Dr. Richard E. Wilde

	Title:	Professor Emeritus
	Education:	Ph.D., University of Washington, 1961; Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 1961-63
	Research Area:	Physical Chemistry
	Email:	Rwilde@texasalternatives.com

Principal Research Interests

Statistical Mechanics
Applications of Memory Function Analysis
Raman and NMR Spectra
Origin of Life www.nanoporeoriginoflife.net

Dr. Wilde is applying Zwanzig-Mori formalism and autoregressive time series analysis to the understanding of vibrational dephasing in liquids. In particular, he is interested in the interaction of small molecules confined in silica sol gels. An extension to this research is the hypothesis that life originated in an enviornment very much like a silica sol gel, enabling nucleotides and ribozymes to form in a protected enviornment and in close contact with silica surfaces.

Representative Publications

“A General Theory of Symmetry Coordinates,” Wilde, R. E. Am. J. Phys. 1964, 32, 45.
"An Infrared Spectroscopic Study of the Photolytic Decomposition of Methyl Azidoformate."Wilde, R. E.; Srinivasan,T. K. K.; Lwowski, W. J. Am. Chem. Soc.1971, 93, 860.
"A Memory-Functions Approach to Vibrational Relaxation in Dense Media," Cohen, S. S.; Wilde, R. E. J. Chem. Phys. 1978,68, 1138.
"The Calculation of Memory Functions from Frequency-Dependent Force-Autocorrelation Functions for Vibrational Dephasing," Wilde, R. E. Mol. Phys.1986, 57, 675.
"Rayleigh Scattering in Sr_0.61Ba_0.39Nb₂O₆," Wilde, J. P.; Wilde, R. E. J. Applied Phys 1992, 71, 418.