Brian M. Leonard

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Brian M. Leonard is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian M. Leonard has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Materials Chemistry, 19 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 15 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Brian M. Leonard's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (16 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (13 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (9 papers). Brian M. Leonard is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (16 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (13 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (9 papers). Brian M. Leonard collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Germany. Brian M. Leonard's co-authors include Cheng Wan, Yagya N. Regmi, Maohong Fan, Raymond E. Schaak, Francis J. DiSalvo, Milan Baláž, Jan Kubelka, Krisztina Varga, Qin Zhou and Urice N. Tohgha and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Brian M. Leonard

52 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Multiple Phases of Molybdenum Carbide as Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

2014 766 citations Cheng Wan, Yagya N. Regmi et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Sophie Carenco France

Kohei Kusada Japan

Zaoxue Yan China

Yufeng Zhao United States

Wang‐Jae Chun Japan

Brian T. Sneed United States

N. Aaron Deskins United States

Wentao Yuan China

Jaemin Kim United States

Rosa E. Diaz United States

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Mardanya, Sougata, Alamgir Hossain, Qian Yang, et al.. (2025). Anisotropic Raman Scattering and Lattice Orientation Identification of 2M-WS₂. Nano Letters. 25(3). 1076–1083. 1 indexed citations

Watanabe, Kenji, Takashi Taniguchi, Wenyong Wang, et al.. (2024). Crossover from Conventional to Unconventional Superconductivity in 2M-WS₂. Nano Letters. 24(50). 16184–16190. 3 indexed citations

Hossain, Alamgir, J. Carter, John Ackerman, et al.. (2024). Intercalation-Induced Topotactic Phase Transformation of Tungsten Disulfide Crystals. Chemistry of Materials. 37(1). 129–138. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Wenyong, Jinke Tang, Gary J. Cheng, et al.. (2023). Controllable superconducting to semiconducting phase transition in topological superconductor 2M-WS₂. 2D Materials. 11(1). 15018–15018. 5 indexed citations

Wan, Cheng, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and Surface Chemistry of Bimetallic Chromium-Iron Carbide (CrxFe1-x)₇C₃ Solid Solution Nanoparticles. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. 12(3). 31011–31011.

Leonard, Brian M., et al.. (2023). Threonine functionalized colloidal cadmium sulfide (CdS) quantum dots: The role of solvent and counterion in ligand induced chiroptical properties. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 642. 771–778. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Wenyong, John Ackerman, Brian M. Leonard, et al.. (2021). Two-Dimensional 2M-WS₂ Nanolayers for Superconductivity. ACS Omega. 6(4). 2966–2972. 16 indexed citations

Rimal, Gaurab, Bang Xu, Brian M. Leonard, et al.. (2021). Converting raw coal powder into polycrystalline nano-graphite by metal-assisted microwave treatment. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects. 25. 100660–100660. 5 indexed citations

Khan, Tuhin Suvra, et al.. (2020). Graphene-Supported Fe/Ni, β-Mo₂C Nanoparticles: Experimental and DFT Integrated Approach to Catalyst Development for Synergistic Hydrogen Production through Lignin-Rich Biomass Reforming and Reduced Shale Gas Flaring. ACS Catalysis. 11(1). 364–382. 11 indexed citations

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She, Yuqi, Jifa Tian, John Ackerman, et al.. (2020). Alkali Metal Intercalation and Reduction of Layered WO₂Cl₂. Chemistry of Materials. 32(24). 10482–10488. 7 indexed citations

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Leonard, Brian M., et al.. (2020). Self-regenerable carbon nanofiber supported Fe – Mo2C catalyst for CH4-CO2 assisted reforming of biomass to hydrogen rich syngas. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 282. 119537–119537. 25 indexed citations

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Budhi, Sridhar, et al.. (2019). Biomass derived metal carbide catalysts formed using a salt flux synthesis. Materials Research Express. 6(11). 115519–115519. 2 indexed citations

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Regmi, Yagya N., et al.. (2015). Nanocrystalline Mo₂C as a Bifunctional Water Splitting Electrocatalyst. ChemCatChem. 7(23). 3911–3915. 61 indexed citations

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Regmi, Yagya N., et al.. (2015). Carbides of group IVA, VA and VIA transition metals as alternative HER and ORR catalysts and support materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 3(18). 10085–10091. 158 indexed citations

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Sargsyan, Gevorg, Brian M. Leonard, Jan Kubelka, & Milan Baláž. (2014). Supramolecular ssDNA Templated Porphyrin and Metalloporphyrin Nanoassemblies with Tunable Helicity. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(7). 1878–1892. 26 indexed citations

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Wan, Cheng, Yagya N. Regmi, & Brian M. Leonard. (2014). Multiple Phases of Molybdenum Carbide as Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(25). 6407–6410. 766 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tohgha, Urice N., Kirandeep K. Deol, Ashlin G. Porter, et al.. (2013). Ligand Induced Circular Dichroism and Circularly Polarized Luminescence in CdSe Quantum Dots. ACS Nano. 7(12). 11094–11102. 287 indexed citations

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Wan, Cheng, et al.. (2013). Crystal structure and morphology control of molybdenum carbide nanomaterials synthesized from an amine–metal oxide composite. Chemical Communications. 49(88). 10409–10411. 67 indexed citations

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Miura, Akira, Hongsen Wang, Brian M. Leonard, Héctor D. Abruña, & Francis J. DiSalvo. (2009). Synthesis of Intermetallic PtZn Nanoparticles by Reaction of Pt Nanoparticles with Zn Vapor and Their Application as Fuel Cell Catalysts. Chemistry of Materials. 21(13). 2661–2667. 88 indexed citations

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Aakeröy, Christer B., J. Desper, Brian M. Leonard, & J.F. Urbina. (2004). Toward High-Yielding Supramolecular Synthesis: Directed Assembly of Ditopic Imidazoles/Benzimidazoles and Dicarboxylic Acids into Cocrystals via Selective O−H···N Hydrogen Bonds. Crystal Growth & Design. 5(3). 865–873. 95 indexed citations

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