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2024

212. Yox, P.; Cerasoli, F.; Sarkar, A.; Amobi, G.; Viswanathan, G.; Voyles, J.; Lebedev, O.I.; Donadio, D.; Kovnir, K. Organizing chaos: Boosting thermoelectric properties by ordering the clathrate framework of Ba₈Cu₁₆As₃₀. Chem. Mater. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00419.

211. Abusa, Y.; Yox, P.; Viswanathan, G.; Opare-Addo, J.; Sarkar, A.; Kyveryga, V.; Smith, E.; Lebedev, O.; Kovnir, K. A recipe for a great meal: A benchtop route from elemental Se to superior thermoelectric β-Ag₂Se. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c01161.

210. Sarkar, A.; Porter, A.P.; Viswanathan, G.; Yox, P.; Earnest, R.A.; Wang, J.; Rossini, A.J.; Kovnir, K. BaCuTP₂ (T = Al, Ga, In): A Semiconducting Black Sheep in the ThCr₂Si₂ Intermetallic Family. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TA01063A.

209. Yuan, Z.; Dahliah, D.; Hasan, M.R.; Kassa, G.; Pike, A.; Quadir, S.; Claes, R.; Chandler, C.; Xiong, Y.; Kyveryga, V.; Yox, P.; Rignanese, G.-M.; Dabo, I.; Zakutayev, A.; Fenning, D.P.; Reid, O.G.; Bauers, S.; Liu, J.; Kovnir, K.; Hautier, G. Discovery of the Zintl-phosphide BaCd₂P₂ as a long carrier lifetime and stable solar absorber. Joule, 2024, 8, 1-18.

208. Kong, S.; Singh, P.; Sarkar, A.; Viswanathan, G.; Kolen'ko, Yu.; Mudryk, Y.; Johnson, D.; Kovnir, K. Enhancing properties with distortion: A comparative study of two iron-phosphide Fe₂P polymorphs. Chem. Mater. 2024, 36, 1665-1677.

207. Gamage, E.; Kamali, S.; Kumar, G.; Clark, J.K.; Lee, Y.; Yox, P.; Ke, L.; Shatruk, M.; Kovnir, K. Inducing ferrimagnetic exchange in 1D-FeSe₂ chains using heteroleptic amine complexes: [Fe(en)(tren)][FeSe₂]₂. Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 2443-2453.

2023

206. Abusa, Y.; Yox, P.; Cady, S.; Viswanathan, G.; Opare-Addo, J.; Smith, E.; Mudryk, Y.; Lebedev, O.; Perras, F.; Kovnir, K. Make selenium reactive again: Activating elemental selenium for synthesis of metal selenides ranging from nanocrystals to large single crystals. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 22762-22775.

205. Sun, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Porter, A.P.; Kovnir, K.; Ho, K.-M.; Antropov, V. Prediction of Van Hove singularity systems in ternary borides. npj Compt. Mater. 2023, 9, 24.

204. Xia, W.; Tang, J.; Sun, H.; Zhang, C.; Ho, K.-M.; Viswanathan, G.; Kovnir, K.; Wang, C.-Z. Accelerating materials discovery using integrated deep machine learning approaches. J. Mater. Chem. A 2023, 11, 25973-25982.

203. Hewage, N.W.; Viswanathan, G.; Yox, P.; Wu, K.; Kovnir, K.; Akopov, G. Synthesis of Chiral High-Entropy Sulfides for the Non-Linear Optical Applications. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2023, 10, 6613-6621.

202. Sarkar, A.; Viswanathan, G.; Wu, K.; Miller, G.J.; Kovnir, K. BaCu₂SiS₄: A New Member of the A^IIB^I₂M^IVQ₄ Chalcogenide Family with a Chiral Crystal Structure. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2023, e202300147.

201. Pecunia, V.; ...; Kovnir, K.; Kauzlarich, S.M.; ... Roadmap on energy harvesting materials. J. Phys. Mater. 2023, 6, 042501.

200. Kong, S.; Singh, P.; Akopov, G.; Jing, D.; Davis, R.; Perez-Aguilar, J.; Hong, J.; Lee, S.; Viswanathan, G.; Soto, E.; Azhan, M.; Fernandes, T.; Harycki, S.; Gundlach-Graham, A.; Kolen'ko, Yu.; Johnson, D.; Kovnir, K. Probing of the non-innocent role of P in transition-metal phosphide hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalysts via replacement with electropositive Si. Chem. Mater. 2023, 35, 5300-5310.

199. Perras, F.; Thomas, H.; Heintz, P.; Behera, R.; Yu, J.; Viswanathan, G.; Jing, D.; Southern, S.; Kovnir, K.; Stanley, L.; Huang, W. The Structure of Boron Monoxide. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 14660-14669.

198. Hong, Y.; Lee, J.; Seo, D.; Choi, M.-H.; Yox, P.; Kovnir, K.; Miller, G.J.; Ok, K.M.; You, T.-S. Yb Substitution and Ultralow Thermal Conductivity of the Ca_3-xYb_xAlSb₃ (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.81(1)) System. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 10141-10151.

197. Jeong, J.; Shim, D.; Yox, P.; Choi, M.-H.; Ok, K.M.; Kovnir, K.; Miller, G.J.; You, T.-S. Tuning the Radius Ratio to Enhance Thermoelectric Properties in the Zintl Compounds AM₂Sb₂ (A = Ba, Sr; M = Zn, Cd). Chem. Mater. 2023, 35, 3985-3997.

196. Lee, S.; Akopov, G.; Adeyemi, A.N.; Soto, E.; Wu, K.; Kovnir, K. IrSi₃As₃: First Transition Metal Arsenide Non-Linear Optical Material. J. Mater. Chem. A 2023, 11, 11767-11772.

195. Sousa, V.; Sarkar, A.; Lebedev, O.; Candolfi, C.; Lenoir, B.; Coelho, R.; Pereira G.A.; Vieira, E.; Alpuim, P.; Kovnir, K.; Kolen'ko, Yu. Large-Scale Colloidal Synthesis of Chalcogenides for Thermoelectric Applications. ACS Appl. Mater. Interf. 2023, 15, 15498-15508.

194. Yox, P.; Cerasoli, F.; Sarkar, A.; Kyveryga, V.; Viswanathan, G.; Donadio, D.; Kovnir, K. A new trick for an old dog: From prediction to properties of “hidden clathrates” Ba₂Zn₅As₆ and Ba₂Zn₅Sb₆. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 4638-4646.

193. Yox, P.; Viswanathan, G.; Sarkar, A.; Wang, J.; Kovnir, K. Thermoelectric Materials. Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry III 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823144-9.00109-6 1.

2022

192. Sousa, V.; Savelli, G.; Lebedev, O.I.; Kovnir, K.; Correia, J.H.; Vieira, E.M.F.; Alpuim, P.; Kolen’ko, Yu.V. High Seebeck Coefficient from Screen-Printed Colloidal PbSe Nanocrystals Thin Film. Mater. 2022, 15, 8805.

191. Hong, Y,; Yeon, S.; Yox, P.; Yunxiu, Z.; Choi, M.-H.; Moon, D.; Ok, K.M.; Kim, D.-H.; Kovnir, K.; Miller, G.J.; You, T.-S. Role of Eu-Doping in the Electron Transport Behavior in the Zintl Thermoelectric Ca5–x–yYbxEuyAl2Sb6 System. Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 9903-9914.

190. Sun, H.; Zhang, C.; Xia, W.; Tang, L.; Wang, R.; Akopov, G.; Hewage, N.W.; Ho, K.-M.; Kovnir, K.; Wang, C.Z. Machine Learning-Guided Discovery of Ternary Compounds Containing La, P, and Group 14 Elements. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 16699-16706.

189. Amarasinghe, D.K; Yox, P.; Viswanathan, G.; Adeyemi; A.N.; Kovnir, K. Modulation of Transport Properties via S/Br Substitution: Solvothermal Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Transport Properties of Bi₁₃S₁₇Br₃. Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 16748-16756.

188. Woo, K.E.; Kong, S.; Chen, W.; Chang, T.H.; Viswanathan, G.; Diez, A.M.; Sousa, V.; Kolen’ko, Y.V.; Lebedev, O.I.; Figueiredo, M.C.; Kovnir, K. Topotactic BI₃-assisted borodization: Synthesis and electrocatalysis applications of transition metal borides. J. Mater. Chem. A 2022, 10, 21738-21749.

