selected publications academic article Bent and Stretched but Not Yet to the Breaking Point: C8−C16 sp Carbon Chains That Span Two Platinum Atoms and the First Structurally Characterized 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15-Octayne. Inorganic Chemistry. 40:3263-3264. 2001 document Cover Picture: A Synthetic Breakthrough into an Unanticipated Stability Regime: A Series of Isolable Complexes in which C6, C8, C10, C12, C16, C20, C24, and C28 Polyynediyl Chains Span Two Platinum Atoms (Chem. Eur. J. 25/2006). Chemistry: A European Journal. 6339-6339. 2006