Research in Physical and Analytical Chemistry
We are interested in issues involving the nanometer length scale, ranging from the melting of size-selected clusters, to weighing viruses, and the assembly of peptide nanostructures. We design instruments and develop methods to accomplish this.
Recent Publications
J.W. Smith, E.E. Siegel, J.T. Maze, M. F. Jarrold, Image Charge Detection Mass Spectrometry: Pushing the Envelope with Sensitivity and Accuracy, Anal. Chem. 2011, 83, 850-956.
A.K. Starace, B. Cao, O. H. Judd, I. Bhattacharyya, M. F. Jarrold, Melting of size-selected aluminum nanoclusters with 84-128 atoms, J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 132, 034302.
B. Cao, A. K. Starace, O. H. Judd, I. Bhattacharyya, M. F. Jarrold, Metal clusters with hidden ground states: Melting and structural transitions in Al115+, Al116+, and Al117+, J. Chem. Phys. 2009, 131, 124305.
A. K. Starace, C. M. Neal, B. Cao, M. F. Jarrold, A. Aguado, J. M. López, Electronic effects on melting: Comparison of aluminum cluster anions and cations, J. Chem. Phys. 2009, 131, 044307.
L. W. Zilch, J. T. Maze, J. W. Smith, M. F. Jarrold, Freezing, fragmentation, and charge separation in sonic sprayed water droplets, Int. J. Mass Spect. 2009, 283, 191-199.
B. Cao, A. K. Starace, O. H. Judd, M. F. Jarrold, Phase coexistence in melting aluminum clusters, J. Chem. Phys. 2009, 130, 204303.
D. V. Dearden, T. A. Ferrell, M. C. Asplund, L. W. Zilch, R. R. Julian, M. F. Jarrold, One Ring to Bind Them All: Shape-Selective Complexation of Phenylenediamine Isomers with Cucurbit[6]uril in the Gas Phase, J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 989-997.
B. Cao, A. K. Starace, O. H. Judd, M. F. Jarrold, Melting Dramatically Enhances the Reactivity of Aluminum Nanoclusters, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 2446-2447.
