Daniel L. Akins (Prof. of Chemistry, City College of New York)

Publications:

(124) "Synthesis of hollow ellipsoidal silica nanostructures using a wet-chemical etching approach," ChemComm. Submitted July 2011, Manuscript #: CC-COM-07-2011-014607.

(123) "Methanol Oxidation on Carbon-Supported Pt-Ru-Ni Ternary Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts," Juanying Liua, Jianyu Cao, Chong Du, Xigui Zhang, Hui Yang and Daniel L. Akins. In revision, J. Electrochem. Soc., 2008.

(122) "Synthesis of Hollow and Solid Silica Spheres Using a "Local Chemical Etching" Strategy," Henan Zhang, Yu Zhao and Daniel L. Akins, submitted to Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, February 2011.

(121) "An Efficient reduction route for Pd-Pt nanoparticles anchored on graphene nanosheets as durable oxygen reduction electrocatalysts," Wei He, Huijun Jiang, Zhiqing Zou, Daniel L. Akins and Hui Yang, Carbon, 50, 265-274 (2012).

(120) "Calorimetric and Microscopic Studies on Noncatalytic Hydrothermolysis of Ammonia Borane," Junshe Zhang, Yu Zhao, Daniel L. Akins and Jae W. Lee, Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, 50:18, 10407-10413 (2011).

(119) "Effect of Composition on Dehydrogenation of Mesoporous Silica-Ammonia Borane Nanocomposites," Yu Zhao, Junshe Zhang, Daniel L. Akins and Jae W. Lee, Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, 50:17, 10024-10028 (2011).

(118) "Origin of Performance Degradation of Palladium-Based Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells," Mingjun Ren, Yongyin Kang, Wei He, Zhiqing Zou, Xinzhong Xue, Daniel L. Akins, Hui Yang and Songlin Feng. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 104, 49–53 (2011).

(117) "Template-free synthesis of silica ellipsoids," Henan Zhang, Teresa J. Bandosz and Daniel L. Akins, Chem. Commun., 47(27), 7791–7793 (2011).

(116) "Geometric and Spectroscopic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes and Boron Nitride Nanotubes," Metin Aydin and Daniel L. Akins, in Carbon Nanotubes; Intech Open Access Publisher, Book 5, ISBN 978-953-307-499-3, Edited by Prof. Jose Mauricio Marulanda, June 2011.

(115) "CO₂-Enhanced Thermolytic H₂ Release from Ammonia Borane," Junshe Zhang, Yu Zhao, Daniel L. Akins and Jae W. Lee, J. Phys. Chem. C, 115 (16), 8386–8392 (2011). DOI: 10.1021/jp200049y.

(114) "Cobalt-Polypyrrole-Carbon Black (Co-PPY-CB) Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) in Fuel Cells: Composition and Kinetic Activity," Danh Nguyen-Thanh, Anatoly I. Frenkel, Jianqiang Wang, Stephen O’Brien and Daniel L. Akins. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 105, 50-60 (2011).

(113) "Density functional theory and Raman spectroscopy applied to structure and vibrational mode analysis of 1,1′,3,3′-tetraethyl-5,5′,6,6′-tetrachlorobenzimidazolocarbocyanine iodide and its aggregate," Metin Aydin, Özge Dede and Daniel L. Akins. J. Chem. Phys., 134, 064325 (2011).

(112) "Improved electrocatalytic performance of Pd nanoparticles with size-controlled Nafion aggregates for formic acid oxidation," Yongyin Kang, Mingjun Ren, Zhiqing Zou, Qinghong Huang, Zhilin Li, Daniel L. Akins and Hui Yang, Electrochimica Acta 55, 5274–5280 (2010).

(111) "Thermal Decomposition and Spectroscopic Studies of Preheated Ammonia Borane," Junshe Zhang, Yu Zhao, Daniel L. Akins and Jae W. Lee, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114 (45), 19529–19534, (2010); jp-2010-05014t.R2, 10/06/10.

(110) "Calculated Dependence of Vibrational Band Frequencies of Single-Walled and Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Diameter," Metin Aydin and Daniel L. Akins, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 53, 163-172 (2010).

