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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for pioneering experimental and theoretical advances in the understanding of elementary reactions, especially including the effect of pressure
  • 2009 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For experimental and theoretical research on the kinetics of unimolecular reactions of neutral and ionic molecules, and especially for the development of the statistical adiabatic channel model and its application to unimolecular processes from low to high pressures
  • 1992 - Polanyi Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1980 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1979 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Chemistry

Overview

Jürgen Troe is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Germany. Their research spans several fields, including Physics and Astronomy and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Atmospheric Science, Spectroscopy, Catalysis, and Materials Chemistry.

The research topics covered in their work include:

  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Frequent publication venues for Jürgen Troe include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Faraday Discussions

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Troe are:

  • Falloff Curves of the Reaction CF3 (+M) → CF2 + F (+M), 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • On the meaning of "collision rate constants" for ion-molecule reactions: Association of hydrogen atoms with C6H5+ and small alkyl radicals with C7H7+ ions, 2020, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
  • High-Temperature Fluorocarbon Chemistry Revisited, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Gas-Phase Anionic Metal Clusters are Model Systems for Surface Oxidation: Kinetics of the Reactions of Mn- with O2 (M = V, Cr, Co, Ni; n = 1-15), 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Shock wave and modelling study of the dissociation kinetics of C2F5I, 2021, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Carlos J. Cobos
  • L. Sölter
  • E. Tellbach
  • Shaun G. Ard
  • Nicholas S. Shuman

Throughout their career, Jürgen Troe has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the Combustion Institute (2018) for pioneering experimental and theoretical advances in the understanding of elementary reactions, especially including the effect of pressure
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2009) for research on the kinetics of unimolecular reactions and the development of the statistical adiabatic channel model
  • Polanyi Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (1992)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (1989)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1989)
  • Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (1980)
  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (1979) in Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Evaluated Kinetic Data for Combustion Modelling

    D. L. Baulch;C. J. Cobos;R. A. Cox;C. Esser

  • Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume IV – gas phase reactions of organic halogen species

    R. Atkinson;D. L. Baulch;R. A. Cox;J. N. Crowley

  • Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: supplement IV

    R. Atkinson;D.L. Baulch;R.A. Cox;R.F. Hampson

  • Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry

    D. L. Baulch;R. A. Cox;R. F. Hampson;J. A. Kerr

  • Evaluated Kinetic, Photochemical and Heterogeneous Data for Atmospheric Chemistry: Supplement V. IUPAC Subcommittee on Gas Kinetic Data Evaluation for Atmospheric Chemistry

    R. Atkinson;D. L. Baulch;R. A. Cox;R. F. Hampson

  • Predictive possibilities of unimolecular rate theory

    J. Troe

  • Evaluated Kinetic and Photochemical Data for Atmospheric Chemistry: Supplement VI. IUPAC Subcommittee on Gas Kinetic Data Evaluation for Atmospheric Chemistry

    R Atkinson;D L. Baulch;R A. Cox;Robert F. Hampson

  • Theory of thermal unimolecular reactions at low pressures. I. Solutions of the master equation

    J. Troe

  • Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: supplement III

    R. Atkinson;D. L. Baulch;R. A. Cox;R. F. Hampson

  • Collisional deactivation of vibrationally highly excited polyatomic molecules. II. Direct observations for excited toluene

    H. Hippler;J. Troe;H. J. Wendelken

  • Theory of Thermal Unimolecular Reactions in the Fall‐off Range. II. Weak Collision Rate Constants

    R. G. Gilbert;K. Luther;J. Troe

  • Specific Rate Constants of Unimolecular Processes II. Adiabatic Channel Model

    M. Quack;J. Troe

  • Evaluated Kinetic and Photochemical Data for Atmospheric Chemistry: Supplement II. CODATA Task Group on Gas Phase Chemical Kinetics

    D. L. Baulch;R. A. Cox;R. F. Hampson;J. A. Kerr

  • Unravelling combustion mechanisms through a quantitative understanding of elementary reactions

    James A. Miller;Michael J. Pilling;Jürgen Troe

  • Evaluated Kinetic and Photochemical Data for Atmospheric Chemistry: Supplement I CODATA Task Group on Chemical Kinetics

    D. L. Baulch;R. A. Cox;P. J. Crutzen;R. F. Hampson

  • A KInetic Database for Astrochemistry (KIDA)

    V. Wakelam;V. Wakelam;E. Herbst;E. Herbst;J. C Loison;J. C Loison;I. W. M. Smith

  • Summary table of evaluated kinetic data for combustion modeling: Supplement 1

    D.L. Baulch;C.J. Cobos;R.A. Cox;P. Frank

  • Evaluated Kinetic and Photochemical Data for Atmospheric Chemistry, Organic Species: Supplement VII

    R Atkinson;D L. Baulch;R A. Cox;Robert F. Hampson

  • Water catalysis of a radical-molecule gas-phase reaction.

    E. Vöhringer-Martinez;B. Hansmann;H. Hernandez;J. S. Francisco

  • Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume V – heterogeneous reactions on solid substrates

    John N. Crowley;Markus Ammann;R.A. Cox;R.G. Hynes

  • Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Supplement IV: IUPAC subcommittee on gas kinetic data evaluation for atmospheric chemistry

    R. Atkinson;D.L. Baulch;R.A. Cox;R.F. Hampson

Frequent Co-Authors

Valentine Wakelam
Valentine Wakelam Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Richard A. Cox
Richard A. Cox University of Cambridge
Manfred Faubel
Manfred Faubel Max Planck Society
Jean-Christophe Loison
Jean-Christophe Loison University of Bordeaux
Martin Quack
Martin Quack ETH Zurich
Hua Guo
Hua Guo University of New Mexico
Roger Atkinson
Roger Atkinson University of California, Riverside
John N. Crowley
John N. Crowley Max Planck Society
Michel J. Rossi
Michel J. Rossi Paul Scherrer Institute
Michael E. Jenkin
Michael E. Jenkin University of Bristol

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