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Ian K. Snook

Ian K. Snook

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Chemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
8621
World Ranking
13222
National Ranking
296

Overview

Ian K. Snook was affiliated with RMIT University in Australia. Their research primarily focused on areas intersecting chemistry and physics, particularly in molecular spectroscopy, chemical thermodynamics, and advanced chemical physics studies.

The main fields of study included:

  • Chemistry
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these fields, their work covered several notable subfields:

  • Spectroscopy
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Ian K. Snook contributed to research topics such as:

  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

They published at least one paper titled "On the determination of intermolecular potentials", which was released in 2023 and appeared in the Open Access Repository (University of Tasmania).

The Open Access Repository (University of Tasmania) was the primary publication venue for their work.

There were no recorded frequent co-authors or book publications associated with their profile.

Best Publications

  • Solvation forces in simple dense fluids. I

    I. K. Snook;W. van Megen

  • On fitting a gold embedded atom method potential using the force matching method.

    Gregory Grochola;Salvy P. Russo;Ian K. Snook

  • Monte Carlo study of a hard‐sphere fluid near a hard wall

    Ian K. Snook;Douglas Henderson

  • Precursor-mediated Crystallization Process in Suspensions of Hard Spheres

    Tanja Schilling;H. J. Schöpe;M. Oettel;G. Opletal

  • Density functional theory study of the relaxation and energy of iron surfaces

    Michelle J.S Spencer;Andrew Hung;Ian K Snook;Irene Yarovsky

  • Crystal nucleation in the hard sphere system.

    Brendan O’Malley;Ian Snook

  • Visualization of Hybridization in Nanocarbon Systems

    A. S. Barnard;S. P. Russo;I. K. Snook

  • Hybrid approach for generating realistic amorphous carbon structure using metropolis and reverse Monte Carlo

    George Opletal;Tim Petersen;Brendan O'Malley;Ian Snook

  • Application of numerical basis sets to hydrogen bonded systems: a density functional theory study.

    Nicole Benedek;I. K. Snook;K. Latham;I. Yarovsky

  • The grand canonical ensemble Monte Carlo method applied to the electrical double layer

    William van Megen;Ian Snook

  • Coexistence of bucky diamond with nanodiamond and fullerene carbon phases

    A. S. Barnard;S. P. Russo;I. K. Snook

  • Size dependent phase stability of carbon nanoparticles: nanodiamond versus fullerenes

    A. S. Barnard;S. P. Russo;I. K. Snook

  • How hard is a colloidal "hard-sphere" interaction?

    G. Bryant;S. R. Williams;L. Qian;I. K. Snook

  • Structural relaxation and relative stability of nanodiamond morphologies

    A.S. Barnard;S.P. Russo;I.K. Snook

  • Thermal stability of graphene edge structure and graphene nanoflakes

    Amanda S. Barnard;Ian K. Snook

  • Solvent structure and solvation forces between solid bodies

    William van Megen;Ian Snook

  • Structure of dense liquids at solid interfaces

    Ian Snook;William van Megen

  • Solvation forces in simple dense fluids. II. Effect of chemical potential

    W. J. van Megen;I. K. Snook

  • Physical adsorption of gases at high pressure: III. Adsorption in slit-like pores

    W. van Megen;I.K. Snook

  • Origin of nanomorphology: does a complete theory of nanoparticle evolution exist?

    Alireza Seyed-Razavi;Alireza Seyed-Razavi;Ian K. Snook;Amanda S. Barnard

Frequent Co-Authors

Amanda S. Barnard
Amanda S. Barnard Australian National University
Irene Yarovsky
Irene Yarovsky RMIT University
Peter J. Daivis
Peter J. Daivis RMIT University
Dougal G. McCulloch
Dougal G. McCulloch RMIT University
Kurt Binder
Kurt Binder Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Stephen R. Williams
Stephen R. Williams University of Queensland
Masuhiro Mikami
Masuhiro Mikami National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Denis J. Evans
Denis J. Evans Australian National University
Richard J. Needs
Richard J. Needs University of Cambridge
Brian Vincent
Brian Vincent University of Bristol

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