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OPEN POSITION AT THE EPFL, LAUSANNE
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL) seeks to appoint in its Department of Chemistry a position of "Maitre d'enseignement et de recherche" (Lecturer) in Physical Chemistry.
This position is a semi-autonomous permanent track position in the group of Prof. T. Rizzo involving both teaching and research. Teaching responsibilities will involve one course in chemistry at the introductory level and one course at either an advanced undergraduate or graduate level. The introductory course will eventually have to be given in French, however a period of adaptation to the language would be expected for non-native French speakers. Good teaching ability is one of the primary criteria for selecting a candidate.
In collaboration with the existing group of Prof. Rizzo, the successful candidate is expected to develop a research program at in the domain of "ultrafast spectroscopy and molecular reaction dynamics". He/she would be expected to carry forward the existing program in ultrafast chemical reaction dynamics as well as develop new directions in this general domain. The current research in ultrafast processes involves the combination of nanosecond lasers for either state preparation or state specific spectroscopic detection with femtosecond pump-probe techniques for investigating intramolecular processes of isolated molecules. Interested applicants are encouraged to visit the Rizzo group website (http://dcwww.epfl.ch/icp/ICP-1/icp-1.html ) for a more detailed description of the current research activities. A base level of research funding will be provided from the existing budget of our institute. The successful candidate will be expected to seek funding from outside agencies.
Because this is a permanent track position, the recruiting is done at the level of the EPFL Administration. Official documents for the position should be requested from the office of the President by writing to Prof. J.-C. Badoux, President of the EPFL, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. The deadline for submission of applications is August 15, 1997. In addition to their official application to be sent to the administration, applicants should send a copy directly to Prof. T. Rizzo, Laboratory for Molecular Physical Chemistry (LCPM), EPFL, CH-Ecublens, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
FACULTY POSITION in EXPERIMENTAL ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, and CHEMICAL PHYSICS UNIVERSITY of OKLAHOMA
The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin in Fall of 1998. Applicants must hold the doctoral degree, and must have the ability to teach effectively at both undergraduate and graduate levels. The potential to initiate a strong experimental research program is essential. Important assets include post-doctoral experience and a coherent research plan capable of garnering external funding. We encourage all Experimental Atomic, Molecular and Chemical Physicists with the qualifications listed above to apply. Current research interests focus on: chemical reaction dynamics, photo-dissociation spectroscopy, collision dynamics of highly excited states of atoms and molecules, dimensional perturbation theory, low-energy scattering of charged particles from atoms and molecules, and orientation and alignment effects. Major experimental facilities include lasers from the UV to the far IR, cw and pulsed molecular beam machines, MBE and associated surface analysis technologies, a professionally staffed modern machine shop, a network of workstations and an IBM SP2 Supercomputer. For further information about our department see www.nhn.ou.edu.
To apply, please write to:
Dr. Gregory A. Parker, AMC Search Committee Chairman, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019--0225 (e-mail address: amcsearch@mail.nhn.ou.edu). Initial screening will begin January 2, 1998 and will continue until the position is filled. Complete applications will consist of a vita, publication list, a brief description of research and teaching interests, and at least three confidential letters of recommendation.
The University of Oklahoma is an Equal-Opportunity Affirmative-Action Employer and has a policy of being responsive to the needs of dual-career couples. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
ACADEMIA SINICA, INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES
A post-doctoral position is open in the group of Prof. Y.T. Lee at the Institute of Molecular Sciences (IAMS) of Academia Sinica, Taiwan, ROC, in the field of chemical reaction dynamics. Over the past three years, we have employed the crossed molecular beams technique to elucidate the chemical dynamics, energetics, and reaction products of C(^3P_j) reactions with unsaturated hydrocarbons and hydrogen sulfide in extraterrestrial environments. Our investigations revealed that these atom - neutral reactions established a versatile route to form carbon-containing radicals in the interstellar medium (dark clouds and outflow of dying carbon stars), in atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn and its moon Titan, Uranus, as well as Neptune, and after impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 into the Jovian atmosphere. The prime directive of the new candidate is to extend these studies to explore the chemical dynamics of reactions involving boron and silicon atoms with closed shell molecules employing the crossed molecular beams technique. Energetic candidates should send inquiries prior to September 1, 1997 to:
Dr. Ralf-I. Kaiser, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley CA 94720, tel: 510-4865741, fax: 510-4865311, email: kaiser@leea.cchem.berkeley.edu
UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA
A postdoctoral research position is available in Theoretical & Computational Chemistry at the Group of Professor A. J. C. Varandas. The position is for research on potential energy surfaces and reaction dynamics, with emphasis on systems with relevance in atmospheric chemistry and combustion processes. Applicants are sought with good experience on the ab initio calculation of potential energy surfaces and/or reaction dynamics. The position is initially for one year, with renewal depending on mutual agreement. Applicants are welcome from all nationals who have obtained a PhD, with the position being available from September 1997. A later starting is negotiable. Interested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, and arrange for two or three letters of recommendation to be sent to:
Professor A. J. C. Varandas, Departamento de Quimica, Universidade de Coimbra, 3049 Coimbra Codex, Portugal.
For further information please contact Professor A. J. C. Varandas via e-mail: VARANDAS@GEMINI.CI.UC.PT; telephone: 351-39-35867; fax:351-39-27703
GEOPHYSICS DIRECTORATE OF THE USAF PHILLIPS LABORATORY There is a postdoctoral position available in the thermospheric laboratory group in the Geophysics Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts. Experimental research in chemical physics is performed in order to more fully understand the chemistry and physics of the atmosphere, especially in relationship to the production of infrared radiation in the thermosphere. Examples o research include the spectroscopy and kinetics of fast nitrogen atom collisions with oxygen molecules [fast N + O_2 --> NO(nu, high J) + O] where both the precursors and the details of the very highly rotationally excited states of NO will be investigated. The quenching of NO vibrational and rotational energy by a variety of atmospheric species both at room temperature and at thermospheric temperatures (700 - 1500 K) is also an active area of study. Please contact Steven Miller, phone (617) 377-2807 or email miller@plh.af.mil for further information. This AFRL scholar position requires U.S. citizenship.
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO -DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Available immediately, this position is in a collaborative project involving FTICR and FTIR to be carried out by the research groups of Prof. T.B. McMahon and Prof. J.J. Sloan in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo. The primary goal of the collaboration is the development of a novel FTIR/FTICR spectroscopic technique designed to measure the IR spectra of ion clusters. The successful candidate's principal responsibility will be the new technique, but its development will involve participation with both research groups, and the opportunity to collaborate in active research programs involving both experimental techniques, including time-resolved Fourier transform IR and FTICR cluster ion studies. In addition, computer interfacing is an important aspect of the project. Candidates with experience in either FTIR or FTICR will be considered, but the project will require more expertise in FTIR. Applicants should forward a CV and two letters of reference to:
Prof. J.J. Sloan, Department of Chemistry - University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
Tel: 1 519 888 4401 Fax: 1 519 746 0435 e-mail: sloanj@UWaterloo.CA
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - POSTDOCTORATE FELLOWSHIPS
The Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University is currently seeking applications for Postdoctoral Fellowships across the range of the School's research interests (for details see http://rsc.anu.edu.au/Home.html)
One of these positions may be available in my group in the general area of Theoretical Chemical Dynamics.
We are currently particularly interested in the development and application of general methods for constructing polyatomic molecular potential energy surfaces for chemical reactions, collisional energy transfer and bound systems with large amplitude motions. Recent publications in this area include J. Chem. Phys., 1994, 100, 8080; J. Chem. Phys., 1995, 102, 5647; J. Chem. Phys., 1995, 103, 9669; J. Chem. Phys., 1996, 104, 4600; J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1997, 93, 871.
Applicants interested in working in my group should be familiar with chemical dynamics, and while some experience with ab initio quantum chemictry would be useful, general mathematical and computational skills in theoretical chemistry would be more highly valued.
The School's general advertisement closes on July 31, 1997. Applicant's interested in working in my group should initially send me a brief CV as soon as possible.
Michael A. Collins, Research School of Chemistry - Australian National University, Canberra. ACT 0200 - Australia.
Email: collins@rsc.anu.edu.au Fax: 61 6 2490750
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Available September 1997: Spectroscopy of, and laser-activated dynamics within, metal-atom-containing van der Waals molecules and clusters. Applicants with good experimental background and abilities, as well as familiarity with R2PI spectroscopy, will be given preference. Send CV and have three letters of recommendation sent to:
Professor W. H. Breckenridge, Department of Chemistry - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 - USA
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AT ARL Hitachi Ltd. - JAPAN
Applications are solicited for a postdoctoral position to work with Dr. Hrvoje Petek in the Surface Dynamics group at the ARL.
The Surface Dynamics group is undertaking research in two main areas.
Postdoctoral positions are open in both areas. Candidates with a proven record of publication and strong achievement in general areas of ultrafast spectroscopy, solid state physics, or surface science are invited to submit applications.
