Dr Rebecca Jacob

Research Associate B.Sc. M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. Room: 135 C Building 19 Phone: +61 3 9905 3878 Fax: +61 3 9905 4597 email: Rebecca.Jacob@sci.monash.edu.au

Summary

Recent Publications

1. Mechanism of the dielectric enhancement in polymer – alumina nanoparticle composites Rebecca Jacob*, Journal of Molecular Structure Article in press: R. Jacob, J. Mol. Struct. (2007), doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2007.05.041
2. Synthesis, Characterization and Ab Initio Theoretical Study of a Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Selective for Biosensor Materials; Rebecca Jacob*, Margaret Glewis, Yididya Banti, Colin Rix and David E. Mainwaring The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (Accepted 24th October, 2007)
3. Rearrangements in model peptide-type radicals via intramolecular hydrogen-atom transfer: Damian Moran, Rebecca Jacob, Geoffrey P F Wood, Michelle L Coote, Michael J Davies, Richard A J O'Hair, Christopher J Easton, Leo Radom, Helvetica Chimica Acta (2006), 89(10), 2254-2272.
4. Bond Dissociation Energies and Radical Stabilization Energies Associated with Model Peptide-Backbone Radicals: Geoffrey P. F. Wood, Damian Moran, Rebecca Jacob, and Leo Radom Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2005), 109 (28), 6318 -6325.
5. The mechanism of the dissolution, spray and deposition technique - a novel infrared sampling method; Rebecca Jacob Spectrochimica Acta Part A: 59 (2003) 1557 -1563
6. Infrared Spectra and Structures of the Valyl-Alanine and Alanyl-Valine Zwitterions Isolated In A KBr Matrix: Rebecca Jacob and Gad Fischer Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2003), 107(32), 6136-6143.
7. Infrared absorption spectra and structures of zwitterions of glycyl-L-alanine and its N-deuterated isotopomers in a KBr matrix: Rebecca Jacob and Gad Fischer Journal of Molecular Structure 613 (2002) 175-188.
8. Towards Non-Vertical Radical Cations: Quantum Chemical Studies on Pentafulvene and Triafulvene Radical Cations: Rebecca Jacob*, S.Viswanathan and E.J.Padma Malar, Indian Journal of Chemistry 41B (2002) 1923-192
9. Infrared Spectra and the Structures of the Valyl-Glycine Zwitterion Isolated in A KBr Matrix; Gad Fischer, Rebecca Jacob and Xiaolin Cao Chemical Physics 263 (2001) 243-253.
10. Isotope Effects on the Equilibrium of p-Benzoquinone and its Radial Anion: Ab Initio and DFT Studies; Rebecca Jacob, Mrinalini Puranik and Jayaraman Chandrasekhar Chemical Physics Letters 301 (1999) 498-502.
11. The Role of Lysine-41 in Rnase A Catalysis. A Quantum Chemical Study on the Active Site-Ligand Complex; Saraswathi Vishveshwara, Rebecca Jacob, Gautham Nadig, Jacob V Maizel JR ; Journal of Molecular Structure 471 (1998) 1-11.