Publications

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Publications in Nanoscience and Surface Science:

CO oxidation on Pt nanoclusters, size and coverage effects. A density functional theory study, S. Dobrin, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 14 (2012) 12122.

Trends in CO oxidation rates for metal nanoparticles and close-packed, stepped, and kinked surfaces, T. Jiang, D. J. Mowbray, S. Dobrin, H. Falsig, B. Hvolbæk, T. Bligaard, and J.K. Nørskov, J. Phys. Chem., 113 (2009) 10548.

DFT based screening of ternary alkali-transition metal borohydrides – a computational materials design project, Hummelshøj et al., J. Chem. Phys. 131 (2009) 014101.

Molecular nano‑arches on silicon. S. Dobrin. Surf. Sci., 601 (2007) 3202.

Maskless nanopatterning and formation of nano-corrals and switches, for haloalkanes at Si(111)-7x7, S. Dobrin, K.R Harikumar, T.B Lim, L. Leung, I.R. McNab, J.C Polanyi, P.A Sloan, Z. Waqar, J.(S.Y.) Yang, S. Ayissi and W.A. Hofer, Nanotechnology, 18 (2007) 044012.

Molecular dynamics of haloalkane corral formation and surface halogenation at Si(111)-7×7, S. Dobrin, K. R. Harikumar, R.V. Jones, I. R. McNab, J. C. Polanyi, Z. Waqar, and J. Yang, J. Chem. Phys., 125 (2006) 133407.

STM study of the conformation and reaction of long-chain halo-alkanes at Si(111)‑7×7, S. Dobrin, K.R. Harikumar, and J.C. Polanyi, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110 (2006) 8010.

Selfassembled molecular corrals on a semiconductor surface, S. Dobrin, K.R. Harikumar, R.V. Jones, N. Li, I.R. McNab, J.C. Polanyi, P.A. Sloan, Z. Waqar, J.S.Y. Yang, S. Ayissi, and W.A. Hofer, Surf. Sci. Letters, 600 (2006) L43.

This paper became a subject of a perspective paper by Professor Dujardin from the University of Paris Sud in Orsay, published in Surface Science 600 (2006) 971, and was cited by Chemical and Engineering News (February 27, 2006). The paper was listed 3^rd among the most often accessed papers published in the “Surface Science” journal from January to March 2006.

Reaction of 1,2-Dibromobenzene with the Si(111)-7x7 surface, a DFT Study, S. Dobrin, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109 (2005) 22976.

An STM study of the localized atomic reaction of 1,2 and 1,4-dibromoxylene with Si   (111)-7x7, S. Dobrin,  K.R. Harikumar, C.F. Matta, and J.C. Polanyi, Surf. Sci., 580 (2005) 39.

Photoinduced Charge-Transfer Reaction at Surfaces:(HF)_m ··Na_n/LiF(001) +    (640nm)  →  (HF)_m‑1 F^-Na⁺_n/LiF(001) + H(g), S. Dobrin, J.B, F.Y. Naumkin, and J.C.  Polanyi, J. Chem. Phys., 122 (2005) 014705.

An STM study of the localized atomic reaction of 1,2 and 1,4-dibromobenzene at Si(111) 7x7,  S. Dobrin, R.K. Harikumar, and J.C. Polanyi, Surf. Sci.,561 (2004).

Imprinting of Br-atoms at Si(111)-7x7 from a SAM of CH₃Br(ad), with pattern retention, S. Dobrin, Xuekun Lu, F. Y. Naumkin, J.C. Polanyi, and Jody (S.Y.) Yang, Surf. Sci. Letters, 573 (2004) L363. 

This paper became a subject of a perspective paper by Professor Osgood from the Columbia University, Surf. Sci. 573 (2004) 147, and was also cited by Chemical and Engineering News (Nov 15, 2004).

Photoinduced Charge-Transfer Reaction at Surfaces: HBr··Na_n/LiF(001) +  (610nm)  →   Na⁺_nBr^-/LiF(001) + H(g), S. Dobrin, H. He, F.Y. Naumkin, J.C. Polanyi, and S.A. Raspopov, J. Chem. Phys., 119 (2003) 9795.

Relaxation of Singlet Oxygen Adsorbed on Porous Glass at 77 K, M.E. Ryskin, S.A. Dobrin, T.Ya. Kurenyova and B.R. Shub, Chem. Phys. Rep., 15 (1996) 281.

Visible and Near-IR Absorption Spectra of Oxygen Adsorbed on Porous Glass, M.E. Ryskin, V.I. Chernysh, S.A. Dobrin, T.Ya. Kurenyova, and B.R. Shub, Opt. Spectrosc., 78 (1995) 205.

Publications in photophysics and spectroscopy:

Photoelectron Spectroscopy of SO₃^- at 355 and 266 nm, S. Dobrin, B. H. Boo, L. N. Alconcel and R. E. Continetti, J. Phys. Chem. A, 104 (2000) 10695.

Electronic Transition Moment Directions in Idolo-indoles: The Use of Orientation Amplifiers, M. Gil, J. Marczyk, S. Dobrin, P. Kaaszynski, J. Waluk, J. Mol. Struct., 475 (1999) 141.

Argon-Matrix-Isolation Raman Spectra and Density Functional Study of 1,3‑Butadiene Conformers, C. H. Choi, M. Kertesz, S. Dobrin, J. Michl, Theor. Chem. Acc., 102 (1999) 196.

Deactivation of the Lowest Singlet and Triplet States of Rigid Analogues of Stilbene: Diethyl 5,10-dihetera-5,10-dihydroindeno[2,1-a]indene-2,7-icarboxylates and its Heteroatoms Containing Derivatives, S. Dobrin, P. Kaszynski, S. Ikeda, and J. Waluk. Chem. Phys., 216 (1997) 179.

Photophysics of Some Stilbene-type Molecules, S. Dobrin, P. Kaszynski, A. Starukhin and J. Waluk. Opt. Spectrosc., 83 (1997) 619.

Photochromism and Proton Transfer Reaction Cycle of New Internally H_Bonded Shiff Bases, A. Grabowska, K. Kownacki, S. Dobrin, J. Karpiuk, L. Kaczmarek, Chem. Phys. Letters, 267 (1997) 132.

Stilbene-like Molecules: Sulfur and Selenium-Heterosubstituted Indolo[3,2‑b]indoles, S. Dobrin, P. Kaszynski, J.Waluk, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A, 105 (1997) 149.