State-to-State Reaction Dynamics

在这个奖项中，由化学系实验物理化学计划资助的理查德N。斯坦福大学的Zare和他的博士后和研究生同事将用最精致的细节来研究化学反应。 Zare教授和他的团队将继续研究基本化学系统中的状态到状态反应动力学，寻求确定化学反应如何依赖于反应伙伴中分子激发的精确分布，并探索能量沉积到化学产物中。 这些研究的最终目标是在最基本的层面上了解化学反应的驱动力。 这项工作的核心将是研究氢原子与分子氢的反应和非弹性散射。 扎雷教授将继续担任一个不同的青年科学家群体的导师，并将继续在他的广泛努力，教育公众对科学的重要性。 在这方面，Zare教授作为WONDERFEST主持人的服务具有象征意义; WONDERFEST是湾区的科学庆祝活动，每年吸引超过一千人了解和辩论当前的科学主题。

In this award, funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division Prof. Richard N. Zare of Stanford University and his postdoctoral and graduate student colleagues will examine chemical reactions with the most exquisite detail. Prof. Zare and his group will continue their studies of state-to-state reaction dynamics in fundamental chemical systems, seeking to identify how chemical reactions depend upon the precise distribution of molecular excitation within the reacting partners, and to probe the deposition of the energy into the chemical products. The ultimate goal of these studies is to understand, at the most fundamental level, the driving forces for chemical reactions. The centerpiece of this work will be the study of the reaction and inelastic scattering of a hydrogen atom with molecular hydrogen. Prof. Zare will continue to serve as a mentor to a diverse group of young scientists, and will continue in his wide ranging efforts at educating the public about the importance of science. In this regard, Prof. Zare's service as a host of WONDERFEST is emblematic; WONDERFEST is a Bay Area celebration of science and attracts over one thousand people a year to learn about and debate upon current topics in science.