PUBLICATIONS

52. Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A. “Photochemistry of Neutral Isonitrile Gold(I) Complexes: Modulation of Photoreactivity by Aurophilicity and p-Acceptance Ability”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, available online.  PDF

51. Arvapally, R. K.; Sinha, P.; Hettiarachchi, S. R.; Coker, N. L.; Bedel, C. E.; Patterson, H. H.; Elder, R. C.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics of Bis(thiocyanato)gold(I) Complexes: Intriguing Structure-Luminescence Relationships”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 10689-10699.  PDF

50. Elbjeirami, O.; Burress, C. N.; Gabbaï, F. P.; Omary, M. A.Simultaneous External and Internal Heavy-Atom Effects in Binary Adducts of 1-Halonaphthalenes with Trinuclear Perfluoro-ortho-phenylene Mercury(II): A Structural and Photophysical Study”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 9522-9529.  PDF

49. Omary, M. A.; Colis, J. C. F.; Larochelle, C. L.; Patterson, H. H. “Optical Memory and Multi-step Luminescence Thermochromism in Single Crystals of K2Na[Ag(CN)2]3”, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 3798-3800.   PDF

48. Elbjeirami, O.; Yockel, S.; Campana, C. F.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics and Bonding in Neutral Gold(I) Organometallic Complexes with an Extended Aurophilic Supramolecular Structure”, Organometallics 2007, 26, 2550-2560.  PDF

47. Burress, C. N.; Bodine, M. I.; Elbjeirami, O.; Reibenspies, J. H.; Omary, M. A.; Gabbaï, F. P. “Enhancement of External Spin-Orbit Coupling Effects Caused by Metal-Metal Cooperativity”, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 1388-1395. PDF

46. Yang, C.; Messerschmidt, M.; Coppens, C.; Omary, M. A. “Trinuclear Gold(I) Triazolates: A New Class of Wide-Band Phosphors and Sensors”, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 6592-6594.  PDF

45. Barakat, K. A.; Cundari, T. R.; Rabaâ, H.; Omary, M. A. “Disproportionation of Gold(II) Complexes. A Density Functional Study of Ligand and Solvent Effects”, J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 14645-14651.  PDF

44. Grimes, T.; Omary, M. A.; Dias, H. V. R.; Cundari, T. R. “Intertrimer and Intratrimer Metallophilic and Excimeric Bonding in the Ground and Phosphorescent Excited States of Trinuclear Coinage Metal Pyrazolates: A Computational Study”, J. Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110, 5823-5830.  PDF

43. Chen, W. –H.; Reinheimer, E. W.; Dunbar, K. R.; Omary, M. A. “Coarse- and Fine-Tuning the Electronic Energies of Triimine Platinum (II) Square Planar Complexes”, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 2770-2772. PDF

42. Sinha, P.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “Beyond a T-Shape”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 12488-12489.  PDF

41. Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Gonser, M. W. A.; Elbjeirami, O.; Grimes, T.; Cundari, T. R.; Diyabalanage, H, V. K.; Palehepitiya Gamage, C. S.; Dias, H. V. R. “Metal Effect on the Supramolecular Structure, Photophysics, and Acid/Base Character of Trinuclear Pyrazolato Coinage Metal Complexes”, Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 8200-8210. PDF JOURNAL COVER; URL:                       http://pubs.acs.org/journals/inocaj/covers/44/articleWindow.inocaj.111405.html

40. Burress, C.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.; Gabbaï, F. P. “Five-Order-of-Magnitude Reduction of the Triplet Lifetimes of N-Heterocycles by Complexation to a Trinuclear Mercury Complex”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 12166-12167.  PDF

39. Mohamed, A. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. “External heavy-atom effect of gold in a supramolecular acid-base p stack” Dalton Trans. 2005, 2597–2602.

38. Vorontsov, I. I.; Kovalevsky, A. Yu.; Chen, Y-S.; Graber, T.; Novozhilova, I. V.; Omary, M. A.; Coppens, P. “Shedding Light on the Structure of a Photo-induced Transient Excimer by Time-resolved Diffraction” Phys. Rev. Lett. 2005, 94, 193003/1–193003/4.

37. Dias, H. V. R.; Diyabalanage, H. V. K.; Eldabaja, M. G.; Elbjeirami, O.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A. “Brightly Phosphorescent Trinuclear Copper(I) Complexes of Pyrazolates: Substituent Effects on the Supramolecular Structure and Photophysics”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 7489-7501.  PDF

36. Omary, M. A.; Sinha, P.; Bagus, P.S.; Wilson, A.K. “Electronic Structure of Mercury Oligomers and Exciplexes: Models for Long-range/Multi-center Bonding in Phosphorescent Transition Metal Compounds”, J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109, 690-702.   PDF

35. Omary, M. A.; Mohamed, A. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. “Photophysics of Supramolecular Binary Stacks Consisting of Electron-rich Trinuclear Au(I) Complexes and Organic Electrophiles” Coord. Chem. Rev. 2005, 249, 1372-1381.

34. Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.; Stender, M.; Balch, A. L. “Anomalous structure-luminescence relationship in phosphorescent gold(I) isonitrile neutral complexes” Dalton Trans. 2004, 3173 - 3175.

33. Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Diyabalanage, H. V. K.; Dias, H. V. R. “Blue Phosphors of Dinuclear and Mononuclear Copper (I) and Silver(I) Complexes of 3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolate and the Related Bis(pyrazolyl)borate” Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 8612-8614.  PDF

32. Hettiarachchi, S. R.; Patterson, H. H.; Omary, M. A. “"Write/Read/Erase" with Laser Irradiation of Dicyanoargentate(I) Doped and Pure CrystalsJ. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 14249-14254.  PDF

31. Dunbar, K. R.; Schelter, E. J.; Palii, A. V.; Ostrovsky, S. M.; Mirovitskii, V. Y.; Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A.; Klokishner, S. I.; Tsukerblat, B. S. “Unusual Magnetic Behavior of Six-Coordinate, Mixed-Ligand Re(II) Complexes: Origin of a Strong Temperature Independent Paramagnetism” J. Phys. Chem. A 2003, 107, 11102-11111.  PDF

30. Barakat, K. A.; Cundari, T. R.; Omary, M. A. “Jahn-Teller Distortion in the Phosphorescent Excited State of Three-coordinate Au(I) Phosphine Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 14228-14229.  PDF

29. White-Morris, R. L.; Olmstead, M. M.; Balch, A. L.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A. “Orange Luminescence and Structural Properties of Three Isostructural Halocyclohexylisonitrilegold(I) Complexes”, Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 6741-6748.  PDF

28. Dias, H. V. R.; Diyabalanage, H. V. K.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Franzman, M. A.; Omary, M. A. “Bright Phosphorescence of a Trinuclear Copper (I) Complex: Luminescence Thermochromism, Solvatochromism, and “Concentration Luminochromism”” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 12072-12073. PDF HIGHLIGHTED IN THE ACS FEATURE JOURNAL “HEART CUT”; URL:      http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=heartcut%5carchive%5c111703_heartcut.html#4   

27. Maspero, A.; Kani, I.; Mohamed, A. A.; Omary, M. A.; Staples, R. J.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. "Syntheses and Structures of Dinuclear Gold(I) Dithiophosphonate Complexes and the Reaction of the Dithiophosphonate Complexes with Phosphines: Diverse Coordination Types", Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 5311-5319.  PDF

26. Smucker, B. W.; Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A.; Dunbar, K. R. “Structural, Magnetic, and Optoelectronic Properties of Diimine-dithiolato Pt(II) and Pd(II) Complexes and their Charge-Transfer Adducts with Nitrile Acceptors”, Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 4714-4723.  PDF

25. Omary, M. A.; Kassab, R. M.; Haneline, M. R.; Elbjeirami, O.; Gabbaï, F. P.; “Enhancement of the Phosphorescence of Organic Luminophores Upon Interaction with a Mercury Trifunctional Lewis Acid”, Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 2176-2178.  PDF

24. Assefa, Z.; Omary, M. A.; McBurnett, B. G.; Mohamed, A. A.; Patterson, H. H.; Staples, R. J.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. "Syntheses, Structure and Photoluminescence Properties of the 1-Dimensional Chain Compounds [(TPA)2Au][Au(CN)2] and (TPA)AuCl (TPA = 1,3,5-Triaza-7-phosphaadamantane)" Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 6274-6280.  PDF

23. Hettiarachchi,  S. R.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Kanan, S. M.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H.; Tripp, C. P. “Spectroscopic Studies on “Exciplex Tuning” for Dicyanoaurate(I) Ions Doped in Potassium Chloride Crystals” J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106, 10058-10064.  PDF

22. Fischer, P.; Lucas, B.; Omary, M. A.; Larochelle, C. L.; Patterson, H. H. “Reversible Luminescence Thermochromism in Dipotassiumsodium Tris[dicyanoargentate(I)] and the Role of Structural Phase TransitionsJ. Solid State Chem. 2002, 168, 267-274.

21. Kani, I.; Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Lopez-Castillo, Z.; Flores, R.; Akgerman, A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. Homogeneous catalysis in supercritical carbon dioxide with rhodium catalysts tethering fluoroacrylate polymer ligands”, Tetrahedron 2002, 58, 3923-3928.

20. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. "Argento-aurophilic Bonding in Organosulfur Complexes.  The Molecular and Electronic Structures of the Heterobimetallic Complex AgAu(MTP)2" Inorg. Chim. Acta (special issue) 2002, 334, 376-384. INVITED ARTICLE.

19. Burini, A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Galassi, R.; Macchioni, A.; Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Pietroni, B. R.; Sabatini, S.; Zuccaccia, C.  19F, 1H-HOESY and PGSE NMR Studies of Neutral Trinuclear Complexes of AuI and HgII: Evidence for Acid-Base Stacking in Solution”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 4570-4571.  PDF

18. Guzel, B.; Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Akgerman, A. “Synthesis and Characterization of {[(COD)Rh(bis-(2R,3R)-2,5-diethylphospholanobenzene)] BARF} for Use in Homogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide”, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2001, 325, 45–50.

17. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. “Excited-State Interactions for [Au(CN)2-]n and [Ag(CN)2-]n Oligomers in Solution. Formation of Luminescent Gold-Gold Bonded Excimers and Exciplexes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 11237-11247.  PDF

16. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Galassi, R.; Pietroni, B. R.; Burini, A. “Chemistry and Optoelectronic Properties of Stacked Supramolecular Entities of Trinuclear Gold(I) Complexes Sandwiching Small Organic Acids" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 9689-9691. PDF

15. Omary. M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Chusuei, C. C.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Bagus, P. S. "Electronic Structure Studies of Six-atom Gold Clusters" J. Chem. Phys. 2001, 114, 10695-10701.

