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Paula L. Diaconescu

University of California, Los Angeles · US
Area of research
Materials Chemistry · Organic Chemistry
Research interest
Research interests include Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, and Crystallography and molecular interactions.
h-index
48
citations
7,288
works
458
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Plastic from CO <sub>2</sub> , Water, and Electricity: Tandem Electrochemical CO <sub>2</sub> Reduction and Thermochemical Ethylene‐CO Copolymerization
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025cited by 12position: middledoi
Highly Selective Electrochemical Baeyer–Villiger Oxidation through Oxygen Atom Transfer from Water
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024cited by 35position: middledoi
Toward liquid cell quantum sensing: Ytterbium complexes with ultranarrow absorption
Science 2024cited by 19position: middledoi
Polyketones from Carbon Dioxide and Ethylene by Integrating Electrochemical and Organometallic Catalysis
ACS Catalysis 2023cited by 40position: middledoi
Spatiotemporal control for integrated catalysis
Nature Reviews Methods Primers 2023cited by 36position: lastdoi
Tuning Electrode Reactivity through Organometallic Complexes
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023cited by 30position: lastdoi
Arene-Bridged Dithorium Complexes: Inverse Sandwiches Supported by a δ Bonding Interaction
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020cited by 53position: middledoi
Synthesis, characterization, and anticancer activity of Schiff bases
Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 2019cited by 145position: middledoi
Redox-Switchable Ring-Opening Polymerization with Ferrocene Derivatives
Accounts of Chemical Research 2019cited by 139position: lastdoi
Switchable Ring‐Opening Polymerization by a Ferrocene Supported Aluminum Complex
ChemCatChem 2019cited by 51position: lastdoi
Pursuit of Record Breaking Energy Barriers: A Study of Magnetic Axiality in Diamide Ligated Dy<sup>III</sup> Single-Molecule Magnets
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017cited by 212position: middledoi
Intramolecular Crossed [2+2] Photocycloaddition through Visible Light-Induced Energy Transfer
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017cited by 148position: middledoi
Redox Control of Aluminum Ring-Opening Polymerization: A Combined Experimental and DFT Investigation
Macromolecules 2017cited by 73position: lastdoi
Redox Switchable Copolymerization of Cyclic Esters and Epoxides by a Zirconium Complex
Macromolecules 2016cited by 89position: lastdoi
Redox-Switchable Hydroelementation of a Cobalt Complex Supported by a Ferrocene-Based Ligand
Organometallics 2016cited by 59position: lastdoi
Tetraanionic Biphenyl Lanthanide Complexes as Single-Molecule Magnets
Inorganic Chemistry 2015cited by 66position: lastdoi
High activity of an indium alkoxide complex toward ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters
Chemical Communications 2015cited by 64position: lastdoi
Rare-earth metal π-complexes of reduced arenes, alkenes, and alkynes: bonding, electronic structure, and comparison with actinides and other electropositive metals
Dalton Transactions 2015cited by 63position: lastdoi
Redox Control of Group 4 Metal Ring-Opening Polymerization Activity toward <scp>l</scp>-Lactide and ε-Caprolactone
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014cited by 254position: lastdoi
Investigations of the Electronic Structure of Arene-Bridged Diuranium Complexes
Organometallics 2013cited by 119position: middledoi
A six-carbon 10π-electron aromatic system supported by group 3 metals
Nature Communications 2013cited by 83position: lastdoi
P<sub>4</sub> Activation by Lanthanum and Lutetium Naphthalene Complexes Supported by a Ferrocene Diamide Ligand
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2013cited by 64position: lastdoi
P4 activation by group 3 metal arene complexes
Chemical Communications 2012cited by 108position: lastdoi
μ-η<sup>6</sup>,η<sup>6</sup>-Arene-Bridged Diuranium Hexakisketimide Complexes Isolable in Two States of Charge
Inorganic Chemistry 2012cited by 90position: firstdoi

Grants

CATALYST DESIGN FOR REDOX SWITCHABLE POLYMERIZATION
NSF2400314$800,0002024–2027PIRePORTER
MRI: Acquisition of a Continuous-wave Electron-paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer for Research and Education
NSF2117480$292,6452021–2024PIRePORTER
CCI Phase I: NSF Center for Integrated Catalysis (CIC)
NSF2023955$1,800,0002020–2024PIRePORTER
Switchable Catalysis as a tool for the Synthesis of Novel Multiblock Copolymers
NSF1809116$817,1442018–2023PIRePORTER
UNIQUE ADVANTAGES OF ORGANOMETALLIC SUPPORTING LIGANDS FOR METAL COMPLEXES
NSF1362999$440,1882014–2017PIRePORTER
CAREER: REACTIONS OF ELECTROPHILIC METAL CENTERS WITH AROMATIC HETEROCYCLES
NSF0847735$590,0002009–2014PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Wenliang Huang · Guhua Hospital6 papers (2012–2020) · 4 papers (2023–2024)Dunwei Wang · University of Massachusetts Amherst3 papers (2023–2023)Saeed I. Khan · University of California, Los Angeles3 papers (2013–2015)Alexander J. M. Miller · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill3 papers (2023–2024)Jonathan L. Brosmer · University of California, Los Angeles3 papers (2014–2017)Chong Liu · Argonne National Laboratory3 papers (2023–2023)Liviu Ungur · National University of Singapore2 papers (2015–2017)Junnian Wei · Peking University2 papers (2017–2019)Brandon Jolly · University of California, Los Angeles2 papers (2023–2023)Christopher C. Cummins · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2012–2013)Stephanie M. Quan · University of California, Los Angeles2 papers (2015–2016)Muralee Murugesu · KU Leuven2 papers (2015–2017)Xinke Wang · National University of Singapore2 papers (2014–2016) · 2 papers (2013–2020)Loi H. · California Institute of Technology2 papers (2023–2023)Ashley J. Shin · Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light1 papers (2024–2024)Boqiang Chen · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory1 papers (2024–2024)Scott M. Shepard · Massachusetts Institute of Technology1 papers (2016–2016)Tianying Liu · University of Massachusetts Amherst1 papers (2024–2024)