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Ronald Bailey
Sun, 2010-06-13 02:05 — bailer
Name:
Ronald Bailey
Title:
Associate Chairman
Department
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
School
Science
Website:
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/chem/chem_faculty/profiles/baily.html
Bio
Prior to joining Rensselaer in 1961, Bailey was a NATO Science Fellow at University College, London (1960-61) with Sir R. S. Nyholm.
Research Areas:
Coordination Chemistry
Synthesis and structural characterization of metal coordination compounds provide information on metal-ligand bonding. Two aspects of interest are, first, the modes of bonding of potentially ambidentate ligands with various metal ions, and second, mixed-metal complexes formed by organic ligands that bridge two different metal ions. Infrared and visible-UV spectroscopy, magnetic properties, X-ray diffraction, and electrochemical techniques are used in the characterization.
Details
Keywords
X-ray
synthesis
structural
metal
infrared
charecterization
Education
Ph.D., McGill University, 1960 B.S., University of Manitoba, 1956