187. Cho, K.; Teknowijoyo, S.; Ghimire, S.; Krenkel, E.H.; Tanatar, M.A.; Zhigadlo, N.D.; Kong, S.; Kovnir, K.; Prozorov, R. Possible unconventional order parameter in single crystals of SrPt₃P superconductor. J. Phys. Cond. Matter 2022, 34, 435601.

186. Latturner, S.E.; Biswas, K.; Shoemaker, D.P. Kovnir, K. Laudatio Mercouri G. Kanatzidis. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2022, 648, e202200254.

185. Medina-Gonzalez A.M.; Yox, P.; Chen, Y; Adamson, M.A.S.; Rosales, B.A.; Svay, M.; Smith, E.A.; Schaller, R.D.; Wu, K.; Rossini, A.J.; Kovnir, K.; Vela, J. Solution-Grown Ternary Semiconductors: Nanostructuring and Stereoelectronic Lone Pair Distortions in I–V–VI₂ Materials. Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 7357-7368.

184. Yox, P.; Porter, A.P.; Dorn, R.W.; Kyveryga, V.; Rossini, A.; Kovnir, K. Semiconducting silicon-phosphorous frameworks for caging exotic polycations. Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 7622-7625.

183. Gamage, E.; Kamali, S.; Clark, J.K.; Lee, Y.; Yox, P.; Shafer, P.; Yaroslavtsev, A.A.; Ke, L.; Shatruk, M.; Kovnir, K. As-Se pentagonal linkers to induce chirality and polarity in mixed-valent Fe-Se tetrahedral chains resulting in hidden magnetic ordering. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 11283-11295.

182. Harmer, C.P.; Kamali, S.; Lebedev, O.I.; Lee, S.j.; Ribeiro, R.A.; Canfield, P.C.; Kovnir, K. Pseudo-polymorphism in layered FeS intercalates: A competition between charged and neutral guest species. Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 5397-5408.

181. Sarkar, A.; Viswanathan, G.; Yox, P.; Harycki, S.; Cerasoli, F.T.; Wang, J.; Perras, F.A.; Gundlach-Graham, A.; Donadio, D.; Kovnir, K. Evolution of Structure and Transport Properties of the Ba₈Cu₁₆P₃₀ Clathrate-I Framework with the Introduction of Ga. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2022, 1120, 191901.

180. Akopov, G.; Hewage, N.W.; Viswanathan, G.; Yox, P.; Wu, K.; Kovnir, K. Non-Linear Optical Properties of the (RE)₃CuGeS₇ Family of Compounds. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2022, e202200096.

179. Gamage, E.; Ribeiro, R.A.; Harmer, C.P.; Canfield, P.C.; Ozarowski, A.; Kovnir, K. Tuning of Cr-Cr magnetic exchange through chalcogenide linkers in Cr₂ molecular dimers. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 6160-6174.

178. Lummis, P.A.; Osten, K.M.; Levchenko, T.I.; Hazer, M.S.A.; Malola, S.; Owens-Baird, B.; Veinot, A.J.; Albright, E.L.; Schatte, G.; Takano, S.; Kovnir, K.; Stamplecoskie, K.G.; Tsukuda, T.; Häkkinen, H.; Nambo, M.; Crudden, C.M. NHC-Stabilized Au10 Nanoclusters and Their Conversion to Au25 Nanoclusters. JACS Au 2022, 2, 875-885.

177. Tener, Z.; Yannello, V.; Garlea, V.; Lapidus, S.; Yox, P.; Kovnir, K.; Stoian, S.; Shatruk, M.Evolution of Bonding and Magnetism via Changes in Valence Electron Count in CuFe_2–xCo_xGe₂. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 4257-4269.

176. Akopov, G.; Viswanathan, G.; Hewage, N.W.; Yox, P.; Wu, K.; Kovnir, K. Pd and Octahedra Do Not Get Along: Square Planar [PdS₄] Units in Non-Centrosymmetric La₆PdSi₂S₁₄. J. Alloys Comp. 2022, 902, 163756.

175. Lee, S.J.; Viswanathan, G.;Carnahan, S.C.; Harmer, C.P.; Akopov, G.; Rossini, A.J.; Miller, G.J.; Kovnir, K. Add a Pinch of Tetrel: The Transformation of a Centrosymmetric Metal into a Nonsymmorphic and Chiral Semiconductor. Chem. Europ. J. 2022, 28, e202104319.

174. Wang, J.; Owens-Baird, B.; Kovnir, K. From three-dimensional clathrates to two-dimensional Zintl phases AMSb₂ (A = Rb, Cs, M = Ga, In) composed of pentagonal M-Sb rings. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 533-541.

173. Gamage, E.; Clark, J.; Yazback, M.; Cheng, H.-P.; Shatruk, M.; Kovnir, K. Solvothermal synthesis of [Cr₇S₈(en)₈Cl₂]Cl₃·2H₂O with magnetically frustrated [Cr₇S₈]⁵⁺ double-cubes. Chem. Europ. J. 2022, 28, e2021037.

2021

172. Kovnir, K. Predictive Synthesis. Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 4835-4841. Invited Perspective.

171. Yox, P; Lebedev, O.I.; Donadio, D.; D.; Kovnir, K. Unprecedented superstructure in the type I family of clathrates. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 13780-13783.

170. Akopov, G.; Hewage, N.W.; Yox, P.; Viswanathan, G.; Lee, S.J.; Hulsebosch, L.P.; Cady, S.D.; Paterson, A.L.; Perras, F.A.; Xu, W.; Wu, K.; Mudryk, Y.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis-Enabled Exploration of Chiral and Polar Multivalent Quaternary Sulfides. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 14718-14730. Cover Image

169. Chauhan, N.; Pyrlin, S.; Lebedev, O.I.; Marques, L.; Ramos, M.; Maiti, T.; Kovnir, K.; Korgel, B.; Kolen'ko, Yu. Compositional Fluctuations Mediated by Excess of Tellurium in Bismuth Antimony Telluride Nanocomposite Yields High Thermoelectric Performance. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 20184-20194.

168. Mark, J.; Woo, K.; Zhu, W.; Ji, B.; Lee, S.; Adeyemi, A.; Sen, S.; Kovnir, K. 2D and 3D tetrel-arsenide frameworks templated by Li and Cs cations. Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 4586-4595.

167. Wolski, L.; Lebedev, O.I.; Harmer, C.; Kovnir, K.; Abdelli, H.; Grzyb, T.; Daturi, M.; El-Roz, M. Unravelling the Origin of Photocatalytic Deactivation in CeO₂/Nb₂O₅ Heterostructure Systems during Methanol Oxidation - Insight into the Role of Cerium Species. J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 12650-12662.

166. Gonçalves, B.F.; LaGrow, A.P.; Pyrlin, S.; Owens-Baird, B.; Botelho, G.; Kovnir, K.; Marques, L.S.A.; Ramos, M.M.D.; Lanceros-Mendez, S.; Kolenko, Yu.V. Large-Scale Synthesis of Semiconducting Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ Nanoparticles for Screen Printing Application. Nanomater. 2021, 11, 1148.

165. Akopov, G.; Mark, J.; Viswanathan, G.; Lee, S.J.; McBride, B.C.;, Won, J.; Perras, F.A.; Paterson, A.L.; Yuan, B.; Sen, S.; Adeyemi, A.N.; Zhang, F.; Wang, C.-Z.; Ho, K.M.; Miller, G.J.; Kovnir, K. Third times the charm: Intricate non-centrosymmetric polymorphism in LnSiP₃ (Ln = La and Ce) induced by distortions of phosphorus square layers. Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 6463-6476. Cover Image.

164. Yox, P; Lee, S.; Wang, L.L.; Jing, D.; Kovnir, K. Crystal structure and properties of layered pnictides BaCuSi₂Pn₃ (Pn = P, As). Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 5627-5634.

163. Lee, S.; Won, J.; Wang, L.-L.; Jing, D.; Harmer, C.P.; Mark, J.; Akopov, G.; Kovnir, K. Novel Noncentrosymmetric Tetrel Pnictides composed of Square-Planar Au(I) with Peculiar Bonding. Chem. Europ. J. 2021, 27, 7383-7390. Hot Topic Paper. Cover Image.