The position is for one year, with possibility of renewal for up to three years and/or permanent employment contingent upon the development of a successful research program and significant contribution to the research goals of the group.
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, several reprints of the most significant work, a statement of research interests, and the names of three references who are willing to write letters of recommendation. All information will be held in strict confidence.
Send applications to:
Hrvoje Petek, Senior Research Scientist, Advanced Research Laboratory - Hitachi Ltd. Hatoyama, Saitama 350-03 - Japan
Tel: 81 (Japan) -492-96-6111
Fax: 81 (Japan) -492-96-6006
e-mail: petek@harl.hitachi.co.jp
http://hatoyama.hitachi.co.jp/english/information/groups/petek.html
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY CAMBRIDGE
A postdoctoral position is available for one year in the first instance in the Department of Chemistry, Cambridge University starting in September 1997 or soon after. The aim of the project is to develop, by studying a series of model systems, a new method to detect bond breaking when one monolayer film slides over another and hence determine bond strengths. The method will be based on a novel use of surface acoustic wave sensors and the model systems will be self assembled thiols on gold. All the instrumentation required will be constructed before the start of the project. This is a fundamental study but will provide insight into the physical chemistry underlying the lubricating and wear resistance properties of monolayer films as well as the strength of adhesives.
We are looking for a good experimentalist with a background in surface or interface chemistry or surface acoustic wave sensors to carry out these experiments. The work will be under the supervision of Dr David Klenerman and Dr Victor Ostanin.
For further information or to apply please contact:
Dr David Klenerman, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road 20 - Cambridge CB2 1EW
Tel: 01223-336481 Fax: 01223-336362
Email: dk10012@cus.cam.ac.uk
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN CHEMICAL DYNAMICS/LASER SPECTROSCOPY
I anticipate a postdoctoral opening this fall for a recent PhD in experimental chemical physics to join the chemical dynamics group at Bookhaven National Laboratory, located on Long Island, NY. The successful applicant will apply the precision technique of transient FM Doppler spectroscopy to problems in unimolecular reactions, photodissociation dynamics and bimolecular reactions. We have just begun to exploit this simple and low noise method of high resolution transient absorpion spectroscopy, with impressive results. For background and examples of recent work, see
"Line shape analysis of Doppler broadened frequency-modulated line spectra" JCP 104 2129 (1996)
"Vector and scalar correlations in statistical dissociation: the photodissociation of NCCN at 193 nm" JCP 106 60 (1997)
"The radical photodissociation channel of acrylonitrile" CPL 263 148 (1996)
"Photofragment vector correlations as a probe of K-scrambling in unimolelcular dissociation" Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem. 101 459 (1997).
Send resume and publication list, statement of research experience and interest, and the names of three references to:
Greg Hall, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut - Universitaet Zuerich, Winterthurerstr 190 - CH 8057 Zuerich, Switzerland
Where I will be until 30 August 1997. Or send email inquiries to greghall@bnl.gov.
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX (UK), SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE - POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (Full-Time)
Grade 1A of the Research and Analogous Faculty Scale.
Male/Female
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research fellowship within the School of Chemistry, Physics and Environmental Science at the University of Sussex. The post is a one year non-renewable contract working with Dr M.I. Heggie on a project investigating the oxidation properties of graphite by computer modelling from first principles in collaboration with Nuclear Electric Ltd.
The salary will be GBP 16,927 pa. Experience of computer modelling on the atomic level is necessary, preferably from first principles (LDF or HF). With an immediate start date.
Please forward a CV either to M.I.Heggie@Sussex.ac.uk or to Dr. Heggie, CPES, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ, United Kingdom.
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY - POSTDOCTORAL POSITION
Applications are invited from laser spectroscopists for a
postdoctoral research position at Mississippi State University's
Diagnostic Instrumentation & Analysis Laboratory (DIAL). DIAL
is a DOE funded research facility and specializes in applications
of modern instrumentation to environmental problems. The individual
selected for this project will be involved in application of laser
spectroscopy to environmental issues. The experiments will be
performed in the laser spectroscopy laboratories at DIAL and
at DOE facilities. Applicants must have a background (publications)
in laser spectroscopy or a related area. The salary will be
commensurate with qualifications and will be ~28K per year.
Interested individuals should promptly send a cv and have 2-3
recommendation letters sent directly to:
Dr. R. Vasudev, Mississippi State University,
Diagnostic Instrumentation & Analysis Laboratory
P.O. Drawer MM -
Mississippi State, MS 39762-5932
Fax:(601)-325-8465
E-mail:Vasudev@DIAL.MsState.edu.
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY - UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - POSTDOCTORAL POSITION
A postdoctoral position is available in the COMPUTATIONAL REACTION DYNAMICS GROUP at the DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA.
The position will be for one year initially, with the possibility of extension for a second year, and salary will be commensurate to the experience of the successful candidate. The group currently focuses on projects in quantum dynamics, quantum simulation of clusters, and microcanonical variational RRKM theory coupled with multidimensional master equation solutions. Candidates with experience in one or both of the following areas are sought:
(a) Quantum scattering, the calculation of quantum resonances or strongly-coupled (ro)vibrational eigenstates. This project will involve the extension of methods which we have recently developed for the computation of high-lying vibrational eigenstates and resonances via Lanczos-based filter diagonalization techniques. [See, e.g., H.G. Yu and S.C. Smith, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., vol. 93, 861 (1997); Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem., vol. 101, 400 (1997)].
(b) Quantum chemistry; characterization of reaction paths; the generation and fitting of potential surfaces for small to medium-sized molecules.
Interested candidates should send a C.V. and summary of research interests (preferrably electronically) to Sean Smith at the address below.
Dr Sean C. Smith, Department of Chemistry,
University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.
tel (617) 33653975
fax (617) 33654299
email: smithsc@chemistry.uq.edu.au
Web: http://www.uq.edu.au/chemistry/hpscsmith.html
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT IN THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY
Applications are invited for an EPSRC-funded Postdoctoral Research Assistantship in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham, in the group of Peter Knowles.
The successful applicant will work on the development of new general methods in molecular electronic structure computation. The project will involve extensive algebraic and numerical programming, as well as evaluation and application of the techniques developed.
The appointment will be made at an appropriate point on the Research Assistant (1A) scale, and will be for two years. The position is available from 1st September 1997, and candidates with a strong background in quantum chemistry or a relevant related discipline are encouraged to direct informal enquiries to
Prof Peter J Knowles, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham,
Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom.
Phone: +44 121 414 7472
Fax: +44 121 414 7471
Email: P.J.Knowles@bham.ac.uk
WWW: http://www.tc.bham.ac.uk/peterk/real_pdra.html
Application forms (returnable by 29 August 1997) are available from the Director of Staffing Services, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, telephone +44 121 414 6483, email staffing@bham.ac.uk. Please quote reference S14576/97.
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION NONLINEAR OPTICAL STUDIES OF INTERFACES
An opportunity is available for an individual interested in the investigation of solid/liquid interfaces. Principal experimental methods are SHG and SFG, though the project also calls for other techniques (Raman, STM/AFM, ...) to be used as required. Our general goals involve both spectroscopic and time-resolved studies of electrochemical interfaces. The principal laser source is a new psec/fsec Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier system. The successful candidate will be responsible for the operation of this instrument as well as the development of new optical tools (OPA, etc.). This person will also train, supervise and work with graduate and undergraduate students.
Requirements:
Ph.D. in Chemistry or Physics.
Experience with lasers, e.g., ultrafast laser and optical parametric
devices.
Experience in surface science, electrochemistry or condensed matter.
The position is for one year, with possibility of renewal. Compensation package includes health benefits, etc. offered by the University of Pittsburgh.
Applicants should submit:
a) Curriculum vitae with list of publications
b) Reprint of their most significant work
c) Statement of research interests and objectives
d) Names and addresses of three references who are willing to write letters
of recommendation.
For more details consult: http://www.chem.pitt.edu/faculty/borguet.html
or contact E. Borguet directly
Dr. Eric BORGUET,
Department of Chemistry & Surface Science Center,
University of Pittsburgh -
Pittsburgh PA 15260 U.S.A.
(412) 624-8304 Phone (412) 624-8552 Fax
borguet+@pitt.edu e-mail
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY - CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT, YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO CANADA
I have a post-doctoral position available immediately for someone who wishes to work in one (or more) of the following three areas:
Depending upon the area of interest, applicants should have experience in ab-initio methods, trajectories in chaotic systems, and/or in some form of large-scale molecular modelling, such as AMBER or MM2/3. In addition, a suitably qualified Graduate Student, wishing to study for M.Sc. or Ph.D. may be considered to do some of the work in areas 1 or 3 above.
Candidates who are not Canadian Citizens or who do not have Landed-Immigrant Status will need to be able to meet Canadian Immigration conditions; stipend will be in accordance with NSERC rules (approximately C$15,000 for Graduate Students, C$24,000 for Post-doctoral Fellows, plus mandatory benefits).
Interested persons should send me a brief CV, either by letter, facsimile, or Email, together with the names and Email addresses of at least two referees.
