Awards and Publications

Recent Awards

Otega Ejegbavwo

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina Graduate Student Breakthrough Scholar Award, 2020
University of South Carolina Winner of Three Minute Thesis (3 MT) Competition, 2019
Winifred Burks-Houck Graduate Student Leadership Award, 2019
National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
(NOBCChE) Winner, 2019
"People's Choice Award", 3 MT Competition 9th US Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association
(USETDA) Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, 2019
University of South Carolina Oakwood Chemical Company Best Poster Award, 2019
American Chemical Society (ACS) - Division of Inorganic Chemistry National Travel Award, 2019
University of South Carolina Graduate School Travel Award, 2019
University of South Carolina Professor James R. Durig Graduate Student Travel Award, 2017 and 2019

Christian Juillerat

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina

2019 Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D 1st Place Award Winner: Used Fuel Disposition

Kristen Pace

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina

Jake Amoroso, Ph.D.

Savannah River National Laboratory

2018 DOE Nuclear Energy Fuel Cycle R&D Excellence Award
2018 Savannah River National Laboratory Director's Award for Contributions to Technology Transfer

Kyle Brinkman, Ph.D.

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Clemson University

Clemson Major Research Instrumentation Program Award

Vancho Kocevski, Ph.D.

Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of South Carolina

Simon Phillpot, Ph.D.

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Florida

2017 Doctoral Dissertation Adviser/Mentor Award
Inaugural University of Florida Term Professorship (2017-2019)
Distinguished Professor (University of Florida), 2019
Vladimir A. Grodsky Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, 2019

Natalia Shustova, Ph.D.

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina

Hans-Conrad zur Loye, Ph.D.

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina

Recent Publications

G. Morrison, V. G. Jones, K. P. Zamorano, J. E. Greedan, H.-C. zur Loye
Flux Synthesis, UV–vis Absorbance, and Magnetism of Cesium Copper Silicates with an Isolated Super-Super Exchange Spin Dimer in Cs6Cu2Si9O23
Inorganic Chemistry
2024

N. S. Cassell, N. Birkner, A. K. Mishra, S. Jadhav, A. M. Mofrad, T. M. Bessmann, J. W. Amoroso, Y. Li, L. Wang, K. S. Brinkman
A-site occupancy effects on structure, ionic conductivity, and thermodynamic stability of K_xMg_x/2Ti_8−x/2O₁₆
MRS Advances
2024

H. B. Tisdale, A. M. Mofrad, G. Morrison, T. M. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Rb₂Ln[Si₂O₆]F (Ln = Y, Eu–Lu): Flux Synthesis, Structure Determination, and DFT-Calculated Formation Enthalpies of a Series of Mixed-Anion Rare Earth Cyclosilicates
Inorganic Chemistry
2023

T. Deason, A. Hines, G. Morrison, M. Smith, T. Besmann, A. Mofrad, F. Fondeur, I. Lehman-Andino, J. Amoroso, D. DiPrete, H.-C. zur Loye
Flux Crystal Growth of the Extended Structure Pu(V) Borate Na₂(PuO₂)(BO₃)
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2023

V. Proust, A. Gossard, J. Schaeperkoetter, S. Vannier, T. David, Y. Barré, S. Misture, A. Grandjean, H.-C. zur Loye
Design and characterization of hierarchical aluminosilicate composite materials for Cs entrapment: Adsorption efficiency tied to microstructure
Journal of Water Process Engineering
2023

M. Usman, M. Christian, M. Smith, T. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
DFT-guided flux synthesis of a family of layered titanates crystallizing in the lepidocrocite structure type
Solid State Sciences
2023

A. Hines, G. Morrison, B. Yarbrough, N. Shustova, L. Jacobsohn, H.-C. zur Loye
Luminescence of alkali rare earth borates A₃Ln(BO₃)₂ (A = Na, K; Ln = Eu, Tb)
Solid State Sciences
2023

K.C. Park, P. Kittikhunnatham, J. Lim, G. Thaggard, Y. Liu, C. Martin, G. Leith, D. Toler, A. Ta, N. Birkner, I. Lehman‐Andino, A. Hernandez‐Jimenez, G. Morrison, J. Amoroso, H.‐C. zur Loye, D. DiPrete, M. Smith, K. Brinkman, S. Phillpot, N. Shustova
f-block MOFs: A Pathway to Heterometallic Transuranics
Angewandte Chemie
2023