162. Lee, S.; Carnahan, S.; Akopov, G.; Yox, P.; Wang, L.-L.; Rossini, A.; Wu, K.; Kovnir, K. Noncentrosymmetric Tetrel Pnictides RuSi₄P₄ and IrSi₃P₃: Nonlinear Optical Materials with Outstanding Laser Damage Threshold. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 2010293.

161. Harmer, C.P.; Pak, C.; Greenfield, J.; Adeyemi, A.; Gamage, E.; Kovnir, K. Non-innocent intercalation of diamines into tetragonal FeS superconductor. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021, 4, 42-46.

160. Akopov, G.; Viswanathan, G.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis, Crystal and Electronic Structure of La₂SiP₄. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2021, 647, 91-97.

159. Serov, A.; Kovnir, K.; Shatruk, M.; Kolen'ko, Yu. V. Critical Review of Earth-Abundant Borides and Phosphides for Water Electrolysis: Transition from the Lab to the Market. Johnson Matthey Technol. Rev. 2021, 65, 207–226.

2020

158. Rodriguez-Abreu, C.; Kolen'ko, Yu.V.; Kovnir, K.; Sanchez-Dominguez, M.; Shrestha, R.G.; Bairi, P.; Ariga, K.; Shrestha, L.K.; 1D Materials from Ionic Self-Assembly in Mixtures containing Chromonic Liquid Crystal Mesogens. PCCP, 2020, 22, 23276-23285.

157. Chauhan, N.S.; Lebedev, O.I.; Kovnir, K.; Pyrlin, S.; Marques, L.S.A.; Ramos, M.; Korgel, B.; Kolenko, Yu.V. Scalable colloidal synthesis of Bi₂Te_2.7Se_0.3 plate-like particles give access to high-performing n-type thermoelectric material for low temperature application. Nanoscale Adv. 2020, 2, 5699-5709.

156. Owens-Baird, B.; Yox, P.; Lee, S.; Carol, S.B.; Wang, S. G.; Chen, Y.-S.; Lebedev, O.I.; Kovnir, K. Chemically Driven Superstructural Ordering Leading to Giant Unit Cells in Unconventional Clathrates Cs₈Zn₁₈Sb₂₈ and Cs₈Cd₁₈Sb₂₈. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 10255-10264.

155. Wang, J. Dolyniuk, J.; Krenkel, E.; Niedziela, J.L.; Tanatar, M.A.; Timmons, E.; Lanigan-Atkins, T.; Zhou, H.; Cheng, Y.; Ramirez-Cuesta, A.J.; Schlagel, D.L.; Kaluarachchi, U.S.; Wang, L.-L.; Bud'ko, S.L.; Canfield, P.C.; Prozorov, R.; Delaire, O.; Kovnir, K. Clathrate BaNi₂P₄: An interplay of heat and charge transport due to strong host-guest interactions. Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 7935-7940.

154. Gamage, E.; Greenfield, J.; Unger, C.; Kamali, S.; Clark, J.; Harmer, C.; Luo, L.; Wang, J.; Shatruk, M.; Kovnir, K. Tuning Fe-Se tetrahedral frameworks by a combination of [Fe(en)₃]²⁺ cations and Cl^- anions. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 13353-13363.

153. Owens-Baird, B.; Sousa, J.P.S.; Ziouani, Y.; Petrovykh, D.Y.; Zarkevich, N.; Johnson, D.J.; Kolen'ko, Yu.V.; Kovnir, K. Crystallographic Facet Selective HER Catalysis: Exemplified in FeP and NiP₂ Single Crystals. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 5007-5016.

152. Clark, J.K.; Tan, X.; Arico, A.A.; Ramirez, A.P.; Yannello, V.; Thompson, C.M.; Kovnir, K.; Garlea, V.O.; Shatruk, M. Reentrant Spin Glass State Induced by Structural Phase Transition in La_0.4Ce_0.6Co₂P₂. Phys. Rev. Mater. 2020, 4, 074412.

151. Mark, J.; McBride, B.; Lee, S.; Yox, P.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis, crystal growth, and transport properties of van-der-Waals tetrel pnictide GeAs₂. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 4168-4172.

150. Owens-Baird, B.; Wang, J.; Wang, S.G.; Chen, Y.-S.; Lee, S.; Donadio, D.; Kovnir, K. III-V Clathrate Semiconductors with Outstanding Hole Mobility: Cs₈In₂₇Sb₁₉ and A₈Ga₂₇Sb₁₉ (A = Cs, Rb). J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 2031-2041.

149. Mark, J.; Lee, K.; Marple, M.T.; Lee, S.; Sen, S.; Kovnir, K. LiSi₃As₆ and Li₂SiAs₂ with flexible SiAs₂ polyanions: Synthesis, structure, bonding, and ionic conductivity. J. Mater. Chem. A 2020, 8, 3322-3332.

148. Wang, J.; Yox, P.; Kovnir, K. Flux Growth of Phosphide and Arsenide Crystals. Front. Chem. 2020, 8, 186.

147. Wang, J.; Voyles, J.; Grzybowski, S.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis, Structure, and Transport Properties of Ba₈Cu_16-xAu_xP₃₀ Clathrate Solid Solution. J. Appl. Phys. 2020, 127, 055104.

146. Owens-Baird, B.; Wang, L.-L.; Lee, S.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis, Crystal and Electronic Structure of Layered AMSb Compounds (A = Rb, Cs; M = Zn, Cd). Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2020, 646, 1079-1085.

145. Ayodele, O. B.; Cai, R.; Wang, J.; Ziouani, Y.; Liang, Z.; Chiara Spadaro, M.; Kovnir, K.; Arbiol, J.; Akola, J.; Palmer, R.; Kolen'ko, Yu. Synergistic Computational-experimental Discovery of Highly Selective PtCu Nanocluster Catalysts for Acetylene Semihydrogenation. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 451-457.

144. Goncalves, L.P.L; Wang, J.; Vinati, S.; Barborini, E.; Wei, X.-K.; Heggen, M.; Franco, M.; Sousa, J.P.S.; Petrovykh, D.Y.; Soares, O.S.G.P.; Kovnir, K.; Akola, J.; Kolen'ko, Yu.V. Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of Acetylene Semi-Hydrogenation over Pd/Al₂O₃. Int. J. Hydr. Energ. 2020, 45, 1283-1296.

2019

143. Wang, J.; Mark, J.; Woo, K.E.; Voyles, J.; Kovnir, K. The Chemical Flexibility of Mg in Pnictide Materials: Structure and Properties Diversity. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 8286-8300.

142. Woo, K.E.; Wang, J.; Mark, J.; Kovnir, K. Directing boron-phosphorus bonds in crystalline solid: oxidative polymerization of P=B=P monomers into 1D chains. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 13017-13021.

141. Mark, J.; Wang, J.; Wu, K.; Lo, J.G.; Lee, S.; Kovnir, K. Ba₂Si₃P₆: 1D Nonlinear Optical Material with Thermal Barrier Chains. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 11976-11983.

140. Kovnir, K. Preface to the 50 Years of Solid State Chemistry Anniversary Issue. J. Solid State Chem. 2019, 277, 833-834.

139. Dragulescu-Andrasi, A; Hietsoi, O.; Ungor, O.; Dunk, P.; Stubbs, V.; Arroyave, A.; Kovnir, K.; Shatruk, M. Dicyanometalates as Building Blocks for Multinuclear Fe(II) Spin-Crossover Complexes. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 11920-11926.

138. Lee, S.; Owens-Baird, B.; Kovnir, K. Aliovalent substitutions of the 2D layered semiconductor GeAs. J. Solid State Chem. 2019, 276, 361-367.

137. Akopov, G.; Mak, W.H.; Koumoulis, D.; Yin, H.; Owens-Baird, B.; Yeung, M.T.; Muni, M.H.; Lee, S.; Roh, I.; Sobell, Z.C.; Diaconescu, P.L.; Mohammadi, R.; Kovnir, K.; Kaner, R.B. Synthesis and Characterization of Single Phase Metal Dodecaboride Solid Solutions: Zr_1-xY_xB₁₂ and Zr_1-xU_xB₁₂. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 9047-9062.

136. Owens-Baird, B.; Xu, J.; Petrovykh, D.Y.; Bondarchuk, O.; Ziouani, Y.; Gonzalez-Ballesteros, N.; Yox, P.; Sapountzi, F.M.; Niemantsverdriet, H.; Kolen'ko, Yu.V.; Kovnir, K. NiP₂: A Story of Two Divergent Polymorphic Multifunctional Materials. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 3407-3418.