(109) "Effect of Heat Treatment on Stability of Gold Particle Modified Carbon Supported Pt-Ru Anode Catalysts for a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell," Xiaowei Li, Juanyin Liu, Qinghong Huang, Walter Vogel, Daniel L. Akins and Hui Yang , Electrochimica Acta, 56, 278-284 (2010).

(108) "Fluorination of Vulcan XC-72R for Cathodic Microporous Layer for Passive Micro Direct Methanol Fuel Cell," Mei Chen, Shenjun Wang, Zhiqing Zou, Ting Yuan, Zhilin Li, Daniel L. Akins and Hui Yang, J. Appl. Electrochem., 40, 2117-2124 (2010).

(107) "Double microporous layer cathode for membrane electrode assembly of passive direct methanol fuel cells," Jianyu Cao, Mei Chen, Ji Chen, Zhiqing Zou, Qinghong Huang, Daniel L. Akins and Hui Yang, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35, 4622-4629 (2010).

(106) "Enhanced Catalytic Hydrogen Release of LiBH₄ by Carbon-supported Pt Nanoparticles," Huan Xu, Jianyu Yu, Zhiqing Zou, Daniel L. Akins and Hui Yang, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 490, 88-92, (2010).

(105) "Simple preparation of Pd-Pt nanoalloy catalysts for methanol-tolerant oxygen reduction," Wei He, Juanying Liu, Yongjin Qiao, Zhiqing Zou, Ziaogang Zhang, Daniel L. Akins and Hui Yang, J. Power sources, 195, 1046-1050 (2010); doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2009.09.006.

(104) "Simple Complexing Reduction Synthesis of Pd-Pt/C Alloy Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction," Xiaowei Li, Yu Zhu, Zhiqing Zou, Miaoying Zhao, Zhilin Li, Qun Zhou, Daniel L. Akins and Hui Yang, J. Electrochem. Soc., 156 (10), B1107-B1111 (2009).

(103) "A Covalently Linked Phenanthridine–Ruthenium(II) Complex as a RNA Probe," Naphtali A. OConnor, Nathan Stevens, Diana Samaroo, Marissa R. Solomon, Angel A. Martí, Joanne Dyer, Harshad Vishwasrao, Daniel L. Akins, Eric R. Kandel and Nicholas J. Turro, Chem. Commun., 2009, 2640–2642; DOI: 10.1039/b900290a.

(102) "Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Single–walled Carbon Nanotube–Gold Nanoparticle Composites," Huijun Jiang, Yu Zhao, HuiYang and Daniel L. Akins, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 114, 879–883 (2009).

(101) "Enhanced Dehydrogenation of LiBH₄ Catalyzed by Carbon-Supported Pt Nanoparticles," Juan Xu, Xuebin Yu, Zhilin Li, Daniel L. Akins and Hui Yang, Chem. Commun., 5740-5742 (2008), doi: 10.1039/b812476k.

(100) "A Biosensing Platform Based on Horseradish Peroxidase Immobilized onto Chitosan Wrapped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes," Huijun Jiang, Chong Du, Zhiqing Zou, Xiaowei Li, Daniel L. Akins and Hui Yang. J. of Solid State Electrochemistry, 13, 791-798 (2009), dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10008-008-0612-5.

(99) "Direct Electrochemistry and Electrocatalytic Activity of Microperoxidase-11 Immobilized on Chitosan Wrapped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes," Huijun Jiang, Philippe Mercier, Shiunchin C. Wang, Chong Du, Xiwei Li, Hui Yang and Daniel L. Akins, J. Functional Materials and Devices, 15, 132-143 (2009).

(98) "Direct Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis of Catalase Immobilized on a SWNT Nanocomposite-Film," Huijun Jiang, HuiYang and Daniel L. Akins. J. Electroanal. Chem, 623, 181-186 (2008), doi: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2008.07.024.

(97) "Coumarin Dye as a Fluorescence Sensor for Methanol Vapor," N. Stevens and D. L. Akins, in Spectral Sensing Research for Water Monitoring Applications and Frontier Science and Technology for Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense, World Scientific, D. Woolard & J. Jensen, Eds., Vol. 48, pp 453- 461, 2008.

