![Dr Mark Law Dr Mark Law](/img/200x200/staffpages/uploads/che194/marklaw.jpg)
BSc, PhD (Aberdeen)
Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- m.m.law@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272933
- Office Address
Meston Room G24
- School/Department
- School of Natural and Computing Sciences
- Research
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Research Overview
The expertise of Mark Law’s research group lies in the area of “molecular quantum dynamics”. That is, calculating quantum state energies, wavefunctions and potential energy curves. Such information on vibration-rotation-electronic quantum states of molecules is critical to the understanding of many branches of chemistry and other fields, including spectroscopy, astronomy, nanotechnology, combustion science, atmospheric science, surface chemistry and molecular modelling.
Our work also includes quantum scattering and bound-state calculations on antimatter interacting with normal matter. There is considerable academic and practical interest in the interaction of antimatter with atoms and molecules. For example, antimatter is used in medical PET scanning ("Positron Emission Tomography") and in positron-annihilation-lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) for materials characterisation, whilst one possible future use for antiprotons is in "antiproton-beam cancer therapy".
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Chemistry.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Chemistry
Accepting PhDs - Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Dr Law teaches in the following courses:
- CM1021 Chemistry for the Physical Sciences 1
- CM1022 Elements of Chemistry 1
- CM2015 Energetics of Change in Chemical and Biological Processes
- CM30PS/PX30PS Professional Skills for Physics and Chemistry
- CM3536 Molecular Structure and Reactivity (Quantum Chemistry)
- CM4037/CM4537 Honours/Advanced Chemistry
Dr Law is a Personal Tutor and Level 4 Chemistry Course Coordinator.
- Publications
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Matter-antimatter rearrangements using the R-matrix method
Frontiers in Physics, vol. 11, 1187537Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHydrogen molecule-antihydrogen atom potential energy surface and scattering calculations
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 52, no. 18, 185201Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGaussian basis functions for highly oscillatory scattering wavefunctions
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 51, no. 7, 075203Contributions to Journals: ArticlesComputational studies of bridging structures and isomerism in substituted disilynes
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 2697–2705Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ct400324w
The vibrational bound states of isomerising disilyne
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 139, no. 6, 064308Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4817533
The potential energy surface of isomerising disilyne
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 14, no. 19, pp. 6922–6936Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CP40605E
Infrared Spectra of CF2=CHD and CF2=CD2; Scaled Quantum-Chemical Force Fields and an Equilibrium Structure for 1,1-Difluoroethylene
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 114, no. 34, pp. 9309-9318Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jp104498n
Infrared spectra of 12CF2=12CH2 and 12CF2=13CH2, quantum-chemical calculations of anharmonicity, and analyses of resonances
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 114, no. 18, pp. 5728-5742Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jp100438z
Scaled quantum chemical force fields for 1,1-difluorocyclopropane and the influence of vibrational anharmonicity
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 112, no. 29, pp. 6760-6771Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jp800628x
Vibrational anharmonicity and harmonic force fields for dichloromethane from quantum-chemical calculations
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 112, no. 40, pp. 10006-10016Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jp803881c