Bold indicates Forbes group member, * indicates corresponding author

2025

Celik, E, P. Le Magueres, E. W. Reinheimer, K. P. Carter*, T. Z. Forbes*, “Mechanochemical Synthesis and Micro-Electron Diffraction Analysis of Rare Earth-Aminopolycarboxylate Coordination Compounds.” (2025) Accepted, CrystEngComm (invited article)

Rajapaksha, H., G. C. Benthin, E. L. Markun, C. J. Flester, S. E. Mason*, T. Z. Forbes*, “Contrasting bonding and radical chemistry in isostructural uranyl and neptunyl peroxide phases, a spectroscopic and computational study.” (2025) Accepted, Nature Chemistry Communications (invited article – Special edition on f-block chemistry)

Celik, E, D. May, K. P. Carter, R. Riessen, S. Wright, J. Nassif, R. S. Cole, and T. Z. Forbes*, “Novel approaches to meeting the radiochemistry workforce needs:  A case study of the University of Iowa Radiochemistry Graduate Certificate program” (2025) Accepted, Journal of Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry (special edition on MARC)

Kim, S., Scherrer, S. K., Shapiro, N. M., Park, C. M., Forbes, T. Z., Cwiertny, D. M. Removal of uranium by polymer metal oxide nanofibers composites:  Enhanced performance through integration of phthalic acid.” (2025) ACS Applied Engineering Materials

Markun, E. L, A. B. Motes, T. Z. Forbes* “Mechanochemical oxidation and dissolution of uranium oxide phases:  Implications for nuclear material processing.” (2025) Journal of Nuclear Materials, 617, 156142

Kruse, S.J., S. K. Scherrer, G. P. Horne, J. A. LaVerne, T. Z. Forbes* “The inorganic chemist’s guide to actinide radiation chemistry: A review.”  (2025) Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Advance Article

Samarasiri, V.S. H. Rajapaksha, S. McGee, T. Z. Forbes*  “Formation of U(VI) peroxide nanoclusters from radical cascade reactions.”  (2025) Dalton Transaction, 54, 13129-13142.

 Kruse, S. J., T. Z. Forbes, L R. MacGillivray* “Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Halogen-Bonded Dipyridyl-Naphthalenediimide Cocrystals.” (2025) Crystal Growth & Design 25, 4968-4973.

Scherrer, S.K., T. Z. Forbes* “Enhanced direct air capture by uranyl superoxide:  A comprehensive study of the carbonation reactions.” (2025), Materials Chemistry A 13, 17590-17602.

Rajapaksha, H., S. J. Kruse, J.A. LaVerne, S.E. Mason, T. Z. Forbes* “Radiation-effects in uranyl tetrachloro coordination compounds:  Impacts of lattice water.”  (2025) Inorganic Chemistry 64, 9652-9661.

Kumar, A., R. R. Golwankar, M. M. F. Pyrch, K. P. Carter, A. G. Oliver, V. W. Day, T. Z. Forbes*, and J. D. Blakemore*. “Macrocyclic control of electron transfer to high valent uranium in heterobimetallic complexes.” (2025), Dalton Transactions 54, 8061-8075.

Samarasiri, V.S., S. McGee, and T. Z. Forbes* “Direct polymer coating to modify water uptake and selectivity within metal organic nanotubes.” (2025) Advanced Materials Interfaces 12, 2400731.

Jahinge, T.H. L., and T. Z. Forbes* “Investigating the Influence of Pore Wall-Water Interactions on Proton Conductivity within Metal-Organic Nanotubes using electrochemical impedance.” (2025) Crystal Research and Technology, 60, 2400181

2024

Jahinge, T.H.L., V. S. Samarasiri, and T. Z. Forbes* “Water networks within metal organic nanotubes:  Assessment of techniques to understand structure and properties.” (2024) European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 27, e202400327.

