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Lynne B. McCusker

Lynne B. McCusker

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Chemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
11920
World Ranking
13808
National Ranking
243

Overview

Lynne B. McCusker is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in materials science and chemistry. Their work spans a range of topics centered on zeolite catalysis and synthesis, as well as crystallographic methods and chemical characterization.

The primary fields of study for McCusker include:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry

Within these fields, their subfields of expertise are detailed as:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

The main topics they have addressed in their research include:

  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Chemical Synthesis and Characterization
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

McCusker has published multiple papers in several notable scientific journals and venues, contributing to the understanding of zeolite structures and catalytic processes. Some representative recent papers include:

  • Paired Copper Monomers in Zeolite Omega: The Active Site for Methane-to-Methanol Conversion (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Pinpointing and Quantifying the Aluminum Distribution in Zeolite Catalysts Using Anomalous Scattering at the Al Absorption Edge (2021), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Further Investigations of Racemic and Chiral Molecular Sieves of the STW Topology (2021), published in Chemistry of Materials
  • Synthesis and Structure of RUB-58: An Almost Ordered, Highly Crystalline Member of the ZSM-48 Family of Zeolites (2023), published in Crystal Growth & Design

The prominent venues where McCusker's publications frequently appear include:

  • Crystal Growth & Design
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

McCusker regularly collaborates with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Christian Baerlocher
  • Bernd Marler
  • Amy J. Knorpp
  • Ana B. Pinar
  • Jeroen A. van Bokhoven

The research approach taken by McCusker integrates advanced X-ray diffraction techniques to study zeolite structures and catalytic sites, focusing on molecular and atomic-scale characterization. This work contributes to ongoing investigations of catalytic processes relevant for industrial and environmental applications.

Best Publications

  • Rietveld refinement guidelines

    L.B. McCusker;R.B. Von Dreele;D.E. Cox;D. Louër

  • A synthetic gallophosphate molecular sieve with a 20-tetrahedral-atom pore opening

    M. Estermann;L. B. McCusker;C. Baerlocher;A. Merrouche

  • Nomenclature of structural and compositional characteristics of ordered microporous and mesoporous materials with inorganic hosts(IUPAC Recommendations 2001)

    L. B. McCusker;F. Liebau;G. Engelhardt

  • Cyclo‐β‐peptides: Structure and tubular stacking of cyclic tetramers of 3‐aminobutanoic acid as determined from powder diffraction data

    Dieter Seebach;Jennifer L. Matthews;Anton Meden;Thomas Wessels

  • Structure of the polycrystalline zeolite catalyst IM-5 solved by enhanced charge flipping.

    Christian Baerlocher;Fabian Gramm;Lars Massüger;Lynne B. McCusker

  • The triple helix inside the large-pore aluminophosphate molecular sieve VPI-5

    L.B. McCusker;Ch. Baerlocher;E. Jahn;M. Bülow

  • NOMENCLATURE OF STRUCTURAL AND COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ORDERED MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS WITH INORGANIC HOSTS

    L.B. McCusker;F. Liebau;G. Engelhardt

  • Exceptional Ion-Exchange Selectivity in a Flexible Open Framework Lanthanum(III)tetrakisphosphonate

    Monika Plabst;Lynne B. McCusker;Thomas Bein

  • Complex zeolite structure solved by combining powder diffraction and electron microscopy

    Fabian Gramm;Christian Baerlocher;Lynne B. McCusker;Stewart J. Warrender

  • Metal-peptide frameworks (MPFs): "Bioinspired" metal organic frameworks

    Alexandre Mantion;Lars Massüger;Pierre Rabu;Cornelia Palivan

  • Structure determination from powder diffraction data

    William I.F. David;Kenneth Shankland;Lynne B. McCusker;Christian Baerlocher

  • Ordered silicon vacancies in the framework structure of the zeolite catalyst SSZ-74

    Christian Baerlocher;Dan Xie;Lynne B. McCusker;Son-Jong Hwang

  • Charge flipping combined with histogram matching to solve complex crystal structures from powder diffraction data

    Christian Baerlocher;Lynne B. McCusker;Lukas Palatinus

  • Atlas of zeolite framework types: Dedicated to Walter M. Meier

    Christian Baerlocher;Lynne B. McCusker;David H. Olson

  • The structure determination and rietveld refinement of the aluminophosphate AIPO4-18

    A. Simmen;L.B. McCusker;Ch. Baerlocher;W.M. Meier

  • The ab initio structure determination of Sigma-2 (a new clathrasil phase) from synchrotron powder diffraction data

    L. McCusker

  • Controlling the aluminum distribution in the zeolite ferrierite via the organic structure directing agent

    Ana B. Pinar;Ana B. Pinar;Luis Gómez-Hortigüela;Lynne B. McCusker;Joaquín Pérez-Pariente

  • Powder Diffraction Data and Crystal Chemical Information Combined in an Automated Structure Determination Procedure for Zeolites

    R. W. Grosse-Kunstleve;L. B. McCusker;Ch. Baerlocher

  • The framework topology of zeolite EU-1

    N.A. Briscoe;D.W. Johnson;M.D. Shannon;G.T. Kokotailo

  • Zeolites with Continuously Tuneable Porosity

    Paul S. Wheatley;Pavla Chlubná-Eliášová;Heather Greer;Wuzong Zhou

  • Ab initio structure determination from severely overlapping powder diffraction data

    M. A. Estermann;L. B. McCusker;C. Baerlocher

Frequent Co-Authors

Stacey I. Zones
Stacey I. Zones Chevron (United States)
Xiaodong Zou
Xiaodong Zou Stockholm University
Nobumichi Tamura
Nobumichi Tamura Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Karl Seff
Karl Seff University of Hawaii at Manoa
Son-Jong Hwang
Son-Jong Hwang California Institute of Technology
Bradley F. Chmelka
Bradley F. Chmelka University of California, Santa Barbara
Jinping Li
Jinping Li Taiyuan University of Technology
Mark E. Davis
Mark E. Davis California Institute of Technology
Sven Hovmöller
Sven Hovmöller Stockholm University
Jack D. Dunitz
Jack D. Dunitz ETH Zurich

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