University of Colorado at Boulder :: Chemistry and Biochemistry

W. Carl LINEBERGER

Office: JILA A810
Office Phone: 303 492 7834
E-mail: wcl@jila.colorado.edu
FAX: 303
Lab: JILA B021, B028, B031
Lab Phone: 303 492 7764, 303 492 7768, 303 492 7770
Group Website: Lineberger Lab

Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, JILA

Professor

Degrees:

BEE, 1961, Georgia Institute of Technology

MSEE, 1963, Georgia Institute of Technology

Ph.D., 1965, Georgia Institute of Technology

Appointments:

Assistant Professor Electrical Engineering (Modern Physics, Atomic Collisions) Georgia Institute of Technology, March-June, 1965

Research Physicist (Atmos. Phys.), U. S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 1965-68

Research Associate, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, 1968-70

Member, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, 1970-71

Fellow of JILA, 1971-present

Assistant Professor, Chemistry, University of Colorado, 1970-72

Associate Professor, Chemistry, University of Colorado, 1972-74

Professor, Chemistry, University of Colorado, 1974-85

Visiting Professor, Stanford University, 1982

Visiting Professor, University of Chicago, 1982

Chair, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, 1985-86

E. U. Condon Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of Colorado, 1985-present

Memberships:

National Academy of Sciences, 1983

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1995>

American Physical Society, Fellow

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow

Sigma Xi

American Chemical Society

Optical Society of America

Editorial Boards:

Associate Editor, Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, 1974-1982

Correspondent, Comments on Atomic and Molecular Physics, 1975-1985

Associate Editor, Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, 1974-1982

Correspondent, Comments on Atomic and Molecular Physics, 1975-1985

Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Chemical Physics, 1979-1982

Advisory Board, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1988-1991

Editorial Advisory Board, Chemical Reviews, 1990-1993

Editorial Advisory Board, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 1991-1998

Editorial Advisory Board, Molecular Physics, 1999-2004

Editorial Advisory Board, ChemPhysChem, 2000-2004

Associate Editor, Chemical Physics Letters, 1982-present

Advisory Editorial Board, Chemical Physics, May 1983-present

Awards:

Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2003-04

American Chemical Society Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics, 1995

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1995

American Physical Society Earle K. Plyler Prize, 1992

William F. Meggers Prize, Optical Society of America, 1988

Bomem-Michelson Prize, 1987

University of Colorado Faculty Research Lecturer, 1982

J. S. Guggenheim Fellow, 1981-82

Herbert P. Broida Prize in Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy or Chemical Physics,American Physical Society, 1981

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1983

Faculty Fellow, University of Colorado, 1975-76, 1981-82, 1984

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, 1975-80

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1972-75

Lectureships:

Hanon Rosenthal Lecturer, Yale and Columbia Universities, 1977

Frontiers in Chemistry Lecturer, Wayne State University, 1978

Distinguished Visitor Lectures, University of California, Irvine, 1980

Distinguished Visitor Lectures, University of Rochester, 1981

Distinguished Visiting Professor Lectures, University of Florida, 1982

Distinguished Speaker, University of Utah, 1983

Distinguished Visiting Professor Lectures, North Dakota State University, 1985

Distinguished Visitor Lectures, Northwestern University, 1985

FMC Lecturer, Princeton University, 1985

Fred M. Garland Memorial Lecturer, Texas A&M University, 1987

Jonathan Rohrig Distinguished Lecturer, Carleton College, 1988

Phi Beta Kappa National Visiting Scholar, 1988-89

Centennial Lecturer, University of New Mexico, 1989

Davidson Lecturer, University of Kansas, 1990

George B. Kistiakowsky Lecturer, Harvard University, 1992

Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Florida, 1993

George C. Pimentel Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, 1993

Reilly Lecturer, Notre Dame University, 1994

Welch Symposium Lecturer, 1994

Joseph Franklin Lecturer, Rice University, 1994

W. M. Spicer Memorial Lecturer, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995

Bircher Lecturer, Vanderbilt University, 1995

Richard Lord Lecturer, MIT, April, 1996

Centennial Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin, 1997

Stauffer Distinguished Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Southern California, 1997

