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, Austin 1957

Palmer, R. A., and C. R. Taylor. “The Polarized Crystal Spectra of Tris(octamethylpyrophosphoramide)cobalt(II), -nickel(II), and -copper(II) Perchlorates.” Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 10, no. 11, Nov. 1971, pp. 2546–52. Scopus, doi:10.1021/ic50105a034. Full Text

Meredith, P. L., and R. A. Palmer. “Circular Dichroism and Polarized Crystal Spectra of Cobalt(II) L-Histidinate Complexes.” Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 10, no. 7, July 1971, pp. 1546–49. Scopus, doi:10.1021/ic50101a055. Full Text

Meredith, P. L., and R. A. Palmer. “Polarized Crystal Spectra of Bis(DL-histidinato)nickel(II) Monohydrate and Bis(L-histidinato)nickel(II) Monohydrate.” Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 10, no. 5, May 1971, pp. 1049–56. Scopus, doi:10.1021/ic50099a039. Full Text

Coggon, P., et al. “Crystal structure of tris(diethyldithiophosphato)indium(III).” Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications, no. 2, Dec. 1970, pp. 78–79. Scopus, doi:10.1039/C29700000078. Full Text

Meredith, P. L., and R. A. Palmer. “Vibronic structure in the circular dichroism of α-Ni(H 2O)6SO4.” Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications, no. 22, Dec. 1969, pp. 1337–39. Scopus, doi:10.1039/C29690001337. Full Text

Palmer, R. A., et al. “2,2ʹ-Bipyridine Complexes. I. Polarized Crystal Spectra of Tris(2,2ʹ-bipyridine)copper(II), -nickel(II), -cobalt(II), -iron(II), and -ruthenium(II).” Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 5, no. 5, Jan. 1966, pp. 864–78. Scopus, doi:10.1021/ic50039a034. Full Text

Dingle, R., and R. A. Palmer. “On the Source of Intesity in the Spectrum of Trisethyl-endiamine Nickel(II).” Theoret. Chem. Acta., vol. 6, 1966.

Johnson, K. E., et al. “Coordination of Cr(III) and Cu(II) Ions in Molten Sulfates.” Spectrochem. Acta., vol. 21, 1965.

Palmer, R. A., et al. “Stereochemistry of Metal ß-diketonates. Complexes with Two Different Ligands.” Inorg. Chem., vol. 3, 1964.

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