Benthin, G. C., H. Rajapaksha, E. L. Markun, S.E. Mason and T. Z. Forbes* “Probing the Protonation and Stability of Heptavalent Neptunium with Computational Guidance.” (2024) Dalton Transactions, 3, 16170-16185

Scherrer, S.K., H. Rajapaksha, D.V. Kravchuk, S.E. Mason and T. Z. Forbes*, “Impacts of Trace Level Chromium on Formation of Superoxide within Uranyl Triperoxide Complexes.” (2024) ChemComm (Invited as part of 60^th Anniversary Collection) 60, 10584-10587

Kruse, S. J., P. LeMagueres, E. Reinheimer, T. Z. Forbes, and L. R. MacGillivray “Structural integrity of symmetric and unsymmetric bis-pyridyl ethylene powders exposed to gamma radiation.” (2024) Crystal Growth and Design 24, 8899–8906

George III, G. C., S. J. Kruse, T. Z. Forbes, and K M. Hutchins “Of-the-shelf thermosalience of anthracene-9-thiocarboxamide.” (2024) ChemComm 60, 7697-7700

 Kruse, S. J., H. Rajapaksha, J. A. LaVerne, S.E. Mason, and T. Z. Forbes*, “Radiation-Induced Defects in Uranyl Trinitrate Solids”, (2024) Chemistry -A European Journal 30, e202400956.

Scherrer, S.K., S. M. Greer, H. Rajapaksha, B. W. Stein* and T. Z. Forbes* “Superoxide Radicals in Uranyl Peroxide Solids:  Lasting Signatures Identified by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy” (2024) Angewandte Chemie 136, e202400379.

Herder, J. A., S. J. Kruse, A. D. Nicholas, T. Z. Forbes, E. D Walter, H. Cho, C. L. Cahill “Systematic study of solid-state U(VI) photoreactivity: Long-lived radicalization and electron transfer in uranyl tetrachloride.” (2024) Inorganic Chemistry 53, 3397-3406.

 Rajapaksha, H. G. Benthin, E.L. Markun, S.E. Mason, and T. Z. Forbes*, “Synthesis, characterization, and Density Functional Theory investigation of (CH₆N₃)₂[(NpO₂)Cl₃] and Rb[(NpO₂)Cl₂(H₂O)] chain structures”, (2024) Dalton Transactions 53, 3397-3406.

 Kravchuk, D. V., L. J. Augustine, M.M.F. Pyrch, G. C. Benthin, H. Rajapaksha, S. E. Mason, E. R. Batista, P. Yang and T. Z. Forbes* “Insights into the mechanism of neptunium oxidation to the heptavalent state”, (2024) Chemistry – A European Journal 30, e202304049.

2023

Jahinge, T. H. L., M. K. Payne, D. K. Unruh, A. Jayasinghe, W. H. Casey, P. Yu and T. Z. Forbes*.  “Characterization of Water Structure and Phase Behavior Within Metal Organic Nanotubes.” (2023) Langmuir 39, 18899-18908.

Rajapaksha, H. G. Benthin, D. V. Kravchuk, H. Lightfoot, S.E. Mason, and T. Z. Forbes*, “Three-Dimensional Non-Covalent Interaction Network within [(NpO₂)Cl₄]^2- Coordination Compounds:  Influence on Thermochemical and Vibrational Properties”, (2023) Inorganic Chemistry, 62, 17265-17275.

Hutchison, D.C., D.V. Kravchuk, H. Rajapaksha, S. Stegman, T. Z. Forbes and R. E. Wilson “Synthesis of Li₂NpO₄ and Li₄NpO₄, from aqueous lithium hydroxide solutions under mild hydrothermal conditions and determination of their single-crystal structures.” (2023) Inorganic Chemistry, 62, 16564-16573.

Kruse, S. J, H. Rajapaksha, L. R. MacGillivray, T. Z. Forbes,* J. A. LaVerne* “Atomistic-level effects of noncovalent interactions and crystalline packing for organic material structural integrity upon exposure to gamma radiation.”  (2023) Chemistry – A European Journal, 29, 64, e202302653 

Rajapaksha, H., S.E. Mason, and T. Z. Forbes*, “Synthesis, characterization, and Density Functional Theory Investigation of the [(UO₂)Cl₄H₂O]^2- Complex”, (2023) Inorganic Chemistry 62, 35, 14318-14325.

