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Current Members:
Arthur G. Suits

Post Docs:
Dr. Prashant C. Singh
Dr. Vasiliy Goncharov

Graduate Students:
Ruchira Silva
Lei Shen
Wilson Gichuhi
Armando Estillore
Nuradhika Herath
Lu Yan

Undergraduate Students:
Mike Doyle

Recent Members:
Dr. Cunshun Huang
Dr. Bailin Zhang
Dr. Suk Kyoung Lee
Dr. Sridhar Lahankar
Dr. Myung Hwa Kim
Dr. Wen Li
Dr. Steve Chambreau
Dr. Brian Leskiw
Dr. Xianghong Liu
Dr. Dave Townsend
Dr. Mike Minitti
Delon Wilson

Shakera Thammana
Peter Hallock
Janelle Arendt
Mohit Patel
Simran Dulay
Amanda Holliday

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The material found in these pages was developed in part with the support of the National Science Foundataion, The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, and the Petroleum Researcch Fund of the American Chemical Society.

Selected Publications: Arthur Suits

R. Schinke, G. C. McBane, L. Shen, P. C. Singh, A. G. Suits, "Production of O2 Herzberg states in the deep UV photodissociation of ozone," J. Chem. Phys. (in press, 5/09).

V. Goncharov, N. Herath, A. Arregui, L. Banares, A. G. Suits, “Masked velocity map imaging: A one-laser-beam Doppler-free spectroscopic technique,” J. Phys. Chem A, 2009 DOI: 10.1021/jp809711n.

 R. Silva, W. Gichuhi, M. B. Doyle, A. H. Winney and A. G. Suits, “Photodissociation of heptane isomers and relative ionization efficiencies of butyl and propyl radicals at 157 nm,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2009, DOI:10.1039/B823505H

A. G. Suits and O. S. Vasyutinskii, “Imaging atomic orbital polarization,” Chem. Rev. 108, 3706 (2008).

 A. G. Suits, “Roaming atoms and radicals: A new mechansim in molecular dissociation,” Acc. Chem. Res. 41, 873 (2008).

 S.A. Lahankar, V. Goncharov, F. Suits, J.D. Farnum, J.M. Bowman and A. G. Suits. “Further aspects of the roaming mechanism in formaldehyde dissociation,” Chem. Phys. 347, 288 (2008).

 C. Huang, A. D. Estillore and A. G. Suits, “State-selected imaging of HCCO radical photodissociation dynamics,” J. Chem. Phys. 128 134301 (2008).

 R. Silva, W. Gichuhi, M. B. Doyle, V. V. Kislov, A. M. Mebel and A. G. Suits, “H elimination and metastable lifetimes in the UV photoexcitation of diacetylene,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 105, 12713 (2008).

 V. Goncharov, N. Herath and A. G. Suits, “Roaming dynamics in acetone dissociation,”            J. Phys. Chem. A   10.2021/jp802534r (2008).

 C. Huang, A. Estillore, W. Li, and A. G. Suits, “Dynamics of CN + alkane reactions by crossed-beam dc slice imaging,” 129, 074301 (2008).

 L. Shen, P. C. Singh, M. H. Kim, B. Zhang and A. G. Suits, “Ion and electron imaging study of iso-butanal photoionization dynamics,” J. Phys. Chem. A. 113 68 (2008)..

 M. H. Kim, B. D. Leskiw, L. Shen and A. G. Suits, “Vibrationally-mediated dissociation of C2H4+,”J. Phys. Chem. A 111, 7472 (2007).

 S. A. Lahankar, S. D. Chambreau, F. Suits, J. Farnum, X. Zhang, J. M. Bowman and A. G. Suits, “Energy dependence of the roaming atom mechanism in formaldehyde decomposition,” J. Chem. Phys. 126, 044314 (2007).

“Conformationally controlled chemistry:  Excited state dynamics dictate ground state reaction,” M. H. Kim, L. Shen, H. Tao, T. J. Martinez, and A. G. Suits, Science 315, 1561 (2007).

“S(1D2) atomic orbital polarization in the photodissociation of OCS at 193 nm: Construction of the complete density matrix,” S. K. Lee, R. Silva, S. Thamanna, O. S. Vasyutinskii, and A. G. Suits, J. Chem. Phys. 125, 121101 (2006).

Two-color Reduced-Doppler Ion Imaging," C. Huang, W. Li, M. H. Kim, and A. G. Suits, J. Chem. Phys. 125 121101 (2006) (Communication).

