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106
Citations
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380

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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1988 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1988 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1978 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)
  • 1974 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Alexander Pines was a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their work primarily spanned the fields of physics and astronomy, chemistry, and materials science, with notable focus on atomic and molecular physics and optics, materials chemistry, and spectroscopy.

Their research topics covered a range of subjects including atomic and subatomic physics, advanced NMR techniques and applications, diamond and carbon-based materials research, high-pressure geophysics and materials, electron spin resonance studies, advanced MRI techniques, and quantum and electron transport phenomena.

They published multiple papers in several scientific journals. Notable recent papers included:

  • Rapid hyperpolarization and purification of the metabolite fumarate in aqueous solution, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Zero- to Ultralow-Field NMR Spectroscopy of Small Biomolecules, 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • A scalable solid-state nanoporous network with atomic-level interaction design for carbon dioxide capture, 2022, Science Advances
  • Room temperature "optical nanodiamond hyperpolarizer": Physics, design, and operation, 2020, Review of Scientific Instruments
  • Background-free dual-mode optical and 13C magnetic resonance imaging in diamond particles, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent publication venues for their work included:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science Advances
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Review of Scientific Instruments
  • Nature Communications

Alexander Pines collaborated regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Jeffrey A. Reimer
  • Ashok Ajoy
  • Emanuel Druga
  • Carlos A. Meriles
  • Dmitry Budker

Throughout their career, Alexander Pines received numerous academic honors. They were recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 2002, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2001, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999. Earlier acknowledgments included fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1988. Their recognition also extended to fellowships with the American Physical Society and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Proton‐enhanced NMR of dilute spins in solids

    A. Pines;M. G. Gibby;J. S. Waugh

  • Proton‐Enhanced Nuclear Induction Spectroscopy. A Method for High Resolution NMR of Dilute Spins in Solids

    A. Pines;M. G. Gibby;J. S. Waugh

  • Iterative schemes for bilinear operators; application to spin decoupling

    A.J Shaka;A.J Shaka;C.J Lee;C.J Lee;A Pines;A Pines

  • High resolution solid-state N.M.R.

    A. Samoson;E. Lippmaa;A. Pines

  • Bilinear rotation decoupling of homonuclear scalar interactions

    J.R. Garbow;D.P. Weitekamp;A. Pines

  • Molecular Imaging Using a Targeted Magnetic Resonance Hyperpolarized Biosensor

    Leif Schröder;Leif Schröder;Thomas J. Lowery;Thomas J. Lowery;Christian Hilty;Christian Hilty;David E. Wemmer;David E. Wemmer

  • Some developments in nuclear magnetic resonance of solids.

    B. F. Chmelka;A. Pines

  • Fourier transform multiple quantum nuclear magnetic resonance

    Gary Drobny;Alexander Pines;Steven Sinton;Daniel P. Weitekamp

  • Multiple-quantum dynamics in solid state NMR

    J. Baum;M. Munowitz;A. N. Garroway;A. Pines

  • Time-Reversal Experiments in Dipolar-Coupled Spin Systems

    W. K. Rhim;A. Pines;J. S. Waugh

  • Dynamic-Angle Spinning of Quadrupolar Nuclei

    K.T. Mueller;B.Q. Sun;G.C. Chingas;J.W. Zwanziger

  • Operator formalism for double quantum NMR

    S. Vega;A. Pines

  • Broadband and adiabatic inversion of a two-level system by phase-modulated pulses.

    J. Baum;R. Tycko;A. Pines

  • Proton-enhanced nuclear induction spectroscopy 13C chemical shielding anisotropy in some organic solids

    A. Pines;M.G. Gibby;J.S. Waugh

  • Enhancement of Solution NMR and MRI with Laser-Polarized Xenon

    G. Navon;Y.-Q. Song;T. Rõõm;S. Appelt

  • Functionalized xenon as a biosensor.

    Megan M. Spence;Seth M. Rubin;Ivan E. Dimitrov;E. Janette Ruiz

  • Oxygen-17 NMR in solids by dynamic-angle spinning and double rotation

    B. F. Chmelka;B. F. Chmelka;Karl Todd Mueller;Karl Todd Mueller;A. Pines;A. Pines;J. Stebbins;J. Stebbins

  • Liquid-state NMR and scalar couplings in microtesla magnetic fields.

    Robert McDermott;Andreas H. Trabesinger;Andreas H. Trabesinger;Michael Mück;Erwin L. Hahn

  • High-field NMR of adsorbed xenon polarized by laser pumping.

    D. Raftery;H. Long;T. Meersmann;P. J. Grandinetti

  • Study of the Aharonov-Anandan quantum phase by NMR interferometry

    D. Suter;K. T. Mueller;A. Pines

Frequent Co-Authors

David E. Wemmer
David E. Wemmer University of California, Berkeley
Dmitry Budker
Dmitry Budker University of California, Berkeley
Jeffrey A. Reimer
Jeffrey A. Reimer University of California, Berkeley
John Clarke
John Clarke University of California, Berkeley
Matthew B. Francis
Matthew B. Francis University of California, Berkeley
Songi Han
Songi Han University of California, Santa Barbara
Bradley F. Chmelka
Bradley F. Chmelka University of California, Santa Barbara
Jonathan F. Stebbins
Jonathan F. Stebbins Stanford University
Angelo Bifone
Angelo Bifone University of Turin
Thomas Theis
Thomas Theis North Carolina State University

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