John D. Corbett
Senior Scientist, Materials Chemistry & Biomolecular Materials, Ames Laboratory
Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University
353 Spedding Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
phone 515.294.3086, fax 515.294.5718, email: jdc@ameslab.gov
Education
| Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA | 1952 |
| B.S. Chemistry, University of Washington | 1948 |
Professional Appointments
| Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University | 1983 - Present |
| J. Liebig University, Giessen, Germany | 1986 |
| Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany | 1979, 1986 |
| Oxford University | 1979 |
| Program Director, Materials Chemistry, Ames Laboratory | 1974 - 1978 |
| Chemistry Division Chief, Ames Laboratory | 1968 - 1973 |
| Chairman, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University | 1968 - 1973 |
| Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University | 1952 - Present |
Honors, Awards and Professional Activities
| Frank H. Spedding Award in Rare Earth Research | 2005 |
| Co-organizer, Symposium on The Chemistry of Intermetallics and Zintl Phases at 226th American Chemical Society Meeting | 2003 |
| Member, National Academy of Sciences | 1992 |
| Award in Materials Chemistry, U.S. Dept. of Energy | 1987, 1995 |
| American Chemical Society National Award in Inorganic Chemistry | 1986, 2000 |
| A.v. Humbolt, Sr. Scientist Award | 1985 |
Selected Publications
E. A. Leon-Escamilla and J. D. Corbett “Hydrogen in Polar Intermetallics. Binary Pnictides of Divalent Metals with Mn5Si3-type Structures and Their Isotypic Ternary Hydride Solutions” Chem. Mat. 18, 4782-4792 (2006).
J. D. Corbett, E. A. Leon-Escamilla, "The Role of Hydrogen in Stabilizing New Hydride Phases or Altering Old Ones", J. Alloys Compd. 356, 59–64 (2003).
E. A. Leon-Escamilla and J. D. Corbett, "Hydrogen Impurity Effects. A5Tt3 Intermetallic Compounds between A = Ca, Sr, Ba, Eu and Tt = Si, Ge, Sn with Cr5B3-like Structures that are Stable Both as Binary and as Ternary Hydride and Fluoride Phases" J. Solid State Chem. 159, 149-162 (2001).
E. A. Leon-Escamilla and J. D. Corbett, "Hydrogen Impurity Effects. A5Tt3Z Intermetallic Compounds between A = Ca, Sr, Ba, Eu, Yb and Tt = Sn, Pb with Cr5B3-like Structures that are Stabilized by Hydride or Fluoride (Z)" Inorg. Chem. 40, 1226–1233 (2001).
J. D. Corbett, “Polyanionic Clusters and Networks of the Eary p-Element Metals in the Solid State Beyond the Zintl Boundary,” Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed. 39, 670-690 (2000).
E. A. Leon-Escamilla and J. D. Corbett, "Hydrogen Stabilization. Nine Isotypic Orthorhombic A5Pn3H Phases (Among A = Ca, Sr, Ba, Sm, Eu, Yb; Pn = Sb, Bi) Formerly Described as Binary -Yb5Sb3-Type Compounds", J. Alloys Compd. 265, 104–114 (1998).
Materials Chemistry and
Biomolecular Materials Program
Ames Laboratory
Iowa State University
142 Spedding Hall
Ames, IA 50011 USA
Phone: 1.515.294.7568
FAX: 1.515.294.4709
