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D.</h1> <p><img src="picture.jpg" alt="Picture of Robin Macaluso, Ph.D." align="left" width="150" height="185" hspace="25"></p> <ul> <li><strong>Associate Professor</strong></li> <li>Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry</li> <li>Greeley, CO 80639</li> <li>Office: (970) 351-1282</li> <li>Fax: (970) 351-2533</li> <li>E-mail: <a href="mailto:Robin.Macaluso@unco.edu">Robin.Macaluso@unco.edu</a></li> </ul> <p>Robin Macaluso, Associate 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. </p> <p></P> <p></P> <p></P> <p></P> <p><B>PUBLICATIONS</B></p> <p>R. W. Schwenz and <strong>R. T. Macaluso</strong> "A Data-Driven Exercise to Help Students Understand Relationships between Periodic Trends and Zeff, 2011". Virtual Inorganic Pedagogical Electronic Resource. https://www.ionicviper.org/</p> <p>*<strong> R. T.Macaluso</strong>, M. Francisco, D.P. Young, S. Stadler, J.F. Mitchell, U.Geiser, H.Hong and M. G. Kanatzidis, "Structure and Properties of Rhombohedral CePd<sub>3</sub>Ga<sub>8</sub>: A Variant of the Cubic Parent Compound with BaHg11 Structure Type", <em>Journal of Solid State Chemistry,</em> 184, 3185, 2011.<br> (This article is represented on the issue cover.)</p> <p>T. Siritanon, J. Li, J. Stalick, <stromg>R. T. Macaluso</strong>, A. W. Sleight and M. A. Subramanian,  CsTe2O6-x: Novel Mixed-Valence Tellurium Oxides with Framework-Deficient Pyrochlore-Related Structure , <em>Inorganic Chemistry</em>, 50, 8494, 2011.</p> <p>*T. Siritanon, G. Laurita, R. T. Macaluso, J. N. Millican, A. W. Sleight and M. A. Subramanian,  First Observation of Electronic Conductivity in Mixed Valence Tellerium Oxides , <em>Chemistry of Materials</em>, 21, 5572 (2009).</p> <p>Goremychkin, E.A., Osborn, R., Rainford, B.D., <strong>Macaluso,R.T.</strong>, Adroja,D.T., &amp; Koza, M. �Spin Glass Order Induced by Dynamic Frustration�, <em>Nature Physics</em>,4,766 - 770, 2008.</p> <p>Guo, S., Young, D.P., <strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong>, Browne, D.A., Henderson, N.L., Chan, J.Y., Henry, L., &amp; DiTusa,J.F. �Discovery of Griffiths Phase in Itinerant Magnetic Semiconductor Fe<sub>1-x</sub>Co<sub>x</sub>S<sub>2</sub>�, <em>Physical Review Letters</em>, 100, 017209, 2007.</p> <p>Nakatsuji, S., Machida, Y., Maeno, Y., Tayama, T., Sakakibara, T., Duijn, J.V., Balicas, L.,and Millican, J.N., <strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong> and Chan, J.Y., �Metallic Spin-Liquid Behavior of the Geometrically Frustrated Kondo Lattice Pr<sub>2</sub>Ir<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>� <em>Phys. Rev. Lett.</em> 96, 087204, 2006.</p> <p><strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong>, Millican, J.N., Lee, H.-O., Nakatsuji, S., Carter, B., Moreno, N., Fisk, Z.,&amp; Chan, J.Y., "A Comparison of the Structure and Localized Magnetism in Ce<sub>2</sub>PdGa<sub>12</sub> with the Heavy Fermion CePdGa6", <em>J. Solid State Chem.</em> 178, 3547-3553, 2005.</p> <p>Millican, J.M., <strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong>, Young, D.P., Moldovan, M., &amp; Chan, J.Y., "Synthesis, structure and magnetism of Ce<sub>2</sub>PdGa<sub>10</sub>", <em>J. Solid State Chem.</em> 177, 4695-4700, 2004.</p> <p>Harrison, N., Alver, U., Goodrich, R.G., Vekhter, I., Sarrao, J.L., Pagliuso, P.G., Moreno, N., Balicas, L., Fisk, Z., Hall, D., <strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong>, &amp; Chan, J.Y., �4f-Electron Localization in Ce<sub>x</sub>La<sub>1-x</sub>MIn<sub>5</sub> with M = Co, Rh, or Ir�, <em>Phys. Rev. Lett.</em> 93, 186405, 2004.</p> <p>Wilson, Z.S., <strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong>, Smith, J.L., Fisk, Z., Stanley, G.G.,&amp; Chan, J.Y., "Rare Beryllium Icosahedra in the Intermediate Valence Compound CeBe<sub>13</sub>" <em>J. Amer. Chem. Soc. (Communication)</em> 126, 13926-13927, 2004.</p> <p>Thomas, E.L., <strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong>, Lee, H.