RE. INFRARED

THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2001 - 1:30PM

Room: 1153 SMITH LAB

Chair: MARILYN JACOX, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD

RE01 15min1:30

OBSERVATION OF NEW SHARP TRANSITIONS IN PARAHYDROGEN CRYSTALS DOPED WITH METHANE.

C. MICHAEL LINDSAY AND TAKESHI OKA, Department of Chemistry, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, and the Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago IL, 60637, USA; TAKAMASA MOMOSE, Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

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RE02			15min1:47

INVESTIGATION OF NUCLEAR SPIN CONVERSION OF METHANE IN SOLID HYDROGEN.

MIZUHO FUSHITANI AND TAKAMASA MOMOSE, Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

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RE03			15min2:04

SPECTRAL INHOMOGENEITY AS A DISCRETE, COUNTABLE ENTITY -- THE ROLE OF RESIDUAL ORTHOHYDROGEN MOLECULES ON THE ROVIBRATIONAL SPECTRA OF DOPANTS IN PARAHYDROGEN SOLIDS.

MARIO E. FAJARDO AND SIMON TAM, AFRL/PRSP, Bldg. 8451, Propulsion Sciences and Advanced Concepts Division, US Air Force Research Lab, Edwards AFB, CA 93524-7680..

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RE04			15min2:21

HIGH-RESOLUTION INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF HCl AND DCl IN SOLID PARAHYDROGEN.

DAVID T. ANDERSON, Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3838; ROBERT J. HINDE, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37966-1600; SIMON TAM AND MARIO E. FAJARDO, Propulsion Directorate, US Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/PRSP, Edwards Air Force Base, CA 93524-7680.

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RE05			15min2:38

HIGH-RESOLUTION INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF HCl DIMER IN SOLID PARAHYDROGEN.

DAVID T. ANDERSON, Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3838; SIMON TAM AND MARIO E. FAJARDO, Propulsion Directorate, US Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/PRSP, Edwards Air Force Base, CA 93524-7680.

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RE06			15min2:55

QUANTUM MONTE CARLO STUDIES OF DOPED SOLID PARAHYDROGEN: STRUCTURE AND IR ABSORPTION SPECTRA.

R. J. HINDE, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996.

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RE07			15min3:12

REDUCTION OF THE ROTATIONAL CONSTANT OF SMALL MOLECULES IN HYDROGEN CRYSTALS INVESTIGATED BY FTIR SPECTROSCOPY.

HIROMICHI HOSHINA, MIZUHO FUSHITANI AND TAKAMASA MOMOSE, Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, JAPAN.

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INTERMISSION

RE08			15min3:45

ON THE STRUCTURE OF METAL CARBIDE CLUSTERS AND NANO-CRYSTALS..

DENIZ VAN HEIJNSBERGEN, GERARD MEIJER AND GERT VON HELDEN, FOM-Institute Rijnhuizen, Edisonbaan 14, NL-3430 BE Nieuwegein; MICHAEL A. DUNCAN, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.

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RE09			15min4:02

METAL CLUSTER FORMATION IN HELIUM NANODROPLETS.

PAUL L. STILES, KLAAS NAUTA AND ROGER E. MILLER, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.

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RE10			15min4:19

HIGH-RESOLUTION INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF HCN-Mg_n CLUSTERS .

PAUL L. STILES, KLAAS NAUTA, DAVID T. MOORE AND ROGER E. MILLER, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.

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RE11			15min4:36

CONSTRUCTION AND IDENTIFICTION OF (MAGNESIUM)_m-(CYANOACETYLENE)_n MOLECULES IN LIQUID HELIUM DROPLETS.

FENG DONG, KLAAS NAUTA, DAVID T. MOORE AND ROGER E. MILLER, University of North Carolina, Department of Chemistry, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.

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RE12			15min4:53

INFRARED SPECTRA AND AB INITIO POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES FOR ACETYLENE COMPLEXED TO Mg ATOMS AND CLUSTERS.

DAVID T. MOORE, ROGER E. MILLER, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.

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RE13			15min5:10

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF BENZENE-HCN IN HELIUM-DROPLETS.

JOCHEN KÜPPER, KLAAS NAUTA AND ROGER E. MILLER, University of North Carolina, Department of Chemistry, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.

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