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James F. Wishart is a researcher affiliated with Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Chemical Engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Catalysis, and Mechanical Engineering.

The research topics that James F. Wishart covers include molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes, nuclear materials and radiation effects, ionic liquids properties and applications, metallurgical processes and thermodynamics, radioactive element chemistry and processing, nanoporous metals and alloys, and advanced battery materials and technologies.

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by James F. Wishart include:

  • Formation of three-dimensional bicontinuous structures via molten salt dealloying studied in real-time by in situ synchrotron X-ray nano-tomography, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Interfacial Speciation Determines Interfacial Chemistry: X-ray-Induced Lithium Fluoride Formation from Water-in-salt Electrolytes on Solid Surfaces, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Visualizing time-dependent microstructural and chemical evolution during molten salt corrosion of Ni-20Cr model alloy using correlative quasi in situ TEM and in situ synchrotron X-ray nano-tomography, 2021, Corrosion Science
  • Investigating corrosion behavior of Ni and Ni-20Cr in molten ZnCl2, 2020, Corrosion Science
  • A Holistic Approach for Elucidating Local Structure, Dynamics, and Speciation in Molten Salts with High Structural Disorder, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

James F. Wishart has frequently published in certain venues, contributing notably to ECS Meeting Abstracts, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Among James F. Wishart's frequent co-authors are Phillip Halstenberg, Ruchi Gakhar, Sheng Dai, Simerjeet K. Gill, and Bobby Layne. These collaborations have contributed to the research outputs in various subfields linked to materials and chemical engineering.

  • Phillip Halstenberg
  • Ruchi Gakhar
  • Sheng Dai
  • Simerjeet K. Gill
  • Bobby Layne

Best Publications

  • Energy applications of ionic liquids

    James F. Wishart

  • Spotlight on ionic liquids

    Edward W. Castner;James F. Wishart

  • 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

  • Peptide-mediated intramolecular electron transfer: long-range distance dependence

    Stephan S. Isied;Michael Y. Ogawa;James F. Wishart

  • Ionic Liquids: Structure and Photochemical Reactions

    Edward W. Castner;Claudio J. Margulis;Mark Maroncelli;James F. Wishart

  • Intermolecular dynamics, interactions, and solvation in ionic liquids.

    Edward W. Castner;James F. Wishart;Hideaki Shirota

  • What Makes Fluoroethylene Carbonate Different

    Ilya A. Shkrob;James F. Wishart;Daniel P. Abraham

  • Long-range electron transfer across Peptide bridges: the transition from electron superexchange to hopping.

    Rouba Abdel Malak;Zhinong Gao;James F Wishart;Stephan S Isied

  • Fluorescence probing of temperature-dependent dynamics and friction in ionic liquid local environments.

    Alison M. Funston;Tatiana A. Fadeeva;James F. Wishart;Edward W. Castner

  • Ultrafast dynamics of pyrrolidinium cation ionic liquids

    Hideaki Shirota;Alison M. Funston;Alison M. Funston;James F. Wishart;Edward W. Castner

  • The LEAF picosecond pulse radiolysis facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory

    James F. Wishart;Andrew R. Cook;John R. Miller

  • The distance dependence of intramolecular electron-transfer rates: importance of the nuclear factor

    Stephen S. Isied;Asbed. Vassilian;James F. Wishart;Carol. Creutz

  • The initial stages of radiation damage in ionic liquids and ionic liquid-based extraction systems.

    Ilya A Shkrob;Sergey D Chemerisov;James F Wishart

  • Tetraalkylphosphonium Polyoxometalate Ionic Liquids: Novel, Organic−Inorganic Hybrid Materials†

    Paul G. Rickert;Mark R. Antonio;Millicent A. Firestone;Karrie-Ann Kubatko

  • The Physical Chemistry of Ionic Liquids

    James F. Wishart;Edward W. Castner

  • Radiation Induced Redox Reactions and Fragmentation of Constituent Ions in Ionic Liquids. 1. Anions

    Ilya A. Shkrob;Timothy W. Marin;Timothy W. Marin;Sergey D. Chemerisov;James F. Wishart

  • Structure of 1-Alkyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide Ionic Liquids with Linear, Branched, and Cyclic Alkyl Groups

    Hemant K. Kashyap;Cherry S. Santos;N. Sanjeeva Murthy;Jeevapani J. Hettige

  • Mechanism of the Formation of a Mn-Based CO2 Reduction Catalyst Revealed by Pulse Radiolysis with Time-Resolved Infrared Detection

    David C. Grills;Jaime A. Farrington;Bobby H. Layne;Sergei V. Lymar

  • Heavy atom substitution effects in non-aromatic ionic liquids: ultrafast dynamics and physical properties.

    Hideaki Shirota;Hiroki Fukazawa;Tomotsumi Fujisawa;James F. Wishart

  • Intermolecular interactions and dynamics of room temperature ionic liquids that have silyl-and siloxy-substituted imidazolium cations

    Hideaki Shirota;James F. Wishart;Edward W. Castner

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilya A. Shkrob
Ilya A. Shkrob Argonne National Laboratory
Edward W. Castner
Edward W. Castner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sheng Dai
Sheng Dai Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Hideaki Shirota
Hideaki Shirota Chiba University
Henry Taube
Henry Taube Stanford University
Shannon M. Mahurin
Shannon M. Mahurin Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Etsuko Fujita
Etsuko Fujita Brookhaven National Laboratory
Rudi van Eldik
Rudi van Eldik University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Anatoly I. Frenkel
Anatoly I. Frenkel Stony Brook University
Masayoshi Watanabe
Masayoshi Watanabe Yokohama National University

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