Abraham Clearfield
Distinguished Professor - Chemistry
Contact Information
Phone: (979) 845-2936
Fax: (979) 845-2370
E-mail: clearfield@chem.tamu.edu
Education
- Ph. D., Inorganic Chemistry, Crystallography, Rutgers University
- M.A., Physical Chem. (Kinetics), Temple University
- B.A., Chemistry, Temple University
Research Interests
My research interests are very broad but generally devolve about inorganic chemistry and X-ray crystallography. Major research areas in which I am involved are nuclear waste remediation, functionalization of reactive surfaces, nanoparticle design for drug delivery, particularly for breast cancer and phosphates and phosphonates chemistry.
Experience
- 2008 – Present Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University
- 1976 – Present Professor, Texas A&M University
- 1986 – 2000 Director, Texas A&M University Materials Science and Engineering Program
- 1985 – 1991 Associate Dean for Research, College of Science, Texas A&M University
- 1982 – 1986 Director, Industry-University Cooperative Chemistry Program
- 1980 - 1984 & 1994 – 1998 Chairman, Inorganic Division, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University
- 1974 – 1975 Associate Program Director for Thermodynamics - National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
- 1963 – 1966 Ohio University Department of Chemistry, Assistant Professor
- 1954 – 1963 National Lead Co., TAM Division, Niagara Falls, New York; Assistant Chemist to Senior Scientist
- 1953 – 1954 Research Chemist, GS-11, U.S. Army Quartermaster Corp., Natick, Mass.
Publications
- Xiaoa, Huaping; Dai, Wei; Kanb, Yuwei; Clearfield, Abraham; Liang, Hong. Amine-intercalated α-zirconium phosphates as lubricant additives, Applied Surface Science, (2015), 329, 384–389.
- Kinnibrugh, Tiffany L.; Bakhmutov, Vladimir I.; Clearfield, Abraham. Reversible Dehydration Behavior Reveals Coordinatively Unsaturated Metal Sites in Microporous Aluminum Phosphonates, Cryst. Growth Des., (2014), 14, 4976−4984.
- Ortiz, Aurélie U.; Boutin, Anne; Gagnon, Kevin J.; Clearfield, Abraham; Coudert, François-Xavier. Remarkable Pressure Responses of Metal-Organic Frameworks: Proton Transfer and Linker Coiling in Zinc Alkyl Gates. J. Am. Chem. Soc., (2014), 136, 11540−11545.
- Silbernagel, Rita; Díaz, Agustín; Steffensmeier, Eric; Clearfield, Abraham; Blümel, Janet. Wilkinson-type Hydrogenation Catalysts Immobilized on Zirconium Phosphate Nanoplatelets. J. of Mol. Catal.A: Chemical 394 (2014) 217-223.
- Mosby,B.M.; Díaz, A.; Clearfield, A. Surface Modification of Layered Zirconium Phosphates: A Novel Pathway to Multifunctional Materials. Dalton Trans., (2014), 43(27), 10328-39.
- Mosby,B.M.; Goloby, M.; Díaz, A.; Bakhmutov, V.I.; Clearfield, A. Designable Architectures on Nanoparticle Surfaces: Zirconium Phosphate Nanoplatelets as a Platform for Tetravalent Metal and Phosphonic Acid Assemblies. Langmuir, (2014), 30 (9), 2513-2521.
- Gagnon, Kevin J.; Teat, Simon J.; Beal, Zachary J.; Embry, Alyssa M.; Strayer, Megan E.; Clearfield, Abraham. Isoreticular Investigation into the Formation of Four New Zinc Alkylbisphosphonate Families. Cryst. Growth Des., (2014), 14, 3612−3622.
- Gagnon, K. J.; Beavers, C. M.; Clearfield, A. MOFs Under Pressure: The Reversible Compression of a Single Crystal. JACS, (2013), 135, 1252-1255.
- Diaz, Agustin; Gonzalez, Millie L.; Perez, Riviam J.; David, Amanda; Mukherjee, Atashi; Baez, Adriana; Clearfield, Abraham; Colon, Jorge L. Direct intercalation of cisplatin into zirconium phosphate nanoplatelets for potential cancer nanotherapy. Nanoscale, (2013), 5, 11456-11463.
- Tailored Organic-Inrganic Materials, E. Brunet, J. L. Colὁn, A. Clearfield, Eds., Wiley, Hoboken, N. J. 2015.