T. Deason, G. Morrison, A. Mofrad, H.B. Tisdale, J. Amoroso, D. DiPrete, G. Was, K. Sun, T. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Developing Waste Forms for Transuranic Elements: Quaternary Neptunium Fluorides of the Type Na_xMNp₆F₃₀ (M = Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Al, Ga),
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2022

Y. Li, S. Hu, R. Montgomery, A. Grandjean, T. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Effect of Charge and Anisotropic Diffusivity on Ion Exchange Kinetics in Nuclear Waste Form Materials,
Journal of Nuclear Materials
2022

A.T. Hines, G. Morrison, H.B. Tisdale, M.D. Smith, T.M. Besmann, A. Mofrad, M. Aziziha, R.E. Booth, K. Sun, G.S. Was, H.-C. zur Loye
Crystallization of A₃Ln(BO₃)₂ (A = Na, K; Ln = Lanthanide) from a Boric Acid Containing Hydroxide Melt: Synthesis and Investigation of Lanthanide Borates as Potential Nuclear Waste Forms
Inorganic Chemistry
2022

M. Zhao, N. Birkner, J. Schaeperkoetter, R.J. Koch, P. Russell, S.T. Misture, T. Besmann, J. Amoroso, K.S. Brinkman
Durable Cr‐substituted (Ba,Cs)_1.33(Cr,Ti)₈O₁₆ hollandite waste forms with high Cs loading
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
2022, Volume 105, (pgs. 4564 - 4576)

H.B. Tisdale, M.S. Christian, G. Morrison, T.M. Besmann, K. Sun, G.S. Was, H.-C. zur Loye
Investigation of Rare Earth-Containing Double Phosphates of the Type A₃Ln(PO₄)₂ (Ln = Y, La, Pr, Nd, and Sm–Lu) as Potential Nuclear Waste Forms
Chemistry of Materials
2022, Volume 34, (pgs. 3819–3830)

Y. Li, S. Hu, F.W. Hilty, R. Montgomery, K.C. Park, C.R. Martin, N.B. Shustova, Y. Liu, S.R. Phillpot
Leaching model of radionuclides in metal-organic framework particles
Computational Materials Science
2022, Volume 201, (pgs. 110886)

G. Morrison, H.-C. zur Loye
Uranyl Titanate Silicates: Syntheses, Structures, and Family Relations
Crystal Growth & Design
2022, Volume 22, (pgs. 1221 - 1228)

M.S. Christian, K.A. Pace, V.V. Klepov, G. Morrison, H.-C. zur Loye, T.M. Besmann
A Density-Functional Theory Structural Database for Discovery of Novel Actinide Waste Forms
Crystal Growth & Design
2021, Volume 21, (pgs. 5100 - 5107)

C.R. Martin, G.A. Leith, N.B. Shustova
Beyond structural motifs: the frontier of actinide-containing metal–organic frameworks
Chemical Science
2021, Volume 12, (pgs. 7214 - 7230)

K.A. Pace, V.V. Klepov, A.A. Berseneva, H.-C. zur Loye
Covalency in Actinide Compounds
Chemistry – A European Journal
2021, Volume 27, (pgs. 5835 - 5841)

N. Massoni, S. Le Gallet, L. Campayo, R.J. Koch, S.T. Misture, A. Grandjean, F. Bernard
Densification of non-radioactive porous siliceous particles loaded with cesium potassium copper hexacyanoferrate by spark plasma sintering
Journal of the European Ceramic Society
2021, Volume 41, (pgs. 1506 - 1513)

A. Gossard, N. Fabrègue, T. David, A. Grandjean
Effects of the zeolite concentration on the microstructure of high internal phase emulsions stabilized by surfactant-coated zeolite particles
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
2021, Volume 625, (pgs. 126853)

