Gary Joh Blanchard

PUBLICATIONS:

1996

J. P. Rasimas, K. A. Berglund, and G.J. Blanchard, "A Molecular Lock-and-Key Approach to Detecting Solution Phase Self-Assembly. A Fluorescence and Absorption Study of Carminic Acid in Aqueous Glucose Solutions," Journal of Phys. Chem., in press.

P. K. McCarthy and G.J. Blanchard, "Solvent Methyl Group Density Dependence of Vibrational Population Relaxation in 1-Methylperylene: Evidence for Short Range Organization in Branched Alkanes," Journal of Phys. Chem., 100

1995

S. A. Hambir, G.J. Blanchard, and G. L. Baker, "Disorder Induced Enhancement of the Third Order Optical Nonlinearity in a Conjugated Polymer," Journal of Chem. Phys., 102, pp. 2295-2301, 1995.

S. A. Hambir, G.J. Blanchard, and G. L. Baker, "Low Temperature Transient Optical Spectroscopy of Polydiacetylene DCHD. Evidence for a Distribution of Side Group Orientations," Applied Spec., 39, pp. 374-378, 1995.

D. S. Karpovich and G.J. Blanchard, "Relating the Polarity Dependent Fluorescence Response of Pyrene to Vibronic Coupling. Achieving a Fundamental Understanding of the py Polarity Scale," Journal of Phys. Chem., 99, pp. 3951-3958, 1995.

J. Jessop, A. B. Scranton, and G.J. Blanchard, "In Situ Cure Monitoring of a Vinyl Ester Polymer Using Fiber Optic Fluorescence Sensors," Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, 72, p. 58, 1995.

D. S. Karpovich and G.J. Blanchard, "An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment for the Direct Measurement of Monolayer Formation," Journal of Chem. Ed., 72, pp. 466-470, 1995.

Y. Jiang and G.J. Blanchard, "Vibrational Population and Orientational Relaxation of 1-Methylperylene in n-Alkanes. The Effective Range of Dipolar Energy Relaxation in Solution", Journal of Phys. Chem., 99, pp. 7904-7912, 1995.

J. P. Rasimas, G.J. Blanchard, and K. A. Berglund, "A Study of the Fluorescence and Reorientation Dynamics of Carminic Acid in Primary Alcohols," Journal of Phys. Chem., 99, pp. 11333-11338, 1995.

J. C. Horne, G.J. Blanchard, and E. LeGoff, "Rotational Isomerization Barriers of Thiophene Oligomers in the Ground and First Excited electronic States. A 1H NMR and Fluorescence Lifetime Investigation," Journal of American Chemistry Society, 117, pp. 9551-9558, 1995.

P. K. McCarthy and G.J. Blanchard, "Vibrational Population Relaxation of Tetracene in n-Alkanes. Evidence for Short Range Molecular Alignment," Journal of Phys. Chem., 99, pp. 17748-17753, 1995.

1994

Y. Jiang and G.J. Blanchard, "Rotational Diffusion Dynamics of Perylene in n-Alkanes. Observation of a Solvent Length-Dependent Change of Boundary Condition," Journal of Phys. Chem., 98, pp. 6436-6440, 1994.

Y. Jiang and G.J. Blanchard, "Vibrational Population Relaxation of Perylene in n-Alkanes. The Role of Solvent Local Structure in Long Range Vibrational Energy Transfer," Journal of Phys. Chem., 98, pp. 9411-9416, 1994.

Y. Jiang and G.J. Blanchard, "Vibrational Population Relaxation of Perylene in its Ground and Excited Electronic States," Journal of Phys. Chem., 98, pp. 9417-9421, 1994.

J. P. Rasimas and G.J. Blanchard, "Understanding The Electronic Properties of Glycosylated Chromophores Using AM1 Semiempirical Calculations," Journal of Phys. Chem., 98, pp. 12949-12957, 1994.

D.S. Karpovich and G.J. Blanchard, "Direct Measurement of Adsorption Kinetics of Self-Assembled Monolayer Films on a Microcrystalline Gold Surface," Langmuir, 10, pp. 3315-3322, 1994.

M.M. Awad, P.K. McCarthy, and G.J. Blanchard, "Photoisomerization of Cyanines: A Comparative Study of Oxygen and Sulfur Containing Species," Journal of Phys. Chem., 98, pp. 1454-1458, 1994.

