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Ad van der Avoird

Ad van der Avoird

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Chemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
15436
World Ranking
5953
National Ranking
137

Physics

D-Index
70
Citations
15690
World Ranking
3675
National Ranking
65

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1979 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Ad van der Avoird is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Chemistry. Their research predominantly focuses on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics alongside significant contributions to Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work addresses various scientific topics including:

  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
  • Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research

Ad van der Avoird has published in multiple renowned venues, with frequent publications in:

  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Nature Chemistry
  • Proceedings of the 2021 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Proceedings of the 2020 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Some recent papers from their body of work include:

  • Determining the nature of quantum resonances by probing elastic and reactive scattering in cold collisions, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • Quantifying the interplay between fine structure and geometry of an individual molecule on a surface, 2021, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • State-to-state scattering of highly vibrationally excited NO at broadly tunable energies, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • Quantum state-resolved molecular dipolar collisions over four decades of energy, 2023, Science
  • Tomography of Feshbach resonance states, 2023, Science

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Gerrit C. Groenenboom
  • Matthieu Besemer
  • Sebastiaan Y. T. van de Meerakker
  • Arthur G. Suits
  • Tijs Karman

Recognition of Ad van der Avoird's work includes election to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979.

Best Publications

  • Predictions of the Properties of Water from First Principles

    Robert Bukowski;Krzysztof Szalewicz;Gerrit C. Groenenboom;Ad van der Avoird

  • Density functional calculations of molecular hyperfine interactions in the zero order regular approximation for relativistic effects

    Erik van Lenthe;Ad van der Avoird;Paul E. S. Wormer

  • Density functional calculations of molecular g-tensors in the zero-order regular approximation for relativistic effects

    Erik van Lenthe;Paul E. S. Wormer;Ad van der Avoird

  • N2–N2 interaction potential from ab initio calculations, with application to the structure of (N2)2

    R.M. Berns;A. van der Avoird

  • From Intermolecular Potentials to the Spectra of van der Waals Molecules, and Vice Versa

    A. van der Avoird;P.E.S. Wormer;R. Moszynski

  • Ab initio studies of the interactions in Van der Waals molecules

    Ad van der Avoird;Paul E. S. Wormer;Fred Mulder;Rut M. Berns

  • Quantum dynamics of non-rigid systems comprising two polyatomic fragments

    G. Brocks;A. van der Avoird;B.T. Sutcliffe;J. Tennyson

  • Intermolecular potentials, internal motions, and spectra of van der waals and hydrogen-bonded complexes.

    P.E.S. Wormer;A. van der Avoird

  • Update of the HITRAN collision-induced absorption section

    Tijs Karman;Tijs Karman;Tijs Karman;Iouli E. Gordon;Ad van der Avoird;Yury I. Baranov

  • Water pair potential of near spectroscopic accuracy. I. Analysis of potential surface and virial coefficients

    Eric M. Mas;Robert Bukowski;Krzysztof Szalewicz;Gerrit C. Groenenboom

  • Multipole moments, polarizabilities and anisotropic long range interaction coefficients for N2

    Fred Mulder;Gerard Van Dijk;Ad Van Der Avoird

  • An improved intermolecular potential for nitrogen

    A van der Avoird;Pes Wormer;Apj Tonek Jansen

  • Quantum-state resolved bimolecular collisions of velocity-controlled OH with NO radicals.

    Moritz Kirste;Xingan Wang;H. Christian Schewe;Gerard Meijer

  • Imaging resonances in low-energy NO-He inelastic collisions.

    Sjoerd N. Vogels;Jolijn Onvlee;Simon Chefdeville;Ad van der Avoird

  • Molecular orbital models for hydrogen adsorption on different sites of a nickel crystal

    D.J.M. Fassaert;H. Verbeek;A. van der Avoird

  • LCAO studies of hydrogen chemisorption on nickel: I. Tight-binding calculations for adsorption on periodic surfaces

    D.J.M Fassaert;A van der Avoird

  • Spectra of water dimer from a new ab initio potential with flexible monomers.

    Claude Leforestier;Krzysztof Szalewicz;Ad van der Avoird

  • (Heisenberg) exchange and electrostatic interactions between O2 molecules: An ab initio study

    Paul E. S. Wormer;Ad van der Avoird

  • Symmetry‐adapted perturbation theory of nonadditive three‐body interactions in van der Waals molecules. I. General theory

    Robert Moszynski;Paul E. S. Wormer;Bogumil Jeziorski;Ad van der Avoird

  • Quantum dynamics of the van der Waals molecule (N2)2: An ab initio treatment

    Jonathan Tennyson;Ad van der Avoird

  • Dynamics of molecular crystals

    WJ Briels;Apj Tonek Jansen;A van der Avoird

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul E. S. Wormer
Paul E. S. Wormer Radboud University
Robert Moszynski
Robert Moszynski University of Warsaw
Krzysztof Szalewicz
Krzysztof Szalewicz University of Delaware
Gerard Meijer
Gerard Meijer Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Arthur G. Suits
Arthur G. Suits University of Missouri
Paul J. Dagdigian
Paul J. Dagdigian Johns Hopkins University
Gert von Helden
Gert von Helden Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
David J. Nesbitt
David J. Nesbitt University of Colorado Boulder
Claude Leforestier
Claude Leforestier University of Montpellier
Millard H. Alexander
Millard H. Alexander University of Maryland, College Park

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