Dr. Richard E. Wilde

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, 
University of Washington, 1961

Postdoctoral Fellow, 
Johns Hopkins University 1961-1963

Visiting Professor, Durham University, 
Durham England, 1986
 



Phone: (806) 795-5173

Fax: (806) 742-1289 

Physical Chemistry

I am applying Zwanzig-Mori formalism and autoregressive time series analysis to the understanding of vibrational dephasing in liquids. In particular, I am 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.

 Selected Publications

  • "A General Theory of Symmetry Coordinates," Wilde, R. E. Am. J. Phys.1964, 32, 45 (1964).
  • "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 Sr0.61Ba0.39Nb2O6." Wilde, J. P.; Wilde, R. E.  J. Applied Phys, 1992, 71, 418.

 Publications in progress

  • "Vibrational Dephasing of Methyl Iodide in Sol Gels." Wilde, R. E.; Quitevis, E. and coworkers
Books:

 Richard E. Wilde and Surjit Singh, Statistical Mechanics, Fundamentals and Modern Applications (Wiley Interscience, NY, 1998).

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These links will take you to all the Source Code files for the FORTRAN PROGRAMS in the Book

Fortran Programs 1 - 6   Fortran Programs 7 - 15

Comments for book    Corrections for book


Richard E. Wilde, The Immortal Self (Fenestra Books, Tucson, 2001).

Richard E. Wilde, The Many Faces of Jesus: A Critical Look at Christianity (Wheatmark, Tucson, 2006).

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