A.T. Hines, G. Morrison, M.D. Smith, H.-C. zur Loye
Flux crystal growth of cesium bismuth silicates Cs₃BiSi₈O₁₉ and Cs₄Bi₂Si₈O₂₁: Structure modification via Eu doping to yield Cs₄Bi_1.72Eu_0.28Si₈O₂₁ and alkali metal ion exchange to yield Cs_0.79K_2.21BiSi₈O₁₉
Solid State Sciences
2021, Volume 18 (pgs. 106637s)

N. Birkner, C. Li, S.L. Estes, K.S. Brinkman
Gallium-Doping Effects on Structure, Lithium-Conduction, and Thermochemical Stability of Li_7-3xGa_xLa₃Zr₂O₁₂ Garnet-Type Electrolytes
ChemSusChem
2021, Volume 14, (pgs. 2621 - 2630)

T.M. Besmann, J. Schorne-Pinto
Developing Practical Models of Complex Salts for Molten Salt Reactors
Preprints
2021, #2021060110

C.R. Martin, G.A. Leith, P. Kittikhunnatham, K.C. Park, O.A. Ejegbavwo, A. Mathur, C.R. Callahan, S.L. Desmond, M.R. Keener, F. Ahmed, S. Pandey, M.D. Smith, S.R. Phillpot, A.B. Greytak, N.B. Shustova
Heterometallic Actinide‐Containing Photoresponsive Metal‐Organic Frameworks: Dynamic and Static Tuning of Electronic Properties
Angewandte Chemie
2021, Volume 133, Issue 15 (pgs. 8152-8160)

K.A. Pace, V.V. Klepov, M.D. Smith, T. Williams, G. Morrison, J.A. Lauterbach, S.T. Misture, H.-C. zur Loye
Hydrothermal Synthesis and Structural Investigation of a Crystalline Uranyl Borosilicate
Inorganics
2021, Volume 9, Issue 4 (pg. 25)

M. Christian, E.R. Johnson, T.M. Besmann
Interplay between London Dispersion, Hubbard U and Metastable States for Uranium Compounds
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
2021, Volume 125, Issue 13 (pgs. 2791-2799)

G. Morrison and H.-C. zur Loye
Expanding the Chemistry of Salt-Inclusion Materials: Utilizing the Titanyl Ion as a Structure Directing Agent for the Targeted Synthesis of Salt-Inclusion Titanium Silicates
Crystal Growth & Design
2020, Volume 20, Issue 12 (pgs. 8071-8078)

M. Usman, V. Kocevski, M.D. Smith, T. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Salt-flux synthesis, crystal structure, and theoretical characterization of Rb_0.74Ga_6.62Ti_0.38O₁₁
Solid State Sciences
2020, Volume 109 (pg. 106394)

G. Morrison, M.S. Christian, T.M. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Flux Growth of Uranyl Titanates: Rare Examples of TiO₄ Tetrahedra and TiO₅ Square Bipyramids
Journal of Physical Chemistry A
2020, Volume 124, Issue 45 (pgs. 9487-9495)

N. Massoni, S. Le Gallet, L. Campayo, R.J. Koch, S.T. Misture, A. Grandjean, F. Bernard
Densification of non-radioactive porous siliceous particles loaded with cesium potassium copper hexacyanoferrate by spark plasma sintering
Journal of the European Ceramic Society
2020, Volume 41, Issue 2 (pgs. 1506-1513)

M. Zhao, J.W. Amoroso, K.M. Fenker, D.P. Diprete, S. Misture, S. Utlak, T. Besmann, K. Brinkman
The Effect of Cesium Content on the Thermodynamic Stability and Chemical Durability of (Ba,Cs)_1.33(Al,Ti)₈O₁₆ Hollandite
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
2020, Volume 103, Issue 12 (pgs. 7310-7321)

D. Li, N.B. Shustova, C.R. Martin, K. Taylor-Pashow, J.C. Seaman, D.I. Kaplan, J.W. Amoroso, R. Chernikov
Anion-Exchanged and Quaternary Ammonium Functionalized MIL-101-Cr Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) for ReO₄^-/TcO₄^- Sequestration from Groundwater
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
2020, Volume 222 (pg. 106372)