(96) "Coumarin Dye as a Fluorescence Sensor for Methanol Vapor," N. Stevens and D. L. Akins, International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Sensors, World Scientific, 18:1, 195-203 (2008).

(95) "Two Color RNA Intercalating Probe for Cell Imaging Applications," Nathan Stevens, Naphtali O'Connor, Harshad Vishwasrao, Diana Samaroo, Eric R. Kandel, Daniel L. Akins, Charles M. Drain, and Nicholas J. Turro, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130(23), 7182–7183 (2008).

(94) "AOT Dispersed Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Transistor Device Application," Shiunchin C. Wang, Hui Yang, Sarbajit Banerjee, Irving P. Herman and Daniel L. Akins, Materials Lett., 62, 843-845 (2008), doi:10.1016/j.

(93) "Carbon-Supported Pd-Co Bimetallic Nanoparticles as Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction," Wenming Wang, Dan Zheng, Chong Du, Zhiqing Zou, Xigui Zhang, Baojia Xia, Hui Yang and Daniel L. Akins, J. Power Sources, 167, 243-249 (2007).

(92) "Nonlinear Optical Switching Properties of Dye-Doped Inorganic/Organic Nanocomposite Films," N. Stevens and D. L. Akins, ACS Volume Based on Self-Organization of Photonic Nanomaterials, 2007.

(91) "Design and Characterization of Two-dyes and Three-dyes Binary Probes Composites for mRNA Detection," Angel A. Martí, Xiaoxu Li, Steffen Jockusch, Nathan Stevens, Zengmin Li, Bindu Raveendra, Sergey Kalachikov, Irina Morozova, Daniel L. Akins, Jingyue Ju, Nicholas J. Turro, Tetrahedron, 63, 3591-3600 (2007).

(90) "Dye-Doped Inorganic/Organic Composite Films as Fluorescence Sensors for Methanol Vapor," N. Stevens and D. L. Akins, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 123:1, 59-64 (2007).

(89) "The Production of a High Loading of almost Monodispersed Pt Nanoparticles on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Methanol Oxidation," Jianyu Cao, Chong Du, Shiunchin C. Wang, Philippe Mercier, Xigui Zhang, Hui Yang and Daniel L. Akins, Electrochemistry Communications, 9, 735-740 (2007).

(88) "AOT as Spacing Agent for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites," Shiunchin C. Wang, Hui Yang and Daniel L. Akins, Polymer Preprints, 47(2), 469-470 (2006).

(87) "Magnesium Effects on CdSe Self-assembled Quantum Dot Formation on Zn_xCd_yMg_1-x-ySe Layers," M. Noemi Perez-Paz, Hong Lu, Aidong Shen, F. Jean Mary, Daniel Akins, Maria C. Tamargo, Jour. of Crystal Growth, 294, 296-303 (2006).

(86) "Combinatorial Fluorescence Energy Transfer Molecular Beacons for Probing Nucleic Acid Sequences," Xiaoxu Li, Zengmin Li, Angel A. Marti, Steffen Jockusch, Nathan Stevens, Daniel L. Akins (20%, Nicholas J. Turro and Jingyue Ju, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 5, 896-902 (2006).

(85) "Carbon-Supported Pt–Co Alloy Nanoparticles for Oxygen Reduction Reaction," Qinghong Huang, Hui Yang, Yawen Tang, Tianhong Lu and Daniel L. Akins, Electrochemical Comm., 8, 1220-1224 (2006).

(84) "Platinum/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites as Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts," Daniel L. Akins and Hui Yang. Patent Application (2005), US Patent Office. Patent Disclosure.

(83) "Methods and Devices for Making Carbon Nanotubes and Compositions Thereof," Daniel L. Akins and Hui Yang. United States Patent 20060204426.

(82) "Spectroscopic Investigation of a FRET Molecular Beacon Containing Two Fluorophores for Probing DNA/RNA Sequences," Steffen Jockusch, Angel Marti, Nicholas J. Turro, Zengmin Li, Xiaoxu Li, Jingyue Ju, Nathan Stevens and Daniel L. Akins (20%), Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 5, 493-498, (2006).

