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Nikolas Kaltsoyannis is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research integrates various aspects of materials science and chemistry with a strong focus on the crystallographic and chemical properties of inorganic and organometallic compounds.

Their scholarly output includes work published across prominent venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Dalton Transactions, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

The main fields of study covered in their work are:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry

Within these fields, their subdisciplinary focus includes:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Aerospace Engineering

Their research addresses key topics such as:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Nuclear reactor physics and engineering

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kaltsoyannis include:

  • "A catalytic alkene insertion approach to bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane bioisosteres," 2023, Nature Chemistry
  • "A crystalline tri-thorium cluster with σ-aromatic metal-metal bonding," 2021, Nature
  • "Exceptional uranium(VI)-nitride triple bond covalency from 15N nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and quantum chemical analysis," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Quantum chemical topology and natural bond orbital analysis of M-O covalency in M(OC6H5)4 (M = Ti, Zr, Hf, Ce, Th, Pa, U, Np)," 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • "Covalency in AnCl3 (An = Th-No)," 2021, Dalton Transactions

Kaltsoyannis collaborates frequently with:

  • Victoria E. J. Berryman
  • Tatsumi Ochiai
  • Polly L. Arnold
  • Jacob J. Shephard
  • Amy N. Price

Best Publications

  • A stable two-coordinate acyclic silylene.

    Andrey V Protchenko;Krishna Hassomal Birjkumar;Deepak Dange;Andrew D Schwarz

  • Does covalency increase or decrease across the actinide series? Implications for minor actinide partitioning.

    Nikolas Kaltsoyannis

  • A catalytic alkene insertion approach to bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane bioisosteres

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  • Small molecule activation by uranium tris(aryloxides): experimental and computational studies of binding of N2, coupling of CO, and deoxygenation insertion of CO2 under ambient conditions.

    Stephen M. Mansell;Nikolas Kaltsoyannis;Polly L. Arnold

  • MULTINUCLEAR NMR, RAMAN, EXAFS, AND X-RAY-DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF URANYL CARBONATE COMPLEXES IN NEAR-NEUTRAL AQUEOUS-SOLUTION - X-RAY STRUCTURE OF C(NH2)(3) (6) (UO2)(3)(CO3)(6) CENTER-DOT-6.5H(2)O

    Patrick G. Allen;Jerome J. Bucher;D.L. Clark;Norman M. Edelstein

  • Recent developments in computational actinide chemistry.

    Nikolas Kaltsoyannis

  • Structure, Reactivity, and Density Functional Theory Analysis of the Six-Electron Reductant, [(C5Me5)2U]2(μ-η6:η6-C6H6), Synthesized via a New Mode of (C5Me5)3M Reactivity

    William J. Evans;Stosh A. Kozimor;Joseph W. Ziller;Nikolas Kaltsoyannis

  • Experimental and theoretical comparison of actinide and lanthanide bonding in M[N(EPR2)2]3 complexes (M = U, Pu, La, Ce; E = S, Se, Te; R = Ph, iPr, H)

    Andrew J Gaunt;Sean D Reilly;Alejandro E Enriquez;Brian L Scott

  • Does covalency really increase across the 5f series? A comparison of molecular orbital, natural population, spin and electron density analyses of AnCp(3) (An = Th-Cm; Cp = eta(5)-C5H5)

    Ian Kirker;Nikolas Kaltsoyannis

  • Relativistic effects in inorganic and organometallic chemistry

    Nikolas Kaltsoyannis

  • Uncovering f-element bonding differences and electronic structure in a series of 1 : 3 and 1 : 4 complexes with a diselenophosphinate ligand

    Matthew B. Jones;Andrew J. Gaunt;John C. Gordon;Nikolas Kaltsoyannis

  • Energy-Degeneracy-Driven Covalency in Actinide Bonding

    Jing Su;Enrique R. Batista;Kevin S. Boland;Sharon E. Bone

  • The f Elements

    N Kaltsoyannis;P Scott

  • Covalency in AnCp4 (An = Th-Cm): a comparison of molecular orbital, natural population and atoms-in-molecules analyses.

    Matthew J. Tassell;Nikolas Kaltsoyannis

  • A generic one-pot route to acyclic two-coordinate silylenes from silicon(IV) precursors: synthesis and structural characterization of a silylsilylene.

    Andrey V Protchenko;Andrew D Schwarz;Matthew P Blake;Cameron Jones

  • Trivalent (C5Me5)(2)(THF)Ln (2)(mu-eta(2):eta(2)-N-2) complexes as reducing agents including the reductive homologation of CO to a ketene carboxylate, (mu-eta(4)-O2C-C=C=O)(2-)

    William J Evans;David S Lee;Joseph W Ziller;Nikolas Kaltsoyannis

  • Principles and Applications of Density Functional Theory in Inorganic Chemistry Ii

    N. Kaltsoyannis;J.E. McGrady

  • Does metallophilicity increase or decrease down group 11? Computational investigations of [Cl–M–PH3]2(M = Cu, Ag, Au, [111])

    Emma O'Grady;Nikolas Kaltsoyannis

  • Covalency in CeIV and UIV Halide and N-Heterocyclic Carbene Bonds

    Polly L. Arnold;Zoë R. Turner;Nikolas Kaltsoyannis;Panagiota Pelekanaki

  • Synthesis, molecular and electronic structure of U(V)(O)[N(SiMe3)2]3.

    Skye Fortier;Jessie L. Brown;Nikolas Kaltsoyannis;Guang Wu

  • Computational study of analogues of the uranyl ion containing the -N=U=N- unit: density functional theory calculations on UO2(2+), UON+, UN2, UO(NPH3)3+, U(NPH3)2(4+), [UCl4[NPR3]2] (R = H, Me), and [UOCl4[NP(C6H5)3]].

    Nikolas Kaltsoyannis

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer C. Green
Jennifer C. Green University of Oxford
Trevor W. Hayton
Trevor W. Hayton University of California, Santa Barbara
Philip Mountford
Philip Mountford University of Oxford
Polly L. Arnold
Polly L. Arnold University of Edinburgh
Stephen T. Liddle
Stephen T. Liddle University of Manchester
Guang Wu
Guang Wu University of California, Santa Barbara
Brian L. Scott
Brian L. Scott Los Alamos National Laboratory
Carolyn I. Pearce
Carolyn I. Pearce Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Norman M. Edelstein
Norman M. Edelstein Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Stosh A. Kozimor
Stosh A. Kozimor Los Alamos National Laboratory

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