Lowell D. Kispert
Lowell D. Kispert received his B.S. degree in chemistry and mathematics from St. Olaf College, Minn, USA, in 1962, and his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Michigan State University in 1966. He has been a Research Professor at the Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, since 1980. Between 1995 and 2002, he was the Chair of the Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama. From 1977 to 1980, he was a Professor of chemistry at The University of Alabama. He was also an Associate Professor of chemistry at The University of Alabama during 1972–1977, then an Assistant Professor during 1968–1970. He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Mellon Institute, Pa, USA, from 1967 to 1968, and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Varian Associates, Palo Alto, Calif, USA, between 1966–1967. He is a Member of the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, Sigma Xi, and the International EPR (ESR) Society. He was the Director of Summer Undergraduate Research at The University of Alabama in 1983–2006. His fields of interest include structure and reaction mechanisms of free radicals in irradiated organic single crystals, liquids, and powders using electron spin resonance, electron-nuclear double resonance, electron-electron double resonance, and electron spin echo methods, and the properties of carotenoids and conducting polymers.
Biography Updated on 4 April 2008
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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]
- Electron paramagnetic resonance analyses of biotransformation reactions with cytochrome P-450 immobilized on mesoporous molecular sieves
Biotechnology Letters, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 919–924, 2007 - Degradation of ?-irradiated linear perfluoroalkanes at high dosage
Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, vol. 128, no. 6, pp. 575–586, 2007 - Comparative studies on radical cation formation from carotenoids and retinoids
Tetrahedron Letters, vol. 48, no. 46, pp. 8196–8199, 2007 - Effect of ?-irradiation on the molecular-topological structure of the polyethylene matrix of glass-reinforced plastic
High Energy Chemistry, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 430–437, 2007 - Oxidation of 1,3-Diphosphacyclobutane-2,4-diyl with Ammoniumyl Antimonate and EPR Study of the Corresponding Cation Radical
Chemistry Letters, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 1136–1137, 2006 - Effect of ?-radiation on the molecular-topological structure of polytetrafluoroethylene
High Energy Chemistry, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 310–314, 2006 - Antioxidant and redox properties of supramolecular complexes of carotenoids with ß-glycyrrhizic acid
Free Radical Biology and Medicine, vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 1804–1809, 2006 - Low-temperature fluorination of fluoro-containing polymersEPR studies of polyvinylidenefluoride and the copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene with ethylene
Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, vol. 127, no. 10, pp. 1294–1301, 2006 - Persistent spectral hole burning studies in europium doped sodium silicate and borosilicate glasses
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol. 352, no. 6-7, pp. 505–509, 2006 - Preparation and Characterization of an Air-Tolerant 1,3-Diphosphacyclobuten-4-yl Radical
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 45, no. 26, pp. 4341–4345, 2006 - Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 110, no. 33, pp. 10091–10097, 2006
- Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 110, no. 48, pp. 24750–24756, 2006
- Langmuir, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 375–384, 2006
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 109, no. 39, pp. 18289–18292, 2005
- Persistent spectral hole burning in europium-doped sodium tellurite glass
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 87, no. 9, p. 091107, 2005 - Effect of Irradiation on the Strength Properties of Polyethylene-Matrix Glass-Reinforced Plastics
High Energy Chemistry, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 295–298, 2005 - The influence of the structure of the radical cation dimer pair of aromatic molecules on the principal values of a -tensor: DFT predictions
Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 406, no. 4-6, pp. 327–331, 2005 - Vitamin C homeostasis in skeletal muscle cells
Free Radical Biology and Medicine, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 898–907, 2005 - Photo- and chemically-produced phylloquinone biradicals: EPR and ENDOR study
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol. 161, no. 2-3, pp. 255–260, 2004 - ß-Ionone cyclodextrins inclusion complexes 1H NMR study and photolysis
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol. 161, no. 2-3, pp. 261–267, 2004 - Carotenoid radical cations and dications: EPR, optical, and electrochemical studies
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, vol. 430, no. 1, pp. 49–60, 2004 - Generation of superoxide anion and most likely singlet oxygen in irradiated TiO2 nanoparticles modified by carotenoids
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol. 162, no. 1, pp. 1–8, 2004 - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 108, no. 27, pp. 9456–9462, 2004
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 108, no. 31, pp. 11820–11826, 2004
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 107, no. 22, pp. 5333–5338, 2003
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 107, no. 47, pp. 13237–13240, 2003
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 107, no. 4, pp. 1006–1011, 2003
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 107, no. 11, pp. 2459–2465, 2003
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 106, no. 42, pp. 10808–10815, 2002
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 106, no. 11, pp. 2933–2936, 2002
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 106, no. 11, pp. 2520–2525, 2002
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 106, no. 40, pp. 10374–10381, 2002
- The role of radicals in the phototransformations of ß-ionone in the presence of electron donors in solution
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol. 153, no. 1-3, pp. 113–119, 2002 - Chemistry of Materials, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 227–231, 2001
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 123, no. 27, pp. 6669–6677, 2001
- Carotenoids as antioxidants: spin trapping EPR andoptical study
Free Radical Biology and Medicine, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 43–52, 2001 - Carotenoids as scavengers of free radicals in a fenton reaction: antioxidants or pro-oxidants?
