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Jean-François Halet

Jean-François Halet

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Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
10617
World Ranking
11179
National Ranking
421

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Jean-François Halet is a researcher affiliated with the University of Rennes in France, specializing in Materials Science with a particular focus on Materials Chemistry. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics within this field, including subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics of Jean-François Halet's work include:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Boron Compounds in Chemistry

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Molecules
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Jean-François Halet has contributed to various papers, demonstrating an engagement with experimental and theoretical aspects of materials chemistry and related fields. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Screening of transition (Y, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Mo, and Ru) and rare-earth (La and Pr) elements as potential effective dopants for thermoelectric GeTe - an experimental and theoretical appraisal," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Tailoring the thermoelectric and structural properties of Cu-Sn based thiospinel compounds [CuM1+xSn1−xS4 (M = Ti, V, Cr, Co)]," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • "2- and 2,7-Substituted para-N-Methylpyridinium Pyrenes: Syntheses, Molecular and Electronic Structures, Photophysical, Electrochemical, and Spectroelectrochemical Properties and Binding to Double-Stranded (ds) DNA," 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Diborane(6) and Its Analogues Stabilized by Mono-, Bi-, and Trinuclear Group 7 Templates: Combined Experimental and Theoretical Studies," 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Monocarboxylate-protected two-electron superatomic silver nanoclusters with high photothermal conversion performance," 2023, Nanoscale

Throughout their career, Jean-François Halet has collaborated frequently with co-authors, including Sundargopal Ghosh, Thierry Roisnel, Samia Kahlal, Bruno La Fontaine, and Takao Mori.

Jean-François Halet holds the distinction of being a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • Oxidation chemistry of metal-bonded C4 chains: A combined chemical, spectroelectrochemical, and computational study

    Michael I. Bruce;Paul J. Low;Karine Costuas;Jean-François Halet

  • Synthesis, Crystal Structures, Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties, and Theoretical Studies of (p‐R‐Phenyl)‐, (p‐R‐Phenylethynyl)‐, and (E)‐[2‐(p‐R‐Phenyl)ethenyl]dimesitylboranes and Related Compounds

    Zheng Yuan;Christopher D. Entwistle;Jonathan C. Collings;David Albesa-Jové

  • Linear and nonlinear optical properties of three-coordinate organoboron compounds

    Zheng Yuan;Jonathan C. Collings;Nicholas J. Taylor;Todd B. Marder;Todd B. Marder

  • Charge delocalization vs localization in carbon-rich iron mixed-valence complexes: A subtle interplay between the carbon spacer and the (dppe)Cp*Fe organometallic electrophore

    Jean-François Halet;Claude Lapinte

  • Bonding and Substituent Effects in Electron-Rich Mononuclear Ruthenium σ-Arylacetylides of the Formula [(η2-dppe)(η5-C5Me5)Ru(C⋮C)-1,4-(C6H4)X][PF6]n (n = 0, 1; X = NO2, CN, F, H, OMe, NH2)

    Frédéric Paul;Benjamin G. Ellis;Michael I. Bruce;Loic Toupet

  • Synthesis and characterization of hypoelectronic rhenaboranes. Analysis of the geometric and electronic structures of species following neither borane nor metal cluster electron-counting paradigms.

    Boris Le Guennic;Haijun Jiao;Samia Kahlal;† Jean-Yves Saillard

  • Electroswitchable photoluminescence activity: synthesis, spectroscopy, electrochemistry, photophysics, and X-ray crystal and electronic structures of [Re(bpy)(CO)3(C[triple bond]C[bond]C6H4[bond]C[triple bond]C)Fe(C5Me5)(dppe)][PF6](n) (n = 0, 1).

    Keith Man-Chung Wong;Sally Chan-Fung Lam;Chi-Chiu Ko;Nianyong Zhu

  • Simultaneous bridge-localized and mixed-valence character in diruthenium radical cations featuring diethynylaromatic bridging ligands.