K.A. Pace, V.V. Klepov, T.K. Deason, M.D. Smith, G.B. Ayer, D.P. Diprete, J.W. Amoroso, H.-C. zur Loye
Expansion of the Na₃M^III(Ln/An)₆F₃₀ Series: Incorporation of Plutonium into a Highly Robust and Stable Framework
Chemistry - A European Journal
2020, Volume 26, Issue 57 (pgs. 12941-12944)

K.A. Pace, V.V. Klepov, M.S. Christian, G. Morrison, T.K. Deason, T.M. Besmann, D.P. Diprete, J.W. Amoroso, H.-C. zur Loye
Targeting Complex Plutonium Oxides by Combining Crystal Chemical Reasoning with Density-Functional Theory Calculations: The Quaternary Plutonium Oxide Cs₂PuSi₆O₁₅
Chemical Communications
2020, Volume 56, Issue 66 (pgs. 9501-9504)

R.J. Koch, G. Li, S. Pandey, S.R. Phillpot, H. Wang, S.T. Misture
Complex Modeling for the Quantification of Nanoscale Disorder Using Genetic Algorithms, Density Functional Theory and Line-Profile Analysis
Journal of Applied Crystallography
2020, Volume 53, Issue 4 (pgs. 1087-1100)

O.A. Ejegbavwo, A.A. Berseneva, C.R. Martin, G.A. Leith, S. Pandey, A.J. Brandt, K.C. Park, A. Mathur, S. Farzandh, V.V. Klepov, B.J. Heiser, M. Chandrashekhar, S.G. Karakalos, M.D. Smith, S.R. Phillpot, S. Garashchuk, D.A. Chen, N.B. Shustova
Heterometallic multinuclear nodes directing MOF electronic behavior
Chemical Science
2020, Volume 11, Issue 28 (pgs. 7379-7389)

A. Grass, J.A. Bellow, G. Morrison, H.-C. zur Loye, R.L. Lord, S. Groysman
One electron reduction transforms high-valent low-spin cobalt alkylidene into high-spin cobalt(II) carbene radical
Chemical Communications
2020, Volume 56, Issue 60 (pgs. 8416-8419)

C.A. Juillerat, V. Kocevski,V.V. Klepov, J.W. Amoroso, T.M. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Structure and Stability of Alkali Gallates Structurally Reminiscent of Hollandite
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
2020, Volume 103, Issue 11 (pgs. 6531-6542)

M. Usman, V. Kocevski, M.D. Smith, G. Morrison, W. Zhang, T. Besmann, P.S. Halasyamani, H.-C. zur Loye
Polymorphism and Molten Nitrate Salt-Assisted Single Crystal to Single Crystal Ion Exchange in Zeolitic Cesium Ferrogermanate: CsFeGeO₄
Inorganic Chemistry
2020, Volume 59, Issue 14 (pgs. 9699-9709)

V.V. Klepov, A.A. Berseneva, K.A. Pace, V. Kocevski, M. Sun, P. Qiu, H. Wang, F. Chen, T.M. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
NaGaS₂: An Elusive Layered Compound with Dynamic Water Absorption and Wide-Ranging Ion-Exchange Properties
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2020, Volume 59, Issue 27, (pgs. 10836-10841)

S. Pandey, B. Demaske, O.A. Ejegbavwo, W. Setyawan, C.H. Henager, N. Shustova, S.R. Phillpot
Electronic Structures and Magnetism of Zr-, Th-, and U-based Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) by Density Functional Theory
Computational Materials Science
2020, Volume 184 (pg. 109903)

M.P. Moloney, N. Massoni, A. Grandjean
Tuning the thermal stability of copper(II) hexacyanoferrate(II) nanoparticles
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
2020, DOI: 10.1007/s10973-020-09823-4

N. Massoni, M. Moloney, A. Grandjean, S.T. Misture, H.-C. zur Loye
Crystal structure of dicaesium strontium hexacyanidoferrate(II), Cs₂Sr[Fe(CN)₆], from laboratory X-ray powder data
Acta Crystallographica Section E
2020, Volume 76 (pgs. 900-904)

K.A. Pace, R.J. Koch, M.D. Smith, G. Morrison, V.V. Klepov, T. Besmann, S.T. Misture, H.-C. zur Loye
Crystal Growth of Alkali Uranyl Borates from Molten Salt Fluxes: Characterization and Ion Exchange Behavior of A₂(UO₂)B₂O₅ (A=Cs, Rb, K)
Inorganic Chemistry
2020, Volume 59, Issue 9, (pgs. 6449-6459)

