College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of Chemistry

John D. Corbett

Inorganic Solid-State Chemistry

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Selected Publications

  1. B. Li and J. D. Corbett, "Phase Stabilization through Electronic Tuning: Electron-Poorer Alkali-Metal–Indium Compounds with Unprecedented In/Li Clusters", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 926-932 (2005).

  2. Michael T. Klem and John D. Corbett, "A5InPb8 (A = K, Rb): An Apparent Zintl phase with Lead Tetrahedra Interbridged by :6-In Atoms", Inorg. Chem., 44, 5990-5995 (2005).

  3. Anja-V. Mudring and John D. Corbett, "Importance of Cations in the Properties of Zintl Phases. The Electronic Structure of Na6TlSb4", Inorg. Chem. 44, 5636-5640 (2005).

  4. Bin Li and John D. Corbett, "Participation of Sodium in the Bonding of Anionic Networks: Synthesis, Structure and Bonding of Na3MIn2 (M = Au, Ag), Inorg. Chem. 44, 6515-6517 (2005).

  5. Qisheng Lin and John D. Corbett, "Electronic Tuning of Mg2Cu6Ga5. A Route to Crystalline Approximate and Quasicrystalline Phases", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 12786-12787 (2005).

  6. Jing-Cao Dai and John D. Corbett, "Substitution of Au or Hg into BaTl2 and BaI2. New Ternary Examples of Smaller CeC2-Type Intermetallic Phases' Inorg. Chem. 45, 2104- 2111 (2006).

  7. Bin Li and John D. Corbett, "Electronic Structures of KN3I9 and N2In, Two Metallic Phases with Classical Closed Shell Electronic Configurations", Inorg. Chem., 45, 2960- 2964 (2006).

  8. Qisheng Lin and John D. Corbett "New building blocks in the 2/1 crystalline approximant of a Bergman-type icosahedral quasicrystal" Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.,103, 13589-13594 (2006).

  9. Shalabh Gupta, Ashok K. Ganguli, and John D. Corbett, "Mg5.23Sm0.77Sb4: An Ordered Superstructure Derived from the Mg3Sb2 Structure Type", Inorg. Chem. 45, 8175-8178 (2006).

  10. Bin Li and John D. Corbett "Intermetallic Compounds with 1D Infinite Tunnels. Syntheses and Structures of AAu4In2 (A = K, Rb), J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 12392 (2006).

  11. E. Alejandro Leon-Escamilla and John D. Corbett "Hydrogen in Polar Intermetallics. Binary Pnictides of Divalent Metals with Mn5Si3-type Structures and Their Isotypic Ternary Hydride Solutions" Chem. Mat. 18, 4782-4792 (2006).

  12. Qisheng Lin and John D. Corbett, "The 1/1 and 2/1 Approximants in the Sc-Mg-Zn System. Triacontahedral Clusters as Fundamental Building Blocks" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 13268-12373 (2006).