Paul Blowers
Associate Professor
(520) 626-5319
JWH 128
blowers@email.arizona.edu

Recent Publications Include:

Kim, B. G., X. X. Li, and P. Blowers. 2009. Adsorption Energies of Mercury-Containing Species on CaO and Temperature Effects on Equilibrium Constants Predicted by Density Functional Theory Calculations. Langmuir 25: 2781-2789.

Torres, F. J., V. Ochoa-Herrera, and P. Blowers. 2009. Response to Comment by Sierra Rayne and Kaya Forest on "Ab initio study of the structural, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of linear perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its branched isomers" Chemosphere 76 (8) (2009) 1143-1149. Chemosphere 77: 1457-1458.

Torres, F. J., V. Ochoa-Herrera, P. Blowers, and R. Sierra-Alvarez. 2009. Ab initio study of the structural, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of linear perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its branched isomers. Chemosphere 76: 1143-1149.

Blowers, P., and K. Hollingshead. 2009. Estimations of Global Warming Potentials from Computational Chemistry Calculations for CH₂F₂ and Other Fluorinated Methyl Species Verified by Comparison to Experiment. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 113: 5942-5950.

Blowers, P., D. M. Moline, K. F. Tetrault, R. R. Wheeler, and S. L. Tuchawena. 2008. Global warming potentials of hydrofluoroethers. Environmental Science & Technology 42: 1301-1307.

Zhang, N. L., J. Luo, P. Blowers, and J. Farrell. 2008. Understanding trichloroethylene chemisorption to iron surfaces using density functional theory. Environmental Science & Technology 42: 2015-2020.

Blowers, P., K. F. Tetrault, and Y. Trujillo-Morehead. 2008. Global warming potential predictions for hydrofluoroethers with two carbon atoms. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts 119: 369-381.

Chung, G., K. Lansey, P. Blowers, P. Brooks, W. Ela, S. Stewart, and P. Wilson. 2008. A general water supply planning model: Evaluation of decentralized treatment. Environmental Modelling & Software 23: 893-905.

Blowers, P., D. M. Moline, K. F. Tetrault, R. R. Wheeler, and S. L. Tuchawena. 2007. Prediction of radiative forcing values for hydrofluoroethers using density functional theory methods. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 112.

Blowers, P., K. F. Tetrault, and Y. Trujillo-Morehead. 2007. Estimation of gas-phase heat capacities for hydrofluoroethers with two carbon atoms. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 46: 6600-6604.