Gas Kinetics and Combustion Laboratory,
Huw Pritchard,
Gas Kinetics and Combustion Laboratory,
Chemistry Department, York University,
4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario,
Canada, M3J 1P3
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TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BRAUNSCHWEIG - POSTDOCTORAL POSITION
The Department of Laser Chemistry at the Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany, is looking for a postdoctoral candidate for working in a research project aiming at the investigation of laser-initiated three-body elementary chemical reactions. The successful candidate will operate a newly developed coincidence spectrometer performing coincidence measurements on laser-induced three- body photodissociation processes: ABC + photon --> A + B + C. More general and detailed information about this area of research can be found in Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 17, 1 (1997).
The applicant should be experienced in coincident particle detection techniques and data analysis and possess a strong background in one or more of the following fields: physical chemistry, atomic or nuclear physics, and lasers. Especially candidates with expertise in atomic/nuclear physics are encouraged to apply for this position in order to stimulate and contribute to the rapidly developing field of three-body decay dynamics in chemical reaction dynamics. In addition to the research work the candidate will be expected to carry a moderate teaching load.
Applications should be sent to Karl-Heinz Gericke (k.gericke@tu-bs.de) or to Christof Maul (c.maul@tu-bs.de) before July 3, containing the names and addresses of at least two references. The position is available on July 16, 1997, and the contract will cover the period until June 30, 1999. Salary will be according to the German BAT IIa (approximately 70000 DM depending on age and marital status) and include all benefits of the German social system. Qualified women are explicitly invited to submit applications. Handicapped persons with adequate qualifications will preferentially be considered.
Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie
Technische Universität Braunschweig,
Hans-Sommer-Str. 10
D-38106 Braunschweig
Germany
http://www.tu-bs.de/institute/pci/aggericke
UNIVERSITY OF KIEL - GERMANY
Applications are invited for an anticipated post-doctoral research staff position in the group of Prof. Dr. F. Temps at the Institut für Physikalische Chemie at the Universität Kiel in northern Germany.
The group's research interests cover a range of fields from basic spectroscopy (laser magnetic resonance, microwave, laser induced fluorescence, spectroscopy of Jahn-Teller active molecules), dynamics of highly vibrationally excited molecules (which is explored using stimulated emission pumping and other techniques, with special attention to intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution and state-resolved unimolecular decomposition), energy transfer processes (vibrational, rotational, collision-induced intersystem crossing), and gas phase chemical kinetics (radical-radical reactions, reactions in CH_3OH combustion, NO_x-reburning, reactions of Si-containing radicals, heterogeneous reactions). Potential future areas include the setting up of a time-of-flight mass spectrometer and developments of techniques for surface spectroscopy and molecular recognition.
The successful applicant has a PhD in physical chemistry or physics with better than average grade and qualified experience in the fields of laser spectroscopy/chemical dynamics/kinetics, especially experience with excimer lasers/pulsed dye lasers/time-of-flight mass spectrometry.
The position will be available for a period of 2 years starting October 1 or November 1, 1997. It is coupled to a moderate teaching load as required in the German university system. Salary will be according to the German BAT IIa or equivalent A13 scale with corresponding benefits, depending on age and marital status.
Qualified women are explicitly invited to submit applications. Handicapped persons with adequate qualifications will preferentially be considered.
Applications including the names and addresses (email and postal) of two references should be sent to the following address: Prof. Dr. F. Temps, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Kiel, Olshausenstrasse 40, D-24098 Kiel, Germany.
Phone: ++49-(0)431-880-1702, fax: ++49-(0)431-880-1704, email: temps@phc.uni-kiel.de.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Chemiluminescent Reactions
A 6 month post-doc is available at the Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, to study some gas phase decomposition reactions by their chemiluminescence. The applicants must be available to start in the very near future.
If interested please contact Dr. J.G. Frey [email: j.g.frey@soton.ac.uk] or Professor J.M. Dyke [email: j.m.dyke@soton.ac.uk] with a brief CV, and we will supply more details of the project.
Unfortunately the timescale of this project means that it is unlikely that we could obtain the necessary permission for a non EU citizen to work on this project in sufficient time.
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY - POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
Please bring to the attention of potential candidates. A two year (one year, renewable) postdoctoral fellowship is available, in the laboratory of Marcos DANTUS.
General Topic: FEMTOSECOND DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS
The scientific projects relate primarily to chemical reaction dynamics in the gas phase. The studies are carried out by femtosecond spectroscopy techniques. Among the particular interests will be femtosecond photoassociation dynamics (see references 1-3) and the study of concerted reaction mechanisms at high energies (see references 4-6).
Applicants should have a background in related fields such as chemical physics, physical chemistry, or molecular physics and have research experience with some of the following techniques femtosecond-pulsed lasers, non-linear optics, molecular beams.
Experience with femtosecond Ti:Sapphire or CPM based systems will be regarded as an advantage. We are looking for a highly energetic candidate that will take advantage of our fully operational femtosecond laboratory and stimulate scientific discussions with the rest of the group. To apply candidates should send (by mail or as electronic attachment) a curriculum vitae, a brief summary of research interests including relevant experience, and two letters of recommendation.
1. U. Marvet and M. Dantus, Femtosecond photoassociation spectroscopy; Coherent bond formation, Chem. Phys. Lett. 245, 393 (1995).
2. U. Marvet and M. Dantus, Femtosecond photoassociation spectroscopy; Coherent bond formation, in Femtochemistry: The Lausanne Conference, ed. M. Chergui (World Scientific, 1996).
3. P. Gross and M. Dantus, Femtosecond Photoassociation: Coherence and Implications in Control of Bimolecular Reactions, J. Chem. Phys. 106, 8013 (1997).
4. U. Marvet and M. Dantus, Femtosecond Dynamics of Concerted Elimination Processes, in Femtochemistry: The Lausanne Conference, ed. M. Chergui (World Scientific, 1996).
5. U. Marvet and M. Dantus, Femtosecond Observation of a Concerted Elimination Reaction, Chem. Phys. Lett. 256, 57 (1996).
6. Q. Zhang, U. Marvet and M. Dantus, Concerted elimination dynamics
from highly excited states, J. Chem. Farad. Trans. 108, (To be
published, preprint available upon request).
MARCOS DANTUS Assistant Professor,
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Chemistry and
Center for Fundamental Materials Research
E. Lansing, MI 48824-1322
Telephone: (517)355-9715 x 314, office; x318, lab; x279, secretary.
Fax: (517) 353-1793
email:dantus@cem.msu.edu
http://www.cem.msu.edu/ dantus/
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY IN KINGSTONE, ONTARIO - THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY
Location: Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Starting date: Position is available Fall 1997.
Duration: Initial appointment will be for 1 year, renewable for a second if mutually desirable.
Salary: Salary will be within NSERC guidelines.
Requirements: Ph.D. in chemistry or physics. Must be proficient in computer programming.
Job description: The successful applicant will devote considerable effort to the development of a statistical mechanical computer program (Monte Carlo, molecular dynamics, integral equations). One possible project would involve an examination of the properties of simple chiral mixtures. The goal would be to develop a theory for the influences of steric and electrostatic interactions on selectivity in these systems.
A completed application consists of:
Applications submitted by regular mail should be addressed to Professor N. M. Cann, Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
Applications may also be submitted electronically to ncann@chem.queensu.ca in ascii, LaTeX, or Worperfect format.
Information about Kingston, Queen's University, and the chemistry department are available at the following World Wide Web sites:
About the department: http://www.chem.queensu.ca
About the university: http://www.queensu.ca
About Kingston: http://www.kingstonarea.on.ca/tourism
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO - DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
A Postdoctoral Research Associate position is immediately available for theoretical studies on chemical reaction dynamics and spectroscopy of gas-phase molecules and adsorbates on solid surfaces. Our research interests can be found in our web site http://www.hguo.chem.utoledo.edu/ hguo. Experience in quantum and classical mechanics, and in computer languages is required. Send CV and three references to:
Prof. H. Guo,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Toledo,
Toledo, OH 43606, USA
Phone: 419 530 4579; Fax: 419 530 4033
Email: hguo@uoft02.utoledo.edu
INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES (IAMS) Chemical Dynamics Laboratory
Two postdoctoral position are available immediately in the research group of Dr. Kopin Liu at IAMS of Taiwan. The current experimental programs include (i) correlated photodynamics of small radicals, molecules, and clusters, and (ii) crossed-beam studies of radical reaction dynamics. Both projects are fairly challenging and involve state-of-art experimental techniques, such as transform-limited lasers, imaging detector, Doppler-selected TOF (a 3-D mapping) technique etc. Some examples can be found in recent issues of JCP, JPC and CPL. The successful candidate should have good knowledge in chemical dynamics and some backgrounds in molecular beam and/or laser spectroscopy. Both positions are for a minimum of one year and renewable for the coming years, with a starting monthly salary of about US$ 2,000. One-way airfare to Taiwan will be reimbursed.
