# overview
Solid state chemists are playing a crucial role in shaping the future of chemistry through the synthesis of new materials with novel properties. We combine the traditional strengths of molecular chemists with those of materials scientists to study interesting materials while training versatile scientists.

# hrJobTitle
Retired Professor and Associate Department Head

# keywords[]
3407 Theoretical And Computational Chemistry

# keywords[]
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

# keywords[]
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

# keywords[]
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

# keywords[]
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

# keywords[]
3407 Theoretical And Computational Chemistry

# keywords[]
Ternary Chalcogenides Of Aluminum And Gallium

# keywords[]
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

# keywords[]
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

# keywords[]
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics

# keywords[]
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Cornell University - (Ithaca, New York, United States)

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Cornell University - (Ithaca, New York, United States)

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
University of Washington - (Seattle, Washington, United States)

# publications[].label
Extraction and Isolation of the [(Zr6B)Cl18]5- Cluster from a Solid State Precursor

# publications[].label
Hf3Te2: A New and Remarkable Layered Compound

# publications[].label
Synthesis and structures of new layered ternary manganese tellurides: AMnTe(2) (A = Li, Na)

# publications[].label
Niobium oxide (NbO) and titanium oxide (TiO): a study of the structural and electronic stability of structures derived from rock salt

# publications[].label
Report from the third workshop on future directions of solid-state chemistry: The status of solid-state chemistry and its impact in the physical sciences

# publications[].label
Alternative modes of conjugation in onedimensional polymers

# publications[].label
Multinuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Centered Zirconium Halide Clusters

# publications[].label
Single-Crystal Electrical Resistivities of Some Ta-Rich Chalcogenides

# publications[].label
Chains of trans-edge-sharing molybdenum octahedra: metal-metal bonding in extended systems

# publications[].label
Electronic origin of the thermochromic effect in 2,2',5,5'-tetramethylbistibole

# publications[].label
Bonding in clusters and condensed cluster compounds that extend in one, two and three dimensions

# publications[].label
Synthesis and characterization of a new cubic structure in the reduced zirconium iodide chemistry

# publications[].label
Crystal Structure, Electrical Transport, and Magnetic Properties of Niobium Monophosphide.

# publications[].label
Encapsulation of heavy transition metals in iodide clusters. Synthesis, structure, and bonding of the unusual cluster phase yttrium iodide-ruthenium (Y6I10Ru)

# publications[].label
Utility of semilocalized bonding schemes in extended systems: three-center metal-metal bonding in molybdenum sulfide (MoS2), niobium tantalum sulfide bronze (Hx(Nb,Ta)S2), and zirconium sulfide (ZrS)

# publications[].label
Synthesis and Characterization of the Isocyanide Ligated Centered Zirconium Halide Cluster [(Zr6Be)Cl12(CNXyl)6]

# publications[].label
Electronic spectra and electronic structures of [Zr6Cl12Z]Cl6n- (Z = Be, B, Fe) clusters

# publications[].label
Synthesis and structures of new ternary aluminum chalcogenides: LiAlSe2, alpha-LiAlTe2, and beta-LiAlTe2.

# publications[].label
Semilocalized bonding schemes in extended systems; orbital localization in yttrium chloride (Y2Cl3) and interstitial derivatives

# publications[].label
Symmetric vs. asymmetric linear M-X-M linkages in molecules, polymers, and extended networks.

# publications[].label
SINGLE-CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF TA3S2 - STRUCTURE AND BONDING IN TA6SN (N = 1, 3, 4, 5-QUESTIONABLE) PENTAGONAL-ANTIPRISMATIC CHAIN COMPOUNDS

# publications[].label
Er(7)Ni(2)Te(2): the most rare-earth metal-rich ternary chalcogenide.

# publications[].label
N-centered hexazirconium chloride clusters: excision and redox chemistry.

# publications[].label
Aspects of metal-metal bonding in early-transition-metal dioxides

# publications[].label
ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES OF THE SQUARE-ANTIPRISMATIC CHAIN COMPOUNDS M4BR4OS (M=Y, ER) AND M4TE4Z (M=NB, TA Z=SI, CR, FE, CO)

# publications[].label
Two extended metal chain compounds, yttrium iodide carbides (Y4I5C and Y6I7C2). Synthesis, structure, properties, and bonding

# publications[].label
Synthesis, structure and bonding of Gd6MTe2 (M=Co, Ni), Er6RuTe2

# publications[].label
Electrochemistry of Centered Hexanuclear Zirconium Halide Clusters in Ambient-Temperature Chloroaluminate Molten Salts.

