W. Thomas Pollard

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

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W. Thomas Pollard is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Thomas Pollard has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in W. Thomas Pollard's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (10 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (3 papers). W. Thomas Pollard is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (10 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (3 papers). W. Thomas Pollard collaborates with scholars based in United States and Singapore. W. Thomas Pollard's co-authors include Richard A. Friesner, Robert B. Murphy, Jay L. Banks, Thomas A. Halgren, Leah L. Frye, Richard A. Mathies, Charles V. Shank, C. H. Brito Cruz, James B. Ames and Steven Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

W. Thomas Pollard

20 papers receiving 6.7k citations

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Glide: A New Approach for Rapid, Accurate Docking and Scoring. 2. Enrichment Factors in Database Screening

2004 4.0k citations Thomas A. Halgren, Robert B. Murphy et al. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry profile →

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Ramy Farid United States

Mihaly Mezei United States

Donald Bashford United States

Tyler Day United States

Thom Vreven United States

John C. Shelley United States

Paolo Carloni Italy

Michael J. Sutcliffe United Kingdom

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Halgren, Thomas A., Robert B. Murphy, Richard A. Friesner, et al.. (2004). Glide: A New Approach for Rapid, Accurate Docking and Scoring. 2. Enrichment Factors in Database Screening. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 47(7). 1750–1759. 4026 indexed citations breakdown →

Friesner, Richard A., Robert B. Murphy, Michael D. Beachy, et al.. (1999). Correlated ab Initio Electronic Structure Calculations for Large Molecules. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 103(13). 1913–1928. 249 indexed citations

Murphy, Robert B., W. Thomas Pollard, & Richard A. Friesner. (1997). Pseudospectral localized generalized Mo/ller–Plesset methods with a generalized valence bond reference wave function: Theory and calculation of conformational energies. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 106(12). 5073–5084. 68 indexed citations

Felts, Anthony K., W. Thomas Pollard, & Richard A. Friesner. (1995). Multilevel Redfield Treatment of Bridge-Mediated Long-Range Electron Transfer: A Mechanism for Anomalous Distance Dependence. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 99(9). 2929–2940. 196 indexed citations

Pollard, W. Thomas & Richard A. Friesner. (1994). Solution of the Redfield equation for the dissipative quantum dynamics of multilevel systems. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 100(7). 5054–5065. 236 indexed citations

Pollard, W. Thomas & Richard A. Friesner. (1993). Efficient Fock matrix diagonalization by a Krylov-space method. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 99(9). 6742–6750. 23 indexed citations

Pollard, W. Thomas & Richard A. Mathies. (1992). Analysis of Femtosecond Dynamic Absorption Spectra of Nonstationary States. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 43(1). 497–523. 208 indexed citations

Dexheimer, S. L., et al.. (1992). Femtosecond impulsive excitation of nonstationary vibrational states in bacteriorhodopsin. Chemical Physics Letters. 188(1-2). 61–66. 126 indexed citations

Pollard, W. Thomas, S. L. Dexheimer, Qing Wang, et al.. (1992). Theory of dynamic absorption spectroscopy of nonstationary states. 4. Application to 12-fs resonant impulsive Raman spectroscopy of bacteriorhodopsin. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 96(15). 6147–6158. 205 indexed citations

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Mathies, Richard A., Steven Lin, James B. Ames, & W. Thomas Pollard. (1991). From Femtoseconds to Biology: Mechanism of Bacteriorhodopsin's Light-Driven Proton Pump. PubMed. 20(1). 491–518. 465 indexed citations

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Pollard, W. Thomas & Richard A. Mathies. (1990). Wave packet theory of dynamic absorption spectra in femtosecond pump-probe studies. 1 indexed citations

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Pollard, W. Thomas, Soo‐Y. Lee, & Richard A. Mathies. (1990). Wave packet theory of dynamic absorption spectra in femtosecond pump–probe experiments. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 92(7). 4012–4029. 241 indexed citations

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Pollard, W. Thomas, H. L. Fragnito, J.-Y. Bigot, C. V. Shank, & Richard A. Mathies. (1990). Quantum-mechanical theory for 6 fs dynamic absorption spectroscopy and its application to nile blue. Chemical Physics Letters. 168(3-4). 239–245. 94 indexed citations

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Pollard, W. Thomas, C. H. Brito Cruz, Charles V. Shank, & Richard A. Mathies. (1989). Direct observation of the excited-state c i s–t r a n s photoisomerization of bacteriorhodopsin: Multilevel line shape theory for femtosecond dynamic hole burning and its application. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 90(1). 199–208. 88 indexed citations

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Lee, Soo‐Y., W. Thomas Pollard, & Richard A. Mathies. (1989). Classical theory for real-time femtosecond probing of the NaI* photodissociation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 90(11). 6146–6150. 37 indexed citations

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Lee, Soo‐Y., W. Thomas Pollard, & Richard A. Mathies. (1989). Quantum theory for transition state absorption. Chemical Physics Letters. 160(5-6). 531–537. 19 indexed citations

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Lee, Soo‐Y., W. Thomas Pollard, & Richard A. Mathies. (1989). Quasi-classical models of transition state absorption or emission. Chemical Physics Letters. 163(1). 11–18. 17 indexed citations

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Mathies, Richard A., C. H. Brito Cruz, W. Thomas Pollard, & Charles V. Shank. (1988). Direct Observation of the Femtosecond Excited-State cis - trans Isomerization in Bacteriorhodopsin. Science. 240(4853). 777–779. 448 indexed citations

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Fodor, Stephen P. A., et al.. (1988). Bacteriorhodopsin's L550 intermediate contains a C14-C15 s-trans-retinal chromophore.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 85(7). 2156–2160. 66 indexed citations

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Harris, Robert A., Richard A. Mathies, & W. Thomas Pollard. (1986). Simple interpretation of dephasing in absorption and resonance Raman theory. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 85(7). 3744–3748. 24 indexed citations

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