Applications with three letters of recommendation, a curriculum vitae and a list of publications should be sent to:
Dr. Kopin Liu, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 23-166, Taipei 10764, Taiwan
Fax no. (886-2) 362-0200
email: kpliu@gate.sinica.edu.tw http://kliu.iams.sinica.edu.tw/
Postdoctoral or Visiting Assistant Professor position in LASER IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY
Professor Vertes at the George Washington University is searching for an individual with experience in laser ionization mass spectrometry. The focus of the research project is exploring biomedical applications of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry using a tunable IR laser with OPO. Experience in these fields is an asset but applicants with equal or more sophisticated background are also encouraged to apply. Strong record of publication and achievements in related areas are required.
The position will be open in the coming weeks but applications are accepted
immediately. Initial appointment is for one year with the possibility of
extension. Based on the applicant's merit and experience the position of
Postdoctoral Associate or Visiting Assistant Professor will be extended.
Please fax applications to Professor Vertes at (202) 994-5873. A complete
application packet should include a letter of intent, a curriculum vitae,
and three letters of recommendation. The original should also be mailed to:
Professor Akos Vertes,
Department of Chemistry -
George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052 -
USA
Starting date is immediate upon opening. GWU is an EO/AA employer.
Mechanisms of Atomic and Molecular Recombination and Collision-
Induced Dissociation
Chem. Phys. Letters
Russell T Pack, Robert B. Walker, and Brian K. Kendrick
Theoretical Division (T-12, MS B268), Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Most authors assume that recombination and collision-induced dissociation (CID) occur only via sequences of two-body collisions, but the present results provide the first clear quantum evidence that direct three-body collision mechanisms also contribute significantly.
Exact analytical solution of the N-level Landau-Zener type
bow-tie model
J. Phys. A.
Valentine N. Ostrovsky and Hiroki Nakamura^*
Dept. Theor. Studies, Inst. for Molec. Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444,
Japan.
Exact analytical solutions of asymptotic transition probabilities are obtained for a bow-tie model, in which an arbitrary number of linear time-dependent diabatic potential curves cross at one point and a particular horizontal curve has interactions with the others. Based on the contour integral method used, some mathematical aspects such as a possible generalization of the Whittaker functions are also briefly discussed.
Semiclassical theory of time-dependent curve crossing
problems
J. Chem. Phys.
Yoshiaki Teranishi and Hiroki Nakamura^*
Dept. Theor. Studies, Inst. for Molec. Science, Myodaiji,Okazaki 444, Japan
The newly completed accurate semiclassical theory for time-independent curve crossing problems can be usefully utilized to study various time- dependent curve crossing problems. Quadratic potential problems can be solved exactly. Furthermore, accurate and compact smiclassical theory can be formulated for general curved potentials. Even diabatically avoided crossing cases can be nicely treated. The theory does not require a search for complex crossing points in multi-level system.
Usefulness of the newly completed semiclassical theory of curve
crossing:Multi-channel resonant scattering
Chem. Phys. Lett.
Chaoyuan Zhu and Hiroki Nakamura*
Dept. Theor. Studies, Inst. for Molec. Science, Myodaiji,Okazaki 444, Japan
Numerical comparisons with the exact quantum results clearly demonstrate excellence of the theory. The theory does not require any complex calculus, any diabatization, and any information on the couplings.
Molecular switching in one-dimensional finite periodid nonadiabatic
tunneling potential system
J. Chem. Phys.
Shinkoh Nanbu, Hiroki Nakamura* and Frank O. Goodman
Dept. Theor. Studies, Inst. for Molec. Science, Myodaiji,Okazaki 444, Japan
A new idea of molecular switching is proposed. Complete switching of transmission is theoretically possible in one dimensional systems by introducing impurities. An idea of energy filter is also introduced to facilitate the switching efficiently.
Rydberg atom in time-periodic fields: Intrashell dressed states and
quasienergy spectrum
Laser Physics
A. K. Kazansky, H. Nakamura*, and V. N. Ostrovsky
Dept. Theor. Studies, Inst. for Molec. Science, Myodaiji,Okazaki 444, Japan
Time evolution of a hydrogen Rydberg atom placed in homogeneous electric and magnetic fields with an arbitrary time dependence is considered. The problem is effectively reduced to solution of two independent two-state problems. By varying the fields parameters the whole quasienergy spectrum could be shrinked to zero.
Siegert Pseudo-States as a universal tool: resonances, S-matrix, and
Green function
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Oleg I. Tolstikhin, Valentin N. Ostrovsky, and Hiroki Nakamura^*
Dept. Theor. Studies, Inst. for Molec. Science, Myodaiji,Okazaki 444, Japan
An efficient method is proposed, which yields bound states, complex energy resonances, and scattering wave functions. The method is demonstrated by realistic examples of the eep and dtmu three-body Coulomb systems.
Characteristics and dynamics of superexcited states of
diatomic molecules: General theoretical procedure
J. Chem. Phys.
Miyabi Hiyama, Nobuhiro Kosugi and Hiroki Nakamura
Dept. Theor. Studies Inst. for Molec. Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444, Japan
A general theoretical procedure to analyze the characteristics and dynamics of superexcited states diatomic molecules is developed.
Characteristics and dynamics of superexcited states of
diatomic molecules
in "Structure and dynamics of electronic excited states"
edited by J. Laane, H. Takahashi and A. Bandrauk, (Springer Verlag)
Miyabi Hiyama and Hiroki Nakamura
Dept. Theor. Studies Inst. for Molec. Science
Myodaiji, Okazaki 444, Japan
Semiclassical theory of multi-channel curve crossing problems:
Nonadiabatic tunneling case
J. Chem. Phys.
Chaoyuan Zhu and Hiroki Nakamura
Dept. Theor. Studies Inst. for Molec. Science
Myodaiji, Okazaki 444, Japan
Cumulative reaction probability without absorbing potentials
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Oleg I. Tolstikhin, Valentine N. Ostrovsky and Hiroki Nakamura
Dept. Theor. Studies Inst. for Molec. Science
Myodaiji, Okazaki 444, Japan
The visible emission and absorption spectrum of C_60
J. Chem. Phys. (submitted)
A. Sassara, G. Zerza and M. Chergui
Inst. de Physique Experimentale,
Université de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
F. Negri and G. Orlandi
D.pto di Chimica, Universita di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
The fluorescence spectrum of C_60 is revisited in the light of new calculations of the vibronically induced transitions between the S_1 states and the ground state. Very good agreement between theory and experiment is obtained. This serves as a basis for the interpretation of the excitation spectrum of C_60 which is an almost mirror image of the emission spectrum.
Ultrafast intramolecular and caging dynamics of I_2 in CCl_4
from resonance Raman spectroscopy
J. Raman Spectroscopy
J. Xu, N. Schwentner: Inst. Fuer Experimentalphysik, FU Berlin,
D-14195 Berlin, Germany
S. Henning: Inst. fuer Theoretische Physik, FU Berlin,
D-14195 Berlin, Germany
M. Chergui: Inst. de Physique Experimentale, Universite de Lausanne,
CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
Comment on "The dispersed laser induced fluorescence spectrum of gas phase
C_60 at 308 nm"
by S. Firth et al, J. Phys. B30, L393 (1997)
J. Phys. B
A. Sassara, G. Zerza and M. Chergui
Inst. de Physique Experimentale,
Universite de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
Rydberg states in quantum crystals: NO in solid H_2
Faraday Transactions (submitted)
F. Vigliotti, M. Chergui: Inst. de Physique Experimentale, Universite de
Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
M. Dickgiesser and N. Schwentner: Inst. Fuer Experimentalphysik, FU Berlin,
D-14195 Berlin, Germany
Fluorescence and fluorescence-excitation spectra of the the Rydberg states of NO are reported. Fluorescence depletion spectra of the lowest Rydberg A state are also reported. Spectral features are interpreted in terms of zero point effects on the lineshapes. The non-radiative relaxation processes in NO are also discussed and modelled.
Femtosecond Transition State Spectroscopy of Solids: Electronic "Bubble"
Formation in solid Hydrogen
Chem. Phys. Letters
C. Jeannin, M.T. Portella-Oberli, F. Vigliotti and M. Chergui
Inst. de Physique Experimentale, Universite de Lausanne, CH-1015
Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
We report the femtosecond nuclear dynamics of an electronic "bubble" in solid H_2. The bubble formation results from the impulsive excitation of the lowest Rydberg state A (3ss) of the NO impurity by a UV femtosecond pulse. The evolution of the bubble was followed in real-time by means of a probe pulse which maps the transient configurations by inducing transitions to higher-lying Rydberg states. It is found that the bubble is formed coherently by the collective displacement of the matrix species, without recurrences (coherent or incoherent) of the cage motion. The bubble reaches its final configuration in 1.5 ps.
Translational band of gaseous hydrogen at low temperature.
to be published in ApJ at January 10, 1998, Vol. 492.
E.H. Wishnow, I. Ozier, H.P. Gush, and J. Schaefer^*
A comparison is made between observed submillimeter absorption
spectra of normal hydrogen at three different temperatures near
25 K and a fully quantum mechanical ab initio calculated spectrum.
Theoretical study of the reaction CH(X ^2PI) + NO(X ^2PI).
