Journal Title
Title of Journal: J Clust Sci
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Abbravation: Journal of Cluster Science
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Authors: Charles M Lukehart Burjor Captain
Publish Date: 2012/04/18
Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 603-605
Abstract
It was the spring of 1998 when one of us BC was considering whether or not to do graduate work with Professor Richard Adams at the University of South Carolina On meeting with Professor Adams for the first time in his office his passion for science was clear but one could not help but notice the various minerals on display on his desk and shelves Trying to avoid chemistry questions the subject was changed to the beautiful crystal forms of the minerals in the room From minerals the interview continued on to crystallography and symmetry and then transition metal clusters That brief encounter was the beginning of a working relationship that extended from 1998 to 2007 during an era which Professor Adams would often refer to as “the good ole days” To him “the good ole days” meant pleasant hours spent pursuing new science To his students it was characterized by hard work frustrating failures and on occasion the discovery of new structures reactions and bonding modes rivaling the intricacy of a coral reef Without fanfare or exaggeration in an ongoing career of over 40 years countless new forms have been created brought to light examined in detail and recorded in the over 500 articles books and reviews by Professor AdamsIn his very early years Professor Adams had a great interest in nature and was particularly fascinated by crystals and minerals He received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the Pennsylvania State University in 1969 and went on to MIT to study under the direction of F A Cotton where he received a PhD in inorganic chemistry in 1973 While working with Cotton he learned to do Xray crystallography to help to satisfy his interest in crystals and more importantly to establish the molecular structure of the new compounds that he was synthesizing in the Cotton labs At MIT he also became interested in the use of dynamical NMR spectroscopy for the study of molecular rearrangements He moved to Texas A M University in 1972 to complete his PhD research when Cotton departed MIT for a new position there He met his wife Nancy in Boston and they were married at the end of 1972 They have two children Todd and Amanda His first faculty position was at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1973 but he moved to Yale in 1975 when an opportunity became available there In 1984 he moved to the University of South Carolina in Columbia where he still is located today In 1995 he was appointed the first Arthur S Williams Professor of Chemistry at the University of South Carolina From 2001 to 2005 he served as the Director of the USC Nanocenter In 2006 he was promoted to Carolina Distinguished Professor Over 36 students have received PhD degrees for the research done under his directionHis research interests have been focused largely on the chemistry of polynuclear metal carbonyl complexes with a goal of trying to develop an understanding of the way two or more metal atoms can interact cooperatively with small molecules to produce transformations especially for applications in catalysis He has been particularly interested in the activation of hydrogen by electronically unsaturated cluster complexes In recent years his research has been focused on the synthesis and characterization of mixed metal cluster complexes for use as precursors to supported bi and multimetallic heterogeneous nanoscale catalysts He has served as a coeditor for the Journal of Cluster Science since 1991 and as the American regional editor of the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry since 1998 He received many awards for outstanding research including the 1999 award for Inorganic Chemistry from the American Chemical Society the Henry Albert award of the International Precious Metals Institute 2005 the 2010 ACS award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry and the 2011 Distinguished Scientist award of the Southeastern Universities Research Association In 2011 he was elected to the European Academy of Sciences and ArtsWith this issue we wish Professor Richard Adams a “Happy Birthday” and in an unconventional way rather than giving him a present we express our thanks to him for his contributions to cluster science and look forward to receiving many such “gifts” from him in the future
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Other Papers In This Journal:
- Reactivity of Alkyne-Substituted Transition Metal Clusters: An Overview
- Molybdenum Bisphosphonates with Cr(III) or Mn(III) Ions
- Novel Nanomaterials Based on Inorganic Molybdenum Octahedral Clusters
- Computer Simulation of Binary Platinum–Cobalt Nanoclusters Interaction with Oxygen
- A New Sandwich Polyoxometalate Constructed from a Zn 6 12+ Hexagon Cluster Sandwiched by Two B-α-[BiW 9 O 33 ] 9−
- Synthesis and Characterization of Stable Iron Oxide Nanoparticle with Amino Covalent Binding on the Surface for Biomedical Application
- Reactions of Unsaturated Quinoline Triosmium Clusters [Os 3 (CO) 9 (μ 3 -η 2 -C 9 H 5 (4-R)N)(μ-H)] (R=Me or H) with Tetramethylthiourea: X-ray Structures of [Os 3 (CO) 8 (μ-η 2 -C 9 H 5 (4-Me)N)(η 2 -SC(NMe 2 NCH 2 Me)(μ-H) 2 ] and [Os 3 (CO) 9 (μ-η 2 -C 9 H 6 N)(η 1 -SC(NMe 2 ) 2 )(μ-H)]
- Introducing Transition-Metal Complex Together with Conjugated Ligand into Polymeric Iodoplumbate: Structure Characterization, Properties and Theoretical Study of a New Semi-Conductive Hybrid: {[Cu(II)(2,2′-bipy) 3 ][Pb 2 I 6 ]} n
- Synthesis of Platinum Nanoparticles-Decorated Poly( p -Phenylenediamine) Colloids with a High Performance for Methanol Electrocatalysis for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
- Low-Energy Structures of Binary Pt–Sn Clusters from Global Search Using Genetic Algorithm and Density Functional Theory
- Synthesis and Characterization of a 3-D Framework Constructed from [V 12 B 18 O 54 (OH) 6 (H 2 O)] 10− Clusters and K + Cations
- Structural, Electronic, and Magnetic Properties of MB n (M = Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, n ≤ 8) Clusters
- Small Tin Oxide Grains: Structural and Electronic Properties Evaluated using the Density Functional Theory
- One Novel Trinuclear Nickel(II) Cluster Containing a Pyramidal Ni 3 ( μ 3 -OH) Core: Crystal Structure and Hirshfeld Surface Analysis
- Mosquitocidal, Antimalarial and Antidiabetic Potential of Musa paradisiaca -Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles: In Vivo and In Vitro Approaches
- Properties of Au/ZnO Nanocomposite Prepared by Laser Irradiation of the Mixture of Individual Colloids
- Properties of Au/ZnO Nanocomposite Prepared by Laser Irradiation of the Mixture of Individual Colloids
- Metal-to-Ligand Ratio Effect on the Size of Copper Iodide and Copper Bromide Clusters in 1,4-Bis(cyclohexylthio)butane-Spanned Coordination Polymers
- Bio-template Synthesis of Nanoparticle by Cage-shaped Protein Supramolecule, Apoferritin
- Au Nanoparticles Supported Nanoporous ZnO Sphere for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity Under UV-Light Irradiation
- One-Dimensional Bi 2 WO 6 Nanofibers Controllable Synthesis by Electrospinning and Enhanced Visible Photocatalytic Degradation Performances
- New Member of Organic Ligand Functionalized TMSP: Synthesis, Characterized and Properties of Na 15 [(Mn II (COOH)) 3 (AsW 9 O 33 ) 2 ]·15H 2 O
- Facile Synthesis of ZIF-8/ZnO/Polyoxometalate Ternary Composite Materials for Efficient and Rapid Removal of Cationic Organic Dye
- Investigation of the Thermal Properties of a Series of Copper Selenide Cluster Molecules
- The Reactions of Two New Alkoxy-silyl Functionalized Alkynes with M 3 (CO) 12 {M = Fe, Ru} and Co 2 (CO) 8 . Spectroscopic Identification of the Products
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