Physical & Theoretical Chemistry

This group has a diverse range of research interests covering structure and reactivity, laser spectroscopy in both the gas and condensed phases and a healthy mixture of experiment and computation. Much of the experimental work is novel instrument development in which we devise new techniques to provide new insights to interesting scientific problems. A large part of our work is interdisciplinary and we have active collaborations with several other internationally leading research groups both within the UK and overseas.

Imogen S. Parry, Aras Kartouzian, Suzanne M Hamilton, O. Petru Balaj, Martin K. Beyer and Stuart R. Mackenzie Chemical reactivity on gas-phase metal clusters driven by black-body infrared radiation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (Communication), Accepted, (2014) Imogen S. Parry, Alexander C. Hermes, Aras Kartouzian, and Stuart R. Mackenzie Imaging the photodissociation dynamics of neutral metal clusters: copper dimer, Cu2, and copper oxide, CuO, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16(2), 458-466, (2014) 10.1039/C3CP53214C : Collisional activation of N2O decomposition and CO oxidation reactions on isolated rhodium clusters, J. Phys. Chem. A, 117(36), 8855-8863, (2013) 10.1021/jp405267p : Structures of Platinum Oxide Clusters in the Gas Phase, J. Phys. Chem. A, 117, 1233-1239, (2013) 10.1021/jp3055137 Infrared driven CO oxidation reactions on isolated platinum cluster oxides, PtnOm+, Faraday Discussions, 157, 213-225, (2012) DOI:10.1039/C2FD20019H Dissociation dynamics of the low-lying Rydberg states of Xe2: a velocity map imaging study, Molecular Physics, 110(19-20), 2465-2475, (2012) DOI:10.1080/00268976.2012.698027 Evanescent wave cavity ringdown spectroscopy (EW-CRDS) as a probe of macromolecule adsorption kinetics at functionalized interfaces, Langmuir, 28, 6902 (2012) DOI: 10.1021/la3006053 Evanescent wave cavity ringdown spectroscopy: A platform for the study of supported lipid bilayers , Anal. Chem., 84, 2585 (2012) DOI: 10.1021/ac203493p Effects of Co-Adsorbed Oxygen on the Infrared Driven Dissociation of N2O on isolated Rh5+ clusters , J. Phys. Chem. Lett, 2, 3053 (2011) DOI: 10.1021/jz2012963 Broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy for real time in situ spectral analysis of microfluidic droplets , Lab. on a Chip, 11, 3953 (2011) DOI: 10.1039/C1LC20854C Following Radical pair reactions in Solution: A Step Change in Sensitivity Using Cavity Ring-Down Detection , J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133, 17807 (2011) dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja206783t Imaging wavefunctions in dissociative ionization, J. Chem. Phys., 135, 081104 (2011) DOI: 10.1063/1.3632103 Xe+ formation following photolysis of Au-Xe: A velocity map imaging study, J. Chem. Phys., 134, 094311 (2011) DOI: 10.1063/1.3556944

Infrared-Induced Reactivity of N2O on Small Gas-Phase Rhodium Clusters, J. Phys. Chem. A, 115, 2489-2497 (2011) DOI: 10.1021/jp201171p