14. Burini, A.; Fackler, J.  P., Jr.; Galassi, R., Grant, T. A.; Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Pietroni, B. R.; Staples, R. J. “Supramolecular Chain Assemblies Formed by Interaction of a p Molecular Acid Complex of Mercury with p-Base Trinuclear Gold Complexes " J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 11264-11265.  PDF

13. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H. “Oligomerization of Au(CN)2- and Ag(CN)2- Ions in Solution via Ground-State Aurophilic and Argentophilic Bonding", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 10371-10380PDF

12. Patterson, H. H.; Kanan, S. M.; Omary, M. A. “Luminescent Homoatomic Exciplexes in Dicyanoargenate(I) Ions Doped in Alkali Halide Crystals. “Exciplex Tuning” by Site–Selective Excitation and Variation of the Dopant Concentration”: Coord. Chem. Rev. 2000, 208, 227-241.

11. Burini, A.; Bravi, R.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Galassi, R.; Grant, T. A.; Omary. M. A.; Pietroni, B. R.; Staples, R. J. “Luminescent Chains Formed from Neutral, Triangular Gold Complexes Sandwiching Tl(I) and Ag(I)” Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 3158-3165.  PDF

10. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Shankle, G. E.; Patterson, H. H. “Luminescence Thermochromism in Dicyanoargentate(I) Ions Doped in Alkali Halide Crystals”: J. Phys. Chem. B. 2000, 104, 6143-6151.  PDF

9. Kanan, S. M.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H., Matsuoka, M. Anpo, M.  "Characterization of the Excited States Responsible for the Action of Silver(I)-Doped ZSM-5 Zeolites as Photocatalysts for Nitric Oxide Decomposition": J. Phys. Chem. B. 2000, 104,  3507-3517.  PDF

8. Larochelle, C. L.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H.; Fischer, P.; Fauth, F.; Allenspach, P.; Lucas, B.; Pattison, P. “Optical, Synchroton X-Ray, and Neutron Diffraction Investigations of Structural Changes in the Layered Compound K2Na[Ag(CN)2]3”: Solid State Commun. 2000, 114, 155-160.

7. Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H., "Electronic Spectroscopy: Luminescence Theory": Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy & Spectrometry.  Academic Press, London, UK, 2000, pp. 1186-1207.

6. Omary, M. A.; Hall, D. R.; Shankle, G. E.; Siemiarczuck, A.; Patterson, H. H. Luminescent Homoatomic Exciplexes in Dicyanoargentate(I) Ions Doped in Alkali Halide Crystals:  2. "Exciplex Tuning" by Varying the Dopant Concentration” J. Phys. Chem. B. 1999, 103, 3845-3853.  PDF

5. Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H. “Luminescent Homoatomic Exciplexes in Dicyanoargentate(I) Ions Doped in Alkali Halide Crystals:  1. "Exciplex Tuning" by Site Selective Excitation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 7696-7705. PDF

4. Omary, M. A.; Webb, T. R.; Assefa, Z.; Shankle, G. E.; Patterson, H. H. “Crystal Structure, Electronic Structure, and Temperature-Dependent Raman Spectra of Tl[Ag(CN)2]:  Evidence for Ligand-Unsupported Argentophilic Interactions” Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 1380-1386. PDF

3. Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H. “Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence Properties of Tl[Ag(CN)2].  Formation of Luminescent Metal-Metal-Bonded Inorganic Exciplexes in the Solid StateInorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 1060-1066.  PDF

2. Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H.; Shankle, G. “Photoluminescence and Electronic Structure Studies to Probe Metal-Metal Interactions in Thallium Dicyanoargenate (I): A New Low Dimensional Solid State Class”: Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 1996, 284, 399-409.

1. Al-Abdallah, M. M.; Omary, M. A. “Anodic behavior of cobalt in methanol-, ethanol- and acetonitrile-water in the presence of hydrochloric acid and sodium perchlorate”:  Anticorrosion Methods Mater. 1990, 37, 4-5.


INVITED TALKS

34. Illuminating Molecules, “Phosphorescent OLEDs and PLEDs Based on d10 Molecular Materials”, An international symposium during the 39th Central Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, Covington, Kentucky, May 20-23, 2007, CRM-491.

33. Nanomaterials Application Center - Nanotechnology Colloquium Series, "Molecular Metal-Organic Materials Made Smart for Energy-Saving Applications", April 16, 2007.

32. University of Texas at Austin, “Brightly-Phosphorescent and Strongly-Absorbing Coinage Metal Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes and Solar Energy Conversion”, November 8, 2006.

31. Symposium on Chemical Utilization of Solar Energy, “Polyimine d8 donor complexes and adducts with organic acceptors for optoelectronic applications”, 62nd Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Houston Westchase Marriott Hotel, Houston, Texas, October 20-21, 2006.

30. Jordan University of Science and Technology, “Brightly-Phosphorescent and Strongly-Absorbing Coinage Metal Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes and Solar Energy Conversion”, Irbid, Jordan, July 18, 2006.

29. Jordan University, “Brightly-Phosphorescent and Strongly-Absorbing Coinage Metal Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes and Solar Energy Conversion”, Amman, Jordan, July 13, 2006.

28. Yarmouk University, “Brightly-Phosphorescent and Strongly-Absorbing Coinage Metal Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes and Solar Energy Conversion”, Irbid, Jordan, July 10, 2006.

