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2008

T. M. Alam, S. K. McIntyre, "Self-Assembly and Magnetic Alignment in Cetyltrimethylammonium
Bromide / Sodium Perfluorooctanoate Surfactant Mixtures Investigated Using 2H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy" Langmuir, in press, article ASAP here

R. T. Cygan, T. M. Alam, C. J. Brinker, B. C. Bunker, J. S. Clawson, L. J. Criscenti, P. S. Crozier, D. Farrow, P. J. Feibelman, B. L. Frankamp, G. P. Holland, J. E. Houston, D. L. Huber, Y.-B. Jiang, K. Leung, C. D. Lorenz, T. M. Nenoff, M. D. Nyman, N. W. Ockwig, C. J. Orendorff, J. D. Pless, S. B. Rempe, S. Singh, M. J. Stevens, K. Thuermer, F. B. van Swol, S. Varma, R. C. Major, M. J. McGrath, J. I. Siepmann, X. Zhu, J. L. Cecchi, Z. Chen, D. R. Dunphy, H. Gerung, D. J. Kissel, N. Liu, G. K. Xomeritakis, J. A. Anderson, A. Travesset, L. L. Daemen, M. A. Hartl, and H. Xu ,"Exploiting Interfacial Water Properties for Desalination and Purification Applications" SAND Report SAND2008-5729 (2008). paper

T. M. Anderson, T. M. Alam, M. A. Rodriguez, J. N. Bixler, W. Xu, J. B. Parise, M. Nyman, "Cupric Siliconiobate. Synthesis and Solid-State Studies of a Pseudosandwich-type Heteropolyanion" Inorganic Chemistry, 47(17), 7834-7839 (2008). paper

M. Nyman, C. R. Powers, F. Bonhomme, T. M. Alam, E. J. Maginn, D. T. Hobbs, “Ion-Exchange Behavior of One-Dimensional Linked Dodecaniobate Keggin Ion Materials” Chemistry of Materials, 20(7), 2513-2521 (2008). paper

M. R. Hibbs, M. A. Hickner, T. M. Alam, S. K. McIntyre, C. H. Fujimoto, C. J. Cornelius, “Transport Properties of Hydroxide and Proton Conducting Membranes”, Chemistry of Materials, 20(7), 2566-2573 (2008). paper

T. M. Alam, S. K. McIntyre, C. H. Fujimoto, M. R. Hibbs, M. A. Hickner, “Pulse Field Gradient NMR Investigation of Water Diffusion in Proton and Anion Exchange Membranes”, Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry), 49(1), 718-719 (2008).

T. M. Alam, J. S. Clawson, F. Bonhomme, S. G. Thoma, M. A. Rodriguez, S. Zheng, J. Autschbach, "A Solid-State NMR, X-Ray Diffraction, and Ab Initio Investigation into the Structures of Novel Tantalum Oxyfluoride Clusters," Chemistry of Materials, 20, 2205-2217 (2008). paper

A. L. Costello, T. M. Alam, "Using 31P MAS NMR to Monitor a Gel Phase Thermal Disorder Transition in Sphingomyelin / Cholesterol Bilayers," Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes, 1778, 97-104 (2008). paper

2007

S. K. McIntyre, T. M. Alam, "17O NMR Investigation of Phosphite Hydrolysis Mechanisms," Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 45, 1022-1026 (2007). paper

T. M. Nenoff, N. W. Ockwig, T. M. Alam, M. Hartl, L. L. Daemen, “The Role of Water in Zeolite Pores: The Structure/Property Relationship for Ion Exchange”, In Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 170A, Eds. R. Xu, J. Chen, Z. Gao, W. Yan, 790-795 (2007). book info

T. J. Boyle , H. D. Pratt III, T. M. Alam, M. A. Rodriguez, P. G. Clem, "Synthesis and characterization of solvated trifluoroacetate alkaline earth derivatives," Polyhedron, 26, 5095–5103 (2007). paper

T. M. Anderson, M. A. Rodriguez, F. Bonhomme, J. N. Bixler, T. M. Alam, M. Nyman, "An aqueous route to [Ta6O19]8– and solid-state studies of isostructural niobium and tantalum oxide complexes," Dalton Transactions, 40, 4517-4522 (2007). paper Check out the cover! Way to go, May!

