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Martin L. Kirk is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected disciplines with a primary focus on materials science and chemistry, particularly emphasizing materials chemistry and inorganic chemistry.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, and magnetism in coordination complexes. Additionally, they investigate metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, and electron spin resonance studies.

Martin L. Kirk has published research in notable venues, revealing their engagement with the scientific community through platforms such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Science, and Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature.

Frequent collaborators include David A. Shultz, Jing Yang, Patrick Hewitt, Ju Chen, and Art van der Est, highlighting ongoing partnerships in related fields and shared scientific interests.

The following is a selection of recent papers authored by Martin L. Kirk illustrating their research scope and output:

  • "Chromophore-radical excited state antiferromagnetic exchange controls the sign of photoinduced ground state spin polarization," 2021, Chemical Science
  • "Metal Ion Control of Photoinduced Electron Spin Polarization in Electronic Ground States," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Excited State Exchange Control of Photoinduced Electron Spin Polarization in Electronic Ground States," 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

In addition to these, though not authored by Kirk, they appear in the context of associated scientific discussions: "Exploiting chemistry and molecular systems for quantum information science," 2020, Nature Reviews Chemistry and "Mechanism of molybdate insertion into pterin-based molybdenum cofactors," 2021, Nature Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of a large lanthanide-transition-metal single-molecule magnet.

    Curtis M. Zaleski;Ezra C. Depperman;Jeff W. Kampf;Martin L. Kirk

  • Exploiting chemistry and molecular systems for quantum information science

    Michael R. Wasielewski;Malcolm D.E. Forbes;Natia L. Frank;Karol Kowalski

  • Processing pathway dependence of amorphous silica nanoparticle toxicity: colloidal vs pyrolytic.

    Haiyuan Zhang;Darren R. Dunphy;Xingmao Jiang;Huan Meng

  • Structural and spectroscopic characterization of an electrophilic iron nitrido complex.

    Jeremiah J. Scepaniak;Meita D. Fulton;Ranko P. Bontchev;Eileen N. Duesler

  • Excited-State Contributions to Ground-State Properties of Mixed-Valence Dimers: Spectral and Electronic-Structural Studies of [Fe2(OH)3(tmtacn)2]2+ Related to the [Fe2S2]+ Active Sites of Plant-Type Ferredoxins

    Daniel R. Gamelin;Emile L. Bominaar;Martin L. Kirk;Karl Wieghardt

  • The Preparation, Characterization, and Magnetism of Copper 15-Metallacrown-5 Lanthanide Complexes.

    Ann J. Stemmler;Jeff W. Kampf;Martin L. Kirk;Bassel H. Atasi

  • [5] Bioinorganic spectroscopy

    Edward I. Solomon;Martin L. Kirk;Daniel R. Gamelin;Sabine Pulver

  • A Late-Transition Metal Oxo Complex: K7Na9[O=PtIV(H2O)L2], L = [PW9O34]9-

    Travis M. Anderson;Wade A. Neiwert;Martin L. Kirk;Paula M. B. Piccoli

  • Spectroscopic Evidence for a Unique Bonding Interaction in Oxo-Molybdenum Dithiolate Complexes: Implications for σ Electron Transfer Pathways in the Pyranopterin Dithiolate Centers of Enzymes

    Frank E. Inscore;Rebecca McNaughton;Barry L. Westcott;Matthew E. Helton

  • Structurally diverse manganese(III) Schiff base complexes: chains, dimers, and cages

    Joseph A. Bonadies;Martin L. Kirk;Myoung Soo Lah;Dimitri P. Kessissoglou

  • Structural and magnetic effects of successive protonations of oxo bridges in high-valent manganese dimers

    Michael J. Baldwin;Timothy L. Stemmler;Pamela J. Riggs-Gelasco;Martin L. Kirk

  • Assessing the slow magnetic relaxation behavior of Ln(III)(4)Mn(III)(6) metallacrowns.

    Curtis M. Zaleski;Jeff W. Kampf;Talal Mallah;Martin L. Kirk

  • Electronic Structure and Spectroscopy of Manganese Catalase and Di-.mu.-oxo [MnIIIMnIV] Model Complexes

    Daniel R. Gamelin;Martin L. Kirk;Timothy L. Stemmler;Samudranil Pal

  • A Model for the Inhibition of Urease by Hydroxamates

    Ann J. Stemmler;Jeff W. Kampf;Martin L. Kirk;Vincent L. Pecoraro

  • The [Mn2(2-OHsalpn)2]2-,-,0,+ System: Synthesis, Structure, Spectroscopy, and Magnetism of the First Structurally Characterized Dinuclear Manganese Series Containing Four Distinct Oxidation States

    Andrew Gelasco;Martin L. Kirk;Jeff W. Kampf;Vincent L. Pecoraro

  • Synthesis and magnetic properties of a metallacryptate that behaves as a single-molecule magnet.

    Catherine Dendrinou-Samara;Maria Alexiou;Curtis M. Zaleski;Jeff W. Kampf

  • Using LnIII[15 -MCCuII(N)(S)-pheHA-5]3+ complexes to construct chiral single-molecule magnets and chains of single-molecule magnets

    Curtis M. Zaleski;Ezra C. Depperman;Jeff W. Kampf;Martin L. Kirk

  • SOS induction and autoregulation of the himA gene for site-specific recombination in Escherichia coli

    Harvey I. Miller;Martin Kirk;Harrison Echols

  • The Electronic Structure and Spectroscopy of Metallo‐Dithiolene Complexes

    Martin L. Kirk;Rebecca L. McNaughton;Matthew E. Helton

  • Metallacryptate Single-Molecule Magnets: Effect of Lower Molecular Symmetry on Blocking Temperature

    Curtis M. Zaleski;Ezra C. Depperman;Catherine Dendrinou-Samara;Maria Alexiou

  • The tetranuclear cluster FeIII[FeIII(salicylhydroximato)(MeOH)(acetate)]3 is an analogue of M3+(9-crown-3)

    Myoung Soo Lah;Martin L. Kirk;William Hatfield;Vincent L. Pecoraro

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent L. Pecoraro
Vincent L. Pecoraro University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William E. Hatfield
William E. Hatfield University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeff W. Kampf
Jeff W. Kampf University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Myoung Soo Lah
Myoung Soo Lah Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Djamaladdin G. Musaev
Djamaladdin G. Musaev Emory University
Edward I. Solomon
Edward I. Solomon Stanford University
John H. Enemark
John H. Enemark University of Arizona
Dimitris P. Kessissoglou
Dimitris P. Kessissoglou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Keith O. Hodgson
Keith O. Hodgson Stanford University
Russ Hille
Russ Hille University of California, Riverside

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