WHITMIRE RESEARCH GROUP

The Whitmire research group has been actively involved in the synthesis of new inorganic and organometallic compounds. We are particularly interested in building molecules that contain both main group elements and transition metals in order to understand the unusual structure and bonding patterns that arise in these mixed systems. These efforts lie in two general areas: (1) the development of metal cluster compounds and (2) the creation of new alkoxide and carboxylate coordination compounds. In both cases, the resulting molecules are being examined as potential single-source precursors to advanced materials... The heterometallic alkoxide and carboxylate complexes also have a variety of applications. Heterometallic oxides containing both a main group element and a transition metal have a wide variety of uses including ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, oxide-ion conducting solids, oxidation catalysis, catalysts for the photochemical decomposition of water into hydrogen and oxygen, high Tc..

Primary location: Houston United States