G.G. Li, Z. Wang, H. Wang
Complementing Nanoscale Galvanic Exchange with Redox Manipulation toward Architectural Control of Multimetallic Hollow Nanostructures
ChemNanoMat
2020, Volume 6, Issue 7 (pgs. 998-1013)

C.A. Juillerat, V.V. Klepov, M.D. Smith, H.-C. zur Loye
Targeted Crystal Growth of Uranium Gallophosphates via the Systematic Exploration of the UF₄-GaPO₄-ACl (A = Cs, Rb) Phase Space
CrystEngComm
2020, Volume 22, (pgs. 3020-3032)

M. Zhao, P. Russell, J. Amoroso, S. Misture, S. Utlak, T. Besmann, L. Shuller-Nickles, K.S. Brinkman
Exploring the links between crystal chemistry, cesium retention, thermochemistry and chemical durability in single-phase (Ba,Cs)_1.33(Fe,Ti)₈O₁₆ hollandite
Journal of Materials Science
2020, Volume 55 (pgs. 6401-6416)

I. Colliard, G. Morrison, H.-C. zur Loye, M. Nyman
Supramolecular Assembly of U(IV) Clusters and Superatoms
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2020, Volume 142, Issue 19 (pgs. 9039-9047)

M. Usman, V. Kocevski, M.D. Smith, G. Morrison, T. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
New Rubidium Containing Mixed-Metal Titanium Hollandites
Crystal Growth & Design
2020, Volume 20, Issue 4 (pgs. 2398-2405)

C.A. Juillerat, Y. Tsujimoto, A. Chikamatsu, Y. Masubuchi, T. Hasegawa, K. Yamaura
Fluorination and reduction of CaCrO₃ by topochemical methods
Dalton Transactions
2020, Volume 49, (pgs. 1997-2003)

M. Usman, M.D. Smith, V. Kocevski, T. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Complex cobalt silicates and germinates crystallizing in a porous three-dimensional framework structure
CrystEngComm
2020, Volume 22, (pgs. 1112-1119)

M.P. Moloney, N. Massoni, S. Egodawatte, H.-C. zur Loye, A. Grandjean
A Solvent Free Approach for the Preparation of Silver Modified Mesoporous Silica for Iodine Entrapment
Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials
2020, Volume 30, (pgs. 2756-2763)

V.V. Klepov, K.A. Pace, L.S. Breton, V. Kocevski, T. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Nearly Identical but Not Isotypic: Influence of Lanthanide Contraction on Cs₂NaLn(PS₄)₂ (Ln = La-Nd, Sm, and Gd-Ho)
Inorganic Chemistry
2020, Volume 59, Issue 3, (pgs. 1905-1916)

N. Massoni, R.J. Koch, A. Hertz, L. Campayo, M.P. Moloney, S.T. Misture, A. Grandjean
Structural effects of calcination on Cs-exchanged copper hexacyanoferrate (Cs,K)₂CuFe(CN)₆ loaded on mesoporous silica particles
Journal of Nuclear Materials
2020, Volume 528, pg. 151887

A.A. Berseneva, C.R. Martin, V.A. Galitskiy, O.A. Ejegbavwo, G.A. Leith, R.T. Ly, A.M. Rice, E.A. Dolgopolova, M.D. Smith, H.-C. zur Loye, D.P. Diprete, J.W. Amoroso, N.B. Shustova
"Boarding-Up": Radiation Damage and Radionuclide Leaching Kinetics in Linker-Capped Metal-Organic Frameworks
Inorganic Chemistry
2020, Volume 59, Issue 1 (pgs. 179-183)

V.V. Klepov, L.S. Breton, K.A. Pace, V. Kocevski, T. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Size-Driven Stability of Lanthanide Thiophosphates Grown from an Iodide Flux
Inorganic Chemistry
2019, Volume 58, Issue 9, (pgs. 6565-6573)

