Office:CHBA B11 Phone: (405) 325-5831 Email: rice@ou.edu Group Homepage	Charles V. Rice Assistant Professor B.S. (Illinois State University) 1993 M.S. (Illinois State University) 1995 Ph.D. (Purdue University) 2000 Postdoctoral Research Associate (Washington University in St. Louis) 2000
Division: Physical Chemistry, Bioengineered Materials, Biophysical Chemistry Research Interests Materials science, biological chemistry, and the interface between biology/materials are leading technological breakthroughs. NMR spectroscopy is able to provide valuable information about molecular structure and dynamics.

Research Description

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Selected Recent Publications

Rice, C. V, “Phase Transition Thermodynamics of N-Isopropylacrylamide Hydrogels”, Biomacromolecules, in press.

Wickham, J. R.; York, S. S.; Rocher, N. M.; Rice, C. V., “Lithium Environment in Dilute PEO:LiTf Polymer Electrolyte From REDOR NMR Spectroscopy”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2006, 110, 4538-4541. Lithium Environment

Cegelski, L., Rice, C. V.; O’Connor, R. D.; Caruano, A. L.; Tochtrop, G. P.; Cai, Z. Y.; Covey, D. F.; Schaefer, J., “Mapping the locations of estradiol and potent neuroprotective analogues in phospholipid bilayers by REDOR NMR”, Drug Development Research, 2005, 93-102.

Rice, C. V.*, Wickham, J. R., “Heterogeneous Binding of Lipoteichoic Acid to the Surface of Titanium Dioxide as Determined with 31P Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 856-857 Heterogeneous Binding

Rice, C. V.; Raftery, D. “Rubidium-Xenon Spin Exchange and Relaxation Rates Measured at High Pressure and High Magnetic Field”, J. Chem. Phys., 2002 , 117, 5632-5641.

MacNamara, E.; Rice, C. V.; Smith, J.; Smith, L.; Raftery, D. “Cross-Relaxation Dynamics between Laser-Polarized Xenon and a Surface Species using a Simple Three Spin Model” Chem. Phys. Lett., 2000, 317, 165-173.

Rice, C. V.; Raftery, D. “Photocatalytic Oxidation of Trichloroethylene Using TiO 2 Coated Optical Microfibers” Chem. Comm., 1999, 895-896.

Raftery, D.; MacNamara, E.; Fisher, G.; Rice, C. V.; Smith, J. “Optical Pumping and Magic Angle Spinning: Sensitivity and Resolution Enhancement for Surface NMR Obtained with Laser-Polarized Xenon” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1997, 119, 8746-8747.

Stevenson, C. D.; Rice, C. V.; Garland, P. M.; Clark, B. K. “Thermal and Laser Pyrolysis of Hydrocarbon Anion Radicals” J. Org. Chem., 1997, 62, 2193-3197.