Author Archives: UA

Image analysis software for processing of VMI images is available from our article in the Journal of Chemical Physics “Special Topic: Developments and Applications of Velocity Mapped Imaging Techniques”,  Jason R. Gascooke, Stephen T. Gibson, and Warren D. Lawrance (2017). … Continue reading →

Quantum Conversation: Micro Motion exhibition for South Australian Living Artist (SALA). The microscopic motion of molecules is explored by using the quantum energy patterns they create from laser light, as seen in the Molecular Dynamics and Laser Spectroscopy Lab, Flinders … Continue reading →

Slicing of carbon nanotubes using our lasers and the Vortex Fluidic Device features in the ‘Unboiling an Egg’ story on ABC’s Catalyst program broadcast June 14 2016. Uses for the device, including slicing carbon nanotubes to help make smaller solar … Continue reading →

Images from the lab have been included in the ‘Micro-Choreography’ issue of Interalia Magazine, May 2016. Our images are included in the ‘Micro-Choreography gallery‘ in response to an open call “to artists and scientists for images of their work that … Continue reading →

Articles about the slicing nanotubes research, recently published in Nature Scientific Reports, have appeared on several news websites: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-12/new-use-found-for-unboil-an-egg-machine/7241532 http://phys.org/news/2016-03-egg-unboiling-machine-cooks-carbon.html

We report on the use of a laser-based method to slice carbon nanotubes into small, constant-sized lengths. This is achieved by placing a solution of nanotubes in a vortex fluidic device (VFD) and irradiating with 1064nm infrared light from a … Continue reading →

We investigated the dissociation of the van der Waals molecules of nitric oxide with rare gasses, in particular the complexes: NO-He, NO-Ne and NO-Ar. “Rotational and angular distributions of NO products from NO-Rg (Rg = He, Ne, Ar) complex photodissociation” … Continue reading →

Daniel Wright gave a talk at the Royal Australian Chemical Institute’s (RACI) Physical Chemistry Symposium held at Flinders University City Campus, Victoria Square. Daniel’s talk discussed advances on characterising and calibration of his two-dimensional imaging Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer. … Continue reading →

Our work on understanding the energy flow in complex molecules has been published in Journal  of Molecular Spectroscopy.  We provide an efficient and reliable method for modelling microwave spectra that have been difficult to analyse and extract reliable physical information … Continue reading →

Art from the Laser Spectroscopy Lab will feature at Science Alive! 2015 as part of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (SA Branch) exhibit to celebrate the International Year of Light.  “Quantum Conversations- Art of Fluorescence” will be displayed for general … Continue reading →