Rajapaksha, H., L. J. Augustine, S. E. Mason, and T. Z. Forbes* “An experimental and computational effort to determine the formation enthalpy and vibrational properties of solid-state uranyl halides and its influence by hydrogen bonds.” (2023) Angewandte Chemie International Edition (designated VIP by the editors), 33, e202305073

 Augustine, L. J., M.M.F. Pyrch, D. V. Kravchuk, J.M. Williams, S.E. Mason, and T. Z. Forbes*.  “Density Functional Theory Guided Investigation of Ligand-Induced Neptunyl-Neptunyl Interactions.” (2023) European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 26, e202200693

 Augustine, L. J., J. M. Kasper, T. Z. Forbes, S. E. Mason, E. R. Batista, P. Yang. “Influencing properties of the neptunyl (V, VI) cations with electron-donating and withdrawing Groups.” (2023) Inorganic Chemistry, 62, 6055-6064.

Kruse, S J., L. C. MacGillivray and T. Z. Forbes*.  “Effects of Gamma Radiation on Single- and Multicomponent Organic Crystalline Materials.” (2023) Crystal Growth and Design 23, 3357-3366.

Jahinge, T.H.L., D.K. Unruh, and T. Z. Forbes*.  “Heterometallic uranyl (hydroxyethyl)iminodiacetic acid (heidi) complexes:  Molecular models for complex speciation.” (2023) European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 26, e202200791.

 Augustine, L. J., H. Rajapaksha, T. Z. Forbes*, and S. E. Mason* “Periodic Density Functional Theory Calculations of Uranyl Tetrachloride Compounds Engaged in Uranyl-Cation and Uranyl-Hydrogen Interactions: Electronic Structure, Vibrational, and Formation Energy Analysis”, (2023) Inorganic Chemistry, 62, 372-380.

 Meza, I., J. Gonzalez-Estrella, P. C. Burns, V. Rodriguez, G. Sigmon, J. Szymanowski, T. Z. Forbes, L. Applegate, A.-M. S. Ali, P. Lichtner, and J. M. Cerrato* “Solubility and thermodynamic investigation of meta-autinite group uranyl arsenate solids with monovalent cations sodium (Na) and potassium (K).” (2023)  Environmental Science & Technology, 57, 255-265.

2022

 Applegate, L. M., V. S. Samarasiri, J. Leddy, and T. Z. Forbes*.  “Impacts of surface adsorption on water uptake within a metal organic nanotube (MONT) material.”  (2022) Langmuir, 38, 14025-14035.

M. Carolan, D. May, A. DeSalvo, H. Gonzalez-Ribot, D. Thompson, D. M. Cwiertny, and T. Z. Forbes*²²⁶Ra and ²²⁸Ra Activity and Inorganic Contaminant Mixtures in Iowa Private Drinking Water Wells” (2022) AWWA Water Science, 4, e1311

Shaikh, N., J. Qian, A. Peroutka, M. Carolan, H. Phan, J. Lezama-Pacheco, D. M. Cwiertny, T. Z. Forbes***, A. J. Haes, and J. M. Cerrato*.  “U(VI) binding onto phosphonate functionalized electrospun polymers.” (2022) Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10, 108448.

 Pyrch, M. M. F., J. Bjorklund, J. M. Williams, M. Kasperski, S.E. Mason, and T. Z. Forbes*.  “Investigations of the Cobalt Hexamine Uranyl Carbonate System: Understanding the Influence of Charge and Hydrogen Bonding on the Modification of Vibrational Modes in Uranyl Compounds.”  (2022),  Inorganic Chemistry, 61, 15023-15036.

