Research Interests
[Numbers in square brackets refer to publication list]
- Active centers in zeolites:
- Nature of transition metal ions and nano-clusters [125,165,184,193,214,230,233]
- Host guest interactions of organic species [150,155]
- Single electron transfer sites and catalysis in zeolites [170]
- Catalytic activity of 13-atom platinum nanoclusters [258]
- Dynamics of encaged atoms and molecules:
- Hydrogen isotopes in water and in silsesquioxanes [103,152]
- Radical reorientation dynamics in zeolite pores [83,124,150]
- Reaction kinetics and quantum effects:
- Gas phase radical kinetics [131,136,236]
- Kinetic isotope effects (D, H, Mu) [146,175]
- Equilibrium and dynamic solvent isotope effects [76,146]
- Radical reactions and proton conductivity in low temperature fuel cells:
- Radiation grafting and degradation of fuel cell polymer membranes [130,190,232]
- ESR of in-situ fuel cell [169]
- Proton conductivity in fuel cell membranes [196,197,235]
- The fuel cell that runs on water and air [231]
- Spontaneous ordering phenomena:
- Antiferromagnetic ordering on a cubic lattice [158]
- Ferroelectric order and dynamics [162,186]
- Guest molecule solvation in lamellar phase systems [154,228]
- Nanomagnetism:
- High paramagnetism of 13-atom Pt clusters [193]
- Super diamagnetism [251]
- Superatom chemistry [267]
- Fullerenes and fullerides:
- Electrical conductivity of fullerides [250]
- Dynamics of fullerenes [79,85,98,102]
- Energy storage and conversion:
- Hydrogen storage and energy transition [245,246,252,270]
- Hydrogen storage and energy transition [245,246,252,270]
- Experimental and theoretical methods:
- Electron spin resonance and muon spin resonance [118,133]
- Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy [156,236]
- Microcalorimetry [155]
- Static and dynamic spectral simulations [83,124]
- Reaction rate theory [136,254]
- Electrochemical Atomic Force Microscopy (ECAFM) [196,197,244]
- Kelvin Probe Atomic Force Microscopy [259,260]