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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1988 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1972 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Dimitri Coucouvanis is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant focus also on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's work covers various main topics including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organometallic Compounds Synthesis and Characterization
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated on multiple occasions with Dimitri Coucouvanis include:

  • Michael N. Pillay
  • Tunde L. Yusuf
  • Sizwe J. Zamisa
  • Segun A. Ogundare
  • Suresh Maddila

Publication venues where Dimitri Coucouvanis has contributed regularly include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • RSC Advances
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemical Data Collections
  • Inorganica Chimica Acta

Their recent scientific publications include:

  • Recent advances in phthalocyanines for chemical sensor, non-linear optics (NLO) and energy storage applications, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Synergistically enhanced performance of transition-metal doped Ni2P for supercapacitance and overall water splitting, 2021, Dalton Transactions
  • Synthesis and structures of divalent Co, Ni, Zn and Cd complexes of mixed dichalcogen and dipnictogen ligands with corrosion inhibition properties: experimental and computational studies, 2020, RSC Advances
  • A Wearable Strain Sensor Based on Electroconductive Hydrogel Composites for Human Motion Detection, 2022, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
  • Synthetic and anti-cancer activity aspects of 1, 3, 4-thiadiazole containing bioactive molecules: A concise review, 2021, Journal of Sulfur Chemistry

Awards received by Dimitri Coucouvanis include:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2005
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1988
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1972

Best Publications

  • TETRAHEDRAL MERCAPTIDE COMPLEXES. CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURES OF ((C6H5)4P)2M(SC6H5)4 COMPLEXES (M = CADMIUM(II), ZINC(II), NICKEL(II), COBALT(II), AND MANGANESE(II))

    D. Swenson;N. C. Baenziger;D. Coucouvanis

  • Molybdenum Enzymes, Cofactors, and Model Systems.

    Edward I. Stiefel;Dimitri Coucouvanis;William E. Newton

  • The Chemistry of the Dithioacid and 1,1‐Dithiolate Complexes

    Dimitri Coucouvanis

  • Sulfur Chelates. III. Metal Complexes of the 1,1-Dithiolato Anions S2CS2-, S2CNCN2-, and S2CC(CN)22-

    John P. Fackler;D. Coucouvanis

  • Square-planar sulfur complexes. VI. Reactions of bases with xanthates, dithiocarbamates, and dithiolates of nickel(II)

    Dimitri Coucouvanis;John P. Fackler

  • TETRAHEDRAL COMPLEXES CONTAINING THE FE(II)S4 CORE. THE SYNTHESES, GROUND-STATE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES AND CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BIS(TETRAPHENYLPHOSPHONIUM) TETRAKIS (THIOPHENOLATO)FERRATE (II) AND BIS (TETRAPHENY LPHOSPHONIUM) BIS(DITHIOSQUARATO)FERRATE (II) COMPLEXES. AN ANALOG FOR THE ACTIVE SITE IN REDUCD RUBREDOXINS (RDRED)

    D. Coucouvanis;D. Swenson;N. C. Baenziger;C. Murphy

  • Fe-M-S complexes derived from MS42- anions (M = molybdenum, tungsten) and their possible relevance as analogs for structural features in the molybdenum site of nitrogenase

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  • Catalytic Reduction of Hydrazine to Ammonia with MoFe(3)S(4)-Polycarboxylate Clusters. Possible Relevance Regarding the Function of the Molybdenum-Coordinated Homocitrate in Nitrogenase.

    Konstantinos D. Demadis;Steven M. Malinak;Dimitri Coucouvanis

  • Metastable Fe/S clusters. The synthesis, electronic structure, and transformations of the [Fe6S6(L)6]3' clusters (L=Cl', Br', I', RS', RO') and the structure of [(C2H5)4N]3[Fe6S6Cl6]

    M. G. Kanatzidis;W. R. Hagen;W. R. Dunham;R. K. Lester

  • Catalytic Reduction of Hydrazine to Ammonia by the VFe3S4 Cubanes. Further Evidence for the Direct Involvement of the Heterometal in the Reduction of Nitrogenase Substrates and Possible Relevance to the Vanadium Nitrogenases

    Steven M. Malinak;Konstantinos D. Demadis;Dimitri Coucouvanis

  • Density functional theory calculations and exploration of a possible mechanism of N2 reduction by nitrogenase.

