Molecular Structure and Vibrational Potential Energy Surfaces in Ground and Excited Electronic States

这项研究是实验物理化学的一部分， 程序，使用红外，拉曼， 荧光光谱法，以获得能级和电势 环状和双环分子的能量表面。 其他领域 包括液体中的分子间相互作用， 金属团簇的振动能级。 这些研究 将阐明化学键和分子内力， 在所研究的系统的基态和激发态中。 将使用远红外、拉曼和荧光光谱 研究第四、第五和第六循环的能级 六元环、双环和类环己烯 分子。 这些数据将被解释为 这些物种的能量表面。 拉曼差 光谱学将用于获得小的频率偏移， 液体的同位素混合物， 分子间相互作用 红外和拉曼矩阵 将获得原型金属隔离光谱 集群，以确定振动力场 这些分子。

This research, part of the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program, uses the techniques of infrared, Raman, and fluorescence spectroscopy to obtain energy levels and potential energy surfaces for cyclic and bicyclic molecules. Other areas of study include intermolecular interactions in liquids and vibrational energy levels of metal clusters. These studies will elucidate chemical bonding and intramolecular forces, both in the ground and excited states of the systems studied. Far infrared, Raman and Fluorescence spectroscopy will be used to study the energy levels of cyclic, four, five and six membered rings, bicyclic species and cyclohexene-like molecules. These data will be interpreted to yield potential energy surfaces for these species. Raman difference spectroscopy will be used to obtain small frequency shifts in isotopic mixtures of liquids in order to understand intermolecular interactions. Infrared and Raman matrix isolation spectra will be obtained for prototypical metal clusters in order to determine the vibrational force fields for these molecules.