Current Research (in collaboration with Prof. Paul Scheier)
Atomic and molecular clusters formed in helium nanodroplets
Adsorption of helium and hydrogen on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Solvation of atomic and small molecular ions in helium and hydrogen
Synthesis of fragile ions in helium nanodroplets
Formation of clusters in pre-ionized helium nanodroplets
Proton-transfer reactions in helium nanodroplets
Negatively charged clusters
Previous Research
Electron attachment to clusters
Thermionic emission from clusters and fullerenes
Implantation of metal ions into fullerene films and gas-phase fullerenes
Lifetime of the triplet state in C60
Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization of small clusters
Appearance energies of cluster ions
Appearance sizes and dissociation channels of multiply charged clusters
Unimolecular dissociation of cluster ions
Magic numbers in size distributions of cluster ions
Formation of thin films by pulsed laser deposition
Radiation damage in metals studied by nuclear methods (perturbed angular distribution following nuclear reactions, perturbed gamma-gamma correlation, muon spin rotation)
Measurement of magnetic fields and electric field gradients in solids using nuclear methods
Measurement of magnetic moments, quadrupole moments, and lifetimes of nuclear isomers