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Jacques Pécaut is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a primary focus on Materials Chemistry. Their research also spans Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, and Oncology.

Their recent work includes publications in various scientific journals. Some notable papers are:

  • Revisiting doping mechanisms of n-type organic materials with N-DMBI for thermoelectric applications: Photo-activation, thermal activation, and air stability (2021, Applied Physics Letters)
  • From non-innocent to guilty: on the role of redox-active ligands in the electro-assisted reduction of CO2 mediated by a cobalt(ii)-polypyridyl complex (2020, Sustainable Energy & Fuels)
  • Experiments and DFT Computations Combine to Decipher Fe-Catalyzed Amidine Synthesis through Nitrene Transfer and Nitrile Insertion (2021, ACS Catalysis)
  • Hydrogen Evolution Mediated by Cobalt Diimine-Dioxime Complexes: Insights into the Role of the Ligand Acid/Base Functionalities. (2021, ChemElectroChem)
  • Luminescent Peptide/Lanthanide(III) Complex Conjugates with Push-Pull Antennas: Application to One- and Two-Photon Microscopy Imaging (2022, Inorganic Chemistry)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Pécaut include:

  • Eder Tomás-Mendivil
  • David Martín
  • Valentin Théry
  • Florian Molton
  • Marie-Noëlle Collomb

Pécaut's research has been published repeatedly in several key venues, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Dalton Transactions

The main topics addressed in Pécaut's studies cover areas such as:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

Best Publications

  • Cobalt and nickel diimine-dioxime complexes as molecular electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution with low overvoltages

    Pierre-André Jacques;Vincent Artero;Jacques Pécaut;Marc Fontecave

  • Molecular engineering of a cobalt-based electrocatalytic nanomaterial for H 2 evolution under fully aqueous conditions

    Eugen S Andreiadis;Pierre-André Jacques;Phong D Tran;Adeline Leyris

  • Molecular Cobalt Complexes with Pendant Amines for Selective Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formic Acid

    Souvik Roy;Bhaskar Sharma;Jacques Pécaut;Philippe Simon

  • Origin of the red shifts in the optical absorption bands of nonplanar tetraalkylporphyrins.

    Raid E. Haddad;Stephanie Gazeau;Jacques Pecaut;Jean-Claude Marchon

  • Nickel-centred proton reduction catalysis in a model of [NiFe] hydrogenase

    Deborah Brazzolotto;Marcello Gennari;Nicolas Queyriaux;Trevor R. Simmons

  • Uranium and manganese assembled in a wheel-shaped nanoscale single-molecule magnet with high spin-reversal barrier

    Victor Mougel;Lucile Chatelain;Jacques Pécaut;Roberto Caciuffo

  • Siloxides as Supporting Ligands in Uranium(III)‐Mediated Small‐Molecule Activation

    Victor Mougel;Clément Camp;Jacques Pécaut;Christophe Copéret

  • Polynuclear cation-cation complexes of pentavalent uranyl: relating stability and magnetic properties to structure.

    Grégory Nocton;Pawel Horeglad;Jacques Pécaut;Marinella Mazzanti

  • Structural and density functional studies of uranium(III) and lanthanum(III) complexes with a neutral tripodal N-donor ligand suggesting the presence of a U-N back-bonding interaction.

    Marinella Mazzanti;Raphaël Wietzke;Jacques Pécaut;Jean-Marc Latour

  • Origin of the Zero-Field Splitting in Mononuclear Octahedral Dihalide MnII Complexes: An Investigation by Multifrequency High-Field Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Density Functional Theory

    Carole Duboc;Thida Phoeung;Samir Zein;Jacques Pécaut

  • Synthesis, structure, and bonding of stable complexes of pentavalent uranyl.

    Grégory Nocton;Pawel Horeglad;Valentina Vetere;Jacques Pécaut

  • Metal-Controlled Diastereoselective Self-Assembly and Circularly Polarized Luminescence of a Chiral Heptanuclear Europium Wheel

    Guelay Bozoklu;Christelle Gateau;Daniel Imbert;Jacques Pecaut

  • Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with a Cobalt Complex Bearing Pendant Proton Relays: Acid Strength and Applied Potential Govern Mechanism and Stability.

    Nicolas Queyriaux;Dongyue Sun;Jennifer Fize;Jacques Pécaut

  • H2O2‐Dependent Fe‐Catalyzed Oxidations: Control of the Active Species

    Yasmina Mekmouche;Stéphane Ménage;Carole Toia-Duboc;Marc Fontecave

  • Synthesis and structure of a stable pentavalent-uranyl coordination polymer.

    Louise Natrajan;Fabien Burdet;Jacques Pécaut;Marinella Mazzanti

  • Tuning Uranium–Nitrogen Multiple Bond Formation with Ancillary Siloxide Ligands

    Clément Camp;Jacques Pécaut;Marinella Mazzanti

  • "Chiral-at-Metal" octahedral ruthenium(II) complexes with achiral ligands: a new type of enantioselective catalyst.

    Murielle Chavarot;Stéphane Ménage;Olivier Hamelin;Florence Charnay

  • s-Heptazine oligomers: promising structural models for graphitic carbon nitride.

    A. Zambon;A. Zambon;J.-M. Mouesca;C. Gheorghiu;P. A. Bayle

  • Cation-controlled self-assembly of a hexameric europium wheel.

    Yann Bretonnière;Marinella Mazzanti;Jacques Pécaut;Marilyn M. Olmstead

  • Multimetallic Cooperativity in Uranium-Mediated CO2 Activation

    Oliver Cooper;Clément Camp;Jacques Pécaut;Christos E. Kefalidis

  • A Nitrido-Centered Uranium Azido Cluster Obtained from a Uranium Azide

    Grégory Nocton;Jacques Pécaut;Marinella Mazzanti

  • Nitronyl and Imino Nitroxides: Improvement of Ullman's Procedure and Report on a New Efficient Synthetic Route

    Catherine Hirel;Kira E. Vostrikova;Jacques Pécaut;Victor I. Ovcharenko

Frequent Co-Authors

Marinella Mazzanti
Marinella Mazzanti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Carole Duboc
Carole Duboc Grenoble Alpes University
Marc Fontecave
Marc Fontecave Collège de France
Jean-Marc Latour
Jean-Marc Latour Grenoble Alpes University
Vincent Artero
Vincent Artero Grenoble Alpes University
Frank Neese
Frank Neese Max Planck Society
Alain Deronzier
Alain Deronzier Grenoble Alpes University
Jean-Claude Moutet
Jean-Claude Moutet Joseph Fourier University
Eric Saint-Aman
Eric Saint-Aman Grenoble Alpes University
Joseph Zyss
Joseph Zyss École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay

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