Fair, Joanna R.

Alignment, Vibrational, and Steric Effects in Unimolecular and Bimolecular Systems: Towards an Understanding of Chemical Reactions in Quantum-State Detail

• Full Thesis



• Abstract, Acknowledgments, and Table of Contents
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. OH Stretch Overtone Spectroscopy and Transition Dipole Alignment of HOD
• Chapter 3. Open-Shell Cluster Formation via Laser Photolysis: Quasiclassical Trajectory Studies of Ar_n-H₂S and Ar_n-SH Cluster Dynamics
• Chapter 4. Dynamics of Collisional Alignment in Supersonic Expansions: Trajectory Studies of He + CO, O₂ and CO₂
• Chapter 5. Exploring the Role of Vibrational Nonadiabatic Effects in Vibrationally Mediated Chemical Reactions
• Bibliography