Research Publications

Chemistry students are encouraged to participate in undergraduate research in collaboration with faculty members. The results of this work frequently appear in peer-reviewed publications and are presented at venues such as the American Chemical Society National meeting.

Publications

2018 Chemistry conference dinner — Current and past UWF Chemistry students at ABRCMS 2018

Benz, P. P.; Zito P.; Osburn, E.; Goranov, A.; Hatcher, P.; Seivert, M.; Jeffrey, W. H.; Effects of Burning and Photochemical Degradation of Macondo Surrogate Oil on its Composition and Toxicity, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2024, 26, 1205-1215, [doi.org/10.1039/D4EM00023D
https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EM00023D}.

Swann, L.; Hall, J.; Vaccaro-Garska, K.; Seals, S.; Benz, P., Development and Implementation of an Undergraduate STEM Peer Coaching Program, Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023, 52 (7), 43. https://doi.org/10.1080/0047231X.2023.12315877

Hall, J. L,; Whitaker, K. R.; Seals, S.; Benz, P. P., Building a Community of Practice: A Case Study of Introductory College Chemistry Students, Journal for STEM Education Research, 2022, 5(3):1-21, doi:10.1007/s41979-022-00073-7.

Royappa, A. T.; Bombicz, P.; May, N. V.; Pizza, C. V.; Rheingold, A. L.; Lajmi, A. Analysis of ion-ion interactions in the crystal structure of triazaphenalenium hexahydropyrimidopyrimidinium bistosylate, Structural Chemistry, 2024, 35, 1273.

Guillet, J. L.; Ozumerzifon, T. J.; Shores, M. P.; Moore, C. E.; Rheingold, A. L.; Royappa, A. T.; Doerrer, L. H. Metallophilic interactions and magnetism in heterobimetallic {Pt,M} lantern complexes, Polyhedron, 2024, 250, 116788.

Nyiranshuti, L.; Andrews, E. R.; Povolotskiy, L. I.; Gomez, F. M.; Bartlett, N. R.; Royappa, A. T; Rheingold, A. L.; Seitz, W. R.; Planalp, R. P. Development of a Ratiometric Fluorescent Cu(II) Indicator Based on Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Thermal Phase Transition and an Aminopyridyl Cu(II) Ligand, Molecules 2023, 28, 7097.

Royappa, A. T.; Papoular, R. J.; Gembicky, M.; Shepard, W.; Ross, A. D.; Stemen, A. G.; Bobbitt, J. J.; Doan, D. T.; Lapidus, S. H.; Johnston, D. H.; Filatov, A. Crystalline Phase Transitions and Water-Soluble Complexes of Copper(I) 2-Hydroxyethanethiolate, Polyhedron, 2022, 222, 115873.

Tracy, J. S.; Broderick, C. H.; Toste, F. D. Development of the Squaramide Scaffold for High Potential and Multielectron Catholytes for Use in Redox Flow Batteries. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 11740-11755. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c14776.

Han, C.-P.; Hsu, C.-H.; Chu, C.-Y.; Huang, T.-H.; Yi, C.-L.; Wong, K.-T.; Tan, J. A.; Hung, W.-Y.; Leung, M.; Chou, P.-T. Efficient Greenish-Blue Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Zn Complex for Organic Light-Emitting Devices. Org Electron 2025, 138, 107178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2024.107178.

Chen, J.; Ahasan, M. R.; Oh, J.-S.; Tan, J. A.; Hennessey, S.; Kaid, M. M.; El-Kaderi, H. M.; Zhou, L.; Lao, K. U.; Wang, R.; Wang, W.-N. Highly Efficient CO 2 Electrochemical Reduction on Dual Metal (Co–Ni)–Nitrogen Sites. J Mater Chem A Mater 2024, 12 (8), 4601–4609. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA05654F.

Tan, J. A.; Lao, K. U. Mapping Spin Contamination-Free Potential Energy Surfaces Using Restricted Open-Shell Methods with Grassmannians. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2024, 26 (2), 1436–1442. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP05437C.