"Prepare yourself in the subject so well that it shall always be on tap; then in the classroom trust your spontaneity and fling away all further care." -Wiliiam James
Douglas A. Barlow
Sr. Research Associate
Department of Physics
Texas Tech University
Email: douglas.barlow@ttu.edu

Biographical Information
 

BS, University of Florida, 1996
PhD, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2003

 
Research Interests

One current research project is focused on the theoretical estimate of the time evolution for the crystal size distribution function f, during batch crystal growth from solution. Decpicted below is a contour plot showing the time evolution of a size distribution function during batch crystallization of the protein lysozyme.

 
Current Research Projects and Selected Publications
 

"Energy and entropy of mixing in binary liquid alloys"

"Crystal nucleation and growth"

"Electronic structure calculations for heavy element clusters"

D.A. Barlow , “Theory of the intermediate stage of cyrstal growth with applications to protein cystallization”, Journal of Crystal Growth, 311 , 2480, (2009)

D.A. Barlow , “Density functional study of Bi2Te3 and Bi4Te6 Molecules”, Molecular Physics, 106, (24), 2699,(2008)

D.A. Barlow , P.K. Alvarez, “Theoretical Study of Tellurium Rings”, Molecular Physics, 103, (5), 643, (2005)
For a correct version of the manuscript go here.

D.A. Barlow , “Electrical Conductivity of Tellurium in the Liquid State”, Physical Review B, 69, (19), 193201, (2004)

D.A. Barlow , J.K. Baird, C.-H. Su, “A Theory of the von Weimarn Rules Governing the Average Size of Crystals Precipitated from a Supersaturated Solution”, Journal of Crystal Growth, 264, 417, (2004)

D.A. Barlow , “Calculation of Pseudobinary Phase Diagrams for the Infrared Detector Materials (Cd,Zn)Te, (Hg,Cd)Te and (Hg,Zn)Te”, Infrared Physics and Technology, 45, (1), 25, (2004)

Y.W. Kim, D.A. Barlow , K.G. Caraballo, J.K. Baird, “Kinetics of the Supersaturation Decay in the Crystallization of Lysozyme” Molecular Physics, 101, (17/10), 2677, (2003)

D.A. Barlow , “PHASECALC: A Code for the Calculation of Pseudobinary Phase Diagrams Using no Adjustable Parameters”, Computer Physics Communications, 153, (2), 227, (2003)

 

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