Chemical Dynamics Group

Experimental studies

The Collaborative Chemical Dynamics group has an interest in probing solvation effects, especially in fluids under extreme conditions.  With this in mind, the following experimental projects are currently in progress:

• Measurement of the quasi-free electron energy in repulsive atomic and molecular fluids.  Lead student:  Mr. Yevgeniy Lushtak.  
  Funding:  National Science Foundation

• Mesurement of the electron mobility in atomic and molecular near critical point fluids.  

• Solvatochromism in MOED:  An undergraduate spectroscopy project.

Theoretical studies

The current theoretical studies are directly related to the experimental studies listed above.  Thus, the following projects are in progress:

• Modeling the energy of a trapped electron in repulsive atomic and molecular fluids using molecular dynamics and Monte-Carlo techniques

• Development of a new, more accurate theoretical model for electron mobility in atomic and molecular fluids

• Computational investigation of solvatochromism in MOED:  An undergraduate computational project