27. 17th Inter-American Photochemical Society Meeting, “Bright, Tunable Coinage Metal Phosphors”, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, June 12, 2006. AWARD TALK (2006 I-APS Young Investigator Award).

26. Georgia Institute of Technology - Cherry Emerson Seminar Series, “Brightly-Phosphorescent and Strongly-Absorbing Coinage Metal Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes and Solar Energy Conversion”, Atlanta, Georgia, February 21, 2006.

25. JSPS–UNT Joint International Symposium on Nanoscale Materials for Optoelectronics and Biotechnology, “Fundamental and Applied Photonic Studies of Phosphorescent Small- and Macro-Molecules”, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, February 1-2, 2006.

24. Oklahoma State University, “Brightly-Phosphorescent and Strongly-Absorbing Materials: Fundamentals and Potential Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes and Solar Energy Conversion”, Stillwater, Oklahoma, October 6, 2005.

23. Naval Research Laboratory, “Photonic Processes in Small and Macromolecules”, Optical Sciences Division, Washington, D.C., August 30, 2005.

22. International Symposium on Excited State Processes in Electronic and Bio Nanomaterials, "Custom-making Phosphors for Solid-State Lighting via Photoinduced Jahn-Teller Distortions, Heavy-atom Effect, and Energy Transfer", Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 8-11 2005.

21. 16th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, “Photonic Processes in Closed-Shell and Lanthanide Complexes in Macromolecules”, Pacific Grove, California, July 2-6, 2005.

20. University at Buffalo, SUNY, “Fascination with Light: Simultaneous Advances in Fundamental and Applied Research Involving Phosphorescent Complexes”, March 5, 2005.

19. University of North Texas, “Fascination with Light: Simultaneous Advances in Fundamental and Applied Research Involving Excited Transient Species”, February 4, 2005.

18. University of Texas at Dallas, “Phosphorescent Transition Metal Complexes for Light-Emitting, Light-Harvesting, and Sensing Applications”, November 17, 2004.

17. University of Nevada-Reno, “Phosphorescent Transition Metal Complexes for Light-Emitting and Light-Harvesting Applications”, November 5, 2004.

16. The Ohio State University, “Fundamental and Applied Areas in the Investigation of Phosphorescent Materials Containing Heavy Metals”, October 20, 2004.

15. University of Cincinnati, “Phosphorescent d10 and d8 Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Optoelectronic Applications”, October 19, 2004.

14. University of California, Santa Barbara, “Phosphorescent d10 and d8 Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Optoelectronic Applications”, October 13, 2004.

13. California Institute of Technology, “Phosphorescent d10 and d8 Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Optoelectronic Applications”, October 11, 2004.

12. University of California, San Diego, “Phosphorescent d10 and d8 Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Optoelectronic Applications”, October 8, 2004.

11. University of California, Los Angeles, “Fundamental and Applied Research Involving Phosphorescent d10 and d8 Complexes”, October 6, 2004.

10. University of Southern California, “Phosphorescent d10 and d8 Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Optoelectronic Applications”, October 5, 2004.

9. Baylor University, “Tuning the Emission and Absorption Properties of Metal Complexes for Use in Light-Emitting and -Harvesting Applications”, September 3, 2004.

8. Hashimite University, “Phosphorescent Metal Complexes for Light-Emitting and Light-Harvesting Devices”, September 3, 2004.

7. Southeastern Louisiana State University “The Amazing 21st Century Chemistry of Silver Nitrate!”, March 19, 2004.

6. Louisiana State University “Questioning the Dogmas in the Literature of Inorganic Spectroscopy”, March 16, 2004.

5. University of Texas at San Antonio “Huge Excited-State Distortions via the Jahn-Teller Effect and Photo-induced Metal-Metal Bonding”, March 8, 2004.

4. Angelo State University, ““Research for the Classroom”: Two Success Stories”, February 23, 2004.

3. Wichita State University, “Systematic Design of Brightly Phosphorescent Materials for Photonic Devices and of Strong-Absorbing Materials for Solar Cell Devices”, December 16, 2003.

2. The University of Texas at Arlington, "Unusually Remarkable Luminescence and Absorption Properties of Gold(I) and Platinum(II) Complexes", August 30, 2002.

1. Lyon College, “Luminescent Materials of Closed-Shell Complexes: Scientific Fun and Optoelectronic Applications”, March 12, 2002.

 SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS IN PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

110. Omary, M. A.Phosphorescent OLEDs and PLEDs Based on d10 Molecular Materials”, “Illuminating Molecules” Symposium, 39th Central Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, Covington, Kentucky, May 20-23, 2007, CRM-491.

109. Smucker, B. W.; Batrice, R. J.; Chen, W. –H.; Menke, J. L.; Omary, M. A.Tuning the electronic energies of novel m-benzenedithiol-bis(triimineplatinum(II)) complexes”, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 25-29, 2007, INOR-715.

108. Omary, M. A. “Polyimine d8 donor complexes and adducts with organic acceptors for optoelectronic applications”, Symposium on Chemical Utilization of Solar Energy, 62nd Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Houston Westchase Marriott Hotel, Houston, Texas, October 20-21, 2006, SRM-732.

107. Batrice, R. J.; Menke, J. L.; Chen, W. –H.; Omary, M. A.; Smucker, B. W. “Syntheses and characterization of novel µ-benzenedithiol bis(triimineplatinum(II)) complexes”, 62nd Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Houston Westchase Marriott Hotel, Houston, Texas, October 20-21, 2006, SRM-301.