Free Radical Biology and Medicine, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 398–404, 2001 - One-electron transfer product of quinone addition to carotenoids EPR and optical absorption studies
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol. 141, no. 2-3, pp. 117–126, 2001 - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 105, no. 5, pp. 975–980, 2001
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 105, no. 31, pp. 7459–7464, 2001
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 105, no. 35, pp. 8361–8368, 2001
- The Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 66, no. 23, pp. 7757–7764, 2001
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 104, no. 26, pp. 6302–6307, 2000
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 104, no. 28, pp. 6668–6673, 2000
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 104, no. 23, pp. 5651–5656, 2000
- EPR spin trapping detection of carbon-centered carotenoid and ß-ionone radicals
Free Radical Biology and Medicine, vol. 28, no. 7, pp. 1030–1038, 2000 - Electrochemical properties of natural carotenoids
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 488, no. 2, pp. 140–150, 2000 - Photocurrent generated on a carotenoid-sensitized TiO2 nanocrystalline mesoporous electrode
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol. 130, no. 1, pp. 49–56, 2000 - Single electron transfer in the phototransformations of ß-ionone in the presence of electron acceptors
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, vol. 128, no. 1-3, pp. 65–74, 1999 - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 103, no. 21, pp. 4269–4277, 1999
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 103, no. 10, pp. 1414–1418, 1999
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 103, no. 22, pp. 4672–4677, 1999
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 103, no. 28, pp. 5782–5786, 1999
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 103, no. 47, pp. 10524–10531, 1999
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 103, no. 42, pp. 9038–9043, 1999
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 102, no. 20, pp. 3897–3901, 1998
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 101, no. 11, pp. 2038–2045, 1997
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 101, no. 39, pp. 7844–7849, 1997
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 101, no. 39, pp. 7858–7862, 1997
- The structure of streptonigrin semiquinone in solution
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, vol. 1335, no. 1-2, pp. 73–90, 1997 - Resonance Raman study of carotenoid cation radicals
Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 259, no. 5-6, pp. 515–522, 1996 - Heterocyclic heptamers containing thiophene and pyrrole units: Synthesis and properties
Advanced Materials, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 54–59, 1996 - Electrochemical oxidation of carotenoids containing donor/acceptor substituents
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 411, no. 1-2, pp. 57–66, 1996 - Cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemical studies of cation radical and dication adsorption behavior for 7,7'-diphenyl-7,7'-diapocarotene
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 411, no. 1-2, pp. 51–56, 1996 - The Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 100, no. 2, pp. 669–671, 1996
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 100, no. 13, pp. 5362–5366, 1996
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 100, no. 14, pp. 5637–5641, 1996
- Electrochemical, EPR and AM1 studies of acetylenic and ethylenic carotenoids
Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions, vol. 92, no. 10, p. 1757, 1996 - ENDOR study of the (7?,7?-dicyano)- and (7?-phenyl)-7?-apo-?-carotene radical cations formed by UV photolysis of carotenoids adsorbed on silica gel
Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions, vol. 91, no. 17, p. 2881, 1995 - Geometrical isomerization of carotenoids in dichloromethane
Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2, no. 4, p. 861, 1994 - Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 98, no. 32, pp. 7777–7781, 1994
- Energy & Fuels, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 1001–1005, 1993
- Nonlinear optical parameters of 7', 7'-dicyano-7'-apo-ß-carotene in hexane by self-action techniques
Optics Communications, vol. 95, no. 4-6, pp. 295–300, 1993 - Low temperature swelling of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: 2. Micropore wall chemistry during swelling
Fuel, vol. 72, no. 8, pp. 1225–1233, 1993 - AM1 electron density and NMR spectral studies of carotenoids with a strong terminal electron acceptor
Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2, no. 4, p. 659, 1993 - Low temperature swelling of Argonne premium coal samples: effect on micropore shape and size
Fuel, vol. 71, no. 9, pp. 1003–1014, 1992 - Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 95, no. 6, pp. 2438–2442, 1991
- Solvent and temperature dependence of the lowest excited singlet state lifetime of all-trans-7’,7’-dicyano-7’-apo-ß-carotene
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 95, no. 10, p. 7212, 1991 - E.p.r. and ENDOR studies of Argonne Premium coals doped with nitroxide spin probes
Fuel, vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 564–569, 1990 - Poly(3-methylthiophene) conducting polymer solutions and films
Synthetic Metals, vol. 28, no. 1-2, pp. 269–274, 1989 - Energy & Fuels, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 589–594, 1989
- An e.s.r. investigation of radical cations formed in Friedel?Crafts reactions
Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2, no. 10, p. 1463, 1989 - Macromolecules, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 2244–2252, 1989
- Temperature dependence of the lowest excited singlet-state lifetime of all-trans-ß-carotene and fully deuterated all-trans-ß-carotene
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 91, no. 11, p. 6691, 1989 - Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 110, no. 7, pp. 2151–2157, 1988
- Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 53, no. 25, pp. 5967–5969, 1988
- Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 92, no. 16, pp. 4600–4606, 1988
- Cobalt stearate-aluminum alkyl catalyzed hydrogenation of substituted quinolines, isoquinoline and naphthalene
Journal of Molecular Catalysis, vol. 48, no. 2-3, pp. 277–283, 1988 - EPR study of arene radical cation salt crystals
Synthetic Metals, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 67–72, 1987 - E.P.R. study of potassium-doped poly(p-perfluorophenylene): A conducting polymer with non-degenerate ground states
Synthetic Metals, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 209–214, 1987 - Temperature dependent electron spin echo studies of polarons in donor- and acceptor-doped poly(p-phenylene): Structural studies
Synthetic Metals, vol. 17, no. 1-3, pp. 617–622, 1987 - Hydrogen bonding and cation radical formation of methyl 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)phenyl carbamate, DMAPCMe
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 87, no. 8, p. 4967, 1987 - EPR study of acceptor doped p-terphenyl crystals: The oriented radical cation precursor for a conducting polymera)
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 82, no. 3, p. 1539, 1985 - Conducting polymer solutions: An EPR and INDO/CI study of a radical cation observed in conducting poly(?p-phenylene sulfide) solutions
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 83, no. 7, p. 3681, 1985 - Pore distribution in high-volatile bituminous coal An e.p.r. study using nitroxide spin labels
Fuel, vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 1681–1686, 1985 - Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 89, no. 10, pp. 2010–2012, 1985
- Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 88, no. 7, pp. 1385–1388, 1984
- Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 88, no. 9, pp. 1804–1807, 1984
- Cross-polarization and magic angle sample spinning NMR of model organic compounds with extremely long 1H T1's
Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Letters Edition, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 519–522, 1984 - Structure of the ?* radical anion in irradiated iodoacetamide. An electron paramagnetic resonance and INDO study
Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 2, vol. 80, no. 3, p. 267, 1984 - EPR study of polarons in a conducting polymer with nondegenerate ground states: Alkali metal complexes of poly (p-phenylene) and phenylene oligomers
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 81, no. 4, p. 2119, 1984 - Electron spin echo modulation studies of the structure of solvated electrons in ethylene glycol glass
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 81, no. 5, p. 2297, 1984 - An EPR study of a radical anion in x-ray irradiated trifluoroacetamide single crystals at 3 Ka)
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 78, no. 5, p. 2129, 1983 - An EPR study of the reaction between poly(p-phenylene sulfide) and electron-acceptor dopants
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 78, no. 8, p. 4858, 1983 - Geometric model of trapped electrons in trehalose single crystals x-ray irradiated at 3 K. An EPR studya)
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 78, no. 9, p. 5790, 1983 - Geometric model of trapped electrons in x-ray irradiated single crystals of rhamnosea)
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 79, no. 2, p. 635, 1983 - Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 86, no. 20, pp. 4011–4016, 1982
- Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 86, no. 20, pp. 4017–4019, 1982
- Electron spin echo studies of the internal motion of radicals in crystals: Phase memory vs correlation time
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 76, no. 1, p. 26, 1982 - Crystal structure of bromofluoroacetic acid: a chiral molecule
Journal of Crystal and Molecular Structure, vol. 11, no. 3-4, pp. 105–111, 1981 - An EPR study of the dichlorofluoromethyl radical and other chlorinated radicals in irradiated dichlorofluoroacetamide single crystals
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 74, no. 1, p. 246, 1981 - The effect of deuteration upon the tunneling rotation of a hindered methyl group in x-irradiated 2,2-dimethyl-d6-5-methyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione crystals: An ENDOR study
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 75, no. 12, p. 5963, 1981 - An electron spin double resonance study of x-ray irradiated phenacyl chloride single crystals
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 75, no. 8, p. 3758, 1981 - An ESR study at 77 K of the bromine atom and the ?N–Br-· s* radical in x-irradiated N–bromosuccinimide single crystals
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 72, no. 4, p. 2300, 1980 - The effect of a-hydroxyacetamide upon the formation of an alkoxy radical in a-chloroacetamide single crystals: An ESR study
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 72, no. 9, p. 4664, 1980 - An ESR study of an a-bromofluoro p-radical: Determination of the relative signs of the hyperfine and quadrupole couplings
