Distinguished Professor of Chemistry. B. A.; 1948, M. A., 1951, Temple University. Ph. D., 1954, Rutgers University. Inorganic Chemistry. Crystallography; solid state chemistry; synthesis, structure, and ion exchange behavior of inorganic compounds; chemistry of zirconium; structure of coordination and organometallic compounds; layered compounds.

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Inorganic Chemistry Crystallography Surface Chemistry Metal Phosphonates

Diaz, Agustin; David, Amanda; Perez, Riviam; Gonzalez, Millie L.; Baez, Adriana; Wark, Stacey E.; Zhang, Paul; Clearfield, Abraham; Colon, Jorge L. Nanoencapsulation of Insulin into Zirconium Phosphate for Oral Delivery Applications. Biomacromolecules (2010), 11(9), 2465-2470. Konar, Sanjit; Gagnon, Kevin; Clearfield, Abraham; Thompson, Charles; Hartle, Jennifer; Ericson, Clayton; Nelson, Chad. Structural determination and characterization of copper and zinc bis-glycinates with X-ray crystallography and mass spectrometry. Journal of Coordination Chemistry (2010), 63(19), 3335-3347. Perry, Houston; Zon, Jerzy; Law, Justin; Clearfield, Abraham. Structural variations of SnII pyridylphosphonates influenced by an uncommon Sn-N interaction. Journal of Solid State Chemistry (2010), 183(5), 1165-1173. Shpeizer, B. G.; Bakhmoutov, V.I.; Zhang, P.; Prosvirin A.V.; Dunbar K. R.; Thommes, M.; Clearfield, A. Transition metal-alumina/silica supermicroporous composites with tunable Porosity. Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physiochemical and Engineering Aspects (2010), 357, 105-115. Clearfield, Abraham. Seizing the caesium. Nature Chemistry (2010), 2(3), 161-162. Kirumakki, S.; Huang, J.; Subbiah, A.; Yao, J.; Rowland, A.; Smith, B.; Mukherjee, A.; Samarajeewa, S.; Clearfield, A., Tin(IV) phosphonates: porous nanoparticles and pillared materials. J. Mater. Chem. 19, 2593-2603 (2009).