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Mihail Atanasov

Mihail Atanasov

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Chemistry

D-Index
43
Citations
8097
World Ranking
17120
National Ranking
1240

Overview

Mihail Atanasov is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and actively contributes to the field of materials science, with a significant focus on materials chemistry and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Atanasov's research interests cover multiple specialized areas including:

  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Lanthanide and transition metal complexes
  • Advanced NMR techniques and applications
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms

The scientist has published extensively, with frequent publications in journals such as The Cambridge Structural Database and Inorganic Chemistry. Other notable venues include Chemical Science, Chemistry - A European Journal, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Atanasov include the following:

  • First-Principles Study of Optical Absorption Energies, Ligand Field and Spin-Hamiltonian Parameters of Cr3+ Ions in Emeralds, 2021, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Improvement of Ab Initio Ligand Field Theory by Means of Multistate Perturbation Theory, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Air-stable four-coordinate cobalt(ii) single-ion magnets: experimental and ab initio ligand field analyses of correlations between dihedral angles and magnetic anisotropy, 2023, Chemical Science
  • Strong Electronic and Magnetic Coupling in M4 (M = Ni, Cu) Clusters via Direct Orbital Interactions between Low-Coordinate Metal Centers, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Effect of Spin-Orbit Coupling on Phonon-Mediated Magnetic Relaxation in a Series of Zero-Valent Vanadium, Niobium, and Tantalum Isocyanide Complexes, 2021, Inorganic Chemistry

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Mihail Atanasov include:

  • Frank Neese (27 collaborations)
  • Eckhard Bill (7 collaborations)
  • Khetpakorn Chakarawet (7 collaborations)
  • Jeffrey R. Long (7 collaborations)
  • Stephen Hill (6 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Magnetic blocking in a linear iron( I ) complex

    Joseph M. Zadrozny;Dianne J. Xiao;Mihail A. Atanasov;Mihail A. Atanasov;Gary J. Long

  • Slow magnetization dynamics in a series of two-coordinate iron(II) complexes

    Joseph M. Zadrozny;Mihail Atanasov;Mihail Atanasov;Aimee M. Bryan;Chun Yi Lin

  • A four-coordinate cobalt(II) single-ion magnet with coercivity and a very high energy barrier

    Yvonne Rechkemmer;Frauke D. Breitgoff;Margarethe van der Meer;Mihail Atanasov;Mihail Atanasov

  • First principles approach to the electronic structure, magnetic anisotropy and spin relaxation in mononuclear 3d-transition metal single molecule magnets

    Mihail Atanasov;Mihail Atanasov;Daniel Aravena;Elizaveta Suturina;Elizaveta Suturina;Eckhard Bill

  • A linear cobalt(II) complex with maximal orbital angular momentum from a non-Aufbau ground state

    Philip C. Bunting;Mihail Atanasov;Emil Damgaard-Møller;Mauro Perfetti

  • A theoretical analysis of chemical bonding, vibronic coupling, and magnetic anisotropy in linear iron(II) complexes with single-molecule magnet behavior

    Mihail Atanasov;Mihail Atanasov;Joseph M. Zadrozny;Jeffrey R. Long;Frank Neese

  • Covalency and chemical bonding in transition metal complexes: An ab initio based ligand field perspective

    Saurabh Kumar Singh;Julien Eng;Julien Eng;Mihail Atanasov;Mihail Atanasov;Frank Neese

  • Kβ mainline X-ray emission spectroscopy as an experimental probe of metal-ligand covalency.

    Christopher J. Pollock;Mario Ulises Delgado-Jaime;Mihail Atanasov;Frank Neese

  • Detailed ab initio first-principles study of the magnetic anisotropy in a family of trigonal pyramidal iron(II) pyrrolide complexes.

    Mihail Atanasov;Dmitry Ganyushin;Dimitrios A. Pantazis;Kantharuban Sivalingam

  • A Modern First-Principles View on Ligand Field Theory Through the Eyes of Correlated Multireference Wavefunctions

    Mihail Atanasov;Mihail Atanasov;Dmitry Ganyushin;Kantharuban Sivalingam;Frank Neese

  • Ab Initio Ligand-Field Theory Analysis and Covalency Trends in Actinide and Lanthanide Free Ions and Octahedral Complexes.

    Julien Jung;Mihail Atanasov;Mihail Atanasov;Frank Neese

  • New insights into the effects of covalency on the ligand field parameters: a DFT study

    M. Atanasov;M. Atanasov;C.A. Daul;C. Rauzy

  • The Ligand Field of the Azido Ligand: Insights into Bonding Parameters and Magnetic Anisotropy in a Co(II)–Azido Complex

    David Schweinfurth;Michael G Sommer;Mihail Atanasov;Mihail Atanasov;Serhiy Demeshko

  • Periodic Trends in Lanthanide Compounds through the Eyes of Multireference ab Initio Theory

    Daniel Aravena;Mihail Atanasov;Mihail Atanasov;Frank Neese

  • A DFT Based Ligand Field Theory

    M. Atanasov;C. A. Daul;C. Rauzy

  • Chemistry and Quantum Mechanics in 2019: Give Us Insight and Numbers

    Frank Neese;Mihail Atanasov;Mihail Atanasov;Giovanni Bistoni;Dimitrios Maganas

  • Spin–phonon couplings in transition metal complexes with slow magnetic relaxation

    Duncan H. Moseley;Shelby E. Stavretis;Komalavalli Thirunavukkuarasu;Mykhaylo Ozerov

  • Optical spectroscopy of Cr4+-doped Ca2GeO4 and Mg2SiO4.

    M. F. Hazenkamp;H. U. Güdel;M. Atanasov;U. Kesper

  • Cyanometalate-bridged oligonuclear transition metal complexes-Possibilities for a rational design of SMMs

    Mihail Atanasov;Mihail Atanasov;Peter Comba;Sascha Hausberg;Bodo Martin

  • Magneto-Structural Correlations in a Series of Pseudotetrahedral [CoII(XR)4]2- Single Molecule Magnets: An ab Initio Ligand Field Study

    Elizaveta A. Suturina;Elizaveta A. Suturina;Dimitrios Maganas;Eckhard Bill;Mihail Atanasov;Mihail Atanasov

  • Mössbauer spectroscopy as a probe of magnetization dynamics in the linear iron(I) and iron(II) complexes [Fe(C(SiMe3)3)2](1-/0.).

    Joseph M. Zadrozny;Dianne J. Xiao;Jeffrey R. Long;Mihail A. Atanasov;Mihail A. Atanasov

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Neese
Frank Neese Max Planck Society
Jeffrey R. Long
Jeffrey R. Long Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peter Comba
Peter Comba Heidelberg University
Eckhard Bill
Eckhard Bill Max Planck Society
Franc Meyer
Franc Meyer University of Göttingen
Serhiy Demeshko
Serhiy Demeshko University of Göttingen
Craig M. Brown
Craig M. Brown National Institute of Standards and Technology
Stephen Hill
Stephen Hill Florida State University
Zi-Ling Xue
Zi-Ling Xue University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Biprajit Sarkar
Biprajit Sarkar University of Stuttgart

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