Abdessadek Lachgar

Education

B.S. in Material Sciences, Institute of Materials  Jean Rouxel, University of Nantes,   France, (1982)
Ph.D. in Materials Sciences,  Institute of Materials Jean Rouxel, University    of Nantes, France  (1987)
Postdoctoral Fellow, DOE Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University (1988-90)
Research  Associate-Instructor, University   of Washington, (1990-91)
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation  Research Leave (1996 and 2003)
Visiting Professor, National  Institute for Research on Inorganic Materials, Tsukuba, Japan  (1996)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Award for  Foreign Scientists (1997)
Visiting Professor, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, IMN, France, (2003)
Visiting Professor, Institut Galilée, University Paris XIII, Paris, France  (2006)
Visiting Professor, Ecole d’ingénieur de l’Université de Nantes, France (2007)

Research Description

The ability to optimize various physical and chemical properties of materials, and to develop entirely new materials is at the heart of my research interest. The aim is to design, synthesize and characterized multifunctional materials which are materials that can be used for multiple functions (catalysis, conductivity, magnetism, luminescence, etc..) microwave, etc.). The approach used to reach our goal is the molecular building block approach in which specific molecular species are first synthesized then put together in a rational way to give specific structures with specific chemical and physical properties. The materials targeted have potential applications in Hydrogen storage, CO2 sequestration, environmental remediation, and Biodiesel production. Three main projects are currently investigated:

1. Cluster-based Metal Organic Materials (CMOMs)
2. Hybrid organic-inorganic phosphates and phosphonates (HOIPs)
3. Natural products based catalysts for Biodiesel Production (NPCs)

Publications

Ekaterina V. Anokhina, Cynthia S. Day, and Abdessadek Lachgar, “A new quasi-one-dimensional niobium oxychloride cluster compound CS₂Ti₄Nb₆Cl₁₈O₆: Structural effects of ligand combination”, Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40 (20): 5072-5076.

Strobele M, Glaser J, Lachgar A, Meyer HJ, “Structure and electrochemical study of Nb₃Cl₈”, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2001, 627 (8): 2002-2004.

Tang XJ, Gentiletti MJ, Morozov VA, Lazoryak BI, Lachgar A, “ The pillared layered framework of Ba₃(In_1-xM_x)₂(HXO₄)₆ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1; M = Fe, Cr; X = P, As): synthesis, crystal structure, thermal stability and Mossbauer spectroscopy”, Solid State Sciences, 2001, 3 (1-2): 143-153.

Ekaterina V. Anokhina, Cynthia S. Day, and Abdessadek Lachgar, “A new layered niobium oxochloride cluster compound with novel framework topology”, Chem. Comm. 2000, 16 1491-1492

Ekaterina V. Anokhina, Michael W. Essig, Cynthia S. Day, and Abdessadek Lachgar “Structural studies of indium and thallium insertion into the framework of the cluster compound Ti₂Nb₆Cl₁₄O₄“, Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39: (10) 2185-2188

Ekaterina V. Anokhina, Cynthia S. Day, and Abdessadek Lachgar, “Towards the Design of Open-Framework Cluster materials: A New Layered Niobium Oxochloride Related to Hexagonal Bronzes”, Angew. Chem. 2000, 39: (6) 1047

Ekaterina V. Anokhina, Michael W. Essig, Cynthia S. Day, and Abdessadek Lachgar “Ti₂Nb₆O₁₂: A Novel Niobium Oxide Cluster Compound with “Chevrel Phase” Intercluster Connectivity Type”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 6827-6833

Nagele A, Gibson K, Lachgar A, Meyer HJ “Synthesis, structure, and decomposition of (NH₄)₂[Mo₆Cl₁₄]•H₂O”, Z. Anorg Allgem Chem. 1999, 625: (5) 799-802

X. Tang, A. Jones, B.J. Gross, J.L. Yarger, and A. Lachgar, “Synthesis, Crystal Structure, NMR Studies, and Thermal Stability of Mixed Iron-Indium Phosphates with Quasi One-dimensional Frameworks” Inorg. Chem., 1999, 38(26), 6032-6038

Nägele, E. Anokhina, J. Sitar, H.-J. Meyer, and A. Lachgar “Synthesis and Crystal Structures of ATi[Nb₆Cl₁₈] Compounds (A = K, Rb, Cs, In, Tl), Z. Naturforsch. Accepted, Oct. 1999

E.V.Anokhina, M.W.Essig, A.Lachgar, “Ti₂Nb₆Cl₁₄O₄: A Unique 2D-1D Network Combination in Niobium Cluster Chemistry” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1998, 37, 522-525.

Awards and Accomplishments

Ranlet S. Bell and Frank M. Bell, Jr. Faculty Fellowship 2009-2012
Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award 2010-2011