Presidential Young Investigator/High Resolution Laser Spectroscopy of Clusters

布莱克教授在实验物理学的支持下， 化学计划正在开发创新的激光光谱 研究化学过程的技术 极端的宇宙化学和人造环境， 分子云，行星大气，等离子体沉积 室和多相催化容器。 试验室 和遥感计划。 本研究是 总统青年研究员奖（PYI） 一个特别强调的领域是光谱的研究 原子和分子的反应和化学反应性 大小介于小分子之间的团簇 和宏观样品。 原子团簇与原子团簇化学 冷却射流膨胀或离子阱正在使用 各种技术，包括亚多普勒激光边带 远红外光谱，光泵红外光谱 荧光，时间分辨泵浦/探测实验，以及 共振电离质谱法 宇宙化学搜索 将在不同的天文台进行光谱特征 在实验室里发现的。

Professor Blake with support from the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program is developing innovative laser spectroscopic techniques for the investigation of chemical processes within extreme cosmochemical and man-made environments such as molecular clouds, planetary atmospheres, plasma deposition chambers, and heterogeneous catalysis vessels. Both laboratory and remote sensing programs are planned. This research is supported by a Presidential Young Investigator Award (PYI). A particular area of emphasis is the study of the spectral response and chemical reactivity of atomic and molecular clusters that are intermediate in size between small molecules and macroscopic samples. Clusters and cluster chemistry in cooled jet expansions or ion traps are being examined using various techniques, including sub-Doppler laser sideband spectroscopy in the far-infrared, optically pumped infrared fluorescence, time-resolved pump/probe experiments, and resonance ionization mass spectrometry. Cosmochemical searches will be made at various observatories for spectral features identified in the laboratory.