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Randolph P. Thummel

Randolph P. Thummel

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Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
15099
World Ranking
7301
National Ranking
2163

Overview

Randolph P. Thummel is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research encompasses several areas within materials science and chemistry, with a strong emphasis on materials chemistry and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment. They have also contributed to fields such as biomedical engineering, inorganic chemistry, and oncology.

The scientist's notable recent papers include:

  • Near-infrared absorbing Ru(ii) complexes act as immunoprotective photodynamic therapy (PDT) agents against aggressive melanoma (2020, Chemical Science)
  • Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by Cobalt Complexes with a Redox Non-Innocent Polypyridine Ligand (2021, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • Metalloimmunotherapy with Rhodium and Ruthenium Complexes: Targeting Tumor-Associated Macrophages (2022, Chemistry - A European Journal)
  • Fluorescence and Metal-Binding Properties of the Highly Preorganized Tetradentate Ligand 2,2'-Bi-1,10-phenanthroline and Its Remarkable Affinity for Cadmium(II) (2020, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • Ruthenium Photosensitizers for NIR PDT Require Lowest-Lying Triplet Intraligand (3IL) Excited States (2021, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology)

Their main topics of research include:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry

Frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated include:

  • Hee-Seung Lee
  • Robert D. Hancock
  • Liubov M. Lifshits
  • Stuart Uritis
  • John A. Roque

Their work has commonly been published in the following venues:

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemistry - An Asian Journal
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemical Science
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Randolph P. Thummel's publications span materials science and chemistry, showcasing interdisciplinary connections to biomedical and environmental applications. Their studies on metal complexes and photodynamic therapy contribute to both fundamental inorganic chemistry and applied biomedical research.

Best Publications

  • Transition Metal Complexes and Photodynamic Therapy from a Tumor-Centered Approach: Challenges, Opportunities, and Highlights from the Development of TLD1433

    Susan Monro;Katsuya L. Colón;Huimin Yin;John Roque

  • A New Family of Ru Complexes for Water Oxidation

    Ruifa Zong;Randolph P Thummel

  • Chiral 2,2'-bipyridines, 1,10-phenanthrolines, and 2,2':6',2' '-terpyridines: syntheses and applications in asymmetric homogeneous catalysis.

    Giorgio Adolfo Chelucci;Randolph P. Thummel

  • Mononuclear ruthenium(II) complexes that catalyze water oxidation.

    Huan Wei Tseng;Ruifa Zong;James T. Muckerman;Randolph Thummel

  • Exploitation of Long-Lived 3IL Excited States for Metal–Organic Photodynamic Therapy: Verification in a Metastatic Melanoma Model

    Richard Lincoln;Lars Kohler;Susan Monro;Huimin Yin

  • Intramolecular Electronic Energy Transfer in Ruthenium(II) Diimine Donor/Pyrene Acceptor Complexes Linked by a Single C−C Bond

    Jerald A. Simon;Steven L. Curry;Russell H. Schmehl;Timothy R. Schatz

  • Water oxidation by a mononuclear ruthenium catalyst: characterization of the intermediates.

    Dmitry E. Polyansky;James T. Muckerman;Jonathan Rochford;Ruifa Zong

  • Color Tuning in New Metal-Free Organic Sensitizers (Bodipys) for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Duraisamy Kumaresan;Randolph P. Thummel;Thomas Bura;Gilles Ulrich

  • Enhanced Metal Ion Selectivity of 2,9-Di-(pyrid-2-yl)-1,10-phenanthroline and Its Use as a Fluorescent Sensor for Cadmium(II)

    Gregory M. Cockrell;Gang Zhang;Donald G. Vanderveer;Randolph P. Thummel

  • From Blue to Red: Syntheses, Structures, Electronic and Electroluminescent Properties of Tunable Luminescent N,N Chelate Boron Complexes

    Qin-De Liu;Maria S. Mudadu;Randolph Thummel;Ye Tao

  • Preparation and Study of a Family of Dinuclear Ru(II) Complexes That Catalyze the Decomposition of Water

    Zeping Deng;Huan-Wei Tseng;Ruifa Zong;Dong Wang

  • Ru(II) complexes of new tridentate ligands: unexpected high yield of sensitized 1O2.

    Yao Liu;Richard Hammitt;Daniel A. Lutterman;Lauren E. Joyce

  • Visible Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution from Water Catalyzed by A Molecular Cobalt Complex

    Lianpeng Tong;Ruifa Zong;Randolph P. Thummel

  • Introduction of Benzo[h]quinoline and 1,10-Phenanthroline Subunits by Friedländer Methodology.

    Elvira C. Riesgo;Xiaoqing Jin;Randolph P. Thummel

  • The photophysical behavior of d6 complexes having nearly isoenergetic MLCT and ligand localized excited states

    Aaron I. Baba;John R. Shaw;Jerald A. Simon;Randolph P. Thummel

  • Influence of charge-transfer states on the Eu(III) luminescence in mononuclear triple helical complexes with tridentate aromatic ligands

    Stéphane Petoud;Jean-Claude G. Bünzli;Thomas Glanzman;Claude Piguet

  • N,N'-Bridged Derivatives of 2,2'-Bibenzimidazole

    Zhiqiang Shi;Randolph P. Thummel

  • Friedländer Approach for the Incorporation of 6-Bromoquinoline into Novel Chelating Ligands

    Yi-Zhen Hu;Gang Zhang;Randolph P. Thummel

  • A molecular light-driven water oxidation catalyst.

    Nattawut Kaveevivitchai;Raghu Chitta;Ruifa Zong;Maya El Ojaimi

  • Ruthenium(II) complexes of 1,12-diazaperylene and their interactions with DNA.

    Abdellatif Chouai;Sara E. Wicke;Claudia Turro;John Bacsa

  • Stereochemistry of the base-induced rearrangement of epoxides to allylic alcohols

    Randolph P. Thummel;Bruce Rickborn

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacek Waluk
Jacek Waluk Polish Academy of Sciences
Claudia Turro
Claudia Turro The Ohio State University
Etsuko Fujita
Etsuko Fujita Brookhaven National Laboratory
Giorgio Chelucci
Giorgio Chelucci University of Sassari
James T. Muckerman
James T. Muckerman Brookhaven National Laboratory
Russell H. Schmehl
Russell H. Schmehl Tulane University
Bernhard Brutschy
Bernhard Brutschy Goethe University Frankfurt
Robert D. Hancock
Robert D. Hancock University of North Carolina Wilmington
Raymond Ziessel
Raymond Ziessel University of Strasbourg
Paul G. Gassman
Paul G. Gassman University of Minnesota

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