Gordon J. Miller
Senior Scientist, Materials Chemistry & Biomolecular Materials, Ames Laboratory
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University
321 Spedding Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
phone 515.294.6063, fax 515.294.0105, email: gmiller@iastate.edu
Education
| Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL | 1986 |
| B.S. Chemistry (Summa cum laude), University of Rochester, Rochester, NY | 1982 |
Professional Appointments
| Visiting Scientist, MPI-CPfS, Dresden, Germany | 2006 |
| Visiting Scientist, MPI-FKF, Stuttgart, Germany | 2002 |
| Visiting Scientist, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland | 1999 |
| Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University | 1990 - Present |
| Research Scientist, MPI-FKF, Stuttgart, Germany | 1987 - 1990 |
Honors, Awards and Professional Activities
| Mid-Career Award in Excellence in Research & Artistic Creativity, Iowa State University | 2006 |
| Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 2005 - Present |
| Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Solid State Chemistry | 2003 - Present |
| Editorial Advisory Board, Inorganic Chemistry | 1999 - Present |
| Editor, Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 1998 - 2005 |
| Specialist to China Key Studies Development Plan | 1996 |
| Exxon Faculty Fellowship in Solid State Chemistry | 1995 |
| Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 1994 - 1998 |
Selected Publications
Gourdon, O. and Miller, G. J., “Intergrowth Compounds in the Zn-rich Zn-Pd System: Towards 1D Quasicrystal Approximants,” Chem. Mater., 2006, 18, 1848-1856.
Miller, G.J., “Rare-Earth Tetrelides, RE5(Si, Ge)4: Materials for Magnetic Refrigeration,” Chem. Soc. Rev., 2006, 35, 799-813.
Gourdon, O., Gout, D., Miller,G.J., “Electronic States of Intermetallic Compounds,” in Encyclopedia of Condensed Matter Physics, Eds. G. Bassani, G. Liedl, P. Wyder, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2005, pp. 409-422.
Gout, D., Barker, T.J., Gourdon, O., Miller, G. J., “A New Superstructure for the BaAl4-Structure Type: An Experimental and Theoretical Study of La2NiAl7,” Chem. Mater., 2005, 17, 3661-3667.
Gourdon, O.; Bud’ko, S. L.; Williams, D.; Miller, G. J. “Crystallographic, Electronic and Magnetic Studies of ζ2-GaM (M = Cr, Mn, or Fe): From Antiferromagnetism to Ferromagnetism,” Inorg. Chem., 2004, 43, 3210-3218.
Choe, W.; Pecharsky, A. O.; Wörle, M.; Miller, G. J. “ ‘Nanoscale Zippers’ in Gd5(SixGe1-x)4: Symmetry and Chemical Influences on the Nanoscale Zipping Action,” Inorg. Chem., 2003, 42, 8223-8229.
Mozharivskyj, Yu.; Choe, W.; Pecharsky, A. O.; Miller, G. J. “Phase Transformation Driven by Valence Electron Concentration: Tuning Interslab Bond Distances in Gd5GaxGe4-x,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 15183-15190.
Miller, G. J.; Lee, C.-S.; Choe, W. “Structure and Bonding Around the Zintl Border,” Highlights in Inorganic Chemistry, Ed. G. Meyer, Wiley-VCH, 2002, 21-54.
Lee, C.-S.; Miller, G. J. “Li10Mg6Zn31Al3: A New Intermetallic Phase Containing Building Blocks for Decagonal Quasicrystals,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 4740-4742; Angew. Chem., 2001, 113, 4876-4878.
Lee, C.-S.; Miller, G. J. "Where Are The Elements in Complex Aluminides? An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Quasicrystalline Approximants Mg2-y(ZnxAl1-x)3+y,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 4937-4947.
Materials Chemistry and
Biomolecular Materials Program
Ames Laboratory
Iowa State University
142 Spedding Hall
Ames, IA 50011 USA
Phone: 1.515.294.7568
FAX: 1.515.294.4709
