Research
Physical Chemistry, Molecular Spectroscopy (Vacuum Ultraviolet Region), Electronic Structure of Molecules
The electronic structure of molecules determines all of their chemistry. In principal the electronic structure of molecules can be obtained by solving
the Schrodinger equation: HΨ=EΨ
The problem is that no matter what quantum mechanical method is used to solve the Schrodinger equation approximations must be made. Experimentally determined
electronic structure must be compared with quantum mechanical results to determine which approximations are best.
Selected Publications
“Ethylene, Experimental Evidence for New Assignments of Electronic Transitions in the π => π* Energy Region.
Absorption and Magnetic Circular Dichroism Measurements with Synchrotron Radiation.” Journal of the Physical Chemistry 108A, 4194 (2004).
“Implications Concerning the Electronic States of Ethylene and Other Olefins from Magnetic Circular Dichroism Measurements of
Tetramethylethylene,” Journal of Physical Chemistry 100, 17756 (1996).
"The First use of Synchrotron Radiation for Vacuum Ultraviolet Circular Dichroism Measurements." Nuclear Instruments and Methods 172,
345 (1980).
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