Faculty Profiles

Richard A. Palmer
Richard A. Palmer
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Office: 
3236 French Family Science Cen, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: 
(919) 660-1539
Fax: 
(919) 660-1605
richard.a.palmer@duke.edu
Research Interests: 

Dr. Palmer's research interests span the areas of analytical, inorganic and physical chemistry. Current projects involve the use of FTIR spectroscopy in the investigation of dynamic processes on the nanosecond to millisecond time scale. Included are nanosecond studies of photoexcited states in metalloproteins and other metal complexes, rheo-optical measurements of the sub-molecular dynamics of polymer films perturbed by mechanical fields and development of fiber optic-based photothermal spectral detection for materials and biomedical applications.

Overview

Education:

Ph.D., University of Illinois 1965

M.S., University of Illinois 1962

B.S., University of Texas at Austin 1957

Lebedda, JD, and Palmer, RA. "Polarized Crystal Spectra of Tris(di-ethyldithiophos-phato)vanadium(III),-chrominum(III), and -colbalt(III)." Inorg. Chem. 10 (1971): 2704-. (Academic Article)

Palmer, RA, and Taylor, CR. "Polarized Crystal Spectra of Tris(octa-methylpyrophos-phoramide)colbalt(II), -nickel(II), and -copper(II) perchlorate." Inorg. Chem. 10 (1971): 2546-. (Academic Article)

Palmer, RA, Roy, CG, and Roy, RC. "One-electron Energy Levels in Cu(H2O)4TiF6NH4F." J. Chem. Soc. (London)(A) 3084 (1971). (Academic Article)

Coggon, P, Lebedda, JD, McPhail, AT, and Palmer, RA. "The Crystal Structure of Tris-(diethyldithiophosphato)indium(III)." Chem. Comm. 78 (1970). (Academic Article)

Meredith, PL, and Palmer, RA. "Vibronic Structure in the Circular Dichroism of a-Ni(H2O6SO4." Chem. Comm. (1969): 1337-. (Academic Article)

Palmer, RA, and Piper, TS. "2,2'-Bipyridine Complexes I. Polarized Crystal Spectra of Tris(2,2'-Bipyridine) Copper(II), Nickel(II), Colbalt(II), Iron(II) and Ruthenium(II)." Inorg. Chem. 5 (1966): 864-. (Academic Article)

Dingle, R, and Palmer, RA. "On the Source of Intesity in the Spectrum of Trisethyl-endiamine Nickel(II)." Theoret. Chem. Acta. 6 (1966): 249-. (Academic Article)

Johnson, KE, Palmer, RA, and Piper, TS. "Coordination of Cr(III) and Cu(II) Ions in Molten Sulfates." Spectrochem. Acta. 21 (1965): 1697-. (Academic Article)

Palmer, RA, Fay, RC, and Piper, TS. "Stereochemistry of Metal ß-diketonates. Complexes with Two Different Ligands." Inorg. Chem. 3 (1964): 875-. (Academic Article)

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