Dares, Christopher Graduate Faculty
- Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Overview
overview
- Developing a rigorous research program within the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry with a focus on nuclear chemistry. Current projects include research to further our understanding of f-block coordination chemistry and reactivity, as well as techniques and technologies to improve nuclear waste processing
Publications
Patents issued
selected scholarly works & creative activities
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Article
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2026Electrochemical Behavior of Cerium at an Indium Tin-Doped Oxide Electrode in Acidic Media. ACS Electrochemistry. 2:124-135.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00337
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2025Indium Tin-Doped Oxide Interactions with Solvent Radiolysis Products. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129:21121-21131.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c05312 Web of Science: 001615243400001
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2025Understanding the effects of adduct functionalization on C60 nanocages for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Nanoscale Horizons. 10:719-723.Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d4nh00586d Web of Science: 001406761600001
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2022Crystal structure of a trigonal polymorph of aqua-dioxidobis(pentane-2,4-dionato-κ2O,O′)-uranium(VI). Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications. 78:40-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1107/S2056989021011063 Web of Science: 000760208800009
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2021One-step anodization-electrophoretic deposition of titanium nanotubes-graphene nanoribbon framework for water oxidation. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 902.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115802 Web of Science: 000718944400010
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2021Electrochemical behaviour of uranium at a tripolyphosphate modified ITO electrode. Chemical Communications. 57:10891-10894.Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d1cc03877j Web of Science: 000703031000001
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2021Photocatalytic Conversion of Am(III) to Am(VI) Using a TiO2 Electrode. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 4:11854-11857.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c02635 Web of Science: 000711236300148
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2021Indium Tin-Doped Oxide (ITO) as a High Activity Water Oxidation Photoanode. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13:40127-40133.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c11298 Web of Science: 000691785200113
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2021Redox-active dinuclear oxorhenium(V) pyrazolate complexes. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 516.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2020.120126 Web of Science: 000605617900008
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2020Chemical approaches to artificial photosynthesis: A molecular, dye-sensitized photoanode for O2 production prepared by layer-by-layer self-assembly. Journal of Chemical Physics. 152.Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/5.0007383 Web of Science: 000545633600002
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2020A molecular tandem cell for efficient solar water splitting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117:13256-13260.Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2001753117 Web of Science: 000546040300003
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2020A stable dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell mediated by a NiO overlayer for water oxidation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117:12564-12571.Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821687116 Web of Science: 000545947700018
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2019Self-Assembled Chromophore-Catalyst Bilayer for Water Oxidation in a Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrosynthesis Cell. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123:30039-30045.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b07125 Web of Science: 000503919500002
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2019Effect of Ionizing Radiation on the Redox Chemistry of Penta- and Hexavalent Americium. Inorganic Chemistry. 58:8551-8559.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00854 Web of Science: 000474475800036
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2019Molecular Photoelectrode for Water Oxidation Inspired by Photosystem II. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141:7926-7933.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b02548 Web of Science: 000468366900036
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2019A donor-chromophore-catalyst assembly for solar CO2 reduction. Chemical Science. 10:4436-4444.Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c8sc03316a Web of Science: 000465341000005
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2019Electrochemical oxidation of trivalent americium using a dipyrazinylpyridine modified ITO electrode. Chemical Communications. 55:4035-4038.Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c9cc00837c Web of Science: 000467968400003
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2019Soft-donor dipicolinamide derivatives for selective actinide(iii)/lanthanide(iii) separation: the role of S- vs. O-donor sites. Chemical Communications. 55:2441-2444.Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c8cc07683a Web of Science: 000459474300004
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2018Stabilized photoanodes for water oxidation by integration of organic dyes, water oxidation catalysts, and electron-transfer mediators. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115:8523-8528.Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1802903115 Web of Science: 000442351000041
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2018Light-Driven Water Splitting Mediated by Photogenerated Bromine. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57:3449-3453.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/anie.201708879 Web of Science: 000427235600030
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2018Light‐Driven Water Splitting Mediated by Photogenerated Bromine. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 130:3507-3511.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ange.201708879
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2018Interfacial Deposition of Ru(II) Bipyridine-Dicarboxylate Complexes by Ligand Substitution for Applications in Water Oxidation Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140:719-726.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10809 Web of Science: 000423012600034
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2018CO2 reduction to acetate in mixtures of ultrasmall (Cu)n,(Ag)m bimetallic nanoparticles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115:278-283.Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1713962115 Web of Science: 000419686400041
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2017Water Photo-oxidation Initiated by Surface-Bound Organic Chromophores. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139:16248-16255.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b08317 Web of Science: 000415785900039
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2017Layer-by-Layer Molecular Assemblies for Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrosynthesis Cells Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139:14518-14525.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b07216 Web of Science: 000413503300031
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2017Plasmon-enhanced light-driven water oxidation by a dye-sensitized photoanode. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114:9809-9813.Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708336114 Web of Science: 000410293400038