 Shohel, M., J.A. Smith and T. Z. Forbes*  “Cr³⁺ incorporation into Keggin cluster to form [Al_25.7Cr_6.3O₈(OH)₆₀(H₂O)₂₈(SO₄)₂]¹⁶⁺ polycation.”  (2022), Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 141, 109519

Shohel, M., K.K. Ray, A. V. Tivanski, N. E. B. McAdams, A. M. Bancroft, B. D. Cramer, and T. Z. Forbes*  “Nanomechanical variability in the early evolution of vertebrate dentition.”  (2022) Scientific Reports 12, 10203.

 Kravchuk, D. V. and T. Z. Forbes*  “Mechanochemical activation and oxidation of U(IV)O₂.”  (2022) ChemComm (invited article for Pioneering Investigators Issue), 58, 4528-4531.

Pyrch, M. M., L. J. Augustine, J. M. Williams, S.E. Mason and T. Z. Forbes*.  “Use of vibrational spectroscopy to identify the formation of neptunyl-neptunyl interactions:  A paired Density Functional Theory and Raman spectroscopy study.”  (2022) Dalton Transactions (invited article - listed as Hot Paper), 51, 4772-4785.

 Kravchuk, D. V. and T. Z. Forbes*  “Mechanochemical synthesis of crystalline U(VI) triperoxide solids.”  (2022) CrystEngComm (invited article), 24, 775-781.

Shohel, M.,* J. A. Smith, M. E. Carolan, and T. Z. Forbes*  “Thermal aging of heteroatom substituted Keggin type aluminum oxo polycation solutions : Aggregation behavior and impacts on humic acid and turbidity removal”  (2022) Environmental Science and Technology -Water, 2, 22-31.

Kravchuk, D.V. and T. Z. Forbes* “Thermodynamics and Chemical Behavior of Uranyl Superoxide at Elevated Temperatures.” (2022) ACS Materials Au, 2, 33-44.

2021

C. A. Velasco, A. J. Brearley, J. Gonzales-Estrella, A.-M. S. Ali, M. I. Meza, S. E. Cabaniss, B. M. Thomson, T. Z. Forbes, and J. M. Cerrato. "From adsorption to precipitation of U(VI):  What is the Role of pH and natural organic matter?" (2021) Environmental Science and Technology, 55, 16246-16256. link

J. M. Williams, M.M. Pyrch, D. K. Unruh, H. Lightfoot, T. Z. Forbes "Influence of heterocyclic N-donors on the structural topologies and vibrational spectroscopy of uranyl selenate phases." (2021) Journal of Solid-State Chemistry, 304, 122619. link

D.V. Kravchuk, N.N. Dahlen, S. J. Kruse, C. D. Malliakas, P.M. Shand, and T. Z. Forbes "Isolation and reactivy of uranyl superoxide." (2021) Angewandte Chemie International Endtion, 60, 15041-15048. link

M. K. Payne, L. Applegate, P. Singh, G. Crull, A. B. Grafton, C.M. Cheatum, and T. Z. Forbes "Selectivity for water isotopologues within metal organic nanotubes." (2021) RSC Advances, 11, 16706-16710. link

J. Bjorklund, M. Shohel, J. W. Bennett, J. A. Smith, M. E. Carolan, E. Hollar, T.Z. Forbes, S.E. Mason. "Density functional theory and thermodynamics analysis of MA12 Keggin substitution reactions:  Insights into ion incorporation and experimental confirmation." (2021) Journal of Chemical Physics, 154, 064303. link

M. Schohel, J. L. Bjorklund, D. V. Kravchuk, E. Orvum, S. E. Mason, T. Z. Forbes "Formation of the nanoscale [Ge₄O₁₆Al₄₈(OH)₁₀₈(H₂O)₂₄]²⁰⁺ from condensation of epsilon-GeA_l12 Keggin polycations."  (2021) Angewante Chemie International Edition, 133, 8837-8841. link

A.A. Peroutka, M. M. Pyrch, J. M. Willams, M. K. Payne, S. Machlin, T. Z. Forbes "Exploring competitive metal binding and crystallization of UO₂²⁺ and Cu²⁺ tetrahydrofuran-2,3,4,5-tetracarboxylic acid complexes (2021) Polyhedron, 194, 114904-114015. link

