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

• 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)
• K-space algorithmic reconstruction (KAREN): a robust statistical methodology to separate Bragg and diffuse scattering , Journal of Applied Crystallography (2020)
• Nutritional supplements comprising dietary metal complexes in a matrix of cellulosic materials , (2020)
• Particle Size Is a Primary Determinant for Sigmoidal Kinetics of Nanoparticle Formation: A “Disproof” of the Finke–Watzky (F-W) Nanoparticle Nucleation and Growth Mechanism , Chemistry of Materials (2020)
• Transition Zone Theory Compared to Standard Models: Reexamining the Theory of Crystal Growth from Melts , The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2020)
• 3-D pair distribution function analysis to resolve real structures , (2019)