(81) "Diameter-Selective Dispersion of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using a Water-Soluble, Biocompatible Polymer," Hui Yang, Shiunchin C. Wang, Philippe Mercier and Daniel L. Akins, Chem. Commun., 1425-1427 (2006).

(80) "Self-Aligned Magnetic Dipole Moments of Fe₂O₃ Formed Within a Sol-Gel Matrix," Xiaoming Zhang, Haiquan Guo, Ning Chi, Chunchin C. Wang, Nan-Loh Yang and Daniel L. Akins , Materials Chemistry and Physics, 98, 207-211 (2006).

(79) "High-Pressure Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes with a Variety of Morphologies," Hui Yang, Philippe Mercier, Shiunchin C. Wang, and Daniel L. Akins , Chem. Phys. Lett., 416, 18-21 (2005).

(78) "Optical Spectra of a Novel Polyoxometalate Occluded within Modified MCM-41," Xiaoming Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Haiquan Guo, Wenlin Huang, Tatyana Polenova, Lynn C. Francesconi and Daniel L. Akins , J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 19156-19160 (2005).

(77) "Magnetic Ordering of Ferric Oxide within SiO₂-Based Mesoporous Materials," Haiquan Guo, Min-Hui Cui, Xiaoming Zhang, Wei Xu, Renu Sharma, Nan-Loh Yang and Daniel L. Akins , Materials Research Bulletin, 40(10), 1713-1725 (2005).

(76) "Solubilization of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Using Aerosol OT," Shiunchin C. Wang, Hui Yang, and Daniel L. Akins , Polymer Preprints, 46(1), 226 (2005).

(75) "High Methanol Tolerance of Carbon-Supported Pt-Cr Alloy Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction", Hui Yang, Nicolas Alonso-Vante, Claude Lamy and Daniel L. Akins, J. Electrochem. Soc., 152, A704-A709 (2005).

(74) "Catalytic Reduction of Methyl Viologen by Sulfide Ion Within MCM-41," Yanting Liao, Ling Zang and Daniel L. Akins, Catalysis Communications, 6, 141 (2005).

(73) "Single Layer and Stacked CdSe Self-Assembled Quantum Dots with ZnCdMgSe Barriers for Visible and White Light Emitters," M. Noemi Perez-Paz, Xuecong Zhou, Martin Muñoz, Mohammad Sohel, Hong Lu, Francisco Fernandez, Fleumingue Jean-Mary, Daniel L. Akins and Maria C. Tamargo, Jour. of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, 23, 1236-1239 (2005).

(72) "Photophysical properties of aggregated organic dyes/nanoparticle composites," N. Stevens and D. L. Akins, ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts, Volume 228, Issue 1, 2004, Pages COLL-175.

(71) "CdSe Self-Assembled Quantum Dots with ZnCdMgSe Barriers Emitting Throughout the Visible Spectrum," M. Noemi Perez-Paz, Xuecong Zhou, Martin Munoz, Hong Lu, Mohamad Sohel, Maria C. Tamargo, Fleumingue Jean-Mary and Daniel L. Akins , Applied Physics Letters, 85:(26), 6395-6397 (2004).

(70) "Methanol Oxidation on Carbon-Supported Pt-Os Bimetallic Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts," Junjie Huang, Hui Yang, Qinghong Huang, Yawen Tang, Tianhong Lu and Daniel L. Akins , Jour. Electrochem. Soc., 151, A1810-A1815 (2004).

(69) "Density Functional Theory Applied to Structure and Vibrational Band Analysis of an Aggregated Thiacarbocyanine," Metin Aydin, Fleumingue Jean-Mary, Nathan Stevens and Daniel L. Akins , J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 9695 (2004).

(68) "Aggregation of Thionine Dye within AlMCM-48," Wei Xu, Metin Aydin, Sheuli Zakia and D. L. Akins , J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 5588 (2004).