I - Determination of some reaction paths in the lowest
triplet potential energy surface.
J. Phys. Chem.
Nathalie Marchand, Pedro Jimeno, Jean-Claude Rayez^*
and Daniel Liotard.
Laboratoire de Physicochimie Theorique, URA 503/CNRS,
Universite de Bordeaux I, Domaine Universitaire,
33405 Talence.
Presentation of the reaction paths for all the open product channels involved in the reaction, obtained at the CASPT2 level with a CASSCF wave function built on a D95 basis set involving ten electrons in ten orbitals.
Crossed beam reaction of atomic carbon, C(^3P_j), with the
propargyl radical, C_3H_3: Observation of diacetylene,
C_4H_2
J. Chem. Phys (submitted)
Ralf I. Kaiser, Weizhong Sun, Arthur G. Suits, Yuan T. Lee
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
The atom - free radical reaction of atomic carbon in its C(^3P_j) ground state with the propargyl radical is investigated at an average collision energy of 42 kJmol^-1 employing the crossed molecular beams method. Forward convolution fitting of our data reveals formation of diacetylene, C_4H_2. The reaction dynamics are governed by an initial attack of atomic carbon to the pi electron density at the acetylenic carbon atom, followed by a H migration to n-C_4H_3, and a final C-H bond rupture to diacetylene, HCCCCH.
Enhanced Harmonic Generation in Extended Systems by Two-colour
Excitation
Phys. Rev. A 56, #4
A.D. Bandrauk, S. Chelkowski, H. Yu, E. Constant
Laboratoire de Chimie
Theorique, Universite de Sherbrooke, Que, J1K 2R1, Canada
Numerical simulations of harmonic generation in H_2^+ and H_3^++ with two colours show harmonics up to 200th order due to recollision of the ionized electron with far neighbour ions.
Molecules in Intense Laser Fields: Enhanced Ionization in One and
Two-electron Linear Triatomic Molecules
Phys. Rev. A56, 685(1997)
A.D. Bandrauk, S. Chelkowski, H. Yu, E. Constant
Laboratoire de Chimie
Theorique, Universite de Sherbrooke, Que, J1K 2R1, Canada
Numerical Solutions of the Time-dependent Schroedinger equation have been obtained for Linear H_3^++ and H_3^+. Enhanced Ionization is shown to occur at critical large distances R_c as discovered earlier in diatomics H_2^+ and H_2 and which can be explained in terms of field-induced barrier suppression and charge resonance (CR) transitions.
Above-Threshold Ionization Electron Spectra from a Dissociating
Molecular Ion Calcualted by a Wave Function Splitting Technique.
Laser Phys. 7 797 (1997)
S. Chelkowski, A.D. Bandrauk
Laboratoire de Chimie Theorique, Univ. de Sherbrooke, Que, J1K 2R1, Canada
Multiphoton electron kinetic energy spectra are calculated for dissociaiting H_2^+ from an "exact" numerical solution of the total time-dependent Schroedinger equation. We observe that the ionizing electron at one proton can gain high energies due to scattering on the neighboring proton. A wave function-splitting scheme is used in order to avoid absorbing boundaries and give accurate photoelectron spectra in the nonlinear multiphoton regime.
Raman Chirped Adiabatic Passage: a New Method for Selective Excitation
of High Vibrational States
J. Raman Spectrosc. 28 459 (1997)
S. Chelkowski, A.D. Bandrauk
Laboratoire de Chimie Theorique, Univ. de Sherbrooke, Que, J1K 2R1, Canada.
Efficient high vibrational excitation of symmetric vibrations can be achieved using non-resonant stimulated Raman transitions by sweeping the frequencies of either pump and Stokes or both lasers to maintain resonance with the initial and final states.
Exact Numerical Calculations of Dissociative Ionization of Molecular
Ions in Intense Laser Fields-Beyond Born Openheimer
International J. Quant. Chem. 65 000 (1997)
S. Chelkowski, C. Foisy, A.D. Bandrauk
Centre d'Application de Calcul Parallele, Faculte des Sciences,
Univ. de Sherbrooke, Que, J1K 2R1, Canada
The time -dependent Schroedinger equation for H_2^+ with both electron and nuclear degrees of f reedom included is solved numerically on a parallel computer. A wave function-splitting technique is implemented in order to avoid absorbibg boundaries. This allows for the exact calculation of multiphoton, nonperturbative electron and proton kinetic energy spectra.
Quasiclassical trajectory simulations of the collisional deactivation of
vibrationally excited HgBr (B ^2SIGMA, v) by N_2
Chemical Physics Letters
R.A. Bollati and J.C. Ferrero^*
Departamento de Fisicoquimica - Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas -
Universidad Nacional de Cordoba. AP 4 - CC 61 - 5000 Cordoba- Argentina
The vibrational mode of N_2 is adiabatic during the energy transfer process but a significant fraction of energy is absorbed by rotation.
Quasiclassical trajectory simulations of collisional deactivation of
vibrationally excited HgBr(B ^2SIGMA). I. Dependence on
vibrational energy
Journal of Chemical Physics
R.A. Bollati and J.C. Ferrero^*
Departamento de Fisicoquimica - Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas -
Universidad Nacional de Cordoba. AP 4 - CC 61 - 5000 Cordoba- Argentina
The relaxation of HgBr with initial vibrational energy in the range 3000-20000 cm^-1 by He, Ne, Ar, Kr and Xe.
Photofragmentation of OClO Clusters in a Supersonic Jet at
360 and 275 nm
Journal of Physical Chemistry
Kathrin Fenner, Alan Furlan and J. Robert Huber
Using photofragment translational energy spectroscopy the decay of OClO clusters is investigated and a reaction scheme is proposed which includes unimolecular photochemical decays and bimolecular cage reactions of initially formed fragments among themselves and with clusters constituents.
Reactive crossed beam scattering of a Ti plasma and a N_2
pulse in a novel laser ablation method
Journal of Applied Physics
Philip R. Willmott, Roman Timm and J. Robert Huber
The interaction and energy transfer of a laser ablation plasma of Ti with a pulsed N_2 supersonic expansion are investigated using TOF MS and Langmuir probe techniques.
Alkaline Earth Metals (Ca, Sr) Attached to
Liquid Helium Droplets: Inside or Out?
Preprint, submitted to J. Chem. Phys.
F. Stienkemeier, F. Meier, and H.O. Lutz
Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, D-33615
Bielefeld, Germany
Superfluid helium droplets He_N at 0.4K are doped with single alkaline earth atoms (Ca, Sr). The absorption spectra for excitation of the lowest singlet transitions display broad, blue-shifted peaks if compared to the atomic lines. The shift increases with droplet size increasing from NAPPROX 1000 up to NAPPROX 10000 but converges to only about one third of the bulk value.
Stability of photo-excited C_60 chemisorbed on Ni(111)
Chem. Phys. Lett.(1997)
Ch. Kusch, B. Winter, A. Gomes-Silva, E. E. B. Campbell
and I.V. Hertel
Max-Born-Institut for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse
Spectroscopy, Postfach 1107, 12474 Berlin, Germany
A single monolayer of C_60 on Ni(111) was subjected to nanosecond UV pulsed laser irradiation. Neither desorption nor decomposition of the ordered monolayer system could be observed up to laser fluences close to the nickel ablation threshold. This is indicative of a very efficient dissipation of the photon energy into the nickel substrate. At higher laser fluences, decomposition of the C_60 monolayer occurs on the surface.
Femtosecond time-resolved photoelectron spectra of ammonia
molecules and clusters
Europhys. Lett. submitted (1997)
V. Stert^*, W. Radloff^*, Th. Freudenberg^*,
F. Noack^*, I. V. Hertel^*,
C. Jovet^**, C. Dedonder-Lardeux^** and D. Solgadi^**
* Max-Born-Institut for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy,
Postfach 1107, 12474 Berlin, Germany
** CNRS, Laboratoire de photophysique moleculaire Universite de
Paris-Sud
The first femtosecond pump-probe photoelectron spectroscopy experiment for neutral clusters is reported. The A state of ammonia molecules and clusters is excited with 120 fs pulses at 200 nm and probed by ionisation at 267 or 400 nm. Ions and electrons are detected in coincidence. The high repetition rate of the fs laser alows one to reduce the coincidence rate per laser pulse to less than 0.05 per pulse so that photoelectrons and photoions can be correlated unambiguously.
