Solid-State, Inorganic, Materials Chemistry

Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of North Florida
1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224

Phone : 904-620-2226 Office : Bldg. 50, Room 2716 E-mail : e-mail

Area of Interest
Our research group is interested in the synthesis and characterization of new solid-state inorganic materials and in fundamental structure/property relationships of solid state oxides, including those which have technically important applications.

Undergraduate Research Positions:
There are opportunities for students interested in performing undergraduate research. Contact Dr. Michael Lufaso for more details.

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Publications:

31.  M.W. Lufaso, W.R. Gemmill, S.J. Mugavero III, S.-J.Kim, Y.Lee, T.Vogt, H.-C. zur Loye (2008). Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 181, 623-627. "Synthesis, structure, magnetic properties and structural distortion under high pressure of a new osmate, Sr2CuOsO6"
30.  M.W. Lufaso, W.A. Schulze, S.T. Misture, T.A. Vanderah, (2007). Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 180, 2655–2660. "Crystal Structure, Magnetic, and Dielectric Properties of Aurivillius-type Bi3Fe0.5Nb1.5O9"
29.  M.W. Lufaso, S.J. Mugavero III, W.R. Gemmill, Y. Lee, T. Vogt, H.-C. zur Loye, (2007). Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 433(1-2), 91-96. "Pressure and Temperature Dependent Structural Studies of NdCrO3"
28.  M.B. Dewal, M.W. Lufaso, A.D. Hughes, S.A. Samuel, P. Pellechia, L. S. Shimizu. (2006). Chemistry of Materials. 18, 4855-4864. "Absorption Properties of a Porous Organic Crystalline Apohost Formed by a Self-Assembled Bis-Urea Macrocycle".
27.  T.A. Vanderah, M.C. Yeager, M.W. Lufaso, J.C. Nino (2006). European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 4908-4914. Phase Formation and Properties in the Magnetic Dielectric System Bi2O3-Co2O3-x-Nb2O5.
26.  M.W. Lufaso, T.A. Vanderah, I.M. Pazos, I. Levin, R.S. Roth, J.C. Nino, V. Provenzano, P.K. Schenck. (2006). Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 179, 3874-38884. "Phase Formation, Crystal Chemistry, and Properties in the Magnetic Dielectric System Bi2O3-Fe2O3-Nb2O5".
25.  M.W. Lufaso, H.-C. zur Loye. (2006). Solid State Sciences, 8, 1051-1055 "Continuous Phase Transition in Ba3BiRuIrO9".
24.  T.A. Vanderah, M.W. Lufaso, A.U. Adler, I. Levin, J.C. Nino, V. Provenzano, P.K. Schenck (2006). Journal of Solid Chemistry. 179, 3467-3477. "Subsolidus Phase Relations in the Magnetic Dielectric System Bi2O3-Mn2O3+-x-Nb2O5".
23.  M.W. Lufaso, W. R. Gemmill, S. J. Mugavero III, Y. Lee, T. Vogt, H.-C. zur Loye (2006). Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 179, 3556-3561. "Compression Mechanisms of Symmetric and Jahn-Teller Distorted Octahedra in Double Perovskites: A2CuWO6 (A = Sr, Ba), Sr2CoMoO6, and La2LiRuO6"
22.  M.W. Lufaso, R.B. Macquart, Y. Lee, T. Vogt, H.-C. zur Loye, (2006). Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 18, 8761-8780. "Structural Studies of Sr2GaSbO6, Sr2NiMoO6, and Sr2FeNbO6 Using Pressure and Temperature".
21.  M.W. Lufaso, P.W. Barnes, P.M. Woodward, (2006). Acta. Cryst. B62, 397-410 "Crystal Structure Prediction of Ordered Double Perovskites: SPuDS II"
20.  P.W. Barnes, M.W. Lufaso, P.M. Woodward, (2006).Acta Cryst. B62, 384-396. "Structure Determination of A2M3+TaO6 and A2M3+NbO6 Ordered Perovskites: Octahedral Tilting and Pseudosymmetry"
19.  R.D. Shull, V. Provenzano, A.J. Shapiro, A. Fu, M.W. Lufaso, J. Karapetrova, G. Kletetschka, V. Mikula. (2006). Journal of Applied Physics, 99, 08K908, "The Effects of Small Metal Additions (Co, Cu, Ga, Mn, Al, Bi, Sn) on the Magnetocaloric Properties of the Gd5Ge2Si2 Alloy"