Y. Jiang, P.K. McCarthy, and G.J. Blanchard, "The Role of Multiple Electronic States in the Dissipative Energy Dynamics of Coumarin 153," Chem. Phys., 183, pp. 249-267, 1994.

1993

P.K. McCarthy and G.J. Blanchard, "An AMl Study of the Electronic Structure of Coumarins," Journal of Phys. Chem., 97, pp. 12505-12509, 1993.

G.J. Blanchard, "Counterion Dependent Reorientation Dynamics of an Oxazine in Polar Protic and Aprotic Solvents," Journal of Phys. Chem., 95, pp. 5293-5299, 1993.

L. DeWitt, G.J. Blanchard, E. LeGoff, M.E. Benz, J.H. Liao, and M.G. Kanatzidis, "Determination of Ground and Excited State Isomerization Barriers for the Oligothiophene: 3', 4'-dibutyl-2, 2':5', 2-terthiophene," Journal of Am. Chem. Soc.,115, pp. 12158-12164, 1993.

S.A. Hambir, T. Yang, G.J. Blanchard, and G.L. Baker, "Excitation Migration in the Polydiacetylene DCHD," Chem. Phys. Lett., 201, 521-527, 1993.

Y. Jiang, S.A. Hambir, and G.J. Blanchard, "Synchronous Pumping of Two Dye Lasers Using a Single UV Excitation Source," Opt. Commun., 99, pp. 216-220, 1993.

S.A. Hambir, Y. Jiang, and G.J. Blanchard, "Ultrafast Stimulated Emission Spectroscopy of Perylene in Dilute Solution: Measurement of Ground State Vibrational Population Relaxation," Journal of Chem. Phys., 98, pp. 6075-6082, 1993.

1991

G.J. Blanchard, "Counterion Dependent Reorientation Dynamics of an Oxazine in Polar Protic and Aprotic Solvents," Journal of Phys. Chem., 95, pp. 5293-5299, 1991.

G.J. Blanchard and J.P. Heritage, "Perturbation of the Nonlinear Optical Response of a Conjugated Polymer by an Adsorbate Induced Electronic State," Chem. Phys. Lett., 177, pp. 287-292, 1991.

G.J. Blanchard, "Time-Resolved Measurement of the Stimulated Emission Strokes Shift in LDS750: Evidence for Inhomogeneous Relaxation Kinetics," Journal of Chem. Phys., 95, pp. 6317-6325, 1991.

1990

G.J. Blanchard and J.P. Heritage, "Frank-Condon Enhancement of X(3) in a Conjugated Polymer Under Double Resonance Conditions," Journal of Chem. Phys., 93, pp. 4377-4382, 1990.

M.J. Nowak, G.J. Blanchard, G.L. Baker, S. Etemad, and Z.G. Soos, "Inter-Chain Dynamics and Side Group Modulation of Excitons in Polydiacetylene," Phys. Rev. B, 41, pp. 7933-7936, 1990.

M.J. Nowak, G.J. Blanchard, G.L. Baker, S. Etemad, and Z.G. Soos, "Low Temperature Picosecond Spectroscopy of the Polydiacetylene PTS in the small Signal Limit," Proc. SPIE, 1147, p. 256, 1990.

G.J. Blanchard and J.P. Heritage, "Picosecond Stimulated Raman Measurement of Enhanced Optical Nonlinearities in a Conjugated Polymer," Ultrafast Phenomena VII, edited by C.B. Harris, E.P. Ippen, G.A. Mourou, and A.H. Zewail, Springer Verlag Publishers, Berlin, FRG, pp. 130-132, 1990.

G.J. Blanchard, J.P. Heritage, G.L. Baker, and S. Etemad, "Picosecond Studies of PTS: Evidence for a New Metastable State," Nonlinear Optics and Ultrafast Phenomena," edited by R.R. Alfano and L. Rothberg, Nova Publishing, New York, pp. 109-113, 1990.

M.J. Nowak, G.J. Blanchard, G.L. Baker, S. Etemad, and Z.G. Soos, "Slow Relaxations in PDA-4BCMU: From Crystals to Films," Conjugated Polymeric Materials: Opportunities in Electronics, Opto-Electronics and Molecular Electronics, edited by J.L.Bredas and R.R. Chance, NATO ASI Series E, vol. 182, pp. 421-427, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1990.