Femtosecond-pulse two-photon resonant difference-frequency mixing in
gases: A Technique for tunable vacuum-ultraviolet femtosecond-pulse
generation and a spectroscopic tool for studying atoms in strong laser
fields
Phys. Review A (1997)
A. Nazarkin, G. Korn, O. Kittelmann, J. Ringling and I. V. Hertel
Max-Born-Institut for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy,
Postfach 1107, 12474 Berlin, Germany
Two-photon resonant and near-resonant four-wave difference frequency mixing in gases in the interaction regime when laser pulse durations are comparable or shorter than the medium polarization time T_2 ^' is investigated. The results of experimental studies of the process in Ar and Kr using pump pulses from the ArF-excimer laser are presented demonstrating a generation of tunable short pulse radiation in the range 102-124 nm. The results are discussed in terms of a theoretical model based on a self-consistent solution of the Bloch equations for the atomic
Excited-state photoemission with combined laser/synchrotron pulse
excitation from C_60 chemisorbed on Ni(110)
J. Appl. Phys. (1997) submitted
R. Bellmann, T. Quast, B. Winter, J. Gatzke and I. V. Hertel
Max-Born-Institut for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse
Spectroscopy, Postfach 1107, 12474 Berlin, Germany
Photoemission from C_60 chemisorbed on Ni(110) has been studied by one photon photoelectron spectroscopy (1ppe) and two photon photoelectron spectrsocopy (2ppe) with synchrotron radiation (SR) and with synchronised SR and laser radiation (LR). 1ppe photoelectron spectra are studied as a function of C_60 coverage. Significant peak broadening relative to the thick film features is observed for the three leading valence bands which is consistent with changes of the physical structure of C_60 due to the strong chemical interactions with the nickel substrate. The 2ppe experiment demonstrates transient excitation of the (t_2u, hg) level of C_60.
Internal conversion in highly excited benzene and benzene dimer:
femtosecond time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy
Chem. Phys. Lett. (1997) submitted
W. Radloff^*, V. Stert^*, Th. Freudenberg^*,
I. V. Hertel^*, C. Jovet^**,
C. Dedonder-Lardeux^**, D. Solgadi^**
* Max-Born-Institut for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy,
Postfach 1107, 12474 Berlin, Germany
** CNRS, Laboratoire de photophysique moleculaire Universite de
Paris-Sud
Photoelectron spectra of benzene molecules and dimers excited to the S_2, electronic state by 140 fs laser pulses at a wavelength of 200 nm have been measured by combining the pump-probe technique with the coincidence detection of ions and electrons. Their time dependence allows one to directly follow the volution of internal conversion processes in different electronic states on a fs time-scale. Analysis of the corresponding electron energy distribution reveals large variations in the geometry of the different electronic states in both benzene and in its dimer.
Resonant and non-resonant charge transfer in C_60/70^+ + C_60
collisions
J. Phys. B (1997) submitted
F. Rohmund and E. E. B. Campbell
Max-Born-Institut for Nonlinear Optics and Short
Pulse Spectroscopy, Postfach 1107, 12474 Berlin, Germany
Charge transfer cross sections sct were measured for the single electron transfer reactions C_60/70^+ + C_60 --> C_60/70 + C_60^+ + DE as a function of the collision energy E in the range between 200 and 2100 eV. For both processes the absolute values of the cross sections are similar to the geometrical cross sections and decrease with increasing collision energy below E = 400 eV. In the case of C_60^+ projectiles, the charge tansfer cross section remains almost constant for larger collision energies while sct increases in the case of capture by C_70^+ beyond 400 eV and saturates around 1350 eV.
Fullerene-Fullerene Collisions
Il Nuovo Cimento (1997) submitted
E. E. B. Campbell, F. Rohmund and A. V. Glotov
Max-Born-Institut for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse
Spectroscopy, Postfach 1107, 12474 Berlin, Germany
The results of experimental studies of fullerene-fullerene collisions are presented and compared with molecular dynamics simulations and statistical models. The similarities with and differences to nuclear heavy ion collisions are discussed.
Time Resolved Detection of Particle Removal
from Dielectrics on fs Laser Ablation
Appl. Surf. Science (1997)
A. Rosenfeld, D. Ashkenasi, H. Varel, M. Waehmer and
E. E. B. Campbell
Max-Born-Institut for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse
Spectroscopy, Postfach 1107, 12474 Berlin, Germany
The dynamics of the ablation process in different oxides (amorphous and crystalline quartz, sapphire and MgO) after intensive laser excitation was studied by a combination of the femtosecond pump-probe technique with optical surface scattering. A 120 fs laser pulse (lambda = 800 nm) was focused onto the sample with a fluence at least twice the single shot surface damage threshold. A much weaker probe laser pulse optically aligned collinear to the pump beam illuminated the excited area at varibale delay times upt to 100 ps.
Femtosecond laser ablation of sapphire: time-of-flight analysis
of ablation plume
Appl. Surf. Science (1997)
H. Varel, M. Waehmer, A. Rosenfeld, D. Ashkenasi and
E. E. B. Campbell
Max-Born-Institut for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse
Spectroscopy, Postfach 1107, 12474 Berlin, Germany
Time-of-flight mass spectrometry has been used to investigate the mass and velocity distributions of positive ions produced on laser ablation of sapphire with ultrashort (200 fs) laser plses at a wavelength of 790 nm. Only aluminium ions were observed with the proportion of doubly and triply charged ions increasing with increasing number of laser shots for a given laser fluence. The ions have extremely high kinetic energies which is attributed to Coulomb explosion from charged defect sites.
Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy of Fullerene Films Containing
Endohedral Li@C_60
Appl. Phys. A (1997)
Ch. Kusch, N. Krawez, R. Tellgmann, A. Gomes Silva, B. Winter and E.
E. B. Campbell
Max-Born-Institut for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse
Spectroscopy, Postfach 1107, 12474 Berlin, Germany
Thermal desorption spectroscopy has been carried out on thin fullerene films containing endohedral Li@C_60, produced by low energy ion bombardment. The desorption properties of the films were studied as a function of the film thickness, ion energy and ion dose. The results provide strong corroborative evidence for the endohedral nature of the Li-containing species and also clearly indicate the presence of Li_2@C_60 in the films. The binding energy in these films is significantly larger than in pure C_60 films and evidence of degradation of the fullerenes is seen at high ion energies and/or large ion doses.
Collisions with Fullerenes: From Basic Dynamics to the Production and
Isolation of new Materials
J. Mol. Mat., submitted 1997
N. Krawez^*, R. Tellgmann^*, A. Gromov^**,
W. Kraetschmer^**,
I. V. Hertel^* and E.E.B. Campbell^*
* Max-Born-Institut for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse
Spectroscopy, Postfach 1107, 12474 Berlin, Germany
** Max-Planck-Institut für kernphysik, Postfach 103980, D-69029
Heidelberg, Germany
The knowledge gained in studying capture of atoms and ions in gas phase collisions with fullerenes has been applied to develop a new technique for producing thin films of endohedral alkali fullerenes. The films can be dissolved in CS_2 and the endohedral material can be purified by HPLC or simply by making use of the different solubility compared to that of empty fullerenes in various solvents.
Radiative Lifetimes, Fluorescence Quantum Yields and Photodissociation
of the C_2N_2 (A^1SIGMA _u^-) and
(B^1DELTA _u) States:
Evidence for a Sterically Hindered Triplet Mediated Crossings to
the (X^1SIGMA _g^+) Ground State
To appear in Chemical Physics
Joshua B. Halpern and Yuhui Huang.
Some properties of the lower electronic states for non-linear
He_3^+ clusters
J. Chem. Phys.
F.A. Gianturco^*, M.P. de Lara Castells and F. Schneider
Department of Chemistry, The University of Rome, Città Universitaria,
00185 Rome, Italy.
The mechanisms for fragmenting small helium clusters by electronic excitation after ionization are evaluated using highly correlated wavefunctions.
Quantum calculations of transport properties in molecular gases
Comp. Phys. Comm.
F.A. Gianturco^*, S. Serna and A.V. Storozhev
Department of Chemistry, The University of Rome, Città Universitaria,
00185 Rome, Italy.
A general quantum computational code is described for the evaluation of various transport coefficients for linear molecules interacting with atoms.
Formation of protonated helium dimers from correlated ab initio
calculations
J. Phys. Chem.
F.A. Gianturco^*, I. Baccarelli and F. Schneider
Department of Chemistry, The University of Rome, Città Universitaria,
00185 Rome, Italy.
The excitation and fragmentation processes for He_2H^+ clusters are evaluated and discussed.
Low-energy electron scattering from the water molecule: angular
distributions and rotational excitations
J. Chem. Phys. (submitted)
F.A. Gianturco^*, S. Meloni, P. Paioletti, N. Sanna and R.R. Lucchese
Department of Chemistry, The University of Rome, Città Universitaria,
00185 Rome, Italy.
The elastic and rotationally inelastic cross sections, integral and differential, are evaluated for a non-linear polar molecular target.
Resonant electron scattering from physisorbed molecules: a model study
for Nitrogen molecules
J. Chem. Phys.
F.A. Gianturco^*, R.R. Lucchese
Department of Chemistry, The University of Rome, Città Universitaria,
00185 Rome, Italy.
The resonant scattering of electrons from Nitrogen molecules physisorbed on a layer of Ar atoms is evaluated and analysed.
One-electron resonances and computed cross sections in
electron-scattering from benzene molecules
J. Chem. Phys. (submitted)
F.A. Gianturco^*, R.R. Lucchese
Department of Chemistry, The University of Rome, Città Universitaria,
00185 Rome, Italy.
The various partial resonant cross sections found to be present in low-energy scattering from benzene are computed and analysed in detail.
