Dr. Damian Gregory Allis
Damian Allis, Ph.D. is Research Assistant Professor
in the Department of Chemistry at Syracuse University and Senior
Scientist and Advisory Board Member for Nanorex, Inc.
Damian’s research covers computational quantum chemistry; molecular
nanotechnology; the design and modeling of molecular-based materials
for molecular electronics and nonlinear optical materials
applications; the design and modeling of nanostructures from
molecular building blocks and biomimetic principles; mechanosynthetic
approaches in advanced molecular manufacturing; the application of
quantum chemical methods to multi-molecular/solid-state phenomena;
property prediction of periodic molecular arrays and solid state
materials from ab initio and density functional theoretical
approaches; inelastic neutron scattering vibrational theory and
calculation; computational drug design; the simulation of internal/external vibrations and conformational changes observed by terahertz
(THz) spectroscopy; electronic structure theory of inorganic clusters
and organometallic coordination complexes; molecular mechanics/dynamics force field development.
His patents include
Design and Fabrication of Molecular Nanosystems and
New Classes Of High Linear And Nonlinear Response Compounds.
Damian coauthored
The Crystalline Enol of 1,3-Cyclohexanedione and Its Complex with
Benzene: Vibrational
Spectra, Simulation of Structure and Dynamics and Evidence for
Cooperative Hydrogen
Bonding,
Design and Analysis of a Molecular Tool for
Carbon Transfer in Mechanosynthesis,
Horizontal Ge-Substituted Polymantane-Based C2 Dimer Placement
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Motifs for Diamond Mechanosynthesis,
Development Of Computational Methodologies for the Prediction And
Analysis of Solid-State Terahertz Spectra,
Infrared, Raman and inelastic neutron scattering spectra of
dodecahedrane: An Ih molecule in Th site symmetry, and
Polyhedral-Based Nonlinear Optical Materials. Part 1. Theoretical
Investigation of Some New High Nonlinear Optical Response Compounds
Involving Carboranes and Charged Aromatic Donors and Acceptors.
Read the
full list of his publications!
Damian earned his BSc with Honors in Chemistry at Syracuse University
in 1998 and his Ph.D. in Physical Inorganic/Computational Quantum
Chemistry at Syracuse University in 2004.
Read his blog somewhereville.com.
Read his
interview with Nanotechnology Business.
Watch his
slidecast on mechanosynthesis at
nanoscienceworks.org.
