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Richard L. Jaffe is affiliated with the Ames Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, and Mathematics. Their work delves into several subfields including Applied Mathematics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

The research topics covered by Richard L. Jaffe include:

  • Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Combustion and Flame Dynamics

Among the prominent recent papers associated with their research are:

  • Bayesian Machine Learning Approach to the Quantification of Uncertainties on Ab Initio Potential Energy Surfaces, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • State-resolved transport collision integrals for the O+O2 system, 2020, Physical Review Fluids
  • Comparative analysis of internal energy excitation and dissociation of nitrogen predicted by independently developed ab initio potential energy surfaces, 2022, Physical Review Fluids
  • Comprehensive Study of HCN: Potential Energy Surfaces, State-to-State Kinetics, and Master Equation Analysis, 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Carbon Clusters: Thermochemistry and Electronic Structure at High Temperatures, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard L. Jaffe include:

  • Marco Panesi
  • Simone Venturi
  • Maitreyee Sharma Priyadarshini
  • David W. Schwenke
  • Sharanya Subramaniam

Publications by Richard L. Jaffe have appeared predominantly in journals such as:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • Chemical Physics
  • AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum

Best Publications

  • On the Water−Carbon Interaction for Use in Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Graphite and Carbon Nanotubes

    T. Werder;Jens Honore Walther;R.L. Jaffe;T. Halicioglu

  • Review of chemical-kinetic problems of future NASA missions, II: Mars entries

    Chul Park;John T. Howe;Richard L. Jaffe;Graham V. Candler

  • Carbon Nanotubes in Water: Structural Characteristics and Energetics

    Jens Honore Walther;R. Jaffe;T. Halicioglu;P. Koumoutsakos

  • Chemical-Kinetic Parameters of Hyperbolic Earth Entry

    Chul Park;Richard L. Jaffe;Harry Partridge

  • Benzene Dimer: A Good Model for π−π Interactions in Proteins? A Comparison between the Benzene and the Toluene Dimers in the Gas Phase and in an Aqueous Solution

    Christophe Chipot;Richard Jaffe;Bernard Maigret;and David A. Pearlman

  • A quantum chemistry study of benzene dimer

    Richard L. Jaffe;Grant D. Smith

  • Rovibrational internal energy transfer and dissociation of N2(1Σg+)−N(4Su) system in hypersonic flows

    Marco Panesi;Richard L. Jaffe;David W. Schwenke;Thierry E. Magin

  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Contact Angles of Water Droplets in Carbon Nanotubes

    Thomas Werder;Jens Honore Walther;Richard L. Jaffe;Timur Halicioglu

  • Low-Dielectric, Nanoporous Organosilicate Films Prepared via Inorganic/Organic Polymer Hybrid Templates

    Cattien V. Nguyen;Kenneth R. Carter;Craig J. Hawker;James L. Hedrick

  • Molecular dynamics simulations of carbon nanotube-based gears

    Jie Han;Al Globus;Richard Jaffe;Glenn Deardorff

  • Infrared Spectroscopy Study of Microstructures of Poly(silsesquioxane)s

    E. S. Park;H. W. Ro;C. V. Nguyen;R. L. Jaffe

  • Conformations and Structures of Poly(oxyethylene) Melts from Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Experiments

    Grant D. Smith;Do Y. Yoon;Richard L. Jaffe;Ralph H. Colby

  • Force field for simulations of 1,2-dimethoxyethane and poly(oxyethylene) based upon ab initio electronic structure calculations on model molecules

    Grant D. Smith;Richard L. Jaffe;Do Y. Yoon

  • Observation and Modeling of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Bend Junctions

    Jie Han;M. P. Anantram;R. L. Jaffe;J. Kong

  • Conformation of 1,2-dimethoxyethane from ab initio electronic structure calculations

    Richard L. Jaffe;Grant D. Smith;Do Y. Yoon

  • Quantum Chemistry Study of Conformational Energies and Rotational Energy Barriers in n-Alkanes

    Grant D. Smith;Richard L. Jaffe

  • Classical Trajectory Analysis of the Reaction F+H2→HF+H

    Richard L. Jaffe;James B. Anderson

  • Calculated potential surfaces for the reactions: O+N2→NO+N and N+O2→NO+O

    Stephen P. Walch;Richard L. Jaffe

  • Hydrophobic hydration of C60 and carbon nanotubes in water

    Jens Honore Walther;R.L. Jaffe;E.M. Kotsalis;T. Werder

  • Theoretical study of the four lowest doublet electronic states of the hydroperoxyl radical - Application to photodissociation

    S. R. Langhoff;R. L. Jaffe

Frequent Co-Authors

Do Y. Yoon
Do Y. Yoon Stanford University
Jens Honore Walther
Jens Honore Walther Technical University of Denmark
David W. Schwenke
David W. Schwenke Analytical Mechanics Associates (United States)
Jie Han
Jie Han Ames Research Center
Petros Koumoutsakos
Petros Koumoutsakos Harvard University
Charles W. Bauschlicher
Charles W. Bauschlicher Ames Research Center
Keiji Morokuma
Keiji Morokuma Kyoto University
Stephen R. Langhoff
Stephen R. Langhoff Ames Research Center
Harry Partridge
Harry Partridge Ames Research Center
Oleg Borodin
Oleg Borodin United States Army Research Laboratory

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