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The first paper to come from beamtime runs at HFML-FELIX has been accepted!
Published as part of the Mike Duncan Festschrift special issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, this paper represent the first output to come from Mackenzie Group collaborations with the Bakker Group at HFML-FELUX. The work here was part of the first beamtime run lead by Peter with colleagues from the University of Oxford and is an infrared multiple-photon photodissociation (IRMPD) study of cationic cobalt clusters (Con+) with bound NO molecules and argon tags.
Honours Student Noah Corbett travelled to Europe for a new collaboration.
As part of his training, Honours student Noah Corbett travelled to the Europe to work with local beamline scientists, Todd Martz from UC San Diego and Prof. Roland De Marco on a project examining new materials as potential sea sensors.
Peter, Neve and Cosi head to the Netherlands for 2 Weeks of Experiments!
As part of our successful FELIX beamtime application, the group travelled to Nijmegen in the Netherlands for a series of IRMPD experiments on astrochemically relevant metal clusters. This work is part of Honours students Neve Annett and Cosima Biagioni’s projects and the core experimental run of their years.
We celebrate the publication of a new paper from Peter’s postdoc
Published as part of the Mark A. Johnson Festschrift special issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, this paper was part of an ongoing project from Peter’s time at University of Oxford. This paper is a infrared photodissociation (IRPD) study of cationic NO and NO2 clusters with additional NO molecules.
The Watson Laser Lab have been awarded $20,000 to kickstart work in the group!
The group is excited to announce some award success as a recipient of a Early Career Researcher Grant from the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer with a value of $20,000! The grant process required submission of an EOI followed by pitching to potential industry partners.
The Watson Group ventured to ECU to work with Duncan Wild on the TOF-PES instrument!
Today marked the first day of experimental work in the Watson group but with a twist. New students Hannah Finlay, Neve Annett and Cosima Biagioni joined Peter and Duncan Wild at ECU to start work on the time-of-flight photoelectron spectrometer (TOF-PES).
Preliminary data collection on filters for PFAS compounds!
The group was excited to join some preliminary data collection alongside Forrest Foundation alumni Jacob Martin and student Callum Wood of the Curtin Carbon Group for a stint of beamtime at the Australian Synchrotron.
