Recent Physical Chemistry Publications

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Rappé

Szamel

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Elliot Bernstein (back to top)

M. Foltin, G. Stueber, and E. R. Bernstein, "Dynamics of Neutral Cluster Growth and Cluster Ion Fragmentation for Toluene/Water, Aniline/Argon, and 4-Fluorostyrene/Argon Clusters: Covariance Mapping of the Mass Spectral Data," J. Chem. Phys. 109, 4342 (1998).

G. Stueber, M. Foltin, and E. R. Bernstein, "On the B Æ X Transitions of Expansion Cooled Silver Halides," J. Chem. Phys. 109, 9831 (1998).

J. Fernandez, J. Yao, J. A. Bray, and E. R. Bernstein, "Solvation of Radicals in Small Clusters," in Structure and Dynamics of Excited States, J. Laane, Ed. (Springer-Verlag, 1999) p. 71.

J. Fernandez, J. Yao, and E. R. Bernstein, "Solvation of Cyclopentadienyl and Substituted Cyclopentadienyl Radicals in Small Clusters: I. Nonpolar Solvents," J. Chem. Phys. 110, 5159 (1999).

J. Yao, J. Fernandez, and E. R. Bernstein, "Solvation of Cyclopentadienyl and Substituted Cyclopentadienyl Radicals in Small Clusters: II. Cyanocyclopentadienyl with Polar Solvents," J. Chem. Phys. 110, 5174 (1999).

J. Fernandez, J. Yao, and E. R. Bernstein, "Solvation of Cyclopentadienyl and Substituted Cyclopentadienyl Radicals in Small Clusters: III. Pre-Reactive Clusters," J. Chem. Phys. 110, 5183 (1999).

J. A. Bray and E. R. Bernstein, "3-Picolyl and 2,5-Lutidyl Radicals: Generation, Optical Spectroscopy, and Ab Initio Calculations," J. Phys. Chem. A, 103, 2208 (1999).

J. A. Bray and E. R. Bernstein, "Solvation of the 2,5-Lutidyl Radical in Small van der Waals Clusters," J. Phys. Chem. A, 103, 2214 (1999).

D. F. Kelley and E. R. Bernstein, "Comment on 'Excited-State Proton Transfer in 1-Naphthol(NH3)n Complexes: The Threshold Size in n = 4,' Chem. Phys. Lett. 293, 19 (1998)," Chem. Phys. Lett. 305, 230 (1999).

M. Foltin, G. Stueber, and E. R. Bernstein, "On the Growth Dynamics of Neutral Vanadium Oxide and Titanium Oxide Clusters," J. Chem. Phys., accepted.

Ellen Fisher (back to top)

G. Che, B. B. Lakshmi, C. R. Martin, E. R. Fisher, and R. S. Ruoff, "Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)-Based Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers Using a Template Method", Chem. Mater. 10, 260-267 (1998).

N. M. Mackie, D. G. Castner, and E. R. Fisher, "Characterization of Pulsed Plasma Polymerized Aromatic Films, Langmuir, 14, 1227-1235 (1998)

G. Che, B. B. Lakshmi, E. R. Fisher, and C. R. Martin "Carbon Nanotubule Membranes and Possible Applications to Electrochemical Energy Storage and Production", Nature, 393, 346-347 (1998).

P. R. McCurdy, J. M. Truitt, and E. R. Fisher, "Comparison of Oxidation Rates for a-Si1-xCx:H Films Deposited from Pulsed and Continuous Wave rf Plasmas", J. Electrochem. Soc. 145, 3271-3277 (1998).

V. M. Cepack, J. C. Hulteen, G. Che, K. B. Jirage, B. B. Lakshmi, E. R. Fisher, and C. R. Martin, "Fabrication and Characterization of Concentric-Tubular Composite Micro- and Nanostructures Using the Template-Synthesis Method", J. Mater. Res 13, (1998), in press.

N. E. Capps, N. M. Mackie, and E. R. Fisher, "Surface Interactions of CF2 Radicals During Deposition of Amorphous Fluorocarbon Films from CHF3 Plasmas", J. Appl. Phys., accepted for publication.

K. H. A. Bogart, S. K. Ramirez, L. A. Campuzano, G. R. Bogart, and E. R. Fisher, "Deposition of SiO2 Films from Novel Alkoxysilane/O2 Plasmas", J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, accepted for publication.

M. A. Leich, N. M. Mackie, K. L. Williams, and E. R. Fisher, "Pulsed Plasma Polymerization of Benzaldehyde for Retention of the Aldehyde Functional Group", Macromolecules, accepted for publication.

