Parr, Robert

Parr, Robert G., and Bryce L. Crawford, Jr. "National Academy of Sciences Conference on Quantum-Mechanical Methods in Valence Theory." Proc.NAS 38 (1952) 547553. 

Papenbrock Thomas, 657 Paramonov Gennadij K., 99 Parr Robert G., 679, 714-715... 

Chattaraj Pratim K, Andres C, Parr Robert G (1995) Variational method for determining the Fukui function and chemical hardness of an electronic system. J Chem Phys 103... 

Development of the Colle-Salvetti Correlation-Energy Formula into a Functional of the Electron Density Chengteh Lee, Weitao Yang and Robert G. Parr Physical Review B 37 (1988) 785-789... 

Many thanks go also to Robert Parr, formely IAEA, Vienna, as a contributor to many symposia and also to this book, to Milan Ihnat from Argiculture Canada for his fine texts and editorial helps, to Steve Wise and Rolf Zeisler from NIST for their valuable chapters, to Jean Pauwels, IRMM, Philippe Quevauviller, SM T (formely BCRJ, and Harry Klich, BAM, Germany, for their always ready support. 

The author acknowledges many stimulating discussions with attendees of the Sagamore XII conference, including with Prof. Lou Massa, Prof. Mel Levy, Prof. Robert Parr, Prof. Wolf Weyerich, Prof. Vedene Smith, Dr. Mark Spackman, Prof. Graham Chandler, Prof. Brian Figgis, Dr. Stephen K. Wolff, and Dr. Harmut Schmider. Thanks to the Australian Research Council QEII fellowship scheme for funds. 

Nalewajski, R. F. 2002a. Charge sensitivities of molecules and their fragments. In Reviews of Modern Quantum Chemistry A Celebration of the Contributions of Robert G. Parr, Vol. II., (Ed.) K. D. Sen, 1071-1105. Singapore World Scientific. 

Tamagnone, L., Merida, A., Parr, A., MAckay, S., Culianez-Macia, F. A., Roberts, K., and Martin, C., 1998, The AmMYB308 and AmMYB330 transcription factors from Antirrhinum regulate phenylpropanoid and lignin biosynthesis in transgenic tobacco, Plant Cell 10 135-154. 

Bernard Pullman and Robert Parr, The New World of Quantum Chemistry, Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress of Quantum Chemistry held at New Orleans, USA, April 19-24, 1976, Reidel, Dordrecht, 1976. 

Robert G. Parr and Weitao Yang, Density-Functional Theory of Atoms and Molecules, Oxford University Press, New York, 1989. 

The 30th anniversary of the modem DFT was celebrated in June 1994 in Cracow, where about two hundred scientists gathered at the ancient Jagiellonian University Robert G. Parr were the honorary chairmen of the conference. Most of the reviewers of these four volumes include the plenary lecturers of this symposium other leading contributors to the field, physicists and chemists, were also invited to take part in this DFT survey. The fifteen chapters of this DFT series cover both the basic theory (Parts I, II, and the first article of Part III), applications to atoms, molecules and clusters (Part III), as well as the chemical reactions and the DFT rooted theory of chemical reactivity (Part IV). This arrangement has emerged as a compromise between the volume size limitations and the requirements of the maximum thematic unity of each part. 

Tachibana A (2002) Energy Density in Materials and Chemical Reaction Systems. In Sen KD (ed) Reviews in Modern Quantum Chemistry A Celebration of the Contributions of Robert Parr, Vol. 2, World Scientic, Singapore, pp 1327-1366... 

In 1951, Robert Thomas Sanderson (1912-1989) introduced the principle of electronegativity equalization that proposes, when two or more atoms combine, the atoms adjust to the same intermediate Mulliken electronegativity (Sanderson, 1951). Density functional theory tells us that the Mulliken electronegativity is the negative of the chemical potential (Parr et al., 1978). Sanderson s principle then becomes very appealing in that it can be considered analogous to a macroscopic thermodynamic phenomenon - the equalization of chemical potential. When atoms interact, the electronegativity, or chemical potential, must equalize. 

E.V. Ludena, V.V. Karasiev, Kinetic Energy Functionals History, Challenges, and Prospects, In Revews of Modern Quantum Chemistry. A Celebration of the Contributions of Robert G Parr pp. 612-665, K. Sen, (Ed.), World Scientific, 2002... 

I wish to express my thanks to my many colleagues who have given of their expertise in diverse areas. I must particularly acknowledge the contribution of Robert G. Parr. Without his insight, chemical hardness would still be an example of what is now called fuzzy logic , useful but incomplete. 

The rise of density functional theory (DPT) to the prominence and popularity it enjoys today was hardly anticipated by computational chemists 40 or even 30 years ago. As recently as 1983, when DPT was but a footnote in quantum chemistry textbooks, Robert Parr was writing a review to alert the physical chemistry community to the promise and the charm of the density functional theory of electronic structure of atoms and molecules [1]. Two decades later, DPT is a household tool for computing everything from atoms to biopolymers. How did this extraordinary reversal of fortunes come about ... 

A.M. Koster, P. Calaminici, Z. Gomez, J.U. Reveles, in G. Parr, K. Sen (Eds.), Reviews of modem quantum chemistry, a celebration of the contribution of Robert, World Scientific, Singapore, 2002. 

Ajit Thakkar, bom in Poona, India in 1950, left home at 17 to explore the West. A circuitous route led him to Queen s University in Kingston, Ontario. A summer job programming calculations of virial coefficients and transport cross-sections using FORTRAN IV, dreadful JCL, and punched cards on an IBM 360/50 drew him to computational chemistry. In 1976, he completed a Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry guided by Vedene Smith and influenced by Robert Parr. His faculty career began at the University of Waterloo and, since 1984, continued at the idyllic Fredericton campus of the University of New Bmnswick. He is now a University Research Professor, and author of more than 200 articles on molecular properties, electron densities and intermolecular forces. 

Dr. Robert M. Parr, International Atomic Energy Agency, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria... 

Shubin Liu Frank De ProftAgnes Nagy and Robert G. Parr "... 

Robert G. Parr (77), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599... 

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