Ph.D. (1984) University of British Columbia

Chemistry of Materials/Solid State Chemistry

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS SCIENCE Our research focus lies in both the synthesis and characterization of new materials exhibiting novel or improved properties, using experimental as well as theoretical techniques.

Research goals include, but are not limited to, the following:

study of physical properties of very high spin clusters, with novel magnetic properties development of new materials (superconductors, highly correlated electron spin systems, molecular magnets, ferroelectrics, etc.) understanding of structure-property relationships using experimental measurements together with quantum alculations development of novel applications or improvement of existing instrumental methods (e.g., magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, Raman spectroscopy, high field EPR probe design, NMR methods)

Our overall approach is to undertake cradle-to-grave projects which begin with the synthesis of novel compounds and their applications, including:

developing materials with novel electronic and physical properties using single crystals measuring physical properties of lattice (i.e., NMR, magnetism, heat capacity, dielectric constant, spectroscopy, etc.) interpreting results in theoretical/applied terms

Wang Z, van Tol J, Taguchi T, Daniels MR, Christou G, Dalal NS. Mn(7) Species with an S = (29)/(2) Ground State: High-Frequency EPR Studies of a Species at the Classical/Quantum Spin Interface. J Am Chem Soc. 2011, Nov 9;133(44), 17586-9 O'Reilly ME, Del Castillo TJ, Falkowski JM, Ramachandran V, Pati M, Correia MC, Abboud KA, Dalal NS, Richardson DE, Veige AS. Autocatalytic O2 cleavage by an OCO3 trianionic pincer Cr(III) complex: isolation and characterization of the autocatalytic intermediate [Cr(IV)]2(??-O) dimer. J Am Chem Soc. 2011, Aug 31;133(34):, 13661-73

Bassil BS, Ibrahim M, Al-Oweini R, Asano M, Wang Z, van Tol J, Dalal NS, Choi KY, Source: Ngo Biboum R, Keita B, Nadjo L, Kortz U. A planar {Mn19(OH)12}26+ unit incorporated in a 60-tungsto-6-silicate polyanion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2