Andrew Cook

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Chemistry Division
Bldg. 555A
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-4782
acook@bnl.gov

Research | Education | Appointments | Publications

Research Activities

Electron- and Photo-Induced Processes for Molecular Energy Conversion

Radiation chemistry, especially ultrafast capture of charges after radiolysis; electron transfer, charge and exciton motion in molecular wires; excited states of radical ions; development of novel experimental equipment, particularly laser-based detection systems.

Education

B.S. 1988 University of California, Davis Campus
Ph.D. 1994 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professional Appointments

• Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory
      1998 - 2000      Assistant Chemist
      2000 - 2003      Associate Chemist
      2003 - present   Chemist
• Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
      1997 - 1998 Assistant Chemist
      1994 - 1997 Postdoctoral Appointee
• Massachusets Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
      1988 - 1994 Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant
• Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, California
      1985 - 1988 Research Assistant
• University of California, Davis, California
      1987 - 1988 Undergraduate Research Assistant

Selected Publications

• Cook AR (2021) Sub-picosecond Production of Solute Radical Cations in Tetrahydrofuran after Radiolysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 125:10189–10197. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.1c08568
• Toigawa T, Peterman DR, Meeker DS, et al (2021) Radiation-induced effects on the extraction properties of hexa-n-octylnitrilo-triacetamide (HONTA) complexes of americium and europium. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 23:1343–1351. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cp05720g
• Horne GP, Grimes TS, Zalupski PR, et al (2021) Curium(iii) radiation-induced reaction kinetics in aqueous media. Dalton Transactions 50:10853–10859. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1dt01268a
• Celis Barros C, Pilgrim CD, Cook AR, et al (2021) Influence of uranyl complexation on the reaction kinetics of the dodecane radical cation with used nuclear fuel extraction ligands (TBP, DEHBA, and DEHiBA). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 23:24589–24597. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp03797h
• Horne GP, Zarzana CA, Rae C, et al (2020) Does addition of 1-octanol as a phase modifier provide radical scavenging radioprotection for N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyldiglycolamide (TODGA)? Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 22:24978–24985. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cp04310a
• Cook AR, Girimonti A, Sreearunothai P, et al (2020) Dynamic broadening alters triplet extinction coefficients in fluorene oligomers and polymers. The Journal of Chemical Physics 152:024901. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5132798
• Bird MJ, Cook AR, Zamadar M, et al (2020) Pushing the limits of the electrochemical window with pulse radiolysis in chloroform. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 22:14660–14670. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cp01948h
• Miller JR, Cook AR, Šimková L, et al (2019) The Impact of Huge Structural Changes on Electron Transfer and Measurement of Redox Potentials: Reduction of ortho-12-Carborane. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 123:9668–9676. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b08151
• Horne GP, Kiddle JJ, Zarzana CA, et al (2019) 31P NMR study of the activated radioprotection mechanism of octylphenyl-N,N-diisobutylcarbamoylmethyl phosphine oxide (CMPO) and analogues. Dalton Transactions 48:11547–11555. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9dt01950b
• Cook AR, Asaoka S, Li X, Miller JR (2019) Electron Transport with Mobility, μ > 86 cm2/(V s), in a 74 nm Long Polyfluorene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 10:171–175. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03185
• Cook AR, Valášek M, Funston AM, et al (2018) p-Carborane Conjugation in Radical Anions of Cage–Cage and Cage–Phenyl Compounds. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 122:798–810. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.7b10885
• Chen H-C, Cook AR, Asaoka S, et al (2017) Escape of anions from geminate recombination in THF due to charge delocalization. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19:32272–32285. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cp05880b
• Chen HC, Sreearunothai P, Cook AR, et al (2017) Chain Length Dependence of Energies of Electron and Triplet Polarons in Oligofluorenes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 121:5959–5967. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b00099
• Zaikowski L, Mauro G, Bird M, et al (2015) Charge Transfer Fluorescence and 34 nm Exciton Diffusion Length in Polymers with Electron Acceptor End Traps. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 119:7231–7241. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp510095p
• Li X, Bird M, Mauro G, et al (2015) Transport of Triplet Excitons along Continuous 100 nm Polyfluorene Chains. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 119:7210–7218. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp509396s
• Bird MJ, Reid OG, Cook AR, et al (2014) Mobility of Holes in Oligo- and Polyfluorenes of Defined Lengths. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118:6100–6109. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp5010874
• Cook AR, Bird MJ, Asaoka S, Miller JR (2013) Rapid "Step Capture" of Holes in Chloroform during Pulse Radiolysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 117:7712–7720. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp405349u
• Cook AR, Sreearunothai P, Asaoka S, Miller JR (2011) Sudden, "Step" Electron Capture by Conjugated Polymers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 115:11615–11623. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp205790k
• Cook AR, Shen Y (2009) Optical fiber-based single-shot picosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Review of Scientific Instruments 80:073106. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3156048