The Group

Marissa Baddick Abreu Ph. D. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2014. B.A. East Stroudsburg University, 2010. Reasearch Interests:Superatoms, Reactivity. Major Publications: Ligand-Induced Active Sites: Reactivity of Iodine Protected Aluminum Superatoms with Methanol., J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 134, 20507-20512 (2012).
Albert Armstrong B.S. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2017. Reasearch Interests:Aluminum Oxide Clusters, Reactivity.
Dinesh Bista M.S. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2017. B.A. . Reasearch Interests:: Metal Chalcogenide Clusters, Metal Silicon Clusters. Major Publications: Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Fe₂Si_n (1≤n≤12)^+/0/- clusters.
William H. Blades B.S. Virginia Commonwealth University 2010. Reasearch Interests: Superatoms, Reactivity of Aluminum Iodide Clusters.
Vikas Chauhan M.S. B.S. Reasearch Interests: Magnetism. Major Publications:
Cameron Grover B.S. Virginia Commonwealth University 2013. Reasearch Interests: Aluminum Clusters. Major Publications:
Ryan Lambert B.S. Virginia Commonwealth University 2017. Reasearch Interests: Aluminum Oxide Clusters, Reactivity. Major Publications:
Anthony Pedicini B.S. VCU, 2011 Reasearch Interests: Ligand Protected Clusters. Major Publications: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Bimetallic Atom-Precise Ligand Protected Cluster, Ag₄Ni₂(DMSA)₄. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 135 26-29 (2013).
Sweta Prabha M.S. B.S. Reasearch Interests: Metal Chalcogenide Clusters
Meichun Qian Ph. D. Chinese Acadamy of Sciences, 1998. Reasearch Interests: Magnetic Materials, Cluster Assembly, Solid State Physics. Major Publications: Magnetic properties of Co₂C and Co₃C nanoparticles and their assemblies. Appl Phys. Lett. 101, 012409 (2012). Cluster-Assembled Materials: Toward Nanomaterials with Precise Control over Properties.ACS Nano 4 235 (2010).
Daniel Rabayda B.S. Chinese Acadamy of Sciences, 1998. Reasearch Interests: Benzene Clusters.
Arthur Reber Personal Web site Ph. D. University of Chicago 2004 M.S. University of Chicago 1999 B.A. Earlham College 1998. Research Interests: Reactivity of Clusters, Cluster Assembly, Supported Clusters. Major Publications: Complementary Active Sites Cause Size-Selective Reactivity of Aluminum Cluster Anions with Water. Science, 323 492 (2009). Spin Accommodation and Reactivity of Aluminum Based Clusters with O₂. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 129, 16098, 2007.
Sanjubala Sahoo Ph. D. University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany 2011. Reasearch Interests: Magnetic Anisotropy, Chemical Reactivity, Transition Metal Clusters, Graphene. Major Publications: Using Graphene to Control Magnetic Anisotropy and Interaction between Supported Clusters. (Accepted in New Journal of Physics.)
Kristen Casalenuovo M.S. VCU 2009 B.S. Longwood University 2006 Research Interests: Nano-Assembled Solar Cell Devices Major Publications: Photoelectron Imaging and Density-Functional Investigations of Bismuth and Lead Anions Solvated in Ammonia Clusters. J. Phys. Chem. A 114, 11353 (2010).
Penee Clayborne Personal Web site Ph.D. VCU 2009 M.S. VCU 2006 B.S. Radford 2002 Research Interests: Oxide Clusters, Met Cars, and Superatoms. Major Publications: Al_nBi Clusters: Transitions Between Aromatic and Jellium Stability. J. Phys. Chem. A, 112 13316-13325 (2008). Designer Magnetic Superatoms. Nature Chemistry 1 310 (2009).
Gabriel Ulises Gamboa Ph.D. CINVESTAV-IPN, 2009 B.S. National Polytechnic Institute, 2004. Reasearch Interests: Superatoms. Major Publications: Spin Accommodation and Reactivity of Silver Clusters with Oxygen: Enhanced Stability of Ag₁₃^-. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 134, 18973-18978 (2012).
Fhokrul Islam Ph. D. Purdue University, 2007 B.S. Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, 1995. Reasearch Interests: Magnetism Major Publications: First-principles study of spin-electric coupling in a Cu₃ single molecular magnet. Phys. Rev. B 82 155446 (2010).
Naiche Jones Ph. D. VCU 2006 M.S. VCU 2003 B.S. VCU 2001 Reasearch Interests: Superatoms, Cluster Assembly, and Oxides. Al cluster superatoms as halogens in polyhalides and as alkaline earths in iodide salts. Science 307 (5707): 231-235 ( 2005).
Victor Medel Ph.D. CINVESTAV, 2009 B.S. ESIQIE-IPN, 1998 Reasearch Interests: Superatoms. Major Publications: Hund’s rule in superatoms with transition metal impurities. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 108, 10062 (2011). Magnetism of electrons in atoms and superatoms. J. Appl Phys. 112, 064313 (2012).
S. Vincent Ong Ph.D.VCU 2012 M.S. VCU 2008 B.S. VCU 2006 Reasearch Interests: Supported Palladium Clusters, Graphene, Gas phase Zintl Clusters, Endohedral Metallofullerenes, MRI applications. Major Publications: Enhanced oxygen binding through surface mediated ionic bonds. Surf. Sci. 606, 965-970 (2012).
Selvarengan Paranthamon Ph. D. Bharathiar University,. 2005 M.S. Madurai Kamaraj University, 1999 B.S. V.H.N.S.N. College, 1997 Reasearch Interests: Structure, Reactivity, and Aluminum Clusters. Major Publications: From SiO Molecules to Silicates in Circumstellar Space: Atomic Structures, Growth Patterns, and Optical Signatures of Si_nO_m Clusters. ACS Nano 2 1729 (2008).
Christopher Powell M.S. VCU 2011. B.S. VCU 2009. Reasearch Interests: Reactivity of Superatoms. Major Publications: Ligand-Induced Active Sites: Reactivity of Iodine Protected Aluminum Superatoms with Methanol., J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 134, 20507-20512 (2012).
J. Ulises Reveles Personal Web site Currently at VCU Ph. D. National Polytechnic Instititue Mexico City, 2004 B.S. UNAM 1999. Research Interests: Superatoms, Silicon encapsolated clusters, and geometry optimization. Major Publications: Designer Magnetic Superatoms. Nature Chemistry 1 310 (2009). Multiple Valence Superatoms.Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 103 18405 (2006).
Roberto Robles Rodriguez Personal Web site Ph. D. Universidad Valladolid, 2004. M.S. Universidad Valladolid. 1998. B.S. Universidad Valladolid 1997. Research Interests: Magnetic properties, electronic structure and condensed matter physics. Major Publications: Oxidation of Pd_n (n=1–7, 10) clusters supported on alumina/NiAl(110).Phys. Rev. B 82, 085428 (2010).
Debesh Ranjan Roy Ph. D. IIT Kharagpur, India, 2008. Research Interests Nanostructures, Cluster Assembly, and Reactivity. Personal Web site
Lin Zhu Ph. D. B.S. Research Interests: Molecular Electronics. Major Publications: Quantum Spin Transport through magnetic superatom dimer (Cs8_V-Cs₈V). J. Chem. Phys. 137, 164311 (2012).