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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2010 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Trevor W. Hayton is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans several domains within chemistry and materials science, emphasizing both theoretical and experimental approaches.

Their recent research output includes studies published in major journals. Notable papers are:

  • Redox-switchable carboranes for uranium capture and release, 2020, Nature
  • Probing the Electronic Structure of a Thorium Nitride Complex by Solid-State 15N NMR Spectroscopy, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Synthesis and electronic structure analysis of the actinide allenylidenes, [{(NR2)3}An(CCCPh2)] (An = U, Th; R = SiMe3), 2021, Chemical Science
  • A Ketimide-Stabilized Palladium Nanocluster with a Hexagonal Aromatic Pd7 Core, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Homoleptic Perchlorophenyl "Ate" Complexes of Thorium(IV) and Uranium(IV), 2021, Inorganic Chemistry

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Guang Wu (collaborated on 99 publications)
  • Guang Wu (52 publications)
  • Greggory T. Kent (48 publications)
  • Jochen Autschbach (43 publications)
  • Xiaojuan Yu (41 publications)

Trevor W. Hayton's publication record is concentrated in several venues, such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (113 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (21 publications)
  • Chemical Science (7 publications)
  • Organometallics (7 publications)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal (4 publications)

Their main fields of study are:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry

Within those fields, their research focuses on multiple subfields:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

The topics most frequently addressed in their work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing
  • Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications

Trevor W. Hayton has received recognition in the form of professional fellowships. These include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018, and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Coordination and organometallic chemistry of metal-NO complexes.

    Trevor W. Hayton;Peter Legzdins;W. Brett Sharp

  • Oxo ligand functionalization in the uranyl ion (UO22

    Skye Fortier;Trevor W. Hayton

  • Recent developments in actinide–ligand multiple bonding

    Trevor W. Hayton

  • Metal–ligand multiple bonding in uranium: structure and reactivity

    Trevor W. Hayton

  • A Cu25 Nanocluster with Partial Cu(0) Character.

    Thuy Ai D. Nguyen;Zachary R. Jones;Bryan R. Goldsmith;William R. Buratto

  • Synthesis of imido analogs of the uranyl ion.

    Trevor W. Hayton;James M. Boncella;Brian L. Scott;Phillip D. Palmer

  • Redox-switchable carboranes for uranium capture and release.

    Megan Keener;Camden Hunt;Timothy G. Carroll;Vladimir Kampel

  • An Organometallic Cu20 Nanocluster: Synthesis, Characterization, Immobilization on Silica, and "Click" Chemistry.

    Andrew W. Cook;Zachary R. Jones;Guang Wu;Susannah L. Scott

  • Case Studies in Nanocluster Synthesis and Characterization: Challenges and Opportunities.

    Andrew W Cook;Trevor W Hayton

  • Synthesis of a Nitrido-Substituted Analogue of the Uranyl Ion, [N═U═O]+

    Skye Fortier;Guang Wu;Trevor W. Hayton

  • Use of 77Se and 125Te NMR Spectroscopy to Probe Covalency of the Actinide-Chalcogen Bonding in [Th(En){N(SiMe3)2}3]− (E = Se, Te; n = 1, 2) and Their Oxo-Uranium(VI) Congeners

    Danil E. Smiles;Guang Wu;Peter Hrobárik;Trevor W. Hayton

  • Synthesis, molecular and electronic structure of U(V)(O)[N(SiMe3)2]3.

    Skye Fortier;Jessie L. Brown;Nikolas Kaltsoyannis;Guang Wu

  • Synthesis and reactivity of the imido analogues of the uranyl ion.

    Trevor W. Hayton;James M. Boncella;Brian L. Scott;Enrique R. Batista

  • Ligand-Exchange-Induced Growth of an Atomically Precise Cu29 Nanocluster from a Smaller Cluster

    Thuy-Ai D. Nguyen;Zachary R. Jones;Domenick F. Leto;Guang Wu

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of a Uranyl β-Diketiminate Complex

    Trevor W. Hayton;Guang Wu

  • A Complete Family of Terminal Uranium Chalcogenides, [U(E)(N{SiMe3}2)3]− (E = O, S, Se, Te)

    Jessie L. Brown;Skye Fortier;Richard A. Lewis;Guang Wu

  • Bonding Trends Traversing the Tetravalent Actinide Series: Synthesis, Structural, and Computational Analysis of AnIV(Aracnac)4 Complexes (An = Th, U, Np, Pu; Aracnac = ArNC(Ph)CHC(Ph)O; Ar = 3,5-tBu2C6H3)

    David D. Schnaars;Andrew J. Gaunt;Trevor W. Hayton;Matthew B. Jones

  • Synthesis of a phosphorano-stabilized U(IV)-carbene via one-electron oxidation of a U(III)-Ylide adduct

    Skye Fortier;Justin R. Walensky;Guang Wu;Trevor W. Hayton

  • Exploring the effects of reduction or Lewis acid coordination on the U=O bond of the uranyl moiety.

    Trevor W. Hayton;Guang Wu

  • Probing the reactivity and electronic structure of a uranium(V) terminal oxo complex.

    Skye Fortier;Nikolas Kaltsoyannis;Guang Wu;Trevor W. Hayton

Frequent Co-Authors

Guang Wu
Guang Wu University of California, Santa Barbara
Brian L. Scott
Brian L. Scott Los Alamos National Laboratory
Nikolas Kaltsoyannis
Nikolas Kaltsoyannis University of Manchester
Jochen Autschbach
Jochen Autschbach University at Buffalo, State University of New York
James M. Boncella
James M. Boncella Los Alamos National Laboratory
Brian O. Patrick
Brian O. Patrick University of British Columbia
Enrique R. Batista
Enrique R. Batista Los Alamos National Laboratory
Susannah L. Scott
Susannah L. Scott University of California, Santa Barbara
Wayne W. Lukens
Wayne W. Lukens Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Steven J. Rettig
Steven J. Rettig University of British Columbia

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