| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R34462/01 |
| Title: |
Instrumentation for ligand field spectroscopy in the gas phase. |
| Principal Investigator: |
Stace, Professor AJ |
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Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Sussex |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 2001 |
Ends: |
30 September 2004 |
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398,360
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| Gas & Solution Phase Reactions |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
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We have recently demonstrated that it is possible to study ligand field spectroscopic transitions in the gas phase, and in complexes that are free of the solve and counter ion perturbations that are present in the condensed phase. However, these experiments are very time-consuming. This application will build on those results through the construction of an apparatus that will be both very efficient and capable of yielding vibrational structure in ligand field spectra. The apparatus will be used to study a wide range of transition metal doubly and triply charged complexes. These will include those ions that play a pivotal role in inorganic chemistry, e.g. those of Cu(II) with ammonia, water and pyridine, or Ni(II) with water etc; but also complexes that are difficult to prepare in the condensed phase, e.g. those of Au(II). We have shown that the latter are relative easy to prepare in the gas phase. Support in the interpretation of the spectra will corns from the use of density functional theory.
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http://www.sussex.ac.uk |