Computed and measured thermal diffusion factors for the CO-He system
Mol. Phys.
F.A. Gianturco^*, M. Laranjeira, F. Paesani and V. Vassilyenko
Department of Chemistry, The University of Rome, Città Universitaria,
00185 Rome, Italy.
A new DFT potential is employed, using several variants of the correlation effects, to evaluate second order thermal diffusion factors, in good accord with experiments.
Interaction anisotropy and vibrational excitation in proton scattering
from Nitrogen molecules
J. Chem. Phys.
F.A. Gianturco^*, S. Kumar, R. Vetter and L. Zülicke
Department of Chemistry, The University of Rome, Città Universitaria,
00185 Rome, Italy.
The quantum calculation of integral and differential inelastic cross sections and excitation rates are evaluated using the most recent potential energy surface.
On nuclear delocalization in molecular clusters with rare gases
(in preparation)
F.A. Gianturco^*, F. Paesani, M. Lewerenz and J.P. Toennies
Department of Chemistry, The University of Rome, Città Universitaria,
00185 Rome, Italy.
Diffusion Quantum Montecarlo calculations using new DFT potentials are used to study the lowest bound states of He-CO and Ar-CO clusters.
Dynamics of ring cleavage and substitution in the reactive scattering
of O(^3P) atoms with C_2H_4S and C_4H_4S molecules
J. Phys. Chem.
X. Gao, M.P. Hall, D.J. Smith and R. Grice
Chemistry Department, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Reactive scattering of O atoms with C_2H_4S and C_4H_4S molecules leads to ring cleavage and H atom displacement respectively. Both reactions occur on the triplet potential energy surface which involves concerted rupture for C_2H_4S and addition-elimination for C_4H_4S.
Role of Renner Teller and spin-orbit interaction in the dynamics
of the O(^3P) + C_3H_5I reaction
J. Phys. Chem.
J.J. Wang, D.J. Smith and R. Grice
Chemistry Department, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Reactive scattering of O atom with C_3H_5I molecules shows a propensity for backward scattering even at a low translational energy which is attributed to direct reaction over the triplet potential energy surface.
Role of Renner Teller and spin-orbit interaction in the reactive
scattering of O(^3P) atoms with CF_3I molecules
J. Phys. Chem. (Special Issue)
D.D. Wells, S. Mohr, K.M. Goonan, M. Hammer and R. Grice
Chemistry Department, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Reactive scattering of O atoms with CF_3I up to high initial trnslational energy E~ 108 kJCDOTmol^-1 shows the emergence of direct scattering over the triplet potential energy surface at the expense of intersystem crossing to the singlet potential energy surface which dominates at low initial translational energy.
Role of intersystem crossing in the reactive scattering of O(^3P)
atoms with CF_3CH_2I molecules
Faraday Transaction (submitted)
X. Gao, J. Essex Lopresti, s. Munro, M.P. Hall, D.J. Smith and
R. Grice
Chemistry Department, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Reactive scattering of O atoms with CF_3CH_2I is dominated by intersystem crossing to the singlet potential energy surface. Only IO product is observed with HOI formation being inhibited by fluorination of the terminal methyl group.
Reactive scattering of OD radicals with ICl and Br_2 molecules at
initial translational energy E~ 90
kJCDOTmol^-1
J. Phys. Chem. (submitted)
S. Mohr, K.M. Goonan, D.D. Wells and R. Grice
Chemistry Department, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Reactive scattering of OD radicals generated from a high temperature radiofrequency discharge source shows reaction via a persistent DOICl complex for ICl and the onset of stripping dynamics for Br_2.
1. THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY
University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K., 5th December 1997
A one-day meeting has been organised to celebrate the contribution
Professor J.N. Murrell has made to Theoretical Chemistry. The
programme will consist of contributions from former students,
including P. Madden, J. Tennyson, D. Clary,
D. Bosanac, A. Varandas, and H. Guo, and will be followed by dinner in
the evening. Friends and former colleagues wishing to attend should
contact Prof. A.J. Stace, School of Chemistry, Physics and
Environmental Science, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ,
U.K.
2. Faraday Division, Royal Society of Chemistry - Faraday Discussion
108 "The Dynamics of Electronically-Excited States in
Gaseous, Cluster and Condensed Media"
University of Sussex, UK, 15-17 December 1997
Organising Committee: G S Beddard, R J Donovan, R Grice, J M Hutson,
A Orr-Ewing, B Soep, A J Stace, J C Whitehead (Chairman)
There are now a wide range of experiments being performed that can study various aspects of the dynamics of electronically-excited states in gaseous, cluster and condensed phases. The aim of the Discussion will be to explore the similarities and differences beetween these processes in the different media focusing on the effect of the medium. The processes involved include energy transfer processes, chemical reaction, decomposition to neutral and ionic fragments, proton and electron transfer. Contributions are invited for consideration by the Organising Committee. Titles and abstracts should be submitted by 20th DECEMBER 1996 to Dr J C Whitehead, Chemistry Department, Manchester University, Manchester, M13 9PL (j.c.whitehead@man.ac.uk). Full papers for publication in the Faraday General Discussion 108 will be required by August 1997. Further details about the Discussion can be obtained from Ms Shazia Riaz, riazs@rsc.org.
3. LASER TECHNIQUES FOR STATE-SELECTED AND STATE-TO-STATE CHEMISTRY IV San Jose January 29-31, 1998 This symposium, the fifth in a series of conferences started in 1992 by C.Y. Ng, will be held this coming January as part of the Photonics West annual meeting of the SPIE. There will be three related symposia at this meeting: Laser Techniques for Surface Science III (Hai-Lung Dai and Hans-Joachim Freund, chairs), Laser techniques for Condensed Phase and Biological Systems (Norbert Scherer and Janice Hicks, chairs), and Laser Chemistry IV (John Hepburn, Bob Continetti, Mark Johnson, chairs). These three symposia will be run in parallel sessions, with a joint conference banquet, poster session, and final afternoon oral session. The quality of papers and discussion have been very high at previous meetings in this series, and we are expecting an excellent meeting this time as well. So far, the following invited speakers have been confirmed for the Laser Chemistry symposium: Mike Asfold (Bristol), Dave Chandler (Sandia), Bill Chupka (Yale), Peter Felker (UCLA), Wei Kong (Oregon State), Carl Lineberger (Colorado), George McBane (Ohio), Roger Miller (North Carolina), Simon North (Texas A&M), Charles Qian (Victoria), Zamik Rosenwaks (Negev), Amit Sinha (UCSD), Albert Stolow (NRC), Arthur Suits (LBL), Toshinori Suzuki (IAMS), Alec Wodtke (UCSB).
The general themes of this symposium will be correlations in photoionization and photodissociation, orientation and alignment effects, and novel experimental methods for dynamics. There will several oral slots available for contributed papers at this symposium, as well as the possibility for poster presentations. We especially encourage student participation, and there is a reduced registration rate for students. Although the nominal deadline for abstracts is June 30 at SPIE, we will accept abstracts until July 25 for inclusion in the oral program. Send abstracts to: John Hepburn: hepburn@watsci.uwaterloo.ca fax: (519) 746-0435 Abstracts should include a brief title, authors' names and addresses, an e- mail address for the corresponding author, a 250 word abstract, and an indication of the type of presentation preferred (oral or poster). Contributing authors will be informed in early August whether their paper has been selected for oral presentation.
4. International Symposium on "Molecular Science of Exited States
and Nonadiabatic Transitions''
Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan, March 25 - 28, 1998.
The Institute for Molecular Science (IMS) has been recognized as a Center of Excellence (COE) officially by The Ministry of Edu- cation, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan. By the financial support from The Ministry (limited, of course!) we have an opportunity to organize an international symposium within this Japanese fiscal year.
Considering the recent remarkable theoretical progress in the basic theory of nonadiabatic transition, quantum chemistry of excited states, and various nonadiabatic dynamics, we have determined the title of the symposium as "Molecular Science of Excited States and Nonadiabatic Transitions''. The symposium will be held from March 25(Wed.) through 28(Sat.) in 1998 at The Okazaki Conference Center.
Nonadiabatic transition is a very interdisciplinary phenomenon and concept, making an important mechanism of state and/or phase change in various fields of physics, chemistry, and biology. Recent theoretical progress in the related various fields is remarkable, and we think that it is really timely and valuable to organize such a symposium to stimulate interdisciplinary information exchange and discussions and to promote further developments. We would like to cover the following subjects:(1) basic theory of nonadiabatic transition, (2) quantum chemistry of excited states, (3) nonadiabatic molecular processes in gas phase, condensed medium, and biology.
Program details will be provided at a later date. Those who are interested in, please contact Yoshitaka Tanimura or Hiroki Nakamura of Department of Theoretical Studies, IMS.
e-mail:tanimura@ims.ac.jp, nakamura@ims.ac.jp, fax: 81-564-53-4660.