A. Blanes Diaz, D. V. Kravchuk, A. A. Peroutka, E. Cole, M. C. Basile, T. Z. Forbes "Photoinduced Transformation of Uranyl Nitrate Crown Ether Compounds" (2021) European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 166-176. link

2020

M. Shohel, J. L. Bjorklund, E. A. Ovrom, S. E. Mason, T. Z. Forbes "Ga³⁺ Incorporation into Al13 Keggin Polyoxometalates and the Formation of (GaAl₁₂)⁷⁺ and (Ga_2.5Al_28.5)¹⁹⁺ Polycations." (2020) Inorganic Chemistry, 59, 10461-10472. link

M. Shohel, N.E. B McAdams, B. D. Cramer, T. Z. Forbes. "Ontogenetic variability in crystallography and mosaicity of conodont apatite: implications for microstructure, palaeothermometry and geochemistry." (2020) Royal Society Open Science, 7, 200322-200334 link

D. V. Kravchuk, A. Blanes Diaz, M. E. Carolan, E. A. Mpundu, D. M. Cwiertny, T. Z. Forbes. "Uranyl Speciation on the Surface of Amidoximated Polyacrylonitrile Mats." (2020) Inorganic Chemistry 59, 8134-8145 link 

L.C. Applegate and T. Z. Forbes. "Controlling Water Structure and Behavior: Design Principles from Metal Organic Nanotubular Materials." (2020) CrystEngComm 22, 3406-3418 (Invited highlight- listed as HOT article) link  

M. M. Pyrch, J. L. Bjorklund, J. M. Williams, D. L. Parr IV, S. E. Mason, J. Leddy, T. Z. Forbes. "Impacts of hydrogen bonding interactions with Np(V/VI)O₂Cl₄ complexes: vibrational spectroscopy, redox behavior, and computational analysis." (2020) Dalton Transactions, 49, 6854-6866 link 

M. M. Pyrch, J. M. Williams, M. W. Kasperski, L. C. Applegate, T.Z. Forbes.  "Synthesis and Characterization of Np(VI) and U(VI) Tetrachloride Complexes Crystallized with 2,2-Bipyridine." (2020) Inorganica Chemica Acta, 508, 11628 link 

A. J. Johns, J. Qian, M. Carolan, N. Shaikh, J. M. Cerrato, T. Z. Forbes, and D. M. Cwiertny "Uranyl Speciation on the Surface of Amidoximated Polyacrylonitrile Mats." (2020) Inorganic Chemistry 59, 8134-8145 link 

2019

Kravchuk, D. V. and T. Z. Forbes* “In Situ Generation of Organic Peroxide to Create a Nanotubular Uranyl Peroxide Phosphate.” (2019) Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 51, 18429-18433. link

Pyrch, M. M., J. M. Williams, and T. Z. Forbes* “Exploring Crown-ether functionalization on the stabilization of hexavalent neptunium.” (2019) ChemComm, 55, 9319-9322. link

Bjorklund, J.L., M. M. Pyrch, M. C. Basile, S.E. Mason, and T. Z. Forbes* “Actinyl-cation interactions:  Experimental and theoretical assessment of [U(VI)O2Cl4]2- and [Np(VI)O2Cl4]2- in solid state and aqueous solutions.” (2019) Dalton Transactions, 48, 8861-8871. link

Bjorklund, J. L., J. W. Bennett, T.Z. Forbes, and S. E. Mason* “Keggin Heteroatom Reactivity Comparison by Anion Adsorption.” (2019) Crystal Growth and Design, 19, 2820-2829 link

Jayasinghe, A., L. Applegate, D. K. Unruh, and T. Z. Forbes*  “Utilizing autoxidation of solvents to promote the formation of uranyl peroxide materials.”  (2019) Crystal Growth and Design, 19, 1756-1766 link

