Daniel M. Chipman Iowa State University, B.S. ('67) University of Wisconsin, Ph.D. ('72) Tel. (574) 631-5562 e-mail: chipman.1@nd.edu Electronic Structure in Solution

Scientific Interests

Theoretical studies of free radicals — vibrational force fields; spin density; excitation energy; large amplitude internal motion

Solvation effects — reaction field modeling; hydrogen bonding; ionic strength effects; dispersion and cavitation corrections

Recent Accomplishments | Top |

Excitation of Water — The lowest excited electronic state of water is well known to be dissociative in an isolated gas phase monomer. However, we have established that the excited potential surface instead becomes quasibound when the OH moiety is hydrogen bonded to a neighboring water molecule. This has important ramifications for the behavior of excited liquid water and ice, newly raising the possibility of energy transport over substantial distances by migration of a neutral exciton.

Solvation effects — An improved boundary element method has been developed to represent the influence of dielectric solvation on the electronic structure of a solute molecule. Rarely recognized yet important effects of volume polarization due to solute charge penetration outside the cavity nominally enclosing it are accurately included. Simple models of specific hydrogen bonding effects on solvation energies have also been developed.

Improved density calculation — New quantum operators have been derived for the difficult problem of evaluating Fermi contact interactions that determine observed EPR hyperfine coupling constants and NMR indirect spin-spin coupling constants. These provide satisfactory accuracy with relatively small basis sets, and thereby extend our capability to treat larger and more complex systems than were previously feasible.  

Selected Publications | Top |

D.M. Chipman
Vertical electronic excitation with a dielectric continuum model of solvation. I. Theory
J. Chem. Phys. 2009 131, 014103/1-10 link

D.M. Chipman
Vertical electronic excitation with a dielectric continuum model of solvation. II. Imlementation and applications
J. Chem. Phys. 2009 131, 014104/1-6 link

G. Merga, L. C. Cass, D.M. Chipman and D. Meisel
Probing silver nanoparticles during catalytic H2 production
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008 130, 7067-76 link

D.M. Chipman
Absorption spectrum of OH radical in water
J. Phys. Chem. A 2008 112, 13372-81 link

D.M. Chipman
Dissociative electron attachment to the hydrogen-bound OH in water dimer through the lowest anionic Feshbach resonance
J. Chem. Phys. 2007 127, 194309 link

D.M. Chipman
New formulation and implementation for volume polarization in dielectric continuum theory
J. Chem. Phys. 2006 124, 224111 link

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Basic Energy Sciences
at the
U.S. Department of Energy

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