K. Randall McClain

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

K. Randall McClain is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Randall McClain has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in K. Randall McClain's work include Magnetism in coordination complexes (9 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (8 papers) and Copper Interconnects and Reliability (4 papers). K. Randall McClain is often cited by papers focused on Magnetism in coordination complexes (9 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (8 papers) and Copper Interconnects and Reliability (4 papers). K. Randall McClain collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. K. Randall McClain's co-authors include Benjamin G. Harvey, Jeffrey R. Long, Colin A. Gould, Thomas J. Groshens, Khetpakorn Chakarawet, Simon J. Teat, R. David Britt, Jon G. C. Kragskow, Nicholas F. Chilton and David A. Marchiori and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

K. Randall McClain

15 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

High-temperature magnetic blocking and magneto-structural correlations in a series of dysprosium(iii) metallocenium single-molecule magnets

2018 471 citations K. Randall McClain, Colin A. Gould et al. Chemical Science profile →
Ultrahard magnetism from mixed-valence dilanthanide complexes with metal-metal bonding

2022 430 citations Colin A. Gould, K. Randall McClain et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. Randall McClain United States	10	1.1k	1.1k	288	235	229	16	1.3k
Ana-Maria Ariciu United Kingdom	11	633 0.6×	612 0.6×	188 0.7×	198 0.8×	167 0.7×	17	867
Jon G. C. Kragskow United Kingdom	12	916 0.8×	802 0.8×	251 0.9×	165 0.7×	138 0.6×	14	1.0k
Marcus J. Giansiracusa Australia	15	766 0.7×	723 0.7×	203 0.7×	167 0.7×	100 0.4×	38	890
Goulven Cosquer Japan	20	956 0.8×	886 0.8×	111 0.4×	273 1.2×	86 0.4×	46	1.1k
Marc Sigrist Denmark	15	743 0.7×	599 0.6×	136 0.5×	188 0.8×	101 0.4×	19	824
Pierre‐Emmanuel Car Switzerland	13	950 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	182 0.6×	331 1.4×	70 0.3×	15	1.2k
Giuseppe Cucinotta Italy	15	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	269 0.9×	206 0.9×	64 0.3×	27	1.4k
Yvonne Rechkemmer Germany	11	713 0.6×	633 0.6×	119 0.4×	185 0.8×	97 0.4×	15	853
Yuan‐Qi Zhai China	20	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	314 1.1×	279 1.2×	85 0.4×	43	1.3k
Andreas K. Kostopoulos United Kingdom	11	596 0.5×	588 0.6×	148 0.5×	170 0.7×	88 0.4×	21	732

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McClain, K. Randall, Yannick J. Franzke, Krishnendu Kundu, et al.. (2025). Large Hyperfine Coupling Arising from Pseudo-²S Ground States in a Series of Lutetium(II) Metallocene Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(16). 13799–13807. 3 indexed citations

McClain, K. Randall, et al.. (2024). [Ru]-Catalyzed olefin metathesis and ethenolysis for the synthesis and recycling of bio-based polycarbonates and polycyanurates. Polymer Chemistry. 16(2). 133–148.

McClain, K. Randall, et al.. (2024). Linear Inverse Sandwich Complexes of Tetraanionic Benzene Stabilized by Covalent δ-Bonding with Late Lanthanides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(47). 32708–32716. 9 indexed citations

McClain, K. Randall, Jon G. C. Kragskow, Jakob K. Staab, et al.. (2024). Coercive Fields Exceeding 30 T in the Mixed-Valence Single-Molecule Magnet (Cp^iPr5)₂Ho₂I₃. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(27). 18714–18721. 21 indexed citations

Lussier, Daniel J., Emi Ito, K. Randall McClain, et al.. (2024). Metal–Halide Covalency, Exchange Coupling, and Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Triangular (Cp^iPr5)₃U₃X₆ (X = Cl, Br, I) Clusters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(31). 21280–21295. 7 indexed citations

McClain, K. Randall, et al.. (2023). Highly efficient synthesis of sustainable bisphenols from hydroxycinnamic acids. RSC Sustainability. 1(7). 1765–1772. 3 indexed citations

McClain, K. Randall, Khetpakorn Chakarawet, Jon G. C. Kragskow, et al.. (2023). A Trinuclear Gadolinium Cluster with a Three-Center One-Electron Bond and an S = 11 Ground State. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(16). 8996–9002. 28 indexed citations

Gould, Colin A., K. Randall McClain, Daniel Reta, et al.. (2022). Ultrahard magnetism from mixed-valence dilanthanide complexes with metal-metal bonding. Science. 375(6577). 198–202. 430 indexed citations breakdown →

McClain, K. Randall, Colin A. Gould, David A. Marchiori, et al.. (2022). Divalent Lanthanide Metallocene Complexes with a Linear Coordination Geometry and Pronounced 6s–5d Orbital Mixing. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(48). 22193–22201. 43 indexed citations

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Gould, Colin A., K. Randall McClain, Jason M. Yu, et al.. (2019). Synthesis and Magnetism of Neutral, Linear Metallocene Complexes of Terbium(II) and Dysprosium(II). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(33). 12967–12973. 222 indexed citations

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McClain, K. Randall, Colin A. Gould, Khetpakorn Chakarawet, et al.. (2018). High-temperature magnetic blocking and magneto-structural correlations in a series of dysprosium(iii) metallocenium single-molecule magnets. Chemical Science. 9(45). 8492–8503. 471 indexed citations breakdown →

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McClain, K. Randall, et al.. (2015). Effect of the Ligand Structure on Chemical Vapor Deposition of WN_xC_y Thin Films from Tungsten Nitrido Complexes of the Type WN(NR₂)₃. Chemistry of Materials. 27(24). 8326–8336. 6 indexed citations

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McClain, K. Randall, et al.. (2014). Tungsten Nitrido Complexes as Precursors for Low Temperature Chemical Vapor Deposition of WN_xC_y Films as Diffusion Barriers for Cu Metallization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(4). 1650–1662. 24 indexed citations

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McClain, K. Randall, et al.. (2014). Low Temperature Deposition of WN_xC_yDiffusion Barriers Using WN(NEt₂)₃as a Single-Source Precursor. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. 4(1). N3180–N3187. 3 indexed citations

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Korotkov, Roman Y., K. Randall McClain, Khalil A. Abboud, et al.. (2014). Partially fluorinated oxo-alkoxide tungsten(vi) complexes as precursors for deposition of WO_x nanomaterials. Dalton Transactions. 43(24). 9226–9233. 13 indexed citations

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McClain, K. Randall, Zhiwei Shi, Amy V. Walker, et al.. (2012). Synthesis of WN(NMe₂)₃ as a Precursor for the Deposition of WN_x Nanospheres. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2012(29). 4579–4584. 22 indexed citations

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