Flynn, S., L., K. von Gunten, T. Warchola, T. Z. Forbes, K. O Konhauser, G. G. Goss, J. W. Martin, D. S. Alessi* “Characterization and implications of solids associated with hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water from the Duvernay Formation, Alberta, Canada.” (2019) Environmental Science:  Processes and Impacts 21, 242-255. link

2018

Carter, K. P., J. Jian, M. M. Pyrch, T. Z. Forbes, R. J. Abergel, W. A. de Jong, J. K. Gibson “Reductive activation of the neptunyl and plutonyl oxo species with a hydroxypyridinone chelating ligand.” (2018) ChemComm 54, 10698-10701. link

Payne, M. K., Pyrch, M. M. Jubinsky, M., Basile, M.C., and T.Z. Forbes* “Impact of oxo groups on actinyl materials:  Highlight on thermal expansion behaviour.” (2018) ChemComm 54, 10828-10831. link

Lu, G., A. J. Haes*, and T.Z. Forbes* “Detection and identification of uranium species using vibrational spectroscopy.” (2018) Coordination Chemistry Reviews 374, 314-344. link

Lu, G., A. J. Johns, B. Neupane, H. Phan, D. M. Cwiertny, T. Z. Forbes, and A. J. Haes* “Matrix-independent SERS detection of uranyl using electrospun amidoximated polyacrylonitrile mats.” (2018) Analytical Chemistry, 90, 6766-6772. link

Basile, M., E. Cole, and T.Z. Forbes* “Impacts of oxo interactions within neptunyl crown ether complexes.”  (2018) Inorganic Chemistry, 57, 6016-6028. link

Jayasinghe, A., M. Payne, D. Unruh, A. Johns, J. Leddy, and T.Z. Forbes* “Diffusion and selectivity of water confined within metal-organic nanotubes.” (2018) Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6, 1531-1539. link

2017

Payne, M., R. Laird, T. Buresh, and T.Z. Forbes* “Use of zwitterionic ligands in uranyl hybrid materials:  Explorations on the structural features that control water ordering and mobility.” (2017) Crystal Growth and Design, 17, 6498-6509. link

Bennett, J. W., J. L. Bjorklund, and T.Z. Forbes** and S. E. Mason “A survey of reactivity relationships of anionic adsorbates on aluminum nanoclusters.” (2017) Inorganic Chemistry, 56, 13014-13028. link

Basile, M., D. K. Unruh, E. Cole, L. Streicher, and T.Z. Forbes* “Spectral Analysis of the Uranyl Squarate and Croconate System: Evaluating Differences between the Solution and Solid-State Phases.” (2017) Crystal Growth and Design, 17, 5330-5341. link

Jayasinghe A., M. Payne, and T.Z. Forbes* “Synthesis and characterization of heterometallic uranyl pyridinedicarboxylate compounds.” (2017) Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 254 25-31. link

Perkins, C. K., E.S. Eitrheim, B. L. Fulton, L. B. Fullmer, C. A. Colla, D.-H. Park, A. F. Oliveri, W. H. Casey, M. Nyman, T. Z. Forbes, D. W. Johnson, and D. A. Keszler. “Synthesis of aluminum hydroxide octamer by a simple dissolution approach.”  (2017) Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 56 10161-10164. link

Knight, A. W., B. Qiao, R. Chiarizia, G. Ferru, T.Z. Forbes, R. Ellis, L. Soderholm “Subtle Effects of Aliphatic Alcohol Structure on water extraction and solute aggregation in biphasic water/n-dodecane.”  (2017) Langmuir 33, 3776-3786. link

de Groot, J., B.A. Cassell, M. Basile, T. Fetrow, and T.Z. Forbes* “Charge-assisted hydrogen bonding and crystallization effects within U(VI) glycine and formate compounds.” (2017) European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2017, 1938-1946. link

A.W. Nelson, E. S. Eitrheim, D. May, D.W. Wichman, T.Z. Forbes and M.K. Schultz “Lead-210 and Polonium-210 accumulate in a lake receiving industrial waste discharges – Anthropogenic or natural?” (2017) Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 167, 222-221. link

