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 Research Interests.
Our research
program focuses on understanding the fundamental
features which control the properties of clusters.
One of the organizing principles in this
work is the superatom
concept, which allows the robust prediction of the
stability and reactivity of clusters by assigning
them an effective valence which is analogous
forming a 3rd dimension of the periodic table.
We focus on understanding cluser assembled
materials, magnetic properties, and reactivity,
and have worked to understand and exploit these
features.
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September 1, 2022. Our paper on Metal-Chalcogenide catalysts is the cover article for J. Phys Chem. A. August 16, 2022. The Department of Energy has highlighted our paper on magnetic superatoms. May 1, 2022. Congratulations to Alain Ward for successfully defending his Master's Thesis!
Periodic
Trends in the
Infrared and
Optical
Absorption
Spectra of
Metal
Chalcogenide
Clusters.
A.F.M. Ward, A.C Reber, and S.N. Khanna.1J. Phys. Chem. A, 27, 38-45 (2023). Magic Numbers in Octahedral Metal-Chalcogenide Clusters. A.C Reber, T. Sengupta, and S.N. Khanna. Inorganic Chemistry. 61, 16003-16008 (2022). High-Spin Superatom Stabilized by Dual Subshell Filling.
D.
Bista, A.P.
Aydt, K.J.
Anderson, D.W.
Paley, T.A.
Betley, A.C.
Reber, V.
Chauhan, A.K.
Bartholomew,
X. Roy, and
S.N. Khanna.
J. Amer. Chem. Soc, 144, 5172-5179 (2022). |