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Materials Science

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Chemistry

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his innovative studies of ultrafast proton and electron transfers, isomerization reactions, and dynamic solvent effects
  • 1983 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Paul F. Barbara was affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their academic and research career was marked by recognition from prominent scientific organizations and multiple prestigious awards.

Throughout their career, Paul F. Barbara received several notable honors, including the E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 2009. In 2006, they were elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Barbara was also named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003. Earlier, in 1992, they became a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), receiving a citation for innovative studies involving ultrafast proton and electron transfers, isomerization reactions, and dynamic solvent effects. Additionally, they were a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1983.

Best Publications

  • Contemporary Issues in Electron Transfer Research

    Paul F. Barbara;Thomas J. Meyer;Mark A. Ratner

  • Selection of peptides with semiconductor binding specificity for directed nanocrystal assembly

    Sandra R. Whaley;D. S. English;Evelyn L. Hu;Paul F. Barbara

  • Synthesis of CuInS2, CuInSe2, and Cu(InxGa1-x)Se2 (CIGS) Nanocrystal “Inks” for Printable Photovoltaics

    Matthew G. Panthani;Vahid Akhavan;Brian Goodfellow;Johanna P. Schmidtke

  • Role of water in electron-initiated processes and radical chemistry: issues and scientific advances.

    Bruce C Garrett;David A Dixon;Donald M Camaioni;Daniel M Chipman

  • Discrete Intensity Jumps and Intramolecular Electronic Energy Transfer in the Spectroscopy of Single Conjugated Polymer Molecules

    David A. Vanden Bout;Wai-Tak Yip;Wai-Tak Yip;Dehong Hu;Dehong Hu;Dian-Kui Fu;Dian-Kui Fu

  • FROM MOLECULES TO MATERIALS : CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

    A. Paul Alivisatos;Paul F. Barbara;A. Welford Castleman;Jack Chang

  • Collapse of stiff conjugated polymers with chemical defects into ordered, cylindrical conformations

    Dehong Hu;Ji Yu;Kim Wong;Biman Bagchi

  • Rates of DNA-Mediated Electron Transfer Between Metallointercalators

    M. R. Arkin;E. D. A. Stemp;R. E. Holmlin;J. K. Barton

  • Unmasking electronic energy transfer of conjugated polymers by suppression of O(2) quenching

    Ji Yu;Dehong Hu;Paul F. Barbara

  • Picosecond kinetic and vibrationally resolved spectroscopic studies of intramolecular excited-state hydrogen atom transfer

    Paul F. Barbara;Patrick K. Walsh;Louis E. Brus

  • First Observation of the Key Intermediate in the “Light-Switch” Mechanism of [Ru(phen)2dppz]2+

    E. J. C. Olson;D. Hu;A. Hormann;A. M. Jonkman

  • Size Tunable Visible Luminescence from Individual Organic Monolayer Stabilized Silicon Nanocrystal Quantum Dots

    Douglas S. English;Lindsay E. Pell;Zhonghua Yu;Paul F. Barbara

  • Single-molecule spectroscopy of conjugated polymers.

    Paul F. Barbara;Andre J. Gesquiere;So-Jung Park;Young Jong Lee

  • Interplay of solvent motion and vibrational excitation in electron-transfer kinetics : experiment and theory

    Gilbert C. Walker;Eva Aakesson;Alan E. Johnson;Nancy E. Levinger

  • Classifying the Photophysical Dynamics of Single- and Multiple-Chromophoric Molecules by Single Molecule Spectroscopy

    Wai-Tak Yip;Dehong Hu;Ji Yu;and David A. Vanden Bout

  • Vibrational Modes and the Dynamic Solvent Effect in Electron and Proton Transfer

    Paul F. Barbara;Gilbert C. Walker;Terrance P. Smith

  • Photochemical kinetics of salicylidenaniline

    P. F. Barbara;P. M. Rentzepis;L. E. Brus

  • The proton-transfer kinetics of 3-hydroxyflavone: solvent effects

    Andrew J. G. Strandjord;P. F. Barbara

  • A theoretical study of multidimensional nuclear tunneling in malonaldehyde

    Norihiro Shida;Paul F. Barbara;Jan E. Almlöf

  • Ultrafast Photochemical Intramolecular Charge and Excited State Solvation

    Paul F. Barbara;Włodzimierz Jarzeba

  • Accounts of Chemical Research.

    Joan Selverstone Valentine;Kendall N Houk;Paul F Barbara

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilbert C. Walker
Gilbert C. Walker University of Toronto
Karin Musier-Forsyth
Karin Musier-Forsyth The Ohio State University
David A. Vanden Bout
David A. Vanden Bout The University of Texas at Austin
Dong Hee Son
Dong Hee Son Texas A&M University
So-Jung Park
So-Jung Park Ewha Womans University
Carlos Silva
Carlos Silva Georgia Institute of Technology
Wei-Shun Chang
Wei-Shun Chang University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Peter J. Rossky
Peter J. Rossky Rice University
Nancy E. Levinger
Nancy E. Levinger Colorado State University
Christopher W. Bielawski
Christopher W. Bielawski Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

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