[MOS] October 20, 2015, Micheal Morse, University of Utah

[Zina M Queen]

Seminar on
Modern Optics and Spectroscopy
 Transition metal spectroscopy:  From diatomic metals to the metal-carbon bond

Michael Morse,
University of Utah
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
The transition metals are known for their chemical diversity, exhibiting a wide variety of oxidation states and modes of chemical bonding.  The ability to engage in a variety of chemical bonding modes makes the transition metals excellent catalytic agents while simultaneously making their theoretical description particularly challenging.  The computational challenges are particularly severe in the diatomic transition metals, which can exhibit high spin states characterized by magnetic interactions between atoms, low spin states with high-order multiple bonds, and everything in between.  Likewise, the chemical bonding between transition metals and carbon is of high interest in organometallic and catalytic chemistry.  In this talk, I will focus on recent resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopic studies of the transition metal diatomics, MM′; the diatomic transition metal carbides, MC; and the transition metal acetylides, MCCH.  In all cases, the goal is to develop an understanding of the periodic trends that are observed as the transition metal is varied.

Grier Room, MIT Bldg. 34-401
Refreshments served after the lecture
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