2016

Eitrheim, E. S., D. May, T.Z. Forbes and A. W. Nelson “Mobility of naturally-occurring radioactive materials in drill cuttings from unconventional drilling operations.” (2016) Environmental Science and Technology Letters 3, 425-429. link

Jayasinghe, A., S.H. Salzman, and T.Z. Forbes* “Metal substitution into metal organic nanotubes:  Impacts on solvent uptake and stability.”  (2016) Crystal Growth and Design 16, 7058-7066. link

Knight, A. W., E. E. Eitrheim, A.W. Nelson, M. Peterson, D. McAlister, T. Z. Forbes, M. K. Schultz “Trace-Level extraction behavior of actinide elements by aliphatic alcohol extractants in mineral acids:  Insights into the trace solution chemistry of protactinium.”  (2016) Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange 34, 509-521. link

Lu, Grace, T.Z. Forbes, A. J. Haes* “SERS detection of uranyl using functionalized gold nanostars promoted by nanoparticle shape and size.“ (2016) Analyst 141, 5137-5143. link

Nelson, A.W. A. Johns, E. S. Eitrheim, A. W. Knight, M. Basile, A. Bettis III, M. K. Schultz and T.Z. Forbes “Barium confounds utility of Radium as environmental indicator of Marcellus shale unconventional drilling waste.”  (2016) Environmental Science:  Processes and Impacts 18, 456-463. link

Cole, E., E. Flores, M. Basile, A. Jayasinghe, J. de Groot, D. K. Unruh, and T.Z. Forbes* “Directing dimensionality in uranyl malate and copper uranyl malate compounds.” (2016) Polyhedron (Special Issue on Undergraduate Research) 114, 378-384. link

Lu, G., T.Z. Forbes, and A. J. Haes* “Evaluating Best Practices in Raman Spectral Analysis for Uranium Speciation and Relative Abundance in Aqueous Solutions.”  (2016) Analytical Chemistry 88, 773-780. link

2015

Corum, K. W.; Fairley, M.; Unruh, D. K.; Payne, M. K.; Forbes, T. Z.*, and Mason, S. E.*  "Characterization of Phosphate and Arsenate Adsorption onto Keggin-Type Al30 Cations by Experimental and Theoretical Methods."  (2015) Inorganic Chemistry 54 (17), 8367-8374.  link

Jayasinghe, A. S.; Unruh, D. K.; Kral, A.; Libo, A.; and Forbes, T. Z.*  "Structural Features in Metal-Organic Nanotube Crystals That Influence Stability and Solvent Uptake."  (2015) Crystal Growth & Design 15 (8), 4062-4070.  link

Fairley, M.; Corum, K. W.; Johns, A.; Unruh, D. K.; Basile, M.; de Groot, J.; Mason, S. E.* and Forbes, T. Z.*  "Isolation and characterization of the [Ga2Al18O8(OH)36(H2O)12]18+ cluster: Cationic Variations of the Wells-Dawson topology." (2015) Chemical Communications 51, 12467-12469.  link

Knight, A. W.; Nelson, A. W.; Eitrheim, E. S.; Forbes, T. Z.; and Schultz, M. K.*  "A chromatographic separation of neptunium and protactinium using 1-octanol impregnated onto a solid phase support." (2015) Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry.  link

Nelson, A. W.; Eitrheim, E. S.; Knight, A. W.; May, D.; Mehrhoff, M. A.; Shannon, R.; Litman, R.; Burnett, W. C.; Forbes, T. Z.; and Schultz, M. K.*  "Understanding the Radioactive Ingrowth and Decay of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in the Environment: An Analysis of Produced Fluids from the Marcellus Shale."  (2015) Environmental Health Perspectives 123 (7), 689-696.  link

Unruh, D. K.; de Groot, J.; Fairley, M.; Libo, A.; Miller, S.; and Forbes, T. Z.* "Interplay of Condensation and Chelation in Binary and Ternary Th(IV) Systems." (2015) Inorganic Chemistry 54 (4), 1395-1404.  link

