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Dudley R. Herschbach

Dudley R. Herschbach

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Chemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
21646
World Ranking
3802
National Ranking
1217

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 1991 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his seminal contributions to the fundamental understanding of reactions of atoms and molecules, collision by collision.", Presented by President Bush at a White House Rose Garden Ceremony on September 16, 1991.
  • 1986 - Nobel Prize for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes
  • 1983 - Irving Langmuir Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1981 - Polanyi Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1978 - Linus Pauling Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1976 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1968 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1967 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1967 - Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1965 - ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1964 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1962 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)
  • 1959 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Dudley R. Herschbach is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as well as related subfields like Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Their work spans interdisciplinary topics that include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Quantum and superfluid helium dynamics, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, and Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

The scientist has contributed to various notable publications. Some recent papers include:

  • "Thermodynamic feasibility of shipboard conversion of marine plastics to blue diesel for self-powered ocean cleanup" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Realization of Heisenberg models of spin systems with polar molecules in pendular states" (2022, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
  • "Unorthodox Dimensional Interpolations for He, Li, Be Atoms and Hydrogen Molecule" (2020, Frontiers in Physics)
  • "Commentary: Chemical dynamics from the gas-phase to surfaces" (2021, Natural Sciences)
  • "Jan Peter Toennies: an ebullient serendipitous adventurer" (2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)

Their frequent co-authors include Sabre Kais, Břetislav Friedrich, Kumar Ghosh, Wenjing Yue, and Qi Wei.

Publications by this scientist often appear in the following venues:

  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Natural Sciences
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Over the course of their career, Dudley R. Herschbach has received several awards and honors such as the Nobel Prize in 1986 for contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes. Other awards include the US President's National Medal of Science (1991), Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2011), Irving Langmuir Award, American Chemical Society (1983), Polanyi Medal from the Royal Society of Chemistry (1981), and the Linus Pauling Award from the American Chemical Society (1978).

Additional distinctions include being a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1980), Fellow of the American Physical Society (1962), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1964), and Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1967).

Best Publications

  • Alignment and trapping of molecules in intense laser fields.

    Bretislav Friedrich;Dudley Herschbach

  • Calculation of Energy Levels for Internal Torsion and Over-All Rotation. III

    Dudley R. Herschbach

  • Molecular Beam Reactive Scattering Apparatus with Electron Bombardment Detector

    Y. T. Lee;J. D. McDonald;P. R. LeBreton;D. R. Herschbach

  • Anharmonic Potential Constants and Their Dependence upon Bond Length

    Dudley R. Herschbach;Victor W. Laurie

  • Doppler line shape of atomic fluorescence excited by molecular photodissociation

    R.N. Zare;D.R. Herschbach

  • Exchange reactions of alkali atoms with alkali halides: a collision complex mechanism

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  • Spatial orientation of molecules in strong electric fields and evidence for pendular states

    Bretislav Friedrich;Dudley R. Herschbach

  • Influence of Vibrations on Molecular Structure Determinations. II. Average Structures Derived from Spectroscopic Data

    Victor W. Laurie;Dudley R. Herschbach

  • Long-range configuration interaction of ionic and covalent states

    R. Grice;D.R. Herschbach

  • Estimation of effective diameters for molecular fluids

    Dor. Ben-Amotz;Dudley R. Herschbach

  • Polarization of Molecules Induced by Intense Nonresonant Laser Fields

    Bretislav Friedrich;Dudley Herschbach

  • INFLUENCE OF VIBRATIONS ON MOLECULAR STRUCTURE DETERMINATIONS III. INERTIAL DEFECTS

    Dudley R. Herschbach;Victor W. Laurie

  • Enhanced orientation of polar molecules by combined electrostatic and nonresonant induced dipole forces

    Bretislav Friedrich;Dudley Herschbach

  • Angular momentum polarization in molecular collisions : Classical and quantum theory for measurements using resonance fluorescence

    D.A. Case;G.M. McClelland;D.R. Herschbach

  • Molecular Beam Kinetics: Reactions of Deuterium Atoms with Halogen Molecules

    J. D. McDonald;P. R. LeBreton;Y. T. Lee;D. R. Herschbach

  • Transition state theory for collision complexes: product translational energy distributions

    S.A. Safron;N.D. Weinstein;D.R. Herschbach;J.C. Tully

  • Dimensional Scaling in Chemical Physics

    Dudley R. Herschbach;John Avery;Osvaldo Goscinski

  • Pressure and temperature dependent viscosity of two glass forming liquids: Glycerol and dibutyl phthalate

    Richard L. Cook;H. E. King;Chris A. Herbst;Dudley R. Herschbach

  • Manipulating Molecules via Combined Static and Laser Fields

    Bretislav Friedrich;Dudley Herschbach

  • Stern and Gerlach: How a Bad Cigar Helped Reorient Atomic Physics

    Bretislav Friedrich;Dudley Herschbach

  • Influence of Vibrations on Molecular Structure Determinations. I. General Formulation of Vibration—Rotation Interactions

    Dudley R. Herschbach;Victor W. Laurie

  • On the possibility of orienting rotationally cooled polar molecules in an electric field

    B. Friedrich;D. R. Herschbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Marlan O. Scully
Marlan O. Scully Texas A&M University
William Klemperer
William Klemperer Harvard University
Russell J. Hemley
Russell J. Hemley University of Illinois at Chicago
Ho-kwang Mao
Ho-kwang Mao Carnegie Institution for Science
Charles E. Kolb
Charles E. Kolb Aerodyne Research
Richard N. Zare
Richard N. Zare Stanford University
David A. Dixon
David A. Dixon University of Alabama
David A. Case
David A. Case Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Seong Keun Kim
Seong Keun Kim Seoul National University
Timothy C. Germann
Timothy C. Germann Los Alamos National Laboratory

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