314-8319 (2014).
49. Nature of Valence Transition and Spin Moment
in AgnV+ Clusters. V.M.
Medel, A.C. Reber, V. Chauhan, P.
Sen, A.M. Köster, P. Calaminici. J. Amer.
Chem. Soc.136, 8229-8236
(2014).
48. The effect of sulfur covalent bonding on the
electronic shells of silver clusters. A.F. Pedicini, A.C.
Reber, S.N. Khanna. J. Chem.
Phys. 139, 164317 (2013)
47. The Oblate Structure and Unexpected
Resistance
in Reactivity of Ag15+
with O2. A.C. Reber,
G.U. Gamboa, S.N. Khanna. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.
438, 012002 (2013).
46. Controlling the Band Gap Energy of
Cluster-Assembled Materials. S. Mandal, A.C.
Reber, M. Qian, P.S. Weiss, S.N. Khanna, A. Sen. Acc. Chem. Res. 46,
2385-2395 (2013).
45. Carbonyl Bond Cleavage by
Complementary Active
Sites. W.H. Woodward, A.C. Reber,
J.C. Smith, S.N. Khanna, A.W. Castleman Jr.
J. Phys. Chem. C
117, 7445-7450 (2013).
44. Probing the Magic Numbers of
Aluminum–Magnesium Cluster Anions and Their Reactivity toward Oxygen.
Z. Luo,
C.J. Grover, A.C. Reber, S.N.
Khanna,
A.W. Castleman Jr. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 135, 4307-4313 (2013).
43. Electronic subshell splitting controls the
atomic structure of charged and neutral silver clusters. G.U. Gamboa, A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna. New J. Chem. 37, 3928-3935 (2013).
42. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of
an Atom-Precise Bimetallic Nanocluster, Ag4Ni2(DMSA)4.
S.R. Biltek, S. Mandal, A. Sen, A.C.
Reber, A.F. Pedicini, S.N. Khanna. J.
Amer. Chem. Soc. 135,
26-29
(2013).
41. Spin Accommodation and Reactivity of Silver
Clusters with Oxygen: The Enhanced Stability of Ag13-.
Z.
Luo, G.U. Gamboa, J.C. Smith, A.C. Reber,
J.U. Reveles, S.N. Khanna, A.W. Castleman Jr. J.
Amer. Chem. Soc. 134,
18973–18978 (2012).
40. Ligand Induced Active Sites: Reactivity of
Iodine Protected Aluminum Superatoms with Methanol. M.B. Abreu, C.
Powell, A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 134,
20507–20512 (2012).
39. Edge Induced Active Sites Enhance the
Reactivity of Large Aluminum Cluster Anions with Alcohols. A.C. Reber, P.J. Roach, S.N. Khanna, W.H.
Woodward, A.W. Castleman
Jr. J. Phys. Chem. A 116,
8085–8091 (2012).
38. Palladium in the Gap: Cluster Assemblies
with
Band Edges Localized on Linkers. A.C.
Reber, S. Mandal, M. Qian, H.M. Saavedra, P.S. Weiss, SN
Khanna, A. Sen. J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 10207-10214 (2012).
37. Metallic and molecular orbital concepts in
XMg8
clusters, X= Be-F. V.M. Medel, A.C. Reber,
J.U. Reveles, S.N. Khanna. J. Chem. Phys.
136, 134311 (2012).
36. Synthesis, Structure and Band Gap Energy of
Covalently Linked Cluster-Assembled Materials. S. Mandal, A.C. Reber, M. Qian, R. Liu, H.M.
Saavedra, S. Sen, P.S. Weiss,
S.N. Khanna, A. Sen. Dalton Trans. 41, 12365-12377 (2012).
35. On the stability of an unsupported
mercury–mercury bond linking group 15 Zintl clusters. S. Mandal, A.C. Reber, M. Qian, R. Liu, H.M.
Saavedra, S. Sen, P.S. Weiss, S.N. Khanna, A. Sen. Dalton
Trans. 41,
5454-5457 (2012).
34. Cooperative effects in the oxidation of CO
by
palladium oxide cations. A.C. Reber,
S.N. Khanna, E.C. Tyo, C.L. Harmon, A.W. Castleman Jr. J.
Chem. Phys. 135,
234303 (2011).
33. [As7M(CO)3]3–
M= Cr, Mo, W: Bonding and Electronic Structure of Cluster Assemblies
with Metal
Carbonyls. S. Mandal, M. Qian, A.C. Reber,
H.M. Saavedra, P.S. Weiss, S.N. Khanna, A. Sen. J.