135. Woo, K. E.; Dolyniuk, J.; Kovnir, K. Superseding van der Waals with electrostatic interactions: Intercalation of Cs into the interlayer space of SiAs₂. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 4997-5005.

134. Mark, J.; Hanrahan, M.; Woo, K. E.; Lee, S.; Rossini, A. J.; Kovnir, K. Chemical and Electrochemical Lithiation of van der Waals Tetrel Arsenides. Chem. Europ. J. 2019, 25, 6392-6401.

133. Dolyniuk, J.; Mark, J.; Lee, S.; Tran, N.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis and Characterization of K and Eu Binary Phosphides. Mater. 2019, 263, 195-202.Invited Paper.

132. Sousa, V.; Goncalves, B.F.; Franco, M.; Ziouani, Y.; Gonzalez-Ballesteros, N.; Cerqueira, M. F.; Yannello, V.; Kovnir, K.; Lebedev, O.I.; Kolen'ko, Yu. V. Superstructural Ordering in Hexagonal CuInSe₂ Nanoparticles. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 260-267. Cover Figure

131. Mark, J.; Dolyniuk, J.; Tran, N.; Kovnir, K. Crystal and Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of AE₂SiP₄ (AE = Sr, Eu, Ba) and Ba₄Si₃P₈. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2019, 645, 242-247. Invited Paper.

2018

130. Piotrowski, M.; Franco, M.; Sousa, V.; Rodrigues, J.; Deepak, F.L.; Kakefuda, Y.; Kawamoto, N.; Baba, T.; Owens-Baird, B.; Alpuim, P; Kovnir, K.; Mori, T.; Kolen'ko, Yu. V. Probing of Thermal Transport in 50-nm Thick PbTe Nanocrystal Film by Time-Domain Thermoreflectance. J. Phys. Chem. C. 2018, 122, 27127-27134.

129. Dun, C.; Liu, Y.; Al-Qawasmeh, A.; Hewitt, C. A.; Guo, Y.; Xu, J.; Jiang, Q.; Wang, J.; Marcus, G.; Cadavid, D.; Montgomery, D.; Wang, H.; Kovnir, K.; Cabot, A.; Carroll, D. L. Topological doping effects in 2D chalcogenide thermoelectrics. 2D Mater. 2018, 5, 045008.

128. Wang, J.; Kovnir, K. Giant anisotropy detected. Nature Photon. 2018, 12, 382-383.

127. Wang, J.; Yox, P.; Voyles, J.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Properties of Three La-Zn-P Compounds with Different Dimensionality of Zn-P Framework. Cryst. Growth & Design. 2018, 18, 4076-4083.

126. Dolyniuk, J.; Lee, S.; Tran, N.; Wang, J.; Wang, L.-L.; Kovnir, K. Eu₂P₇X and Ba₂As₇X (X = Br, I): Chiral Double-Zintl Salts Containing Heptapnictortricyclane Clusters. J. Solid State Chem. 2018, 263, 195-202.

125. Dolyniuk, J.; Wang, J.; Marple, M.; Sen, S.; Cheng, Y.; Ramirez-Cuesta, A. J.; Kovnir, K. Chemical bonding and transport properties in clathrates-I with Cu-Zn-P frameworks. Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 3419-3428.

124. Woo, K.; Wang, J.; Wu, K.; Lee, K.; Dolyniuk, J.; Pan, S.; Kovnir, K. Mg-Si-As: An Unexplored System with Promising Nonlinear Optical Properties. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1801589.

123. Wang, J.; He, Y.; Mordvinova, N. E.; Lebedev, O. I.; Kovnir, K. The smaller the better: hosting trivalent rare-earth guests in Cu-P clathrate cages. Chem, 2018, 4, 1465-1475.

122. Zevalkink, A.; Smiadak, D.; Martin, D.; Chabinyc, M.; Delaire, O.; Blackburn, J.; Ferguson, A.; Wang, J.; Kovnir, K.; Schelhas, L.; Kang, S. D.; Dylla, M. T.; Snyder, G. J.; Ortiz, B.; Toberer, E. A practical field guide to thermoelectrics: fundamentals, synthesis, and characterization. Appl. Phys. Rev. 2018, 5, 021303.

121. Guo, J.; Liu, Y.; Ma, Y.; Zhu, E.; Lee, S.; Lu, Z.; Zhao, Z.; Xu, C.; Lee, S.-J.; Wu, H.; Kovnir, K.; Huang, Y.; Duan, X. Few-layer GeAs field-effect transistors and infrared photodetectors. Adv. Mater. 2018, 1705934.

120. Wang, J.; Wang, L.-L.; Kovnir, K. Phonon Glass Behavior Beyond Traditional Cage Structures: Synthesis, Crystal and Electronic Structure, and Properties of KMg₄Sb₃. J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6, 4759-4767.

119. Xu, J.; Sousa, J.P.S.; Mordvinova, N.; Costa, J.D.; Lado, J.L.; Petrovykh, D.Y.; Kovnir, K.; Lebedev O. I.; Kolen'ko, Yu.V. Al-induced In situ Formation of Highly Active Nanostructured Water-oxidation Electrocatalyst Based on Ni-phosphide. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 2595-2600.

118. Wang, J.; Dolyniuk, J.; Kovnir, K. Unconventional Clathrates with Transition Metal-Phosphorus Frameworks. Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 31-39.

117. Owens-Baird, B.; Kolen'ko, Yu.; Kovnir, K. Structure-activity relationships for Pt-free metal phosphide hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts. Chem. Europ. J. 2018, 24, 7298-7311.

2017

116. Wang, J.; Lebedev, O.I.; Lee, K.; Dolyniuk, J.; Klavins, P.; Bux, S.; Kovnir, K. A high-efficiency thermoelectric Ba₈Cu₁₄Ge₆P₂₆: Bridging the gap between tetrel-based and tetrel-free clathrates. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 8030-8038.

115. Greenfield, J.; Unger, C.; Chen, M.; Izquierdo, N.; Woo, K.; Garlea, V.O.; Kamali, S; Kovnir, K. A series of chiral, polar, homospin topological ferrimagnets: M₃(OOCH)₅Cl(OH₂) (M = Fe, Co, Ni). Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 7716-7724.

114. Owens-Baird, B.; Lee, S.; Kovnir, K. Two-Dimensional Metal NaCu_6.3Sb₃ and Solid-State Transformations of Sodium Copper Antimonides. Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 12438-12445. Cover Figure.

113. Xu, J.; Wei, X.-K.; Costa, J.D.; Lado, J.L.; Owens-Baird, B.; Goncalves, L.P.L.; Fernandes, S.P.S.; Heggen, M.; Petrovykh, D.Y.; Dunin-Borkowski, R.E.; Kovnir, K.; Kolen'ko, Yu.V. Interface Engineering in Nanostructured Nickel Phosphide Catalyst for Efficient and Stable Water Oxidation. ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 5450-5455.

112. Marple, M.; Badger, J.; Hung, I.; Gan, Z.; Kovnir, K.; Sen. S. Structure of Amorphous Selenium by 2D ⁷⁷Se NMR Spectroscopy: An End to The Dilemma of Chain vs. Ring. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 9777-9781.

111. Wang, J.; Greenfield, J.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Magnetic Properties of R₂Mg₃SiPn₆ (R = La, Ce; Pn = P, As). Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 8348-8354.

110. Dolyniuk, J.; Whitfield, P.S.; Lee, K.; Lebedev, O.I.; Kovnir, K. Controlling Superstructural Ordering in the Clathrate-I Ba₈Cu₁₆P₃₀ (M= Cu, Zn) through the Formation of Metal-Metal Bonds. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 3650-3659.

109. Wang, J.; Mazzetti, J.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis, crystal and electronic structure, and physical properties of a new quaternary phosphide Ba₄Mg_2+δCu_12-δP₁₀ (0 < δ < 2). Inorg. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 801-808. Invited Paper.

108. Owens-Baird, B.; Heinrich, S.; Kovnir, K. Thermoelectric Materials. Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry. 2017, DOI: 10.1002/9781119951438.eibc2497, 1-35. Invited Review.

107. Dolyniuk, J.; Zaikina, J.V.; Kaseman, D.C.; Sen, S.; Kovnir, K. Breaking the Tetra-Coordinated Framework Rule: New Clathrate Ba₈M₂₄P_28+δ (M = Cu/Zn). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 2418-2422. Cover Figure; VIP: Very Important Paper.