    Uwe Huniar;Reinhart Ahlrichs;Dimitri Coucouvanis

  • A new metal cluster system containing a cube of metal atoms

    L. E. McCandlish;E. C. Bissell;D. Coucouvanis;John P. Fackler

  • Synthesis, interconversions, and structural characterization of the molybdenum sulfide anions, [(S4)2MoS]2-, [(S4)2MoO]2-, (Mo2S10)2- and (Mo2S12)2-

    M. Draganjac;E. Simhon;L. T. Chan;Mercouri G Kanatzidis

  • Syntheses, Structures, and Reactions of Binary and Tertiary Thiomolybdate Complexes Containing the (O)Mo(Sx) AND (S)Mo(Sx) Functional Groups (x = 1, 2, 4)

    Dimitri Coucouvanis

  • Studies of the reactivity of binary thio- and tertiary oxothiomolybdates toward electrophiles. Reactions with dicarbomethoxyacetylene and the synthesis and structures of the [Et4N2[MoO(L)2], anti-[Et4N]2[Mo2O2S2(L)2]], syn-[Ph4P]2[Mo2O2S2(L)2].cntdot.2DMF, Ph4P]2[Mo(L)3]DMF.cntdot.C6H6, and [Ph4P]2[Mo2S2(L)4]2CH2Cl2 complexes (L = 1,2-dicarbomethoxy-1,2-ethylenedithiolate)

    D. Coucouvanis;A. Hadjikyriacou;A. Toupadakis;Sang Man. Koo

  • Kinetic Lability, Structural Diversity, and Oxidation Reactions of New Oligomeric, Anionic Carboxylate-Pyridine Complexes.

    R. A. Reynolds;W. R. Dunham;D. Coucouvanis

  • Metal complexes as ligands. IV. Structures of bis[bis(triphenylphosphine)silver(I)]bis[1,2-dicyano-1,2-ethylenedithiolato)nickelate(II), and of the bis[bis(triphenylphosphine)silver(I)] bis(1,1-dicyano-2,2-ethylenedithiolato)nickelate(II)

    Dimitri. Coucouvanis;N. C. Baenziger;S. M. Johnson

  • Use of preassembled iron/sulfur and iron/molybdenum/sulfur clusters in the stepwise synthesis of potential analogs for the Fe/Mo/S site in nitrogenase

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  • Synthesis, structural characterization, and properties of new single and double cubanes containing the MoFe3S4 structural unit and molybdenum-bound polycarboxylate ligands. Clusters with a molybdenum-coordination environment similar to that in the iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase

    Konstantinos D. Demadis;Dimitri Coucouvanis

  • Unique reactivity characteristics of Mo-coordinated S2−2 and S2−4 ligands

    Dimitri Coucouvanis;A. Hadjikyriacou;M. Draganjac;M. G. Kanatzidis

  • Successful isolation of a reduced tetrathiometallate complex. Synthesis and structural characterization of the [(MoS4)2Fe]3- trianion

    D. Coucouvanis;E. D. Simhon;N. C. Baenziger

  • Synthesis and Characterization of a New Class of Asymmetric Aqua-Acetate Bridged Dimers. Solid State Molecular Structures of the [M2(.mu.-H2O)(.mu.-OAc)2(OAc)3(Py)2]- Anions (M = Mn(II), Fe(II), Co(II)). A Structural Model for the Fe2 Site in Methane Monooxygenase

    D. Coucouvanis;R. A. Reynolds;W. R. Dunham

Frequent Co-Authors

Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Northwestern University
Andrew P. Mazar
Andrew P. Mazar Northwestern University
Dale C. Swenson
Dale C. Swenson University of Iowa
Konstantinos D. Demadis
Konstantinos D. Demadis University of Crete
George J. Brewer
George J. Brewer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John P. Fackler
John P. Fackler Texas A&M University
Sofia D. Merajver
Sofia D. Merajver University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jon Zubieta
Jon Zubieta Syracuse University
Jeff W. Kampf
Jeff W. Kampf University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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