John Roberts
Post Doctorate RA A
Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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P.O. Box 999 / K2-57
Richland, WA 99352
Education
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2006
B.S., Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2001.
Publications
Roberts, John A. S.; Chen, Ming-Chou; Marks, Tobin J. "Diverse Stereocontrol Effects Induced by Weakly Coordinating Anions. Stereospecific Olefin Polymerization Pathways at Archetypal CS- and C1-Symmetric Metallocenium Catalysts Using Mono and Polynuclear Halo Perfluoroarylmetallates as Cocatalysts". Manuscript submitted for publication.
Chen, M.-C.; Roberts, J. A. S.; Seyam, A. M.; Li, L.; Zuccaccia, C.; Stahl, N. G.; Marks, T. J. "Diversity in weakly coordinating anions. Mono- and polynuclear halo-perfluoroarylmetallates as cocatalysts for stereospecific olefin polymerization: Synthesis, structure, and reactivity". Organometallics 2006, 25, 2833-2850
Schneider, Sven; Roberts, John A. S.; Salata, Michael R.; Marks, Tobin J. "Mixed diketonate thiolate copper(I) precursors for materials synthesis: control of Cu2S-forming thermolysis pathways by manipulating Lewis acid and base cluster building blocks". Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2006, 45(11), 1733-1736.
Chen, Ming-Chou; Roberts, John A. S.; Marks, Tobin J. "New mononuclear and polynuclear perfluoroarylmetallate cocatalysts for stereospecific olefin polymerization". Organometallics, 2004, 23(5), 932-935.
Chen, Ming-Chou; Roberts, John A. S.; Marks, Tobin J. "Marked counteranion effects on single-site olefin polymerization processes: Correlations of ion-pair structure and dynamics with polymerization activity, chain transfer, and syndioselectivity". J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126(14), 4605-4625 (thesis chapter).
Zuccaccia, Cristiano; Stahl, Nicholas G.; Macchioni, Alceo; Chen, Ming-Chou; Roberts, John A. S.; Marks, Tobin J. "NOE and PGSE NMR spectroscopic studies of solution structure and aggregation in metallocenium ion-pairs". J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126(5), 1448-1464.
Saulys, Dovas A.; Kuech, Thomas F.; Roberts, John A. "A safe alternative to the use of silane, WARF (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation) Disclosure P03104US". Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Guzei, Ilia A.; Roberts, John; Saulys, Dovas A. "Pseudosymmetry in pyridinium tetrachloro(oxo)pyridineniobate(V) pyridine solvate". Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C: Cryst. Struct Commun. 2002, C58(3), m141-m143.
Presentations
Roberts, John A. S.; Chen, Ming-Chou; Marks, Tobin J. "Marked Counteranion Effects on Single-Site Olefin Polymerization Processes. Correlations of Ion Pair Structure and Dynamics with Polymerization Activity, Chain Transfer, and Syndioselectivity" (Poster), presented at:
- International Symposium on Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis (ISHHC-XI), Northwestern University, July 2003
- The Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute for Environmental Catalysis (IEC), Northwestern University, March 2002
Roberts, John A. S."Catalyst Ion-Pairing Effects on the Stereochemistry of Propylene Polymerization" (Seminar), presented
- Northwestern University Inorganic Chemistry Seminar Series
Awards
Northwestern University Academy Fellowship. Awarded January 2002. Extended to two years’ duration.