106. Pomerantseva, E.; Resini, C.; Kovnir, K.; Kolen'ko, Yu.V. Emerging Nanostructured Electrode Materials for Water Electrolysis and Rechargeable Beyond Li-ion Batteries. Adv. Phys. X, 2017, 2, 211-253. Invited Review.

105. Wang, J.; Lee, K.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Properties of La₄Zn₇P₁₀ and La₄Mg_1.5Zn_8.5P₁₂. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 783-790.

104. Tan, X.; Garlea, V. O.; Kovnir, K.; Thompson, C. M.; Xu, T.; Cao, H.; Chai, P.; Tener, Z. P.; Yan, S.; Xiong, P.; Shatruk, M. Complex magnetic phase diagram with multistep spin-flop transitions in La_0.25Pr_0.75Co₂P₂. Phys. Rev. B, 2017, 95, 024428.

2016

103. Dolyniuk, J.; Owens-Baird, B.; Wang, J.; Zaikina, J.V.; Kovnir, K. Clathrate Thermoelectrics. Materials Science & Engineering R. 2016, 108, 1-46. Invited Review.

102. Dolyniuk, J.; Kovnir, K. High Pressure Properties of a Ba-Cu-Zn-P Clathrate-I. Materials. 2016, 9, 692. Invited Paper.

101. Costa, J.D.; Lado, J.L.; Carbo-Argibay, E.; Paz, E.; Gallo, J.; Cerqueira, G.M.F.; Rodriguez-Abreu, C.; Kovnir, K.; Kolen'ko, Yu.V. Electrocatalytic Performance and Stability of Nanostructured Fe-Ni Pyrite-Type Diphosphide Catalyst Supported on Carbon Paper. J. Chem. Phys. C 2016, 120, 16357-16544.

100. Wang, J.; Marple, M.; Lee, K.; Sen, S.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis, crystal structure, and advanced NMR characterization of a low temperature polymorph of SiSe₂. J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 11276-11283. HOT Paper.

99. Woo, K.; Lee, K.; Kovnir, K. BP: Synthesis and Properties of Boron Phosphide. Mater. Res. Expr. 2016, 3, 074003. Invited Paper.

98. Wang, J.; Kaseman, D.; Lee, K.; Sen, S.; Kovnir, K. Enclathration of X@La₄ tetrahedra in channels of Zn-P frameworks in La₃Zn₄P₆X (X = Cl, Br). Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 4741-4750.

97. Kovnir, K.; Toberer, E.S. Virtual Issue on Thermoelectric Materials. Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 2463-2465.

96. Lee, K.; Kamali, S.; Ericsson, T.; Bellard, M.; Kovnir, K. GeAs: Highly anisotropic van der Waals thermoelectric material. Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 2776-2785.

95. Wang, J.; Greenfield, J.T.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Magnetic Properties of Quaternary Iron Selenides: Ba2FePnSe5 (Pn = Sb, Bi). J. Solid State Chem. 2016, 242, 22-27. Invited Paper, Cover Figure.

94. Wang, J.; Lee, K.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis, crystal and electronic structure, and optical properties of two new chalcogenide-iodides: Ba₃Q₄I₂ (Q = S, Se). Inorg. Chem. Front. 2016, 3, 306-312. Invited Paper.

93. Greenfield, J.T.; Garlea, V.O.; Kamali, S.; Chen, M.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis, Crystal Growth, Structural and Magnetic Characterization of NH₄MCl₂(HCOO), M = (Fe, Co, Ni). J. Solid State Chem. 2016, 236, 222-229. Invited Paper.

92. Peterson, P.; Shevchenko, N.; Breiner, B.; Manoharan, M.; Lufti, F.; Delaune, J.; Kingsley, M.; Kovnir, K.; Alabugin, I. Orbital Crossings Activated Through Electron Injection: Opening Communication between Orthogonal Orbitals in Anionic C1-C5 Cyclizations of Enediynes. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15617-15628.

91. Tan, X.; Fabbris, G.; Haskel, D.; Yaroslavtsev, A. A.; Cao, H.; Thompson, C. M.; Kovnir, K.; Menushenkov, A. P.; Chernikov, R. V.; Garlea, V. O.; Shatruk, M. A Transition from Localized to Strongly Correlated Electron Behavior and Mixed Valence Driven by Physical or Chemical Pressure in ACo₂As₂ (A = Eu, Ca). J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 2724-2731.

2015

90. Wang, J.; Kovnir, K. Elusive β-Zn₈Sb₇: A new zinc antimonide thermoelectric. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 12474-12477.

89. Lado, J.L.; Wang, X.; Carbo-Argibay, E.; Guldris, N.; Rodriguez-Abreu, C.; Lui, L.; Kovnir, K.; Kolen'ko, Yu.V. Design and Synthesis of Highly Active Al-Ni-P Foam Electrode for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 6503-6508.

88. Wang, J.; Lee, K.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Thermoelectric Properties of Two New Barium Antimony Selenides: Ba₂Sb₂Se₅ and Ba₆Sb₇Se_16.11. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 9811-9818. HOT Paper.

87. Dolyniuk, J.; He, H.; Ivanov, A.; Boldyrev, A.; Bobev, S.; Kovnir, K. Ba and Sr Binary Phosphides: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Bonding Analysis. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 8608-8616.

86. Dolyniuk, J.; Wang, J.; Lee, K.; Kovnir, K. Twisted Kelvin cells and truncated octahedral cages in the crystal structures of unconventional clathrates, AM₂P₄ (A = Sr, Ba; M = Cu, Ni) Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 4476-4484.

85. Wang, X.; .Kolen'ko, Yu.V.; Bao, X.-Q.; Kovnir, K.; Liu, L. One-Step Synthesis of Self-Supported Nickel Phosphide Nanosheet Array Cathodes for Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Generation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 8188-8192.

84. Lee, K.; Kaseman, D.; Sen, S.; Hung, I.; Gan, Z.; Gerke, B.; Pottgen, R.; Feygenson, M.; Neuefeind, J.; Lebedev, O.I.; Kovnir, K. Intricate short-range ordering and strongly anisotropic transport properties of Li_1-xSn_2+xAs₂. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 3622-3630.

83. Deepak, F.L.; Banobre-Lopez, M.; Carbo-Argibay, E.; Cerqueira, M.F.G.; Pineiro-Redondo, Y.; Rivas, J.; Thompson, C.M.; Kamali, S.; Rodriguez-Abreu, C.; Kovnir, K.;Kolen'ko, Y.V.; A Systematic Study of the Structural and Magnetic Properties of Mn-, Co-, and Ni-Doped Colloidal Magnetite Nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 11947-11957.

82. Wang, J.; Lee, K.; Kovnir, K. Synthesis, Crystal, and Electronic Structure of Ba₃Sb₂Q₇ (Q = S, Se). Z. Anorg. Allgem. Chem. 2015, 641, 1087-1092. Invited Paper.

81. Dolyniuk, J.; Tran, N.; Lee, K.; Kovnir, K.Sr₂P₇X (X = Cl, Br, and I): Synthesis, Crystal, and Electronic Structures of Double Zintl Salts Containing Heptaphosphanortricyclane, P₇^3-. Z. Anorg. Allgem. Chem. 2015, 641, 1422-1427. Invited Paper.

80. Greenfield, J.T.; Kamali, S.; Lee, K.; Kovnir, K. A Solution for Solution-Produced β-FeSe: Elucidating and Overcoming Factors that Prevent Superconductivity. Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 588-596.

79. Greenfield, J.T.; Pak, C.; Kamali, S.; Lee, K.; Kovnir, K. Control over Connectivity and Magnetism of Tetrahedral FeSe₂ Chains through Coordination Fe-Amine Complexes. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 5355-5358.

78. Wang, J.; Lee, K.; Kovnir, K. Distorted phosphorus and copper square-planar layers in LaCu_1+xP₂ and LaCu₄P₃: synthesis, crystal structure, and physical properties. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 890-897.

77. Kaseman, D.C.; Hung, I.; Lee, K.; Kovnir, K.; Gan, Z.; Aitken, B.G.; Sen, S. Tellurium Speciation, Connectivity and Chemical Order in As_xTe_100-x Glasses: Results from Two-Dimensional ¹²⁵Te NMR Spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, 2081-2088.