-O., Fisk, Z., &amp;Chan, J.Y., "Crystal growth, characterization, and physical properties of PrNiSb<sub>3</sub>, NdNiSb<sub>3</sub>, and SmNiSb<sub>3</sub>" <em>J. Solid State Chem.</em> 177, 4228�4236, 2004.</p> <p><strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong>, Wells, D.M., Sykora, R.E., Albrecht-Schmitt, T.E., Mar, A., Nakatsuji, S., Lee, H., Fisk, Z.,&amp; Chan, J.Y., "Structure and electrical resistivity of CeNiSb<sub>3</sub>", <em>J. Solid State Chem.</em> 177, 293�298, 2004.</p> <p><strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong>, Fisk, Z., Moreno, N.O., Thompson, J.D., &amp; Chan, J.Y., "Structure and Magnetism of Ce<sub>5</sub>Pb<sub>3</sub>O", <em>Chem. Mater.</em> 16, 1560-1563, 2004.</p> <p><strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong>, Wells, D.M., Sykora, R.E., Albrecht-Schmitt, T.E., Mar, A., Nakatsuji, S., Lee, H., Fisk, Z.,&amp; Chan, J. Y., "Structure and electrical resistivity of CeNiSb<sub>3</sub>", <em>J. Solid State Chem.</em> 177, 293�298, 2004.</p> <p>Williams, W.M.,<strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong>, Moldovan, M., Young, D.P.,&amp; Chan, J.Y., "Synthesis, structure, and magnetoresistance of SmPd<sub>2</sub>Ga<sub>2</sub>", <em>Inorg. Chem.</em> 42, 7315-7318, 2003.</p> <p><strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong>, Nakatsuji, S., Lee, H., Young, D.P., Fisk, Z.,&amp; Chan, J.Y., "Synthesis, structure, and magnetism of a new heavy-fermion antiferromagnet CePdGa<sub>6</sub>", <em>J. Solid State Chem.</em> 174, 296-301,2003.</p> <p><strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong>, Sarrao, J.L., Moreno, N.O., Pagliuso, P.G., Thompson, J.D., Hundley, M.F., Malinowski, A., Fronczek, F.R.,&amp; Chan, J.Y., "Single-Crystal growth of Ln<sub>2</sub>MIn<sub>8</sub> (Ln = La, Ce; M = Rh, Ir): Implications for the heavy-fermion ground state", <em>Chem. Mater.</em> 15, 1394-1398, 2003.</p> <p><strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong>, Sarrao, J.L., Pagliuso, P.G., Moreno, N.O., Goodrich, R.G., Browne, D.A., Fronczek, F.R., &amp; Chan, J.Y., "Crystal growth and structure determination of LaMIn<sub>5</sub> (M = Co, Rh, Ir)", <em>J. Solid State Chem.</em> 166, 245�250, 2002.</p> <p>Erickson, E.E., Gray, D., Taylor, K., <strong>Macaluso, R.T.</strong>, LeTard, L.A., Lee, G.S., &amp; Chan, J.Y., "Synthesis, structure and dielectric characterization of Ln<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2-2x</sub>M<sub>2x</sub>O<sub>7</sub> (Ln = Gd, Er; M = Zr, Sn, Si)", <em>Mater. Res. Bull.</em> 37, 2077-2083, 2002.</p> <BR> <p><B>RESEARCH GROUP MEMBER</B></p> <p><strong>Current:</strong></p> <p>Benjamin Greve, Postdoctoral Research Associate</p> <p>Han-yul Hong (M.S. program)</p> <p>Kevin Ryan (junior)</p> <p>Kevin Treadway (senior)</p> <br> <p><strong>Previous:</strong></p> <p>Evan Sanders (visiting student from U. Tennessee)</p> <p>Austin Albert (Class of 2010), Pursuing Ph.D in Inorganic Chemistry at University of Tennessee</p> <p>Geneva Laurita (Plankis) (Class of 2010), Pursuing Ph.D in Inorganic Chemistry at Oregon State University </p> <p>Peter Holton (Class of 2010)</p> <p>Diana Burgy (Cole) (Class of 2009), Pursuing dental school, University of Colorado-Denver</p> <p>Matthew Goranson (Class of 2007)</p> <p>Kassandra Trujillo-Sullivan (Class of 2007)</p> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --></div> <div id="rightcol"><img src="../../assets/images/rightcol.jpg" alt="Shell" width="140" height="332" /></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footercontainer"> <div id="footer"> <h5>Contact for this page</h5> <p><a href="mailto:aichun.dong@unco.edu"> <img src="../../assets/images/email.gif" alt="email" width="16" height="13" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a> Dr. Dong , Page last updated: <SCRIPT SRC="http://www.unco.edu/includes/autodate.js" LANGUAGE="JavaScript"></SCRIPT><br/> Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity/Title IX Policy and Coordinator </p> </div> </div> </body> <!-- InstanceEnd --></html>