Minasian Lab

The central goal of our research is to control behavior in complex inorganic systems by coupling the development of new conceptual models of bonding and electronic structure to the discovery of novel approaches in inorganic synthesis.

For information about available positions in the Minasian Research Lab, email sgminasian@lbl.gov or call +1 510-486-5352

Recent Publications

Formation of Fully Stoichiometric, Oxidation-State Pure Neptunium and Plutonium Dioxides from Molecular Precursors

Appie Peterson, Sheridon N. Kelly, Trevor Arino, S. Olivia Gunther, Erik T. Ouellette, Jennifer N. Wacker, Joshua J. Woods, Simon J. Teat, Wayne W. Lukens, John Arnold, Rebecca J. Abergel* and Stefan G. Minasian* 

Inorg. Chem., 2024, ASAP Article. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02099

The Counterintuitive Relationship between Orbital Energy, Orbital Overlap, and Bond Covalency in CeF62– and CeCl62–

Jacob A. Branson, Patrick W. Smith, Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu, Dominic R. Russo, Himanshu Gupta, Corwin H. Booth, John Arnold, Eric J. Schelter, Jochen Autschbach*, and Stefan G. Minasian*

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, ASAP Article. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c07459

Formation of Uranium Disulfide from a Uranium Thioamidate Single-Source Precursor

Sheridon N. Kelly, Dominic R. Russo, Erik T. Ouellette, Debashree Roy, Andrew J. Swift, Michael A. Boreen, Patrick W. Smith, Liane M. Moreau*, John Arnold*, and Stefan G. Minasian*

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 13325-13332. DOI: 10.1039/D4SC03422h