Research Projects

One of our research interests is in charge-transfer processes in organic compounds as revealed through solution and gas-phase spectroscopy. Laser spectrsocopy is used to unravel the details of this important phenomena. These experimental studies are coupled to ab initio quantum mechanical computations to provide a detailed picture of the coupling between molecular structure and electron-transfer dynamics.

Molecular Electronic Spectroscopy

Laser resonance Raman Spectroscopy

Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

Projects:

Conformational Flexibility of Selected Neurotransmitters

Electron Transfer in Stilbene Derivatives

Laser Desorption Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

Useful Web sites

Raman Theory Primer
Photon Energy
Raman Web Sites
UCSD Raman Spectroscopy Discussion
Gustavus Laser Laboratory
Laser Safety

Useful Papers:

Calculation of the Vibrational Spectra of Linear Tetrapyrroles. 2. Resonance Raman Spectra of Hexamethylpyrromethene Monomers
Maria-Andrea Mroginski, Károly Németh, Ildikó Magdó, Martin Müller, Uwe Robben, Carlos Della Védova, Peter Hildebrandt,* and Franz Mark*

 

Quantum Mechanical Computational Study

Gustavus Computational Cluster

4,4'-dimethylaminonitrostilbene

Computations on 9-Fluorenol

Useful Web sites
Gustavus Computational Resources
Gustavus Gaussian Computational Server
Gustavus Linux Server
Gaussian Web Site
GAMESS Web Site

 

Useful References:

Photoinduced Intramolecular Charge Transfer in a Series of Differently Twisted Donor-Acceptor Biphenyls As Revealed by Fluorescence
Michael Maus, Wolfgang Rettig*, Dominique Bonafoux, and Rene´ Lapouyade*

Intrazeolite Photochemistry. 22. Acid-Base Properties of Coumarin 6. Characterization in Solution, the Solid State, and Incorporated into Supramolecular Systems

Sonia Corrent, Peter Hahn, Gerd Pohlers, Terrence J. Connolly, J. C. Scaiano* , Vicente Forne´s, and Hermenegildo Garci´a