76. Hu, Y.; Wang, J.; Kawamura, A.; Kovnir, K.; Kauzlarich, S.M. Yb₁₄MgSb₁₁ and Ca₁₄MgSb₁₁ - New Mg-Containing Zintl Compounds and Their Structures, Bonding and Thermoelectric Properties. Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 343-351.

75. Lee, K.; Synnestvedt, S.; Bellard, M.; Kovnir, K. GeP and (Ge_1-xSn_x)(P_1-yGe_y) (x = 0.12, y = 0.05): Synthesis, structure, and properties of two-dimensional layered tetrel phosphides. J. Solid State Chem. 2015, 224, 62-70. Invited Paper: 2D Materials Special Issue.

74. Schmidt, M.; Kovnir, K.; Deichsel, J.; Binnewies, M.; Grin, Yu. Armbruster, M. Fest/Gas-Reaktion zur Darstellung von getragerten intermetallischen Ga-Pd Katalysatormaterialien. Z. Anorg. Allgem. Chem. 2015, 641, 1061-1068. Cover Figure.

Previous Years

73. Shevelkov, A.V.; Kovnir K.; Zaikina J.V. Chemistry and Physics of Inverse (Cationic) Clathrates and Tin Anionic Clathrates. In The Physics and Chemistry of Inorganic Clathrates. Ed. Nolas, G.S. Springer, 2014, 125-167.

72. Dolyniuk, J.; Kaseman, D.; Sen, S.; Zhao, J.; Osterloh, F.E.; Kovnir, K. mP-BaP₃: A New Phase from an Old Binary System. Chem. Europ. J. 2014, 20, 10829-10837. Invited Paper: Young Chemists Special Issue.

71. Kolen'ko, Y.V.; Banobre-Lopez, M.; Rodriguez-Abreu, C.; Carbo-Argibay, E.; Deepak, L.F.;Petrovykh, D.Y.; Cerqueira, M.F.G.; Kamali, S.; Kovnir, K.; Shtansky, D.V.; Lebedev, O.I.; Rivas, J. High-Temperature Magnetism as a Probe for Structural and Compositional Uniformity in Ligand-capped Magnetite Nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 28322-28329.

70. Kolen'ko, Y.V.; Banobre-Lopez, M.; Rodriguez-Abreu, C.; Carbo-Argibay, E.; Sailsman, A.; Pineiro-Redondo, Y.; Cerqueira, M.F.G.; Petrovykh, D.Y.; Kovnir, K.; Lebedev, O.I.; Rivas, J. Large-Scale Synthesis of Colloidal Fe₃O₄ Nanoparticles Exhibiting High Heating Efficiency in Magnetic Hyperthermia. J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 8691-8701.

69. Greenfield, J.T.; Kamali, S.; Izquierdo, N.; Chen, M.; Kovnir, K. NH₄FeCl₂(HCOO): Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetism of a Novel Low-Dimensional Magnetic Material. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 3162-3169.

68. Hietsoi, O.; Dunk, P. W.; Stout, H. D.; Arroyave, A.; Kovnir, K.; Irons, R. E.; Kassenova, N.; Yerkassov, R.; Achim, C.; Shatruk, M. Spin crossover in tetranuclear Fe(II) complexes, {[(tpma)Fe(m-CN)]₄}X₄ (X = ClO₄^-, BF₄^-). Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 13070-13077.

67. Lampen, P.; Phan, M. H.; Srikanth, H.; Kovnir, K.; Chai, P.; Shatruk, M. Heisenberg-like ferromagnetism in 3d-4f intermetallic La0.75Pr0.25Co2P2 with localized Co moments. Phys. Rev. B 2014, 90, 174404.

66. C.M. Thompson, K. Kovnir, V.O. Garlea, E.S. Choi, H.D. Zhou, M. Shatruk. Unconventional magnetism in ThCr₂Si₂-type phosphides, La_1-xNd_xCo₂P₂. J. Mater. Chem. C 2014, 2, 7561 - 7569.

65. C.M. Thompson, X. Tan, K. Kovnir, V.O. Garlea, A.A. Gippius, A.A. Yaroslavtsev, A.P. Menushenkov, R.V. Chernikov, N. Buttgen, W. Kratschmer, Y.V. Zubavichus, M. Shatruk. Synthesis, Structures, and Magnetic Properties of Rare-Earth Cobalt Arsenides, RCo₂As₂ (R = La, Ce, Pr, Nd). Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 3825-3837.

64. Pak, C.; Kamali, S.; Pham, J.; Lee, K.; Greenfield, J.T.; Kovnir, K. Chemical Excision of Tetrahedral FeSe₂ Chains from the Superconductor FeSe: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Magnetism of Fe₃Se₄(en)₂. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 19111-19114.

63. Dolyniuk, J.; Kovnir, K.

Zintl Salts Ba₂P₇X (X = Cl, Br, and I): Synthesis, Crystal, and Electronic Structure. Crystals, 2013, 3, 431-442.

62. Fulmer, J.; Lebedev, O.I.; Roddatis, V.V.; Kaseman, D.; Sen, S.; Dolyniuk, J.; Lee, K.; Olenev, A.V.; Kovnir, K.

Clathrate Ba₈Au₁₆P₃₀: The "Gold Standard" for Lattice Thermal Conductivity. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 12313-12323.

61. Fulmer, J.; Kaseman, D.; Dolyniuk, J.; Lee, K.; Sen, S.; Kovnir, K.

BaAu₂P₄: Layered Zintl Polyphosphide with Infinite (P^-) Chains. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 7061-7067.

60. Cooke, K.; Olenev, A.V.; Kovnir, K. Tris(ethylenediamine)cobalt(II) dichloride. Acta Cryst. E 2013, E69, m332.

59. Kovnir, K.; Thompson, C.M.; Garlea, V.O.; Haskel, D.; Polyanskii, A.A.; Zhou, H.; Shatruk, M. Modification of magnetic anisotropy through 3d-4f coupling in La_0.75Pr_0.25Co₂P₂ Phys. Rev. B 2013, 88, 104429.

58. Keniley, L. K.; Dupont, N.; Ray, L.; Ding, J.; Kovnir, K.; Hoyt, J. M.; Hauser, A.; Shatruk, M. Complexes with redox-active ligands: Synthesis, structure, electrochemical and photophysical behavior of Ru(II) complex with TTF-annulated phenanthroline. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 8040-8052.

57. M. Armbruster, Kovnir, K., M. Friedrich, D. Teschner, G.Wowsnick, M. Hahne, P. Gille, L. Szentmiklosi, M. Feuerbacher, M. Heggen, F. Girgsdies, D. Rosenthal, R. Schlogl, Yu. Grin. Al₁₃Fe₄ as a low-cost alternative for palladium in heterogeneous hydrogenation. Nature Mater. 2012, 11, 690-693.

56. A.A. Yaroslavtsev, A.P. Menushenkov, R.V. Chernikov, W. Caliebe, I.A. Zaluzhnyy, C.M. Thompson, Kovnir, K., M. Shatruk. Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) on Magnetic EuCo₂P₂-Based Systems. JETP Lett. 2012, 96, 44-48.

55. A.P. Menushenkov, A.A. Yaroslavtsev, O.V. Grishina, R.V. Chernikov, A.A. Arico, C.M. Thompson, Kovnir, K., M. Shatruk. Local Electronic and Crystal Structure of Rare-Earth Cobalt Phosphides RCo2P2 Studied by XAFS Spectroscopy.
Solid State Phenom. 2012, 190, 200-203.

54. H. Phan, P. Chakraborty, M. Chen, Y.M. Calm, Kovnir, K., L.K. Keniley, Jr., J.M. Hoyt, E.S. Knowles, C. Besnard, M.W. Meisel, A. Hauser, C. Achim, M. Shatruk. Heteroleptic Fe(II) Complexes of 2,2'-Biimidazole and Its Alkylated Derivatives: Spin-Crossover and Photomagnetic Behavior. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 15805-15815.

53. J. Wang, A. Ozarowski, Kovnir, K., C.M. Thompson, A.A. Yaroslavtsev, R.V. Chernikov, N. Dalal, M. Shatruk. Trimetallic [M₃(dpa)₄]²⁺ complexes (M = Co, Ni) as building blocks for cyanide-bridged coordination polymers.
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 4652-4660.

52. G. Li, L. Ray, E.N. Glass, Kovnir, K., A. Khoroshutin, S.I. Gorelsky, M. Shatruk. Synthesis of panchromatic Ru(II) thienyl-dipyrrin complexes and evaluation of their light-harvesting capacity. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 1614-1624.

