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Selected Publications
Crystal Growth, Structural, and Property Studies on a Family of Ternary Rare-Earth Phases RE2InGe2 (RE = Sm, Gd-Ho, Yb) Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 5567-5573
Ternary Rare-Earth Alumo-Silicides – Single Crystal Growth from Al Flux, Structural and Physical Properties J. Solid State Chem. 2005, 178, 2091-2103
Synthesis, Flux Crystal Growth, Structure and Properties of the New Rare-earth Compounds EuAl4-xSix (x ~ 1), TmAlSi and LuAlSi J. Alloys Compds. 2006, 418, 58-62
Structure and Bonding in Yb4MgGe4: Yb2+/Yb3+ Mixed-Valency and Charge Separation J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 3532-3533
Unusual Mn–Mn Spin Coupling in the Polar Intermetallic Compounds CaMn2Sb2 and SrMn2Sb2 Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 4047-4054
Ba11Cd8Bi14: Bismuth Zigzag Chains in a Ternary Alkaline-Earth Transition Metal Zintl Phase Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 7126-7132
Temperature-dependent Crystallographic Studies and Electronic Structure of Ba2Cd3Bi4 J. Solid State Chem. 2006, 179, 3371-3377
Vacancy Ordering in SmGe2-x and GdGe2-x (x = 0.33): Structure and Properties of Two Sm3Ge5 Polymorphs and of Gd3Ge5 Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 7286-7294
On the Existence of Ca2Bi – Crystal and Electronic Structure of Ca4Bi2O J. Alloys Compds. 2007, 427, 67-72
Diverse Polyanions Based on MnBi4 and MnSb4 Tetrahedra:  Polymorphism, Structure and Bonding in Ca21Mn4Bi18 and Ca21Mn4Sb18 Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 874-883
Cation-anion Interactions as Structure Directing Factors: Structure and Bonding of Ca2CdSb2 and Yb2CdSb2 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 4049-4057
Synthesis, Structure and Electronic Structure of a New Polymorph of CaGe2 J. Solid State Chem. 2007, 180, 1575-1581
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of the New Zintl Phase Eu10Cd6Bi12 Chem. Asian J. 2007, 2, 619-624
Synthesis, Crystal Structures, Magnetic and Electric Transport Properties of Eu11InSb9 and Yb11InSb9 J. Solid State Chem. 2007, 180, 2088-2094
An Interplay Between Size and Electronic Effects in Determining the Homogeneity Range of the A9Zn4+xPn9 and A9Cd4+xPn9 Phases (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.5), A = Ca, Sr, Yb, Eu; Pn = Sb, Bi J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 10019-4057
Structure and Properties of Gd3Ge4.  The Orthorhombic RE3Ge4 Structures Revisited (RE = Y, Tb-Tm) Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 8690-8697
Synthesis, Structure and Physical Properties of the New Uranium Ternary Phase U3Co2Ge7 J. Solid State Chem. 2007, 180, 2830-2837
Zinc-deficiency in Intermetallics with the NaZn13 type.  Re-determination of the Crystal Structure and Physical Properties of EuZn13–x (x = 0.25(1)) J. Alloys Compds. 2008, 463, 119-123
Structure and Properties of Nearly Equiatomic RESn1+xGe1–x (RE = Y, Gd–Tm): an Unusual Example of Site Preference Between Elements from the Same Group Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 2151-2159
Zintl Phase Variations Through Cation Selection.  Synthesis and Structure of A21Cd4Pn18 (A = Eu, Sr, Ba; Pn = Sb, Bi) Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 1919-1921
Are Ba11Cd6Sb12 and Sr11Cd6Sb12 Zintl Phases or Not?  A Density-Functional Theory Study J. Comp. Chem. 2008, 29, 2125-2133
Gallium Substitutions as a Means to Stabilize Alkaline-earth and Rare-earth Metal Pnictides with the Cubic Th3P4 type.  Synthesis and Structure of A7Ga2Sb6 (A = Sr, Ba, Eu J. Solid State Chem. 2008, 180, 1909-1914
Synthesis, Structure and Physical Properties of the New Zintl Phases Eu11Zn6Sb12 and Eu11Cd6Sb12 J. Solid State Chem. 2008, 181, 2690-2696
Combined Experimental and Density Functional Theory Studies on the Crystal Structures and Magnetic Properties of Mg(Mg1–xMnx)2Sb2 (x ≤ 0.25) and BaMn2Sb2 Eur, J. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 4262-
Synthesis, Structure and Bonding of the Zintl Phase Ba3Cd2Sb4 Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 11237-11244
Nickel Deficiency in RENi2–xP2 (RE = La, Ce, Pr). Combined Crystallographic and Physical Property Studies J. Solid State Chem. 2009, 182, 1473-1480
Structural Chemistry and Magnetic Properties of RE2[SnxGe1–x]5 (RE = Nd, Sm) and RE[SnxGe1–x]2 (RE = Gd, Tb): New Rare-Earth Metal Compounds with Germanium Zig-Zag Chains and Tin Square-Nets J. Alloys Compds. 2009, 488, 533-537
Magnesium Substitutions in Rare-Earth Metal Germanides with the Gd5Si4 Type. Synthesis, Crystal Chemistry and Magnetic Properties of RE5–xMgxGe4 (RE = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Y) Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 6641-6651
New Quaternary Zintl Phases. Synthesis, Crystal and Electronic Structures of KA2Cd2Sb3 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba, Eu, Yb) Polyhedron 2010, 29, 456-462
Synthesis, Crystallographic and Theoretical Studies of the New Zintl Phases Ba2Cd2Pn3 (Pn = As, Sb), and the Solid Solutions (Ba1–xSrx)2Cd2Sb3 and Ba2Cd2(Sb1–xAsx)3 Dalton Trans. 2010, in print
New Mn-bearing Antimonides and Bismuthides with Complex Structures. Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Electronic Properties of Yb9Mn4+xPn9 (Pn = Sb or Bi) Chem. Mater. 2010, in print
Mixed Cations and Structural Complexity in (Eu1−xCax)4In3Ge4 and (Eu1−xCax)3In2Ge3—the First Two Members of the Homologous Series A2[n+m]In2n+mGe2[n+m] (n,m = 1,2…∞; A = Ca, Sr, Ba, Eu, Yb), Inorg. Chem. 2010, in print Inorg. Chem. 2010, in print
Novel Ternary Alkaline-earth and Rare-earth Metal Antimonides from Ga or In Flux. Synthesis, Structural Characterization and 121Sb and 151Eu Mössbauer Spectroscopy of the Series A7Ga8Sb8 (A = Sr,Ba,Eu) Dalton Trans. 2010, in print