Robin Macaluso, Ph. D.

• Assistant Professor
• Chemistry and Biochemistry Program
• Greeley, CO 80639
• Office: (970) 351-1282
• Fax: (970) 351-2533
• E-mail: Robin.Macaluso@unco.edu

Robin Macaluso, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Inorganic Chemistry. Synthesis and characterization of magnetically interesting materials with emphasis on intermetallic and sulfide compounds; X-ray and neutron diffraction; Undergraduate and graduate research.

PUBLICATIONS

Goremychkin, E.A., Osborn, R., Rainford, B.D., Macaluso,R.T., Adroja,D.T., & Koza, M. “Spin Glass Order Induced by Dynamic Frustration”, Nature Physics, (accepted) 2008.

Guo, S., Young, D.P., Macaluso, R.T., Browne, D.A., Henderson, N.L., Chan, J.Y., Henry, L., & DiTusa,J.F. “Discovery of Griffiths Phase in Itinerant Magnetic Semiconductor Fe_1-xCo_xS₂”, Physical Review Letters, 100, 017209, 2007.

Nakatsuji, S., Machida, Y., Maeno, Y., Tayama, T., Sakakibara, T., Duijn, J.V., Balicas, L.,and Millican, J.N., Macaluso, R.T., & Chan, J.Y., “Metallic Spin-Liquid Behavior of the Geometrically Frustrated Kondo Lattice Pr₂Ir₂O₇” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 087204, 2006.

Macaluso, R.T., Millican, J.N., Lee, H.-O., Nakatsuji, S., Carter, B., Moreno, N., Fisk, Z.,& Chan, J.Y., "A Comparison of the Structure and Localized Magnetism in Ce₂PdGa₁₂ with the Heavy Fermion CePdGa6", J. Solid State Chem. 178, 3547-3553, 2005.

Millican, J.M., Macaluso, R.T., Young, D.P., Moldovan, M., & Chan, J.Y., "Synthesis, structure and magnetism of Ce₂PdGa₁₀", J. Solid State Chem. 177, 4695-4700, 2004.

Harrison, N., Alver, U., Goodrich, R.G., Vekhter, I., Sarrao, J.L., Pagliuso, P.G., Moreno, N., Balicas, L., Fisk, Z., Hall, D., Macaluso, R.T., & Chan, J.Y., “4f-Electron Localization in Ce_xLa_1-xMIn₅ with M = Co, Rh, or Ir”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 186405, 2004.

Wilson, Z.S., Macaluso, R.T., Smith, J.L., Fisk, Z., Stanley, G.G.,& Chan, J.Y., "Rare Beryllium Icosahedra in the Intermediate Valence Compound CeBe₁₃" J. Amer. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 126, 13926-13927, 2004.

Thomas, E.L., Macaluso, R.T., Lee, H.-O., Fisk, Z., &Chan, J.Y., "Crystal growth, characterization, and physical properties of PrNiSb₃, NdNiSb₃, and SmNiSb₃" J. Solid State Chem. 177, 4228–4236, 2004.

Macaluso, R.T., Wells, D.M., Sykora, R.E., Albrecht-Schmitt, T.E., Mar, A., Nakatsuji, S., Lee, H., Fisk, Z.,& Chan, J.Y., "Structure and electrical resistivity of CeNiSb₃", J. Solid State Chem. 177, 293–298, 2004.

Macaluso, R.T., Fisk, Z., Moreno, N.O., Thompson, J.D., & Chan, J.Y., "Structure and Magnetism of Ce₅Pb₃O", Chem. Mater. 16, 1560-1563, 2004.

Macaluso, R.T., Wells, D.M., Sykora, R.E., Albrecht-Schmitt, T.E., Mar, A., Nakatsuji, S., Lee, H., Fisk, Z.,& Chan, J. Y., "Structure and electrical resistivity of CeNiSb₃", J. Solid State Chem. 177, 293–298, 2004.

Williams, W.M.,Macaluso, R.T., Moldovan, M., Young, D.P.,& Chan, J.Y., "Synthesis, structure, and magnetoresistance of SmPd₂Ga₂", Inorg. Chem. 42, 7315-7318, 2003.

Macaluso, R.T., Nakatsuji, S., Lee, H., Young, D.P., Fisk, Z.,& Chan, J.Y., "Synthesis, structure, and magnetism of a new heavy-fermion antiferromagnet CePdGa₆", J. Solid State Chem. 174, 296-301,2003.

Macaluso, R.T., Sarrao, J.L., Moreno, N.O., Pagliuso, P.G., Thompson, J.D., Hundley, M.F., Malinowski, A., Fronczek, F.R.,& Chan, J.Y., "Single-Crystal growth of Ln₂MIn₈ (Ln = La, Ce; M = Rh, Ir): Implications for the heavy-fermion ground state", Chem. Mater. 15, 1394-1398, 2003.

Macaluso, R.T., Sarrao, J.L., Pagliuso, P.G., Moreno, N.O., Goodrich, R.G., Browne, D.A., Fronczek, F.R., & Chan, J.Y., "Crystal growth and structure determination of LaMIn₅ (M = Co, Rh, Ir)", J. Solid State Chem. 166, 245–250, 2002.

Erickson, E.E., Gray, D., Taylor, K., Macaluso, R.T., LeTard, L.A., Lee, G.S., & Chan, J.Y., "Synthesis, structure and dielectric characterization of Ln₂Ti_2-2xM_2xO₇ (Ln = Gd, Er; M = Zr, Sn, Si)", Mater. Res. Bull. 37, 2077-2083, 2002.