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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Overview

Ryan M. Richards is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with notable contributions across related subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

Their work covers a range of scientific topics, including:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Extraction and Separation Processes

Among recent publications authored or coauthored by Ryan M. Richards are:

  • "Revealing the Dynamics and Roles of Iron Incorporation in Nickel Hydroxide Water Oxidation Catalysts" (2021), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Progress towards a circular economy in materials to decarbonize electricity and mobility" (2020), Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Direct synthesis of silver nanoparticles modified spherical mesoporous silica as efficient antibacterial materials" (2020), Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
  • "A microwave assisted ionic liquid route to prepare bivalent Mn5O8 nanoplates for 5-hydroxymethylfurfural oxidation" (2020), Nanoscale
  • "Cubes to Cubes: Organization of MgO Particles into One-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Nanostructures" (2021), Crystal Growth & Design

The scientist frequently publishes in several scientific venues, including:

  • Cancer Research
  • RSC Applied Interfaces
  • Crystal Growth & Design
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Ryan M. Richards has collaborated extensively with other researchers, with frequent coauthors being:

  • Elliot Brim
  • Darius Hayes
  • Brian G. Trewyn
  • Stephen E. Fawell
  • Maryann San Martin

In recognition of their professional standing, Ryan M. Richards was named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Nanoscopic Metal Particles − Synthetic Methods and Potential Applications

    Helmut Bönnemann;Ryan M. Richards

  • Controlled selectivity for palladium catalysts using self-assembled monolayers

    Stephen T Marshall;Marykate O'Brien;Brittany Oetter;April Corpuz

  • Oxygen Reduction Reaction Measurements on Platinum Electrocatalysts Utilizing Rotating Disk Electrode Technique I. Impact of Impurities, Measurement Protocols and Applied Corrections

    Kazuma Shinozaki;Kazuma Shinozaki;Kazuma Shinozaki;Jason W. Zack;Ryan M. Richards;Bryan S. Pivovar

  • Sunflower and rapeseed oil transesterification to biodiesel over different nanocrystalline MgO catalysts

    Marian Verziu;Bogdan Cojocaru;Juncheng Hu;Ryan Richards

  • Heterogeneous Diels–Alder catalysis for biomass-derived aromatic compounds

    Amy E. Settle;Amy E. Settle;Laura Berstis;Nicholas A. Rorrer;Yuriy Roman-Leshkóv

  • Nanocrystalline MgO as a dehydrohalogenation catalyst

    Ilya V. Mishakov;Alexander F. Bedilo;Ryan M. Richards;Vladimir V. Chesnokov

  • Efficient preparation and catalytic activity of MgO(111) nanosheets.

    Kake Zhu;Kake Zhu;Juncheng Hu;Christian Kübel;Ryan Richards

  • Phase evolution for conversion reaction electrodes in lithium-ion batteries

    Feng Lin;Dennis Nordlund;Tsuchien Weng;Ye Zhu

  • Metal Oxide Nanoparticles

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  • Revealing the Dynamics and Roles of Iron Incorporation in Nickel Hydroxide Water Oxidation Catalysts.

    Chunguang Kuai;Chunguang Kuai;Chunguang Kuai;Cong Xi;Anyang Hu;Yan Zhang;Yan Zhang

  • NiO(111) nanosheets as efficient and recyclable adsorbents for dye pollutant removal from wastewater

    Zhi Song;Lifang Chen;Juncheng Hu;Ryan Richards

  • Adsorption Properties of MgO(111) Nanoplates for the Dye Pollutants from Wastewater

    Juncheng Hu;Zhi Song;Lifang Chen;Haijian Yang

  • Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry: Klabunde/Nanoscale Materials 2e

    Kenneth J. Klabunde;Ryan M. Richards

  • MgO(111) Nanosheets with Unusual Surface Activity

    Juncheng Hu;Kake Zhu;Lifang Chen;and Christian Kübel

  • Thin film synthesis and properties of copper nitride, a metastable semiconductor

    Christopher M. Caskey;Christopher M. Caskey;Ryan M. Richards;David S. Ginley;Andriy Zakutayev

  • Intercalation of Aggregation-Free and Well-Dispersed Gold Nanoparticles into the Walls of Mesoporous Silica as a Robust “Green” Catalyst for n-Alkane Oxidation

    Lifang Chen;Juncheng Hu;Ryan Richards

  • Transesterification of vegetable oils over CaO catalysts

    Marian Verziu;Simona M. Coman;Ryan Richards;Vasile I. Parvulescu

  • Surface and Nanomolecular Catalysis

    Ryan Richards

  • Real-time monitoring of the deactivation of HZSM-5 during upgrading of pine pyrolysis vapors

    Calvin Mukarakate;Xiaodong Zhang;Alexander R. Stanton;David J. Robichaud

  • Hybrid Mesoporous Silica/Noble-Metal Nanoparticle Materials—Synthesis and Catalytic Applications

    Malcolm Davidson;Yazhou Ji;G. Jeremy Leong;Nolan C. Kovach

  • Sodiation Kinetics of Metal Oxide Conversion Electrodes: A Comparative Study with Lithiation.

    Kai He;Feng Lin;Yizhou Zhu;Xiqian Yu

  • Efficient Preparation and Catalytic Activity of MgO(111) Nanosheets.

    Kake Zhu;Juncheng Hu;Christian Kuebel;Ryan Richards

Frequent Co-Authors

Feng Lin
Feng Lin Virginia Tech
Juncheng Hu
Juncheng Hu South Central University for Nationalities
Lifang Chen
Lifang Chen East China University of Science and Technology
Kake Zhu
Kake Zhu East China University of Science and Technology
Dennis Nordlund
Dennis Nordlund SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Svitlana Pylypenko
Svitlana Pylypenko Colorado School of Mines
Bryan S. Pivovar
Bryan S. Pivovar National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Zhi Li
Zhi Li University of Alberta
Anne C. Dillon
Anne C. Dillon National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Vasile I. Parvulescu
Vasile I. Parvulescu University of Bucharest

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