John Corbett (chemist)

John D. Corbett
Born
John Dudley Corbett

(1926-03-23)March 23, 1926
Yakima, Washington
DiedSeptember 2, 2013(2013-09-02) (aged 87)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Washington
Scientific career
InstitutionsIowa State University
Ames Laboratory
Academic advisorsNorman Wayne Gregory
Doctoral studentsArnold Guloy, Kenneth Poeppelmeier

John Dudley Corbett (March 23, 1926 – September 2, 2013) was an American chemist who specialized in inorganic solid-state chemistry. At Iowa State and Ames Lab, Corbett lead a research group that focused on the synthesis and characterization of two broad classes of materials, notably Zintl phases[1] and condensed transition metal halide clusters.[2][3][4] Both classes of materials are important for their uses, for instance thermoelectrics, and for the theoretical advances they made possible by working to understand their complex bonding and electronic properties.[5][6]

  1. ^ Multiple sources:
    • Corbett, John D. (1985). "Polyatomic Zintl Anions of the Post-Transition Elements". Chemical Reviews. 85 (5): 383–397. doi:10.1021/cr00069a003.
    • Henning, Robert; Leon-Escamilla, E.A.; Zhao, Jing-Tai; Corbett, John D. (1997). "Stabilization by Hydrogen. Synthetic and Structural Studies of the Zintl Phase Ba5Ga6H2". Inorganic Chemistry. 36 (7): 1282–1285. doi:10.1021/ic9612966. PMID 11669703.
    • Mudring, A.V.; Corbett, John D. (2004). "Unusual electronic and bonding properties of the Zintl phase Ca5Ge3 and related compounds. A theoretical analysis". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126 (16): 5277–5281. doi:10.1021/ja030216b. PMID 15099112. S2CID 27929317.
    • Vaughey, J.T.; Corbett, John D. (1996). "Synthesis and Structure of NaGaSn2. A Zintl Phase with a Helical Framework Structure". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118 (48): 12098–12103. doi:10.1021/ja961975f.
  2. ^ Corbett, John D. (1981). "Extended metal-metal bonding in halides of the early transition metals". Accounts of Chemical Research. 14 (8): 239–246. doi:10.1021/ar00068a003.
  3. ^ Meyer, Gerd; Hwu, Shiou-Jyh; Wijeyeshekera, Sunil; Corbett, John D. (1986). "Synthetic study of some rare-earth-metal monohalide hydrides MXHx and their alkali-metal intercalates". Inorganic Chemistry. 26 (27): 4811–4818. doi:10.1021/ic00247a007.
  4. ^ Corbett, John D. (1995). "Interstitially-stabilized cluster-based halides of the early transition metals". Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 229: 10–23. doi:10.1016/0925-8388(95)01684-8.
  5. ^ Zheng, Chong; Hoffmann, Roald; Nesper, Reinhard; von Schnering, Hans Georg (1986). "Site preferences and bond length differences in CaAl2Si2-type Zintl compounds". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108 (8): 1876–1884. doi:10.1021/ja00268a027.
  6. ^ Papoian, G.A.; Hoffmann, Roald (2000). "Hypervalent Bonding in One, Two, and Three Dimensions: Extending the Zintl–Klemm Concept to Nonclassical Electron‐Rich Networks". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 108 (14): 2408–2448. doi:10.1002/1521-3773(20000717)39:14<2408::AID-ANIE2408>3.0.CO;2-U. PMID 10941096.