Lecture: Molecular Beam-Surface Scattering Studies of Energy Transfer and Reactions at the Gas-Liquid Interface

Lecturer: Professor Timothy K. Minton (Montana State University, U.S.A)

Time: 16:00 PM

Date: June 24

Place: Academic hall, 1st Floor, Lihua Building

Introduction of Professor Timothy K. Minton:

Timothy K. Minton is a Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Montana State University, as well as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (Dalian, Liaoning, China). He is also a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Prof. Minton earned his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1980 and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from UC Berkeley in 1986. Following two post-doctoral positions, at the University of Illinois and at the University of Zürich, Switzerland, he became a Member of Technical Staff at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA in 1989. In 1995, Prof. Minton moved to Montana State University, where he has built a program in molecular beam reaction dynamics. Specifically, crossed-beams and beam-surface scattering methods are used to study energy transfer and reaction dynamics at hyperthermal energies, with applications to materials and low Earth orbit chemistry. His current research projects include studies of gas-surface energy transfer and reactions on liquid surfaces, solvated electron reactions at liquid surfaces, and reaction dynamics of oxygen atoms with carbon clusters and carbon and ceramic surfaces. In addition to fundamental studies of gas-surface reaction dynamics, Prof. Minton actively participates in applied laboratory and space experiments to probe the durability of materials in space environments and to develop new and more durable materials.

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