Alexander F. Wells
Alexander Frank Wells (1912 – 1994), or A. F. Wells, was a British chemist and crystallographer. He is known for his work on structural inorganic chemistry, which includes the description and classification of structural motifs, such as the polyhedral coordination environments, in crystals obtained from X-ray crystallography.[1] His work is summarized in a classic reference book, Structural inorganic chemistry, first appeared in 1945 and has since gone through five editions.
Education and career
Wells studied at University of Oxford and University of Cambridge, where he obtained his PhD in X-ray crystallography in 1937. He worked as research scientist at Cambridge from 1937 to 1940 and at University of Birmingham from 1940 till 1944. He moved to the industry afterwards, working as a senior research associate at Imperial Chemical Industries from 1944 to 1968. He then moved back to academia and became a Professor of Chemistry at University of Connecticut in the USA from 1968 until his retirement in 1980.[2]
Bibliography
Paper series
- Wells, A. F. (1954-09-20). "The geometrical basis of crystal chemistry. Part 1". Acta Crystallographica. 7 (8–9): 535–544. doi:10.1107/S0365110X5400182X. ISSN 0365-110X.
- Wells, A. F. (1954-09-20). "The geometrical basis of crystal chemistry. Part 2". Acta Crystallographica. 7 (8–9): 545–554. doi:10.1107/S0365110X54001831. ISSN 0365-110X.
- Wells, A. F. (1954-12-10). "The geometrical basis of crystal chemistry. Part 3". Acta Crystallographica. 7 (12): 842–848. doi:10.1107/S0365110X54002575. ISSN 0365-110X.
- Wells, A. F. (1954-12-10). "The geometrical basis of crystal chemistry. Part 4". Acta Crystallographica. 7 (12): 849–853. doi:10.1107/S0365110X54002587. ISSN 0365-110X.
- Wells, A. F. (1955-01-10). "The geometrical basis of crystal chemistry. Part 5". Acta Crystallographica. 8 (1): 32–36. doi:10.1107/S0365110X5500008X. ISSN 0365-110X.
- Wells, A. F. (1956-01-10). "The geometrical basis of crystal chemistry. Part 6". Acta Crystallographica. 9 (1): 23–28. doi:10.1107/S0365110X56000048. ISSN 0365-110X.
- Wells, A. F.; Sharpe, R. R. (1963-09-10). "The geometrical basis of crystal chemistry. VII. On three-dimensional polyhedra and networks". Acta Crystallographica. 16 (9): 857–871. doi:10.1107/S0365110X63002358. ISSN 0365-110X.
- Wells, A. F. (1965-05-10). "The geometrical basis of crystal chemistry. VIII". Acta Crystallographica. 18 (5): 894–900. doi:10.1107/S0365110X65002177. ISSN 0365-110X.
- Wells, A. F. (1968-01-23). "The geometrical basis of crystal chemistry. IX. Some properties of plane nets". Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry. 24 (1): 50–57. doi:10.1107/S056774086800169X. ISSN 0567-7408.
- Wells, A. F. (1969-09-15). "The geometrical basis of crystal chemistry. X. Further study of three-dimensional polyhedra". Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry. 25 (9): 1711–1719. doi:10.1107/S0567740869004626. ISSN 0567-7408.
- Wells, A. F. (1972-03-15). "The geometrical basis of crystal chemistry. XI. Further study of 3-dimensional 3-connected nets". Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry. 28 (3): 711–713. doi:10.1107/S0567740872003061. ISSN 0567-7408.
- Wells, A. F. (1976-09-15). "The geometrical basis of crystal chemistry. XII. Review of structures on three-dimensional 3-connected nets". Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry. 32 (9): 2619–2626. doi:10.1107/S0567740876008376. ISSN 0567-7408.
Other selected papers
- Mann, F. G.; Wells, A. F. (1937-09-18). "Phosphine and Arsine Derivatives of the Group 1(b) Metals: Volatile Derivatives of Gold". Nature. 140 (3542): 502–502. doi:10.1038/140502a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- Powell, H. M.; Clark, D.; Wells, A. F. (1940-01-27). "Crystal Structure of Phosphorus Pentachloride". Nature. 145 (3665): 149–149. doi:10.1038/145149a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- Wells, A.F. (1940-08-01). "X. Finite complexes in crystals: a classification and review". The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. 30 (199): 103–134. doi:10.1080/14786444008520702. ISSN 1941-5982.
- Clark, D.; Powell, H. M.; Wells, A. F. (1942). "134. The crystal structure of phosphorus pentachloride". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed): 642. doi:10.1039/jr9420000642. ISSN 0368-1769.
- Wells, A. F. (1945-04-21). "Relation of Crystallography to Chemistry". Nature. 155 (3938): 468–471. doi:10.1038/155468a0. ISSN 0028-0836.
- Wells, A. F. (1947). "332. The crystal structure of CsCuCl3 and the crystal chemistry of complex halides ABX3". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed): 1662. doi:10.1039/jr9470001662. ISSN 0368-1769.
- Wells, A. F. (1947). "333. The crystal structure of anhydrous cupric chloride, and the stereochemistry of the cupric atom". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed): 1670. doi:10.1039/jr9470001670. ISSN 0368-1769.
- Wells, A. F. (1948). "The structures of metallic oxides". Quarterly Reviews, Chemical Society. 2 (3): 185. doi:10.1039/qr9480200185. ISSN 0009-2681.
- Wells, A. F. (1949). "12. Bond lengths in some inorganic molecules and complex ions". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed): 55. doi:10.1039/jr9490000055. ISSN 0368-1769.
- Wells, A. F. (1951-05-02). "Malachite: re-examination of crystal structure". Acta Crystallographica. 4 (3): 200–204. doi:10.1107/S0365110X51000714. ISSN 0365-110X.
- Wells, A. F. (1954). "The crystal structures of salt hydrates and complex halides". Quarterly Reviews, Chemical Society. 8 (4): 380. doi:10.1039/qr9540800380. ISSN 0009-2681.
- Wells, A.F. (1958), "The Structures of Crystals", Solid State Physics, Elsevier, vol. 7, pp. 425–503, doi:10.1016/s0081-1947(08)60556-1, ISBN 978-0-12-607707-0, retrieved 2022-05-04
- Strong, S. L.; Wells, A. F.; Kaplow, R. (1971-08-15). "On the crystal structure of B2O3". Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry. 27 (8): 1662–1663. doi:10.1107/S0567740871004515. ISSN 0567-7408.
- Wells, A.F. (1973). "The octahedron in chemistry". Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 6 (4): 469–478. doi:10.1016/S0022-4596(73)80003-9.
- Wells, A. F. (1986-08-28). "Survery of tetrahedral structures". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 319 (1548): 291–335. doi:10.1098/rsta.1986.0100. ISSN 0080-4614.
Books
- Wells, A. F. (1956). The third dimension in chemistry. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 310091153.
- Wells, A. F. (1970). Models in structural inorganic chemistry. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-855126-6. OCLC 638794788.
- Wells, A. F. (1977). Three-dimensional nets and polyhedra. New York: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-02151-2. OCLC 2543055.
- Wells, A. F. (1979). Further studies of three-dimensional nets. New York: American Crystallographic Association. ISBN 0-88318-259-9. OCLC 6329923.
- Wells, A. F. (2012). Structural inorganic chemistry (5th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-965763-6. OCLC 801026482.
References
- "Alexander F. Wells (1912-1994)". www.iucr.org. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
- "A. F. Wells oral history" (PDF).
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