David R. Kearns

Research.com Recognitions

• 1985 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1969 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• 1965 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Radiationless decay of singlet molecular oxygen in solution. Experimental and theoretical study of electronic-to-vibrational energy transfer

  Paul B. Merkel;David R. Kearns

  787
  Citations

• Physical and chemical properties of singlet molecular oxygen

  Unknown

  766
  Citations

• UNAMBIGUOUS EVIDENCE FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF SINGLET OXYGEN (†δ) IN PHOTODYNAMIC OXIDATION OF AMINO ACIDS

  R. Nilsson;P. B. Merkel;D. R. Kearns

  499
  Citations

• Mechanism of ethidium bromide fluorescence enhancement on binding to nucleic acids.

  Unknown

  486
  Citations

• Deuterium effects on singlet oxygen lifetimes in solutions. New test of singlet oxygen reactions

  Paul B. Merkel;Robert Nilsson;David R. Kearns

  440
  Citations

• Investigation of Singlet → Triplet Transitions by the Phosphorescence Excitation Method. III. Aromatic Ketones and Aldehydes

  David R. Kearns;W. Alan Case

  402
  Citations

• Interactions of antitumor drugs with natural DNA: 1H NMR study of binding mode and kinetics.

  Juli Feigon;William A. Denny;Werner Leupin;David R. Kearns

  389
  Citations

• Role of azide in singlet oxygen reactions: Reaction of azide with singlet oxygen.

  Noel Hasty;Paul B. Merkel;Phillip Radlick;David R. Kearns

  347
  Citations

• Role of Singlet Excited States of Molecular Oxygen in the Quenching of Organic Triplet States

  Kenji Kawaoka;A. U. Khan;David R. Kearns

  295
  Citations

• Two-dimensional proton nuclear magnetic resonance investigation of the synthetic deoxyribonucleic acid decamer d(ATATCGATAT)2.

  Juli Feigon;Werner Leupin;William A. Denny;David R. Kearns

  291
  Citations

• Remarkable solvent effects on the lifetime of 1.DELTA.g oxygen

  Paul B. Merkel;David R. Kearns

  290
  Citations

• Photovoltaic Effect and Photoconductivity in Laminated Organic Systems

  David Kearns;Melvin Calvin

  242
  Citations

• Effect of dimer formation on the electronic absorption and emission spectra of ionic dyes. Rhodamines and other common dyes

  Richard W. Chambers;Takashi Kajiwara;David R. Kearns

  234
  Citations

• Selection rules for singlet-oxygen reactions. Concerted addition reactions

  David R. Kearns

  198
  Citations

• Sensitized photooxygenation reactions and the role of singlet oxygen.

  David R. Kearns;Ahsan U. Khan

  183
  Citations

• Investigation of Singlet-Triplet Transitions by the Phosphorescence Excitation Method. IV. The Singlet-Triplet Absorption Spectra of Aromatic Hydrocarbons

  Alfred P. Marchetti;David R. Kearns

  181
  Citations

• Electronic‐Relaxation Processes in Acetone

  Raymond F. Borkman;David R. Kearns

  176
  Citations

• Electrical Properties of Organic Solids. II. Effects of Added Electron Acceptor on Metal‐Free Phthalocyanine

  David R. Kearns;Gordon Tollin;Melvin Calvin

  148
  Citations

• Selection rules for the intermolecular enhancement of spin forbidden transitions in molecular oxygen

  Charles Long;David R. Kearns

  146
  Citations

• USE OF TWO‐DIMENSIONAL NMR IN THE STUDY OF A DOUBLE‐STRANDED DNA DECAMER

  J. Feigon;J. M. Wright;W. Leupin;W. A. Denny

  145
  Citations

• Erratum: Nature of the External Heavy‐Atom Effect on Radiative and Nonradiative Singlet–Triplet Transitions

  Gary G. Giachino;David R. Kearns

  121
  Citations

• TRIPLET STATES OF SOME COMMON PHOTOSENSITIZING DYES

  Richard W. Chambers;David R. Kearns

  120
  Citations