106. Omary, M. A. “Fast phosphors of coinage metal complexes: From small molecules to soft materials” 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-933.

105. Yang, C.; Omary, M. A. “Trinuclear d10 metallomacrocycles of triazolates: A new class of fast phosphors and sensors” 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-930.

104. Sinha, P.; Kosuri, D.; Shepherd, N. D.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics of three-coordinate Au(I) complexes: Fundamentals and applications in molecular light-emitting diodes” 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-927.

103. Tekarli, S. M.; Cundari, T. R.; Omary, M. A. “A rational design of metallomacrocyclic complexes with superior p acidity and bacisity vs. organic counterparts: Inorganic rules!” 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-645.

102. Marpu, S.; Cai, T.; Sinha, P.; Hu, Z.; Omary, M. A. “Phosphorescent hydrogels” 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-309.

101. Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics and photochemistry of neutral isonitrile and carbonyl gold(I) complexes” 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-064.

100. Burress, C.; Omary, M. A.; Elbjeirami, O.; Gabbai, F. P. “Cooperativity and heavy-atom effects in phosphorescent supramolecular materials containing [o-C6F4Hg]3 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-029.

99. Omary, M. A. “Bright, Tunable Coinage Metal Phosphors”, 17th Inter-American Photochemical Society Meeting, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, June 12, 2006. AWARD TALK (2006 I-APS Young Investigator Award)

98. Yockel, S.; Elbjeirami, O.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “The relationship between structure and luminescens of Au(CO)Cl”, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 26-30, 2006, PHYS-451.

97. Burress, C. N.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.; Gabbaï, F. P. “Five-order of magnitude reduction of the triplet lifetimes of N-heterocycles by complexation to perfluoro-ortho-phenylene mercury”, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 26-30, 2006, INOR-042.

96. Grimes, T. V.; Cundari, T. R.; Omary, M. A. “Modeling of d10 coinage-metal complex excited states”, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 26-30, 2006, COMP-261.

95. Jenkins, D. M.; Arvapally, R. K.; Yang, C.; Omary, M. A. “Solvent and concentration effects upon the luminescence of [4-(4,6-Dichloro-[1,3,5]triazin-2-yl)-phenyl]-diphenyl-amine”, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 26-30, 2006, CHED-944.

94. Jenkins, D. M.; Randle, K.; Wilson, B.; Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A. “In search of a 3-coordinate silver (I) complex with Ag-centered phosphorescence”, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 26-30, 2006, CHED-913.

93. Omary, M. A. “Fundamental and Applied Photonic Studies of Phosphorescent Small- and Macro-Molecules”, JSPS–UNT Joint International Symposium on Nanoscale Materials for Optoelectronics and Biotechnology, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, February 1-2, 2006.

92. Omary, M. A. “Dramatic phosphorescence tuning by multi-faceted strategies”, 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 28-Sept. 1, 2005, INOR 226.

91. Omary, M. A.; Yang, C. “Macromolecular photophysics in lanthanide and closed-shell transition-metal complexes”, 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 28-Sept. 1, 2005, INOR 541.

90. Patterson, H. H.; Colis, J. C. F.; Richards, C.;  Omary, M. A. “Optical memory of single crystals of dicyanoargentate(I)”, 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 28-Sept. 1, 2005, INOR 227.

89. Determan, J.; Yockel, S.; Grimes, T.; Omary, M. A.; Bagus, P. S.; Cundari, T. R.; Wilson, A. K. “Transition metal chemistry: Towards accurate energetic description”, 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 28-Sept. 1, 2005, PHYS 8.

88. Omary, M. A. "Custom-making Phosphors for Solid-State Lighting via Photoinduced Jahn-Teller Distortions, Heavy-atom Effect, and Energy Transfer", International Symposium on Excited State Processes in Electronic and Bio Nanomaterials, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 8-11 2005. FEATURED INVITED SPEAKER (see:    http://cnls.lanl.gov/~esp/esp2005.html).

87. Omary, M. A. “Photonic Processes in Closed-Shell and Lanthanide Complexes in Macromolecules”, 16th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, Pacific Grove, California, July 2-6, 2005. FEATURED INVITED SPEAKER (see:    http://www.scu.edu/chemistry/isppcc16/circular.pdf).

86. Yang, C.; Omary, M. A. “Photonic Processes in Closed-Shell and Lanthanide Complexes in Macromolecules”, 16th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, Pacific Grove, California, July 2-6, 2005.

85. Omary, M. A.; Elbjeirami, O.; Larkin, S.; Bruce, M. R. M. Bruce, A. E. “Genuine Role of Aurophilic Bonding on Luminescence and Meosgenic Properties of “Simple” Isonitrile Complexes”, 9th International Symposium on Metallomesogens, Lake Arrowhead, California, May 31 to June 3, 2005.

84. Larkin, S.; Bruce, A. E.; Bruce, M. R. M.; Makarov, M. V.; Lemenosvsii, D. A.; Dyadchenko, V. P.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.Structural and Meosgenic Properties of Gold(I) Thiolate and Isocyanide Complexes”, 9th International Symposium on Metallomesogens, Lake Arrowhead, California, May 31 to June 3, 2005.

