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Wayne W. Lukens is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with significant contributions to the subfields of materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and organic chemistry.

Their work covers a range of topics within these fields, including:

  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Lanthanide and transition metal complexes
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Radiopharmaceutical chemistry and applications
  • Chemical synthesis and characterization

Wayne W. Lukens has published extensively across various scientific journals and databases. Notable frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemical Science
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organometallics

Their recent papers demonstrate engagement with cutting-edge topics in coordination chemistry, magnetism, radiopharmaceuticals, and electronic structure studies. Recent publications include:

  • "Strong Ferromagnetic Exchange Coupling and Single-Molecule Magnetism in MoS43--Bridged Dilanthanide Complexes," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Developing scandium and yttrium coordination chemistry to advance theranostic radiopharmaceuticals," 2020, Communications Chemistry
  • "Electronic structure studies reveal 4f/5d mixing and its effect on bonding characteristics in Ce-imido and -oxo complexes," 2022, Chemical Science
  • "Identification and Quantification of Technetium Species in Hanford Waste Tank AN-102," 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • "Effect of Spin-Orbit Coupling on Phonon-Mediated Magnetic Relaxation in a Series of Zero-Valent Vanadium, Niobium, and Tantalum Isocyanide Complexes," 2021, Inorganic Chemistry

Wayne collaborates frequently with peers in their research, including notable co-authors such as:

  • Jeffrey R. Long
  • Robert J. Ward
  • Steven P. Kelley
  • Justin R. Walensky
  • Lucy E. Darago

These collaborations have resulted in numerous publications that span areas of inorganic chemistry, magnetic materials, and radiopharmaceutical chemistry. Their academic corpus reflects a strong emphasis on the application of X-ray crystallography techniques and the study of complex molecular systems involving lanthanides and transition metals.

Best Publications

  • MESOCELLULAR SILICEOUS FOAMS WITH UNIFORMLY SIZED CELLS AND WINDOWS

    Patrick Schmidt-Winkel;Wayne W. Lukens;Dongyuan Zhao;Peidong Yang

  • Evaluating Pore Sizes in Mesoporous Materials: A Simplified Standard Adsorption Method and a Simplified Broekhoff−de Boer Method

    Wayne W. Lukens;Patrick Schmidt-Winkel;Dongyuan Zhao;Jianglin Feng

  • Surface chemistry and electrochemistry of supported zerovalent iron nanoparticles in the remediation of aqueous metal contaminants

    Sherman M. Ponder;John G. Darab;Jerome Bucher;Dana Caulder

  • MULTINUCLEAR NMR, RAMAN, EXAFS, AND X-RAY-DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF URANYL CARBONATE COMPLEXES IN NEAR-NEUTRAL AQUEOUS-SOLUTION - X-RAY STRUCTURE OF C(NH2)(3) (6) (UO2)(3)(CO3)(6) CENTER-DOT-6.5H(2)O

    Patrick G. Allen;Jerome J. Bucher;D.L. Clark;Norman M. Edelstein

  • Influence of Pyrazolate vs N‑Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands on the Slow Magnetic Relaxation of Homoleptic Trischelate Lanthanide(III) and Uranium(III) Complexes

    Katie R. Meihaus;Stefan G. Minasian;Wayne W. Lukens;Stosh A. Kozimor

  • Detailed Structural Investigation of the Grafting of [Ta(CHtBu)(CH2tBu)3] and [Cp*TaMe4] on Silica Partially Dehydroxylated at 700 °C and the Activity of the Grafted Complexes toward Alkane Metathesis

    Erwan Le Roux;Mathieu Chabanas;Anne Baudouin;Aimery de Mallmann

  • A well-defined, silica-supported tungsten imido alkylidene olefin metathesis catalyst

    Bouchra Rhers;Alain Salameh;Anne Baudouin;Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli

  • Self-contained kondo effect in single molecules

    Corwin H. Booth;Marc D. Walter;Million Daniel;Wayne W. Lukens

  • Immobilization of 99-technetium (VII) by Fe(II)-goethite and limited reoxidation.

    Wooyong Um;Wooyong Um;Hyun-Shik Chang;Jonathan P. Icenhower;Jonathan P. Icenhower;Wayne W. Lukens

  • Cerocene Revisited: The Electronic Structure of and Interconversion Between Ce2(C8H8)3 and Ce(C8H8)2

    Marc D. Walter;Corwin H. Booth;Wayne W. Lukens;Richard A. Andersen

  • Impeding (99)Tc(IV) mobility in novel waste forms.

    Mal Soon Lee;Wooyong Um;Guohui Wang;Albert A. Kruger

  • Removal of Pertechnetate From Simulated Nuclear Waste Streams Using Supported Zerovalent Iron

    John G. Darab;Alexandra B. Amonette;Deborah S. D. Burke;Robert D. Orr

  • Intermediate-Valence Tautomerism in Decamethylytterbocene Complexes of Methyl-Substituted Bipyridines

    Corwin H. Booth;Daniel Kazhdan;Evan L. Werkema;Marc D. Walter

  • A π-Donor Spectrochemical Series for X in (Me5C5)2TiX, and β-Agostic Interactions in X = Et and N(Me)Ph

    Wayne W. Lukens;Milton R. Smith;Richard A. Andersen

  • Decamethylytterbocene complexes of bipyridines and diazabutadienes: multiconfigurational ground states and open-shell singlet formation.

    Corwin H. Booth;Marc D. Walter;Daniel Kazhdan;Yung-Jin Hu

  • Products of Pertechnetate Radiolysis in Highly Alkaline Solution: Structure of TcO2·xH2O

    Wayne W. Lukens;Jerome J. Bucher;Norman M. Edelstein;David K. Shuh

  • Perhydrocarbyl ReVII Complexes: Comparison of Molecular and Surface Complexes

    Mathieu Chabanas;Anne Baudouin;Christophe Copéret;Jean-Marie Basset

  • Quantitative Evidence for Lanthanide-Oxygen Orbital Mixing in CeO2, PrO2, and TbO2.

    Stefan G. Minasian;Enrique R. Batista;Corwin H. Booth;David L. Clark

  • Evolution of technetium speciation in reducing grout.

    Wayne W. Lukens;Jerome J. Bucher;David K. Shuh;Norman M. Edelstein

  • Investigations of the Electronic Structure of Arene-Bridged Diuranium Complexes

    Bess Vlaisavljevich;Paula L. Diaconescu;Wayne L. Lukens;Laura Gagliardi

  • Dissimilar behavior of technetium and rhenium in borosilicate waste glass as determined by X-ray absorption spectroscopy

    Wayne W. Lukens;David A. McKeown;Andrew C. Buechele;Isabelle S. Muller

  • Molecular and electronic structure of dinuclear uranium bis-μ-oxo complexes with diamond core structural motifs.

    Anna-Corina Schmidt;Frank W. Heinemann;Wayne W. Lukens;Karsten Meyer

Frequent Co-Authors

David K. Shuh
David K. Shuh Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Norman M. Edelstein
Norman M. Edelstein Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Corwin H. Booth
Corwin H. Booth Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mark E. Bowden
Mark E. Bowden Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Laurent Maron
Laurent Maron Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Jeffrey R. Long
Jeffrey R. Long Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Marc D. Walter
Marc D. Walter Technische Universität Braunschweig
Richard A. Andersen
Richard A. Andersen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jean-Marie Basset
Jean-Marie Basset King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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