5. CCP6 Workshop on Fashioning a Model: Optimisation Methods in Chemical Physics
Collingwood College, Durham (England): 24 - 27 March 1998
First Announcement
Physical models often contain adjustable parameters, which must be determined from experimental and/or theoretical considerations. Examples in chemical physics include the determination of potential energy surfaces from either experimental data or ab initio points, the analysis of spectra, and the determination of structural parameters. However, the optimization process is fraught with difficulties, and there is often no formally unique solution: instead, the scientist applies physical insight to discriminate between different possible models, to choose the degree of flexibility to include, and to keep the parameter values within physically sensible limits.
Scientists in different fields have evolved their own ways of choosing models and guiding the progress of the optimisation. The purpose of the workshop will be to bring people working on "difficult" optimisation problems in different fields together so that they can pool their expertise and learn from one another's experience.
The workshop on Fashioning a Model is sponsored by CCP6, the EPSRC Collaborative Computational Project on Heavy Particle Dynamics. It will be a small meeting, with about 12 invited talks and a poster session. We intend to limit the size to about 30-40 keenly interested participants. The format will be "Gordon Conference style", with sessions in the morning and evening but afternoons free.
The programme is still being developed. However, the invited speakers are expected to include:
Robert J. Le Roy (Waterloo), Herschel Rabitz (Princeton), Mark M. Law (Aberdeen), Ian M. Mills (Reading), Anthony J. Stone (Cambridge).
CCP6 will publish a booklet of short articles by people who attend the workshop, which will be widely distributed free of charge. The booklet will be similar in form to the one on "Fitting Molecular Potential Energy Surfaces'', published after an earlier Workshop in the series in 1993. Each participant will be requested to write a short review-style article (400 - 2000 words) outlining their recent work in the area of the workshop. It should be emphasised that the articles are not intended to be abstracts of the talks given at the workshop, but should be much more general. It is intended that the booklet should give an interested reader from rather outside the field a good introduction. The booklet will be edited electronically, in LaTeX, and only email submissions will be accepted.
The conference will convene on the evening of Tuesday 24 March 1998, and finish with lunch on Friday 27 March. We expect that the conference fee, including accommodation and meals, will be in the region of 160 pounds.
If you are interested in attending the meeting, please send email to J.M.Hutson@durham.ac.uk. We may have space for a small number of additional 45-minute contributions, in addition to the poster session, and would welcome brief outlines from people who think they have something particularly relevant to contribute.
A Web page for the workshop will be maintained at
http://www.dur.ac.uk/ dch0www/Staff/jmh/workfit.html
Organising committee:
Jeremy Hutson, Markus Meuwly, Andreas Ernesti, Nick Wright
6. MOLECULAR PHYSICS AND CHEMICAL REACTION DYNAMICS: Fundamental aspects and application to atmospheric and environmental sciences
Summer School June 16-25 1998, Jonker Bosch Conference Center Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
This European school is open to graduate students and young post-doctoral researchers working in the field of atomic collisions, chemical physics and molecular physics, both in theory and experiments.
Organizers: W. J. van der ZANDE (FOM Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and F. Vecchiocattivi (University of Perugia, Italy)
This school is the second one of a series of two Summer Schools entitled: TRENDS IN MOLECULAR PHYSICS, organised by the board of the Molecular Physics Section (MPS) in the Atomic and Molecular Physics Division of the European Physical Society.
The candidates should ask for application forms from the school secretary: Louise Roos, FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF), Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, tel. +31 20 608 1234, fax +31 20 668 4106, e-mail L.Roos@amolf.nl
(The school is funded by the TMR programme of the European Commission)
7. Faraday Division, Royal Society of Chemistry - Faraday Discussion 110
" CHEMICAL REACTION THEORY"
University of St Andrews, Scotland, 1-3 July 1998
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
This will be the first Faraday Discussion devoted purely to the theory of chemical reactions, one of the most rapidly developing areas of theoretical chemistry. Predictions on the dynamics of the reactions of small molecules can now be as reliable as experimental measurements and the accuracy of calculations on more complicated problems ranging from reactions of organic molecules to reactions on surfaces and in solution is improving at a very fast pace.
The committee specially welcomes theoretical or computational papers in the following areas:
* ab initio calculation of accurate potential energy surfaces for
chemical reactions
* scattering theory for the accurate treatment of the reactions of small
molecules
* extension of theory to dynamics and kinetics of larger molecules
* reactions of molecules on solid surfaces and in solution.
The papers chosen for the Discussion will be concerned with theory or calculations that can be tested by comparison with experiment. St Andrews University on the east coast of Scotland is over 500 years old and is a beautiful place to hold the meeting (especially in July). The accommodation facilities there are excellent. There are good connections to St Andrews from the international airport at Glasgow and also from Edinburgh. Contributions are invited for consideration by the Organising Committee. Titles and abstracts of about 300 words should be submitted no later than 1 JUNE 1997 to Professor D C Clary, Department of Chemistry, University College London, London WC1H OAJ (email: d.c.clary@ucl.ac.uk). Full papers for publication in the Faraday General Discussion 110 volume will be required by February 1998. Organising Committee: D C Clary (Chairman), J N L Connor, I H Hillier, S Holloway, W C Mackrodt , D E Manolopoulos, M A Robb
8. Symposium on Elementary Chemical Processes
10th-13th July, 1998
Department of Chemistry of the University
Perugia - Italy
An International Symposium will be held on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Professor Gian Gualberto Volpi. The local organizing commitee includes the members of the Perugia Group (home page http://www.chm.unipg.it/chmgen/mb/mb.html)
The symposium will focus on modern progress on experimental techniques (molecular and ion beams, internal state-selection), theoretical approaches (quantum, approximate quantum, statistical treatments) and applications (models for combustion and atmospheric phenomena). Note that the symposium will take place immediately before the ECAMP VI Conference (the Sixth European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics) to be held in Siena from July 14th to 18th, 1998 (see below). Those who are interested to participate, and to present communications, are invited to e-mail AQUILA@HERMES.CHM.UNIPG.IT or fax 39-75-5855606.
9. ECAMP VI - The Sixth European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics
14th-18th July, 1998
Siena - Italy
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
The Sixth European conference organized by the Atomic and Molecular Physics Division of the European Physical Society will be held in Siena (Italy) from 14th to 18th July, 1998.
Abstracts and accomodation reservations will be due by 1st March 1998.
All the correspondence should preferably be made by e-mail at the address ECAMP98@UNISI.IT
Scientific Secretariat: V. Biancalana, E. Mariotti fax:39-577-298297
Organizing Secretariat: fax:39-577-298134
Further information can be found at the Conference Web page:
http://www.unisi.it/fisica/ecamp98/welcome.htm
10. The Second RACI Conference on Physical Chemistry (CPC'98)
11th-16th July, 1998
The University of Queensland (St Lucia Campus)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
The second RACI (Royal Australian Chemical Institute) Conference on Physical Chemistry (CPC'98) will be held in Brisbane at the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland from 11th-16th July, 1998. This follows the highly-successful first Conference (ANU, January 1995), and like the earlier conference will seek to provide a broad coverage of contemporary research topics in Physical Chemistry. Conference accomodation will be available at St. John's College on the St. Lucia campus.
Confirmed plenary speakers for the conference are:
Professor K. Balasubramanian, Arizona State University, U.S.A.
Professor L. Butler, University of Chicago, U.S.A.
Professor I.-C. Chen, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.
Professor M. Gruebele, University of Illinois, U.S.A.
Professor N. Handy, University of Cambridge, U.K.
Professor P. Housten, Cornell University, U.S.A.
Professor W.C. Lineberger, University of Colorado, U.S.A.
Professor K. Liu, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences,
Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
Professor N. Makri, University of Illinois, U.S.A.
Dr D. Manolopoulos, Oxford University, U.K.
Professor S. Okazaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Professor V. Vaida, University of Colorado, U.S.A.
Further details regarding registration and submission of abstracts will be distributed shortly. If you wish to receive conference information electronically, please send a message to the address: "CPC98@chemistry.uq.edu.au". Any other queries will also be handled via this address.
Organizing committee: Dr Sean Smith (University of Queensland), Professor A. Haymet (University of Sydney) and Dr S. Kable (University of Sydney).
11. MOLEC XII Conference
Bristol, UK, 6-11 September 1998
Preliminary announcement
The 12th European Conference on Low Energy Molecular Collisions will be held in Bristol, UK, from 6 to 11 September 1998. Requests to be included in the conference mailing list may be made through the conference Web page (http://www.tlchm.bris.ac.uk/molec/molec.htm).
The Web page will be updated periodically as the program is finalised. Professor J.C. Polanyi has agreed to give a keynote lecture at the conference.
For further details contact Gabriel Balint-Kurti (Gabriel.Balint-Kurti@Bristol.ac.uk).
12. 15th International Symposium on Gas Kinetics
The 15th International Symposium on Gas Kinetics will be held in Bilbao, Spain, during the week 12-19th September 1998. Further details from Prof. F. Castano (qfpcaalf@lgdx02.lg.ehu.es)
