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David R. McMillin is a researcher affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on fields within Physics and Astronomy, with published contributions on topics related to Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, along with areas in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Catalysis.

The research topics covered in McMillin's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, the dynamics of Quantum, Superfluid, Helium, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, as well as Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions.

McMillin has published scholarly papers predominantly in the Journal of Chemical Education, which has featured several of their recent works. Notable publications include:

  • Interatomic Repulsion and the Pauli Principle, 2021, Journal of Chemical Education
  • Coming to Terms with Term States, 2020, Journal of Chemical Education

Their contributions reflect a focus on foundational aspects of chemical physics and education, addressing atomic interactions and term state concepts within chemistry.

Though McMillin has not been noted for frequent collaborative publications with other co-authors, their presence in academic literature is marked by a consistent engagement with specialized fields of physics and chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Photoprocesses of Copper Complexes That Bind to DNA

    David R. McMillin;Kristina M. McNett

  • Simple Cu(I) complexes with unprecedented excited-state lifetimes.

    Douglas G Cuttell;Shan-Ming Kuang;Phillip E Fanwick;David R McMillin

  • Synthesis and structural characterization of Cu(I) and Ni(II) complexes that contain the bis[2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl]ether ligand. Novel emission properties for the Cu(I) species.

    Shan-Ming Kuang;Douglas G. Cuttell;David R. Mcmillin;Phillip E. Fanwick

  • Luminescence that lasts from Pt(trpy)Cl+ derivatives (trpy=2,2′;6′,2″-terpyridine)

    David R McMillin;Jeffrey J Moore

  • Temperature dependence of luminescence from Cu(NN)2+ systems in fluid solution. Evidence for the participation of two excited states

    Jon R. Kirchhoff;Roland E. Gamache;Marcus W. Blaskie;Alan A. Del Paggio

  • Steric Effects in the Ground and Excited States of Cu(NN)2+ Systems

    Michèle K. Eggleston;David R. McMillin;Kristina S. Koenig;Alexander J. Pallenberg

  • Exciplex quenching of photo-excitd copper complexes

    David R. McMillin;Jon R. Kirchhoff;Kevin V. Goodwin

  • Studies of the Room-Temperature Absorption and Emission Spectra of [Pt(trpy)X]+ Systems

    Toni K. Aldridge;Elizabeth M. Stacy;David R. McMillin

  • COOPERATIVE SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS ON THE EXCITED STATES OF COPPER PHENANTHROLINES

    Corey T. Cunningham;Kurstan L. H. Cunningham;Joseph F. Michalec;David R. McMillin

  • Luminescence properties of salts of the [Pt(4′Ph-terpy)Cl]+ chromophore: crystal structure of the red form of [Pt(4′Ph-terpy)Cl]BF4 (4′Ph-terpy = 4′-phenyl-2,2′∶6′,2″-terpyridine)

    Riaan Büchner;Corey T. Cunningham;John S. Field;Raymond J. Haines

  • Photostudies of copper(I) systems. 6. Room-temperature emission and quenching studies of bis(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)copper(I)

    Marcus W. Blaskie;David R. McMillin

  • Photostudies of 2,2'-bipyridine bis(triphenylphosphine)copper(1+), 1,10-phenanthroline bis(triphenylphosphine)copper(1+), and 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline bis(triphenylphosphine)copper(1+) in solution and in rigid, low-temperature glasses. Simultaneous multiple emissions from intraligand and charge-transfer states

    Rosemary A. Rader;David R. McMillin;Michael T. Buckner;Thomas G. Matthews

  • Charge-transfer absorption and emission of Cu(NN)2+ systems

    Ann K. Ichinaga;Jon R. Kirchhoff;David R. McMillin;Christiane O. Dietrich-Buchecker

  • Luminescence Properties of Salts of the [Pt(trpy)Cl]+ and [Pt(trpy)(MeCN)]2+ Chromophores: Crystal Structure of [Pt(trpy)(MeCN)](SbF6)2

    Riaan Büchner;John S. Field;Raymond J. Haines;Corey T. Cunningham

  • Long-lived emissions from 4'-substituted Pt(trpy)Cl+ complexes bearing aryl groups. Influence of orbital parentage.

    Joseph F. Michalec;Stephanie A. Bejune;Douglas G. Cuttell;Grant C. Summerton

  • Evidence for dissociative photosubstitution reactions of (acetonitrile)(bipyridine)(terpyridine)ruthenium(2+). Crystal and molecular structure of [Ru(trpy)(bpy)(py)](PF6)2.cntdot.(CH3)2CO

    Clark R. Hecker;Phillip E. Fanwick;David R. McMillin

  • A light-induced redox reaction of bis(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)copper(I)

    David R. McMillin;Michael T. Buckner;Byung Tae. Ahn

  • Structural and photophysical studies of Cu(NN)2+ systems in the solid state. Emission at last from complexes with simple 1,10-phenanthroline ligands.

    Corey T. Cunningham;Jeffrey J. Moore;Kurstan L. H. Cunningham;Phillip E. Fanwick

  • DNA-Binding Studies of a Bifunctional Platinum Complex That Is a Luminescent Intercalator

    Claire S. Peyratout;Toni K. Aldridge;Denise K. Crites;David R. McMillin

  • DNA-binding studies of Cu(bcp)2+ and Cu(dmp)2+: DNA elongation without intercalation of Cu(bcp)2+

    Fang Liu;Kelley A. Meadows;David R. McMillin

Frequent Co-Authors

Phillip E. Fanwick
Phillip E. Fanwick Purdue University West Lafayette
Jean-Pierre Sauvage
Jean-Pierre Sauvage University of Strasbourg
You Song
You Song Nanjing University
William E. Antholine
William E. Antholine Medical College of Wisconsin
Harry B. Gray
Harry B. Gray California Institute of Technology
Russell S. Drago
Russell S. Drago University of Florida
Christiane Dietrich-Buchecker
Christiane Dietrich-Buchecker Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Matthias Zeller
Matthias Zeller Purdue University West Lafayette
Philip J. Stephens
Philip J. Stephens University of Southern California
Peter C. Ford
Peter C. Ford University of California, Santa Barbara

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