N. E. Capps, N. M. Mackie, and E. R. Fisher, "Surface Interactions of CF2 Radicals in Fluorocarbon Plasmas with a Variety of Substrate Materials", Proc. 29th Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, submitted for publication.

A. E. Lefohn, N. M. Mackie, and E. R. Fisher, "Comparison of Pulsed and Continuous Wave Deposition of Thin Films from Acetonitrile and Acrylonitrile Inductively Coupled Plasmas", Plasmas Polym., submitted for publication.

G. Che, B. B. Lakshmi, C. R. Martin, and E. R. Fisher, "Metal Nanocluster-filled Carbon Nanotubes: Catalytic Properties and Possible Applications in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Production", Langmuir, submitted for publication.

Marshall Fixman (back to top)

Stockmayer, W. H.; Moore, L. D., Jr.; Fixman, M.; Epstein, B. N. Copolymers in dilute solution. I. Preliminary results for styrene-methyl methacrylate. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. (1996), 34(6), 1005-18.

Baram, Asher; Fixman, Marshall. Random sequential adsorption: long time dynamics. J. Chem. Phys. (1995), 103(5), 1929-33.

Branka Ladanyi (back to top)

B.M. Ladanyi and R.M. Stratt, The Short-Time Dynamics of Vibrational Relaxation in Molecular Fluids, J. Phys. Chem. A 102, 1068-1082 (1998).

D.V. Matyushov and B.M. Ladanyi, Dispersion Solute-Solvent Coupling in Electron Transfer Reactions. I. Effective Potential, J. Chem. Phys. 108, 6362-6377 (1998).

G.H. Peslherbe, B.M. Ladanyi, and J.T. Hynes, A Trajectory Study of Photodissociation Dynamics in the Na(H2O) Cluster System, J. Phys. Chem. A 102, 4100-4110 (1998).

M. Maroncelli and B.M. Ladanyi, Mechanisms of Solvation Dynamics of Polyatomic Solutes in Polar and Nondipolar Solvents: A Simulation Study, J. Chem. Phys. 109, 3204-3221 (1998).

B.C. Perng and B.M. Ladanyi, A Dielectric Theory of Spin-Lattice Relaxation for Nuclei with Electric Quadrupole Moments, J. Chem. Phys. 109, 676-684 (1998).

D.V. Matyushov and B.M. Ladanyi, Spontaneous Emission and Nonadiabatic Electron Transfer Rates in Condensed Phases, J. Phys. Chem. A, 102, 5027-5039 (1998).

D.V. Matyushov and B.M. Ladanyi, A perturbation theory and simulations of the dipole solvation thermodynamics. Dipolar hard spheres, J. Chem. Phys. 110, 994-1009 (1999).

G.H. Peslherbe, B.M. Ladanyi, and J.T. Hynes, Cluster Ion Properties: The Liquid Drop Model Revisited, J. Phys. Chem. A, 103, 2561-2571 (1999).

B.C. Perng and B.M. Ladanyi, Longitudinal dielectric properties of molecular liquids: molecular dynamics simulation studies of CH3CN, C6H6, and CO2, J. Chem. Phys. 110, 6389-6405 (1999).

B.M. Ladanyi and R.M. Stratt, On the role of dielectric friction in vibrational energy relaxation, J. Chem. Phys. 111, 2008-2018 (1999).

J. Faeder and B.M. Ladanyi, Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Interior of Aqueous Reverse Micelles, J. Phys. Chem. B, submitted for publication.

B.M. Ladanyi and B.C. Perng, Computer Simulation of Wavevector-Dependent Dielectric Properties of Polar and Nondipolar Liquids, in 'Treatment of Electrostatic Interactions in Computer Simulations of Condensed Media', L.R. Pratt and G. Hummer, eds. (American Inst. of Phys. Conf. Proceedings) in press.

Nancy Levinger (back to top)

R. E. Riter, D. M. Willard, and N. E. Levinger, "Water Immobilization at Surfactant Interfaces in Reverse Micelles", J. Phys. Chem. B, 102, 2705-2714 (1998).

D. M. Willard, R. E. Riter, and N. E. Levinger, "Dynamics of Polar Solvation in Lecithin/Water/Cyclohexane Reverse Micelles", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, 4151-4160 (1998).

R. E. Riter, E. P. Undiks, and N. E. Levinger, "The Impact of Counterion in Water Motion in Aerosol OT Reverse Micelles", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 120, 6062-6067 (1998).

D. Pant and N. E. Levinger, "Dynamics of Polar Solvation at the Surface of a ZrO2 Nanoparticle", Chem. Phys. Lett,. 292 200-206, 1998.

N. E. Levinger, K. Y. Kung, B. M. Luther, D. M. Willard, "Molecular Aggregation at Aqueous Interfaces Studied via Resonant Surface Second Harmonic Generation", Chem. Phys. Lett, submitted.