83. Burress, C. N.; Gabbai, F. P.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A. “Heavy atom-induced phosphorescence of organic materials using trimeric perfluoro-ortho-triphenylene”, 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2005, INOR-941.

82. Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A.; Reinheimer, E. W.; Dunbar, K. R. “Electronic spectroscopy of d8 (diimmine)(dithiolate) complexes and their potential use as solar cell dyes”, 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2005, INOR-836.

81. Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.; Yockel, S.; Wilson, A. K. “Structure-luminescence relationship of neutral LAuX complexes (L=CO or RNC; X=halide)” 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2005, INOR-730.

80. Guo, Z.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H. “Oligomerization, exciplex tuning, and energy transfer in dicyano complexes of Ag(I) and Au(I)” 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2005,     INOR-499.

79. Elbjeirami, O.; Burress, C. N.; Hogue, S. E.; Haneline, M. R.; Gabbai, F. P.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics of arene-decorated poly(propyleneimine) dendrimers and their adducts with metal cations and Lewis acids” 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2005, INOR-379.

78. Menke, J. L.; Chen, W. H.; Smucker, B. W.; Omary, M. A. “Fine- and coarse-tuning of the absorption energies of [Pt(triimine)X]Y complexes”, 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2005, INOR-130.

77. Haneline, M. R.; Burress, C.; Taylor, T.; Elbjeirami, O.; Tsunoda, M.; Omary, M. A.; Gabbai, F. P. “Heavy atom effects in complexes formed by [o-C6F4Hg]3 with unsaturated substrates”, 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2005, INOR-085.

76. Fackler, J. P.; Mohamed, A. A.; Abdou, H. E.; Omary, M. A.; Grant, T. A.; Lupez-Lupez-de-Luzuriaga, J. M. “Photophysical properties of gold(I) compounds”, 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2005, INOR-002.

75. Omary, M. A. “Tailoring brightly-phosphorescent and strongly-absorbing closed-shell complexes for specific optoelectronic applications”, 60th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX, September 29-October 4, 2004.

74. Elbjeirami, O.; Yockel, S. M.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “Structure-Luminescence Relationship for Neutral LAuX Complexes (L= CO or RNC; X= halide)”, 60th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX, September 29-October 4, 2004.

73. Hogue, S. E.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A. “Quantum Yield Comparisons of Luminophores in Molecular and Dendritic Structures”, 60th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX, September 29-October 4, 2004.

72. Sinha, P.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A.; Bagus, P. S. “Quantum Mechanical Treatment of Hg Excimers and Exciplexes: Discoveries about the Bonding and Spectroscopic Assignment”, 60th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX, September 29-October 4, 2004.

71. Cundari, T. R.; Barakat, K. A.; Omary, M. A. “Modeling the Chemical and Photophysical Properties of Gold Complexes”, 60th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX, September 29-October 4, 2004.

70. Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A.; Reinheimer, E. W.; Dunbar, K. R. “Investigation into cheaper and better solar cell dyes”, 60th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX, September 29-October 4, 2004.

69. Chen, W. H.; Menke, J. L.; Smucker, B. W.; Omary, M. A. “Fine- and Coarse-Tuning of the Absorption Energies of [Pt(terpy)X]Y Complexes”, 60th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX, September 29-October 4, 2004.

68. Prascher, B. P.; Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A.; Wilson, A. K. “An Investigation into the Electronic Structure of Pt(II)(diimine)(dithiolato) Complexes”, 60th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX, September 29-October 4, 2004.

67. Wilson, A. K.; Sinha, P.; Omary, M. A.; Bagus, P. S. “Transition metal chemistry: A step toward high accuracy description of structural and energetic properties”, 228th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 22-26, 2004, COMP-029.

66. Omary, M. A.; Mohamed, A. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. “Photophysics of Supramolecular Binary Stacks Consisting of Electron-rich Trinuclear Au(I) Complexes and Organic Electrophiles” 15th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, July 4-9, 2004, The University of http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/inocaj/2006/45/i07/pdf/ic051518c.pdfHong Kong, Hong Kong.

65. Omary, M. A.; Sinha, P.; Barakat, K. A.; Wilson, A. K.; Cundari, T. R. “Toward a T-shape and beyond!”, 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 28-April 1, 2004, INOR 909.

64. Sinha, P.; Omary, M. A.; Bagus, P. S.; Wilson, A. K. “A Theoretical Study of the Spectroscopy of Mercury Excimers and Exciplexes”, 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 28-April 1, 2004, COMP 37.

63. Patterson, H. H.; Omary, M. A.; Colis, J. C. F.; Hettiarachchi, S. R. “Tunable luminescence and optical memory in nanoclusters of Ag(CN)2- and Au(CN)2- doped in alkali halide matrices”, 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 28-April 1, 2004, INOR 975.

62. Omary, M. A.; Hudson, J. M.; Reinheimer, E. W.; Dunbar, K. R. “A systematic design of efficient solar cell dyes based on d8 complexes with imine and thiolate ligands” 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 28-April 1, 2004, INOR 379.

61. Omary, M. A. “The glamor and the frustration in studies of heavy-metal luminescence”, 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 28-April 1, 2004, INOR 387.

60. Gonser, M. W. A.; Elbjeirami, O.; Cundari, T. R.; Omary, M. A. “Electronic structure of phosphorescent gold(I) isonitrile complexes”, 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 28-April 1, 2004, COMP 187.

