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111
Citations
50715
World Ranking
763
National Ranking
306

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 1987 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • 1986 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

George Christou is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the field of Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Spectroscopy. The main topics addressed in their work cover areas such as Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Magnetism in Coordination Complexes, Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes, Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms, Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis, and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science.

The scientist has authored numerous publications, particularly in frequent venues like The Cambridge Structural Database, Inorganic Chemistry, Polyhedron, arXiv (Cornell University), and The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Expansion of the Family of Molecular Nanoparticles of Cerium Dioxide and Their Catalytic Scavenging of Hydroxyl Radicals, 2021, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Truly Monodisperse Molecular Nanoparticles of Cerium Dioxide of 2.4 nm dimensions: A {Ce100O167} Cluster, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Molecular nanoparticles of cerium dioxide: structure-directing effect of halide ions, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • Long-Range Ferromagnetic Exchange Interactions Mediated by Mn-CeIV-Mn Superexchange Involving Empty 4f Orbitals, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties of an Fe36 Dimethylarsinate Cluster: The Largest "Ferric Wheel", 2022, Inorganic Chemistry

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with George Christou include Khalil A. Abboud, Ashlyn R. Hale, Juan E. Peralta, ChristiAnna L. Brantley, and Bradley Russell-Webster.

They have been recognized with several awards such as the Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2016, Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1987, and the Corday-Morgan Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 1986.

Best Publications

  • High-spin molecules: [Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O)4]

    Roberta Sessoli;Hui Lien Tsai;Ann R. Schake;Sheyi Wang

  • Single-Molecule Magnets

    George Christou;Dante Gatteschi;David N. Hendrickson;Roberta Sessoli

  • Exchange-biased quantum tunnelling in a supramolecular dimer of single-molecule magnets

    Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Núria Aliaga-Alcalde;David N. Hendrickson;George Christou

  • Giant single-molecule magnets: a [Mn84] torus and its supramolecular nanotubes.

    Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos;Alina Vinslava;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Khalil A. Abboud

  • The Drosophila of single-molecule magnetism: [Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O)4]

    Rashmi Bagai;George Christou

  • A record anisotropy barrier for a single-molecule magnet.

    Constantinos J. Milios;Alina Vinslava;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Stephen Moggach

  • Reduced Anionic Mn12 Molecules with Half-Integer Ground States as Single-Molecule Magnets

    Sheila M. J. Aubin;Ziming Sun;Luca Pardi;J. Krzystek

  • Quantum Coherence in an Exchange-Coupled Dimer of Single-Molecule Magnets

    S. Hill;R. S. Edwards;N. Aliaga-Alcalde;G. Christou

  • High-Spin Molecules: Unusual Magnetic Susceptibility Relaxation Effects in [Mn12O12(O2CEt)16(H2O)3] (S = 9) and the One-Electron Reduction Product (PPh4)[Mn12O12(O2CEt)16(H2O)4] (S = 19/2)

    Hilary J. Eppley;Hui-Lien Tsai;Nadine de Vries;Kirsten Folting

  • Initial observation of magnetization hysteresis and quantum tunneling in mixed manganese-lanthanide single-molecule magnets.

    Abhudaya Mishra;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Khalil A. Abboud;George Christou

  • Manganese carboxylate chemistry and its biological relevance

    George Christou

  • Distorted MnIVMnIII3 Cubane Complexes as Single-Molecule Magnets

    Sheila M. J. Aubin;Michael W. Wemple;David M. Adams;Hui-Lien Tsai

  • Single-molecule magnets: a Mn25 complex with a record S = 51/2 spin for a molecular species.

    Muralee Murugesu;Malgorzata Habrych;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Khalil A. Abboud

  • Structural and Magnetic Properties of [Ni4(.mu.3-OMe)4(dbm)4(MeOH)4] and [Ni4(.eta.1,.mu.3-N3)4(dbm)4(EtOH)4]. Magnetostructural Correlations for [Ni4X4]4+ Cubane Complexes

    Malcolm A. Halcrow;Jui-Sui Sun;John C. Huffman;George Christou

  • Biomimetic Chemistry of Nickel

    Malcolm A. Halcrow;George Christou

  • Preparation and physical properties of trinuclear oxo-centered manganese complexes of general formulation [Mn3O(O2CR)6L3]0,+ (R = methyl or phenyl; L = a neutral donor group) and the crystal structures of [Mn3O(O2CMe)6(pyr)3](pyr) and [Mn3O(O2CPh)6(pyr)2(H2O)].cntdot.0.5MeCN

    John B. Vincent;Hsiu Rong Chang;Kirsten Folting;John C. Huffman

  • Single-Molecule Magnets: Tetranuclear Vanadium(III) Complexes with a Butterfly Structure and an S ) 3 Ground State

    Stephanie L. Castro;Ziming Sun;Craig M. Grant;John C. Bollinger

  • Toward a Magnetostructural Correlation for a Family of Mn6 SMMs

    Constantincis J. Milios;Ross Inglis;Alina Vinslava;Rashmi Bagai

  • Single-molecule magnets: a molecular approach to nanoscale magnetic materials

    George Christou

  • The search for 3d–4f single-molecule magnets: synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of a [MnIII2DyIII2] cluster

    Abhudaya Mishra;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Simon Parsons;George Christou

  • Single-Molecule Magnets

    Daniel Ruiz-molina;George Christou;David N. Hendrickson

Frequent Co-Authors

David N. Hendrickson
David N. Hendrickson University of California, San Diego
Wolfgang Wernsdorfer
Wolfgang Wernsdorfer Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Khalil A. Abboud
Khalil A. Abboud University of Florida
John C. Huffman
John C. Huffman Indiana University
Kirsten Folting
Kirsten Folting Indiana University
Theocharis C. Stamatatos
Theocharis C. Stamatatos University of Patras
Euan K. Brechin
Euan K. Brechin University of Edinburgh
Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos
Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos University of Cyprus
William E. Streib
William E. Streib Indiana University
Stephen Hill
Stephen Hill Florida State University

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