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Lester Andrews is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research interests span across chemistry and physics, with a significant focus on atomic and molecular physics, as well as materials and inorganic chemistry. They have contributed to various subfields including organic chemistry and catalysis.

The scientist's work predominantly covers advanced chemical physics studies, with notable attention to inorganic fluorides and related compounds, boron and carbon nanomaterials, radioactive element chemistry and processing, luminescence properties of advanced materials, and organoboron and organosilicon chemistry. Organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis also feature in their research scope.

Lester Andrews has published extensively in several leading scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • ChemPhysChem
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Organometallics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

They have collaborated with various researchers, with frequent co-authors comprising Han-Gook Cho, Yetsedaw A. Tsegaw, Sebastian Riedel, Fei Cong, and Juanjuan Cheng.

Notable recent publications by Lester Andrews include:

  • "End-On Cyanogen Complexes of Iridium, Palladium, and Platinum" (2020, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • "Boron-Mediated C-C and C≡N Bond Cleavage of Acetonitrile: Matrix Infrared Spectra and Theoretical Calculations" (2023, Organometallics)
  • "Cyanides and Isocyanides of Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury: Matrix Infrared Spectra and Electronic Structure Calculations for the Linear MNC, NCMCN, CNMNC, NCMMCN, and CNMMNC Molecules" (2020, ChemPhysChem)
  • "M←NCCH3, M-η2-(NC)-CH3, and CN-M-CH3 Prepared by Reactions of Ce, Sm, Eu, and Lu Atoms with Acetonitrile: Matrix Infrared Spectra and Theoretical Calculations" (2021, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • "Cyanides, Isocyanides, and Hydrides of Zn, Cd and Hg from Metal Atom and HCN Reactions: Matrix Infrared Spectra and Electronic Structure Calculations" (2021, ChemPhysChem)

Best Publications

  • Spectroscopic and theoretical investigations of vibrational frequencies in binary unsaturated transition-metal carbonyl cations, neutrals, and anions.

    Mingfei Zhou;Lester Andrews;Charles W. Bauschlicher

  • Spectroscopic and theoretical studies of transition metal oxides and dioxygen complexes.

    Yu Gong;Mingfei Zhou;Lester Andrews

  • Reactions of boron atoms with molecular oxygen. Infrared spectra of BO, BO2, B2O2, B2O3, and BO−2 in solid argon

    Thomas R. Burkholder;Lester Andrews

  • Noble gas-actinide compounds: complexation of the CUO molecule by Ar, Kr, and Xe atoms in noble gas matrices.

    Jun Li;Jun Li;Bruce E. Bursten;Binyong Liang;Lester Andrews

  • OCBBCO: A neutral molecule with some boron-boron triple bond character

    Mingfei Zhou;Nobuko Tsumori;Zhenhua Li;Kangnian Fan

  • Reactions of Pulsed-Laser Evaporated Boron Atoms with Hydrogen. Infrared Spectra of Boron Hydride Intermediate Species in Solid Argon

    Thomas J. Tague;Lester Andrews

  • Similarities and differences in the structure of 3d-metal monocarbides and monoxides

    Gennady L. Gutsev;Lester Andrews;Charles W. Bauschlicher

  • Reactions of Laser Ablated Titanium, Zirconium, and Hafnium Atoms with Oxygen Molecules in Condensing Argon

    George V. Chertihin;Lester Andrews

  • Infrared Spectrum, Structure, Vibrational Potential Function, and Bonding in the Lithium Superoxide Molecule LiO2

    Lester Andrews

  • Argon matrix Raman and infrared spectra and vibrational analysis of ozone and the oxygen-18 substituted ozone molecules

    Lester Andrews;Robert C. Spiker

  • Pulsed laser-assisted reactions of boron and nitrogen atoms in a condensing nitrogen stream

    Parviz Hassanzadeh;Lester Andrews

  • Noble Gas Complexes with BeO: Infrared Spectra of NG-BeO (NG = Ar, Kr, Xe)

    Craig A. Thompson;Lester Andrews

  • Reactions of Laser-Ablated Iron Atoms with Oxygen Molecules in Condensing Argon. Infrared Spectra and Density Functional Calculations of Iron Oxide Product Molecules

    George V. Chertihin;Wendy Saffel;Jason T. Yustein;Lester Andrews

  • Infrared Spectra of UO2, UO2+, and UO2- in Solid Neon

    Mingfei Zhou and;Lester Andrews;Nina Ismail and;Colin Marsden

  • Resonance Raman and ultraviolet absorption spectra of the triiodide ion produced by alkali iodide-iodine argon matrix reactions

    Lester Andrews;Eleanor S. Prochaska;Aharon Loewenschuss

  • Mercury Is a Transition Metal: The First Experimental Evidence for HgF4

    Xuefang Wang;Lester Andrews;Sebastian Riedel;Martin Kaupp

  • Infrared Spectrum of the Difluoromethyl Radical in Solid Argon

    T. Granville Carver;Lester Andrews

  • The Infrared Spectrum of Al2H6 in Solid Hydrogen

    Lester Andrews;Xuefeng Wang

  • Argon matrix infrared spectra and vibrational analysis of the hydroperoxyl and deuteroperoxyl free radicals

    David W. Smith;Lester Andrews

  • Near-infrared absorption spectra of fullerene (C60) radical cations and anions prepared simultaneously in solid argon

    Zbigniew Gasyna;Lester Andrews;Paul N. Schatz

  • Matrix Preparation and Spectroscopic and Theoretical Investigations of Simple Methylidene and Methylidyne Complexes of Group 4−6 Transition Metals

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Frequent Co-Authors

Xuefeng Wang
Xuefeng Wang Tongji University
Mingfei Zhou
Mingfei Zhou Fudan University
David A. Dixon
David A. Dixon University of Alabama
Laura Gagliardi
Laura Gagliardi University of Chicago
Charles W. Bauschlicher
Charles W. Bauschlicher Ames Research Center
Matthew Neurock
Matthew Neurock University of Minnesota
Bruce E. Bursten
Bruce E. Bursten University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Jun Li
Jun Li Tsinghua University
Ivan Infante
Ivan Infante Italian Institute of Technology
Jun Li
Jun Li National University of Singapore

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