T. M. Nenoff, N. W. Ockwig, R. T. Cygan, T. M. Alam, K. Leung, J. D. Pless, H. Xu, M. A. Hartl, L. L. Daemen, "Role of water in the ion selectivity of niobate-based octahedral molecular sieves," Journal of Physical Chemistry C, (2007). advance paper

T. J. Boyle, L. A. M. Ottley, S. D. Daniel-Taylor, L. J. Tribby, S. D. Bunge, A. L. Costello, T. M. Alam, J. C. Gordon, T. M. McCleskey, “Isostructural neo-pentoxide derivatives of group 3 and the lanthanide series metals for the production of Ln(2)O(3) nanoparticles,” Inorganic Chemistry, 46, 3705-3713         (2007). paper

T. M. Alam, M. Nyman, S. K. McIntyre, “Double quantum 1H MAS NMR studies of hydrogen-bonded protons and water dynamics in materials,” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, 1792-1799 (2007). paper

T. M. Anderson, S. G. Thoma, F. Bonhomme, M. A. Rodriguez, H. Park, J. B. Parise, T. M. Alam, J. P. Larentzos, M. Nyman, “Lithium polyniobates. A lindqvist-supported lithium-water adamantine cluster and conversion of hexaniobate to a discrete keggin complex,” Crystal Growth and Design, 7, 719-723 (2007). paper

2006

M. Nyman, A. J. Celestian, J. B. Parise, G. P. Holland, T. M. Alam, “Solid-state structural characterization of a rigid framework of lacunary heteropolyniobates,” Inorganic Chemistry, 45, 1043-1052 (2006). paper

L. O. Sillerud, A. F. McDowell, N. L. Adolphi, R. E. Serda, D. P. Adams, M. J. Vasile, T. M. Alam, “1H NMR detection of superparamagnetic nanoparticles at 1T using a microcoil and novel tuning circuit,” Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 181, 181-190 (2006). paper

T. M. Alam and G. P. Holland, “1H-13C INEPT MAS NMR Correlation Experiments with 1H-1H Mediated Magnetization Exchange to Probe Organization in Lipid Biomembranes”, Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 180, 210-221 (2006). paper

G. P. Holland, S. K. McIntyre, and T. M. Alam, “Distinguishing Individual Lipid Headgroup Mobility and Phase Transitions in Raft Forming Lipid Mixtures with 31P MAS NMR”, Biophysical Journal, 90, 4248-4260 (2006). paper

G. P. Holland and T. M. Alam, “Multi-Dimensional 1H-13C HETCOR and FSLG-HETCOR NMR Study of Sphingomyelin Bilayers Containing Cholesterol in the Gel and Liquid Crystalline States”, Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 181, 316-326 (2006). paper

J. S. Clawson, G. P. Holland and T. M. Alam, “Magnetic Alignment of Aqueous CTAB in Nematic and Hexagonal Liquid Crystalline Phases Investigated by Spin-1 NMR”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 8, 2636-2641 (2006). paper

M. Nyman, T. M. Alam, F.  Bonhomme, M. A. Rodriguez, C. S. Frazer and M. E. Welk , “Solid-state Structures and Solution Behavior of Alkali Salts of the [Nb6O18]8- Lindqvist Ion”, Journal of Cluster Science, 17, 197-219 (2006). paper