# publications[].label
Hypothetical metallic allotrope of carbon

# publications[].label
Isolation of Reduced Zirconium Chloride Clusters [(Zr6 CCl12 )Cl6 ]4- and [(Zr6 BCl12 )Cl6 ]5- from Acidic Aqueous Solution.

# publications[].label
Hf2.64Zr0.36Te4 and MIxZr3Te4 (MI = Na, K, Rb, Cs), new compounds of the Nb3Te4-structure type

# publications[].label
Synthesis and structures of ternary chalcogenides of aluminum and gallium with stacking faults: KMQ(2) (M = Al, Ga; Q = Se, Te)

# publications[].label
CsR(R(6)CoI(12))2 (R = Gd, Er) and (CeI)0.26(Ce(6)MnI(9))2: two new structure types featuring R(6)Z clusters.

# publications[].label
Superdegenerate electronic energy levels in extended structures

# publications[].label
New coordination networks containing trinuclear lanthanide complexes and hexacyanometallates

# publications[].label
Excision of zirconium iodide clusters from highly cross-linked solids.

# publications[].label
Main Group Element Size and Substitution Effects on the Structural Dimensionality of Zirconium Tellurides of the ZrSiS Type

# publications[].label
Rearrangement of host layers upon the insertion of organic cations: Synthesis and structure of (CH3NH3)MnTe2

# publications[].label
A tight-binding method for predicting magnetic ordering in Gd-containing solids: Application to GdB2C2.

# publications[].label
Electronic transitions in [Re6S8X6](4-) (X = Cl, Br, I): results from time-dependent density functional theory and solid-state calculations.

# publications[].label
Direct and indirect preparation of layered quaternary manganese tellurides; AMnxMyTe2 (A=Li, Na; M=Cu, Ag; x+y2)

# publications[].label
Cyanide-melt synthesis of reduced molybdenum selenide clusters.

# publications[].label
Alloy clusters: the encapsulation of transition metals (manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel) within cluster halides of zirconium and the rare-earth metals

# publications[].label
5d Orbital and electronic localization in rare earth diiodides and praseodymium halides, Pr2X5 (X = Br, I)

# publications[].label
Extraction and isolation of the Oneelectron Oxidized [(Zr6Be)Cl18]5 and [(Zr6Be)Cl18]4 Clusters from solid state precursors

# publications[].label
Synthesis and structure of novel ternary manganese tellurides: MMnTe<inf>2</inf> (M = Li, Na), Na<inf>3</inf>Mn<inf>4</inf>Te<inf>6</inf>, and Na<inf>3</inf>Mn<inf>4.7</inf>Te<inf>6</inf>

# publications[].label
Smooth energy-band interpolation with gradient utilization

# publications[].label
Rare-earth-metal iodide clusters centered by transition metals: synthesis, structure, and bonding of R7I12M compounds (R = Sc, Y, Pr, Gd; M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni)

# publications[].label
CHAINS OF CENTERED METAL-CLUSTERS WITH A NOVEL RANGE OF DISTORTIONS - PR3I3RU, Y3I3RU, AND Y3I3IR

# publications[].label
Synthesis and structures of new layered ternary manganese selenides: AMnSe(2) (A = Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs) and Na2Mn2Se3

# publications[].label
New Zr<inf>6</inf>MTe<inf>2</inf> (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Pt), Zr<inf>6</inf>Fe<inf>0.6</inf>Se<inf>2.4</inf>, and Zr<inf>6</inf>Fe<inf>0.57</inf>S<inf>2.43</inf> Intermetallics: Structural Links between Binary (Zr,Hf)<inf>3</inf>M Alloys and Porous Metal-Rich Tellurides

# publications[].label
Rules for Understanding and Designing Novel Molecule-Based Rare-Earth Magnetic Compounds

# publications[].label
Rare-earth-rich tellurides: Gd4NiTe2 and Er5M2Te2 (M=Co, Ni)

# publications[].label
On the structure and composition of carbon nitride

# publications[].label
Excising Hexanuclear Zirconium Clusters from Solids as a Route to Zirconium Cluster Solution Chemistry

# publications[].label
A DFT Study of the Interstitial Chemical Shifts in Main Group Element Centered Hexazirconium Halide Clusters

# publications[].label
d-Electron mediated 4f74f7 exchange in Gd-rich compounds; spin density functional study of Gd2Cl3

# publications[].label
Encapsulation of the transition metals chromium through cobalt in zirconium cluster iodides

# publications[].label
Ferromagnetic coupling in hexanuclear gadolinium clusters.

# publications[].label
Lanthanide cluster compounds and their potential as SMM: Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties

# publications[].label
New Ternary Hafnium Tellurides Hf8Te6M (M = Mn, Fe) Containing M-Centered Tetrakaidecahedra

# publications[].label
Symmetry control of the coloring problem: the electronic structure of MB2C2 (M = calcium, lanthanum, ...)

