Recent Publications
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Lü, X.; Bi, W.; Chai, W.; Song, J.; Meng, J.; Wong, W.; Wong, W.; Yang, X.; Jones, R. A. Multinuclear NIR Luminescent 1,4-BDC Bridged Schiff Base Complexes of Nd(III) Polyhedron 2009, 28, 27-32. |
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Yang, X.; Jones, R. A.; Wong, W. Anion Dependant Self-assembly and the First X-Ray Structure of a Neutral Homoleptic Lanthanide Salen Complex Tb4(Salen)6) Chem. Comm. 2008, 3266-3268. DOI: 10.1039/b803901a |
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Bi, W.; Lu, X.; Chai, W.; Song, J.; Wong, W.; Wong, W.; Jones, R. A. Construction and NIR luminescent property of hetero-bimetallic Zn-Nd complexes from two chiral salen-type Schiff-base ligands J. Mol. Struct. 2008, 891, 450-455. |
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Bi, W.; Lü, X.; Chai, W.; Song, J.; Wong, W.; Yang, X,; Jones, R. A. Effect of Heavy-Atom (Br) at the Phenyl Rings of Schiff-Base Ligands on the NIR Luminescence of their Bimetallic Zn-Nd Complexes. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2008, 634, 1795-1800. |
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Yang, X.; Jones, R. A.; Wong, W. Pentanuclear Tetra-Decker Luminescent Lanthanide Schiff Base Complexes Dalton Trans. 2008, 1676-1678. DOI: 10.1039/b801513a |
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Yang, X.; Rivers, J. H.; McCarty, W. J.; Wiester, M. J.; Jones, R. A. Synthesis and structures of luminescent ladder-like lanthanide coordination polymers of 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate New J. Chem. 2008, 32, 790-793. DOI: 10.1039/b718590a |
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Shin, J.; Waheed, A.; Winkenwerder, W. A.; Kim, H.; Agapiou, K.; Jones, R. A.; Hwang, G. S.; Ekerdt, J. G. Chemical Vapor Deposition of Amorphous Ruthenium-Phosphorus Alloy Films Thin Solid Films 2007, 515, 5298-5307. |
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Ekerdt, J. G.; Shin, J.; Kim, H.; Henderson, L. B.; Hwang, G. S.; Agapiou, K.; Jones, R. A. Chemical Vapor Deposition of Amorphous Ruthenium-phosphorus Alloy Films for Cu Interconnect Applications Advanced Metallization Conference 2007 Proceedings Oct. 9-11, 2007, Albany, NY, Materials Research Society, 2007, 179-185. Link |
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Shin, J.; Kim, H.; Agapiou, K.; Jones, R. A.; Hwang, G. S.; Ekerdt, J. G. Effects of P on amorphous chemical vapor deposition Ru-P alloy films for Cu interconnect liner applications J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A 2008, 26, 974-979. DOI: 10.1116/1.2832360 |
Mejia, M. L.; Agapiou, K.; Rivers, J. H.; Yang, X.; Jones, R. A.; Holliday, B. J. Direct growth of semiconductor nanoparticles within a conducting polymer matrix Polymer Preprints (ACS, Div. of Polymer Chem.) 2007, 48, 608-609. Link |
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Lu, X.; Bi, W.; Chai, W.; Song, J.; Meng, J.; Wong, W.; Wong, W.; Jones, R. A. Tetranuclear NIR luminescent Schiff-base Zn–Nd complexes New J. Chem. 2008, 31, 127-131. DOI: 10.1039/b710204f |
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Waheed, A.; Jones, R. A.; Agapiou, K.; Yang, X.; Moore, J. A.; Ekerdt, J. G. Synthesis and Structures of Dinuclear 3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolate Complexes of Ruthenium Organometallics 2007, 26, 6778-6783. DOI: 10.1021/om700521y |
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Yang, X.; Jones, R. A.; Rivers, J. H.; Lai, R. P. Syntheses, Structures and Luminescent Properties of New Lanthanide-Based Coordination Polymers Based on 1,4-Benzenedicarboxylate (BDC) Dalton Trans. 2007, 3936-3942. DOI: 10.1039/b706823a |
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Yang, X.; Hahn, B. P.; Jones, R. A.; Wong, W.; Stevenson, K. J. Synthesis of an Octanuclear Eu(III) Cage from Eu42+: Chloride Anion Encapsulation, Luminescence, and Reversible MeOH Adsorption via a Porous Supramolecular Architecture Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 7050-7054. DOI: 10.1021/ic7008682 |
