 | William H. Casey Professor Email: whcasey@ucdavis.edu Phone:(530) 752-3211 Professor UC Davis, 1991 - Present. Sandia National Laboratories, 1985-1990. Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 1985. B.A. UC Davis, 1976. Group Page |
| Principal Research Interests |  |
Professor Casey is interested in the reactions between water, rock and minerals. Many weathering phenomena involve reactions with water on mineral surfaces, something which can be mimicked in the laboratory by studying the aqueous chemistry of metal aquo clusters by heteronuclear NMR and MS. Other interests include crystal growth, general cluster chemistry, bio-inorganic chemistry, and chemistry from an environmental aspect. | |
| Representative Publications Black, J. R., Yin, Q.Z., Rustad, J. R. and Casey, W. H. (2007) Magnesium isotopic equilibrium in chlorophylls. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 129(28), 8690-8691. Balogh, E., Anderson, T. M., Rustad, J. R., Nyman, M. and Casey, W. H. (2007) Rates of oxygen-isotope exchange between sites in the [HxTa6O19](8-x)-(aq) Lindqvist ion and aqueous solutions:Comparisons to [HxNb6O19](8-x)-(aq). Inorg. Chem. 46(17), 7032-7039. Balogh, E., Todea, A. M., Mueller, A. and Casey, W. H. (2007) Rates of ligand exchange between >FeIII-OH2 functional groups on a nanometer-sized aqueous cluster and bulk solution. Inorg. Chem. 46(17), 7087-7092. Weaver, M.L., Qiu, S.R., Hoyer, J.R., Casey, W.H., Nancollas, G.H., De Yoreo, J.J. (2007) Inhibition of calcium oxalate monohydrate growth by citrate and the effect of the background electrolyte. J. Cryst. Growth 306(1), 135-145 Casey, W. H. and Rustad, J. R., (2007) Reaction dynamics, molecular clusters, and aqueous geochemistry Annual Rev. Earth Sci & Planetary Sci., 35, 21-46. Wang, J. W., Rustad, J. R., and Casey, W. H., (2007) Calculation of water-exchange rates of aqueous polynuclear clusters and at oxide-water interfaces Inorg. Chem. 46(8), 2962-2964. | |