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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1991 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1980 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Royce W. Murray was affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research contributions spanned several interconnected fields, including Chemistry, Materials Science, and Engineering.

Their research mainly focused on subfields such as Electrochemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Organic Chemistry.

The body of work by Royce W. Murray addressed several core topics consistently explored in their publications:

  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications
  • Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry

They coauthored papers with a number of collaborators, notably:

  • R. J. Nowak
  • F. A. Schultz
  • M. Umana
  • Rui Qi Lam
  • J. D. Richardson

Frequently publishing in venues such as UNC Libraries and the Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich), some of their recent papers included:

  • Chemically modified electrodes for Electrocatalysis, 2021, Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
  • Chemically modified electrodes. Radiofrequency plasma polymerization of vinylferrocene on glassy carbon and platinum electrodes, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Electron transfer kinetics of self-assembled ferrocene (C12) Alkanethiol monolayers on gold electrodes from 125 K to 175 K, 2021, UNC Libraries

Throughout their career, Royce W. Murray received several awards recognizing their scientific standing and contributions. These included:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1992
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1991
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1980

Best Publications

  • Monolayer-Protected Cluster Molecules

    Allen C. Templeton;and W. Peter Wuelfing;Royce W. Murray

  • Alkanethiolate Gold Cluster Molecules with Core Diameters from 1.5 to 5.2 nm: Core and Monolayer Properties as a Function of Core Size

    Michael J. Hostetler;Julia E. Wingate;Chuan Jian Zhong;Jay E. Harris

  • Chemically modified electrodes

    Royce W. Murray

  • Crystal structure of the gold nanoparticle [N(C8H17)4][Au25(SCH2CH2Ph)18].

    Michael W. Heaven;Amala Dass;Peter S. White;Kennedy M. Holt

  • Nanoelectrochemistry: metal nanoparticles, nanoelectrodes, and nanopores.

    Royce W Murray

  • Gold nanoparticles: past, present, and future.

    Rajesh Sardar;Alison May Funston;Paul Mulvaney;Royce W Murray

  • Gold nanoelectrodes of varied size: Transition to molecule-like charging

    Shaowei Chen;Roychelle S. Ingram;Michael J. Hostetler;Jeremy J. Pietron

  • Dynamics of Place-Exchange Reactions on Monolayer-Protected Gold Cluster Molecules

    Michael J. Hostetler;and Allen C. Templeton;Royce W. Murray

  • Rectifying interfaces using two-layer films of electrochemically polymerized vinylpyridine and vinylbipyridine complexes of ruthenium and iron on electrodes

    H. D. Abruna;P. Denisevich;M. Umana;Thomas J. Meyer

  • Monolayers in Three Dimensions: Synthesis and Electrochemistry of ω-Functionalized Alkanethiolate-Stabilized Gold Cluster Compounds

    Michael J. Hostetler;Stephen J. Green;Jennifer J. Stokes;Royce W. Murray

  • Infrared Spectroscopy of Three-Dimensional Self-Assembled Monolayers: N-Alkanethiolate Monolayers on Gold Cluster Compounds

    Michael J. Hostetler;and Jennifer J. Stokes;Royce W. Murray

  • Molecular design of electrode surfaces

    Royce W. Murray

  • Chemically modified electrodes. Molecular design for electroanalysis.

    Royce W. Murray;Andrew G. Ewing;Richard A. Durst

  • Solvent Refractive Index and Core Charge Influences on the Surface Plasmon Absorbance of Alkanethiolate Monolayer-Protected Gold Clusters

    Allen C. Templeton;Jeremy J. Pietron;Royce W. Murray;Paul Mulvaney

  • The story of a monodisperse gold nanoparticle: Au25L18.

    Joseph F. Parker;Christina A. Fields-Zinna;Royce W. Murray

  • Ligand Effects on Optical Properties of CdSe Nanocrystals

    Gregory Kalyuzhny;Royce W Murray

  • Electrochemistry and optical absorbance and luminescence of molecule-like Au38 nanoparticles

    Dongil Lee;Robert L. Donkers;Gangli Wang;and Amanda S. Harper

  • Nanometer Gold Clusters Protected by Surface-Bound Monolayers of Thiolated Poly(ethylene glycol) Polymer Electrolyte

    W. Peter Wuelfing;Stephen M. Gross;Deon T. Miles;Royce W. Murray

  • Electrochemical polymerization of amino-, pyrrole-, and hydroxy-substituted tetraphenylporphyrins

    A. Bettelheim;B. A. White;S. A. Raybuck;S. A. Raybuck;Royce W. Murray

  • Reactivity of Monolayer-Protected Gold Cluster Molecules: Steric Effects

    Allen C. Templeton;Michael J. Hostetler;and Cynthia T. Kraft;Royce W. Murray

  • Monolayer‐Protected Cluster Molecules

    Allen C. Templeton;W. Peter Wuelfing;Royce W. Murray

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Meyer
Thomas J. Meyer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Héctor D. Abruña
Héctor D. Abruña Cornell University
Dongil Lee
Dongil Lee Yonsei University
James E. Hutchison
James E. Hutchison University of Oregon
Shaowei Chen
Shaowei Chen University of California, Santa Cruz
Masayoshi Watanabe
Masayoshi Watanabe Yokohama National University
John T. McDevitt
John T. McDevitt New York University
Francis P. Zamborini
Francis P. Zamborini University of Louisville
Eugene A. Irene
Eugene A. Irene University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Russell H. Schmehl
Russell H. Schmehl Tulane University

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