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Ekerdt, J. G.; Shin, J.; Winkenwerder, W. A.; Kim, H.; Thom, K.; Hwang, G. S.; Agapiou, K.; Jones, R. A. Chemical routes to ultra thin films for copper barriers and liners Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Materials, Processes, Integration and Reliability in Advanced Interconnects for Micro- and Nanoelectronics 2007, 990, 93-94. Link |
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Shin, J.; Waheed, A.; Agapiou, K.; Winkenwerder, W. A.; Kim, H.; Jones, R. A.; Hwang, G. S.; Ekerdt, J. G. Growth of Ultra-thin Films of Amorphous Ruthenium-Phosphorus Alloys Using a Single Source CVD Precursor J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 16510-16511. DOI: 10.1021/ja0673938 |
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Lo, W.; Wong, W.; Wong, W.; Guo, J.; Yeung, K.; Cheng, Y.; Yang, X.; and Jones, R. A.; Heterobimetallic Zn(II)-Ln(III) phenylene-bridged Schiff base complexes, computational studies and evidence for singlet energy transfer as the main pathway in the sensitization of near-infrared Nd3+ luminescence Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 9315-9325. DOI: 10.1021/ic0610177 |
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Yang, X.; Jones, R. A.; Oye, M. M.; Holmes, A. L.; Wong, W. Near Infrared Luminescence and Supramolecular Structure of a Helical Triple-decker Yb (III) Schiff Base Cluster Crys. Growth Des. 2006, 6, 2122-2125. DOI: 10.1021/cg0603319 |
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Yang, X.; Hahn, B. P.; Jones, R. A.; Stevenson, K. J.; Swinnea, J. S.; Wu, Q. Reversible Guest Molecule Encapsulation in the 3-D Framework of a Heteropolynuclear Luminescent Zn4Eu2 Cage Complex Chem. Comm. 2006, 3827-3829. DOI: 10.1039/b607183j |
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Yang, X.; Jones, R. A.; Wong, W.; Lynch, V. M.; Oye, M. M,; Holmes, A. L. Design and Synthesis of a Near Infra-Red Luminescent Hexanuclear Zn-Nd Prism Chem. Comm. 2006, 1836-1838. DOI: 10.1039/b518128c |
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Wong, W.; Yang, X.; Jones, R. A.; Rivers, J. H.; Lynch, V. M.; Lo, W.; Xiao, D.; Oye, M. M.; Holmes, A. L. Multinuclear Luminescent Schiff-Base Zn-Nd Sandwich Complexes Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 4340 - 4345. DOI: 10.1021/ic051866e |
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Yang, X.; Jones, R. A.; Lai, R. J.; Waheed, A.; Oye, M. M.; Holmes, A. L. Supramolecular Assembly of Nanometer-sized Heterobimetallic 3d-4f Complexes Formed with Benzimidazole Based N, O-donor Ligands Polyhedron, 2006, 25, 881-887. |
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Yang, X.; Jones, R. A.; Wu, Q.; Oye, M. M.; Holmes, A. L.; Lo, W.; Wong, W. Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Antenna-Like Sensitization of Visible and Near Infrared Emission in Heterobimetallic Zn-Eu and Zn-Nd Schiff Base Compounds Polyhedron, 2006, 25(2), 271-278. |
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Yang, X.; Jones, R. A. Anion Dependant Self-Assembly of “Tetra-Decker” and “Triple-Decker” Luminescent Tb(III) Salen Complexes J. Amer.Chem. Soc, 2005, 127, 7686-7687. DOI: 10.1021/ja051292c |
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Jones, R. A.; Yang, X.; Waheed, A.; Wiester, M. J.; Zhang, L. New Complexes of Lanthanides with Unusual Main Group Ligands ACS Symposium Series No. 917 Modern Aspects of Main Group Chemistry 2006, 917, 221-236. |
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Yang, X.; Jones, R. A.; Wiester, M. J. A Nanoscale Slipped Sandwich of Tb10 - Stabilization of a Benzaldehyde Methyl Hemiacetyl Dalton Trans., 2004, 1787-1788. DOI: 10.1039/B405981F |

























