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  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bart Kahr is affiliated with New York University in the United States, where their research primarily focuses on materials science. Their work encompasses several subfields including materials chemistry, physical and theoretical chemistry, spectroscopy, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and public health related to environmental and occupational health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, crystallography and molecular interactions, molecular spectroscopy and chirality, insect and pesticide research, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, and mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Recent significant publications by Bart Kahr include:

  • "Mechanical properties and peculiarities of molecular crystals" (2023) published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "A deltamethrin crystal polymorph for more effective malaria control" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Imidacloprid Crystal Polymorphs for Disease Vector Control and Pollinator Protection" (2021) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Extracting Pure Circular Dichroism from Hierarchically Structured CdS Magic Cluster Films" (2022) published in ACS Nano
  • "Common Occurrence of Twisted Molecular Crystal Morphologies from the Melt" (2020) published in Crystal Growth & Design

Bart Kahr frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including Alexander G. Shtukenberg, Michael D. Ward, Chunhua Hu, Bryan Erriah, and Yongfan Yang.

The scientist's research is regularly published in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Crystal Growth & Design, Chirality, Chemistry of Materials, and Chemical Communications.

Among notable recognitions, Bart Kahr was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Hirshfeld surfaces identify inadequacies in computations of intermolecular interactions in crystals: pentamorphic 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone

    Andrew L. Rohl;Massimo Moret;Werner Kaminsky;Kacey Claborn

  • Mechanical properties and peculiarities of molecular crystals.

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  • Growth Actuated Bending and Twisting of Single Crystals

    Alexander G. Shtukenberg;Yurii O. Punin;Ankit Gujral;Bart Kahr

  • Mueller matrix polarimetry with four photoelastic modulators: theory and calibration

    Oriol Arteaga;John Freudenthal;Baoliang Wang;Bart Kahr

  • Imaging linear birefringence and dichroism in cerebral amyloid pathologies

    Lee Way Jin;Kacey A. Claborn;Miki Kurimoto;Morten A. Geday

  • Model for photoinduced bending of slender molecular crystals.

    Naba K. Nath;Ljupčo Pejov;Shane M. Nichols;Chunhua Hu

  • Oxygen and methylene adducts of C60 and C70

    Joe M. Wood;Bart Kahr;Steven H. Hoke;Lindy Dejarme

  • Reaction of fullerenes and benzyne

    Steven H. Hoke;Jay Molstad;Dominique Dilettato;Mary Jennifer Jay

  • Pyrroline Chromophores for Electro-Optics

    Sei Hum Jang;Jingdong Luo;Neil M. Tucker;Amalia Leclercq

  • Polarimetric imaging of crystals

    Werner Kaminsky;Kacey Claborn;Bart Kahr

  • Crystal Growth with Macromolecular Additives.

    Alexander G. Shtukenberg;Michael D. Ward;Bart Kahr

  • Evidence for an externally bound Fe+-buckminsterfullerene complex, FeC60 +, in the gas phase

    Lisa M. Roth;Yongqing Huang;Jon T. Schwedler;Carolyn J. Cassady;Carolyn J. Cassady

  • Length of the ethane bond in hexaphenylethane and its derivatives

    Bart. Kahr;Donna. Van Engen;Kurt. Mislow

  • Circular Dichroism Imaging Microscopy: Application to Enantiomorphous Twinning in Biaxial Crystals of 1,8-Dihydroxyanthraquinone

    Kacey Claborn;Eileen Puklin-Faucher;Miki Kurimoto;Werner Kaminsky

  • Powder diffraction and crystal structure prediction identify four new coumarin polymorphs

    Alexander G. Shtukenberg;Qiang Zhu;Qiang Zhu;Damien J. Carter;Leslie Vogt

  • Optical rotation of achiral compounds.

    Kacey Claborn;Christine Isborn;Werner Kaminsky;Bart Kahr

  • Up-conversion Luminescence in Dye-Doped Crystals of Potassium Hydrogen Phthalate

    Jason B. Benedict;Paul M. Wallace;Philip J. Reid;Sei Hum Jang

  • A Supramolecular Ice Growth Inhibitor

    Ran Drori;Chao Li;Chunhua Hu;Paolo Raiteri

  • Reversible twisting during helical hippuric acid crystal growth.

    Alexander G. Shtukenberg;John Freudenthal;Bart Kahr

  • Melt Crystallization for Paracetamol Polymorphism

    Alexander G. Shtukenberg;Melissa Tan;Leslie Vogt-Maranto;Eric J. Chan

  • Twisted aspirin crystals.

    Xiaoyan Cui;Andrew L. Rohl;Alexander Shtukenberg;Bart Kahr

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael D. Ward
Michael D. Ward New York University
Chunhua Hu
Chunhua Hu New York University
Andrew L. Rohl
Andrew L. Rohl Curtin University
Mark E. Tuckerman
Mark E. Tuckerman New York University
James E. Jackson
James E. Jackson Michigan State University
Qiang Zhu
Qiang Zhu University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Paolo Raiteri
Paolo Raiteri Curtin University
Dor Ben-Amotz
Dor Ben-Amotz Purdue University West Lafayette
R. Graham Cooks
R. Graham Cooks Purdue University West Lafayette
Lee-Way Jin
Lee-Way Jin University of California, Davis

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