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Laser Spectroscopy Group
Laser Spectroscopy Group Members - Academic Staff
| Name | Telephone No. | |
|---|---|---|
| Prof Andrew Ellis | 0116 252 2138 | ame2@le.ac.uk |
| Dr Corey Evans | 0116 252 3985 | cje8@le.ac.uk |
| Dr Andrew Hudson | 0116 252 2099 | ah242@le.ac.uk |
| Dr ShengFu Yang | 0116 252 2127 | sfy1@le.ac.uk |
The main research interests of the principal investigators can be found below:
Prof Andrew Ellis
Spectroscopy of solute-solvent clusters. Molecules and clusters in helium nanodroplets, nanoparticle synthesis and Proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry. For further research details please press link
Dr Corey Evans
Laser induced florescence, Computational chemistry, Time-resolved IR and Biospectroscopy. For further research details please press link
Dr Andrew Hudson
Gas-phase studies of isolated biomolecules, Single-molecule fluorescence microscopy, Optical trapping and spectroscopy of liquid microdroplets. For further research details please press link
Dr Shengfu Yang
Physical chemistry inside superfluid helium droplets, Growth of novel core-shell nanoparticles inside helium droplets, Mode-selective chemistry on surface and direct methane conversion and Developing novel laboratory techniques for the atmospheric chemistry. For further research details please press link
Laser Spectroscopy Group Members
| Name | Position | Telephone No. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitika Bhalla | PhD Student | 0116 252 1289 | nb91@le.ac.uk |
| Matthew Guttridge | PhD Student | 0116 223 1024 | mjg50@le.ac.uk |
| Jun Liu | PhD Student | 0116 223 1024 | jl198@le.ac.uk |
| Nilesh Mistry | PhD Student | 0116 252 3623 | nsm6@le.ac.uk |
| Lloyd Ryan | PhD Student | 0116 252 2134 | ler13@le.ac.uk |
| Ben Shepperson | PhD Student | 0116 223 1024 | bs71@le.ac.uk |
Our activities are derived from a number of independent research groups with strong overlapping interests. We have a wide range of laser, vacuum and microscopy equipment available in our well equipped laboratories. Our research spans a variety of areas of fundamental and applied chemical physics including; studies of molecular free radicals, molecular clusters, molecules and clusters in helium nanodroplets, reaction dynamics in gases and on liquid surfaces, atmospheric science, optical tweezing, biospectroscopy and single molecule spectroscopy.
Our basic method of analysis is achieved by either entraining our target species in a molecular beam, or trapping in a heliumdroplet matrix, within a high vacuum environment. We then have a range of state-of-the-art laser apparatus, ranging from Nd:YAG laser pumped LaserVision infrared OPOS to Sirah dye lasers, to perform high resolution spectroscopy analysis within a cold or ultra cold environment.
The Laser Spectroscopy Group.
