Publications

• The Chemical Environment of Ionic Liquids M.N. Kobrak, Adv. Chem. Phys. in press (2007).
• SmartTutor: A Unified Approach for Enhancing Science Education K. Harrow, R. Eckhardt, D. Kopec, M. Kobrak and P. Whitlock, J. Comp. Sci. in Coll. 22 29 (2007).
• Lewis Structure Interpretation of Free Radicals Similar to ClO W. Hirsch and M. Kobrak, J. Chem. Ed. in press (2007).
• Electrostatic Interactions of a Neutral Dipolar Solute with a Fused Salt: A New Model for Solvation in Ionic Liquids M.N. Kobrak, J. Phys. Chem. B submitted (2006).
• A Mathematical Proof that Nothing is True M.N. Kobrak, J. Irrep. Results 50 22 (2006). (PDF)
• Characterization of the Solvation Dynamics of an Ionic Liquid via Molecular Dynamics Simulation M.N. Kobrak, J. Chem. Phys. 125 064502 (2006). (PDF)
• Understanding Organic Processes in Ionic Liquids: Achievements So Far and Challenges Remaining J.B. Harper and M.N. Kobrak, Mini-Rev. Org. Chem. 3 253 (2006).
• An Electrostatic Interpretation of Structure-Property Relationships in Ionic Liquids M. N. Kobrak and N. Sandalow, in "Molten Salts XIV," The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ (2006). (PDF)
• Solvation Dynamics of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids: Evidence for Collective Motion on sub-Picosecond Timescales M.N. Kobrak and V. Znamenskiy, Chem. Phys. Lett. 395 127 (2004). (PDF)
• A Molecular Dynamics Study of Polarity in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids V. Znamenskiy and M.N. Kobrak, J. Phys. Chem. B 108 1072 (2004). (PDF)
  
• Error Estimation in Histogram-Based Free Energy Calculations M.N. Kobrak, J. Comp. Chem. 24 1437 (2003). (PDF)
  
• Doppler Shift and Energy Transfer to a Solar Sail W. Hirsch and M.N. Kobrak, Physics Ed. 37 422 (2002).
  
• Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Solution, M.N. Kobrak and S. Hammes-Schiffer, J. Phys. Chem. A 105 10435 (2001).
  
• Reaction Path Hamiltonian Analysis of Dynamical Solvent Effects for a Claisen Rearrangement and a Diels-Alder Reaction, H. Hu, M.N. Kobrak, C. Xu, and S. Hammes-Schiffer, J. Phys. Chem. A  104 8058 (2000).
  
• Quantum Simulations of Polaron Recombination Dynamics in Linear Polyenes, E. R. Bittner and M. N. Kobrak, Synth. Metals, 121 1635 (2001).
  
• A Quantum Molecular Dynamics Study of Polaron Recombination in Conjugated Polymers, M. N. Kobrak and E. R. Bittner, Phys. Rev. B 62 11473 (2000).
  
• A Quantum Molecular Dynamics Study of Exciton Self-Trapping in Conjugated Polymers: Temperature Dependence and Spectroscopy, M. N. Kobrak and E. R. Bittner, J. Chem. Phys.  112 7684 (2000).
  
• A Dynamic Model for Exciton Self-Trapping in Conjugated Polymers I: Theory, M. N. Kobrak and E. R. Bittner J. Chem. Phys.  112 5399 (2000).
  
• A Dynamic Model for Exciton Self-Trapping in Conjugated Polymers II: Implementation, M. N. Kobrak and E. R. Bittner J. Chem. Phys.  112 5410 (2000).
  
• The Equivalence of Photoselective Adiabatic Passage and the Strong Field Brumer-Shapiro Approach, M.N. Kobrak and S.A. Rice, J. Chem. Phys.  109 1 (1998).
  
• Selective Photochemistry via Adiabatic Passage: An Extension of StiRAP for Degenerate Final States, M.N. Kobrak and S.A. Rice, Phys. Rev. A  57 2885 (1998).
  
• Coherent Population Transfer via a Resonant Intermediate State: The Breakdown of Adiabatic Passage, M.N. Kobrak and S.A. Rice, Phys. Rev. A 57 1158 (1998).
  
• The Influence of High-Frequency Modes on Two Pulse Spectroscopy, M.N. Kobrak and S.A. Rice, J. Chem. Phys.  107 4091 (1997).
  
• The Influence of High-Frequency Modes on Ultrashort Pulse Absorption Initiated Processes, M.N. Kobrak, E.M. Hiller, and S.A. Rice, J. Chem. Phys.  105 9403 (1996).