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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2015 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2009 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Paula L. Diaconescu is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biomaterials.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Paula L. Diaconescu are:

  • Wenliang Huang
  • Hootan Roshandel
  • Hyuk-Joon Jung
  • Jiefeng Liang
  • Guillaume Lefèvre

The scientist has published extensively, especially in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (20 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (6 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (5 publications)
  • Chemical Science (3 publications)
  • ACS Catalysis (2 publications)

Some notable recent papers include:

  • "Arene-Bridged Dithorium Complexes: Inverse Sandwiches Supported by a δ Bonding Interaction" (2020) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "ABC and ABAB Block Copolymers by Electrochemically Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization" (2021) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Spatiotemporal control for integrated catalysis" (2023) published in Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "Polyketones from Carbon Dioxide and Ethylene by Integrating Electrochemical and Organometallic Catalysis" (2023) published in ACS Catalysis
  • "Highly Selective Electrochemical Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation through Oxygen Atom Transfer from Water" (2024) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Paula L. Diaconescu has been recognized by several awards throughout their career, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019, a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2015, and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Polyaniline Nanofibers as a Semi‐Heterogeneous Catalyst in Water

    Benjamin J. Gallon;Robert W. Kojima;Richard B. Kaner;Paula L. Diaconescu

  • Arene-Bridged Diuranium Complexes: Inverted Sandwiches Supported by δ Backbonding

    Paula L. Diaconescu;Polly L. Arnold;Thomas A. Baker;and Daniel J. Mindiola

  • Redox control of a ring-opening polymerization catalyst.

    Erin M Broderick;Neng Guo;Carola S Vogel;Cuiling Xu

  • Redox Control of Group 4 Metal Ring-Opening Polymerization Activity toward l-Lactide and ε-Caprolactone

    Xinke Wang;Arnaud Thevenon;Jonathan L. Brosmer;Insun Yu

  • Pursuit of Record Breaking Energy Barriers: A Study of Magnetic Axiality in Diamide Ligated DyIII Single-Molecule Magnets

    Katie L. M. Harriman;Jonathan L. Brosmer;Liviu Ungur;Liviu Ungur;Paula L. Diaconescu

  • Redox control of a polymerization catalyst by changing the oxidation state of the metal center

    Erin M. Broderick;Neng Guo;Tianpin Wu;Carola S. Vogel

  • Diuranium Inverted Sandwiches Involving Naphthalene and Cyclooctatetraene

    Paula L. Diaconescu;Christopher C. Cummins

  • Intramolecular Crossed [2+2] Photocycloaddition through Visible Light-Induced Energy Transfer

    Jiannan Zhao;Jonathan L. Brosmer;Qingxuan Tang;Zhongyue Yang

  • Reactions of aromatic N-heterocycles with d0fn-metal alkyl complexes supported by chelating diamide ligands.

    Paula L. Diaconescu

  • P4activation by group 3 metal arene complexes

    Wenliang Huang;Paula L. Diaconescu

  • Synthesis, characterization, and anticancer activity of Schiff bases.

    Noor Uddin;Faisal Rashid;Saqib Ali;Syed Ahmed Tirmizi

  • Redox-Switchable Ring-Opening Polymerization with Ferrocene Derivatives.

    Junnian Wei;Paula L. Diaconescu

  • A Weak Interaction between Iron and Uranium in Uranium Alkyl Complexes Supported by Ferrocene Diamide Ligands

    Marisa J. Monreal;Paula L. Diaconescu

  • Redox processes in a uranium bis(1,1'-diamidoferrocene) complex.

    Marisa J. Monreal;Colin T. Carver;Paula L. Diaconescu

  • Investigations of the Electronic Structure of Arene-Bridged Diuranium Complexes

    Bess Vlaisavljevich;Paula L. Diaconescu;Wayne L. Lukens;Laura Gagliardi

  • Molecular quadrangle formation from a diuranium μ-η6,η6-toluene complex

    Marisa J. Monreal;Marisa J. Monreal;Saeed I. Khan;Jaqueline L. Kiplinger;Paula L. Diaconescu

  • Synthesis and characterization of cerium and yttrium alkoxide complexes supported by ferrocene-based chelating ligands.

    Erin M. Broderick;Peter S. Thuy-Boun;Neng Guo;Carola S. Vogel

  • Scandium Alkyl Complexes Supported by a Ferrocene Diamide Ligand

    Colin T. Carver;Marisa J. Monreal;Paula L. Diaconescu

  • Ring-Opening Reactions of Aromatic N-Heterocycles by Scandium and Yttrium Alkyl Complexes

    Colin T. Carver;Paula L. Diaconescu

  • Cerium(IV) catalysts for the ring-opening polymerization of lactide.

    Erin M. Broderick;Paula L. Diaconescu

Frequent Co-Authors

Saeed I. Khan
Saeed I. Khan University of California, Los Angeles
Karsten Meyer
Karsten Meyer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jeffrey T. Miller
Jeffrey T. Miller Purdue University West Lafayette
Thibault Cantat
Thibault Cantat University of Paris-Saclay
Richard B. Kaner
Richard B. Kaner University of California, Los Angeles
Tianpin Wu
Tianpin Wu Argonne National Laboratory
Brian O. Patrick
Brian O. Patrick University of British Columbia
Liviu Ungur
Liviu Ungur National University of Singapore
William A. Goddard
William A. Goddard California Institute of Technology

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