INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

Core Faculty > Dr. Robert M. Buchanan

Robert M. Buchanan , Ph.D

 

Postion : IAM-RE Associate Director and Professor of Chemistry Dept.
Phone: (502) 852-6580
Fax:(502) 852-6807
Email: bob.buchanan@louisville.edu

Education:

B.A. 1973 Western Maryland College
Ph.D. 1980 University of Colorado

Research Intrests:

Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of inorganic and bioinorganic compounds; active site models of mu.-oxo iron proteins; polynuclear manganese complexes as models of PSII and pseudocatalase proteins; mixed valence complexes; C-H bond function; conducting polymers; phthalocyanine complexes, electrocatalysis.

Recent Publications:

  • Structures and solid-state dynamics of one-dimensional water chains stabilized by imidazole channels Lionel E. Cheruzel, Maxim S. Pometun, Matthew R. Cecil, Mark S. Mashuta, Richard J. Wittebort and Robert M. Buchanan Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 5452-5455
  • Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of Nickel(II) complexes containing sterically hindering Benzimidazole ligands Philip D. Bauer, Mark S. Mashuta, Robert J. O'Brien, John F. Richardson and Robert M. Buchanan J. Coord. Chem. 2004, 57, 361-372
  • Design and development of microfabricated capillary electrophoresis devices with electrochemical detection R. S. Keynton, T. J. Roussel, M. M. Crain, D. J. Jackson, D. B. Franco, J.F. Naber, K. M. Walsh and R. P. Baldwin Anal. Chim. Acta., 2004, 507, 95-105