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 73, no. 1, p. 81, 1980 - Crystal and molecular structure of dichlorofluoroacetamide
Journal of Crystal and Molecular Structure, vol. 10, no. 5-6, pp. 115–121, 1980 - Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 83, no. 26, pp. 3381–3387, 1979
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 101, no. 12, pp. 3173–3177, 1979
- An ESR, ENDOR, and ELDOR study of tunneling rotation of a hindered methyl group in x-irradiated 2,2,5-trimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione crystals
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 70, no. 9, p. 4238, 1979 - An ESR study of chlorine containing radicals in x-irradiated N-chlorosuccinimide at 77 K
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 71, no. 10, p. 3971, 1979 - The ESR study of the C?F3···F radical in irradiated trifluoroacetamide single crystals
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 68, no. 11, p. 5219, 1978 - An ESR study of the CH2ClCO? radical at 77 K in x-irradiated chloroacetamide crystals
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 68, no. 12, p. 5331, 1978 - ELDOR detection of ENDOR transitions in irradiated organic crystals
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 69, no. 5, p. 1876, 1978 - An ESR study of x-irradiated diacetylene single crystals at 77 K
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 69, no. 8, p. 3826, 1978 - Electron spin resonance study of a bromo substituted ?* radical in X-irradiated bromodifluoroacetamide single crystals at 77 k
Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 2, vol. 74, p. 871, 1978 - Crystal structure of 2-chloroacetamide (? form): A reinvestigation
Journal of Crystal and Molecular Structure, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 175–181, 1978 - Electron spin resonance study of the spin label 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinol-1-oxyl oriented in the inclusion compound 2?-hydroxy-2,4,4,7,4?-pentamethylflavan
Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 2, vol. 73, no. 1, p. 152, 1977 - An ESR and INDO study of a transient radical in irradiated single crystals of trifluoroacetamide at 77 K
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 65, no. 7, p. 2763, 1976 - Role of intermolecular hydrogen-bonding in the crystal structure of ?-chloroacetic acid
Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, no. 18, p. 715, 1976 - Disordered crystal structure of chlorodifluoroacetamide
Journal of Crystal and Molecular Structure, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 311–316, 1976 - Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 80, no. 17, pp. 1885–1891, 1976
- Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 79, no. 22, pp. 2443–2446, 1975
- Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 40, no. 14, pp. 2121–2124, 1975
- Electron–electron double resonance study of coherent and random rotational motion of methyl groups
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 63, no. 10, p. 4405, 1975 - Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 373–378, 1974
- Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 378–382, 1974
- Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 78, no. 18, pp. 1839–1844, 1974
- Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 77, no. 4, pp. 494–501, 1973
- Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 77, no. 5, pp. 629–633, 1973
- Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 77, no. 12, pp. 1491–1496, 1973
- Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 471–475, 1973
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 95, no. 5, pp. 1657–1659, 1973
- Trichloromethyl and other radicals in irradiated single crystals of trichloroacetamide
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 58, no. 5, p. 2065, 1973 - Electron-electron double resonance of irradiated dimethylmalonic acid, a-aminoisobutyric acid, and L-alanine single crystals: The role of methyl substituents
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 58, no. 5, p. 2164, 1973 - Analysis of the Internal Rotation of the [middle dot] CF[sub 2]CONH[sub 2] Radical as Observed by ESR in Irradiated Trifluoroacetamide Single Crystals
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 57, no. 8, p. 3109, 1972 - INDO theoretical examination of the tricyclobutylium ion geometry of the trans-2-vinylcyclopropylcarbinyl cation
Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 2, vol. 68, p. 345, 1972 - Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 94, no. 17, pp. 5979–5985, 1972
- Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 133–134, 1972
- Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 36, no. 24, pp. 3837–3838, 1971
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 93, no. 25, pp. 6948–6953, 1971
- Temperature Dependence of the ESR Spectrum of CO2-CF2CFCO2- in Irradiated Sodium Perfluorosuccinate
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 54, no. 8, p. 3326, 1971 - Ion Formation in Dithiodiglycolic Acid Irradiated at 4.2°K
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 48, no. 8, p. 3825, 1968 - Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 33, no. 12, pp. 4393–4395, 1968
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 90, no. 16, pp. 4354–4361, 1968
- Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 72, no. 12, pp. 4276–4284, 1968
- Trifluoromethyl, and Other Radicals, in Irradiated Single Crystals of Trifluoroacetamide
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 46, no. 8, p. 3193, 1967