Michael J. Zdilla

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

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Michael J. Zdilla is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Zdilla has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Organic Chemistry, 37 papers in Materials Chemistry and 32 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Zdilla's work include Magnetism in coordination complexes (16 papers), Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (14 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (11 papers). Michael J. Zdilla is often cited by papers focused on Magnetism in coordination complexes (16 papers), Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (14 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (11 papers). Michael J. Zdilla collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Russia. Michael J. Zdilla's co-authors include Mahdi M. Abu‐Omar, Ian G. McKendry, Daniel R. Strongin, Akila C. Thenuwara, Samantha L. Shumlas, Eric Borguet, Shivaiah Vaddypally, Richard C. Remsing, Michael L. Klein and Qing Kang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Zdilla

99 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Properties and Promise of Catenated Nitrogen Systems As High-Energy-Density Materials

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael J. Zdilla United States	26	831	734	682	661	522	101	2.4k
Eduardo Schott Chile	25	1.1k 1.3×	757 1.0×	417 0.6×	527 0.8×	384 0.7×	179	2.2k
Ximena Zárate Chile	25	1.0k 1.2×	477 0.6×	312 0.5×	571 0.9×	377 0.7×	157	2.1k
Steven P. Kelley United States	28	1.0k 1.2×	319 0.4×	195 0.3×	1.1k 1.7×	1.2k 2.3×	171	3.3k
Duanlin Cao China	24	953 1.1×	275 0.4×	307 0.5×	476 0.7×	155 0.3×	117	1.9k
А. И. Кокорин Russia	23	1.0k 1.2×	531 0.7×	275 0.4×	448 0.7×	182 0.3×	185	2.5k
Luis Miguel Azofra Spain	28	1.4k 1.7×	1.9k 2.7×	355 0.5×	900 1.4×	676 1.3×	83	3.8k
Takuji Hirose Japan	30	609 0.7×	633 0.9×	265 0.4×	970 1.5×	797 1.5×	163	3.2k
Baoling Wang China	27	1.1k 1.3×	500 0.7×	796 1.2×	478 0.7×	131 0.3×	114	2.3k
Diego Cortés‐Arriagada Chile	27	1.4k 1.7×	313 0.4×	635 0.9×	455 0.7×	153 0.3×	111	2.3k

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Paul, Shujit Chandra, Stephanie L. Wunder, & Michael J. Zdilla. (2026). Hard–Soft Acid–Base Interactions Control Ionic Conductivity in Molecular-Crystal-Based Electrolytes. ACS Materials Letters. 8(2). 470–475. 1 indexed citations

Paul, Shujit Chandra, et al.. (2026). Nanoconfined Grain Boundaries Increase the Conductivity of Polycrystalline Molecular Crystals. ACS Materials Letters. 8(3). 764–771.

Paul, Shujit Chandra, Michael J. Zdilla, & Stephanie L. Wunder. (2025). Critical Role of Li ⁺ ··· Li ⁺ Distance and Anion Restriction in Conductivity and Lithium‐Ion Transference Number of Molecular Crystals for Solid State Electrolytes. Advanced Energy Materials. 16(4). 2 indexed citations

Tran, Hong Huy, Zhenting Xiang, Nil Kanatha Pandey, et al.. (2024). Nanozyme‐Shelled Microcapsules for Targeting Biofilm Infections in Confined Spaces. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(8). e2402306–e2402306. 6 indexed citations

Zdilla, Michael J., et al.. (2024). Comparison of meta-GGAs, DFT+U corrections, and hybrid functionals for polaronic point defects in layered MnO2, NiO2, and KCoO2. Physical review. B.. 110(18). 2 indexed citations

Vaddypally, Shivaiah, et al.. (2024). Metal-Free Reversible Double Cyclization of Cyanuric Diazide to an Asymmetric Bitetrazolate via Cleavage of the Six-Membered Aromatic Ring. Inorganic Chemistry. 63(5). 2322–2326. 1 indexed citations

