Thanks for visiting the Nippe Group website! We are an inorganic research group at Texas
A&M with interests in the areas of molecular electrocatalysis and molecular magnetism. Our
research explores various inorganic approaches to contribute to the development of novel
systems for molecular solar energy conversion, small molecule activation, and molecules for
information storage. We study fundamental aspects of reactivity and electronic structure
aiming at identifying critical design elements of molecular architectures that will lead to
new discoveries and systematic performance improvements. Synthetic methods build the
foundation of the group, which are complimented by a broad array of spectroscopic and
electrochemical techniques.
We are seeking students who are interested in creative inorganic synthesis, structure-
function relationships in catalysis, and electronic structure of heterometallic d-block/
f-block complexes.
Activation and energy efficient conversion of small molecules such as CO2 and N2 remains a challenging area of global importance. Development of efficient electrocatalytic systems for CO2 reduction will establish artificial photosynthetic systems. Our research targets systematic design and synthesis of transition metal based electrocatalytic systems to investigate: secondary coordination sphere effects on electrocatalysis; intramolecular interactions between imidazolium and CO2 through functionalized Lehn-type catalysts; and modified reaction pathways to further understand catalytic cycles.
Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) offer the unique possibility for molecular scale, high- density data storage using the switchable orientation of their molecular spin. Lanthanides, in particular, have a lot of potential due to their unquenched orbital momentum. By optimizing ligand field, we can increase magnetic barrier and improve magnetic properties. We are also interested in multifunctional molecules that can alter their physical or chemical properties predictively in the presence of an outside trigger. This includes the use of reversible electron transfer to alter magnetization dynamics in lanthanide complexes.
We are working on elucidating the effects of heterometallic interactions on static and
dynamic magnetic properties as well as spectroscopic features
of lanthanide ions. The
fundamental scientific understanding of these interactions has been explored
in complexes
containing the first reported lanthanide-transition metal bonds. Understanding the
consequences of these bonding and electronic interactions on the dynamic magnetic
properties of various lanthanide ions will guide the development of new molecules for
future data processing and storage.
We are thankful for support from:
Molecular Magnetism, Computations
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Electrocatalysis, CO2 Reduction
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Heterobimetallics, Molecular Magnetism
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Heterobimetallics, Computations
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Molecular Magnetism
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Molecular Magnetism, Redox Switchability
View more30. Latendresse, T. P.; Vieru, V.; Uphadayay, A.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Chibotaru, L. F.; Nippe, M.
"Trends in Trigonal Prismatic Ln-[1]ferrocenophane Complexes and Discovery of a Ho3+ Single-Molecule Magnet"
29. Zee, D. Z.; Nippe, M.; King, A. E.; Chang, C. J.; Long, J. R.
"Tuning Second Coordination Sphere Interactions in Polypyridyl–Iron Complexes to Achieve Selective
Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Carbon Monoxide"
28. Chen, H.; Mahapatra, R.; Nippe, M.; Lu, M.; Bunting, P. C.; Melia, T.; Rajendran, S.; Gratta, G.;
Long, J. R. "Quantum Detection using Magnetic Avalanches in Single-Molecule Magnets"
27. Sung, S.; Li, X.; Wolf, L. M.; Meeder, J. R.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Grice, K. A.; Panetier,
J. A.; Nippe, M. "Synergistic Effects of Imidazolium-Functionalization on fac-Mn(CO)3 Bipyridine
Catalyst Platforms for Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction"
26. Burns, C. P.; Yang, X.; Sung, S.; Wofford, J. D.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Hall, M. B.; Nippe, M.
