Photo- and Radiation Chemistry Group

Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Staff

Diane E. Cabelli
Redox chemistry of high oxidation state transition-metal complexes, particularly CuIII, MnIII/MnIV; Superoxide chemistry in aqueous solutions: dismutation of superoxide radical; copper-zinc superoxide dismutase and model compounds.
Andrew R. Cook
Excited state structure, dynamics and electron transfer reactions of a variety of organic radicals in both low temperature matrices and room temperature solutions using radiation chemistry techniques.
Carol Creutz
Kinetics and mechanism of thermal and photo-induced reactions of transition-metal complexes and metal nanoclusters in solution: electron, proton, and atom transfer reactions; nanoscale charge transfer processes; photochemistry of transition-metal complexes; small-molecule coordination and catalytic chemistry
Robert A. Crowell
Ultrafast reaction phenomena.
Etsuko Fujita
Photochemistry of transition-metal complexes, small molecule activation by high- and low-oxidation state metal complexes; and biomimetic chemistry of porphyrins and enzymes.
David C. Grills
Photochemistry of transition-metal complexes, time-resolved infrared spectroscopy, supercritical fluids.
Sergei V. Lymar
Radiation chemistry and photochemistry; kinetics and mechanism of radical and redox reactions in solution: electron, proton, and atom transfer, reactivity of nitrogen and oxygen intermediates, redox catalysis.
John R. Miller
Fast processes from ionizing radiation; electron transfer at fixed distances; excited states of radical ions.
Marshall D. Newton Quantum mechanical models for molecular structure, energetics, and dynamics in gaseous and condensed phases, especially as related to solvation and charge-transfer processes.
Dmitriy Polyanskiy
Catalyzed Water Oxidation by Solar Irradiation of Band-Gap-Narrowed Semiconductors.
James F. Wishart
Radiation chemistry; ionic liquids (design, properties, chemical reactivity therein); long-range electron transfer; energy and electron transfer in dendrimers; high-pressure mechanistic studies; energetic inorganic species; new accelerators and pulse radiolysis detection techniques; green and sustainable chemistry.

Retired Staff

Richard A. Holroyd
Reactions and mobility of excess electrons in nonpolar liquids: pressure effects and volume changes; free ion yields, densely ionizing particles, track effects; fluorescence of hydrocarbons exposed to x-rays; synchrotron studies.
Harold A. Schwarz
Radiation chemistry, chemical kinetics.
Norman Sutin
Measurement and interpretation of the rates of thermal and photo-induced electron-transfer reactions of transition-metal complexes in solution; photophysics and photochemistry of metal complexes; dipole-moment changes in photoinduced charge transfer.

Postdoctoral Research Associates

Mark Doherty
Photochemistry of transition-metal complexes.
Jonathan Rochford
The design and synthesis of inorganic/organometallic catalysts for small molecule activation. Photophysical and electrochemical characterization of new materials.
Paiboon Sriarunothai
Molecular electronics.

Research Collaborators

R. Morris Bullock Synthetic, kinetic and mechanistic organometallic chemistry; reactions of transition metal hydrides, including hydride transfer, proton transfer and hydrogen atom transfer reactions; aqueous organometallic chemistry.
Alison M. Funston
Molecular electronics, ionic liquids.
Seogjoo Jang
Theory and simulation of nanoscale charge transfer and electronic excitation energy transfer reactions, Theory of single molecule spectroscopy, Quantum master equation theories, Path integral centroid theories and simulation, Quantum reaction rate theories
David Szalda
X-ray diffraction studies of transition-metal complexes and organometallic compounds important in energy conversion and catalysis.
Our mailing address: Chemistry Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
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BNL Chemistry Department | Photo- and Radiation Chemistry | LEAF/Center for Radiation Chemistry Research

Last Revised J. Wishart 2/16/2008