(67) "Reverse Micellar Synthesis of CdS Nanoparticles and Self-Assembly into a Superlattice," Wei Xu and D. L. Akins , Materials Letters, 58, 2623-2626 (2004).

(66) "Spectroscopy and Dynamics of DCM Encapsulated in MCM-41 and Y Zeolite Mesoporous Materials," Haiquan Guo, Xiaoming Zhang, Metin Aydin, Wei Xu, Han-Ru Zhu and D. L. Akins , Jour. of Molecular Structure, 689, 153 (2004).

(65) "Microwave Absorption by Nanostructural Ferric Oxide Encapsulated within MCM-41," Haiquan Guo, Wei Xu, Min-Hui Cui, Nan-Loh Yang and Daniel L. Akins , Chem. Commun., pp 1432-1433 (2003).

(64) "Polyoxoanion Occluded within Modified MCM-41: Spectroscopy and Structure," Wei Xu, Qunhui Luo, Hsin Wang, Lynn C. Francesconi, Ruth E. Stark and Daniel L. Akins , J. Phys. Chem. B, 107, 497 (2003).

(63) Mind Over Matter in an Era of Convergent Technologies (D. L. Akins), in Convergent Technologies for Improving Human Performance, Mihail C. Roco and William Sims Bainbridge, Ed.; Kluwer Academic Publishers, (2003), pp. 367 – 373; NSF/DOC-Sponsored Report, http://www.wtec.org/ConvergingTechnologies/Report/NBIC_frontmatter.pdf.

(62) "Formation of CdS Nanoparticles within Modified MCM-41 and SBA-15," W. Xu, Y. Liao and D. L. Akins , J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, 11127 (2002).

(61) "Density Functional Theory Used in Structure Determinations and Raman Band Assignments for Pseudoisocyanine and Its Aggregate," C. Guo, M. Aydin, Han-Ru Zhu and D. L. Akins, J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, 5447 (2002).

(60) "Absorption and Exciton Emission by an Aggregated Cyanine Dye Occluded within Mesoporous SBA-15," W. Xu and D. L. Akins , J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, 1993 (2002).

(59) "Triple Fluorescence Energy Transfer in Covalently Trichromophore-Labeled DNA," Anthony K. Tong, Steffen Jockusch, Zengmin Li, Han-Ru Zhu, Daniel L. Akins, Nicholas J. Turro and Jingyue Ju, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 12923-12924 (2001).

(58) "Aggregation and Exciton Emission of a Cyanine Dye Encapsulated within Mesoporous MCM-41," W. Xu, H. Guo and D. L. Akins, J. Phys. Chem. B., 105, 7686 (2001).

(57) "Aggregation of Tetrakis(p-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (TSPP) within Modified Mesoporous MCM-41," W. Xu, H. Guo and D. L. Akins, J. Phys. Chem. B, 105, 1543 (2001).

(56) "Confocal Microprobe Raman Spectroscopy for Investigating the Aggregation Process at the Liquid/Air Interface," B. Ren, Z.-Q. Tian, C. Guo and D. L. Akins, Chem. Phys. Lett., 328, 17 (2000).

(55) "Superradiance of J-Aggregated Thiacarbocyanine Molecules," S. Özçelik and D. L. Akins, J. Phys. Chem. B, 103, 8926 (1999).

(54) "Micro-Raman Spectroscopy of Meso-tetrakis(p-sulfonatophenyl)porphine at Electrode Surfaces," C. Guo, B. Ren and D. L. Akins, J. Phys. Chem. B, 102, 8751 (1998).

(53) "Superradiant Lasing From J-Aggregated Molecules Adsorbed Onto Colloidal Silver," Serdar Özçelik, Isin Özçelik and D. L. Akins, Appl. Phys. Lett., 73, 1949 (1998).

(52) "Optical Dynamics of Interacting One- and Two-Excitons: Equations and Solutions," D. L. Akins, Proceeding of NOBCChE, 24, 17 (1997).

(51) "Extremely Low Excitation Threshold, Superradiant, Molecular Aggregate Lasing System," S. Özçelik and D. L. Akins, Appl. Phys. Lett., 71, 3057 (1997).