S. Pandey, Z. Jia, B. Demaske, O.A. Ejegbavwo, W. Setyawan, C.H. Henager, N.B. Shustova, S.R. Phillpot
Sequestration of Radionuclides in Metal-Organic Frameworks from Density Functional Theory Calculations
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2019, Volume 123, Issue 44 (pgs. 26842-26855)

N.R. Spagnuolo, G. Morrison, H.-C. zur Loye
Synthesis and crystal structure of [(Cs₆F)(Cs₃AgF)][Ge₁₄O₃₂] through alkali halide flux growth
Solid State Sciences
2019, Volume 97, Article 105973

G. Morrison, N.R. Spagnuolo, S.G. Karakalos, H.-C. zur Loye
Cs₃RE^IIIGe₃O₉ (RE = Pr, Nd, and Sm-Yb) and Cs₈Tb^III₂Tb^IVGe₉O₂₇: A Rare Example of a Mixed-Valent Tb(III)/Tb(IV) Oxide
Inorganic Chemistry
2019, Volume 19, Issue 10 (pgs. 5477-5482)

V. Kocevski, S.Y. Hu, T. Besmann
Alkaline earth ion exchange study of pure silica LTA zeolites using periodic first-principles calculations
New Journal of Chemistry
2019, Volume 43, (pgs. 16835-16840)

G. Morrison, V. Kocevski, S.T. Misture, N.R. Spagnuolo, A.T. Hines, T. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Superwadeites: Elucidation of a Structural Family Related to the Wadeite Structure and Prediction of Cs₂Ge₅O₁₁
Crystal Growth & Design
2019, Volume 19, Issue 10 (pgs. 5477-5482)

C.A. Juillerat, V. Kocevski, G. Morrison, S.G. Karakalos, D. Patil, S.T. Misture, T. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Flux Crystal Growth of Uranium(V) Containing Oxyfluoride Perovskites
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
2019, Volume 6, (pgs. 3203-3214)

M.P. Moloney, C. Cabaud, N. Massoni, S. Stafford, Y.K. Gun'ko, M. Venkatesan, A. Grandjean
Searching for the nano effect in Cu-HCF (II) particles to improve Cs sorption efficiency: Highlighting the use of intrinsic magnetism
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
2019, Volume 582, pg. 123758

C. Cabaud, Y. Barré, L. De Windt, A. Grandjean
Linking the multiscale porous structure of hexacyanoferrate-loaded silica monoliths to their hydrodynamic and cesium sorption properties
Separation and Purification Technology
2019, Volume 229, pg. 115796

S. Pandey, R.J. Koch, G. Li, S.T. Misture, H. Wang, S.R. Phillpot
Thermodynamics and kinetics of ordered and disordered Cu/Au alloys from first principles calculations
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2019, Volume 809, pg. 151615

C.A. Juillerat, V. Kocevski, T. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Observation of the Same New Sheet Topology in Both the Layered Uranyl Oxide-Phosphate Cs₁₁[(UO₂)₁₂(PO₄)₃O₁₃] and the Layered Uranyl Oxyfluoride-Phosphate Rb₁₁[(UO₂)₁₂(PO₄)₃O₁₂F₂] Prepared by Flux Crystal Growth
Frontiers in Chemistry
2019, Volume 7, Article 583

A.M. Rice, G.A. Leith, O.A. Ejegbavwo, E.A. Dolgopolova, N.B. Shustova
Heterometallic Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): The Advent of Improving the Energy Landscape
ACS Energy Letters
2019, Volume 4, Issue 8 (pgs. 1938-1946)

O.A. Ejegbavwo, C.R. Martin, O.A. Olorunfemi, G.A. Leith, R.T. Ly, A.M. Rice, E.A. Dolgopolova, M.D. Smith, S.G. Karakalos, N. Birkner, B.A. Powell, S. Pandey, R.J. Koch, S.T. Misture, H.-C. zur Loye, S.R. Phillpot, K.S. Brinkman, N.B. Shustova
Thermodynamics and Electronic Properties of Heterometallic Multinuclear Actinide-Containing Metal-Organic Frameworks with "Structural Memory"
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2019, Volume 141, Issue 29 (pgs. 11628-11640)