Sierra Nevada Distinguished Chemist, American Chemical Society, 1997

C. R. Mueller Lecturer, Purdue University, 1998

Moses Gomberg Lecturer, University of Michigan, March, 1999

Frontiers of Science Lecturer, Texas A & M, April, 1999

Gordon Lecturer, University of Toronto, May, 1999

Baker Series Lectures, Cornell University, 1999

E. W. McDaniel Memorial Lecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999

Mary Kapp Lecturer, Virginia Commonwealth University, March 2000

Hyp Dauben Lecturer, University of Washington, May 2000

W. L. Evans Lecturer, Ohio State University, October, 2001

G. L. Closs Lecturer, University of Chicago, 2003

W. A. Noyes Distinguished Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin, 2004

R. S. Berry Lecturer, “Lasers: The Light Fantastic,” Telluride Town Extravaganza, Pinhead Institute, 2005

Lyle Ramsay Dawson Lecturer, University of Kentucky, 2005

Robert Hansen Lecturer, Iowa State University, 2005

Fredrick Kauffman Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh, 2006

John Stauffer Lecturer, Stanford University, 2008

Other Professional Activities:

General Committee, International Conference on Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions, 1973-77

National Academy of Sciences, Advisory Committee to the Army Research Office, 1979-82

Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Atomic and Molecular Science, 1979-82

External Advisory Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, 1980

Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation, Division of Chemistry, 1980-83

Chairman, Advisory Committee to the San Francisco Regional Laser Center, 1980-1985

Vice Chairman, Division of Chemical Physics, American Physical Society, 1981-82

Chairman, Division of Chemical Physics, American Physical Society, 1982-83

Chairman, Advisory Committee, Health and Safety Research Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1982-86

NAS Advisory Committee for National Standard Reference Data Program, 1983-89

National Research Council Board on Physics and Astronomy, 1983-88

Vice Chair, Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, American Physical Society 1986 Chair, Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, American Physical Society, 1987

Chair, Science and Technology Centers Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation, 1987-1991

Board of Directors, University of Toronto Laser and Lightwave Research Center, 1988-1993

National Research Council Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, 1989-1994

Member, Advisory Committee, Canadian Centers of Excellence in Molecular Dynamics, 1991- 1994

Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, Department of Energy, 1991-1996

Chair, Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, Department of Energy, 1993-96

Vice Chair and Chair Elect, Topical Group on Laser Science, American Physical Society, 1992-1994

Chair, Topical Group on Laser Science, American Physical Society, 1994-1995

Chair, Section of Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences 1993-1996

Chair, NSF Science and Technology Centers Advisory Committee, 1996

Co-Chair, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Applications, National

Research Council, 1996-2000

Member, Physics Policy Committee, American Physical Society, 1995-1998

Member, Council on Chemical Science, Department of Energy, 1996-1999

Chair, NAS Officers Nomination Committee, 1996-1997

Chair, Membership, Section of Chemistry, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1999-2001

Member, Task Force on Reorganization of National Research Council, 1999-2000

Member, Council of the American Physical Society, 1999-2003

Member, Governing Board, National Research Council, 1996-2000

Chair, National Science Foundation AMO Physics Study Panel, 2000

Foreign Councilor, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Okazaki National Research Institutes, Okazaki, Japan, 2001-2003

Chair, American Physical Society Prize and Awards Committee 2002-2004

Member, Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 2003-2006

Chair, National Science Foundation Mathematical and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee, 2003-2006

Member, Governing Board, National Research Council, 2003-2007

Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy, 2003-2009

National Science Foundation Waterman Prize Selection Committee, 2006-2008

Council, American Association for Advancement of Science, 2007-2010

Chair, Search Committee for Editor of Journal of Chemical Physics

University of Colorado Current Service:

Federal Relations Advisory Committee

Distinguished Professor’s Committee

Research Cabinet

JILA Executive Committee

RESEARCH

Professor Lineberger is interested in the structure and stability of ions and free radicals, photoelectron spectroscopy of anions, and photophysics and dynamics of cluster ions. The experimental methods all involve the interaction of laser radiation with mass-selected ion beams. Though they all work in concert, the experiments used by Professor Lineberger can be divided in three groups:

First, the absorption of light by a negative ion produces an electron-neutral complex in a total energy state defined by the photon energy. The Lineberger group utilizes this concept in a tunable laser photodetachment machine to probe electron-neutral interactions with unprecedented resolution (10-8 eV). This technique allows the researchers to probe vibration and rotation to electronic coupling, for example, in the autodetachment of PtN. The rotational and vibrational mode dependence of autodetachment rates of dipole bound excited states of C₃H₂^- is another area of current interest.

