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Overview

Gary A. Baker is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on materials science, chemistry, and chemical engineering. Within these broad areas, Baker has contributed extensively to subfields such as materials chemistry, catalysis, organic chemistry, biomedical engineering, and spectroscopy.

Their work emphasizes topics related to ionic liquids properties and applications, crystallization and solubility studies, as well as X-ray diffraction in crystallography. Other notable research interests include nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, analytical chemistry and chromatography, supramolecular chemistry and complexes, and electrochemical analysis and applications.

Some of Baker's recent publications include:

  • "Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Review of Fundamentals and Applications" (2020, Chemical Reviews)
  • "Fluorescent chemical sensors: applications in analytical, environmental, forensic, pharmaceutical, biological, and biomedical sample measurement, and clinical diagnosis" (2023, Applied Spectroscopy Reviews)
  • "The study and application of biomolecules in deep eutectic solvents" (2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry B)
  • "Bespoke nanostars: synthetic strategies, tactics, and uses of tailored branched gold nanoparticles" (2021, Nanoscale Advances)
  • "Evidence of a liquid-liquid transition in a glass-forming ionic liquid" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Baker frequently collaborates with a range of co-authors, including Steven P. Kelley, Piyuni Ishtaweera, Kanishka Sikligar, Jerry L. Atwood, and Nathaniel E. Larm. These partnerships reflect sustained cooperative efforts across their research projects.

Their work is often published in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, ACS Applied Engineering Materials, Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, and Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews. The varied nature of these publication outlets illustrates the interdisciplinary reach of their scientific contributions.

Best Publications

  • Luminescent Carbon Nanodots: Emergent Nanolights

    Sheila N. Baker;Gary A. Baker

  • Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Review of Fundamentals and Applications.

    Benworth B. Hansen;Stephanie Spittle;Brian Chen;Derrick Poe

  • Deep eutectic solvents: sustainable media for nanoscale and functional materials.

    Durgesh V. Wagle;Hua Zhao;Gary A. Baker

  • Ether- and Alcohol-Functionalized Task-Specific Ionic Liquids: Attractive Properties and Applications

    Shaokun Tang;Gary A. Baker;Hua Zhao

  • Regenerating cellulose from ionic liquids for an accelerated enzymatic hydrolysis.

    Hua Zhao;Cecil L. Jones;Gary A. Baker;Shuqian Xia

  • Designing enzyme-compatible ionic liquids that can dissolve carbohydrates

    Hua Zhao;Gary A. Baker;Zhiyan Song;Olarongbe Olubajo

  • Progress in plasmonic engineering of surface-enhanced Raman-scattering substrates toward ultra-trace analysis.

    Gary A. Baker;David S. Moore

  • An analytical view of ionic liquids

    Gary A. Baker;Sheila N. Baker;Siddharth Pandey;Frank V. Bright

  • The large scale synthesis of pure imidazolium and pyrrolidinium ionic liquids

    Anthony K. Burrell;Rico E. Del Sesto;Sheila N. Baker;T. Mark McCleskey

  • Facile ionothermal synthesis of microporous and mesoporous carbons from task specific ionic liquids.

    Je Seung Lee;Xiqing Wang;Huimin Luo;Gary A. Baker

  • Physical properties of ionic liquids consisting of the 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium cation with various anions and the bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide anion with various cations.

    Hui Jin;† Bernie O'Hare;Jing Dong;Sergei Arzhantsev

  • Direct exfoliation of natural graphite into micrometre size few layers graphene sheets using ionic liquids

    Xiqing Wang;Pasquale F. Fulvio;Gary A. Baker;Gabriel M. Veith

  • Solvation and rotational dynamics of coumarin 153 in ionic liquids : Comparisons to conventional solvents

    Hui Jin;Gary A. Baker;Sergei Arzhantsev;Jing Dong

  • Structure and magnetic behavior of transition metal based ionic liquids

    Rico E. Del Sesto;T. Mark McCleskey;Anthony K. Burrell;Gary A. Baker

  • Ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents for biodiesel synthesis: a review

    Hua Zhao;Gary A. Baker

  • New eutectic ionic liquids for lipase activation and enzymatic preparation of biodiesel

    Hua Zhao;Gary A. Baker;Shaletha Holmes

  • Temperature-dependent microscopic solvent properties of ‘dry’ and ‘wet’ 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate: correlation with ET(30) and Kamlet–Taft polarity scales

    Sheila N. Baker;Gary A. Baker;Frank V. Bright

  • Artifacts and Errors Associated with the Ubiquitous Presence of Fluorescent Impurities in Carbon Nanodots

    Jeremy B. Essner;Jennifer A. Kist;Luis Polo-Parada;Gary A. Baker

  • The Cybotactic Region Surrounding Fluorescent Probes Dissolved in 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Hexafluorophosphate: Effects of Temperature and Added Carbon Dioxide

    Sheila N. Baker;Gary A. Baker;and Maureen A. Kane;Frank V. Bright

  • Measurements of the complete solvation response in ionic liquids.

    Sergei Arzhantsev;Hui Jin;Gary A. Baker;Mark Maroncelli

  • Reversible and robust CO2 capture by equimolar task-specific ionic liquid/superbase mixtures

    Congmin Wang;Congmin Wang;Shannon M. Mahurin;Huimin Luo;Gary A. Baker

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank V. Bright
Frank V. Bright University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Siddharth Pandey
Siddharth Pandey Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Sheng Dai
Sheng Dai Oak Ridge National Laboratory
William E. Acree
William E. Acree University of North Texas
Jerry L. Atwood
Jerry L. Atwood University of Missouri
Isiah M. Warner
Isiah M. Warner Louisiana State University
Mark Maroncelli
Mark Maroncelli Pennsylvania State University
Huimin Luo
Huimin Luo Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Charles L. Barnes
Charles L. Barnes University of Missouri
Shannon M. Mahurin
Shannon M. Mahurin Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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