S.A. Utlak, T. Besmann, K.S. Brinkman, J. Amoroso
Thermodynamic assessment of the hollandite high-level radioactive waste form
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
2019, Volume 102, Issue 10 (pgs. 6284-6297)

C.A. Juillerat, V. Kocevski, T. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Discovery of Cs₂(UO₂)Al₂O₅ by Molten Flux Methods: A Uranium Aluminate Containing Solely Aluminate Tetrahedra as the Secondary Building Unit
Inorganic Chemistry
2019, Volume 58, Issue 7 (pgs. 4099-4102)

C. Cabaud, Y. Barré, L. De Windt, S. Gill, E. Dooryhée, M.P. Moloney, N. Massoni, A. Grandjean
Removing Cs within a continuous flow set-up by an ionic exchange material transformable into a final waste form
Adsorption
2019, Volume 25, Issue 4 (pgs. 765-771)

C.A. Juillerat, V.V. Klepov, G. Morrison, K.A. Pace, H.-C. zur Loye
Flux crystal growth: a versatile technique to reveal the crystal chemistry of complex uranium oxides
Dalton Transactions
2019, Volume 48, Issue 10 (pgs. 3162-3181)

C.A. Juillerat and H.-C. zur Loye
Crystal Growth and Structure Characterization of Three Layered Uranyl Phosphates and Their Relation to the Phosphuranylite Family
Crystal Growth & Design
2019, Volume 19, Issue 2 (pgs. 1183-1189)

Y.L. Li, B.D. Zeidman, S.Y. Hu, C.H. Henager, T. Besmann, A. Grandjean
A physics-based mesoscale phase-field model for predicting the uptake kinetics of radionuclides in hierarchical nuclear wasteform materials
Computational Materials Science
2019, Volume 159 (pgs. 103-109)

R. Grote, M. Zhao, L. Shuller-Nickles, J. Amoroso, W. Gong, K. Lilova, A. Navrotsky, M. Tang, K.S. Brinkman
Compositional control of tunnel features in hollandite-based ceramics: structure and stability of (Ba,Cs)_1.33(Zn,Ti)₈O₁₆
Journal of Materials Science
2019, Volume 54, Issue 2 (pgs. 1112-1125)

V.V. Klepov, C.A. Juillerat, E.V. Alekseev, H.-C. zur Loye
Overstepping Löwenstein's Rule-A Route to Unique Aluminophosphate Frameworks with Three-Dimensional Salt-Inclusion and Ion-Exchange Properties
Inorganic Chemistry
2019, Volume 58, Issue 1 (pgs. 724-736)

R. Koch, G. Li, S. Pandey, S. Phillpot, H. Wang, S.T. Misture
Thermally induced transformations of Au@Cu₂O core-shell nanoparticles into Au-Cu nanoparticles from temperature-programmed in situ powder X-ray diffraction
Journal of Applied Crystallography
2019, Volume 52, Issue 3 (pgs. 579-586)

V. Kocevski, C.A. Juillerat, E.E. Moore, H.-C. zur Loye, T. Besmann
Understanding the Polymorphism of A₄[(UO₂)₃(PO₄)₂O₂] (A = Alkali Metals) Uranyl Phosphate Framework Structures
Crystal Growth & Design
2019, Volume 19, Issue 2 (pgs. 966-975)

M. Zhao, Y. Xu, L. Shuller-Nickles, J. Amoroso, A.I. Frenkel, Y. Li, W. Gong, K. Lilova, A. Navrotsky, K.S. Brinkman
Compositional control of radionuclide retention in hollandite-based ceramic waste forms for Cs-immobilization
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
2019, Volume 102, Issue 7 (pgs. 4314-4324)

K.A. Pace, V.V. Klepov, G. Morrison, H.-C. zur Loye
Moderate supercritical synthesis as a facile route to mixed-valent uranium(IV,V) and (V,VI) silicates
Chemical Communications
2018, Volume 54, Issue 98 (pgs. 13794-13797)

V. Kocevski, B.D. Zeidman, C.H. Henager, T.M. Besmann
First-principles evaluation of alkali ion adsorption and ion exchange in pure silica LTA zeolite
The Journal of Chemical Physics
2018, Volume 149, pg. 131102

