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Peter C. Ford is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within engineering and materials science, with a focused contribution to biomedical engineering and materials chemistry. Their subfields of study also include mechanical engineering, physiology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work primarily explores several key topics including:

  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Nanoplatforms for Cancer Theranostics
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide

Peter C. Ford's recent publications highlight their involvement in different areas of chemistry and catalysis. Notable papers include:

  • "The solution chemistry of nitric oxide and other reactive nitrogen species," 2020, Nitric Oxide
  • "One-pot hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of lignin monomers to C9 hydrocarbons co-catalysed by Ru/C and Nb₂O₅," 2020, Green Chemistry
  • "Dinitrosyl Iron Complexes (DNICs). From Spontaneous Assembly to Biological Roles," 2021, Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Catalytic conversion of high S-lignin to a sustainable tri-epoxide polymer precursor," 2022, Green Chemistry
  • "Markedly Improved Catalytic Dehydration of Sorbitol to Isosorbide by Sol-Gel Sulfated Zirconia: A Quantitative Structure-Reactivity Study," 2023, ACS Catalysis

The scholar has frequently published in these venues:

  • Inorganic Chemistry (6 publications)
  • Green Chemistry (2 publications)
  • Royal Society Open Science (2 publications)
  • RSC Sustainability (2 publications)
  • Chemical Communications (2 publications)

Their collaborative network includes coauthors with repeated joint work, such as:

  • Mahdi M. Abu-Omar
  • Alexei V. Iretskii
  • John V. Garcia
  • Jacob A. Barrett
  • Zhi Li

Best Publications

  • Photoluminescence Properties of Multinuclear Copper(I) Compounds.

    Peter C. Ford;Elena Cariati;James Bourassa

  • Nitrate and nitrite in biology, nutrition and therapeutics

    Jon O Lundberg;Mark T Gladwin;Amrita Ahluwalia;Nigel Benjamin

  • Mechanistic aspects of the reactions of nitric oxide with transition-metal complexes.

    Peter C Ford;Ivan M Lorkovic

  • Photochemical and photophysical properties of tetranuclear and hexanuclear clusters of metals with d10 and s2 electronic configurations

    Peter C. Ford;Arnd Vogler

  • Synthesis and properties of pentaamminepyridineruthenium(II) and related pentaammineruthenium complexes of aromatic nitrogen heterocycles

    Peter C. Ford;DeForest P. Rudd;R. Gaunder;Henry Taube

  • Reactions of the bioregulatory agent nitric oxide in oxygenated aqueous media: determination of the kinetics for oxidation and nitrosation by intermediates generated in the NO/O2 reaction.

    David A. Wink;John F. Darbyshire;Raymond W. Nims;Joseph E. Saavedra

  • Autoxidation kinetics of aqueous nitric oxide

    Peter C. Ford;David A. Wink;David M. Stanbury

  • Photophysical studies in solution of the tetranuclear copper(I) clusters Cu4I4L4 (L = pyridine or substituted pyridine)

    Kevin R. Kyle;Chong Kul Ryu;Peter C. Ford;John A. DiBenedetto

  • Catalytic disassembly of an organosolv lignin via hydrogen transfer from supercritical methanol

    Katalin Barta;Theodore D. Matson;Makayla L. Fettig;Makayla L. Fettig;Susannah L. Scott

  • One-pot catalytic conversion of cellulose and of woody biomass solids to liquid fuels.

    Theodore D. Matson;Katalin Barta;Katalin Barta;Alexei V. Iretskii;Alexei V. Iretskii;Peter C. Ford

  • Chemical biology of nitric oxide: regulation and protective and toxic mechanisms.

    David A. Wink;Ingeborg Hanbauer;Ingeborg Hanbauer;Matthew B. Grisham;Matthew B. Grisham;Francoise Laval;Francoise Laval

  • Catalytic Conversion of Nonfood Woody Biomass Solids to Organic Liquids

    Katalin Barta;Peter C Ford

  • Metal centered ligand field excited states: Their roles in the design and performance of transition metal based photochemical molecular devices

    Paul S. Wagenknecht;Peter C. Ford

  • Photochemistry of nitric oxide adducts of water-soluble iron(III) porphyrin and ferrihemoproteins studied by nanosecond laser photolysis

    Mikio Hoshino;Koji Ozawa;Hiroshi Seki;Peter C. Ford

  • The water gas shift reaction: homogeneous catalysis by ruthenium and other metal carbonyls

    Peter C. Ford

  • Electronic transitions involved in the absorption spectrum and dual luminescence of tetranuclear cubane [Cu4I4(pyridine)4] cluster: a density functional theory/time-dependent density functional theory investigation.

    Filippo De Angelis;Simona Fantacci;Antonio Sgamellotti;Elena Cariati

  • Photochemistry of metal nitrosyl complexes. Delivery of nitric oxide to biological targets

    P.C. Ford;J. Bourassa;K. Miranda;B. Lee

  • Polychromophoric metal complexes for generating the bioregulatory agent nitric oxide by single- and two-photon excitation.

    Peter C Ford

  • Tissue processing of nitrite in hypoxia: an intricate interplay of nitric oxide-generating and -scavenging systems.

    Martin Feelisch;Martin Feelisch;Bernadette O. Fernandez;Bernadette O. Fernandez;Nathan S. Bryan;Maria Francisca Garcia-Saura

  • Homogeneous catalysis by ruthenium carbonyl in alkaline solution: the water gas shift reaction

    Richard M. Laine;Robert G. Rinker;Peter C. Ford

  • Solvent- and Vapor-Induced Isomerization between the Luminescent Solids [CuI(4-pic)]4 and [CuI(4-pic)]∞ (pic = methylpyridine). The Structural Basis for the Observed Luminescence Vapochromism

    Elena Cariati;Xianhui Bu;Peter C. Ford

Frequent Co-Authors

Galen D. Stucky
Galen D. Stucky University of California, Santa Barbara
David A. Wink
David A. Wink National Institutes of Health
Guang Wu
Guang Wu University of California, Santa Barbara
Leif H. Skibsted
Leif H. Skibsted University of Copenhagen
Xianhui Bu
Xianhui Bu California State University, Long Beach
Eric W. McFarland
Eric W. McFarland University of California, Santa Barbara
Katrina M. Miranda
Katrina M. Miranda University of Arizona
William C. Kaska
William C. Kaska University of California, Santa Barbara
Katalin Barta
Katalin Barta University of Graz
Simon T. Belt
Simon T. Belt Plymouth University

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