# publications[].label
Subtleties of structure and bonding in TaSSe and TaNbS solid solutions

# publications[].label
Structural-electronic relationships in inorganic solids: powder neutron diffraction studies of the rutile and anatase polymorphs of titanium dioxide at 15 and 295 K

# publications[].label
ORBITAL INTERACTIONS IN EXTENDED SYSTEMS.

# publications[].label
Exploring the metal-rich chemistry of the early transition elements

# publications[].label
Chloroaluminate ionic liquids as reagents for isolating soluble hexanuclear zirconium halide cluster compounds.

# publications[].label
Stabilization of Metal-Rich Compounds by Polar-Intermetallic Bonding. Synthesis, Structure, and Bonding in Hf5MTe3 (M = Fe, Co)

# publications[].label
Molybdenum chalcogenides: clusters, chains, and extended solids. The approach to bonding in three dimensions

# publications[].label
The first framework solid composed of vanadosilicate clusters.

# publications[].label
Probing the Coordination Chemistry of [Zr6BCl12]+: A Cluster Especially Amenable to NMR Study

# publications[].label
New Layered Zirconium Tellurides: Zr<inf>0.30</inf>ZrTe<inf>2</inf>, Zr<inf>0.29</inf>Zr<inf>2</inf>Te<inf>2</inf>As, and NaZr<inf>2</inf>Te<inf>2</inf>As

# publications[].label
Compounds with Extremely Negative Mssbauer-Effect Isomer Shifts: A Probe of Intermetallic Bonding in Zr6Cl14Fe, LiZr6Cl15Fe, and KZr6Cl15Fe

# publications[].label
Electronic structures of nitridometalates: molecular and extended-chain ions

# publications[].label
Can M6X8 clusters form intercluster metal metal bonds?

# publications[].label
Magnetic coupling in dinuclear Gd complexes.

# publications[].label
Spin state stabilities and distortions of the novel trinitridotransition metalate(6-), (M = vanadium, chromium, iron) ions

# publications[].label
Reduced zirconium halide clusters in aqueous solution.

# publications[].label
Synthesis and Structures of New Layered Ternary Manganese Tellurides: AMnTe2 (A = K, Rb, Cs), Na3Mn4Te6, and NaMn1.56Te2

# publications[].label
Tight binding prediction of the -Gd2S3 magnetic structure

# publications[].label
Reduced low dimensional rare earth compounds

# publications[].label
A cyanide-bridged chain of Mo6Se8 clusters: a product of cyanide-melt cluster synthesis.

# publications[].label
The molybdenum selenide (Mo3Se3-).infin. chain

# publications[].label
Electronic switching of ring orientation in cyclopentadienyl-bridged polymers

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Chemistry Department-Adloc; 3255 TAMU

# etdChairOf[].label
Roy, Lindsay Elizabeth (2009-06). Rules for understanding rare-earth magnetic compounds. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Shen, Jingyi (2005-08). Density functional theory study on the interstitial chemical shifts of main-group-element centered hexazirconium halide clusters; synthetic control of speciation in [(Zr6ZCl12)] (Z = B, C)-based mixed ligand complexes. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Guo, Yuyan (2009-05). Mixed ionic and electronic conducting electrode studies for an alkali metal thermal to electric converter. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Dempsey, Scotty Lee (2014-04). Synthesis, Structure and Characterization Of Polynuclear Rare Earth Alkoxide Clusters. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Sweet, Lucas Edward (2009-05). Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of lanthanide cluster compounds. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Chen, Chun-Yu (2014-04). Synthesis, Computations and Characterizations of Low Dimensional Rare-Earth Compounds. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Escobedo Cruz, Francisco Vidal (2016-06). Compounds Comprising Lanthanide Clusters and Their Potential as Molecular Magnets: Synthesis, Structure and Magnetic Properties. Doctoral Dissertation.