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Overview

Shiv N. Khanna is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States, focusing primarily on materials science. Their research spans several interconnected fields, including materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their work covers a range of topics reflecting the broad scope of their expertise. These include:

  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Magnetism in Coordination Complexes

Khanna has contributed to multiple scientific publications, with notable recent papers such as:

  • "The New Ag-S Cluster [Ag50S13(StBu)20][CF3COO]4 with a Unique hcp Ag14 Kernel and Ag36 Keplerian-Shell-Based Structural Architecture and Its Photoresponsivity", published in 2022 in Nano Letters
  • "Modulation of Singlet-Triplet Gap in Atomically Precise Silver Cluster-Assembled Material", published in 2023 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Ligand accommodation causes the anti-centrosymmetric structure of Au13Cu4 clusters with near-infrared emission", published in 2020 in Nanoscale
  • "High-Spin Superatom Stabilized by Dual Subshell Filling", published in 2022 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Superatomic molecules with internal electric fields for light harvesting", published in 2020 in Nanoscale

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers, with repeated coauthorships including Turbasu Sengupta, Arthur C. Reber, Dinesh Bista, Sukhendu Mandal, and Sourav Biswas.

Khanna's work has appeared in respected scientific venues, with multiple publications in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Nanoscale
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Nano Letters
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

This profile highlights the scope of Shiv N. Khanna's contributions to the fields of materials chemistry and nanomaterials, as well as their engagement with several specialized topics related to the synthesis, structural analysis, and functional applications of advanced material systems.

Best Publications

  • Cluster-Assembled Materials

    Shelley A. Claridge;A. W. Castleman;Shiv N. Khanna;Christopher B. Murray

  • Assembling crystals from clusters

    S. N. Khanna;P. Jena

  • Physics and Chemistry of Small Clusters

    P. Jena;B.K. Rao;S.N. Khanna

  • Formation of Al13I-: evidence for the superhalogen character of Al13.

    Denis E. Bergeron;A. Welford Castleman;Tsuguo Morisato;Shiv N. Khanna

  • Clusters, Superatoms, and Building Blocks of New Materials†

    A. W. Castleman;S. N. Khanna

  • ATOMIC CLUSTERS : BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A CLASS OF SOLIDS

    S. N. Khanna;P. Jena

  • Al Cluster Superatoms as Halogens in Polyhalides and as Alkaline Earths in Iodide Salts

    D. E. Bergeron;D. E. Bergeron;P. J. Roach;P. J. Roach;A. W. Castleman;A. W. Castleman;N. O. Jones;N. O. Jones

  • Giant magnetic moments in 4d clusters.

    B. V. Reddy;S. N. Khanna;B. I. Dunlap

  • Reactivity of Metal Clusters.

    Zhixun Luo;A. W. Castleman;Shiv N. Khanna

  • Physics and Chemistry of Finite Systems: From Clusters to Crystals

    P. Jena;S. N. Khanna;B. K. Rao

  • Magnetic behavior of clusters of ferromagnetic transition metals.

    S. N. Khanna;Søren Linderoth

  • Magnetic anisotropy barrier for spin tunneling in Mn 12 O 12 molecules

    M. R. Pederson;S. N. Khanna

  • Jahn-Teller Distortion, Hund’s Coupling and Metastability in Alkali Tetramers

    S. N. Khanna;B. K. Rao;P. Jena;J. L. Martins

  • Magic numbers in metallo-inorganic clusters: chromium encapsulated in silicon cages.

    S. N. Khanna;B. K. Rao;P. Jena

  • Reactive Nature of Dopamine as a Surface Functionalization Agent in Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

    Michael D Shultz;J Ulises Reveles;Shiv N Khanna;Everett E Carpenter

  • Complementary active sites cause size-selective reactivity of aluminum cluster anions with water.

    Patrick J. Roach;W. Hunter Woodward;A. W. Castleman;Arthur C. Reber

  • Preparation of Elemental Cu and Ni Nanoparticles by the Polyol Method: An Experimental and Theoretical Approach

    Kyler J. Carroll;J. Ulises Reveles;Michael D. Shultz;Shiv N. Khanna

  • A Systematic Framework and Nanoperiodic Concept for Unifying Nanoscience: Hard/Soft Nanoelements, Superatoms, Meta-Atoms, New Emerging Properties, Periodic Property Patterns, and Predictive Mendeleev-like Nanoperiodic Tables

    Donald A. Tomalia;Donald A. Tomalia;Shiv N. Khanna

  • Geometry, electronic structure, and magnetism of small Nin (n = 2–6, 8, 13) clusters

    F.A. Reuse;S.N. Khanna

  • Designer magnetic superatoms

    J. Ulises Reveles;Peneé A. Clayborne;Arthur C. Reber;Shiv N. Khanna

Frequent Co-Authors

A. W. Castleman
A. W. Castleman Pennsylvania State University
Puru Jena
Puru Jena Virginia Commonwealth University
Purusottam Jena
Purusottam Jena Virginia Commonwealth University
Ayusman Sen
Ayusman Sen Pennsylvania State University
Mark R. Pederson
Mark R. Pederson The University of Texas at El Paso
Paul S. Weiss
Paul S. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles
Kit H. Bowen
Kit H. Bowen Johns Hopkins University
Jens Kortus
Jens Kortus TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Saroj K. Nayak
Saroj K. Nayak Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Yoshiyuki Kawazoe
Yoshiyuki Kawazoe Tohoku University

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