Year
2021
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience
Abstract
The photophysics and photochemistry of molecules are dependent on the interplay between multiple quantum states, which is challenging to model and especially challenging to control. This lack of control impedes development of photoinitiators, phototherapies and next-generation mass spectrometry tools. In this thesis, the influence of charge on the photodissociation of gas-phase ions is investigated using combined ion-mobility (field asymmetric ion-mobility spectrometry), photodissociation action spectroscopy and massspectrometry techniques along with quantum chemistry methods. Target molecules range from fundamental chromophores, photoinitiators and biologically relevant ions.
Recommended Citation
Marlton, Samuel Jack Palmer, Photodissociation of Gas-Phase Ions Investigated Using Combined Mass-Spectrometry, Ion- Mobility and Laser Spectroscopy, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, 2021. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses1/1409
FoR codes (2020)
340606 Photochemistry, 340699 Physical chemistry not elsewhere classified, 340701 Computational chemistry
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.