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Abraham Clearfield

Abraham Clearfield

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Chemistry

D-Index
105
Citations
37662
World Ranking
1015
National Ranking
403

Overview

Abraham Clearfield is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research work primarily focuses on materials science, environmental science, and chemistry, with a particular concentration in materials chemistry, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and inorganic chemistry.

Their published work covers various topics including chemical synthesis and characterization, MXene and MAX phase materials, inorganic chemistry and materials, advanced NMR techniques and applications, 2D materials and applications, radioactive element chemistry and processing, as well as surface modification and superhydrophobicity.

Some of the recent papers by Clearfield include:

  • Exfoliation of α-Zirconium Phosphate Using Tetraalkylammonium Hydroxides, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Complexing Agent Directed Growth of α-Zirconium Phosphate-Based Hexagonal Prisms, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Solvent-Free Synthesis of Nano Zirconium Phenylphosphonates with Molten Phenylphosphonic Acid, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Nanoparticle α-ZrP Enhanced Superhydrophobicity, 2020, Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange
  • Amphiphilic Zirconium Phosphate Nanoparticles as Tribo-Catalytic Additives of Multi-Performance Lubricants, 2021, Journal of Tribology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Aida Contreras-Ramirez, Hong-Cai Zhou, Hao Ding, Luyi Sun, and Vladimir I. Bakhmutov.

The primary publication venues for Clearfield's work consist of:

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange
  • Journal of Tribology
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Best Publications

  • Role of ion exchange in solid-state chemistry

    Abraham Clearfield

  • Metal Phosphonate Chemistry

    Abraham Clearfield

  • Conventional and unconventional metal-organic frameworks based on phosphonate ligands: MOFs and UMOFs.

    Kevin J. Gagnon;Houston P. Perry;Abraham Clearfield

  • Crystallography and structure of .alpha.-zirconium bis(monohydrogen orthophosphate) monohydrate

    Abraham Clearfield;G. David Smith

  • The preparation of crystalline zirconium phosphate and some observations on its ion exchange behaviour

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  • Mechanism of ion exchange in zirconium phosphates. 20. Refinement of the crystal structure of .alpha.-zirconium phosphate

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  • Recent advances in metal phosphonate chemistry II

    Abraham Clearfield

  • Preparation of α-zirconium phosphate nanoplatelets with wide variations in aspect ratios

    Luyi Sun;Woong J. Boo;Hung-Jue Sue;Abraham Clearfield

  • Organically Pillared Micro- and Mesoporous Materials

    Abraham Clearfield

  • Structural Studies of (π-C5H5)2MX2 Complexes and their Derivatives. The Structure of Bis(π-cyclopentadienyl)titanium Dichloride

    Abraham Clearfield;David Keith Warner;Carlos Herman Saldarriaga-Molina;Ramanathan Ropal

  • Hydrogenation of Naphthalene over NiO/SiO2–Al2O3 catalysts: Structure–activity correlation

    Sharath R. Kirumakki;Boris G. Shpeizer;Guggilla Vidya Sagar;Komandur V.R. Chary

  • New hexaaza macrocyclic binucleating ligands. Oxygen insertion with a dicopper(I) Schiff base macrocyclic complex

    Rached Menif;Arthur E. Martell;Philip J. Squattrito;Abraham Clearfield

  • Lithium ion conductors in the system AB(IV)2(PO4)3 (B = Ti, Zr and Hf)

    M.A. Subramanian;Rajeevi Subramanian;A. Clearfield

  • Mechanism of ion exchange in crystalline zirconium phosphates. I. Sodium ion exchange of .alpha.-zirconium phosphate

    Abraham Clearfield;W. L. Duax;A. S. Medina;George David Smith

  • Metal phosphonate chemistry : from synthesis to applications

    Abraham Clearfield;Konstantinos Demadis

  • Synthesis, crystal structures, and coordination intercalation behavior of two copper phosphonates

    Yiping Zhang;Abraham Clearfield

  • Epoxy Nanocomposites Based on the Synthetic α-Zirconium Phosphate Layer Structure

    H.-J. Sue and;K. T. Gam;N. Bestaoui;and N. Spurr

  • Synthesis of aluminum rich MCM-41

    Ramesh B. Borade;Abraham Clearfield

  • Solid‐State Coordination Chemistry: Hydrothermal Synthesis of Layered Vanadium Oxides with Interlayer Metal Coordination Complexes

    Yiping Zhang;Jeffrey R. D. DeBord;Charles J. O'Connor;Robert C. Haushalter

  • The mechanism of hydrolytic polymerization of zirconyl solutions

    Abraham Clearfield

  • Crown Ether Pillared and Functionalized Layered Zirconium Phosphonates: A New Strategy to Synthesize Novel Ion Selective Materials

    Baolong Zhang;Abraham Clearfield

  • Organically pillared microporous zirconium phosphonates

    Abraham Clearfield;Zhike Wang

  • The Crystal Structure of Zirconyl Chloride Octahydrate and Zirconyl Bromide Octahydrate

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Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur E. Martell
Arthur E. Martell Texas A&M University
Jiang-Gao Mao
Jiang-Gao Mao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Luyi Sun
Luyi Sun University of Connecticut
Hung-Jue Sue
Hung-Jue Sue Texas A&M University
Marvin D. Rausch
Marvin D. Rausch University of Massachusetts Amherst
Miguel A. G. Aranda
Miguel A. G. Aranda University of Malaga
Sanjit Konar
Sanjit Konar Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal
John B. Parise
John B. Parise Stony Brook University
Kim R. Dunbar
Kim R. Dunbar Texas A&M University
Robert C. Haushalter
Robert C. Haushalter Parallel Synthesis Technologies (United States)

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