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List of works by David Wixon Pratt

A Rotationally Resolved Fluorescence Excitation Spectrum of all-trans-1,4-Diphenyl-1,3-butadiene

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A rotationally resolved phosphorescence excitation spectrum of the lowest triplet state of pyrazine

Base pair analogs in the gas phase

scientific article published on November 11, 2003

Charge redistribution on electronic excitation. Dipole moments of cis- and trans-3-aminophenol in their S(0) and S(1) electronic states

scientific article published in September 2004

Charge transfer by electronic excitation: Direct measurement by high resolution spectroscopy in the gas phase

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

Chiral Imprinting in the Gas Phase

scientific article published on 8 November 2017

Chirped-pulsed FTMW spectra of valeric acid, 5-aminovaleric acid, and δ-valerolactam: A study of amino acid mimics in the gas phase

Delicate balance of hydrogen bonding forces in D-threoninol

scientific article published on 16 January 2014

Direct laser excitation of triplet states in supersonic jets. Rotationally resolved 3Au .rarw. 1Ag excitation spectrum of glyoxal

Electronic spectra of 2- and 3-tolunitrile in the gas phase. I. A study of methyl group internal rotation via rovibronically resolved spectroscopy.

scientific article published on January 2016

Electronic spectra of 2- and 3-tolunitrile in the gas phase. II. Geometry changes from Franck-Condon fits of fluorescence emission spectra

Excited electronic state mixing in 7-azaindole. Quantitative measurements using the Stark effect

scientific article published on 14 October 2013

Excited state electron transfer precedes proton transfer following irradiation of the hydrogen-bonded single water complex of 7-azaindole with UV light

scientific article published on August 28, 2011

Experimental measurement of the induced dipole moment of an isolated molecule in its ground and electronically excited states: indole and indole-H2O.

scientific article published in May 2005

Experimentally measured permanent dipoles induced by hydrogen bonding. The Stark spectrum of indole–NH3

scientific article published on 01 March 2012

Exploring single and double proton transfer processes in the gas phase: A high resolution electronic spectroscopy study of 5-fluorosalicylic acid

scientific article published on February 28, 2011

Flickering dipoles in the gas phase: structures, internal dynamics, and dipole moments of β-naphthol-H2O in its ground and excited electronic states

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Ground state 14N quadrupole couplings in the microwave spectra of N,N'-dimethylaniline and 4,4'-dimethylaminobenzonitrile

scientific article published on 23 February 2011

High resolution electronic spectra of 7-azaindole and its Ar atom van der Waals complex

scientific article published in September 2005

High resolution electronic spectra of anisole and anisole-water in the gas phase: hydrogen bond switching in the S1 state

scientific article published in February 2006

High resolution electronic spectroscopy of 4-methylanisole in the gas phase. Barrier height determinations for the methyl group torsional motion

scientific article published on 25 May 2010

High resolution electronic spectroscopy of 9-fluorenemethanol in the gas phase: New insights into the properties of Π-hydrogen bonds

scientific article published on September 28, 2010

High resolution electronic spectroscopy of o- and m-toluidine in the gas phase. barrier height determinations for the methyl group torsional motions

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High resolution fluorescence excitation spectra of both enantiomers of naproxen in the gas phase: Are they equivalent or not?

High resolution spectroscopy in the gas phase: even large molecules have well-defined shapes

scientific article published on January 1998

High-Resolution Electronic Spectroscopy of the Doorway States to Intramolecular Charge Transfer

scientific article published on 19 September 2012

High-resolution electronic spectrum of the p-difluorobenzene-water complex: structure and internal rotation dynamics

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

High‐Resolution Electronic Spectroscopy Studies of meta‐Aminobenzoic Acid in the Gas Phase Reveal the Origins of its Solvatochromic Behavior

scientific article published on March 29, 2011

Indole−H2O in the Gas Phase. Structures, Barriers to Internal Motion, and S1← S0Transition Moment Orientation. Solvent Reorganization in the Electronically Excited State

Inertial axis reorientation in the S1←S0 electronic transition of 2‐pyridone. A rotational Duschinsky effect. Structural and dynamical consequences

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Intersystem crossing in isolated molecules. Magnetic field effects on the fluorescence decay behavior of 1B3u pyrazine with ‘‘single’’ rovibronic level excitation

Intramolecular structure and dynamics of mequinol and guaiacol in the gas phase: Rotationally resolved electronic spectra of their S1 states

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Isomer-specific spectroscopy and conformational isomerization energetics of o-, m-, and p-ethynylstyrenes

scientific article published in May 2005

Laser‐induced phosphorescence spectroscopy in supersonic jets. The lowest triplet states of glyoxal, methylglyoxal, and biacetyl