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2017Kinetics of the Autoreduction of Hexavalent Americium in Aqueous Nitric Acid. Inorganic Chemistry. 56:8295-8301.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00990 Web of Science: 000405972200074
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2017Single-Site, Heterogeneous Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 in Water as the Solvent. ACS Energy Letters. 2:1395-1399.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00226 Web of Science: 000403303500021
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2016Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reduction of a Quinone by an Oxide-Bound Riboflavin Derivative. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 120:23984-23988.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b08176
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2016Two Electrode Collector-Generator Method for the Detection of Electrochemically or Photoelectrochemically Produced O2. Analytical Chemistry. 88:7076-7082.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b00738
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2016Analysis of Homogeneous Water Oxidation Catalysis with Collector-Generator Cells. Inorganic Chemistry. 55:512-517.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02182
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2015Polymer-supported CuPd nanoalloy as a synergistic catalyst for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to methane. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112:15809-15814.Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1522496112
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2015Electrochemical oxidation of 243Am(III) in nitric acid by a terpyridyl-derivatized electrode. Science. 350:652-655.Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.aac9217
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2015Synthesis, characterization, and water oxidation by a molecular chromophore-catalyst assembly prepared by atomic layer deposition. The "mummy" strategy. Chemical Science. 6:6398-6406.Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01752a
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2015Base-enhanced catalytic water oxidation by a carboxylate-bipyridine Ru(II) complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112:4935-4940.Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500245112
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2014One-electron activation of water oxidation catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136:6854-6857.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/ja502637s
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2014Electrocatalytic water oxidation by a monomeric amidate-ligated Fe(III)-aqua complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136:5531-5534.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/ja412822u
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2013Water oxidation and oxygen monitoring by cobalt-modified fluorine-doped tin oxide electrodes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135:8432-8435.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/ja400616a
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2013Proton-induced disproportionation of a ruthenium noninnocent ligand complex yielding a strong oxidant and a strong reductant. Inorganic Chemistry. 52:169-181.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/ic301573c
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2011Catena-Poly[[[cis-aquadibromidocobalt(II)]-μ-(pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid)-κ3N1,O:N4] monohydrate]. Acta Crystallographica Section E. 67:m1798-m1799.Full Text via DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811048628
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2011Hydroxyphenyl- and octoxyphenyl-substituted dipyrazinylpyridine complexes of ruthenium(II), iron(II) and nickel(II). Inorganica Chimica Acta. 374:606-619.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2011.04.018
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2010Using a push - Pull azobenzene haptan to probe surface - Core electronic communication in surface-functionalized CdS quantum dots. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 114:20410-20416.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jp104336t
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20084,4′-Dichloro-N,N′-(o-phenylene)-dibenzenesulfonamide. Acta Crystallographica Section E. 65:o178.Full Text via DOI: 10.1107/S1600536808039718
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2008Spectroscopic, electrochemical, and computational aspects of the charge distribution in Ru(acac)2(R-o-benzoquinonediimine) complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 47:10110-10126.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/ic8014496
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Conference
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2019Oxoamide and thioamide ligands for solvent extraction applications from used nuclear fuel: Investigating actinide vs lanthanide extraction selectivity. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.Web of Science: 000478861203144
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2018Ti/TiO2 nanotubes electrodes for photoelectrochemical degradation of methylene blue dye for water treatment. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.Web of Science: 000447609100741
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2017Investigation of Ln(III), An(III), and UO2+binding properties of soft N- and S-donor site ligands. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.Web of Science: 000429556701532
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Other Scholarly Work
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2014Erratum: Electrocatalytic water oxidation by a monomeric amidate-ligated Fe(III)-aqua complex (J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2014) 136 (5531-5534) DOI: 10.1021/ja412822u). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 7186.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/ja503727s
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Review
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2025An atomistic view of the dynamic behaviour of single atom/nanocluster electrocatalytic active sites. Energy and Environmental Sciences. 9423-9434.Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/d5ee01576f Web of Science: 001584903900001
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2016Finding the Way to Solar Fuels with Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrosynthesis Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 13085-13102.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b06466
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Research
principal investigator on
- Modulating Actinide Redox Chemistry with Functionalized Metal Oxide Electrodes awarded by U.S. Department of Energy 2022 - 2026
- RAD-CERT - Center of Excellence for Research and Training in Radioactive Waste Management - Rad-CERT awarded by U.S. Department of Energy 2024 - 2026
- Using Amide-Functionalized Electrodes to Elucidate Interfacial Actinide Redox Chemistry for Improved HALEU Supply awarded by U.S. Department of Energy 2022 - 2024
- Bench-top X-ray Abs. Spec., and a broadband high-sensitivity probe for a 600 MHz NMR Spec. awarded by U.S. Department of Energy 2021 - 2023
- Novel Synthesis of Neptunium Irradiation Targets Through Advanced Electrochemical Techniques awarded by U.S. Department of Energy 2018 - 2020
- Americium Separation by Electrochemical Oxidation awarded by U.S. Department of Energy 2016 - 2020
co-principal investigator on
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Grant
- Advancement of FIU Distinguished Faculty with Expertise in New High-Pressure and Temperature Resistant Materials for Nuclear Reactors awarded by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2023 - 2027
- FIU Nuclear Fellowship Program: Expanding the New FIU Radiochemistry Ph.D. Track awarded by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2018 - 2022
- Center for Actinide Science and Technology awarded by U.S. Department of Energy 2016 - 2021
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- Christopher Dares