Phys. Chem. C 115,
23704-23710 (2011).
32. Closed-shell to split-shell stability of
isovalent clusters. VM Medel, JU Reveles, A.C.
Reber, SN Khanna, AW Castleman Jr. Phys.
Rev.B 84, 075435 (2011).
31. Analogous Reactivity of Pd+
and ZrO+:
Comparing the Reactivity with Small Hydrocarbons. E.C. Tyo, A.W.
Castleman Jr, A.C. Reber, S.N.
Khanna. J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 16797-16802 (2011).
30. Gas
phase analogs of stable sodium-tin Zintl ions: Anion photoelectron
spectroscopy
and electronic structure. W.-J. Zheng, O.C. Thomas, J.M. Nilles, K.H.
Bowen, A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna. J.
Chem. Phys. 134, 224307
(2011).
29. Stability
and electronic properties of isoelectronic heteroatomic analogs of Sn52-.
U. Gupta, A.C. Reber, J.J. Melko,
S.N. Khanna, A.W. Castleman Jr. Chem.
Phys. Lett. 505, 92
(2011).
28. The
Zintl ion [As7]2-: an
example of an electron-deficient Asx
radical anion. S. Mandal, R. Liu, A.C.
Reber, M. Qian, H.M. Saavedra, X. Ke, P. Schiffer, S. Sen,
P.S. Weiss, S.N.
Khanna, A. Sen. Chemisty Communications
47, 3126 (2011).
27. Controlling
Band Gap Energies in Cluster-Assembled Ionic Solids through Internal
Electric
Fields. N.K. Chaki, S. Mandal, A.C. Reber,
M. Qian, H.M. Saavedra, P.S. Weiss, S.N. Khanna, A. Sen. ACS
Nano 4, 5813 (2010).
26. The
applicability of three-dimensional aromaticity in BiSnn-
Zintl analogues. P.A. Clayborne, U. Gupta, A.C.
Reber, J.J. Melko, S.N. Khanna, A.W. Castleman Jr. J.
Chem. Phys. 133, 134302
(2010).
25. Crystal field effects on the reactivity of
aluminum-copper cluster anions. P.J. Roach, W.H.
Woodward, A.W.
Castleman Jr., A.C. Reber, S.N.
Khanna. Phys.
Rev. B 81, 195404 (2010).
24. Reactivity
of Aluminum Cluster Anions with Water: Origins of Reactivity and
Mechanisms for
H2 Release.
A.C. Reber,
S.N. Khanna, P.J. Roach, W.H. Woodward, A.W. Castleman Jr. J. Phys. Chem. A. 114,
6071
(2010). (Cover Article.)
23. Cluster-Assembled Materials: Toward
Nanomaterials with Precise Control over Properties. M.
Qian, A.C. Reber, A. Ugrinov, N.K.
Chaki S.
Mandal, H.M. Saavedra, S.N. Khanna, A. Sen and P.S. Weiss. ACS Nano 4, 235 (2010). (Editor’s choice in Science
327 1061.)
22. Grain Formation Modulated by Molecular
Hydrogen Evaporation in the Interstellar Medium. A. Reber, K. Kostov, R.S. Berry. J. Phys. Chem. A. 114, 1277
(2010).
21. Designer
Magnetic Superatoms. J.U. Reveles, P.A. Clayborne, A.C.
Reber, S.N. Khanna, K. Pradhan, P. Sen, M.R. Pederson. Nature Chemistry
1, 310 (2009).
20.
Helical and linear [K(As11)]2-
chains: Role of solvent on the conformation of chains formed by Zintl
anions. A.C. Reber, A. Ugrinov, A.
Sen, M. Qian,
and S.N. Khanna. Chem. Phys. Lett. 473,
305 (2009).
19.
Complementary Active Sites
Cause Size Selective Reactivity in Aluminum Cluster Anions with Water.
P.J.
Roach, W.H. Woodward, A.W. Castleman Jr., A.C.
Reber, and S.N. Khanna. Science
323,
492 (2009).
18.
Production of Equal Sized Atomic
Clusters by Hot Wire. C. Peineke, M. Attoui, R. Robles, A.C.
Reber, S.N. Khanna, and A. Schmidt-Ott. J.
Aerosol Science 40, 423 (2009).
17.
