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Martin Quack

Martin Quack

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Chemistry

D-Index
82
Citations
22272
World Ranking
3128
National Ranking
75

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1998 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Chemistry
  • 1990 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For original contributions on intramolecular dynamics and the primary processes in chemical elementary reactions
  • 1987 - Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Martin Quack is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in research at the intersection of chemistry and physics, with a primary focus on molecular spectroscopy and quantum dynamics. Their work spans multiple subfields, including spectroscopy, atomic and molecular physics, atmospheric science, physical and theoretical chemistry, and astronomy and astrophysics.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Various Chemistry Research Topics

Frequent co-authors of Martin Quack include Georg Seyfang, Karen Keppler, Sieghard Albert, Gunther Wichmann, and Ziqiu Chen, reflecting a collaborative research approach.

The scholar has published extensively in several journals and conference proceedings, with notable publication venues including:

  • Molecular Physics (6 publications)
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (3 publications)
  • Proceedings of the 2021 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy (3 publications)
  • Proceedings of the 2020 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy (2 publications)
  • Chemical Science (1 publication)

Recent papers by Martin Quack include:

  • Perspectives on parity violation in chiral molecules: theory, spectroscopic experiment and biomolecular homochirality (2022, Chemical Science)
  • High-resolution spectroscopic measurements of cold samples in supersonic beams using a QCL dual-comb spectrometer* (2022, Molecular Physics)
  • Nuclear spin symmetry conservation studied by cavity ring-down spectroscopy of ammonia in a seeded supersonic jet from a pulsed slit nozzle (2020, Molecular Physics)
  • High resolution ro-vibrational analysis of molecules in doublet electronic states: the ν1 fundamental of chlorine dioxide (16O35Cl16O) in the X2B1 electronic ground state (2021, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
  • Time-dependent dynamics of nuclear spin symmetry and parity violation in dichlorodisulfane (ClSSCl) during and after coherent radiative excitation (2021, Molecular Physics)

The scientist has also contributed to academic literature through book publications, including the book "Molecular Spectroscopy and Quantum Dynamics" published by Elsevier BV in 2020.

Martin Quack's research has been recognized by several awards and honors, such as:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2020)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017)
  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (1998) for Chemistry
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) (1990), recognized for original contributions on intramolecular dynamics and chemical elementary reactions
  • Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (1987)

Best Publications

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

    M. Quack;J. Troe

  • Spectra and Dynamics of Coupled Vibrations in Polyatomic Molecules

    Martin Quack

  • How Important is Parity Violation for Molecular and Biomolecular Chirality

    Martin Quack

  • Detailed symmetry selection rules for reactive collisions

    Martin Quack;Martin Quack

  • Theory of unimolecular reactions induced by monochromatic infrared radiation

    Martin Quack

  • Potential energy surfaces, quasiadiabatic channels, rovibrational spectra, and intramolecular dynamics of (HF)2 and its isotopomers from quantum Monte Carlo calculations

    Martin Quack;Martin A. Suhm

  • Structure and Dynamics of Chiral Molecules

    Martin Quack

  • Handbook of High-resolution Spectroscopy

    Martin Quack;Frédéric Merkt

  • Tridiagonal Fermi resonance structure in the IR spectrum of the excited CH chromophore in CF3H

    Hans‐Rolf Dübal;Martin Quack

  • Complex Formation in Reactive and Inelastic Scattering: Statistical Adiabatic Channel Model of Unimolecular Processes III

    M. Quack;J. Troe

  • High-Resolution Spectroscopic Studies and Theory of Parity Violation in Chiral Molecules

    Martin Quack;Jürgen Stohner;Martin Willeke

  • Anchoring the water dimer potential energy surface with explicitly correlated computations and focal point analyses

    Gregory S. Tschumper;Matthew L. Leininger;Brian C. Hoffman;Edward F. Valeev

  • IR-laser photochemistry

    Donald W. Lupo;Martin. Quack

  • Vibrational spectrum and potential energy surface of the CH chromophore in CHD3

    Marius Lewerenz;Martin Quack

  • On the measurement of the parity violating energy difference between enantiomers

    Martin Quack

  • Global analysis of the high resolution infrared spectrum of methane 12CH4 in the region from 0 to 4800 cm−1

    Sieghard Albert;Sigurd Bauerecker;Sigurd Bauerecker;Vincent Boudon;Linda Brown

  • Ab initio calculation of molecular energies including parity violating interactions

    Ayaz Bakasov;Tae-Kyu Ha;Martin Quack

  • Resonance fluorescence of aniline vapour

    M. Quack;M. Stockburger

  • A new six-dimensional analytical potential up to chemically significant energies for the electronic ground state of hydrogen peroxide

    Bernd Kuhn;Thomas R. Rizzo;David Luckhaus;Martin Quack

  • Structure and dynamics of the excited CH–chromophore in (CF3)3CH

    J. E. Baggott;Mei‐Chen Chuang;Richard N. Zare;H. R. Dübal

  • HF dimer: Empirically refined analytical potential energy and dipole hypersurfaces from ab initio calculations

    Wim Klopper;Martin Quack;Martin A. Suhm

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin A. Suhm
Martin A. Suhm University of Göttingen
Michael Hippler
Michael Hippler University of Münster
Jürgen Troe
Jürgen Troe Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Ian G. Mills
Ian G. Mills University of Oxford
Richard N. Zare
Richard N. Zare Stanford University
Kozo Kuchitsu
Kozo Kuchitsu Nagaoka University of Technology
Dmitry Budker
Dmitry Budker University of California, Berkeley
Wim Klopper
Wim Klopper Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Michel Herman
Michel Herman Université Libre de Bruxelles

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