(50) "Aggregation-Enhanced Raman Scattering (AERS) of a Cyanine Dye in Homogeneous Solution," D. L. Akins, S. Özçelik, H. -R. Zhu and C. Guo, J. Phys. Chem. A, 101, 3251 (1997).

(49) "Nature of Exciton-Exciton Annihilation in an Aggregated Cyanine Dye," S. Özçelik and D. L. Akins, J. Phys. Chem. B, 101, 3021 (1997).

(48) Structure and Exciton Emission Dynamics of Molecular Aggregates: Cyanines and Porphyrins, Daniel L. Akins, in "J-Aggregates," T. Kobayashi, Ed.; World Scientific: New Jersey, 1996; Chapter 3, pp. 67-94.

(47) "Structure and Exciton Emission Dynamics of Molecular Aggregates: Cyanines and Porphyrins," Daniel L. Akins, J.-Aggregates (1996), 67-94.

(46) "Fluorescence Decay Kinetics and Structure of Aggregated Tetrakis(p-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin," Daniel L. Akins, Serdar Özçelik, Han-Ru Zhu, Chu Guo, J. Phys. Chem., 100, 14390 (1996).

(45) "Aggregation of Tetraaryl-Substituted Porphyrins in Homogeneous Solution," Daniel L. Akins, Han-Ru Zhu and Chu Guo, J. Phys. Chem., 100, 5420 (1996).

(44) "Theoretical Studies on the Structural Change of the Protonation Process of Porphine," siyu Ma, Zonghe Li, Junyin He, Daniel L. Akins and Chu Guo, Beijing Shifan Daxue Xuebao, Ziran Kexueban, 32, 246 (1996).

(43) "High-performance Liquid Chromatography of Cyanine Dyes: Multiphase Separation, Purification and Substitution of the Counter Ion," D. L. Akins and V. T. Kumar, Jour. of Chromatogr. A, 689, 269 (1995).

(42) "Superradiance of 2,2'-Cyanine Adsorbed onto a Vesicle Surface," Daniel L. Akins and Serdar Özçelik, 2^nd Annual Res. Center for Optical Physics Forum, Sept. 23-24, 1994, Hampton Univ.; NASA Conf. Pub. 3314, Oct. 1995, pp. 59-80.

(41) "Aggregation-Enhanced Raman Scattering by a Water-Soluble Porphyrin," Daniel L. Akins, 2^nd Annual Res. Center for Optical Physics Forum, Sept. 23-24, 1994, Hampton Univ.; NASA Conf. Pub. 3314, Oct. 1995, pp. 45-58.

(40) "Photoinitiated Electron Transfer in Synthetic Model Systems," D. L. Akins and C. Guo, Adv. Mater., 6, 512 (1994).

(39) "Enhanced Raman Scattering by Aggregated 2,2'-Cyanine Adsorbed onto Phospholipid Vesicles," D. L. Akins, S. Özçelik and J. –Q. Liu, Abstract, Pittcon 94, Chicago, Ill., 1994.

(38) "Absorption and Raman Scattering by Meso-Tetrakis(p-Sulfonatophenyl) Porphyrin," D. L. Akins, H. –R. Zhu and C. Guo, J. Phys. Chem., 98, 3612 (1994).

(37) "Raman Excitation Spectra of Exciton-Phonon Modes of Aggregated 2,2'-Cyanine Using an Internal Raman Standard," D. L. Akins, Y. H. Zhuang, H. –R. Zhu and J. Q. Liu, J. Phys. Chem., 98, 1068 (1993).

(36) "NIR Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopies Diagnose Cancer!," C. –H. Liu, B. B. Das, W. L. Glassman, G. S. Tang, H. –R. Zhu, D. L. Akins, S. S. Lubicz, J. Cleary, R. Prudente, E. Celmer, E. Caron and R. R. Alfano, Physicological Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Early-Detection Diagnostic Methods, in SPIE Proceeding, Vol. 1887, p. 188, 1993.

(35) "Near-Infrared-Excited FT-Raman Spectroscopic Study of Covalently Linked Porphyrin-Viologen Compounds," D. L. Akins, H. –R. Zhu and C. Guo, J. Phys. Chem., 97, 8681 (1993).

