Jim Martin

Area(s) of Expertise

Synthesis, structure and physical properties of inorganic materials at the interface of molecular and solid state chemistry. Amorphous Materials Engineering, nano-science and technology of inorganic liquids and solutions. Reaction mechanisms in condensed matter: phase transitions, crystallization, the glass transition, and gas/solid reactions. Time-resolved synchrotron and neutron diffraction. Science and education public policy.

Publications

• Membrane emulsification and de-emulsification by physical and entropic levers , Nature Water (2024)
• Solutes don't crystallize! Insights from phase diagrams demystify the "magic" of crystallization , MATTER (2024)
• Deep Dive into Eutectics: On the Origin of Deep and Elevated Eutectics , JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY (2023)
• Direct interpretation of the X-ray and neutron three-dimensional difference pair distribution functions (3D-DPDFs) of yttria-stabilized zirconia , ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION B-STRUCTURAL SCIENCE CRYSTAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS (2023)
• Water under the influence of solutes: On the non-innocence of a universal solvent , MATTER (2023)
• Differentiating the Structure and Dynamics of Solute-Bound Vs. Bulk Water in Deep-Eutectic Aqueous AlCl3 Solutions , ECS Meeting Abstracts (2022)
• To Freeze or Not to Freeze: Questioning the Origin of the Deep Eutectic in the Zinc Chloride Hydrate System , ECS Meeting Abstracts (2022)
• Understanding the Water-in-Salt to Salt-in-Water Characteristics across the Zinc Chloride : Water Phase Diagram , JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B (2022)
• Reply to “A Comparison of the Stochastic and Deterministic Approaches in a Nucleation–Growth Type Model of Nanoparticle Formation” , Chemistry of Materials (2021)
• Diffuse vs. Bragg Scattering: Understanding Structure Using 3-D Pair Distribution Function Analysis , (2020)