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Rudolph A. Marcus
Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry

1. Interaction between Experiments, Analytical Theories, and Computation
R. A. Marcus
J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 14598 (2009)

2. Beyond the Historical Perspective on Hydrogen and Electron Transfers
R. A. Marcus
In Quantum Tunnelling in Enzyme-Catalysed Reactions, R. K. Allemann and N. S. Scrutton, eds. (Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2009) p. v

3. Mass-Independent Oxygen Isotope Fractionation in Selected Systems. Mechanistic Considerations
R. A. Marcus
Adv. Quantum. Chem., 55, 5 (2008)

4. Dielectric Dispersion Interpretation of Single Enzyme Dynamic Disorder, Spectral Diffusion and Radiative Fluorescence Lifetime
M. K. Prakash and R. A. Marcus
J. Phys. Chem. B., 112, 399 (2008)

5. An Interpretation of Fluctuations in Enzyme Catalysis Rate, Spectral Diffusion and Radiative Component of Lifetimes in Terms of Electric Field Fluctuations
M. K. Prakash and R. A. Marcus
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 104, 15982 (2007)

6. Evidence for a Diffusion-Controlled Mechanism for Fluorescence Blinking of Colloidal Quantum Dots
M. Pelton, G. Smith, N. F. Scherer, and R. A. Marcus
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 104, 14249 (2007)

7. H and Other Transfers in Enzymes and in Solution: Theory and Computations, a Unified View. 2. Applications to Experiment and Computations
R. A. Marcus
J. Phys. Chem. B. 111, 6643 (2007)

8. On the Theory of Organic Catalysis “on Water”
Y. Jung and R. A. Marcus
J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 129, 5492 (2007)

9. Explanation of Quantum Dot Blinking without the Long-lived Trap Hypothesis
P. A. Frantsuzov and R. A. Marcus
Phys. Rev. B, 72, 155321-1 (2005)

10. On the theory of the CO + OH reaction, including H and C Kinetic Isotope Effects
W.-C. Chen and R. A. Marcus
J. Chem. Phys. 123, 094307-1 (2005)

11. Mechanisms of Fluorescence Blinking in Semiconductor Nanocrystal Quantum Dots
J. Tang and R. A. Marcus
J. Chem. Phys., 123, 054704-1 (2005)

12. Mass-Independent Isotope Effect in the Earliest Processed Solids in the Solar System. A Possible Chemical Mechanism
R. A. Marcus
J. Chem. Phys. 121, 8201 (2004).

13. A Model for Charge Transfer Inverse Photoemission
S. Gosavi and R. A. Marcus
Electrochim. Acta 49, 3 (2003)

14. A Model for the Cooperative Free Energy Transduction and Kinetics in ATP Hydrolysis by F1-ATPase
Y. Q. Gao, W. Yang, M. Karplus, and R. A. Marcus
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 100, 11339 (2003)

15. On the Theory of the Strange and Unconventional Isotopic Effects in Ozone Formation
Y. Q. Gao and R. A. Marcus
J. Chem. Phys. 116, 137 (2002)

16. Theoretical Investigation of the Directional Electron Transfer in 4- Aminonaphthalimide Compounds
Y. Q. Gao and R. A. Marcus
J. Phys. Chem. A 106, 1956 (2002)

17. Strange and Unconventional Isotope Effects in Ozone Formation
Y. Q. Gao and R. A. Marcus
Science 293, 259 (2001)

18. On the Theory of Electron Transfer Reactions at Semiconductor Electrode/Liquid Interfaces
Y. Q. Gao, Y. Georgievskii, and R. A. Marcus
J. Chem. Phys. 112, 3358 (2000)

19. Nonadiabatic Electron Transfer at Metal Surfaces
S. Govsavi and R. A. Marcus
J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 2067 (2000)

20. An Intramolecular Theory of the Mass-Independent Isotope Effect for Ozone. I
B. C. Hathorn and R. A. Marcus
J. Chem. Phys. 111, 4087 (1999)

21. Linear Response in Theory of Electron Transfer Reactions as an Alternative to the Molecular Harmonic Oscillator Model
Y. Georgievskii, C.-P. Hsu, and R. A. Marcus
J. Chem. Phys. 110, 5307 (1999)

22. Time-Dependent Stokes Shift and Its Calculation from Solvent Dielectric Dispersion Data
C.-P. Hsu, X. Song and R. A. Marcus
J. Phys. Chem. B 101, 2546 (1997)

23. Theoretical Study of Electron Transfer in Ferrocytochromes
A. A. Stuchebrukhov and R. A. Marcus
J. Phys. Chem. 99, 7581 (1995)

24. Free Energy of Nonequilibrium Polarization Systems 4. A Formalism Based on the Nonequilibrium Dielectric Displacement
R. A. Marcus
J. Phys. Chem. 98, 7170 (1994)

25. Correlation Between Theory and Experiment in Electron-Transfer Reactions in Proteins: Electronic Couplings in Modified Cytomchrome c and Myoglobin Derivatives
P. Siddarth and R. A. Marcus
J. Phys. Chem. 97, 13078 (1993)

26. Vibrational Superexchange Mechanism of Intramolecular Vibrational Relaxation in (CH₃)₃CCCH Molecules
A. A. Stuchebrukhov, A. Mehta, and R. A. Marcus
J. Phys. Chem. 97, 12491 (1993)

27. Quantum Correction for Electron Transfer Rates. Comparison of Polarizable versus Nonpolarizable Descriptions of Solvent
X. Song and R. A. Marcus
J. Chem. Phys. 99, 7768 (1993)