Raymond E. Schaak

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, Chemistry

Research Summary

Research interests include the intersection of solid-state chemistry, materials chemistry, molecular inorganic chemistry and nanoscience; new low-temperature routes to bulk and nanoscale solid-state materials, particularly non-equilibrium solids made by d

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Recent Publications

Colloidal Nanoparticles of High Entropy Materials: Capabilities, Challenges, and Opportunities in Synthesis and Characterization

Dey, G. R., Soliman, S. S., McCormick, C. R., Wood, C. H., Katzbaer, R. R. & Schaak, R. E., Feb 21 2024, In: ACS Nanoscience Au. 4, 1, p. 3-20 18 p.

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Transition metal-doped CuO nanosheets for enhanced visible-light photocatalysis

Seling, T. R., Katzbaer, R. R., Thompson, K. L., Aksoy, S. E., Chitara, B., Shringi, A. K., Schaak, R. E., Riaz, U. & Yan, F., Feb 1 2024, In: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. 448, 115356.

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Soft Chemistry of Hard Materials: Low-Temperature Pathways to Bulk and Nanostructured Layered Metal Borides

Alameda, L. T., Baumler, K. J., Katzbaer, R. R. & Schaak, R. E., Dec 5 2023, In: Accounts of Chemical Research. 56, 23, p. 3515-3524 10 p.

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Introducing Porosity into Refractory Molybdenum Boride through Controlled Decomposition of a Metastable Mo-Al-B Precursor

Baumler, K. J., Alameda, L. T., Katzbaer, R. R., O'Boyle, S. K., Lord, R. W. & Schaak, R. E., Jan 18 2023, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145, 2, p. 1423-1432 10 p.

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One-step topochemical transformation of MoAlB into metastable Mo2AlB2 using a metal chloride salt reaction

Baumler, K. J., Adams, O. S. & Schaak, R. E., Mar 17 2023, In: Chemical Communications. 59, 32, p. 4814-4817 4 p.

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Best Practices for Using AI When Writing Scientific Manuscripts

Buriak, J. M., Akinwande, D., Artzi, N., Brinker, C. J., Burrows, C., Chan, W. C. W., Chen, C., Chen, X., Chhowalla, M., Chi, L., Chueh, W., Crudden, C. M., Di Carlo, D., Glotzer, S. C., Hersam, M. C., Ho, D., Hu, T. Y., Huang, J., Javey, A., Kamat, P. V., & 24 othersKim, I. D., Kotov, N. A., Lee, T. R., Lee, Y. H., Li, Y., Liz-Marzán, L. M., Mulvaney, P., Narang, P., Nordlander, P., Oklu, R., Parak, W. J., Rogach, A. L., Salanne, M., Samorì, P., Schaak, R. E., Schanze, K. S., Sekitani, T., Skrabalak, S., Sood, A. K., Voets, I. K., Wang, S., Wang, S., Wee, A. T. S. & Ye, J., Mar 14 2023, In: ACS nano. 17, 5, p. 4091-4093 3 p.

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Chemical Insights into the Formation of Colloidal High Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles

Dey, G. R., McCormick, C. R., Soliman, S. S., Darling, A. J. & Schaak, R. E., Mar 28 2023, In: ACS nano. 17, 6, p. 5943-5955 13 p.

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Computationally-driven discovery of second harmonic generation in EuBa3(B3O6)3 through inversion symmetry breaking

He, J., Alaerts, L., Wang, Y., Trinquet, V., Yoshida, S., Yennawar, H., Sanni, V., Claes, R., Katzbaer, R., Krysko, E., Sarker, S., Schaak, R. E., Rignanese, G. M., Hautier, G., Mao, Z. & Gopalan, V., Dec 1 2023, In: Optical Materials Express. 13, 12, p. 3416-3427 12 p.

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Temperature-Dependent Selection of Reaction Pathways, Reactive Species, and Products during Postsynthetic Selenization of Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles

Hole, B., Luo, Q., Garcia, R., Xie, W., Rudman, E., Nguyen, C. L. T., Dhakal, D., Young, H. L., Thompson, K. L., Butterfield, A. G., Schaak, R. E. & Plass, K. E., Nov 14 2023, In: Chemistry of Materials. 35, 21, p. 9073-9085 13 p.

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Band Gap Narrowing in a High-Entropy Spinel Oxide Semiconductor for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Catalysis

Katzbaer, R. R., dos Santos Vieira, F. M., Dabo, I., Mao, Z. & Schaak, R. E., Mar 29 2023, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145, 12, p. 6753-6761 9 p.

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Synthesis and Magnetic, Optical, and Electrocatalytic Properties of High-Entropy Mixed-Metal Tungsten and Molybdenum Oxides

Katzbaer, R. R., Vincent, W. M., Mao, Z. & Schaak, R. E., May 22 2023, In: Inorganic chemistry. 62, 20, p. 7843-7852 10 p.

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Studies on the structure and the magnetic properties of high-entropy spinel oxide (MgMnFeCoNi)Al2O4

Krysko, E., Min, L., Wang, Y., Zhang, N., Barber, J. P., Niculescu, G. E., Wright, J. T., Li, F., Burrage, K., Matsuda, M., Robinson, R. A., Zhang, Q., Katzbaer, R., Schaak, R., Terrones, M., Rost, C. M. & Mao, Z., Oct 1 2023, In: APL Materials. 11, 10, 101123.

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Celebrating a Nobel Prize to the “Discovery of Quantum Dots, an Essential Milestone in Nanoscience”

Liz-Marzán, L. M., Artzi, N., Bals, S., Buriak, J. M., Chan, W. C. W., Chen, X., Hersam, M. C., Kim, I. D., Millstone, J. E., Mulvaney, P., Parak, W. J., Rogach, A. & Schaak, R. E., Oct 24 2023, In: ACS nano. 17, 20, p. 19474-19475 2 p.

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Chemical Insights into the Formation of Metastable Zinc Cobalt Sulfide Solid-Solution Nanoparticles through Simultaneous Multi-Cation Exchange

McCormick, C. R., Baksa, S. M., Veglak, J. M., Dabo, I. & Schaak, R. E., Jul 25 2023, In: Chemistry of Materials. 35, 14, p. 5433-5446 14 p.

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Combinatorial cation exchange for the discovery and rational synthesis of heterostructured nanorods

McCormick, C. R., Katzbaer, R. R., Steimle, B. C. & Schaak, R. E., Feb 2023, In: Nature Synthesis. 2, 2, p. 152-161 10 p.

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