Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier - P* - Professor
Professor of Chemistry

B.S. University of Missouri 1971
Ph.D. Iowa State University Senior Staff Chemist, Exxon, 1978-1984

Poeppelmeier Research Group

Research Statement
Inorganic solid-state chemistry has always had widespread use in industrial applications and in diverse fields such as heterogeneous catalysis and ceramics. Our research, which ranges from the growth of single crystals to the synthesis of new transparent conductors, emphasizes the connections between the synthesis and structure of new materials, the physical properties of new materials, and the technological advances that result from these discoveries.

Selected Publications

Maggard, P. A., Kopf, A.L., Stern, C.L., Poeppelmeier, K. R., Ok, K. M. & Halasyamani, P. S. From Linear Inorganic Chains to Helices: Chirality in the M(pyz)(H₂O)₂MoO₂F₄ (M = Zn, Cd) Compounds. Inorg. Chem. 41, 4852-4858 (2002).

 Welk, M. E., Norquist, A. J., Arnold, F. P., Stern, C. L. & Poeppelmeier, K. R. Out-of-Center Distortions in d⁰ Transition Metal Oxide Fluoride Anions. Inorg. Chem. 41, 5119-5125 (2002).

Pless, J. D., Erdman, N., Ko, D., Marks, L. D., Stair, P. C. & Poeppelmeier, K. R. Single Crystal Growth of Magnesium Orthovanadate, Mg₃(VO₄)₂, by the Optical Floating Zone Technique. Cryst. Growth Des. 3, 615-619 (2003).

Erdman, N., Warschkow, O., Asta, M., Poeppelmeier, K. R., Ellis, D. E. & Marks, L. D. Surface Structures of SrTiO₃ (001): A TiO₂-rich Reconstruction with a c(4x2) Unit Cell. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 10050-10056 (2003).

Most Significant Awards
National Science Council of Taiwan Lecturer (1991)
Dow Professor of Chemistry (1992-1994)
AAAS Fellow, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993)
JSPS Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1997).
Natural Science Foundation of China Lecturer (1999).
National Science Foundation Creativity Extension Award (2000-2002).
Institut Universitaire de France Professor (2003).