(34) "Near-Infrared-Excited FT-Raman Spectra of Covalently Linked Porphyrin-Nitrobenzene Compounds," D. L. Akins, H. –R. Zhu and C. Guo, J. Phys. Chem., 97, 3974 (1993): 97, 6760 (1993).

(33) "Raman, Fluorescence, and Time-Resolved Light Scattering as Optical Diagnostic Techniques to Separate Diseased and Normal Biomedical Media," C. –H. Liu, B. B. Das, W. L. Sha Glassman, G. C. Tang, K. M. Yoo, H. –R. Zhu, D. L. Akins, et al., J. of Photochem. And Photobiol. B: Biol., 16, 187 (1992).

(32) "Visible Raman and Near-IR FT-Raman Characterization of Adsorbed 4,4'-Cyanine," D. L. Akins, J. W. Macklin and H. –R. Zhu, J. Phys. Chem., 96, 4515 (1992).

(31) "Raman Excitation Spectra of Coupled Intramolecular-Intermolecular Vibronic Modes of Aggregated 4,4'-Cyanine," D. L. Akins and H. –R. Zhu, Langmuir, 8, 546 (1992).

(30) "Raman, Fluorescence, and Time-Resolved Light Scattering as Optical Diagnostic Techniques to Separate Diseased and Normal Biomedical Media," C. H. Liu, B. B. Das, W. L. Sha Glassman, G. C. Tang, K. M. Yoo, H. –R. Zhu, D. L. Akins, S. S. Lubicz, R. Prudente, et al., J. Photochem. Photobio. B, 16, 187 (1992).

(29) "Near-IR Fourier Transform Raman Spectroscopy of Normal and Atherosclerotic Human Aorta," C. H. Liu, W. L. Sha Glassman, H. –R. Zhu, D. L. Akins, L. I. Deckelbaum, M. L. Stetz, K. O'Brien, J. Scott and R. R. Alfano, Lasers in the Life Sci., 4, 257 (1992).

(28) Recent Advances in the Uses of Light in Physics, Chemistry, Engineering and Medicine, Daniel L. Akins and Robert R. Alfano, Eds., Proceeding: The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Vol. 1599, 1991.

(27) "Near-IR FT Raman Spectroscopy of Human Aorta," C. H. Liu, W. L. Glassman, R. R. Alfano, H. –R. Zhu, D. L. Akins, et al., Recent Advances in the Uses of Light in Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, and Medicine, in SPIE Proceeding Vol. 1599, p. 77, 1991.

(26) "Human Breast Tissues Studied by IR Fourier Transform Raman Spectroscopy," R. R. Alfano, C. H. Liu, W. L. Sha, H. –R. Zhu, D. L. Akins, J. Cleary, R. Prudente and E. Cellmer, Lasers in the Life Sci., 4, 23 (1991).

(25) "Fourier Transform Raman Spectra and the Structure of Adsorbed 2,2'-Cyanine," D. L. Akins, J. W. Macklin and H. –R. Zhu, J. Phys. Chem., 95, 793 (1991).

(24) "Raman Excitation Spectra of Aggregate Modes of 2,2'-Cyanine," D. L. Akins,
J. W. Macklin, L. Parker and H. –R. Zhu, Chem. Phys. Lett., 169, 564 (1990).

(23) "Surface Potential, pH, and Excitation Wavelength Effects on Raman Scattering by Cyanine Dyes," D. L. Akins, Proceedings: NOBCChE, 16, 1(1989).

(22) "Dependence of Raman Scattering by Aggregated 2,2'-Cyanine on pH and Excitation Wavelength," D. L. Akins and J. W. Macklin, J. Phys. Chem., 93, 5999 (1989).

(21) "Surface Potential Dependence of Enhanced Raman Bands of Aggregated Cyanine Dyes," D. L. Akins, C. Akpabli and X. Li, J. Phys. Chem., 93, 1977 (1989).

(20) "Excitation Wavelength Dependency of Enhanced Raman Bands of Aggregated Molecules," D. L. Akins and J. R. Lombardi, Chem. Phys. Lett., 135, 495 (1987).

