Meghan Dunn '06, Tim Evans '05, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Karl Kirschner and Winslow Professor of Chemistry George Shields published an article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A titled "Prediction of Accurate Anharmonic Experimental Vibrational Frequencies for Water Clusters, (H2O)n, n=2-5." This work was started by Tim Evans as part of his senior thesis last spring and finished by Meghan Dunn over the summer. Dunn wrote the first draft of the paper, which was revised by Kirschner and Shields prior to submission. Dunn and Evans are the first and second co-authors on the paper, which describes how highly accurate calculations of the vibrational modes of water clusters can be used to uniquely identify the (H2O)2, (H2O)3, (H2O)4, and (H2O)5 clusters in the atmosphere. This is the fourth atmospheric chemistry publication for Dunn and the first for Evans from their research at Hamilton. Evans is in graduate school at New York University. Dunn plans a research career in environmental chemistry.
Posted December 13, 2005