M. V. Childress, D. Millar, T. M. Alam, K. A. Kreisel, G. P. A. Yap, L. N. Zakharov, J. A. Golen, A. L. Rheingold, L. H. Doerrer, “Thallophillic Interactions in Aryloxide Compounds: the {Tl22-OAr)4} Structural Motif in (TlOAr)4 and Tl2Cu(OAr)4 Compounds”, Inorganic Chemistry, 45, 3864-3877 (2006). paper

 

2005

T. M. Alam, B. R. Cherry, K. R. Minard, M. Celina, “Relaxation Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Heterogeneous Aging in a Hydroxy-Terminated Polybutadiene Based Elastomer”, Macromolecules, 38, 10694-10701. paper

T. M. Alam, J. U. Otaigbe, D. Rhoades, G. P. Holland, B. R. Cherry and P. G. Kotula, “Nanostructure Polymer Blends: Synthesis and Structure”,  Polymer, 46(26), 12468-12479 (2005). paper

T. M. Alam, B. C. Tischendorf, R. K. Brow, “High Speed 1H MAS NMR Investigations of the Weathered Surface of a Phosphate Glass”, Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 27(1-2), 99-111 (2005). paper

T. M. Alam and M. K. Alam, “Chemometric Analysis of NMR Spectroscopy Data: A Review”, Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy, 54, 41-80 (2005). paper

B. R. Cherry, C. H. Fujimoto, C. J. Cornelius, T. M. Alam, “Investigation of Domain Size in Polymer Membranes Using Double-Quantum-Filtered Spin Diffusion Magic Angle Spinning NMR”, Macromolecules, 38, 1201-1206 (2005). paper

F. Bonhomme, J. P. Larentzos, T. M. Alam, E. J. Maginn, M. Nyman, “Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Molecular Modeling of Dodecaniobate Keggin Chain Materials”, Inorganic Chem., 44, 1774-1785 (2005).

G. P. Holland and T. M. Alam, “Location and Orientation of Adsorbed Molecules in Zeolites From Solid-State REAPDOR NMR”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 7, 1739-1742 (2005). Also check out this 2004 SAND report on zeolite-adsorbed methane!

M. Nyman, D. Ingersoll, S. Singh, F. Bonhomme, T. M. Alam, C. F. Brinker, M. A. Rodrigez, “Comparative Study of Inorganic Cluster-Surfactant Arrays”, Chem. Materials, 17, 2885-2895 (2005).

T. J. Boyle, L. J. Tribby, T. M. Alam, S. D. Bunge, G. P. Holland, “Catechol Derivatives of Group 4 and 5 Compounds”, Polyhedron, 24, 1143-1152 (2005).

T. J. Boyle, N. L. Andrews, T. M. Alam, D. R. Tallant, M. A. Rodrigez, D. Ingersol, “Speciation in the AlCl3/SO2Cl2 Catholyte System”, Inorganic Chemistry, 44(16), 5934-5940 (2005).

T. J. Boyle, T. M. Alam, S. D. Bunge, J. M. Segall, G. R. Avilucea, R. G. Tissot, M. A. Rodriguez, “Tetrahydrofurfuryloxide Derivatives of Alkyl Aluminum Species”, Organometallics, 24, 731-737 (2005).

T. J. Boyle, S. D. Bunge, T. M. Alam, G. P. Holland, T. J. Headley, G. Avilucea, “Cadmium Amido Alkoxide and Alkoxide Precursors for the Synthesis of Nanocrystalline CdE (E = S, Se, Te).

H. Fan, Z. Chen, J. Brinker, J. Clawson. T. M. Alam, “Synthesis of Organo-Silane Functionalized Nanocrystal Micelles and Their Self Assembly”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 13646-13747 (2005).

T. M. Alam and G. S. Timmins, “Use of 17O in NMR and EPR Investigations of Polymer Aging: A Mini Review”, in Service Life Prediction: Challenging the Status Quo, Ed. J. W. Martin, R. A. Ryntz, R. A. Dickie, Federations of Societies for Coating Technologies, 297-303 (2005).

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