"Towards understanding of lanthanide-transition metal bonding: investigations of the first Ce-Fe
bonded complex"
25. Latendresse, T. P.; Vieru, V.; Wilkins, B. O.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Chibotaru, L. F.; Nippe,
M. "Magnetic Properties of a Terbium-[1]ferrocenophane Complex: Analogies Between Lanthanide-
ferrocenophane and Lanthanide-bis-phthalocyanine Complexes"
24. Burns, C. P.; Yang, X.; Wofford, J. D.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Hall, M. B.; Nippe, M. "Structure
and Magnetization Dynamics of Dy-Fe and Dy-Ru Bonded Complexes"
23. Latendresse, T. P.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Nippe, M. "Hard Single-Molecule Magnet Behavior By a
Linear Trinuclear Lanthanide-[1]Metallocenophane Complex"
22. Dickie, C. M.; Laughlin, A. L.; Wofford, J. D.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Nippe, M. "Transition
metal redox switches for reversible 'on/off' and 'slow/fast' single-molecule magnet behaviour in
dysprosium and erbium bisdiamidoferrocene complexes"
21. Sung, S.; Kumar, D.; Gil-Sepulcre, M.; Nippe, M. "Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction by
Imidazolium-Functionalized Molecular Catalysts"
20. Burns, C. P.; Wilkins, B. O.; Dickie, C. M.; Latendresse, T. P.; Vernier, L.; Vignesh,
K. R.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Nippe, M. "A comparative study of magnetization dynamics in dinuclear
dysprosium complexes featuring bridging chloride or trifluoromethanesulfonate ligands"
19. Latendresse, T. P.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Nippe, M. "Slow Magnetic Relaxation in a Lanthanide-
[1]Metallocenophane Complex"
18. Kashif, M. K.; Milhuisen, R. A.; Nippe, M.; Hellerstedt, J.; Zee, D. Z.; Duffy, N. W.;
Halstead, B.; De Angelis, F.; Fantacci, S.; Fuhrer, M. S.; Chang, C. J.; Cheng, Y.-B.; Long, J. R.;
Spiccia, L.; Bach, U. "Cobalt Polypyridyl Complexes as Transparent Solution- Processable Solid-State
Charge Transport Materials"
17. Dickie, C. M.; Nippe, M. "Magnetization Dynamics of a Heterometallic Dy-isocarbonyl Complex"
16. Di Giovanni, C.; Gimbert-Surinach, C.; Nippe, M.; Benet-Buchholz, J.; Long, J.R.; Sala, X.;
Llobet, A. "Dinuclear Cobalt Complexes of a Decadentate Ligand Scaffold: Hydrogen Evolution and Oxygen
Reduction Catalysis"
15. King, A.E.; Nippe, M.; Atanasov, M.; Chantarojsiri, T.; Wray, C.A.; Bill, E.; Neese, F.;
Long, J.R.; Chang, C.J. "A Well-Defined Terminal Vanadium(III) Oxo Complex"
14. Demir, S.; Nippe, M.; Gonzalez, M.I.; Long, J.R. "Exchange coupling and magnetic blocking
in dilanthanide complexes bridged by the multi-electron redox-active ligand 2,3,5,6-tetra(2-pyridyl)
pyrazine"
13. Brogden, D.W.; Turov, Y.; Nippe, M.; Li Manni, G.; Hillard, E.A.; Clerac, R.; Gagliardi,
L.; Berry, J.F. "Oxidative Stretching of Metal-Metal Bonds to Their Limits"
12. Khnayzer, R.S.; Thoi, V.S.; Nippe, M.; King, A.E.; Jurss, J.W.; El Roz, K.A.; Long, J.R.;
Chang, C.J.; Castellano, F.N. "Towards a comprehensive understanding of visible-light photogeneration
of hydrogen from water using cobalt(ii) polypyridyl catalysts"
11. Nippe, M.; Khnayzer, R.S.; Panetier, J.A.; Zee, D.Z.; Olaiya, B.S.; Head-Gordon, M.; Chang,
C.J.; Castellano, F.N.; Long, J.R. "Catalytic proton reduction with transition metal complexes of the
redox-active ligand bpy2PYMe"
10. Kashif, M.K.; Nippe, M.; Duffy, N.W.; Forsyth, C.M.; Chang, C.J.; Long, J.R.; Spiccia, L.;
Bach, U. "Stable dye-sensitized solar cell electrolytes based on cobalt(II)/(III) complexes of a
hexadentate pyridyl ligand"
9. Demir, S.; Zadrozny, J.M.; Nippe, M.; Long, J.R. "Exchange coupling and magnetic blocking
in bipyrimidyl radical-bridged dilanthanide complexes"
