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Brian F. Woodfield is affiliated with Brigham Young University in the United States and has made contributions across several areas of materials science and chemistry. Their research primarily focuses on chemical thermodynamics, materials chemistry, and inorganic chemistry, intersecting with fields such as electronic, optical, and magnetic materials as well as mechanical and electrical engineering.

Woodfield's main topics of work include:

  • Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure
  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Thermal and Kinetic Analysis
  • Crystal Structures and Properties
  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

The scientist has published extensively in materials science and chemistry, with frequent appearances in journals such as The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, SSRN Electronic Journal, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Thermodynamic Evidence of Structural Transformations in CO2-Loaded Metal-Organic Framework Zn(MeIm)2 from Heat Capacity Measurements, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Transformation of matter in living organisms during growth and evolution, 2021, Biophysical Chemistry
  • Quantifying oxygen vacancies in neodymium and samarium doped ceria from heat capacity measurements, 2020, Acta Materialia
  • Role of Anions in Stabilizing the [Zn-Al] Layered Double Hydroxides: A Thermodynamic Study, 2023, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Cryogenic heat capacity measurements and thermodynamic analysis of lithium aluminum layered double hydroxides (LDHs) with intercalated chloride, 2021, American Mineralogist

Frequent collaborators in Woodfield's work include Alexandra Navrotsky, Grace Neilsen, Matthew S. Dickson, Alexis Gibson, and Peter F. Rosen. These coauthors have contributed jointly to various publications in the domains of chemical thermodynamics and materials characterization.

Best Publications

  • High Purity Anatase TiO2 Nanocrystals: Near Room-Temperature Synthesis, Grain Growth Kinetics, and Surface Hydration Chemistry

    Guangshe Li;Liping Li;Juliana Boerio-Goates;Brian F. Woodfield

  • Critical examination of heat capacity measurements made on a Quantum Design physical property measurement system

    J.C. Lashley;M.F. Hundley;A. Migliori;J.L. Sarrao

  • Energy Crossovers in Nanocrystalline Zirconia

    Michael W. Pitcher;Sergey V. Ushakov;Alexandra Navrotsky;Brian F. Woodfield

  • Heat capacities and thermodynamic functions of TiO2 anatase and rutile: Analysis of phase stability

    Stacey J. Smith;Rebecca Stevens;Shengfeng Liu;Guangshe Li

  • TiO2 stability landscape: Polymorphism, surface energy, and bound water energetics

    Andrey A. Levchenko;Guangshe Li;Juliana Boerio-Goates;Brian F. Woodfield

  • Evidence of linear lattice expansion and covalency enhancement in rutile TiO2 nanocrystals

    Guangshe Li;Juliana Boerio-Goates;Brian F. Woodfield;Liping Li

  • Low-Temperature Specific Heat of La{sub 1-x}Sr{sub x}MnO{sub 3+{delta}}

    B. F. Woodfield;M. L. Wilson;J. M. Byers

  • Accurate heat capacity measurements on powdered samples using a Quantum Design physical property measurement system

    Quan Shi;Claine L. Snow;Juliana Boerio-Goates;Brian F. Woodfield

  • An improved technique for accurate heat capacity measurements on powdered samples using a commercial relaxation calorimeter

    Quan Shi;Juliana Boerio-Goates;Brian F. Woodfield

  • Facile solvent-deficient synthesis of mesoporous γ-alumina with controlled pore structures

    Baiyu Huang;Calvin H. Bartholomew;Stacey J. Smith;Brian F. Woodfield

  • Improved calculations of pore size distribution for relatively large, irregular slit-shaped mesopore structure

    Baiyu Huang;Calvin H. Bartholomew;Brian F. Woodfield

  • Thermodynamics of Fe oxides: Part I. Entropy at standard temperature and pressure and heat capacity of goethite (α-FeOOH), lepidocrocite (γ-FeOOH), and maghemite (γ-Fe2O3)

    Juraj Majzlan;Brian E. Lang;Rebecca Stevens;Alexandra Navrotsky

  • Excess enthalpies for (ethanol+water) at 298.15 K and pressures of 0.4, 5, 10 and 15 MPa

    J.B. Ott;C.E. Stouffer;G.V. Cornett;B.F. Woodfield

  • Thermodynamic properties, low-temperature heat-capacity anomalies, and single-crystal X-ray refinement of hydronium jarosite, (H 3 O)Fe 3 (SO 4 ) 2 (OH) 6

    J. Majzlan;J. Majzlan;R. Stevens;J. Boerio-Goates;B. F. Woodfield

  • Molar heat capacity and thermodynamic functions of zirconolite CaZrTi2O7

    Brian F. Woodfield;Juliana Boerio-Goates;Jennifer L. Shapiro;Robert L. Putnam

  • The "Virtual ChemLab" Project: A Realistic and Sophisticated Simulation of Organic Synthesis and Organic Qualitative Analysis

    Brian F. Woodfield;Merritt B. Andrus;Gregory L. Waddoups;Melissa S. Moore

  • Molar heat capacity and thermodynamic functions forCaTiO3

    Brian F. Woodfield;Jennifer L. Shapiro;Rebecca Stevens;Juliana Boerio-Goates

  • Thermodynamic properties of scorodite and parascorodite (FeAsO4·2H2O), kaňkite (FeAsO4·3.5H2O), and FeAsO4

    Juraj Majzlan;Petr Drahota;Michal Filippi;Klaus-Dieter Grevel

  • Facile synthesis of mesoporous γ-alumina with tunable pore size: The effects of water to aluminum molar ratio in hydrolysis of aluminum alkoxides

    Baiyu Huang;Calvin H. Bartholomew;Brian F. Woodfield

  • Surface water and the origin of the positive excess specific heat for 7 nm rutile and anatase nanoparticles

    Juliana Boerio-Goates;Guangshe Li;Liping Li;Trent F. Walker

  • Herstellung gleichförmiger nanopartikel aus ultrahochreinen metalloxiden, mischmetalloxiden, metallen und metalllegierungen

    Brian F. Woodfield;Shengfeng Liu;Juliana Boerio-Goates;Qingyuan Liu

  • Low-Temperature Specific Heat of YBa{sub 2} Cu{sub 3} O{sub 7{minus}{delta} } , 0 {le} {delta} {le} 0.2 : Evidence for d -Wave Pairing

    D. A. Wright;J. P. Emerson;B. F. Woodfield;J. E. Gordon

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandra Navrotsky
Alexandra Navrotsky Arizona State University
Calvin H. Bartholomew
Calvin H. Bartholomew Brigham Young University
Nancy L. Ross
Nancy L. Ross Virginia Tech
Guangshe Li
Guangshe Li Jilin University
Todd M. Alam
Todd M. Alam Sandia National Laboratories
Lee D. Hansen
Lee D. Hansen Brigham Young University
Qingzhen Huang
Qingzhen Huang National Institute of Standards and Technology
Stewart F. Parker
Stewart F. Parker Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Douglas B. Chrisey
Douglas B. Chrisey Tulane University
James J. Christensen
James J. Christensen Brigham Young University

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