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  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Robert D. Hancock is affiliated with the University of North Carolina Wilmington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with particular attention to materials chemistry and inorganic chemistry.

The scientist's work extensively covers crystallization and solubility studies, with a strong emphasis on X-ray diffraction in crystallography. Additional topics of interest include lanthanide and transition metal complexes, radioactive element chemistry and processing, molecular sensors and ion detection, metal complexes synthesis and properties, and analytical chemistry methods development.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert D. Hancock include:

  • 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
  • Evidence for Participation of 4f and 5d Orbitals in Lanthanide Metal-Ligand Bonding and That Y(III) Has Less of This Complex-Stabilizing Ability. A Thermodynamic, Spectroscopic, and DFT Study of Their Complexation by the Nitrogen Donor Ligand TPEN, 2022, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Two Ligands of Interest in Recovering Uranium from the Oceans: The Correct Formation Constants of the Uranyl(VI) Cation with 2,2'-Bipyridyl-6,6'-dicarboxylic Acid and 1,10-Phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxylic Acid, 2022, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Exciplex formation as an approach to selective Copper(II) fluorescent sensors, 2020, Inorganica Chimica Acta
  • A study of the complexes of Hg(II) with polypyridyl ligands by Fluorescence, absorbance Spectroscopy, and DFT calculations. The effect of ligand preorganization and relativistic effects on complex stability, 2021, Inorganica Chimica Acta

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert D. Hancock include:

  • Hee-Seung Lee
  • Joseph H. Reibenspies
  • Bruna B. Correia
  • Thomas R. Brown
  • Stephanie B. Jones

Research outputs have appeared in the following publication venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (15 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (4 publications)
  • Inorganica Chimica Acta (4 publications)
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (1 publication)
  • Polyhedron (1 publication)

Robert D. Hancock's scholarly work has been recognized with the fellowship of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers awarded in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Ligand design for selective complexation of metal ions in aqueous solution

    Robert D. Hancock;Arthur E. Martell

  • Metal Complexes in Aqueous Solutions

    Arthur Earl Martell;Robert D. Hancock

  • The pyridyl group in ligand design for selective metal ion complexation and sensing

    Robert D. Hancock

  • Metal ion recognition in ligands with negatively charged oxygen donor groups. Complexation of iron(III), gallium(III), indium(III), aluminum(III), and other highly charged metal ions

    Ann Evers;Robert D. Hancock;Arthur E. Martell;Ramunas J. Motekaitis

  • Factors affecting stabilities of chelate, macrocyclic and macrobicyclic complexes in solution

    A.E. Martell;R.D. Hancock;R.J. Motekaitis

  • The Stereochemical activity or non-activity of the ‘Inert’ pair of electrons on lead(II) in relation to its complex stability and structural properties. Some considerations in ligand design

    Robert D. Hancock;M. Salim Shaikjee;Susan M. Dobson;Jan C.A. Boeyens

  • Molecular mechanics calculations and metal ion recognition

    Robert D. Hancock

  • Chelate ring size and metal ion selection. The basis of selectivity for metal ions in open-chain ligands and macrocycles

    Robert D. Hancock

  • Possible steric control of the relative strength of chelation enhanced fluorescence for zinc(II) compared to cadmium(II): metal ion complexing properties of tris(2-quinolylmethyl)amine, a crystallographic, UV-visible, and fluorometric study.

    Neil J Williams;Wei Gan;Joseph H Reibenspies;Robert D Hancock

  • 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

  • Molecular mechanics and crystallographic study of hole sizes in nitrogen-donor tetraaza macrocycles

    Vivienne J. Thom;Christine C. Fox;Jan C. A. Boeyens;Robert D. Hancock

  • Structural effects of the lone pair on lead(II), and parallels with the coordination geometry of mercury(II). Does the lone pair on lead(II) form H-bonds? Structures of the lead(II) and mercury(II) complexes of the pendant-donor macrocycle DOTAM (1,4,7,10-tetrakis(carbamoylmethyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane).

    Robert D. Hancock;Joseph H. Reibenspies;Hulisani Maumela

  • Ligand design for complexation in aqueous solution. 1. Neutral oxygen donor bearing groups as a means of controlling size-based selectivity for metal ions

    Robert D. Hancock;Rekha Bhavan;Peter W. Wade;Jan C. A. Boeyens

  • Anomalous metal ion size selectivity of tetraaza macrocycles

    Vivienne J. Thom;Gladys D. Hosken;Robert D. Hancock

  • Mechanism of “Turn-on” Fluorescent Sensors for Mercury(II) in Solution and Its Implications for Ligand Design

    Hyunjung Lee;Hee-Seung Lee;Joseph H Reibenspies;Robert D Hancock

  • The Chelate, Cryptate and Macrocyclic Effects

    Robert D. Hancock;Arthur E. Martell

  • Supported transition metal complexes : II. Silica as the support☆

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  • The Amide Oxygen as a Donor Group. Metal Ion Complexing Properties of Tetra-N-acetamide Substituted Cyclen: A Crystallographic, NMR, Molecular Mechanics, and Thermodynamic Study

    Hulisani Maumela;Robert D. Hancock;Laurence Carlton;Joseph H. Reibenspies

  • More rigid macrocyclic ligands that show metal ion size-based selectivity. Crystallographic, molecular mechanics, and formation constant study of the complexes of bridged cyclen

    Robert D. Hancock;Susan M. Dobson;Ann. Evers;Peter W. Wade

  • Affinity of the highly preorganized ligand PDA (1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxylic acid) for large metal ions of higher charge. A crystallographic and thermodynamic study of PDA complexes of thorium(IV) and the uranyl(VI) ion.

    Nolan E. Dean;Robert D. Hancock;Christopher L. Cahill;Mark Frisch

  • Macrocycles and their selectivity for metal ions on the basis of size

    Robert D. Hancock

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph H. Reibenspies
Joseph H. Reibenspies Texas A&M University
Arthur E. Martell
Arthur E. Martell Texas A&M University
Ramunas J. Motekaitis
Ramunas J. Motekaitis Texas A&M University
Sheng Dai
Sheng Dai Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Randolph P. Thummel
Randolph P. Thummel University of Houston
Michael J. Welch
Michael J. Welch Washington University in St. Louis
David P. Goldberg
David P. Goldberg Johns Hopkins University
Carolyn J. Anderson
Carolyn J. Anderson University of Pittsburgh
Robin D. Rogers
Robin D. Rogers University of Alabama

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