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Kenton H. Whitmire

Kenton H. Whitmire

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Chemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
8888
World Ranking
12783
National Ranking
3382

Overview

Kenton H. Whitmire is affiliated with Rice University in the United States, specializing in research primarily within the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their work covers several subfields including Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Catalysis.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Ethylene Dehydroaromatization over Ga-ZSM-5 Catalysts: Nature and Role of Gallium Speciation, published in 2020 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The oxido clusters of bismuth, published in 2023 in Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Ethylene Dehydroaromatization over Ga-ZSM-5 Catalysts: Nature and Role of Gallium Speciation, published in 2020 in Angewandte Chemie

The main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
  • Crystal Structures and Properties
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kenton H. Whitmire include:

  • Yunwen Zhou
  • Hari Thirumalai
  • Scott K. Smith
  • Jing Liu
  • Anatoly I. Frenkel

They have published in notable venues such as:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Angewandte Chemie

Best Publications

  • Magnetic−Plasmonic Core−Shell Nanoparticles

    Carly S. Levin;Cristina Hofmann;Tamer A. Ali;Anna T. Kelly

  • Corrosion inhibition of carbon steel in hydrochloric acid by furan derivatives

    E. Machnikova;Kenton H. Whitmire;N. Hackerman

  • The Interface of Main Group and Transition Metal Cluster Chemistry

    Kenton H. Whitmire

  • Stereochemistry of lead(II) complexes with oxygen donor ligands

    Ruven L. Davidovich;Vitalie Stavila;Dmitry V. Marinin;Elena I. Voit

  • Bismuth(III) complexes with aminopolycarboxylate and polyaminopolycarboxylate ligands: Chemistry and structure

    Vitalie Stavila;Ruven L. Davidovich;Aurelian Gulea;Kenton H. Whitmire

  • Effects of Catalyst Phase on the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction of Water Splitting: Preparation of Phase-Pure Films of FeP, Fe2P, and Fe3P and Their Relative Catalytic Activities

    Desmond E. Schipper;Zhenhuan Zhao;Hari Thirumalai;Andrew P. Leitner

  • Main Group–Transition Metal Cluster Compounds of the Group 15 Elements

    Kenton H. Whitmire

  • Bifunctional metal phosphide FeMnP films from single source metal organic chemical vapor deposition for efficient overall water splitting

    Zhenhuan Zhao;Zhenhuan Zhao;Desmond E. Schipper;Andrew P. Leitner;Hari Thirumalai

  • Heterobimetallic Bismuth−Transition Metal Salicylate Complexes as Molecular Precursors for Ferroelectric Materials. Synthesis and Structure of Bi2M2(sal)4(Hsal)4(OR) 4 (M = Nb, Ta; R = CH2CH3, CH(CH3)2), Bi2Ti3(sal)8(Hsal)2, and Bi2Ti4(OiPr)(sal)10(Hsal) (sal = O2CC6H4-2-O; Hsal = O2CC6H4-2-OH)

    John H. Thurston;Kenton H. Whitmire

  • The role of metal cluster interactions in the proton-induced reduction of CO. the crystal structures of [PPN]{HFe4(CO)12} and HFe4(CO)12(η-COCH3)

    E.M. Holt;K.H. Whitmire;D.F. Shriver

  • A TiO2/FeMnP Core/Shell Nanorod Array Photoanode for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Oxygen Evolution.

    Desmond E. Schipper;Zhenhuan Zhao;Andrew P. Leitner;Lixin Xie

  • Synthesis of Bi2S3 Nanostructures from Bismuth(III) Thiourea and Thiosemicarbazide Complexes

    Vitalie Stavila;Kenton H. Whitmire;Irene Rusakova

  • Stereochemistry of lead(II) complexes containing sulfur and selenium donor atom ligands

    Ruven L. Davidovich;Vitalie Stavila;Kenton H. Whitmire

  • Iron phosphide nanostructures produced from a single-source organometallic precursor : Nanorods, bundles, crosses, and spherulites

    Anna T. Kelly;Irene Rusakova;† Teyeb Ould-Ely;Cristina Hofmann

  • Hypervalent bismuth alkoxide dimer complexes: syntheses, structures, and thermal decompositions of [Bi(OCH(CF3)2)2(.mu.-OCH(CF3)2)(THF)]2 and [Bi(OC6F5)2(.mu.-OC6F5)Xn]2.cntdot.zY (X = Y = C7H8, n = 1, z = 1 or 2; X = THF, Y = C6H14, n = 2, z = 0 or 1)

    Carolyn M. Jones;Michael D. Burkart;Robert E. Bachman;Deborah L. Serra

  • Syntheses and X-ray Structures of Mixed-Ligand Salicylaldehyde Complexes of Mn(III), Fe(III), and Cu(II) Ions: Reactivity of the Mn(III) Complex toward Primary Monoamines and Catalytic Epoxidation of Olefins by the Cu(II) Complex

    Gopal Das;Rameshwer Shukla;Subrata Mandal;Ramsharan Singh

  • Manganese(II) Oxide Nanohexapods: Insight into Controlling the Form of Nanocrystals

    Teyeb Ould-Ely;Dario Prieto-Centurion;A. Kumar;W. Guo

  • Rhodium(I) catalyzed decomposition of formic acid

    S.H. Strauss;K.H. Whitmire;D.F. Shriver

  • Sterically crowded aryl bismuth compounds: synthesis and characterization of bis{2,4,6-tris(trifluoromethyl)phenyl} bismuth chloride and tris{2,4,6-tris(trifluoromethyl)phenyl} bismuth

    Kenton H. Whitmire;D. Labahn;Herbert W. Roesky;Matthias Noltemeyer

  • Stereochemically matched (and mismatched) bisphosphine ligands: DIOP-DIPAMP hybrids

    Kevin Burgess;Michael J. Ohlmeyer;Kenton H. Whitmire

  • Stereochemistry of lead(II) complexes with oxygen donor ligands.

    Vitalie Stavilla;Ruven L. Davidovich;Kenton Herbert Whitmire;Elena I. Voit

Frequent Co-Authors

Melvyn Rowen Churchill
Melvyn Rowen Churchill University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Vitalie Stavila
Vitalie Stavila Sandia National Laboratories
James C. Fettinger
James C. Fettinger University of California, Davis
Jack Lewis
Jack Lewis University of Cambridge
Duward F. Shriver
Duward F. Shriver Northwestern University
Paul R. Raithby
Paul R. Raithby University of Bath
Brian F. G. Johnson
Brian F. G. Johnson University of Cambridge
W. E. Billups
W. E. Billups Rice University
Brian H. Robinson
Brian H. Robinson University of Otago
Jiming Bao
Jiming Bao University of Houston

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