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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1978 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1973 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Robert C. Dunbar was affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Throughout their career, they contributed to academic research and were recognized by notable organizations.

Dunbar received two fellowships: from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1973 and from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1978. These awards marked significant professional milestones during their career.

The available data does not list specific research fields, publication topics, co-authors, or recent papers, which limits a detailed summary of Dunbar's academic specializations or collaborations. However, the documented fellowships suggest engagement with research that attracted peer recognition in the mid- to late 20th century.

Best Publications

  • BIRD (blackbody infrared radiative dissociation): evolution, principles, and applications.

    Robert C. Dunbar

  • Infrared spectroscopy of phenylalanine Ag(I) and Zn(II) complexes in the gas phase.

    Nick C. Polfer;Jos Oomens;David T. Moore;Gert von Helden

  • Infrared radiative cooling of gas‐phase ions

    Robert C. Dunbar

  • Complexation of Na+ and K+ to Aromatic Amino Acids: A Density Functional Computational Study of Cation-π Interactions

    Robert C. Dunbar

  • Cation-π effects in the complexation of Na+ and K+ with Phe, Tyr, and Trp in the gas phase

    Victor Ryzhov;Robert C. Dunbar;Blas Cerda;Chrys Wesdemiotis

  • Infrared spectroscopy of arginine cation complexes: direct observation of gas-phase zwitterions.

    Matthew W. Forbes;Matthew F. Bush;Nick C. Polfer;Jos Oomens

  • Kinetics of Thermal Unimolecular Dissociation by Ambient Infrared Radiation

    Robert C. Dunbar

  • Activation of Unimolecular Reactions by Ambient Blackbody Radiation

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  • IRMPD spectroscopy of metal-ion/tryptophan complexes

    Nick C. Polfer;Jos Oomens;Robert C. Dunbar

  • Ion‐Cyclotron Double Resonance

    L. R. Anders;J. L. Beauchamp;R. C. Dunbar;John D. Baldeschwieler

  • Photodissociation of trapped ions

    Robert C Dunbar

  • Metal Cation Binding to Phenol: DFT Comparison of the Competing Sites

    Robert C. Dunbar

  • Interactions of Phenol and Indole with Metal Ions in the Gas Phase: Models For Tyr and Trp Side-Chain Binding

    Victor Ryzhov;Robert C. Dunbar

  • Binding Energy of Al(C6H6)+ from Analysis of Radiative Association Kinetics

    Robert C. Dunbar;Stephen J. Klippenstein;Jan Hrušák;Detlef Stöckigt,‡,⊥ and

  • Ion spectroscopy: where did it come from; where is it now; and where is it going?

    Tomas Baer;Robert C. Dunbar

  • The Site of Cr+ Attachment to Gas-Phase Aniline from Infrared Spectroscopy

    Jos Oomens;David T. Moore;Gert von Helden;Gerard Meijer

  • Gas-Phase Zwitterion Stabilization by a Metal Dication

    Robert C. Dunbar;Nick C. Polfer;Jos Oomens

  • Infrared spectroscopy of gas-phase Cr+ coordination complexes: determination of binding sites and electronic states.

    David T. Moore;Jos Oomens;John R. Eyler;Gert von Helden

  • Cation−π Interactions and the Gas-Phase Thermochemistry of the Na+/Phenylalanine Complex

    Alexei Gapeev;Robert C. Dunbar

  • Binding Energies of Gas-Phase Metal Ions with Pyrrole: Experimental and Quantum Chemical Results

    Alexei Gapeev;Chia-Ning Yang;Stephen J. Klippenstein;Robert C. Dunbar

  • Monomer and Dimer Complexes of Coronene with Atomic Ions

    Boguslav P. Pozniak and;Robert C. Dunbar

Frequent Co-Authors

Jos Oomens
Jos Oomens Radboud University
Giel Berden
Giel Berden Radboud University
Stephen J. Klippenstein
Stephen J. Klippenstein Argonne National Laboratory
Chava Lifshitz
Chava Lifshitz Hebrew University of Jerusalem
George A. Olah
George A. Olah University of Southern California
Gert von Helden
Gert von Helden Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Gerard Meijer
Gerard Meijer Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Wiley J. Youngs
Wiley J. Youngs University of Akron
John R. Eyler
John R. Eyler University of Florida
Tomas Baer
Tomas Baer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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