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Lester Andrews

Researcher at University of Virginia

Publications -  888
Citations -  25569

Lester Andrews is an academic researcher from University of Virginia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Infrared spectroscopy & Molecule. The author has an hindex of 68, co-authored 888 publications receiving 24613 citations. Previous affiliations of Lester Andrews include Ames Research Center & Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory.

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Binding Motifs for Lanthanide Hydrides: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of the MHx(H2)y Species (M = La−Gd; x = 1−4; y = 0−6)

TL;DR: This investigation shows that the trihydrides bind dihydrogen more weakly than the diHydrides and that the interaction between the central lanthanide and the H(2) molecules occurs via a 6s electron transfer from the lanthanides to the H2 molecules.
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Infrared Spectra of Simple Methylidyne, Methylidene, and Insertion Complexes Generated in Reactions of Laser-Ablated Rhodium Atoms with Halomethanes and Ethane

TL;DR: In this article, small rhodium carbene complexes, such as CX2+RhX2, CXH+CX2 and CH2+C2−C2, were identified in the product matrix infrared spectra from reactions of laser-ablated Rh atoms with tetra-, tri-, and dihalomethanes.
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Matrix reactions of P4 and P2 with O3 molecules

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used both heated GaP and discharge of P 4 from white phosphorus as sources of P 2 to identify P 4 O terminal and bridged isomers.
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Characterization of the Reaction Products of Laser-Ablated Early Lanthanide Metal Atoms with Dinitrogen. Infrared Spectra of LnN, LnN2, (LnN)2, and Ln(NN)x Molecules

TL;DR: In this paper, the first part of a systematic study of small nitride molecules and simple dinitrogen complexes of the lanthanide metals except promethium was presented, and several reaction pathways to formation of the small nitrides have been explored.
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Infrared Spectra of the η2-M(NC)-CH3, CH3-MNC, and CH2═M(H)NC Complexes Prepared by Reactions of Thorium and Uranium Atoms with Acetonitrile

TL;DR: In this paper, the matrix IR spectra from reactions of laser-ablated Th and U atoms with acetonitrile was analyzed, and the N-coordination and methylidyne products (M←NCCH3 and HCM(H)2NC) were observed.