(19) "Theory of Raman Scattering by Aggregated Molecules," D. L. Akins, J. Phys. Chem., 90, 1530 (1986).

(18) "Adatom Sites, Structure and Mobility Effects on the SERS of Cyanine," Ben Gu and D. L. Akins, Chem. Phys. Lett., 113, 558 (1985).

(17) "Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering by Cyanine Chloride," X. Li, Ben Gu and D. L. Akins, Chem. Phys. Lett., 105, 263 (1984).

(16) "Resonance Enhanced Raman Scattering By Aggregated 2,2'-Cyanine on Colloidal Silver," D. L. Akins, J. of Colloid and Interface Science, 90, 373 (1982).

(15) "Model for Diffusion-Limited Electrochemiluminescence," D. L. Akins and A. D. Snider, J. of Computational Chem., 2, 368 (1981).

(14) "Collisionally Induced Vibrational Relaxation of A (¹B₁) CF₂(0,n,0) for 1 ≤ n ≤ 6 by SF₆ He, Ne, and N₂," D. L. Akins, Proceedings of National Black Chemists and Chem. Engineers, 6, 35 (1979).

(13) "Vibrational Relaxation of A CF₂ (v´=1-6) in Non-Reactive Collisions," D. L. Akins, D. S. King and J. C. Stephenson, Chem. Phys. Lett., 65, 257 (1979).

(12) "Transient Analysis of Electrolytically Initiated Polymerization," A. D. Snider, D. L. Akins and R. L. Birke, J. Electroanal. Chem. and Interfacial Electrochem., 79, 31 (1977).

(11) "Calculation of Transients for Some Non-Linear Diffusion Phenomena," A. D. Snider and D. L. Akins, Nonlinear Diffusion, Walker and Fitzgibbon, eds., Fearon-Pittman Pub., 1977, pp. 218-232.

(10) "Chemiluminescence and Energy Transfer in Systems of Electrogenerated Aromatic Anions and Benzyol Peroxide," T. D. Santa Cruz, D. L. Akins and R. L. Birke, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 98, 1677 (1976).

(9) "Chemiluminescence and Energy Transfer in Systems of Electrogenerated Aromatic Anions," D. L. Akins, Proceedings of National Black Chemists and Chem. Engineers, 1, (1975).

(8) "Energy Transfer in Reactions of Electrogenerated Aromatic Anions and Benzoyl Peroxide: Chemiluminescence and its Mechanism," D. L. Akins and R. L. Birke, Chem. Phys. Lett., 29, 428 (1974).

(7) "Collisional Broadening Cross-Sections of HD^* (B ¹∑_u⁺) – He from Peak Absorbance Measurements," D. L. Akins, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 12, 1357 (1972).

(6) "Energy Transfer in Monochromatically-Excited Hydrogen (B ¹∑_u⁺). I. Excitation Processes, Electronic Quenching, and Vibrational Energy Transfer," E. H. Fink, D. L. Akins and C. B. Moore, J. Chem. Phys., 56, 900 (1972).

(5) "Rotational-Translational Energy Transfer between Individual Quantum States of HD (B ¹∑_u⁺)," D. L. Akins, E. H. Fink and C. B. Moore, J. Chem. Phys., 52, 1604 (1970).

(4) "Relative Line Intensities in the Lyman Bands of HD," E. H. Fink, D. L. Akins and C. B. Moore, Chem. Phys. Lett., 4, 283 (1969).

(3) "Pulse-to-Analog Converter for Optimizing Signal-to-Noise from Photomultipliers at Low Light Intensities," D. L. Akins, S. E. Schwartz, and C. B. Moore, Rev. Sci. Instru., 39, 715 (1968).

(2) "Rotational Energy Transfer," D. L. Akins and C. B. Moore, Bulletin of the American Phys. Soc., 11, 899 (1966).

(1) "Feasibility of Liquid-Metal Vacuum Seals," J. E. A. Johns, D. L. Akins and G. S. Pick; Final Report of the Goddard Summer Workshop Program (X-320-63-264), 1964.