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Michael B. Hall is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the broad areas of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a particular focus on specific subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their work covers main topics including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

The scientist has contributed numerous publications with frequent venues including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Organometallics
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Dalton Transactions

Recent papers authored include:

  • "Role of aromatic amino acids in amyloid self-assembly" (2020), published in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • "What Is Special about Aromatic-Aromatic Interactions? Significant Attraction at Large Horizontal Displacement" (2020), published in ACS Central Science
  • "Invoking Side-Chain Functionality for the Mediation of Regioselectivity during Ring-Opening Polymerization of Glucose Carbonates" (2020), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution and Oxidation with Rhenium Tris(thiolate) Complexes: A Competition between Rhenium and Sulfur for Electrons and Protons" (2020), published in ACS Catalysis
  • "Regulation of eukaryotic mRNA deadenylation and degradation by the Ccr4-Not complex" (2023), published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frequent co-authors in these research efforts include:

  • John A. Gladysz
  • Marcetta Y. Darensbourg
  • Manuel Quiroz
  • Taveechai Wititsuwannakul
  • Andreas Ehnbom

The body of work undertaken by Michael B. Hall addresses complex chemical systems through crystallography and catalysis, with applications relevant to materials science and energy conversion. Their publications reflect collaborations across multiple disciplines and indicate sustained contributions to the understanding of structural and functional properties in chemistry and materials science.

Best Publications

  • A new class of polymers: Starburst-dendritic macromolecules

    Donald A. Tomalia;H. Baker;J Dewald;Michael B. Hall

  • Dendritic macromolecules: synthesis of starburst dendrimers

    Donald A. Tomalia;H. Baker;J. Dewald;M. Hall

  • Theoretical studies on reactions of transition-metal complexes.

    Shuqiang Niu;Michael B. Hall

  • Electronic structure and bonding in methyl- and perfluoromethyl(pentacarbonyl)manganese

    Michael B. Hall;Richard F. Fenske

  • Basis sets for transition metals: Optimized outer p functions.

    Marc Couty;Michael B. Hall

  • Computational studies of [NiFe] and [FeFe] hydrogenases.

    Per E. M. Siegbahn;Jesse W. Tye;Michael B. Hall

  • A capable bridging ligand for Fe-only hydrogenase: density functional calculations of a low-energy route for heterolytic cleavage and formation of dihydrogen.

    Hua-Jun Fan;Michael B. Hall

  • Rhodium Boryl Complexes in the Catalytic, Terminal Functionalization of Alkanes

    John F Hartwig;Kevin S Cook;Marko Hapke;Christopher D Incarvito

  • Starburst dendrimers. 4. Covalently fixed unimolecular assemblages reiminiscent of spheroidal micelles

    Donald A. Tomalia;V. Berry;M. Hall;D. M. Hedstrand

  • Flexible Zirconium Metal‐Organic Frameworks as Bioinspired Switchable Catalysts

    Shuai Yuan;Lanfang Zou;Haixia Li;Ying‐Pin Chen

  • Theoretical Characterization of the Reaction Intermediates in a Model of the Nickel−Iron Hydrogenase of Desulfovibrio gigas

    Shuqiang Niu;and Lisa M. Thomson;Michael B. Hall

  • Modeling the active sites in metalloenzymes. 3. Density functional calculations on models for [Fe]-hydrogenase: structures and vibrational frequencies of the observed redox forms and the reaction mechanism at the Diiron Active Center.

    Zexing Cao;Michael B. Hall

  • Monoiron hydrogenase catalysis: hydrogen activation with the formation of a dihydrogen, Fe-H(delta-)...H(delta+)-O, bond and methenyl-H4MPT+ triggered hydride transfer.

    Xinzheng Yang;Michael B Hall

  • Starburst dendrimers. III. The importance of branch junction symmetry in the development of topological shell molecules

    Donald A. Tomalia;M. Hall;David M. Hedstrand

  • Fundamental properties of small molecule models of Fe-only hydrogenase: computations relative to the definition of an entatic state in the active site

    Irene P Georgakaki;Lisa M Thomson;Erica J Lyon;Michael B Hall

  • Thermally Stable Homogeneous Catalysts for Alkane Dehydrogenation

    Matthias W. Haenel;Stephan Oevers;Klaus Angermund;William C. Kaska

  • Mechanism of water splitting and oxygen-oxygen bond formation by a mononuclear ruthenium complex.

    Xinzheng Yang;Michael B. Hall

  • Monomeric and Oligomeric Amine−Borane σ-Complexes of Rhodium. Intermediates in the Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Amine−Boranes

    Thomas M. Douglas;Adrian B. Chaplin;Andrew S. Weller;Xinzheng Yang

  • Experimental and computational evidence for a boron-assisted, σ-bond metathesis pathway for alkane borylation

    Charles Edwin Webster;Yubo Fan;Michael B Hall;Doris Kunz

  • The Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ammonia-Borane Involving an Unexpected Hydrogen Transfer to Ligated Carbene and Subsequent Carbon-Hydrogen Activation

    Xinzheng Yang;Michael B. Hall

  • Electronic effects steer the mechanism of asymmetric hydrogenations of unfunctionalized aryl-substituted alkenes.

    Yubo Fan;Xiuhua Cui;Kevin Burgess;Michael B. Hall

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcetta Y. Darensbourg
Marcetta Y. Darensbourg Texas A&M University
Zhenyang Lin
Zhenyang Lin Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Richard D. Adams
Richard D. Adams University of South Carolina
Nattamai Bhuvanesh
Nattamai Bhuvanesh Texas A&M University
Joseph H. Reibenspies
Joseph H. Reibenspies Texas A&M University
John A. Gladysz
John A. Gladysz Texas A&M University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University
Michael W. George
Michael W. George University of Nottingham
Derek H. R. Barton
Derek H. R. Barton Texas A&M University
Ian H. Hillier
Ian H. Hillier University of Manchester

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