Lifetime broadening in the rotationally resolved electronic spectra of dibenzothiophene, 2,5-diphenylfuran, and 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole in the gas phase. Intersystem crossing dynamics in the statistical limit

scientific article published in March 2009

Measuring the conformational properties of 1,2,3,6,7,8-hexahydropyrene and its van der Waals complexes

scientific article published on July 2010

Methyl group torsional dynamics from rotationally resolved electronic spectra. 1‐ and 2‐methylnaphthalene

Microwave and UV Excitation Spectra of 4-Fluorobenzyl Alcohol at High Resolution. S0 and S1 Structures and Tunneling Motions along the Low Frequency −CH2OH Torsional Coordinate in Both Electronic States

scientific article published on July 27, 2011

Molecular dynamics. Biomolecules see the light

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Molecular recognition in the gas phase. Dipole-bound complexes of benzonitrile with water, ammonia, methanol, acetonitrile, and benzonitrile itself

scientific article published on 12 July 2007

N-ethylformamide dimer. A β-turn model peptide in the gas phase

Next generation techniques in the high resolution spectroscopy of biologically relevant molecules

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On the Excited State Dynamics of Vibronic Transitions. High-Resolution Electronic Spectra of Acenaphthene and Its Argon van der Waals Complex in the Gas Phase

scientific article published on 13 June 2011

On the electric dipole moments of asymmetric tops: measurement by high-resolution electronic spectroscopy in the gas phase

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On the energy landscapes of 3-indole acetic acid and 3-indole propionic acid. A study of side chain flexibilities in their S(0) and S(1) electronic states

scientific article published on 26 January 2006

On the role of methyl torsional modes in the intersystem crossing dynamics of isolated molecules

scientific article published in November 2007

Permanent electric dipole moments of four tryptamine conformers in the gas phase: a new diagnostic of structure and dynamics

scientific article published in February 2006

Probing the electronic structure of peptide bonds using methyl groups

scientific article published on 23 June 2007

Proton transfer dynamics via high resolution spectroscopy in the gas phase and instanton calculations

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Push-pull molecules in the gas phase: stark-effect measurements of the permanent dipole moments of p-aminobenzoic acid in its ground and electronically excited states

scientific article published in December 2008

Re-examination of the rotationally resolved spectra of the electronic origin and several vibronic bands of 1,3-benzodioxole

Rotational analysis of some vibronic bands in the 3Au←1Ag transition of glyoxal. Spin splittings in the lowest triplet state of the isolated molecule

Rotationally Resolved Electronic Spectra of 2- and 3-Methylanisole in the Gas Phase: A Study of Methyl Group Internal Rotation†

Rotationally Resolved S1−S0 Electronic Spectra of 2,6-Diaminopyridine: A Four-Fold Barrier Problem

scientific article published on October 21, 2010

Rotationally resolved S1<-- S0 electronic spectra of fluorene, carbazole, and dibenzofuran: evidence for Herzberg-Teller coupling with the S2 state

scientific article published in June 2006

Rotationally resolved electronic spectra of 1,2-dimethoxybenzene and the 1,2-dimethoxybenzene-water complex

scientific article published in October 2005

Rotationally resolved electronic spectra of 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene. A "floppy" molecule in the gas phase.

scientific article published in 2007

Rotationally resolved electronic spectroscopy of 5-methoxyindole.

scientific article published on July 2010

Rotationally resolved electronic spectroscopy of biomolecules in the gas phase. Melatonin

Rotationally resolved electronic spectroscopy of the rotamers of 1,3-dimethoxybenzene

scientific article published on 01 August 2017

Rotationally resolved electronic spectroscopy of tryptophol in the gas phase

scientific article published on 12 September 2005

S0andS1State Structure, Methyl Torsional Barrier Heights, and Fast Intersystem Crossing Dynamics of 5-Methyl-2-hydroxypyrimidine

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Scientific autobiography of David W. Pratt

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

Spontaneous formation of hydrophobic domains in isolated peptides

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Stark effects in gas-phase electronic spectra. Dipole moment of aniline in its excited S(1) state

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Stark-Effect Studies of 1-Phenylpyrrole in the Gas Phase. Dipole Reversal upon Electronic Excitation

Structural studies of biomolecules in the gas phase by chirped-pulse Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy

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Twisted intramolecular charge transfer states: rotationally resolved fluorescence excitation spectra of 4,4'-dimethylaminobenzonitrile in a molecular beam.

scientific article published in February 2005

Using high resolution electronic spectroscopy to probe the effects of ring twist on charge transfer in 2-phenylindole and N-phenylcarbazole

scientific article published on 16 May 2013

Vibronic coupling in indole: I. Theoretical description of the 1La-1Lb interaction and the electronic spectrum

scientific article published in May 2010

Vibronic coupling in indole: II. Investigation of the 1La-1Lb interaction using rotationally resolved electronic spectroscopy

scientific article published in May 2010