“Photoelectron imaging of propanal by resonant multiphoton ionization via the 3s Rydberg state,” M. H. Kim, L. Shen and A. G. Suits, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 8 2933 (2006).

“Rotationally-Resolved Reactive Scattering:  Imaging Detailed Cl + C2H6 Reaction Dynamics,” C. Huang, W. Li and A. G. Suits, J. Chem. Phys. 125 133107 (2006).

“The roaming atom mechanism in formaldehyde decomposition,” S. A. Lahankar, S. D. Chambreau, F. Suits, J. Farnum, X. Zhang, J. M. Bowman and A. G. Suits, J. Chem. Phys. 125 044302 (2006).

“Ion Pair Dissociation: Spectroscopy and Dynamics,” A. G. Suits and J. W. Hepburn, Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem. 57, 431 (2006).

“Correlated vH2 and jCO product states from formaldehyde photodissociation: Dynamics of molecular elimination,” Steven D. Chambreau, Sridhar A. Lahankar, and Arthur G. Suits, J. Chem. Phys. 125 044303 (2006).

“State-Resolved Reactive Scattering by Slice Imaging: A New View of the Cl+C2H6 Reaction,” W. Li, C. Huang, M. Patel, D. Wilson and A. G. Suits, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 011102 (2006).

“Velocity map imaging mass spectrometry” M. H. Kim, B. D. Leskiw, L. Shen and A. G. Suits, Int. J. Mass Spec. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2006.01.030.

“Vibrationally Mediated Photodissociation of Ethylene Cation by Reflectron Multimass Velocity Map Imaging,” M. H. Kim, B. Leskiw and A. G. Suits, J. Phys. Chem. A (10.1021/jp053143m: August 2005).

“Universal and State resolved imaging of chemical dynamics,” (Feature article; Cover) D. Townsend, W. Li, S. K. Lee, R. L. Gross and A. G. Suits, J. Phys. Chem. A, 109, 8661 (2005) 10.1021/jp0526086.

“O(1D) orbital orientation in the ultraviolet photodissociation of ozone,” S. K. Lee, D. Townsend, O. S. Vasyutinskii and A. G. Suits, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 7, 1650 (2005). 10.1039/b502371h (2005) [Cover article].

“Megapixel Ion Imaging with Standard Video,” W. Li, S. D. Chambreau, S. A. Lahankar, A. G. Suits, Rev. Sci. Inst. 76, 063106 (2005).

“The roaming atom: Straying from the reaction path in formaldehyde decomposition,” D. Townsend, S. A. Lahankar, S. K. Lee, S. D. Chambreau, A. G. Suits, X. Zhang, J. Rheinecker, L.B. Harding and J. M. Bowman Science 306, 1158 (2004) (10.1126/ science.1104386).

“”Orbital alignment in N2O photodissociation: I. Determination of all even rank anisotropy parameters,” A. G. Smolin, O. S. Vasyutinskii, E. R. Wouters and A. G. Suits, J. Chem. Phys. 121 6759 (2004).

“Orbital polarization from DC slice imaging: S(1D) alignment in the photodissociation of ethylene sulfide,” D. Townsend, S. K. Lee and A. G. Suits, Chem. Phys. 301, 197 (2004).

“Superexcited state dynamics probed with an extreme ultraviolet free electron laser,” W. Li, R. Lucchese, A. Doyuran, Z. Wu, H. Loos, G. E. Hall and A. G. Suits, Phys. Rev. Lett., 92 083002 (2004). (Selected for the March, 2004 Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science).

"Direct current slice imaging,” D. A. Townsend, M. P. Minitti and A. G. Suits, Rev. Sci. Instrumen. 74(4), 2530 (2003).

Imaging O(3P) + alkane reaction dynamics in crossed molecular beams: Vertical versus adiabatic H abstraction dynamics, X. Liu, R. L. Gross, G. E. Hall, J. T. Muckerman and A. G. Suits, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 7947 (2002).

