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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2003 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2001 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development and use of high level computational chemistry techniques to solve complex industrial and environmental problems
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1977 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

David A. Dixon is affiliated with the University of Alabama in the United States. Their work spans multiple areas within materials science and chemistry, concentrating primarily on materials chemistry and inorganic chemistry, with additional contributions to atomic and molecular physics and optics, organic chemistry, and polymers and plastics.

The scientist's research covers a broad range of topics, including:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Polymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • High Energy Chemistry
  • Journal of Fluorine Chemistry

Recent papers authored or co-authored by David A. Dixon include:

  • "Mechanism of selective and complete oxidation in La2O3-catalyzed oxidative coupling of methane", 2020, Catalysis Science & Technology
  • "Formation of Surface Impurities on Lithium-Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt Oxides in the Presence of CO2 and H2O", 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Predictive Acid Gas Adsorption in Rare Earth DOBDC Metal-Organic Frameworks via Complementary Cluster and Periodic Structure Models", 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "Accelerating the insertion reactions of (NHC)Cu-H via remote ligand functionalization", 2021, Chemical Science
  • "The R2 non-neuroinvasive HSV-1 vaccine affords protection from genital HSV-2 infections in a guinea pig model", 2020, npj Vaccines

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues including:

  • Monica Vasiliu
  • Gabriel F. de Melo
  • Richard E. Wilson
  • Matthieu Autillo
  • S. R. Allayarov

David A. Dixon's awards include:

  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2013)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2003)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2001) for developing and using high-level computational chemistry techniques to solve complex industrial and environmental problems
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1993)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1977)

Best Publications

  • Ionization Potential, Electron Affinity, Electronegativity, Hardness, and Electron Excitation Energy: Molecular Properties from Density Functional Theory Orbital Energies

    Chang-Guo Zhan;Jeffrey A. Nichols;David A. Dixon

  • Catalysis Research of Relevance to Carbon Management: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Hironori Arakawa;Michele Aresta;John N. Armor;Mark A. Barteau

  • Parallel Douglas-Kroll Energy and Gradients in NWChem. Estimating Scalar Relativistic Effects Using Douglas-Kroll Contracted Basis Sets.

    W. A de Jong;R. J. Harrison;D. A. Dixon

  • A local density functional study of the structure and vibrational frequencies of molecular transition-metal compounds

    Carlos Sosa;Jan Andzelm;Brad C. Elkin;Erich Wimmer

  • Role of water in electron-initiated processes and radical chemistry: issues and scientific advances.

    Bruce C Garrett;David A Dixon;Donald M Camaioni;Daniel M Chipman

  • FROM MOLECULES TO MATERIALS : CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

    A. Paul Alivisatos;Paul F. Barbara;A. Welford Castleman;Jack Chang

  • Hydrogen bond energy of the water dimer

    Martin W. Feyereisen;David Feller;David A. Dixon

  • On the Enthalpy of Formation of Hydroxyl Radical and Gas-Phase Bond Dissociation Energies of Water and Hydroxyl

    Branko Ruscic;Albert F. Wagner;Lawrence B. Harding;Robert L. Asher

  • Chemical accuracy in ab initio thermochemistry and spectroscopy: current strategies and future challenges

    Kirk A. Peterson;David Feller;David A. Dixon

  • Regeneration of Ammonia Borane Spent Fuel by Direct Reaction with Hydrazine and Liquid Ammonia

    Andrew D. Sutton;Anthony K. Burrell;David A. Dixon;Edward B. Garner

  • On a Quantitative Scale for Lewis Acidity and Recent Progress in Polynitrogen Chemistry

    Karl O. Christe;Karl O. Christe;David A. Dixon;Douglas McLemore;William W. Wilson

  • Acid Initiation of Ammonia–Borane Dehydrogenation for Hydrogen Storage

    Frances H. Stephens;R. Tom Baker;Myrna H. Matus;Daniel J. Grant

  • A survey of factors contributing to accurate theoretical predictions of atomization energies and molecular structures.

    David Feller;Kirk A. Peterson;David A. Dixon

  • Photoelectron-Spectroscopy of a Carbene/Silylene/Germylene Series

    Anthony J. Arduengo;Hans Bock;Han Chen;Michael Denk

  • MCNP Version 6.2 Release Notes

    Christopher John Werner;Jeffrey S. Bull;C. J. Solomon;Forrest B. Brown

  • Absolute Hydration Free Energy of the Proton from First-Principles Electronic Structure Calculations

    Chang-Guo Zhan;David A. Dixon

  • 13C NMR Spectroscopy of “Arduengo-type” Carbenes and Their Derivatives

    Daniela Tapu;David A. Dixon;Christopher Roe

  • A Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Benzene

    Adam J. V. Marwitz;Myrna H. Matus;Lev N. Zakharov;David A. Dixon

  • Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Calculations of Photoabsorption Spectra in the Vacuum Ultraviolet Region

    Nobuyuki N. Matsuzawa and;Akihiko Ishitani;David A. Dixon;Tsuyoshi Uda

  • Extended benchmark studies of coupled cluster theory through triple excitations

    David Feller;David A. Dixon

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl O. Christe
Karl O. Christe University of Southern California
Kirk A. Peterson
Kirk A. Peterson Washington State University
Gary J. Schrobilgen
Gary J. Schrobilgen McMaster University
Anthony J. Arduengo
Anthony J. Arduengo University of Alabama
David Feller
David Feller Washington State University
Joel S. Miller
Joel S. Miller University of Utah
Ralf Haiges
Ralf Haiges University of Southern California
Lester Andrews
Lester Andrews University of Virginia
Bruce C. Gates
Bruce C. Gates University of California, Davis
Chang-Guo Zhan
Chang-Guo Zhan University of Kentucky

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