Basile, M.; Unruh, D. K.; Gojdas, K.; Flores, E.; Streicher, L.; and Forbes, T. Z.* "Chemical controls on uranyl citrate speciation and the self-assembly of nanoscale macrocycles and sandwich complexes in aqueous solution." (2015) Chemical Communications. 51, 5306-5309.  link 
(Part of the themed collection of 2015 Emerging Investigators)

Basile, M., D. K. Unruh, E. Flores, A. Johns, and T. Z. Forbes*. "Structural characterization of environmentally relevant ternary uranyl citrate complexes present in aqueous solutions and solid state materials." (2015) Dalton Transactions 44, 2597-2605.  link 
(Part of the themed collection of Dalton Discussion 14: Advancing the chemistry of the f-elements)

2014

Sahu, Sulata K., D. K. Unruh, T. Z. Forbes*, and A. Navrotsky. "Energetics of Formation and Hydration of a Porous Metal Organic Nanotube." (2014) Chemistry of Materials 26 (17), 5105-5112. link

Unruh, D. K., A. Libo, L. Streicher, and T. Z. Forbes*. "Synthesis and characterization of 1-D uranyl thiodigycolate coordination polymers." (2014) Polyhedron 73, 110-117. link

de Groot, J., K. Gojdas, D. K. Unruh, and T. Z. Forbes*. "Use of Charge-Assisted Hydrogen Bonding in the Supramolecular Assembly of Hybrid Uranyl Materials." (2014) Crystal Growth and Design 14 (3), 1357-1365. link

2013

Abeysinghe, S., K. W. Corum, D. L. Neff, S. E. Mason*, and T. Z. Forbes*. "Contaminant Adsorption on Nanoscale Particles: Structural and Theoretical Characterization of Cu2+ Bonding on the Surface of Keggin-Type Polyaluminum (Al30) Molecular Species." (2013) Langmuir 29 (46), 14124-14134. link

Unruh, D. K., K. Gojdas, E. Flores, A. Libo, and T. Z. Forbes*. "Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Hydrolysis Products within the Uranyl Iminodiacetate and Malate Systems" (2013) Inorganic Chemistry 52 (17), 10191-10198. link

Fairley, M., D. K. Unruh, A. Donovan, S. Abeysinghe, and T. Z. Forbes*. "Synthesis and characterization of homo- and heteronuclear molecular Al3+ and Th4+ species chelated by the ethylenediaminetetracetate (edta) ligand." (2013) Dalton Transactions 42, 13706-13714. link

Unruh, D. K., K. Gojdas, A. Libo, and T. Z. Forbes*. "Development of Metal-Organic Nanotubes Exhibiting Low-Temperature, Reversible Exchange of Confined "Ice Channels."" (2013) Journal of the American Chemical Society 135 (20), 7398-7401. link

Abeysinghe, S., D. K. Unruh, and T. Z. Forbes*. "Surface Modification of Al30 Keggin-Type Polyaluminum Molecular Clusters." (2013) Inorganic Chemistry 52 (10), 5991-5999. link

Alessi, D. S., J. E. S. Szymanowski, T. Z. Forbes, A. N. Quicksall, G. E. Sigmon, P. C. Burns, J. B. Fein.  “Mineralogic controls on aqueous neptunium(V) concentrations in silicate systems." (2013) Journal of Nuclear Materials 433, 233-239. link

2012

Fairley, M., D. K. Unruh, S. Abeysinghe, and T. Z. Forbes*. “Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Heterometallic Thorium Aluminum Polynuclear Molecular Clusters.”  (2012) Inorganic Chemistry 51 (17), 9491-9498. link

Abeysinghe, S., D. K. Unruh, and T. Z. Forbes*.  “Crystallization of Keggin-Type Polyaluminum Species by Supramolecular Interactions with Disulfonate Anions.”  (2012) Crystal Growth and Design 12 (4), 2044-2051. link