R. E. Riter, E. P. Undiks, J. R. Kimmel, D. D. Pant, and N. E. Levinger, "Formamide in Reverse Micelles: Restricted Environment Effects on Molecular Motion", J. Phys. Chem. B, in press.

D. Pant, R. E. Riter and N. E. Levinger, "Influence of Restrictive Environment and Ionic Interactions on Water Solvation Dynamics", J. Chem. Phys. manuscript accepted for publication.

N. E. Levinger, R. E. Riter, D. M. Willard, and D. Pant, "Solvation Dynamics in Restricted Environments: Solvent Immobilization in Reverse Micelles", Ultrafast Phenomena XI, (Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1998) 553-555.

D. Pant and N. E. Levinger, "Polar Solvation Dynamics of H2O and D2O at the surface of Zirconia Nanoparticles ", J. Phys. Chem. B, in press, ASAP.

Gary Maciel (back to top)

Ting Tao and Gary E. Maciel, "13C NMR Study of Co-Contamination of Clays with Carbon Tetrachloride and Benzene," Environ. Sci. Technol., 32, 350-357 (1998).

Soofin Cheng, Hong-Da Hwang and Gary E. Maciel, "Synthesis and Pillaring of a Layered Vanadium Oxide from V2O5 at Ambient Temperature," J. Mol. Structure, 469, 135-149 (1998).

Gary E. Maciel, "NMR Characterization of Functionalized Polysiloxanes," in Solid State NMR of Polymers, I. Ando and T. Asakura, (eds.) Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1998, Ch. 25.

Camille Keeler, Jincheng Xiong, Herman Lock, Steven Dec, Ting Tao and Gary E. Maciel, "A New In Situ Chemical Reaction for Studying Heterogeneous Catalysts by NMR: The GRASSHopper," Catal. Today, 49, 377-383 (1999).

Ting Tao and Gary E. Maciel, "Photoinduced Decomposition of Trichloroethylene on Soil Components," Environ. Sci. and Technol., 33, 74-80 (1999).

G. E. Brown, Jr., V. E. Henrich, W. H. Casey, D. L. Clark, C. Eggleston, A. Felmy, D. W. Goodman, M. Gritzel, G. E. Maciel, M. I. McCarthy, K. Nealson, D. A. Sverjensky, M. F. Toney and J. M. Zachara, "Chemical Interactions of Metal Oxide-Aqueous Solution Interfaces," Chem. Rev., 99, 77-174 (1999).

Gary E. Maciel, "Solids Based on the Siloxane Bridge, from Silica to Silicones," Solid State NMR of Inorganic Materials, J. J. Fitzgerald (ed.) ACS Symposium Series 717, Washington, D.C., 1999, pp. 326-356.

Ting Tao and Gary E. Maciel, "NMR Investigations of Arylmethyl Carbocation Precursors Adsorbed on Zeolite HY," Langmuir, 15, 1236-1246 (1999).

Cynthia F. Ridenour and Gary E. Maciel, "31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Strategies for Intact Seeds," Biophys. J., submitted.

Cynthia F. Ridenour and Gary E. Maciel, "Investigation of Barley Grain Imbibition via Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Using 1H-1H Spin Exchange," Biophys. J., submitted.

Jane J. Yang and Gary E. Maciel, "Synthesis and Solid-State NMR Characterization of Structurally Tailored Phenolic Resins," Macromolecules, submitted.

Antoni Jurkiewicz, Camille Keeler and Gary E. Maciel, "High Resolution 1H NMR Investigation of Oil Shales by the 1H CRAMPS Technique," Energy and Fuels, submitted.

Jincheng Xiong, I-Ssuer Chuang, Camille Keeler, Herman Lock and Gary E. Maciel, "Local Motions of Organic Pollutants in Soil Components, as Studied by 2H NMR," Environ. Sci. Technol., 33, 2224-2233 (1999).

Jincheng Xiong and Gary E. Maciel, "Local Motion of Benzene Adsorbed on Soil Components," J. Phys. Chem., submitted.

Jincheng Xiong, Herman Lock, Ting Tao, Camille Keeler and Gary E. Maciel, "NMR of Samples Containing Metal Foils," Solid-State NMR., 14, 95-103 (1999).

Q. Liu, H.-J. Wu, R. Lewis, G. E. Maciel and L. V. Interrente, "Investigation of the Chemistry Involved in the Pyrolytic Conversion of Poly(sililenemethylene) to Silicon Carbide," Chem. Mater., 11, 2038-2048 (1999).

P. G. Hatcher, Vicky H. Pan and G. E. Maciel, "Spectroscopic Analysis of Plant Components," ACS Symposium Series, submitted.

