Alberto Romão Dias
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Alberto Romão Dias was a full professor of the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the Instituto Superior Técnico
(IST) of the Technical University of Lisbon
in Portugal
.
His alma mater includes graduating from industrial-chemical engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico in 1964, a Ph.D. in chemistry from Oxford University in 1970, and Aggregation at the Instituto Superior Técnico
in 1979.
His research interests were in the area of inorganic chemistry
, particularly chemistry of coordination compounds and the organometallic chemistry of transition metal
s. The latter work has been on mono and polynuclear complex containing the fragment M(h5-C5H5)2.
Other topics in which he was interested include the synthesis of complexes with p ligands, reactions of metal vapours with different subtracts aiming at the synthesis of new compounds and the preparation of species with catalytic polimerization of olefins with transition metal complexes.
Recent research in this group includes the synthesis of new organometallic compounds (some of them with nonlinear optical properties), their characterization (including the X-ray determination of the molecular structure), the study of their reactivity and of their redox
behaviour, the determination of the metal-ligand bond energies from data obtained by calorimetry
and the study of chemical bond using molecular orbital theory.
Dias recently published the book Ligação Química (English: Chemical Bond) in October 2006. This text is used mainly as a study guide for "Chemistry I" students at the Instituto Superior Técnico.
Alberto Romão Dias died on July 15, 2007.
Instituto Superior Técnico
Instituto Superior Técnico is a reputed school of engineering, part of Universidade Técnica de Lisboa . IST is the largest and the most prestigious school of engineering in Portugal...
(IST) of the Technical University of Lisbon
Technical University of Lisbon
The Technical University of Lisbon is a Portuguese public university. It was created in 1930 in Lisbon, as a confederation of older schools, and comprises, nowadays, the faculties and institutes of veterinary medicine; agricultural sciences; economics and business administration; engineering,...
in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
.
His alma mater includes graduating from industrial-chemical engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico in 1964, a Ph.D. in chemistry from Oxford University in 1970, and Aggregation at the Instituto Superior Técnico
Instituto Superior Técnico
Instituto Superior Técnico is a reputed school of engineering, part of Universidade Técnica de Lisboa . IST is the largest and the most prestigious school of engineering in Portugal...
in 1979.
His research interests were in the area of inorganic chemistry
Inorganic chemistry
Inorganic chemistry is the branch of chemistry concerned with the properties and behavior of inorganic compounds. This field covers all chemical compounds except the myriad organic compounds , which are the subjects of organic chemistry...
, particularly chemistry of coordination compounds and the organometallic chemistry of transition metal
Transition metal
The term transition metal has two possible meanings:*The IUPAC definition states that a transition metal is "an element whose atom has an incomplete d sub-shell, or which can give rise to cations with an incomplete d sub-shell." Group 12 elements are not transition metals in this definition.*Some...
s. The latter work has been on mono and polynuclear complex containing the fragment M(h5-C5H5)2.
Other topics in which he was interested include the synthesis of complexes with p ligands, reactions of metal vapours with different subtracts aiming at the synthesis of new compounds and the preparation of species with catalytic polimerization of olefins with transition metal complexes.
Recent research in this group includes the synthesis of new organometallic compounds (some of them with nonlinear optical properties), their characterization (including the X-ray determination of the molecular structure), the study of their reactivity and of their redox
Redox
Redox reactions describe all chemical reactions in which atoms have their oxidation state changed....
behaviour, the determination of the metal-ligand bond energies from data obtained by calorimetry
Calorimetry
Calorimetry is the science of measuring the heat of chemical reactions or physical changes. Calorimetry is performed with a calorimeter. The word calorimetry is derived from the Latin word calor, meaning heat...
and the study of chemical bond using molecular orbital theory.
Dias recently published the book Ligação Química (English: Chemical Bond) in October 2006. This text is used mainly as a study guide for "Chemistry I" students at the Instituto Superior Técnico.
Alberto Romão Dias died on July 15, 2007.