While molecular beam experiments are ideal for generating and studying transient species, low number densities and short pathlengths require highly sensitive spectroscopic…
Figure 1, Reaction coordinate and transition state. Product state distributions (vibration, rotation, etc.), hint at the transition state geometry Chemical reaction…
This section describes the method we use to generate millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelength radiation (mm/submm-waves)
My students and I have designed, built and tested a unique instrument for probing molecular reaction dynamics via pure rotational spectroscopy.
What are mm-waves and why do we use them?