Vicky H. Pan, Jan-Wei Zhou, and Gary E. Maciel, "Hydrogen Bonding between Acetone and Silica Gel, as Studied by NMR," J. Phys. Chem. B, 103, 6930-6943 (1999).

Vicky H. Pan, Jan-wei Zhou, Ting Tao and Gary E. Maciel, "13C NMR Line Shapes of Acetone Adsorbed on Silica," Solid State Nucl. Magn. Reson., submitted.

Patrick G. Hatcher, Vicky H. Pan and Gary E. Maciel, "Solid-State 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Fossil Plants and Spores," in Fossil Plants and Spores. Modern Techniques, T. P. Jones and N. P. Rowe (eds.) The Geological Society, London, pp. 149-155 (1999).

Jincheng Xiong and Gary E. Maciel, "Deuterium NMR Studies of Local Motions of Benzene Adsorbed on Ca-Montmorillonite," J. Phys. Chem. B, 103, 5543-5549 (1999).

Ting Tao and Gary E. Maciel, "Reactivity of Silicas with Organometallic Methylating Agents," J. Am. Chem. Soc., submitted.

Tony Rappé (back to top)

A. K. Rappé, M. A. Pietsch, D. C. Wiser, J. R. Hart, L. M. Bormann, and W. M. Skiff, "RFF, Conceptual Development of a Full Periodic Table Force Field for Studying Reaction Potential Surfaces", J. Molecular Engineering, 7, 385-400 (1997).

G. B. McGaughey, M. Gagné, A. K. Rappé, "Pi-Stacking Interactions: Alive and Well in Proteins", J. Biol. Chem., 273, 15458-15463 (1998).

M. A. Pietsch, T. Russo, R. B. Murphy, R. L. Martin, and A. K. Rappé, "LReO3 Epoxidizes, cis-Dihydroxylates, and Cleaves Alkenes as well as Alkenylates Aldehydes,Towards an Understanding of Why", Organometallics., 17, 2716-2719 (1998).

Grzegorz Szamel (back to top)

S. Brown, and G. Szamel, "Structure and dynamics of ring polymers" J. Chem. Phys. 108 (1998) 4705-4708.

G.Szamel, "Tagged chain diffusion equation and effective friction tensor in dense polymer solutions" J. Chem. Phys. 108 (1998) 368-375.

S. Brown and G. Szamel, "Computer simulation study of the structure and dynamics of ring polymers", J. Chem. Phys. 109 (1998) 6184-6192.

G. Szamel, "Glauber Dynamics of the SK Model: Theory and Simulations in the High Temperature Phase", J. of Physics A 31 (1998) 10045.

G. Szamel, "Glauber Dynamics of the SK Model: Theory and Simulations in the Low Temperature Phase", J. of Physics A, 31 (1998) 10053.

M. Vergeles and G. Szamel, "A Theory for Self-Diffusion in Liquids", J. Chem. Phys. 110, 3009 (1999).

M. Vergeles and G. Szamel, "A Theory for Dynamic Friction on a Molecular Bond", J. Chem. Phys. 110, 6827 (1999).

M. Vergeles and G. Szamel, "Density, Temperature and Bond-Length Dependence of Dynamic Friction on a Molecular Bond", J. Chem. Phys. 111, 4698 (1999).

Alan Van Orden (back to top)

A. Van Orden, R.A. Keller, W.P. Ambrose, "High Throughput Flow Cytometric DNA Fragment Sizing," Submitted to Anal. Chem. 1999.

A. Van Orden, H. Cai, P.M. Goodwin, R.A. Keller, "Efficient Detection of Single DNA Fragments in Flowing Sample Streams by Two-Photon Fluorescence Excitation," Anal. Chem. 1999, 71, 2108.

A. Van Orden and R.A. Keller, "Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy for Rapid Multicomponent Analysis in a Capillary Electrophoresis System," Anal. Chem. 1998, 70, 4463.

W.P. Ambrose, D.J. Semin, D.L. Robbins, A. Van Orden, M.A. Kashem, S.A. Hamilton, R.M. Nelson, J.H. Jett, R.A. Keller, "Detection System for Reaction Rate Analysis in a Low-Volume Proteanase Inhibition Assay," Anal. Biochem. 1998, 263, 150.

A. Van Orden and R.J. Saykally, "Small Carbon Clusters: Spectroscopy, Structure, and Energetics," Chem. Rev. 1998, 98, 2313.

A. Van Orden, N.P. Machara, P.M. Goodwin, R.A. Keller, "Single Molecule Identification by Fluorescence Burst Size and Intraburst Fluorescence Decay Rate," Anal. Chem. 1998, 70, 1444. 

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