8. Nippe, M.; Goodman, S.M.; Fry, C.G.; Berry, J.F. "Chemically reversible four-electron
oxidation and reduction utilizing two inorganic functional groups"
7. Nippe, M.; Bill, E.; Berry, J.F. "Group 6 Complexes with Iron and Zinc Heterometals:
Understanding the Structural, Spectroscopic, and Electrochemical Properties of a Complete Series
of MM...M' Compounds"
6. Nippe, M.; Turov, Y., Berry, J.F. "Remote Effects of Axial Ligand Substitution in
Heterometallic CrCr...M Chains"
5. Nippe, M.; Wang, J.; Bill, E.; Hope, H.; Dalal, N.S.; Berry, J.F. "Crystals in Which Some
Metal Atoms are More Equal Than Others: Inequalities From Crystal Packing and Their Spectroscopic/
Magnetic Consequences"
4. Nippe. M.; Victor, E.; Berry, J.F. "Oxidation Chemistry of Axially Protected Mo2 and W2
Quadruply Bonded Compounds"
3. Nippe, M.; Timmer, G.H.; Berry, J.F. "Remarkable regioselectivity in the preparation of
the first heterotrimetallic MoW...Cr chain"
2. Nippe, M.; Victor, E.; Berry, J.F. "Do metal-metal multiply-bonded "ligands" have a trans
influence? Structural and magnetic comparisons of heterometallic CrCr...Co and MoMo...Co
interactions"
1. Nippe, M.; Berry, J.F. "Introducing a Metal-Metal Multiply Bonded Group as an "Axial Ligand"
to Iron: Synthetic Design of a Linear Cr-Cr...Fe Framework"
PostDoc, UC Berkeley
PhD Chemistry, UW Madison
B.S. Chemistry, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
B.S. Chemistry, Univeristy of South Carolina-Columbia
B.A. Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence College
B.S. Chemistry, University of Michigan
B.S. Chemistry, Brandeis Univeristy
B.S. Chemistry, NC State Univeristy
B.S. Chemical Engineering & Chemistry,
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
M.S. Chemistry, Chung-Ang University
B.S. Chemistry, Chung-Ang University
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Postdoctoral Fellow, Wayne-State University
Assistant Professor, Thapar University
TD Module and Integration Yield Engineer, Intel
Chemistry Instructor, University of Illinois-Springfield
Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorado State University
If you have any questions or want to be a part of our research, please contact us!
3255 TAMU, 580 Ross Street, College Station, TX 77843
Office Location: 322 Chemistry
+1 979 862 4471
nippe@chem.tamu..edu
Latendresse, T. P.; Vieru, V.; Uphadayay, A.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Chibotaru, L. F.; Nippe, M.
"Trends in Trigonal Prismatic Ln-[1]ferrocenophane Complexes and Discovery of a Ho3+ Single-Molecule Magnet"
Sung, S.; Li, X.; Wolf, L. M.; Meeder, J. R.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Grice, K. A.;
Panetier, J. A.; Nippe, M. "Synergistic Effects of Imidazolium-Functionalization on
fac-Mn(CO)3 Bipyridine Catalyst Platforms for Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction"
Burns, C. P.; Yang, X.; Sung, S.; Wofford, J. D.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Hall, M. B.; Nippe, M.
"Towards understanding of lanthanide-transition metal bonding: investigations of the first
Ce-Fe bonded complex"
Burns, C. P.; Yang, X.; Wofford, J. D.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Hall, M. B.; Nippe, M. "Structure
and Magnetization Dynamics of Dy-Fe and Dy-Ru Bonded Complexes"
Latendresse, T. P.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Nippe, M. "Hard Single-Molecule Magnet Behavior By a
Linear Trinuclear Lanthanide-[1]Metallocenophane Complex"
Dickie, C. M.; Laughlin, A. L.; Wofford, J. D.; Bhuvanesh, N. S.; Nippe, M. "Transition
metal redox switches for reversible 'on/off' and 'slow/fast' single-molecule magnet behaviour in
dysprosium and erbium bisdiamidoferrocene complexes"