Differential cross sections for O(P-3)+alkane reactions by direct imaging. Liu XH, Gross RL, Suits AG. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 116 (13): 5341-5344 APR 1 2002

Heavy electron" photoelectron spectroscopy: Rotationally resolved ion pair imaging of CH3+ . Liu XH, Gross RL, Suits AG. SCIENCE, 294 (5551): 2527-2529 DEC 21 2001

Ion pair imaging spectroscopy: CH3Cl -> CH3++Cl-. Ahmed M, Peterka DS, Regan P, Liu XH, Suits AG. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 339 (3-4): 203-208 MAY 11 2001

The ultraviolet photochemistry of phenylacetylene and the enthalpy of formation of 1,3,5-hexatriyne .Sorkhabi O, Qi F, Rizvi AH, Suits AG. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 123 (4): 671-676 JAN 31 2001

Photodissociation of ethylene sulfide at 193 nm: A photofragment translational spectroscopy study with VUV synchrotron radiation and ab initio calculations . Qi F, Sorkhabi O, Suits AG , Chien SH, Li WK . JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY , 123 (1): 148-161 JAN 10 2001

H abstraction dynamics by crossed-beam velocity map imaging: Cl+CH3OH -> CH2OH+HCl. Ahmed M, Peterka DS, Suits AG. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS , 317 (3-5): 264-268 FEB 4 2000

Imaging H abstraction dynamics in crossed molecular beams: Cl+ROH reactions . Ahmed M, Peterka DS, Suits AG. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS , 2 (4): 861-868 2000-

193 nm photodissociation of thiophene probed using synchrotron radiation . Qi F, Sorkhabi O, Rizvi AH, Suits AG. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A , 103 (42): 8351-8358 OCT 21 1999

Dissociative photoionization dynamics of SF6 by ion imaging with synchrotron undulator radiation. Peterka DS, Ahmed M, Ng CY, Suits AG. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS , 312 (2-4): 108-114 OCT 22 1999

Atomic orbital alignment and coherence in N2O photodissociation at 193.3 nm . Ahmed M, Wouters ER, Peterka DS, Vasyutinskii OS, Suits AG .FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, 113: 425-436 1999

Imaging the alignment angular distribution: State symmetries, coherence effects, and nonadiabatic interactions in photodissociation. Bracker AS, Wouters ER, Suits AG , Vasyutinskii OS. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 110 (14): 6749-6765 APR 8 1999

Coherence in polyatomic photodissociation: Aligned O(P-3) from photodissociation of NO2 at 212.8 nm. Ahmed M, Peterka DS, Bracker AS, Vasyutinskii OS, Suits AG. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 110 (9): 4115-4118 MAR 1 1999

The photodissociation of the vinyl radical (C2H3) at 243 nm studied by velocity map imaging . Ahmed M, Peterka DS , Suits AG. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS , 110 (9): 4248-4253 MAR 1 1999

UV photodissociation dynamics of allyl radical by photofragment translational spectroscopy . Stranges D, Stemmler M, Yang XM, Chesko JD, Suits AG , Lee YT. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 109 5372 (1998).

Observation of coherent and incoherent dissociation mechanisms in the angular distribution of atomic photofragment alignment. Bracker AS, Wouters ER, Suits AG , Lee YT, Vasyutinskii OS. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 80 (8): 1626-1629 FEB 23 1998  

UV photodissociation of oxalyl chloride yields four fragments from one photon absorption . Ahmed M, Blunt D, Chen D, Suits AG. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS ,106 (18): 7617-7624 MAY 8 1997

Neutral-neutral reactions in the interstellar medium .1. Formation of carbon hydride radicals via reaction of carbon atoms with unsaturated hydrocarbons. Kaiser RI, Stranges D, Lee YT, Suits AG. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL , 477 (2): 982-989 Part 1 MAR 10 1997

 A combined experimental and theoretical study on the formation of interstellar C3H isomers . Kaiser RI, Ochsenfeld C, HeadGordon M, Lee YT , Suits AG. SCIENCE , 274 (5292): 1508-1511 NOV 29 1996

Crossed-beam reaction of carbon atoms with hydrocarbon molecules .1. Chemical dynamics of the propargyl radical formation C3H3 (X(2)B(2)), from reaction of C(P-3(j)) with ethylene, C2H4(X(1)A(g)). Kaiser RI, Lee YT, Suits AG. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS , 105 (19): 8705-8720 NOV 15 1996

Isotopic enrichment of heavy ozone in the stratosphere. Houston PL, Suits AG , Toumi R. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 101 (D13): 18829-18834 AUG 20 1996

Dynamics of carbonium-ions solvated by molecular-hydrogen - ch5+(h-2)(n)(n=1, 2, 3). Boo DW, Liu ZF, Suits AG , Tse JS, Lee YT. SCIENCE, 269 (5220): 57-59 JUL 7 1995

Photodissociation of ozone at 193 nm by high-resolution photofragment translational spectroscopy. Stranges D, Yang XM, Chesko JD , Suits AG. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 102 (15): 6067-6077 APR 15 1995

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The material found in these pages has been supported in part by the National Science Foundation, The Department of Energy and the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society.