59. Omary, M. A.; Hudson, J. M.; Prascher, B. P.; Wilson, A. K. “Reality vs myth in the electronic structure of d8 imine thiolate complexes”, 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 28-April 1, 2004, INOR 188.

58. Reinheimer, E. W.; Hudson, J. M.; Dunbar, K. R.; Omary, M. A. “Novel supramolecular stacks assembled from inorganic donor complexes and organic acceptor molecules”, 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 28-April 1, 2004, INOR 192.

57. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Diyabalanage, H. V. K.; Dias, H. V. R. “Glowing copper, silver, and gold rings, diamonds, and chains”, 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 28-April 1, 2004, INOR 540.

56. Omary, M. A.; Haneline, M. R.; Elbjeirami, O.; Kassab, R. M.; Gabbaï, F. P. “Phosphorescence sensitization of arenes in molecular, polymeric, and dendritic materials”, 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 28-April 1, 2004, INOR 25.

55. Barakat, K. A.; Omary, M. A.; Cundari, T. R.; Rosenfeld, D. C.; Wolczansk, P. T. “Spin forbidden reactions of heavy transition metals”, 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 28-April 1, 2004, COMP 38.

54. Franzman, M. A.; Arvapally, R. K.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics of cation-pi interactions”, 227th American         Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 28-April 1, 2004, CHED 426.

53. Dunbar, K. R.; Schelter, E. J.; Palii, A. V.; Ostrovsky, S. M.; Mirovitskii, V. Y.; Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A.; Klokishner, S. I.; Tsukerblat, B. S. “Unusual Magnetism of Mixed-Ligand Re(II) Complexes: jj -Crystal Field Coupling Scheme, Jahn-Teller Effect”, 69th Annual Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society, Tel Aviv, Israel, February 2-3, 2004.

52. Omary, M. A. “Luster of luminescence in coinage metal complexes”, 59th American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October, 2003.

51. Omary, M. A.; Hudson, J. M.; Reinheimer, E. W.; Dunbar, K. R. “Systematic design of efficient solar cell dyes based on supramolecular stacks of binary inorganic/organic donor/acceptor sandwich adducts”, 59th American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October, 2003.

50. Gonser, M. W. A.; Omary, M. A.; Cundari, T. R. “Computational studies of the luminescent triplet states of gold(I) isonitrile complexes”, 59th American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October, 2003.

49. Arvapally, R. K.; Franzman, M. A.; Omary, M. A. “Electronic structure of silver(I) and thallium(I) adducts of luminescent aromatic hydrocarbons”, 59th American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October, 2003.

48. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Diyabalanage, H. V. K.; Dias, H. V. R.; Omary, M. A. “Multinuclear pyrazolate complexes of Cu(I), Ag(I), and Au(I) with tunable phosphorescence”, 59th American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October, 2003.

47. Sinha, P.; Omary, M. A.; Bagus, P. S.; Wilson, A. K. Theoretical calculations for mercury excimers and excilplexes”, 59th American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October, 2003.

46. Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Dias, H. V. R.; Diyabalanage, H. V. K. “Phosphorescent trinuclear, dinuclear, and mononuclear complexes of Cu(I), Ag(I), and Au(I) with fluorinated pyrazolate ligands” 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, September, 2003, INOR-637.

45. Omary, M. A. “Structure-luminescence relationship in luminescent Au(I) compounds” 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, September, 2003, INOR-633.

44. Patterson, H. H.; Hettiarachchi, S. R.; Colis, J. C. F.; Omary, M. A. “"Write/Read/Erase" with laser irradiation of dicyanoargentate(I) doped and pure crystals” 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, September, 2003, INOR-631.

43. Omary, M. A.; Larkin, S. A.; Elbjeirami, O.; Bruce, A. E.; Bruce, M. R. M. “Unusual luminescence and liquid crystalline properties of CyNCAuCl” 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, September, 2003, INOR-454.

42. Barakat, K. A.; Cundari, T. R.; Omary, M. A. “Trigonal to T-Shaped Jahn-Teller distortion upon photoexcitation of luminescent 3-coordinate Au(I) complexes”, 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, September, 2003, INOR-208.

41. Omary, M. A. “Coinage Metal Complexes with Bright, Tunable Phosphorescence”, 2003 Gordon Research Conference – Inorganic Chemistry, New Port, Rhode Island, July, 2003.

40. Omary, M. A.; Hudson, J. M.; Smucker, B. W.; Dunbar, K. R.“Pt(II) and Pd(II) Imine Complexes and Their Adducts with Nitrile Acceptors: Optoelectronic Properties and Potential Use as Solar Cell Dyes”, 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 2003, INOR-860.

39. Hudson, J. M.; Dowling, S. M.; Hines, K. D.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysical properties of square planar platinum(II) thiocyanate complexes”, 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 2003, INOR-859.

38. Haneline, M. R.; Gabbaï, F. P.; Kassab, R. M.; Omary, M. A. “Luminescent Gold Rings and Their Supramolecular p Stacks with Organic Molecules”, 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 2003, INOR-807.

37. Omary, M. A. “Phosphorescent Trinuclear Ring Complexes of d10 Transition Metals”, 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 2003, INOR-803.

36. Elbjeirami, O.; White-Morris, R. L.; Rawashdeh, M.A. –O.; Doyal, M. F.; Balch, A. L.; Omary, M. A. “Luminescent neutral isonitrile gold(I) complexes”, 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 2003, INOR-802.