A second method to probe negative ion structure is via photoelectron spectroscopy of negative ions. This approach also provides direct information on the structure and internal energy of the neutral species produced in the photodetachment process. The group can study species that have only a fleeting existence, such as vinylidene, H₂CC. Systems of current interest include diradicals, a variety of carbenes, and transition metal clusters. Future projects include studies of adsorbates on transition metal clusters.

Another area of interest is the photophysics of both positive and negative cluster ions. Photofragmentation of clusters, e.g., (CO₂)_n⁺, (CO₂)_n, I₂^-(CO₂)_n and Ar_n⁺, has been studied recently. The time-resolved photodissociation and recombination of clusters such as I₂^-(CO₂)_n, I₂^-(N₂O)_n and I₂^-(OCS)_n are being pursued using femtosecond lasers.

Selected Publications

"Ion Chemistry of 1H-1,2,3-Triazole. 2. Photoelectron Spectrum of the Iminodiazomethyl Anion and Collision Induced Dissociation of the 1,2,3-Triazolide Ion," J. Phys. Chem. A 112, 9723–30 (2008), with Takatoshi Ichino, Scott W. Wren, and Veronica M. Bierbaum.

"The vibronic level structure of the cyclopentadienyl radical,” J. Chem. Phys. 129, 084310 (19 pages) 2008, with Takatoshi Ichino, Scott W. Wren, Kristen M. Vogelhuber, Adam J. Gianola, and John F. Stanton.

"Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of photodissociated IBr-(CO2)0-4," in preparation, with Leonid Sheps and Elisa Miller

"Photodissociation Dynamics of IBr-(CO2)n: Solvent-induced trapping in the A' 2π state," J. Chem. Phys. in press (2008), with Matthew A. Thompson, Joshua P. Martin, Joshua Darr, and Robert Parson.

“Gas-Phase Reactions of Halogenated Radical Carbene Anions with Sulfur and Oxygen Containing Species,” Int. J. Mass Spectrom. published on Web (2008), with Stephanie M. Villano, Nicole Eyet, and Veronica M. Bierbaum.

“Gas-Phase Carbene Radical Anions: New Mechanistic Insights, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Comm. Ed.) 130, 7214-5 (2008), with Stephanie M. Villano, Nicole Eyet, and Veronica M. Bierbaum.

“Ion Chemistry of 1H-1,2,3-Triazole,” J. Phys. Chem B 112, 545-67 (2008), with Takatoshi Ichino, Django H. Andrews, G. Jeffery Rathbone, Fuminori Misaizu, Ryan M. D. Calvi, Scott W. Wren, Shuji Kato, and Veronica M. Bierbaum.

“Thermochemical Studies of N-methylpyrazole and N-methylimidazole,” J. Phys. Chem A 111, 879-887 (2007), with Stephanie M. Villano, Adam J. Gianola, Nicole Eyet, Takatoshi Ichino, Shuji Kato and Veronica M. Bierbaum.

“Negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy of copper hydrides,” Chem Phys. Lett. 442, (12-16) 2007, with Ryan M.D. Calvi and Django H. Andrews.

“Structure of the Vinyldiazomethyl Anion and Energetic Comparison to the Cyclic Isomers,” J Phys. Chem. A 111, 8374-83 (2007), with Takatoshi Ichino, Adam J. Gianola, Shuji Kato, and Veronica M. Bierbaum.

“Femtosecond dynamics of Cu(CD3OD),” J. Chem. Phys. 126, 084307 [10 pages] (2007), with Jack Barbera, Samantha Horvath, Vladimir Dribinski, and Anne B. McCoy.

“Spectroscopic characterization of the isolated SF6 − and C4F8 − anions: Observation of very long harmonic progressions in symmetric deformation modes upon photodetachment.” J. Phys. Chem. A.111, 1214 -1221 (2007), with Joseph Bopp, Joseph Roscioli, Mark Johnson, Thomas Miller, Albert Viggiano, Stephanie Villano and Scott Wren.

