PATENTS
M. A. Diaz-Garcia, B. J. Schwartz, F. Hide and A. J. Heeger, "Conjugated Polymers as Materials for Solid-State Lasers," U. S. Patent #5,881,083, awarded March 9, 1999.MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED OR IN PRESS
H. Miyata, S. H. Tolbert, W. Molenkamp, B. J. Schwartz and I. B. Martini, continuation-in-part for "Polarized Light-Emitting Films and Method for Producing the Same," pending.
R. Kennedy, A. L. Ayzner, C. J. Tassone, D. D. Wanger, M. Halim, C. T. Day, S. H. Tolbert, B. J. Schwartz and Y. Rubin, "Photovoltaic Devices Including Self-Assembling Fullerene Derivatives for Improved Efficiencies," US9231214 B2 (also published as US200902664 A1), awarded Jan. 5, 2016.
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W. R. Borrelli, X. Liu and B. J. Schwartz, "Reactivity of DFT-Simulated Liquid Water with the Dual Descriptor: Explaining why Hydrated Electrons React with SCAN0 Water," submitted.If you have problems viewing any of these papers (all in PDF format), try "Save Target As" instead of viewing directly through your browser
W. R. Borrelli, J. L. Guardado Sandoval, K. J. Mei and B. J. Schwartz, "The Roles of H-Bonding and Hydride Solvation in the Reaction of Hydrated (Di)-Electrons with Water to Create H2 and OH¯," submitted
K. J. Mei and B. J. Schwartz, "How Solvation Alters the Thermodynamics of Asymmetric Bond Breaking: Quantum Simulation of NaK+ in Liquid Tetrahydrofuan," submitted.
E. C. Wu and B. J. Schwartz, "Does the Traditional Band Picture Correctly Describe the Electronic Structure of n-Doped Conjugated Polymers? A TD-DFT and Natural Transition Orbital Study," submitted
H. Y. Liu, K. J. Mei, W. R. Borrelli and B. J. Schwartz, "Simulating the Competitive Ion Pairing of Hydrated Electrons with Chaotropic Cations," submitted.
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REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
M. C. Cavanagh, R. M. Young and B. J. Schwartz, "The Roles of
the Solute and Solvent Cavities in
Charge-Transfer-to-Solvent (CTTS) Dynamics: Ultrafast
Studies of Potasside and Sodide in Diethyl Ether," J. Chem. Phys. 129, 134503, 1-10 (2008).
E. R. Barthel and B. J. Schwartz, "Mapping the Conduction Band Under CTTS Transitions: The Photodetachment Quantum Yield of Sodide (Na¯) in Tetrahydrofuran," Chem. Phys. Lett. 375(3-4), 435-43 (2003).
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