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Otto Dopfer is affiliated with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany, focusing on research at the intersection of chemistry and physics. Their scholarly work spans multiple fields including Chemistry and Physics and Astronomy, with a pronounced emphasis on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as well as Spectroscopy.

The scientist has contributed extensively to studies in various subfields, including Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry. Their research topics cover advanced chemical physics studies, molecular spectroscopy and structure, and spectroscopy combined with quantum chemical studies.

Dopfer's work also addresses mass spectrometry techniques and applications, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, crystallography and molecular interactions, and atmospheric ozone and climate.

Selected recent publications illustrate the scope of their research:

  • "Protonation of Naphthalene-(Water)n Nanoclusters: Intracluster Proton Transfer to Hydration Shell Revealed by Infrared Photodissociation Spectroscopy" (2020) published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • "Optical Spectrum of the Adamantane Radical Cation" (2020) published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • "Hydration-induced protomer switching in p-aminobenzoic acid studied by cold double ion trap infrared spectroscopy" (2022) published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • "Infrared Spectrum of the Adamantane+-Water Cation: Hydration-Induced C−H Bond Activation and Free Internal Water Rotation" (2020) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Collision-assisted stripping for determination of microsolvation-dependent protonation sites in hydrated clusters by cryogenic ion trap infrared spectroscopy: the case of benzocaineH+(H2O)n" (2022) published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

The researcher frequently publishes in several scientific venues, including:

  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Proceedings of the 2021 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Proceedings of the 2022 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

Collaboration features prominently in Dopfer's research, with notable frequent co-authors such as Marko Förstel, Kai Pollow, Taarna Studemund, Martin Andreas Robert George, and Masaaki Fujii.

Best Publications

  • High-resolution spectroscopy of cluster ions.

    Evan J. Bieske;Otto Dopfer

  • Protonated Benzene: IR Spectrum and Structure of C6H7+ †

    Nicola Solcà;Otto Dopfer

  • Spectroscopic and theoretical studies of CH+ 3-Rgn clusters (Rg=He, Ne, Ar): From weak intermolecular forces to chemical reaction mechanisms

    Otto Dopfer

  • ZEKE Spectroscopy of Complexes and Clusters

    Klaus Mueller-Dethlefs;Otto Dopfer;Timothy G. Wright

  • IR Spectroscopy of Microsolvated Aromatic Cluster Ions: Ionization-Induced Switch in Aromatic Molecule–Solvent Recognition

    Otto Dopfer

  • Microsolvation of the Phenol Cation (Ph+) in Nonpolar Environments: Infrared Spectra of Ph+−Ln (L = He, Ne, Ar, N2, CH4)†

    Nicola Solcà and;Otto Dopfer

  • Infrared spectra of protonated neurotransmitters: dopamine

    Anita Lagutschenkov;Judith Langer;Giel Berden;Jos Oomens

  • Protonation of aromatic molecules: competition between ring and oxygen protonation of phenol (Ph) revealed by IR spectra of PhH+–Arn

    Nicola Solcà;Otto Dopfer

  • Infrared spectra of the phenol–Ar and phenol–N2 cations: proton-bound versus π-bound structures

    Nicola Solcà;Otto Dopfer

  • Size Effects in Cluster Infrared Spectra: the .nu.1 Band of Arn-HCO+ (n = 1-13)

    S. A. Nizkorodov;O. Dopfer;T. Ruchti;M. Meuwly

  • ZERO-KINETIC-ENERGY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY OF THE HYDROGEN-BONDED PHENOL-WATER COMPLEX

    Otto Dopfer;Georg Reiser;Klaus Müller‐Dethlefs;Edward W. Schlag

  • Infrared spectra of isolated protonated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules

    Harald Knorke;Judith Langer;Jos Oomens;Otto Dopfer

  • Probing Solvation Dynamics around Aromatic and Biological Molecules at the Single-Molecular Level

    Otto Dopfer;Masaaki Fujii

  • IR spectrum of the benzene–water cation: direct evidence for a hydrogen-bonded charge–dipole complex

    Nicola Solcà;Otto Dopfer

  • S1 excitation and zero kinetic energy spectra of partly deuterated 1:1 phenol–water complexes

    Otto Dopfer;Klaus Müller‐Dethlefs

  • Spectroscopic identification of oxonium and carbenium ions of protonated phenol in the gas phase: IR spectra of weakly bound C6H7O+ -L dimers (L = Ne, Ar, N2).

    Nicola Solcà;Otto Dopfer

  • IR spectroscopic strategies for the structural characterization of isolated and microsolvated arenium ions

    Otto Dopfer

  • Protonation of Gas-Phase Aromatic Molecules: IR Spectrum of the Fluoronium Isomer of Protonated Fluorobenzene

    Nicola Solcà;Otto Dopfer

  • Ab initio study of the phenol-water cation radical

    Pavel Hobza;Rudolf Burcl;Vladimír Špirko;Otto Dopfer

  • Interaction of the Benzenium Ion with Inert Ligands: IR Spectra of C6H7+ ? Ln Cluster Cations (L=Ar, N2, CH4, H2O)

    Nicola Solcà;Otto Dopfer

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaaki Fujii
Masaaki Fujii Tokyo Institute of Technology
John P. Maier
John P. Maier University of Basel
Klaus Müller-Dethlefs
Klaus Müller-Dethlefs University of Manchester
Sergey A. Nizkorodov
Sergey A. Nizkorodov University of California, Irvine
Jos Oomens
Jos Oomens Radboud University
Roland Mitrić
Roland Mitrić University of Würzburg
Philippe Maître
Philippe Maître University of Paris-Saclay
Markus Meuwly
Markus Meuwly University of Basel
André Fielicke
André Fielicke Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Christophe Jouvet
Christophe Jouvet Aix-Marseille University

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