Jan P. Hessler

Physicist,
Chemical Dynamics in the Gas Phase
Argonne National Laboratory
Bldg. 200, Room R119
Chemistry Division
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439
Phone: 630-252-3717
Fax: 630-252-4470
E-mail: hessler@anl.gov

Areas of Research and Expertise

Small-Angle X-ray Scattering, Chemical Kinetics,
Laser Physics, Visible, Ultraviolet and Vacuum-Ultraviolet
Spectroscopy. Electron and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,
and Low-Temperture Physics

Recent Publications

Calculation of Reactive Cross Sections and Microcanonical
Rates from Kinetic and Thermochemical Data, J. P. Hessler,
J. Phys. Chem. 102 (24), 4517-4526 (1998)

New Empirical Rate Expression for Reactions Without a
Barrier: Analysis of the Reaction of CN with O₂, J. P. Hessler,
J. Chem. Phys. 111 (9), 4068-4076 (1999)

Capturing a Photoexcited Molecular Structure Through
Time-Domain X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, L. X. Chen,
W. J. H. Jager, G. Jennings, D. J. Gosztola, A. Munkholm,
and J. P. Hessler, Science 292 (5515), 262-264 (2001)

Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Studies of Soot Inception
and Growth, J. P. Hessler, S. Seifert, R. E. Winans, and
T. H. Fletcher, Faraday Discussion 119 on Combustion
Chemistry: Elementary Reactions to Macroscopic Processes
(www.rsc.org/is/journals/current/faraday/FDAdArts.htm),
395-407 (2001)

Rapid Excited-State Structural Reorganization Captured by Pulsed
L. X. Chen, G. Jennings, T. Liu, D. J. Gosztola, J. P. Hessler,
D. V. Scaltrito, and G. J. Meyer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124 (36),
10861-10867 (2002)

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