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D-Index
64
Citations
11938
World Ranking
8196
National Ranking
2366

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development of molecular spectroscopy as a tool for the elucidation of molecular structure and conformations

Overview

Elliot R. Bernstein is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research spans primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy, as well as Computer Science. Subfields of study include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Artificial Intelligence, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Spectroscopy, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Quantum Mechanics and Applications
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Chirality
  • Computational Physics and Python Applications
  • Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications

Bernstein's recent publications include:

  • "The attochemistry of chemical bonding" (2021), published in International Reviews in Physical Chemistry
  • "Pedagogical Revision of Spontaneous Emission and Photons" (2025), published in Journal of Chemical Education

Frequent co-authors include Atanu Bhattacharya, Jayanta Ghosh, Sampad Bag, Sankhabrata Chandra, and Anupam Bera.

The researcher has published books with the IISc lecture notes series, including Introduction to Time-Dependent Quantum Mechanics with Python in 2023.

Frequent publication venues for their articles include:

  • International Reviews in Physical Chemistry
  • Journal of Chemical Education

Awards include Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 2001, and Fellowship of the American Physical Society (APS) granted in 1992 with a citation for the development of molecular spectroscopy as a tool for elucidating molecular structure and conformations.

Best Publications

  • Ab Initio Calculation of Nonbonded Interactions: Are We There Yet?

    A. K. Rappe;E. R. Bernstein

  • DIMERS OF AROMATIC MOLECULES: (BENZENE)2, (TOLUENE)2, AND BENZENE-TOLUENE

    K. S. Law;M. Schauer;E. R. Bernstein

  • A study of nonrigid aromatic molecules by supersonic molecular jet spectroscopy. I. Toluene and the xylenes

    P. J. Breen;J. A. Warren;E. R. Bernstein;Jeffrey I. Seeman

  • Aromatic van der Waals Clusters: Structure and Nonrigidity

    S. Sun and;E. R. Bernstein

  • Calculation of the Vibronic Structure of Solute/Solvent van der Waals Clusters.

    J. A. Menapace;E. R. Bernstein

  • Atomic and molecular clusters

    E. R. Bernstein

  • Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Reactions between Small Neutral Iron Oxide Clusters and Carbon Monoxide

    Wei Xue;Zhe-Chen Wang;Sheng-Gui He;Yan Xie

  • Spectroscopy, structure, and proton dynamics of 2-hydroxypyridine and its clusters with water and ammonia

    M. R. Nimlos;D. F. Kelley;E. R. Bernstein

  • Gas phase chemistry of neutral metal clusters: Distribution, reactivity and catalysis

    Shi Yin;Elliot R. Bernstein

  • Hydrogen bonded and non‐hydrogen bonded van der Waals clusters: Comparison between clusters of pyrazine, pyrimidine, and benzene with various solvents

    J. Wanna;J. A. Menapace;E. R. Bernstein

  • Experimental and theoretical study of the reactions between neutral vanadium oxide clusters and ethane, ethylene, and acetylene.

    Feng Dong;Scott Heinbuch;Yan Xie;Jorge J Rocca

  • 14-Coordinate Uranium(IV). The structure of uranium borohydride by single-crystal neutron diffraction

    E. R. Bernstein;Walter C. Hamilton;T. A. Keiderling;Sam J. La Placa

  • Dynamics and fragmentation of van der Waals clusters: (H2O)n, (CH3OH)n, and (NH3)n upon ionization by a 26.5 eV soft x-ray laser.

    F. Dong;S. Heinbuch;J. J. Rocca;E. R. Bernstein

  • Oxidation reactions on neutral cobalt oxide clusters: experimental and theoretical studies

    Yan Xie;Feng Dong;Scott Heinbuch;Jorge J. Rocca

  • Excited-state proton transfer in 1-naphthol/ammonia clusters

    M. F. Hineman;G. A. Brucker;D. F. Kelley;E. R. Bernstein

  • Three-dimensional nanoscale molecular imaging by extreme ultraviolet laser ablation mass spectrometry

    Ilya Kuznetsov;Jorge Filevich;Feng Dong;Mark Woolston

  • On the titanium oxide neutral cluster distribution in the gas phase: Detection through 118 nm single-photon and 193 nm multiphoton ionization.

    Yoshiyuki Matsuda;Elliot R. Bernstein

  • Chemical reactions in clusters

    Elliot R. Bernstein

  • Static Crystal Effects on the Vibronic Structure of the Phosphorescence, Fluorescence, and Absorption Spectra of Benzene Isotopic Mixed Crystals

    E. R. Bernstein;S. D. Colson;D. S. Tinti;G. W. Robinson

  • On the growth dynamics of neutral vanadium oxide and titanium oxide clusters

    M. Foltin;G. J. Stueber;E. R. Bernstein

  • Calculations of the geometry and binding energy of aromatic dimers: Benzene, toluene, and toluene–benzene

    Mark Schauer;E. R. Bernstein

  • Vibrational dynamics of aniline(Ar)1 and aniline(CH4)1 clusters

    M. R. Nimlos;M. A. Young;E. R. Bernstein;D. F. Kelley

Frequent Co-Authors

Vicki H. Grassian
Vicki H. Grassian University of California, San Diego
Sheng-Gui He
Sheng-Gui He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dean C. Crick
Dean C. Crick Colorado State University
Erik H. Anderson
Erik H. Anderson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Timothy A. Keiderling
Timothy A. Keiderling University of Illinois at Chicago
Mark R. Nimlos
Mark R. Nimlos National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Thomas G. Spiro
Thomas G. Spiro University of Washington
Seong Keun Kim
Seong Keun Kim Seoul National University
Raoul Kopelman
Raoul Kopelman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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