Aguirre, Jordan, Parameswara Rao Chinnam, Dmitriy A. Dikin, et al.. (2023). A soft co-crystalline solid electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries. Nature Materials. 22(5). 627–635. 87 indexed citations

Vaddypally, Shivaiah, et al.. (2020). Transition-metal-mediated reduction and reversible double-cyclization of cyanuric triazide to an asymmetric bitetrazolate involving cleavage of the six-membered aromatic ring. Chemical Science. 12(6). 2268–2275. 5 indexed citations

Ho, Douglas M. & Michael J. Zdilla. (2018). The solid-state conformation of the topical antifungal agent O-naphthalen-2-yl N-methyl-N-(3-methylphenyl)carbamothioate. Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry. 74(11). 1495–1501. 1 indexed citations

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Vaddypally, Shivaiah, et al.. (2017). Structure of salts of lithium chloride and lithium hexafluorophosphate as solvates with pyridine and vinylpyridine and structural comparisons: (C₅H₅N)LiPF₆, [p-(CH₂=CH)C₅H₄N]LiPF₆, [(C₅H₅N)LiCl]_n, and [p-(CH₂=CH)C₅H₄N]₂Li(μ-Cl)₂Li[p-(CH₂=CH)C₅H₄N]₂. Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry. 73(3). 264–269. 3 indexed citations

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Gau, Michael R., Gregory H. Imler, Beibei Xu, et al.. (2017). Synthesis and Structure of 2,5-Bis[N-(2,6-mesityl)iminomethyl]pyrrolylcobalt(II): Evidence for One-Electron-Oxidized, Redox Noninnocent Ligand Behavior. Inorganic Chemistry. 56(6). 3377–3385. 12 indexed citations

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Gau, Michael R. & Michael J. Zdilla. (2016). A Protocol for Safe Lithiation Reactions Using Organolithium Reagents. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations

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Gau, Michael R. & Michael J. Zdilla. (2016). A Protocol for Safe Lithiation Reactions Using Organolithium Reagents. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

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McKendry, Ian G., Akila C. Thenuwara, Jianwei Sun, et al.. (2016). Water Oxidation Catalyzed by Cobalt Oxide Supported on the Mattagamite Phase of CoTe₂. ACS Catalysis. 6(11). 7393–7397. 35 indexed citations

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Tibbetts, Katharine Moore, Johanan H. Odhner, Shivaiah Vaddypally, et al.. (2016). Amorphous aluminum-carbide and aluminum–magnesium-carbide nanoparticles from gas phase activation of trimethylaluminum and octamethyldialuminummagnesium using simultaneous spatially and temporally focused ultrashort laser pulses. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects. 6. 1–4. 8 indexed citations

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Gau, Michael R., et al.. (2014). Preparation of a “twisted basket” Mn4N8 cluster: a two-hydrogen-atom reduced analogue of the Mn4N8 pinned butterfly. Chemical Communications. 50(58). 7780–7780. 3 indexed citations

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Brenneman, Douglas E., Garry R. Smith, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2012). Small Molecule Anticonvulsant Agents with Potent In Vitro Neuroprotection. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 47(2). 368–379. 8 indexed citations

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Dougherty, William G., et al.. (2011). Intramolecular Pyridone/Enyne Photocycloaddition: Partitioning of the [4 + 4] and [2 + 2] Pathways. Organic Letters. 13(9). 2180–2183. 15 indexed citations

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Zdilla, Michael J. & Mahdi M. Abu‐Omar. (2008). Manganese(III) Corrole-Oxidant Adduct as the Active Intermediate in Catalytic Hydrogen Atom Transfer. Inorganic Chemistry. 47(22). 10718–10722. 24 indexed citations

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Zdilla, Michael J., et al.. (2007). Synthesis and Elaboration of the Dinuclear Iron-Imide Cluster Core [Fe₂(μ-NR)₂]²⁺. Inorganic Chemistry. 46(4). 1071–1080. 25 indexed citations

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