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Michael Elioff 
    

Michael Elioff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0423

Office: 213 McCollum Science Hall
Voice: (319)273-2437
Fax: (319)273-7127
E-mail: Michael.Elioff@uni.edu

Area
Physical Chemistry and Atmospheric Chemistry

Research Interests
My general areas of interest include the chemical and photophysical reactions of small molecules, particularly systems which are important in atmospheric, environmental, and combustion processes.  At this point we have a complete fluorescence spectrometer built, and have collected preliminary calibration data.  The fluorescence module is well-suited to perform fluorescence studies on various molecular systems important in atmospheric physical chemistry, and we are beginning to collect fluorescence and lifetime measurements designed to better understand processes which occur in the Earth’s atmosphere

Publications

    1. “Direct Determination of Collision Rates Beyond the Lennard-Jones Model through State-Resolved Measurements of Strong and Weak Collisions”  D. K. Havey, Q. Liu, Z. Li, M. S. Elioff, M. Fang, J. Neudel, A. S. Mullin, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2007, 111, 2458-2460
    2. “Formation of NO(j'=7.5) molecules with sub-kelvin translational energy via molecular beam collisions with argon using the technique of molecular cooling by inelastic collisional energy-transfer” M. S. Elioff, J. J. Valentini, D. W. Chandler, Eur. Phys. J., 2004, 31, 385-393.
    3. “Molecular Billiards:  Subkelvin cooling of NO molecules via collisions with argon” M. S. Elioff, J. J. Valentini, D. W. Chandler, Science, 2003, 302, 1940-1943.
    4. “Optical Trapping of Collisionally cold Molecules” D. W. Chandler, L. A. Rahn, M. S. Elioff, Sandia Laboratories Unlimited Release Report, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 2003.
    5. “State-to-state differential cross sections for spin multiplet-changing collisions of NO(X 2P1/2) with argon”  M. S. Elioff, D. W. Chandler, J.Chem. Phys., 2002, 117, 6455.
    6. “Energy-Dependent Quantum State-Resolved Relaxation of Highly Vibrationally Excited Pyridine to CO2”  J. H. Park, Z. Li, A. S. Lemoff, C. Rossi, M. S. Elioff, A. S. Mullin, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2002, 106, 8352.
    7. “Methylation effects in state resolved quenching of highly vibrationally excited azabenzenes (Evib ~ 38500 cm-1).  I. Collisions with water” M. S. Elioff, M. Fang , A. S. Mullin, J. Chem. Phys., 2001, 115, 6990.
    8. “Water Quenches Hot Pyrazine: A New Angle for Probing Energy Flow”  M. S. Elioff, R. L. Sansom, A. S. Mullin, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2000, 104, 10304.
    9. “Collisional Energy Flow from Highly Vibrationally Excited Molecules: Is there a Supercollision Threshold?” M. S. Elioff, M. C. Wall, A. S. Lemoff, A. S. Mullin, J. Chem. Phys., 1999, 110, 5578.
    10. “State-Resolved Ccollisional Quenching of Highly Vvibrationally Excited Pyridine by Water: The Role of Strong Electrostatic Attraction in V®RT Energy Transfer” M. S. Elioff, M. R. Fraelich, R. L. Sansom, A. S. Mullin, J. Chem. Phys., 1999, 111, 3517.
    11. “State-Resolved Studies of Collisional Quenching of Highly Vibrationally Excited Pyrazine by Water: TheCase of the Missing Supercollision Channel”  M. R. Fraelich, M. S. Elioff, A. S. Mullin, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1998, 102, 9761.

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