E.E. Moore, V. Kocevski, C.A. Juillerat, G. Morrison, M. Zhao, K.S. Brinkman, H.-C. zur Loye, T. Besmann
Understanding the Stability of Salt-Inclusion Phases for Nuclear Waste-forms through Volume-based Thermodynamics
Scientific Reports
2018, Volume 8, Issue 1 (pg. 15294)

G.G. Li and H. Wang
Dealloyed Nanoporous Gold Catalysts: From Macroscopic Foams to Nanoparticulate Architectures
ChemNanoMat
2018, Volume 4, Issue 9 (pgs. 897-908)

C.A. Juillerat, E.E. Moore, G. Morrison, M.D. Smith, T. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Versatile Uranyl Germanate Framework Hosting 12 Different Alkali Halide 1D Salt Inclusions
Inorganic Chemistry
2018, Volume 57, Issue 18 (pgs. 11606-11615)

H.-C. zur Loye, T. Besmann, J. Amoroso, K.S. Brinkman, A. Grandjean, C.H. Henager, S. Hu, S.T. Misture, S.R. Phillpot, N.B. Shustova, H. Wang, R.J. Koch, G. Morrison, E. Dolgopolova
Hierarchical Materials as Tailored Nuclear Waste Forms: A Perspective
Chemistry of Materials
2018, Volume 30, Issue 14 (pgs. 4475-4488)

K.S. Brinkman
An Interdisciplinary View of Interfaces Perspectives Regarding Emergent Phase Formation
Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage
2018, Volume 15, Issue 1 (pg. 011003)

C.A. Juillerat, E.E. Moore, V. Kocevski, T.M. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
A Family of Layered Phosphates Crystallizing in a Rare Geometrical Isomer of the Phosphuranylite Topology: Synthesis, Characterization, and Computational Modeling of A₄[(UO₂)₃O₂(PO₄)₂] (A = alkali metals) Exhibiting Intra-layer Ion Exchange
Inorganic Chemistry
2018, Volume 57, Issue 8 (pgs. 4726-4738)

K.A. Pace, V. Kocevski, S.G. Karakalos, G. Morrison, T.M. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Na₂(UO₂)(BO₃): An All Uranium(V) Borate Synthesized Under Mild Hydrothermal Conditions
Inorganic Chemistry
2018, Volume 57, Issue 8 (pgs. 4244-4247)

C.A. Juillerat, E.E. Moore, V. Kocevski, T.M. Besmann, H.-C. zur Loye
Observation of An Unusual Uranyl Cation-Cation Interaction in the Strongly Fluorescent Layered Uranyl Phosphates Rb₆[(UO₂)₇O₄(PO₄)₄] and Cs₆[(UO₂)₇O₄(PO₄)₄]
Inorganic Chemistry
2018, Volume 57, Issue 7 (pgs. 3675-3678)

E.A. Dolgopolova, A.M. Rice, N.B. Shustova
Actinide-based MOFs: A Middle Ground in Solution and Solid-State Structural Motifs
Chemical Communications
2018, Volume 54, Issue 50 (pgs. 6472-6483)

G.G. Li, M. Sun, E. Villarreal, S. Pandey, S. Phillpot, H. Wang
Galvanic Replacement-Driven Transformations of Atomically Intermixed Bimetallic Colloidal Nanocrystals: Effects of Compositional Stoichiometry and Structural Ordering
Langmuir
2018, Volume 34, Issue 14 (pgs. 4340-4350)

G.G. Li, D.A. Blom, S. Pandey, R. Koch, S. Misture, S. Phillpot, H. Wang
Overcoming the Interfacial Lattice Mismatch: Geometry Control of Gold-Nickel Bimetallic Heteronanostructures
Particle and Particle Systems Characterization
2018, Volume 35, Issue 5 (pg. 1700361)

E.A. Dolgopolova, O.A. Ejegbavwo, C.R. Martin, M.D. Smith, W. Setyawan, S.G. Karakalos, C.H. Henager, H.-C. zur Loye, N.B. Shustova,
Multifaceted Modularity: a Key for Stepwise Building of Hierarchical Complexity in An-MOFs
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2017, Volume 139, Issue 46 (pgs. 16852-16861)

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