Research Program Summary

My current research can be classified into three parts: (1) the structure of the liquid-X interfaces of metals and alloys, (2) study and further development of an alternative form of unimolecular reaction rate theory, application of the theory to the weakly bound van der Waals complexes, and to unimolecular isomerization reactions, and (3) the analytic quantum theory of, and accurate quantum mechanical calculation of, dynamical processes, especially for polyatomic molecular systems and inelastic and reactive scattering processes.

Material Research:

Structure of the Liquid-X Interfaces of Metals and Alloys

Unimolecular Reaction Rate Theory

He-I2 vibrational predissociation (Movie, v=20 I-I vibrational state)

Wigner Phase-Space of He-I2 vibrational predissociation (Motion Pictures, v=20 I-I vibrational state)

Quantum Mechanical Reaction Dynamics

Additional work focuses on:

Improved Understanding of Molecular Level Control of Product Selectivity

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