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Karl Seff is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States and works primarily in the field of Materials Science. Their research spans several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's work focuses heavily on Perovskite Materials and Applications, Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Chemical Synthesis and Characterization, Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis, Clay Minerals and Soil Interactions, and broader topics in Inorganic Chemistry and Materials.

Karl Seff has published extensively across several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (3 publications)
  • Advanced Materials (1 publication)
  • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (1 publication)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database (1 publication)

Recent scientific papers authored or coauthored by Karl Seff cover a range of topics related to quantum dots, zeolites, and luminescence. These include:

  • "Quantum Dots of Na4Cs6PbBr48+, Water Stable in Zeolite X, Luminesce Sharply in the Green," 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Using Crystallography and NMR to Count the Number of Three-Aluminum Six-Rings in Fully Zn2+-Exchanged Zeolite Y. These Six-Rings Concentrate at Single Six-Ring Positions," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "Water Molecules in Zeolite Y Enhance the Photoluminescent Properties of Its Cesium Lead Bromide Quantum Dots, Na4Cs6PbBr48+," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "Three-coordinate extraframework Nb2+ and Mo+ in zeolite A. Crystal structures of Nb,Cl,Tl-A containing Nb2+ and NbCl6− and of Mo,Cl,Tl-A containing Mo+ and MoCl6−," 2020, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
  • "Crystal Structure and Luminescence of Sn,I,Cs,Na-Y, a Lead-Free Zeolite Containing Tetrahedrally Distorted Cubes of Sn4I44+," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Collaborations are a notable part of Karl Seff's career, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Nam Ho Heo (5 collaborations)
  • Joon Young Kim (4 collaborations)
  • Kyu In Shim (2 collaborations)
  • Jeong Woo Han (2 collaborations)
  • Jin Joo (2 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Silver Clusters and Chemistry in Zeolites

    Tao Sun;Karl Seff

  • Redetermination of the crystal structure of dehydrated zeolite 4A

    Russell Y. Yanagida;Allen A. Amaro;Karl Seff

  • Structural chemistry inside zeolite A

    Karl Seff

  • REINVESTIGATION OF THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF DEHYDRATED SODIUM ZEOLITE X

    Lin Zhu;Karl Seff

  • The structures of zeolite sorption complexes. I. The structures of dehydrated zeolite 5A and its iodine sorption complex

    K. Seff;D. P. Shoemaker

  • A CATIONIC CESIUM CONTINUUM IN ZEOLITE X

    Tao Sun;Karl Seff;Nam Ho Heo;Vitalii P. Petranovskii

  • THREE CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF VACUUM-DEHYDRATED ZEOLITE X, M46SI100AL92O384,M = MG2+, CA2+ AND BA2+

    Young Hoon Yeom;and Se Bok Jang;Yang Kim;Seong Hwan Song

  • Structure of a very small piece of silver metal. The octahedral silver (Ag6) molecule. Two crystal structures of partially decomposed vacuum-dehydrated fully silver(1+) ion-exchanged zeolite A

    Yang Kim;Karl Seff

  • The octahedral hexasilver molecule. Seven crystal structures of variously vacuum-dehydrated fully silver(1+)-exchanged zeolite A

    Yang Kim;Karl Seff

  • Mercuric chloride, a redetermination

    V. Subramanian;K. Seff

  • Hydrated and dehydrated crystal structures of seven-twelfths cesium-exchanged zeolite A

    T. Blake Vance;Karl Seff

  • CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ZEOLITE X EXCHANGED WITH PB(II) AT PH 6.0 AND DEHYDRATED : (PB4+)14(PB2+)18(PB4O4)8SI100AL92O384

    Young Hoon Yeom;Yang Kim;Karl Seff

  • Crystal structures of dehydrated partially cobalt(II)-exchanged zeolite A and of its carbon monoxide adduct

    Paul E. Riley;Karl. Seff

  • Crystal structures of hydrated and dehydrated potassium-exchanged zeolite A

    Peter C. W. Leung;Kevin B. Kunz;Karl Seff;I. E. Maxwell

  • Crystal structure of a sulfur sorption complex of zeolite 4A

    Karl Seff

  • Structures of cobalt(II)-exchanged zeolite X

    Donghan Bae;Karl Seff

  • NEAR ZERO COORDINATE CALCIUM(2+) AND STRONTIUM(2+) IN ZEOLITE A. CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF DEHYDRATED CA6-A AND SR6-A

    R. L. Firor;K. Seff

  • TWO ANHYDROUS ZEOLITE X CRYSTAL STRUCTURES, CD46SI100AL92O384 AND CD24.5TL43SI100AL92O384

    Jeong Hwa Kwon;Se Bok Jang;Yang Kim;Karl Seff

  • The hexasilver molecule stabilized by coordination to six silver ions. The structure of (Ag.+-.)6(Ag6). The crystal structure of an ethylene sorption complex of partially decomposed fully Ag.+-.-exchanged zeolite A

    Yang Kim;Karl Seff

  • Crystal structure of Pb2+44Pb4+5Tl+18O2−17–Si100Al92O384, zeolite X exchanged with Pb2+ and Tl+ and dehydrated, containing Pb4O4(Pb2+,Pb4+mixed)4 clusters

    Young Hoon Yeom;Yang Kim;Karl Seff

Frequent Co-Authors

Suk Bong Hong
Suk Bong Hong Pohang University of Science and Technology
John H. Nelson
John H. Nelson University of Nevada Reno
Eun-Young Choi
Eun-Young Choi Vanderbilt University
Lutz Nasdala
Lutz Nasdala University of Vienna
Jeong Woo Han
Jeong Woo Han Seoul National University
Hae-Kwon Jeong
Hae-Kwon Jeong Texas A&M University
Hee Cheul Choi
Hee Cheul Choi Pohang University of Science and Technology
Yong-Min Lee
Yong-Min Lee Yonsei University

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