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Overview

Amala Dass is affiliated with the University of Mississippi in the United States. Their research spans primarily across Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on various subfields including Materials Chemistry, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work addresses multiple main topics, notably in nanomaterials and cosmic phenomena. These topics include:

  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Amala Dass has published frequently in several scientific venues, with notable contributions to:

  • Physical Review Letters
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Advanced Energy Materials

Among recent publications are:

  • The Missing Link: Au191(SPh-tBu)66 Janus Nanoparticle with Molecular and Bulk-Metal-like Properties, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Properties of Daily Helium Fluxes, 2022, Physical Review Letters
  • Laser-based temperature control to study the roles of entropy and enthalpy in polymer-nanopore interactions, 2021, Science Advances
  • Temporal Structures in Electron Spectra and Charge Sign Effects in Galactic Cosmic Rays, 2023, Physical Review Letters
  • Properties of Cosmic-Ray Sulfur and Determination of the Composition of Primary Cosmic-Ray Carbon, Neon, Magnesium, and Sulfur: Ten-Year Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, 2023, Physical Review Letters

They have collaborated repeatedly with coauthors including:

  • Kalpani Hirunika Wijesinghe
  • M. Aguilar
  • G. Ambrosi
  • L. Arruda
  • N. Attig

Best Publications

  • Crystal structure of the gold nanoparticle [N(C8H17)4][Au25(SCH2CH2Ph)18].

    Michael W. Heaven;Amala Dass;Peter S. White;Kennedy M. Holt

  • First enantioseparation and circular dichroism spectra of Au38 clusters protected by achiral ligands

    Igor Dolamic;Stefan Knoppe;Amala Dass;Thomas Bürgi

  • Cross-linking Amine-Modified Silica Aerogels with Epoxies: Mechanically Strong Lightweight Porous Materials

    Mary Ann B. Meador;Eve F. Fabrizio;Faysal Ilhan;Amala Dass

  • Nanoparticle MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry without fragmentation: Au25(SCH2CH2Ph)18 and mixed monolayer Au25(SCH2CH2Ph)(18-x)(L)(x).

    Amala Dass;Anthony Stevenson;George R Dubay;Joseph B Tracy

  • Chemical, Physical, and Mechanical Characterization of Isocyanate Cross-linked Amine-Modified Silica Aerogels

    Atul Katti;Nilesh Shimpi;Samit Roy;Hongbing Lu

  • Isocyanate-Crosslinked Silica Aerogel Monoliths: Preparation and Characterization

    Guohui Zhang;Amala Dass;Abdel-Monem M. Rawashdeh;Jeffery Thomas

  • Au133(SPh-tBu)52 Nanomolecules: X-ray Crystallography, Optical, Electrochemical, and Theoretical Analysis

    Amala Dass;Shevanuja Theivendran;Praneeth Reddy Nimmala;Chanaka Kumara

  • Single Crystal XRD Structure and Theoretical Analysis of the Chiral Au30S(S-t-Bu)18 Cluster

    David Crasto;Sami Malola;Grace Brosofsky;Amala Dass

  • X-ray Crystal Structure and Theoretical Analysis of Au25-xAgx(SCH2CH2Ph)18(-) Alloy.

    Chanaka Kumara;Christine M. Aikens;Amala Dass

  • Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry of uniform and mixed monolayer nanoparticles: Au25[S(CH2)2Ph]18 and Au25[S(CH2)2Ph]18-x(SR)x.

    Joseph B. Tracy;Matthew C. Crowe;Joseph F. Parker;Oliver Hampe

  • AuAg)144(SR)60 alloy nanomolecules

    Chanaka Kumara;Amala Dass

  • Nanocluster Size Evolution Studied by Mass Spectrometry in Room Temperature Au25(SR)18 Synthesis

    Asantha C Dharmaratne;Thomas Krick;Amala Dass

  • Mass spectrometry of small bimetal monolayer-protected clusters.

    Christina A. Fields-Zinna;Matthew C. Crowe;Amala Dass;Joshua E. F. Weaver

  • Mass spectrometric identification of Au68(SR)34 molecular gold nanoclusters with 34-electron shell closing.

    Amala Dass

  • Crystal Structure of Faradaurate-279: Au279(SPh-tBu)84 Plasmonic Nanocrystal Molecules

    Naga Arjun Sakthivel;Shevanuja Theivendran;Vigneshraja Ganeshraj;Allen G. Oliver

  • Aromatic Thiolate-Protected Series of Gold Nanomolecules and a Contrary Structural Trend in Size Evolution

    Naga Arjun Sakthivel;Amala Dass

  • Au24(SAdm)16 Nanomolecules: X-ray Crystal Structure, Theoretical Analysis, Adaptability of Adamantane Ligands to Form Au23(SAdm)16 and Au25(SAdm)16, and Its Relation to Au25(SR)18

    David Crasto;Giovanni Barcaro;Mauro Stener;Luca Sementa

  • Size exclusion chromatography for semipreparative scale separation of Au38(SR)24 and Au40(SR)24 and larger clusters.

    Stefan Knoppe;Julien Boudon;Igor Dolamic;Amala Dass

  • Ag44(SR)304−: a silver–thiolate superatom complex

    Kellen M. Harkness;Yun Tang;Amala Dass;Jun Pan

  • Hydrophobic monolithic aerogels by nanocasting polystyrene on amine-modified silica

    Faysal Ilhan;Eve F. Fabrizio;Linda McCorkle;Daniel A. Scheiman

  • Ligand Exchange Reactions on Au38 and Au40 Clusters: A Combined Circular Dichroism and Mass Spectrometry Study

    Stefan Knoppe;Asantha C. Dharmaratne;Ella Schreiner;Amala Dass

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Fortunelli
Alessandro Fortunelli National Research Council (CNR)
Nicholas Leventis
Nicholas Leventis Missouri University of Science and Technology
Mauro Stener
Mauro Stener University of Trieste
Thomas Bürgi
Thomas Bürgi University of Geneva
Robert L. Whetten
Robert L. Whetten Northern Arizona University
Royce W. Murray
Royce W. Murray University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Xiaobing Zuo
Xiaobing Zuo Argonne National Laboratory
Giovanni Barcaro
Giovanni Barcaro National Research Council (CNR)
Hongbing Lu
Hongbing Lu The University of Texas at Dallas
David A. Cullen
David A. Cullen Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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