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D-Index
58
Citations
11147
World Ranking
10695
National Ranking
2951

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1990 - Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society
  • 1988 - Ellis R. Lippincott Award, The Optical Society
  • 1976 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation Also approved by the Division of Condensed Matter Physics

Overview

A. C. Albrecht was affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and contributed extensively to the field of Materials Science. Their work focused primarily on polymers and plastics, with significant contributions to understanding polymer crystallization and properties, microplastics and plastic pollution, polymer nanocomposites and properties, analytical chemistry and chromatography, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, cosmology and gravitation theories, and recycling and waste management techniques.

The scientist's research was published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Polymer
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Macromolecules
  • International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization
  • Polymer Testing

Notable recent papers included:

  • "Long-Chain Branched Polypropylene: Effects of Chain Architecture, Melt Structure, Shear Modification, and Solution Treatment on Melt Relaxation Dynamics" (2022) published in Macromolecules
  • "A tailor-made Successive Self-nucleation and Annealing protocol for the characterization of recycled polyolefin blends" (2020) published in Polymer
  • "Surface-enhanced nucleation in immiscible polypropylene and polyethylene blends: The effect of polyethylene chain regularity" (2023) published in Polymer
  • "Advanced Liquid Chromatography of Polyolefins Using Simultaneous Solvent and Temperature Gradients" (2020) published in Analytical Chemistry
  • "A novel approach for accurate determination of polyethylene and polypropylene content in polyolefin blends and recyclates by cross-fractionation chromatography" (2024) published in Polymer Testing

Frequent coauthors throughout their career were:

  • Davide Tranchida
  • Alejandro J. Müller
  • Dario Cavallo
  • Anthony Ndiripo
  • Harald Pasch

Their research intersected various subfields, such as polymers and plastics, pollution, spectroscopy, astronomy and astrophysics, and biomaterials, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry.

A. C. Albrecht was recognized with multiple professional distinctions, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2014)
  • Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy from the American Physical Society (1990)
  • Ellis R. Lippincott Award from The Optical Society (1988)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) (1976), with citation approval by the Division of Condensed Matter Physics

Best Publications

  • On the Theory of Raman Intensities

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  • Polarizations and assignments of transitions: The method of photoselection

    Andreas C. Albrecht

  • On the Dependence of Vibrational Raman Intensity on the Wavelength of Incident Light

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  • ``Forbidden'' Character in Allowed Electronic Transitions

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  • Photovoltaic effects of metal–chlorophyll‐a–metal sandwich cells

    Ching Wan Tang;Andreas C. Albrecht

  • C–H vibrational states of benzene, naphthalene, and anthracene in the visible region by thermal lensing spectroscopy and the local mode model

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  • ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES OF EXCIPLEXES AND EXCITED CHARGE-TRANSFER COMPLEXES

    Ian R. Gould;Ralph H. Young;Leonard J. Mueller;A. C. Albrecht

  • Femtosecond energy-transfer processes in the B800-850 light-harvesting complex of Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1.

    A.P. Shreve;J.K. Trautman;Harry A. Frank;T.G. Owens

  • Vibronic—Spin-Orbit Perturbations and the Assignment of the Lowest Triplet State of Benzene

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  • Thermal Lens Technique: A New Method of Absorption Spectroscopy

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  • DEPLETION LAYER STUDIES IN ORGANIC FILMS: LOW FREQUENCY CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENTS IN POLYCRYSTALLINE TETRACENE

    A. J. Twarowski;A. C. Albrecht

  • Determination of the S2 lifetime of β-carotene

    A.P. Shreve;J.K. Trautman;T.G. Owens;A.C. Albrecht

  • Advances in calculating Raman excitation profiles by means of the transform theory

    B. R. Stallard;P. M. Champion;Patrik R. Callis;A. C. Albrecht

  • Perturbation selection rules for multiphoton electronic spectroscopy of neutral alternant hydrocarbonsa)

    Patrik R. Callis;Thomas W. Scott;A. C. Albrecht

  • Electronic dephasing studies of molecules in solution at room temperature by femtosecond degenerate four wave mixing

    Taiha Joo;A.C. Albrecht

  • EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES ON THE EXCITED STATE POLARIZABILITIES OF BENZENE, NAPHTHALENE, AND ANTHRACENE

    Rich Mathies;A. C. Albrecht

  • Competitive events in fifth order time resolved coherent Raman scattering: Direct versus sequential processes

    Darin J. Ulness;Jason C. Kirkwood;A. C. Albrecht

  • Chlorophyll- a photovoltaic cells

    C. W. Tang;A. C. Albrecht

  • Application of the transform theory to resonance Raman excitation profiles in the Soret region of cytochrome‐c

    B. R. Stallard;P. R. Callis;P. M. Champion;A. C. Albrecht

  • Second-order hyperpolarizability of p-nitroaniline calculated from perturbation theory based expression using CNDO/S generated electronic states

    James A. Morrell;A.C. Albrecht

  • Higher excited states of benzene: Polarized ultraviolet two‐photon absorption spectroscopy

    R. L. Whetten;R. L. Whetten;S. G. Grubb;S. G. Grubb;C. E. Otis;A. C. Albrecht

  • Femtosecond dynamics of energy transfer in B800-850 light-harvesting complexes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

    J K Trautman;A P Shreve;C A Violette;H A Frank

  • Simulated structure, dynamics, and vibrational spectra of liquid benzene

    Riccardo Chelli;Gianni Cardini;Piero Procacci;Roberto Righini

  • Radiation-matter oscillations and spectral line narrowing in field-correlated four-wave mixing. I. Theory.

    M. A. Dugan;A. C. Albrecht

  • Local mode combination bands and local mode mixing

    Mitchell S. Burberry;A. C. Albrecht

  • Local mode overtone intensities of C–H stretching modes in alkanes and methyl substituted benzenes

    Mitchell S. Burberry;James A. Morrell;A. C. Albrecht;Robert L. Swofford

  • ’’Free’’ O–H overtone absorption of methanols in the visible region by thermal lensing spectroscopy

    Robert L. Swofford;M. E. Long;M. S. Burberry;A. C. Albrecht

  • Local mode oscillator strengths in benzene

    Mitchell S. Burberry;A. C. Albrecht

  • Terahertz oscillations from molecular liquids in CSRS/CARS spectroscopy with incoherent light

    M.A. Dugan;J.S. Melinger;A.C. Albrecht

Frequent Co-Authors

Taiha Joo
Taiha Joo Pohang University of Science and Technology
Peer Fischer
Peer Fischer Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Harry A. Frank
Harry A. Frank University of Connecticut
Edward R. Grant
Edward R. Grant University of British Columbia
Frank W. Wise
Frank W. Wise Cornell University
A. D. Buckingham
A. D. Buckingham University of Cambridge

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