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William T. A. Harrison

William T. A. Harrison

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Chemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
12931
World Ranking
8881
National Ranking
493

Overview

William T. A. Harrison is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research encompasses significant contributions primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their recent publications illustrate a range of topics within these fields, including crystallization processes, chemical compound structures, and metal complex synthesis. Notable papers include:

  • Understanding the remarkable difference in liquid crystal behaviour between secondary and tertiary amides: the synthesis and characterisation of new benzanilide-based liquid crystal dimers (2021, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
  • Dental material allergies and oral soft tissue reactions (2022, BDJ)
  • Synthesis, crystal structure, thermal studies and antimicrobial activity of a new chelate complex of copper(II) succinate with N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (2020, Journal of Coordination Chemistry)
  • Synthesis, crystal structure, thermal studies and antimicrobial activity of a mononuclear Cu(II)-cinnamate complex with N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine as co-ligand (2020, Polyhedron)
  • Lone-pair self-containment in pyritohedron-shaped closed cavities: optimized hydrothermal synthesis, structure, magnetism and lattice thermal conductivity of Co15F2(TeO3)14 (2020, Dalton Transactions)

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • M. John Plater
  • Xuenian Chen
  • Sajjad Hussain
  • John M. D. Storey
  • Shabbir Muhammad

William T. A. Harrison has published extensively in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Coordination Chemistry
  • Journal of Chemical Research

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Crystal structures of chemical compounds
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Chemical Reaction Mechanisms

The combination of these research topics and publication venues reflects a strong focus on the crystallographic analysis of materials, synthesis and characterization of chemical compounds, and study of molecular interactions relevant to materials chemistry and related applications.

Best Publications

  • Conducting tin halides with a layered organic-based perovskite structure

    D. B. Mitzi;C. A. Feild;W. T. A. Harrison;A. M. Guloy

  • The structure of SrRuO3 by time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction

    C. W. Jones;P. D. Battle;P. Lightfoot;W. T. A. Harrison

  • NaZnPO4·H2O, an Open-Framework Sodium Zincophosphate with a New Chiral Tetrahedral Framework Topology

    William T. A. Harrison;Thurman E. Gier and;Galen D. Stucky;Robert W. Broach and

  • Cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase

    Daniel A Paterson;Jordan P Abberley;William Ta Harrison;John Md Storey

  • Diverse Metabolic Profiles of a Streptomyces Strain Isolated from a Hyper-arid Environment

    Mostafa E. Rateb;Wael E. Houssen;William T. A. Harrison;Hai Deng

  • A POWDER NEUTRON DIFFRACTION DETERMINATION OF THE STRUCTURE OF SR6CO5O15, FORMERLY DESCRIBED AS THE LOW-TEMPERATURE HEXAGONAL FORM OF SRCOO3-X

    William T. A. Harrison;Steven L. Hegwood;Allan J. Jacobson

  • Growth and characterization of benzimidazole single crystals: a nonlinear optical material

    N Vijayan;R Ramesh Babu;R Gopalakrishnan;P Ramasamy

  • Room-temperature synthesis and characterization of new ZnPO and ZnAsO sodalite open frameworks

    Tina M. Nenoff;William T. A. Harrison;Thurman E. Gier;Galen D. Stucky

  • Chaxamycins A–D, Bioactive Ansamycins from a Hyper-arid Desert Streptomyces sp.

    Mostafa Ezzat Rateb;Wael E Houssen;Markus Arnold;Mostafa H Abdelrahman

  • 3-Fluoro-4-hydroxyprolines: Synthesis, Conformational Analysis, and Stereoselective Recognition by the VHL E3 Ubiquitin Ligase for Targeted Protein Degradation.

    Andrea Testa;Xavier Lucas;Guilherme V. Castro;Kwok-Ho Chan

  • Tetrahedral-atom 3-ring groupings in 1-dimensional inorganic chains: beryllium arsenate hydroxide hydrate (Be2AsO4OH.cntdot.4H2O) and sodium zinc hydroxide phosphate hydrate (Na2ZnPO4OH.cntdot.7H2O)

    William T. A. Harrison;Tina M. Nenoff;Thurman E. Gier;Galen D. Stucky

  • Syntheses, Crystal Structures, and Properties of New Layered Molybdenum(VI) Selenites: (NH4)2(MoO3)3SeO3 and Cs2(MoO3)3SeO3

    William T. A. Harrison;Laurie L. Dussack;Allan J. Jacobson

  • Structures and properties of new zeolite X-type zincophosphate and beryllophosphate molecular sieves

    William T. A. Harrison;Thurman E. Gier;Kelly L. Moran;Jacqueline M. Nicol

  • Hydrothermal Syntheses and Single-Crystal Structures of Some Novel Guanidinium-Zinc-Phosphates

    William T. A. Harrison;Mark L. F. Phillips

  • Amino acid templating of inorganic networks: synthesis and structure of L-asparagine zinc phosphite, C4N2O3H8.ZnHPO3.

    L. E. Gordon;William Thomas Alexander Harrison

  • Flexibility of the zeolite RHO framework. In situ X-ray and neutron powder structural characterization of divalent cation-exchanged zeolite RHO

    David R. Corbin;L. Abrams;G. A. Jones;M. M. Eddy

  • Ethylenediamine zinc hydrogen phosphite, [H2N(CH2)2NH2]0.5·ZnHPO3, containing two independent, interpenetrating, mixed inorganic/organic networks

    Jennifer A. Rodgers;William T. A. Harrison

  • (CN3H6)4[Zn3(SeO3)5]: The First Organically Templated Selenite

    William T. A. Harrison;Mark L. F. Phillips;Jesse Stanchfield;Tina M. Nenoff

  • Hydrothermal Investigation of the Barium/Molybdenum(VI)/Selenium(IV) Phase Space: Single-Crystal Structures of BaMoO3SeO3and BaMo2O5(SeO3)2

    William T.A. Harrison;Laurie L. Dussack;Allan J. Jacobson

  • New molecular perovskites: Cubic C4N2H12.NH4Cl3.H2O and 2-H hexagonal C6N2H14.NH4Cl3

    C. A. Bremner;M. Simpson;William Thomas Alexander Harrison

  • N(CH3)4 · ZnH3(PO4)2: A Large‐Pore Zincophosphate Built Up from a 12‐Ring Architecture with a Remarkably Low Tetrahedral‐Framework‐Atom Density

    William T. A. Harrison;Lakshitha Honnooman

  • A New Layered Vanadium Selenium Oxide with a Structure Related to Hexagonal Tungsten Oxide: NH4(VO2)3(SeO3)2

    John T. Vaughey;William T. A. Harrison;Laurie L. Dussack;Allan J. Jacobson

Frequent Co-Authors

Galen D. Stucky
Galen D. Stucky University of California, Santa Barbara
Tina M. Nenoff
Tina M. Nenoff Sandia National Laboratories
Allan J. Jacobson
Allan J. Jacobson University of Houston
Alexandra M. Z. Slawin
Alexandra M. Z. Slawin University of St Andrews
Anthony K. Cheetham
Anthony K. Cheetham University of Cambridge
John T. Vaughey
John T. Vaughey Argonne National Laboratory
Hellmut Eckert
Hellmut Eckert Universidade de São Paulo
Thomas Vogt
Thomas Vogt University of South Carolina
Russell E. Morris
Russell E. Morris University of St Andrews
Marcel Jaspars
Marcel Jaspars University of Aberdeen

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