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 Welcome to the Crim Labs |
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 Our
experiments are spectroscopic in nature. This means that we work with lasers
and make use of the absorption and emission of this laser light to investigate
the molecular details of chemical reactions.Vibrations The general idea behind all of our experiments is very simple: Chemical reactions break bonds between atoms in a molecule. Before the bond breaks, it must be elongated first. Now, if we get the molecule to vibrate along this "reaction coordinate" before we start the reaction, we will weaken the bond and hence facilitate the reaction. Our experiments focus on how effectively this vibrational excitation promotes a reaction.  VariationsHowever, this is about everything our experiments in the four labs have in common. The reaction could be a photodissociation or a bimolecular reaction; the reaction could happen in a low pressure gas, a molecular beam, or in solution. Stick your head in the different labs and you'll learn the details. |
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