“Nonadiabatic effects in the photoelectron spectrum of the pyrazolide-d3 anion: Three-state interactions in the pyrazolyl-d3 radical,” J. Chem. Phys. 125,

“Time-resolved study of solvent-induced recombination in photodissociated IBr−(CO2)n clusters,” J. Chem. Phys. 125, 133405 [7 pages] (2006), with Vladimir Dribinski, Jack Barbera, Joshua P. Martin, Annette Svendsen, Matthew A. Thompson and Robert Parson.

"Photodissociation dynamics of IBr−(CO2)n, n<15", J. Chem. Phys. 122, 054307 (11 pages) (2005), with T. J. Sanford, S.-Y. Han, M. A. Thompson, and R. Parson. S. Taylor, J. Barbera, C.-P. Schulz, F. Muntean, and A. B. McCoy.

“Photoelectron Spectra and Ion Chemistry of Imidazolide,” J. Phys. Chem. A. 109, 1150411514 (2005), with A. J. Gianola, T. Ichino, R. L. Hoenigman, S. Kato, and V. M. Bierbaum.

"Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Phosphorus Hydride Anions", J. Chem. Phys. 122, 054310 [11 pages] (2005), with K. M. Ervin.

"Photoelectron spectroscopy of AuO− and AuS−", J. Phys. Chem. A 108, 11307-13 (2004), with T. Ichino, A. J. Gianola, and D. H. Andrews.

“Thermochemistry and Electronic Structure of the Pyrrolyl Radical,” J. Phys. Chem A. 108, 10326-35 (2004), with A.J. Gianola, T. Ichino, R.L. Hoenigman, S. Kato and V.M. Bierbaum.

“Cluster anions: Structure, interactions, and dynamics in the sub-nanoscale regime,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 6, 2018-2032 (2004), with Andrei Sanov.

"Time resolved solvent rearrangement dynamics," Faraday Discussions 127, 383-94 (2004), with T. Sanford, D. Andrews, J. Rathbone, M. S. Taylor, F. Muntean, M. Thompson, A. B. McCoy and R. Parson.

W.C. Lineberger, K.M. Ervin, I. Anusiewicz, P. Skurski and J. Simons, "The only stable state of O₂^- is the X²II_g ground state and it (still!) has an adiabatic electron detachment energy of 0.45 eV", submitted to J. Chem. Phys., (2003).

W.C. Lineberger and A. Sanov, "Dynamics of cluster anions: a detailed look at condensed-phase interactions", PhysChemComm, 5(25), 165-177, (2002).

W.C. Lineberger, M.R. Nimlos, G. Davico, C.M. Geise, P.G. Wenthold, S.J. Blanksby, C.M. Hadad, G.A. Petersson and G.B. Ellison, "Photoelectron spectroscopy of HCCN^-and HCNC^- reveals the quasilinear triplet carbenes, HCCN and HCNC", J. Chem. Phys., 117, 4323-4339, (2002).

Carl Lineberger, Adam Gianola and Django Andrews, "On the Photoelectron Spectrum of AgO", J. Chem. Phys. 117, 4074-6 (2002).

W.C. Lineberger, X. Duan, L. W. Burggraf, D. E. Weeks, G. E. Davico, and R. L. Schwartz, "Photoelectron spectroscopy of Si₂C₃^- and quantum chemistry of the linear Si₂C₃ cluster and its isomers", J. Chem. Phys., 116(9), 3601-11 (2002).

W.C. Lineberger, T. M. Ramond, S. J. Blanksby, S. Kato, V. M. Bierbaum, G. E. Davico, R. L. Schwartz, and G. B. Ellison, "The Heat of Formation of the Hydroperoxyl Radical HOO via negative Ions", J. Phys. Chem., 106, 9641-47 (2002).

W.C. Lineberger, T. M. Ramond, G. E. Davico, F. Hellberg, F. Svedberg, P. Salén, and P. Söderqvist, "Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Nickel, Palladium, and Platinum Oxide Anions,"J. Mol. Spectrosc., 216, 1-14, (2002).

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