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Citations
22598
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1035

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Peter Debye Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1981 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1978 - ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1968 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Jesse L. Beauchamp is primarily affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans key areas in chemistry and materials science, with a focus on materials chemistry, spectroscopy, atomic and molecular physics and optics, analytical chemistry, and mechanics of materials.

Their work addresses several main topics, including molecular sensors and ion detection, luminescence and fluorescent materials, porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, petroleum processing and analysis, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and electrochemical analysis and applications.

Beauchamp's recent papers include the following:

  • Host-Guest Complexation of Amphiphilic Molecules at the Air-Water Interface Prevents Oxidation by Hydroxyl Radicals and Singlet Oxygen, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Host-Guest Complexation of Amphiphilic Molecules at the Air-Water Interface Prevents Oxidation by Hydroxyl Radicals and Singlet Oxygen, 2020, Angewandte Chemie
  • Tools to Investigate Structure at Hydrocarbon-Air Interfaces: Field-Induced Droplet Ionization Mass Spectrometry and Sum-Frequency Generation with Pulsed Lasers, 2024, Energy & Fuels
  • Transition Metal Ions in Solution: Complexed Ion Speciation at the Air-Liquid Interface, 2024, Langmuir
  • Paper spray analysis of crude oil samples: comparing traditional characterization schemes with mass spectrometric outcomes, 2025, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Frequent co-authors of Beauchamp include Theis I. Sølling, Wen-Chao Geng, Dongmei Zhang, Chu Gong, and Zhihao Li.

They have published in several venues repeatedly, including:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Energy & Fuels
  • Langmuir
  • International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Beauchamp has been recognized with several awards and honors over their career. These include the Peter Debye Award from the American Chemical Society (1999), fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1982), John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1976), and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1968). They were also a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1981 and received the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry in 1978.

Best Publications

  • Transition metal-hydrogen and metal-carbon bond strengths: the keys to catalysis

    J. A. Martinho Simoes;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectroscopy

    J. L. Beauchamp

  • Deuterium Exchange Reactions as a Probe of Biomolecule Structure. Fundamental Studies of Gas Phase H/D Exchange Reactions of Protonated Glycine Oligomers with D2O, CD3OD, CD3CO2D, and ND3

    Sherrie Campbell;M. T. Rodgers;Elaine M. Marzluff;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Particle phase acidity and oligomer formation in secondary organic aerosol.

    Song Gao;Nga L. Ng;Melita D. Keywood;Varuntida Varutbangkul

  • The chemistry of atomic transition-metal ions: insight into fundamental aspects of organometallic chemistry

    P. B. Armentrout;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Droplet Evaporation and Discharge Dynamics in Electrospray Ionization

    James N. Smith;Richard C. Flagan;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Gas phase basicities and relative proton affinities of compounds between water and ammonia from pulsed ion cyclotron resonance thermal equilibriums measurements

    J. F. Wolf;R. H. Staley;I. Koppel;M. Taagepera

  • Electronic structure considerations for methane activation by third-row transition-metal ions

    Karl K. Irikura;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Intrinsic acid-base properties of molecules. Binding energies of lithium(1+) ion to .pi.- and n-donor bases

    Ralph H. Staley;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Binding of lithium(1+) ion to Lewis bases in the gas phase. Reversals in methyl substituent effects for different reference acids

    R. L. Woodin;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Osmium tetroxide and its fragment ions in the gas phase: reactivity with hydrocarbons and small molecules

    Karl K. Irikura;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Multiphoton dissociation of molecules with low power continuous wave infrared laser radiation

    R. L. Woodin;D. S. Bomse;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Periodic trends in transition metal-hydrogen, metal-carbon, and metal-oxygen bond dissociation energies. Correlation with reactivity and electronic structure

    P. B. Armentrout;P. B. Armentrout;L. F. Halle;J. L. Beauchamp

  • FREEZE-DRIED BIOMOLECULES : FT-ICR STUDIES OF THE SPECIFIC SOLVATION OF FUNCTIONAL GROUPS AND CLATHRATE FORMATION OBSERVED BY THE SLOW EVAPORATION OF WATER FROM HYDRATED PEPTIDES AND MODEL COMPOUNDS IN THE GAS PHASE

    Sang-Won Lee;Patrick Freivogel;Thomas Schindler;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Methane oligomerization in the gas phase by third-row transition-metal ions

    Karl K. Irikura;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Dynamics of Field-Induced Droplet Ionization: Time-Resolved Studies of Distortion, Jetting, and Progeny Formation from Charged and Neutral Methanol Droplets Exposed to Strong Electric Fields

    Ronald L. Grimm;J. L. Beauchamp

  • A Versatile Trapped Ion Cell for Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectroscopy

    T. B. McMahon;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Singlet-triplet gaps in substituted carbenes CXY (X, Y = H, F, Cl, Br, I, SiH_3)

    Karl K. Irikura;W. A. Goddard;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Salt Bridge Chemistry Applied to Gas-Phase Peptide Sequencing: Selective Fragmentation of Sodiated Gas-Phase Peptide Ions Adjacent to Aspartic Acid Residues

    Sang-Won Lee;and Hyun Sik Kim;J. L. Beauchamp

  • Reaction of Cr+, Mn+, Fe+, Co+, and Ni+ with O2 and N2O. Examination of the translational energy dependence of the cross sections of endothermic reactions

    P. B. Armentrout;L. F. Halle;J. L. Beauchamp

Frequent Co-Authors

P. B. Armentrout
P. B. Armentrout University of Utah
William A. Goddard
William A. Goddard California Institute of Technology
Michael T. Bowers
Michael T. Bowers University of California, Santa Barbara
Ryan R. Julian
Ryan R. Julian University of California, Riverside
M. T. Rodgers
M. T. Rodgers Wayne State University
Richard C. Flagan
Richard C. Flagan California Institute of Technology
Brian M. Stoltz
Brian M. Stoltz California Institute of Technology
Thomas J. Ahrens
Thomas J. Ahrens California Institute of Technology
James R. Heath
James R. Heath California Institute of Technology
Hyungjun Kim
Hyungjun Kim Yonsei University

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