51. S. Ray, Yu.V. Kolen'ko, Kovnir, K., O.I. Lebedev, S. Turner, T. Chakraborty, R. Erni, T. Watanabe, G. Van Tendeloo, M. Yoshimura, M. Itoh. Defect controlled room temperature ferromagnetism in Co-doped barium titanate nanocrystals.
Nanotechn. 2012, 23, 025702.

50. Kovnir, K., U. Stockert, S. Budnyk, Yu. Prots, M. Baitinger, S. Paschen, A.V. Shevelkov, Yu. Grin. Introducing a Magnetic Guest to a Tetrel-Free Clathrate: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Eu_xBa_8-xCu₁₆P₃₀ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1.5).
Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 10387-10396.

49. Kovnir, K., V.O. Garlea, C.M. Thompson, H.D. Zhou, W.M. Reiff, A. Ozarowski, M. Shatruk. Spin-Glass Behavior in LaFe_xCo_2-xP₂ Solid Solutions: Interplay Between Magnetic Properties and Crystal and Electronic Structures.
Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 10274-10283.

48. C.M. Thompson, Kovnir, K., H.D. Zhou, M. Shatruk. Magnetism of Rare-Earth Cobalt Phosphides GdCo₃P₂ and GdCo₅P₃. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2011, 637, 2013-2017.

47. Kovnir, K., W.M. Reiff, A.P. Menushenkov, A.A. Yaroslavtsev, R.V. Chernikov, M. Shatruk. "Chemical Metamagnetism": From Antiferromagnetic PrCo₂P₂ to Ferromagnetic Pr_0.8Eu_0.2Co₂P₂ via Chemical Compression.
Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 3021-3024.

46. A.V. Shevelkov, Kovnir, K. Zintl Clathrates. In Principles and Recent Developments in the field of Zintl Ions and Zintl Phases, Ed. T.F. Fassler. Structure & Bonding, Springer, 2011, 139, 97-142.

45. M. Armbrüster, Kovnir, K., Yu. Grin, R. Schlögl. Complex Metallic Phases in Catalysis. In Complex Metallic Alloys - Fundamentals and Applications. Eds.: J.-M. Dubois, E. Belin-Ferré, Wiley-VCH, 2011, 385-399.

44. Kovnir, K., M. Shatruk. Magnetism in Giant Unit Cells: Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of
R₁₁₇Co_52+δSn_112+γ (R = Sm, Tb, Dy). Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 3955-3962. BACK COVER FIGURE

43. C.M. Thompson, Kovnir, K., S. Eveland, M.J. Herring, M. Shatruk. Synthesis of ThCr₂Si₂-type arsenides from Bi flux. Chem. Comm. 2011, 47, 5563-5565.

42. S. Middey, S. Ray, K. Mukherjee, P.L. Paulose, E.V. Sampathkumaran, C. Meneghini, S.D. Kaushik, V. Siruguri, Kovnir, K., D.D. Sarma. Glasslike ordering and spatial inhomogeneity of magnetic structure in Ba₃FeRu₂O₉: Role of Fe/Ru site disorder. Phys. Rev. B. 2011, 83, 144419.

41. I.V. Alabugin, B. Gold, M. Shatruk, Kovnir, K. On the "Single-Crystal X-ray Structure of 1,3-dimethyl-cyclobutadiene..." Science, 2010, 330, 1047.

40. M. Armbrüster, Kovnir, K., M. Behrens, Yu. Grin, R. Schlögl. Pd-Ga Intermetallic Compounds as Highly Selective Semi-Hydrogenation Catalysts. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 14745-14747.

39. J.K. Park, H.H. Lackey, M.D. Rexford, Kovnir, K., M. Shatruk, D.T. McQuade. A Chiral 6-Membered N-Heterocyclic Carbene Copper(I) Complex That Induces High Stereoselectivity Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 5008-5011.

38. J.V. Zaikina, T. Mori, Kovnir, K., D. Teschner, A. Senyshyn, U. Schwarz, Yu. Grin, A.V. Shevelkov. Bulk and surface structure and high temperature thermoelectric properties of inverse clathrate-III in the Si-P-Te system.
Chem. Europ. J. 2010, 16, 12582-12589. INSIDE COVER FIGURE

37. P. Gille, T. Ziemer, M. Schmidt, Kovnir, K., U. Burkhardt, M. Armbrüster. Growth of PdGa single crystals from the melt. Intermetallics, 2010, 18, 1663-1668.

36. Kovnir, K., C. M. Thompson, H.D. Zhou, C.R. Wiebe, M. Shatruk. Tuning Ferro- and Metamagnetic Transitions in Rare-Earth Cobalt Phosphides La_1-xPr_xCo₂P₂. Chem. Mater. 2010, 22, 1704-1713.

35. C.M. Thompson, A.A. Arico, Kovnir, K., M. Shatruk. Control of Magnetic Ordering by Altering Co-Co Distances in La_0.9R_0.1Co₂P₂ (R = Ce, Pr, Nd, and Sm) Phases with ThCr₂Si₂-type Structure. J. Appl. Phys. 2010, 107, 09E316.

34. L.K. Keniley, Jr., L. Ray, Kovnir, K., L. A. Dellinger, J.M. Hoyt, M. Shatruk. TTF-annulated phenanthroline and unexpected oxidative cleavage of the C=C bond in its Ru(II) complex. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 1307-1309.

33. Kovnir, K., J. Osswald, M. Armbrüster, D. Teschner, G. Weinberg, U. Wild, A. Knop-Gericke, T. Ressler, Yu. Grin, R. Schlögl. Etching of intermetallic compounds PdGa and Pd₃Ga₇: an effective way to increase catalytic activity?
J. Catal. 2009, 264, 93-103.

32. Kovnir, K., M. Armbrüster, D. Teschner, T. Venkov, F.C. Jentoft, A. Knop-Gericke, Yu. Grin, R. Schlögl. In situ Surface Characterization of the Intermetallic Compound PdGa - A Highly Selective Hydrogenation Catalyst.
Surf. Sci. 2009, 603, 1784-1792.

31. J.V. Zaikina, Kovnir, K., U. Burkhardt, W. Schnelle, F. Haarmann, U. Schwarz, Yu. Grin, A. V. Shevelkov. Cationic Clathrate I Si_46-xP_xTe_y (6.6(1) ≤ y ≤ 7.5(1), x ≤ 2y): Crystal Structure, Homogeneity Range, and Physical Properties.
Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 3720-3730.

30. Kovnir, K., Yu.V. Kolen'ko, A.I. Baranov, I.S. Neira, A.V. Sobolev, M. Yoshimura, I.A. Presniakov, A.V. Shevelkov. Sn₄As₃ revisited: solvothermal synthesis and crystal and electronic structure.
J. Solid State Chem. 2009, 182, 630-639. COVER FIGURE

29. E. Galloway, M. Armbrüster, Kovnir, K., M.S. Tikhov, R.M. Lambert. Bromine-promoted PtZn is very effective for the chemoselective hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde. J. Catal. 2009, 261, 60-65.

28. J. Osswald, R. Giedigkeit, R.E. Jentoft, M. Armbrüster, F. Girgsdies, Kovnir, K., T. Ressler, Yu. Grin, R. Schlögl. Palladium Gallium Intermetallic Compounds for the Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene. Part I. Preparation and Structural Investigation under Reaction Conditions. J. Catal. 2008, 258, 210-218.

27. J. Osswald, Kovnir, K., M. Armbrüster, R. Giedigkeit, R.E. Jentoft, U. Wild, Yu. Grin, R. Schlögl. Palladium Gallium Intermetallic Compounds fort he Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene. Part II. Surface Characterization and Catalytic Performance. J. Catal. 2008, 258, 219-227.

26. J.V. Zaikina, Kovnir, K., F. Haarmann, W. Schnelle, U. Burkhardt, H. Borrmann, U. Schwarz, Yu. Grin, A.V. Shevelkov. Si_172−xP_xTe_y (x = 2y, y > 20) - The First Silicon-Based Cationic Clathrate III with High Thermal Stability.
Chem. Europ. J. 2008, 14, 5414-5422.

25. J.V. Zaikina, Kovnir, K., A.N. Sobolev, I.A. Presniakov, V.G. Kytin, V.A. Kulbachinskii, A.V. Olenev, O.I. Lebedev, G. Van Tendeloo, E.V. Dikarev, A.V. Shevelkov. Highly Disordered Crystal Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of Sn₃P₄.
Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 2476-2483.

