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Overview

H. V. Rasika Dias is affiliated with The University of Texas at Arlington in the United States. Their research is focused primarily on the intersection of materials science and chemistry, with notable contributions in materials chemistry, organic chemistry, and inorganic chemistry. The body of work also extends into physical and theoretical chemistry as well as pharmaceutical science.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Metal Complexes Synthesis and Properties

Rasika Dias has published extensively, with a notable presence in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • New Journal of Chemistry

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on coordination chemistry, catalysis, and molecular interactions involving copper complexes. Some recent papers include:

  • Binding Interactions in Copper, Silver and Gold π-Complexes (2022), Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Overcoming Fundamental Limitations in Adsorbent Design: Alkene Adsorption by Non-porous Copper(I) Complexes (2020), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • When SF5 outplays CF3: effects of pentafluorosulfanyl decorated scorpionates on copper (2021), Chemical Science
  • A Molecular Compound for Highly Selective Purification of Ethylene (2021), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Tetranuclear and trinuclear copper(i) pyrazolates as catalysts in copper mediated azide-alkyne cycloadditions (CuAAC) (2021), Dalton Transactions

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Álvaro Muñoz-Castro
  • Anurag Noonikara-Poyil
  • Mukundam Vanga
  • Devaborniny Parasar
  • Guocang Wang

Overall, the research profile of H. V. Rasika Dias encompasses extensive work in the synthesis and characterization of metal complexes, with applications in catalysis and molecular purification. Their contributions utilize crystallographic techniques and explore molecular and organometallic interactions, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach across materials science and chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Electronic stabilization of nucleophilic carbenes

    Anthony J. Arduengo;H. V. Rasika Dias;Richard L. Harlow;Michael Kline

  • The greener synthesis of nanoparticles

    Oxana V. Kharissova;H.V. Rasika Dias;Boris I. Kharisov;Betsabee Olvera Pérez

  • Homoleptic carbene-silver(I) and carbene-copper(I) complexes

    Anthony J. Arduengo;H. V. Rasika Dias;Joseph C. Calabrese;Fredric Davidson

  • An Air Stable Carbene and Mixed Carbene “Dimers”

    Anthony J. Arduengo;Frederic Davidson;H. V. R. Dias;Jens R. Goerlich

  • Iron-containing nanomaterials: synthesis, properties, and environmental applications

    Boris I. Kharisov;H. V. Rasika Dias;Oxana V. Kharissova;Victor Manuel Jiménez-Pérez

  • Brightly Phosphorescent Trinuclear Copper(I) Complexes of Pyrazolates: Substituent Effects on the Supramolecular Structure and Photophysics

    H V Rasika Dias;Himashinie V K Diyabalanage;Maha G Eldabaja;Oussama Elbjeirami

  • Mini-review: Ferrite nanoparticles in the catalysis

    Boris I. Kharisov;H.V. Rasika Dias;Oxana Vasilievna Kharissova

  • Metal Effect on the Supramolecular Structure, Photophysics, and Acid-Base Character of Trinuclear Pyrazolato Coinage Metal Complexes

    Mohammad A. Omary;Manal A. Rawashdeh-Omary;M. W. Alexander Gonser;Oussama Elbjeirami

  • Bright phosphorescence of a trinuclear copper(I) complex: luminescence thermochromism, solvatochromism, and "concentration luminochromism".

    H. V. Rasika Dias;Himashinie V. K. Diyabalanage;Manal A. Rawashdeh-Omary;Matthew A. Franzman

  • Electron distribution in a stable carbene

    Anthony J. Arduengo;H. V. Rasika Dias;David A. Dixon;Richard L. Harlow

  • Carbonyl and olefin adducts of coinage metals supported by poly(pyrazolyl)borate and poly(pyrazolyl)alkane ligands and silver mediated atom transfer reactions.

    H. V. Rasika Dias;Carl J. Lovely

  • Carbene-Pnictinidene Adducts

    Anthony J. Arduengo;Joseph C. Calabrese;Alan H. Cowley;H. V. Rasika Dias

  • A stable carbene-alane adduct

    Anthony J. Arduengo;H. V. Rasika Dias;Joseph C. Calabrese;Fredric Davidson

  • Carbene adducts of magnesium and zinc

    Anthony J. Arduengo;H.V.Rasika Dias;Fredric Davidson;R.L. Harlow

  • Solubilization, dispersion and stabilization of magnetic nanoparticles in water and non-aqueous solvents: recent trends

    Boris I. Kharisov;H. V. Rasika Dias;Oxana V. Kharissova;Alejandro Vázquez

  • C−H Insertion Reactions of Nucleophilic Carbenes

    Anthony J. Arduengo;J. C. Calabrese;Fredric Davidson;H. V. Rasika Dias

  • Coinage metal complexes of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolate ligand: Synthesis and characterization of {[3,5-(CF3)2Pz]Cu}3 and {[3,5-(CF3)2Pz]Ag}3

    H.V Rasika Dias;Sharon A Polach;Ziyun Wang

  • Structurally Characterized Coinage-Metal–Ethylene Complexes

    H. V. Rasika Dias;Jiang Wu

  • Synthesis and Chemistry of [Hydrotris(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolyl)borato]silver(I) Complexes

    H. V. Rasika Dias;Ziyun Wang;Wiechang Jin

  • A carbene-GeI2 adduct : model of the non-least-motion pathway for dimerization of singlet carbenes

    Anthony J. Arduengo;H. V. Rasika Dias;Joseph C. Calabrese;Fredric Davidson

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip P. Power
Philip P. Power University of California, Davis
Anthony J. Arduengo
Anthony J. Arduengo University of Alabama
Thomas R. Cundari
Thomas R. Cundari University of North Texas
Gernot Frenking
Gernot Frenking Philipp University of Marburg
Mohammad A. Omary
Mohammad A. Omary University of North Texas
Marilyn M. Olmstead
Marilyn M. Olmstead University of California, Davis
Joseph C. Calabrese
Joseph C. Calabrese DuPont (United States)
Richard L. Harlow
Richard L. Harlow DuPont (United States)
Simon G. Bott
Simon G. Bott University of Houston
Ronald L. Elsenbaumer
Ronald L. Elsenbaumer The University of Texas at Arlington

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