Effect of Charge and
Composition on the Structural Fluxionality of Nine Atom Tin-Bismuth
Zintl
Analogues. U. Gupta, A.C. Reber,
P.A.
Clayborne, J.J. Melko, S.N. Khanna, and A.W. Castleman Jr. Inorganic Chemistry
47,
10953 (2008).
16.
From SiO molecules to
Silicates in Circumstellar Space:
Atomic Structures, Growth Patterns, and
Optical Signatures of SinOm
clusters. A.C. Reber, S.
Paranthaman,
P.A. Clayborne, S.N. Khanna, and A.W. Castleman Jr. ACS
Nano 2, 1729 (2008).
15.
[Te2As2]-2:
A Planar Motif with “Conflicting” Aromaticity. A. Ugrinov, A. Sen, A.C. Reber, M. Qian, and S.N. Khanna. J.
Amer. Chem. Soc. 130, 782 (2008).
(Editor’s choice in Science 319,137.)
14.
Spin Accommodation and
Reactivity of Aluminum Based Clusters with O2. A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna, P.J. Roach, W.H.
Woodward, and A.W.
Castleman Jr. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 129,
16098 (2007).
13. Al4H7-
is a
Resilient Building Block for Aluminum Hydrogen Cluster Materials. P.J.
Roach, A.C. Reber, W.H. Woodward,
S.N. Khanna,
and A.W. Castleman Jr. Proc. Nat. Acad.
Sci. U.S.A. 104, 145765 (2007).
12. Electon-Atom
Superelastic Scattering in
Magnesium as Millielectron volt energies. T. Baynard, A.C.
Reber, R.F. Niedziela, S.A. Darveau, B. Prutzman, and R.S.
Berry. J. Phys. Chem. A, 111, 12487 (2007).
11. From
Designer Clusters to Synthetic
Crystalline Nano-Assemblies. A.W. Castleman, S.N. Khanna, A. Sen, A.C. Reber, M. Qian, K.M. Davis, S.J.
Peppernick, A. Ugrinov, and M.D. Merritt.
Nano Lett. 7,
2734
(2007).
10. Superatom
Chemistry: Super-halogens and
Super-alkalis combine to form Ultra Alkaline-earth Motifs and Novel
assemblies.
A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna,
and A.W.
Castleman. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 129,
10189, (2007).
9.
Thermodynamic Stability of Polyacrylamide and
Poly(N,N-Dimethyl
Acrylamide). A.C. Reber, S.N.
Khanna,
and R. Ottenbrite. Polymers for Advanced Technologies 18, 978 (2007).
8.
Superatoms
and their assemblies
based on Alkali and
Super-alkali Motifs. P.A.
Clayborne, N.O. Jones, A.C. Reber,
J.U. Reveles, M.C. Qian, and S.N. Khanna. Journal
of Computational Methods in Sciences and
Engineering 7, 417 (2007).
7.
Rings, Towers and Cages in ZnO Clusters. A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna, J.S.Singh, and
M.R. Beltran. Eur. Phys. J. D. 43, 221
(2007).
6.
Cobalt
doped rings, and cages of
ZnO clusters: Motifs for magnetic cluster-assembled materials. A.C. Reber, S.N. Khanna, J.S. Singh, and
M.R. Beltran. Chem. Phys. Lett. 428,
376 (2006).
5.
Silicon oxide nanoparticles reveal the origin
of silicate grains in
circumstellar environments. A.C. Reber,
P.A. Clayborne, J.U. Reveles, S.N. Khanna, A.W. Castleman Jr., and A.
Ali. Nano Lett. 6,
1190 (2006). (Featured
in New Scientist.)
4.
Visualization of electron correlation in
autoionizing states above the
3p threshold in magnesium. A. Reber,
C. Gordon, and R.S. Berry. Phys. Chem. Chem.
Phys. 7, 3276 (2005).
(Cover
Article.)
3.
Above-threshold ionization near the 3p4d 1Fo
autoionizing state in magnesium. A. Reber,
T. Baynard, F. Martin, H. Bachau, and R.S. Berry. Phys.
Rev. A 71, 053402 (2005).
2.
Three-photon above-threshold ionization of
Magnesium. A. Reber, F. Martín, H.
Bachau, and R.
S. Berry. Phys. Rev. A 68, 063401, (2003).
1. Two-photon above-
threshold ionization of Magnesium. A. Reber, F. Martín, H. Bachau, and R.
S. Berry. Phys. Rev. A 65, 063413 (2002).