35. Arvapally, R. K.; Coker, N. L.; Hettiarachchi, S. R.; Elder, R. C.; Patterson, H. H.; Omary, M. A. “Temperature-dependent and Time-resolved Luminescence Studies of Bis(thiocyanato)gold(I) Complexes”, 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 2003, INOR-570.

34. Rawashdeh, M.A. –O.; Omary, M. A.; Diyabalanage, H. V. K.; Dias, H. V. R. “New Classes of Luminescent Dinuclear and Trinuclear Clusters of Cu(I) and Ag(I) with Fluorinated Pyrazolate Ligands”, 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 2003, INOR-569.

33. Mohamed, A. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr., Rawashdeh, M. A. –O.; Omary, M. A. “Luminescent Gold Rings and Their Supramolecular p Stacks with Organic Molecules”, 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 2003, INOR-568.

32. Hudson, J. M.; Hines, K. D.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics of Square Planar Platinum(II) and Palladium(II) Complexes with p-donor Ligands” 58th American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting, Austin, Texas, November, 2002.

31. El-Bjeirami, O.; Doyal, M. F.; Omary, M. A. Aurochromism: A New Optical Phenomenon in Luminescent Isonitrile Gold(I) Complexes” 58th American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting, Austin, Texas, November, 2002.

30. Arvapallly, R. A.; Omary, M. A.  “Luminescence Studies for Trivalent Lanthanide Adducts with Anionic Complexes of Closed-Shell Transition Metals”, Industry-University Cooperative Chemistry Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, September, 2002.

29. Kassab, R. M.; Haneline, M. R.; Omary, M. A.; Gabbaï, F. P. “Phosphorescence Enhancement In Organic Luminophores Upon Interaction With Inorganic Lewis Acids” Industry-University Cooperative Chemistry Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, September, 2002.

28. Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A. “Excited-State Rearrangement to Form Metal-Metal Bonds in Square Planar Platinum(II) and Palladium(II) Complexes” Industry-University Cooperative Chemistry Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, September, 2002.

27. El-Bjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A. “Discovery of Aurochromism in the Luminescence of Isonitrile Gold(I) Complexes” Industry-University Cooperative Chemistry Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, September, 2002.

26. Smucker, B. W.; Omary, M. A.; Dunbar, K. R. “Solar Cell Dyes Based on Diimine-Dithiolato Platinum(II) and Palladium(II) Complexes” Industry-University Cooperative Chemistry Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, September, 2002.

25. Omary, M. A. “Mercury excimers and exciplexes”, 223rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April, 2002, INOR-295.

24. Dowling, S. M.; Hines, K. D.; Omary, M. A. “Optical studies of association of simple Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes”, 223rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April, 2002, INOR-106.

23. Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Kani, I.; Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Ramirez, A. O.    "Synthesis and characterization of gold(I)-sulfur complexes223rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April, 2002, CHED-557.

22. Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Omary, M. A.; Liu, C. W.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Burini, A.; Galassi, R.; Pietroni, B. R.  "Group 11 metal ions as ligands in multidentate coordination” 222nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August, 2001, INOR-253.

21. Akgerman, A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Lopez-Castillo, Z.; Omary, M. A. "Homogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide with Fluoroacrylate Copolymer Supported Catalysts" Engineering Foundation Meeting on Chemical Reactor Engineering, June, 2001, Barga, Italy.

20. Kani, I.; Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Flores, R.; Lopez-Castillo, Z.; Akgerman, A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. "Homogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of 1-Octene in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Using Neutral Rhodium Catalysts with Fluoroalkyl Polymer Support", Symposium on Oxidation Catalysis, Spring Meeting of the Southwest Catalysis Society, May, 2001, College Station, TX.

19. Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Omary, M. A.; Burini, A.; Staples, R. J.; Grant, T. A.; Van Zyl, W.  "Gold, a quarter century of exciting chemistry" 221st American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, California, April, 2001, INOR-294.

18. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. “Environmentally-Friendly Homogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Using Novel Rhodium(I) Complexes”, Industry-University Cooperative Chemistry Program, September 2000, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

17. Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. “Supramolecular Chains of Gold Rings: Chemistry and Potential Applications”, Industry-University Cooperative Chemistry Program, September 2000, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

16. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. “Extended Chains of Coinage Metal Ion Complexes: Structural and Optical Properties”, Industry-University Cooperative Chemistry Program, September 2000, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

15. Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr., Burini, A.; Galassi, R., Pietroni, B. R. "Molecular and Electronic Structures of Luminescent Sandwich Intercalates of Trinuclear Gold(I) Complexes" 220th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August, 2000, INOR-495.

14. Omary, M. A.; Lopez, Z.; Lin, B.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Akgerman, A. "Novel Rhodium(I) Catalysts for Ecologically Benign Homogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide" 220th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August, 2000, INOR-176.

13. Chusuei, C. C.; Lai, X.; Davis, K. A.; Bowers, E. K.; Goodman, D. W.; Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh, M. A. –O.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Bagus, P. S. "Six-Atom Gold Cluster Deposition on Titania" 220th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August, 2000, COLL-081.

12. Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. "Glowing Gold Rings and Chains Assembled by Electrostatic and Metallophilic Interactions" 17th Southwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference, College Station, Texas, November, 2000.

11. Chusuei, C. C.; Goodman, D. W.; Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr., et al. "Solution Deposition and Surface Characterization of Supported Gold" 47th American Vacuum Society International Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, October, 2000.