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- July 30, 2025
- Publication in conjunction with Washington University, St. Louis.
- Macrocycle Side Chain Crowding Enables Tunable Curvature from Planar to Wrinkled and Wavy Hydrogen-Bond Sheets J.R. Pathan, X. Pang, S.C. Olsen, A.M. Abarna, R.J. Staples, J. Samanta, V.B. Birman, C. Ke JACS A, 2025, ASAP.
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- June, 2025
- Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho.
- Regioisomeric Switching via Thermal rearrangement: Toward Safer High-Performance Energetic Materials." V. Thaltiri, R.J. Staples, J.M. Shreeve ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, 17, 38122-38130.
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- May, 2025
- Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho.
- Bistetrazoles Featuring Ultra Thermal Stability." J. Singh, R.J. Staples, J.M. Shreeve Oranic Lett. A, 2025, 27(22), 5681-5685.
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- May 20, 2025
- Publication in conjunction with Grand Valley State University
- Crystal structure of bis-4-aza-tetra-cyclo[5.3.2.02,6.08,10]dodec-11-ene-3,5-dione compound. J.C. Yu, R.J. Staples, S.M. Biros, M. Bremer, W.R. Winchester Acta Cryst. E , 2025, E81, 425-428
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- April, 2025
- CHOSEN AS A HOT PAPER, University of Idaho.
- Strategic integration of nitroimino and dinitromethyl explophores onto tetrazole: K2DNMNAT as a material with enhanced thermal stability and optimized oxygen balance." P. Saini, J. Singh, R.J. Staples, J.M. Shreeve J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, 13, 17421-17428.
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- April 17, 2025
- Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho.
- Strategies for balancing safety in oxadiazole tetrazole derivatives: the role of the oxime group P. Saini, J. Singh, V. Thaltiri, R.J. Staples, J.M. Shreeve J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, 6, 3338-3343.
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- April 8, 2025
- Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho.
- Coordination-driven safer and sustainable energetic materials J. Singh, R.J. Staples, J.M. Shreeve J. Materials Chemistry A , 2025, 13(16), 11475-485.
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- March 18, 2025
- Publication in conjunction with Grand Valley State University
- Synthesis, characterization and reactions of Vinylbis(trimethylsilyl)silyl anion E.M. Gulotty, G.D. Kortman, N.E. Proctor, R.J. Staples, S.M. Biros, M. Bremer, W.R. Winchester J. Organomet. Chem. , 2025, 1031, 123589.
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- March 15, 2025
- Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho.
- Isomer-driven pyrazole Frameworks: structural and zwitterionic insights for advanced energetics V. Thaltiri, R.J. Staples, J. Burch, A. Bera, S.R. Vennapusa, J.M. Shreeve J. Materials Chemistry A , 2025, 13(13) 9394-9401.
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- January 2, 2025
- Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho.
- Synthesis of insensitive, high-density energetic materials through molecular self-assembly J. Zhang, J. Zhang, R.J. Staples, J. Zhang J.M. Shreeve J. Mater. Chem A. , 2025,13, 5164-5168.
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- January 7, 2025
- Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho.
- Tailoring the Energetic Properties of Pyrazole Hybrids Through Functionalization with Dinitromethyl and N-Hydroxytetrazole V. Thaltiri, R.J. Staples, J.M. Shreeve Organic Chem., 2024, 89(24), 18612-18618.
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- November, 2024
- Publication in conjunction with Grand Valley State University
- Syntheses and crystal structure of the imides 4-(2-phenylethyl)-and 4-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]-4-azateracyclo[5.3.2.02,6.O8,10]dodec-11-ene-3,5-dione J.P. Bajko, R.J. Staples, S.M. Biros Acta Cryst. E. , 2024, 80(12), 1318-1321.
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- December , 2024
- Publication in conjunction with Michigan State University.
- Electrocatalytic ammonia oxidation by pyridyl substituted ferrocenes E.Md. Ahmed, R.J. Staples, T.R. Cundari, T.H. Warren JACS , 2025,147(8), 6514-6522. ChemRxiv(2024, 1-10)
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- October 15, 2024
- Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho.
- Advancing energy safety via stepwise nucleophilic substitution on tetrazine J. Singh, R.J. Staples, J.M. Shreeve J. Mater. Chem A., 2024, 12(44), 304548-30557.
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- October 18, 2024
- Publication in conjunction with Michigan State University.
- An Organometallic Erbium Bismuth Cluster Complex Comprising a Bi66- Zintl Ion. F. Benner, E.R. Pugliese, R.Q. Marsden, R.J. Staples, N.F. Chilton, S. Demir Inorg. Chem., 2024,63(43),20250-20256.
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- Semptember 23, 2024
- Publication in conjunction with Grand Valley State University
- Crystal structure of tris(2-aminoethyl)methane capped carbamoylmethylphosphine oxide compound B.G. Wackerle, E.J. Werner, R.J. Staples, S.M. Biros Acta Cryst. E. , 2024, 80(9), 993-996.
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- Semptember 19, 2024
- Publication in conjunction with Grand Valley State University
- Copper Catalyzed Sp3 C-H Alkenylation T.-A. Chen, R. J. Staples, T. Warren Chem. Sci , 2024, 15(42), 17685-17690.
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- September 13, 2024
- New D8 Venture Diffractometer is operational in Professor Alyssa Gaiser's Lab for structure analysis of radioactive complexes here at MSU.
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- Sept 3, 2024
- Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho.
- Energetic derivatives substituted with trinitrophenyl: improving the sensitivity of explosives, Q. Yu, Y-C. Chen, Z. Li, W. Yi, R.J. Staples, J.M. Shreeve Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 18467-18472.
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- July 23, 2024
- Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho.
- Understanding the Stability of Highly Nitrated Sensitive Pyrazole Isomers. J. Singh, V. Thaltiri, R.J. Staples, J.M. Shreeve Organic Letters, 2024, 26, 5946-5950.
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