24. Kovnir, K., M. Schmidt, C. Waurisch, M. Armbrüster, Yu. Prots, Yu. Grin. Refinement of the crystal structure of dipalladium gallium, Pd₂Ga. Z. Kristallogr. NCS. 2008, 223, 7-8.

23. Kovnir, K., D. Teschner, M. Armbrüster, P. Schnörch, M. Hävecker, A. Knop-Gericke, Yu. Grin, R. Schlögl. Pinning the catalytic centre: A new concept for catalysts development. BESSY Highlights 2007. 2007, 22-23.

22. J.V. Zaikina, Kovnir, K., U. Schwarz, H. Borrmann, A.V. Shevelkov. Crystal structure of silicon phosphorus telluride, Si_46-xP_xTe_y (y=7.35, 6.98, 6.88; x ≤ 2y), a cationic clathrate-I. Z. Kristallogr. NCS. 2007, 222, 177-179.

21. Kovnir, K., M. Armbrüster, D. Teschner, T.V. Venkov, F.C. Jentoft, A. Knop-Gericke, Yu. Grin, R. Schlögl. A New Approach to Well-Defined, Stable and Site-Isolated Catalysts. Sci. Techn. Adv. Mater. 2007, 8, 420-427.

20. J.V. Zaikina, W. Schnelle, Kovnir, K., A.V. Olenev, Yu. Grin, A.V. Shevelkov. Crystal structure, thermoelectric and magnetic properties of the type-I clathrate solid solutions Sn₂₄P_19.3(2)Br_xI_8-x (0 ≤ x ≤ 8) and Sn₂₄P_19.3(2)Cl_yI_8-y (y ≤ 0.8). Solid State Sciences, 2007, 9, 664-671.

19. Yu.V. Kolen;ko, Kovnir, K., I.S. Neira, T. Taniguchi, T. Ishigaki, T. Watanabe, N. Sakamoto, M. Yoshimura A Novel, Controlled, and High-Yield Solvothermal Drying Route to Nanosized Barium Titanate Powders.
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 7306-7318.

18. J.V. Zaikina, Kovnir, K., A.V. Sobolev, I.A. Presniakov, Yu. Prots, M. Baitinger, W. Schnelle, A.V. Olenev, O.I. Lebedev, G. Van Tendeloo, Yu. Grin, A.V. Shevelkov. Sn_20.5_3.5As₂₂I₈: a largely disordered cationic clathrate with a new type of superstructure and abnormally low thermal conductivity. Chem. Europ. J. 2007, 13, 5090-5099.

17. Kovnir, K., Yu.V. Kolen;ko, S. Ray, J. Li, T. Watanabe, M. Itoh, M. Yoshimura, A.V. Shevelkov. A Facile High-Yield Solvothermal Route to Tin Phosphide Sn₄P₃. J. Solid State Chem. 2006, 179, 3756-3762.

16. Kovnir, K., J. Osswald, M. Armbrüster, R. Giedigkeit, T. Ressler, Yu. Grin, R. Schlögl. PdGa and Pd₃Ga₇: Highly-Selective Catalysts for the Acetylene Partial Hydrogenation. Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. 2006, 162, 481-488.

15. M. Armbrüster, Kovnir, K., J. Osswald, R. Giedigkeit, T. Ressler, Yu. Grin, R. Schlögl. PdGa - ein selektiver Katalysator für die Semihydrierung von Acetylen. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2006, 2083.

14. Kovnir, K., N.S. Abramchuk, J.V. Zaikina, M. Baitinger, U. Burkhardt, W. Schnelle, A.V. Olenev, O.I. Lebedev, G. Van Tendeloo, E.V. Dikarev, A.V. Shevelkov. Ge_40.0Te_5.3I₈: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Properties of a New Clathrate-I Compound. Z. Kristallogr. 2006, 221, 527-532.

13. Y.V. Kolen'ko, Kovnir, K., A.I. Gavrilov, A.V. Garshev, J. Frantti, O.I. Lebedev, B. R. Churagulov, G. Van Tendeloo, M. Yoshimura. Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterization of Nanorods of Various Titanates and Titanium Dioxide.
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 4030-4038.

12. Kovnir, K., A.V. Sobolev, I.A. Presniakov, O.I. Lebedev, G. Van Tendeloo, W. Schnelle, Yu. Grin, A.V. Shevelkov. Sn_19.3Cu_4.7As₂₂I₈: A New Clathrate-I Compound with Transition-Metal Atoms in the Cationic Framework.
Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 8786-8793.

11. Yu.V. Kolen'ko, Kovnir, K., A.I. Gavrilov, A.V. Garshev, P.E. Meskin, B.R. Churagulov, M. Bouchard, C. Colbeau-Justin, O.I. Lebedev, G. Van Tendeloo, M. Yoshimura. Structural, Textural, and Electronic Properties of a Nanosized Mesoporous Zn_xTi_1-xO_2-x Solid Solution Prepared by a Supercritical Drying Route. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 20303-20309.

10. Kovnir, K., M.M. Shatruk, L.N. Reshetova, I.A. Presniakov, E.V. Dikarev, M. Baitinger, F. Haarmann, W. Schnelle, M. Baenitz, Yu. Grin, A.V. Shevelkov. Novel Compounds Sn₂₀Zn₄P_22-VI₈ (V = 1.2), Sn₁₇Zn₇P₂₂I₈, and Sn₁₇Zn₇P₂₂Br₈: Synthesis, Properties, and Special Features of their Clathrate-Like Crystal Structures. Solid State Sci. 2005, 7, 957-968.

9. A.I. Gavrilov, A.V. Garshev, Kovnir, K., B.R. Churagulov, Yu.V. Kolen'ko, Yu.D. Tretyakov. Hydrothermal Synthesis of One-Dimensional (1D) Na_xTiO₂ Nanostructures. Russ. Chem. Bull. 2005, 54, 71-74.

8. Kovnir, K., A.V. Shevelkov. Semiconducting Clathrates: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties.
Russ. Chem. Rev. 2004, 73, 999-1015. REVIEW.

7. Kovnir, K., A.N. Uglov, J.V. Zaikina, A.V. Shevelkov. Synthesis and Structure of the [Si₄₀P₆]I_6.5 Cationic Clathrate.
Mend. Commun. 2004, 14, 135.

6. Kovnir, K., J.V. Zaikina, L.N. Reshetova, A.V. Olenev, E.V. Dikarev, A.V. Shevelkov. Unusually High Chemical Compressibility of Normally Rigid Type-I Clathrate Framework: Synthesis and Structural Study of Sn₂₄P_19.3Br_xI_8-x Solid Solution, the Prospective Thermoelectric Material. Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 3230-3236.

5. L.N. Reshetova, J.V. Zaikina, A.V. Shevelkov, Kovnir, K., M. Lindsjo, L. Kloo. Tin Polycationic Clathrates: Interrelationship between Composition and Crystal and Electronic Structure. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2002, 628, 2145.

4. M.M. Shatruk, Kovnir, K., M. Lindsjö, I.A. Presniakov, L.A. Kloo, A.V. Shevelkov. Novel Compounds Sn₁₀In₁₄P₂₂I₈ and Sn₁₄In₁₀P_21.2I₈ with Clathrate-I Structure: Synthesis and Crystal and Electronic Structure.
J. Solid State Chem. 2001, 161, 233-242.

3. M.M. Shatruk, Kovnir, K., A.V. Shevelkov, B.A. Popovkin. Ag₃SnP₇: A Polyphosphide with a Unique _œ¹(P₇) Chain and a Novel Ag₃Sn Heterocluster. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2000, 39, 2508-2509.

2. M.M. Shatruk, Kovnir, K., A.V. Shevelkov, B. A. Popovkin. A Novel Zintl Phase Sn_19.3Cu_4.7P₂₂I₈ with the Clathrate-I Type Structure: the Synthesis and Structure. Russ. J. Inorg. Chem. 2000, 45, 203-209.

1. M.M. Shatruk, Kovnir, K., A.V. Shevelkov, I.A. Presniakov, B.A. Popovkin. First Tin Pnictide Halides Sn₂₄P_19.3I₈ and Sn₂₄As_19.3I₈: Synthesis and the Clathrate-I Type of the Crystal Structure. Inorg. Chem. 1999, 38, 3455-3457.