18.  I. Levin, E. Cockayne, M. W. Lufaso, J. C. Woicik, and J. E. Maslar. (2006). Chem. Mater. 18, 854-860. "Local Structures and Raman Spectra in the Ca(Zr,Ti)O3 Perovskite Solid Solutions".
17.  M.W. Lufaso, R.B. Macquart, Y. Lee, T. Vogt, H.-C. zur Loye, (2006). J. Solid State Chemistry, 179, 917-922. "Pressure-Induced Phase Transition and Octahedral Tilt System Change of Ba2BiSbO6".
16.  M.W. Lufaso, R.B. Macquart, Y. Lee, T. Vogt, H.-C. zur Loye, (2006). 168-170. Chem. Commun. "Pressure Induced Octahedral Tilting Distortion in Ba2YTaO6"
15.  C.A. Pugh, M.W. Lufaso, M. Zeller, T.R. Wagner, L.S. Curtin, (2006). J. Organomet. Chem. 691, 680-686. "The Synthesis, Spectroscopic, Electrochemical and X-ray Diffraction Characterization of Novel Bridged Ferrocene Precursors for Use in Self-Assembled Monolayers".
14.  M.W. Lufaso, H.-C. zur Loye, (2005). Inorganic Chemistry, 44, 9143-9153. "Crystal Structures and Magnetic Properties of Mixed Iridium-Ruthenium Triple Perovskites: Ba3MRuIrO9 Part I: (M = Lanthanide, Y)"
13.  M.W. Lufaso, H.-C. zur Loye, (2005) Inorganic Chemistry, 44, 9154-9161. "Crystal Structures and Magnetic Properties of Mixed Iridium-Ruthenium Triple Perovskites: Ba3MRuIrO9 Part II: (M = Li, Na, Mg, Ni, Zn, Bi, In)".
12.  M.W. Lufaso, E. Hopkins, S.M. Bell, A. Llobet (2005) Chem. Mater. 17, 4250-4255. "Crystal Chemistry and Microwave Dielectric Properties of Ba3MNb2 xSbxO9 (M = Mg, Ni, Zn)"
11.  T.A. Vanderah, I. Levin, M.W. Lufaso (2005) Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2895-2901. "A New Crystal-Chemical Principle for the Pyrochlore Structure"
10.  D.M. Bequeath, R.L. Porter, M.W. Lufaso, T.R. Wagner, R.L. Kusnic, M. Zeller, L.S. Curtin (2005) Acta Cryst. E61, m1070-m1072 "1,12-Diferrocenyldodecane at 100 K"
9.  M.W. Lufaso (2004). Chem. Mater. 16, 2148-2156. "Crystal Structures, Modeling, and Dielectric Property Relationships of 2:1 Ordered Ba3MM'2O9 (M = Mg, Ni, Zn; M' = Nb, Ta) Perovskites"
8.  M.W. Lufaso, P.M. Woodward, J.E. Goldberger, (2004). J. Solid State Chem. 177, 1651-1659. "Crystal Structures of Disordered A2Mn3+M5+O6 (A = Sr, Ca; M = Sb, Nb, Ru) Perovskites"
7.  M.W. Lufaso, P.M. Woodward, (2004). Acta Cryst. B60, 10-20. "Jahn-Teller Distortions, Cation Ordering and Octahedral Tilting in Perovskites" (T. Cited: 8)
6.  S.-H. Byeon, M.W. Lufaso, J.B. Parise, P.M. Woodward, T. Hansen, (2003). Chem. Mater. 15, 3798-3804. "High-Pressure Synthesis and Characterization of Perovskites with Simultaneous Ordering of both the A- and B-site Cations, CaCu3Ga2M2O12 (M = Sb, Ta)"
5.  M.W. Lufaso, P.M. Woodward, (2001). Acta Cryst. B57, 725-738. "Prediction of the Crystal Structures of Perovskites Using the Software Program SPuDS"
4.  A.B. McCoy, M.W. Lufaso, (1998). J. Chem. Phys. 108, 9651-9657. "Reactions of Oxygen Atoms with van der Waals Complexes: The Effect of Complex Formation on the Internal Energy Distribution in the Products"
3.  M.W. Lufaso, A.B. McCoy, (1998). Chem. Phys. 239, 187-197. "Effects of Complex Formation on Reactions of Oxygen with HCl and Ar-HCl"
2.  T.D. McCarley, M.W. Lufaso, L.S. Curtin, R. McCarley, (1998). J. Phys. Chem. B., 102, 10078-10086. "Multiply Charged Redox-Active Oligomers in the Gas Phase: Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Metallocenes"
1.  C.C. Smith, J.M. Jacyno, K.K. Zeiter, P.D. Parkanzky, C.E. Paxson, P. Pekelnicky, J. S. Harwood, A.D. Hunter, V.G. Lucarelli, M.W. Lufaso, H. G. Cutler, (1998). Tetrahedron Letters, 39, 6617-6720. "Nitration of Cyclopentenecarboxaldehyde: Studies Toward 1-Amino-2-Nitrocyclopentanecarboxylic Acid"