    Mark A. Fox;Boris Le Guennic;Boris Le Guennic;Rachel L. Roberts;Daniel A. Brue

  • Bonding and Electronic Structure in Consanguineous and Conjugal Iron and Rhenium sp Carbon Chain Complexes [MC4M‘]n+: Computational Analyses of the Effect of the Metal

    Haijun Jiao;Karine Costuas;John A. Gladysz;Jean-Francois Halet

  • Bi- and Trimetallic σ-Acetylide Complexes Connected through a Phenyl Ring in the Fe(Cp*)(dppe) Series

    Tania Weyland;Claude Lapinte;Gilles Frapper;Maria José Calhorda

  • Organometallic Mixed-Valence Systems. Two-Center and Three-Center Compounds with meta Connections around a Central Phenylene Ring

    Tania Weyland;Karine Costuas;Loic Toupet;Jean-François Halet, ,‡ and

  • [(Cp*)(dppe)Fe(III)−]+ Units Bridged through 1,3-Diethynylbenzene and 1,3,5-Triethynylbenzene Spacers: Ferromagnetic Metal−Metal Exchange Interaction

    Tania Weyland;Karine Costuas;Alain Mari;Jean-François Halet

  • Ruthenium complexes of C,C'-bis(ethynyl)carboranes: an investigation of electronic interactions mediated by spherical pseudo-aromatic spacers.

    Mark A. Fox;Rachel L. Roberts;Thomas E. Baines;Boris Le Guennic

  • Iron versus Ruthenium: Dramatic Changes in Electronic Structure Result from Replacement of One Fe by Ru in [{Cp*(dppe)Fe}-CC-CC-{Fe(dppe)Cp*}]n+ (n = 0, 1, 2)

    Michael I. Bruce;Karine Costuas;Thomas Davin;Benjamin G. Ellis

  • M2B5 or M2B4? A Reinvestigation of the Mo/B and W/B System

    Michael Frotscher;Wilhelm Klein;Joseph Bauer;Chang-Ming Fang;Chang-Ming Fang

  • Synthesis, Photophysics, Electrochemistry, Theoretical, and Transient Absorption Studies of Luminescent Copper(I) and Silver(I) Diynyl Complexes. X-ray Crystal Structures of [Cu3(μ-dppm)3(μ3-η1-C⋮CC⋮CPh)2]PF6 and [Cu3(μ-dppm)3(μ3-η1-C⋮CC⋮CH)2]PF6

    Wing-Yin Lo;Chi-Ho Lam;Vivian Wing-Wah Yam;Nianyong Zhu

  • Electron Transfer and Electron Exchange between [Cp*(dppe)Fe] n + ( n = 0, 1) Building Blocks Mediated by the 9,10-Bis(ethynyl)anthracene Bridge

    Frédéric de Montigny;Gilles Argouarch;Karine Costuas;Jean-François Halet

  • Enhanced thermoelectric performance through crystal field engineering in transition metal–doped GeTe

    J. Shuai;X.J. Tan;Q. Guo;J.T. Xu

  • Experimental and theoretical studies of quadrupolar oligothiophene-cored chromophores containing dimesitylboryl moieties as π-accepting end-groups: syntheses, structures, fluorescence, and one- and two-photon absorption.

    Lei Ji;Lei Ji;Robert M. Edkins;Robert M. Edkins;Laura J. Sewell;Andrew Beeby

  • Preparations, x-ray crystal structures, EH band calculations, and physical properties of [(TTF)6(H)(XM12O40)(Et4N)] (M = tungsten, molybdenum; X = phosphorus, silicon): evidence of electron transfer between organic donors and polyoxometalates

    L. Ouahab;M. Bencharif;A. Mhanni;D. Pelloquin

  • Molecular Clusters: A Bridge to Solid-State Chemistry

    Thomas P. Fehlner;Jean-François Halet;Jean-Yves Saillard

Frequent Co-Authors

Samia Kahlal
Samia Kahlal University of Rennes
Karine Costuas
Karine Costuas University of Rennes
Sundargopal Ghosh
Sundargopal Ghosh Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Thierry Roisnel
Thierry Roisnel University of Rennes
Claude Lapinte
Claude Lapinte University of Rennes
Michael I. Bruce
Michael I. Bruce Stanford University
Vincent Dorcet
Vincent Dorcet University of Rennes
Paul J. Low
Paul J. Low University of Western Australia
Brian W. Skelton
Brian W. Skelton University of Western Australia
Loïc Toupet
Loïc Toupet University of Rennes

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