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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Anharmonic stretching vibrations expressed as local modes
Molecular Physics, vol. 93, no. 5, pp. 809-819Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/002689798168826
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Anharmonically-coupled local mode to normal mode Hamiltonian transformations: Beyond the x, K-relations
Molecular Physics, vol. 93, no. 5, pp. 821-830Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/002689798168835
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Vibrational anharmonicity in dideuteromethane: A study of its infrared spectrum up to 17 000 cm-1
Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, vol. 53, no. 9, pp. 1445-1457Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1386-1425(97)01815-5
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I-NoLLS: A program for interactive nonlinear least-squares fitting of the parameters of physical models
Computer Physics Communications, vol. 102, no. 1-3, pp. 252-268Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0010-4655(97)00013-1
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Microwave spectroscopy and interaction potential of the long-range He⋯Kr+ ion: An example of Hund's case (e)
Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 105, no. 19, pp. 8602-8614Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.472999
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The intermolecular potential energy surface for CO2-Ar: Fitting to high-resolution spectroscopy of Van der Waals complexes and second virial coefficients
Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 105, no. 20, pp. 9130-9140Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.472747
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Local mode and normal mode stretching vibrations in xh4 and xh3systems: Beyond the x, k relations
Molecular Physics, vol. 83, no. 4, pp. 757-770Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00268979400101551
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Second-order perturbation theory corrections to effective Fermi resonance coupling constants
Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 212, no. 1-2, pp. 172-176Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(93)87126-N
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The general harmonic force field of methyl fluoride
Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, vol. 260, no. C, pp. 323-331Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-1280(92)87052-2
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C—H and C—D interbond coupling and fermi resonance interactions in CHD2C1
Molecular Physics, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 861-870Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00268979100102641
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