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Alfred Karpfen

Alfred Karpfen

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Chemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
6466
World Ranking
12883
National Ranking
84

Overview

Alfred Karpfen is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. The scientific record available does not list recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, book publications, fields or subfields of study, main topics of work, or awards associated with Alfred Karpfen.

Best Publications

  • Single-Bond Torsional Potentials in Conjugated Systems: A Comparison of ab Initio and Density Functional Results

    Alfred Karpfen;Cheol Ho Choi;Miklos Kertesz

  • Molecular Geometries and Vibrational Spectra of Phenol, Benzaldehyde, and Salicylaldehyde: Experimental versus Quantum Chemical Data

    Heike Lampert;Werner Mikenda;Alfred Karpfen

  • The effects of electron correlation on the degree of bond alternation and electronic structure of oligomers of polyacetylene

    Cheol Ho Choi;Miklos Kertesz;Alfred Karpfen

  • Cooperative Effects in Hydrogen Bonding

    Alfred Karpfen

  • Coupled pair functional study on the hydrogen fluoride dimer. I. Energy surface and characterization of stationary points

    Manfred Kofranek;Hans Lischka;Alfred Karpfen

  • Ab initio studies on polymers. V. All‐trans‐polyethylene

    Alfred Karpfen

  • Ab initio studies on polymers. I. The linear infinite polyyne

    A Karpfen

  • Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in 2-Hydroxybenzoyl Compounds: Infrared Spectra and Quantum Chemical Calculations

    Heike Lampert;Werner Mikenda, ,† and;Alfred Karpfen

  • Ab initio studies on heterocyclic conjugated polymers: structure and vibrational spectra of thiophene, oligothiophenes and polythiophene

    Manfred Kofranek;Tomáš Kovář;Hans Lischka;Alfred Karpfen

  • Ab initio Studies on polymers

    Alfred Karpfen;Jordan Petkov

  • Ab initio studies on polymers. IV. Polydiacetylenes

    A Karpfen

  • Charge-Transfer Complexes between NH3 and the Halogens F2, ClF, and Cl2: An ab Initio Study on the Intermolecular Interaction

    Alfred Karpfen

  • Ab initio studies on hydrogen-bonded clusters. I. Linear and cyclic oligomers of hydrogen cyanide

    Manfred Kofranek;Alfred Karpfen;Hans Lischka

  • Spatial Extension of a Bipolaronic Defect in Oligothiophenes and in Polythiophene: A Combined Semiempirical and ab Initio Study

    C. Ehrendorfer;A. Karpfen

  • An analytical six‐dimensional potential energy surface for (HF)2 from ab initio calculations

    P. R. Bunker;Manfred Kofranek;Hans Lischka;Alfred Karpfen

  • Cis-trans isomerism in infinite polyacetylenes: an Ab initio study☆

    A. Karpfen;R. Höller

  • An ab initio calculation of the intramolecular stretching spectra for the HF dimer and its D‐substituted isotopic species

    Per Jensen;P. R. Bunker;Alfred Karpfen;Manfred Kofranek

  • An approach to estimate the energy of the intramolecular hydrogen bond

    P Lipkowski;A Koll;A Karpfen;P Wolschann

  • The intermolecular interaction in the charge-transfer complexes between amines and halogens: A theoretical characterization of the trends in halogen bonding

    Alfred Karpfen

  • Ab initio calculations on the excited states of π-systems. II. Valence excitations in diacetylene

    Alfred Karpfen;Hans Lischka

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Lischka
Hans Lischka Texas Tech University
Péter G. Szalay
Péter G. Szalay Eötvös Loránd University
Miklos Kertesz
Miklos Kertesz Georgetown University
Jeunghee Park
Jeunghee Park Korea University
Ajit J. Thakkar
Ajit J. Thakkar University of New Brunswick
Attila G. Császár
Attila G. Császár Eötvös Loránd University
Michael H. Abraham
Michael H. Abraham University College London
Peter Bäuerle
Peter Bäuerle University of Ulm
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Tucker Carrington
Tucker Carrington Queen's University

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