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The fundamental band for the OC-C2H2 dimer and two combination bands involving the intermolecular bending modes nu9 and nu8 in the carbon monoxide CO stretch region are re-examined. Spectra are obtained using a pulsed supersonic slit jet…
Extensive infrared spectra of the weakly-bound CO$_2$-CO dimer are observed in the carbon dioxide $\nu_3$ asymmetric stretch region (~2350 cm-1) using a tunable infrared OPO laser source to probe a pulsed slit jet supersonic expansion. Both…
The infrared spectrum of the cross-shaped van der Waals complex N2O-CS2 is observed in the region of the N2O nu1 fundamental band (~2220 cm-1) using a tuneable diode laser to probe a pulsed supersonic slit jet expansion. Both 14N- and…
Infrared spectra of the CO2-N2 dimer are observed in the carbon dioxide nu3 asymmetric stretch region (~2350 cm-1) using a tunable infrared optical parametric oscillator to probe a pulsed slit jet supersonic expansion. Previous results for…
We report observation of new infrared bands of (CS2)2 and (CS2)3 in the region of the CS2 {\nu}1+ {\nu}3 combination band (at 4.5 cm-1) using a quantum cascade laser. The complexes are formed in a pulsed supersonic slit-jet expansion of a…
Structural calculations and high-resolution infrared spectra are reported for trimers and tetramers containing CO$_2$ together with CO and/or N$_2$. Among the 9 clusters studied here, only (CO$_2$)$_2$-CO was previously observed by…
Infrared combination bands of the polar isomer of the N2O dimer are observed for the first time, using a tunable infrared laser source to probe a pulsed slit-jet supersonic expansion in the N2O nu1 region (~2240 cm-1). One band involves the…
The O-D stretch fundamental region of the deuterated water dimer, (D2O)2, is further studied using a pulsed supersonic slit jet and a tunable optical parametric oscillator infrared source. The previously unobserved acceptor symmetric O-D…
We report the infrared spectrum of H$_2$C$_4$-(OCS)$_2$ trimer in the region of the nu1 fundamental vibration of the OCS monomer. The van der Waals complexes are generated in a supersonic slit-jet apparatus and probed using a rapid-scan…
Spectra of water-CO2 dimers are studied using a tunable mid-infrared source to probe a pulsed slit jet supersonic expansion. H2O-CO2 and D2O-CO2 are observed in the CO2 nu3 fundamental region (~2350 cm-1), D2O-CO2 is also observed in the…
The infrared spectrum of the weakly-bound C2H4-CO2 complex is investigated in the region of the nu3 fundamental band of CO2 (~2350 cm-1), using a tunable OPO laser source to probe a pulsed supersonic slit jet expansion. The spacing of the…
Three new infrared bands of the weakly-bound He-OCS complex are studied, using tunable lasers to probe a pulsed supersonic slit jet expansion. They correspond to the (0400) <-- (0000), (1001)<-- (0000), and (0401) <-- (0000) transitions of…
Spectra of ethylene dimers and trimers are studied in the nu11 and (for the dimer) nu9 fundamental band regions of C2H4 (~2990 and 3100 cm-1) using a tunable optical parametric oscillator source to probe a pulsed supersonic slit jet…
Only a few weakly-bound complexes containing the O2 molecule have been characterized by high resolution spectroscopy, no doubt due to the complications added by the oxygen molecule's unpaired electron spin. Here we report an extensive…
The weakly-bound molecular clusters (D2O)2-CO and (D2O)3-CO are observed in the C-O stretch fundamental region (~2150 cm-1), and their rotationally-resolved infrared spectra yield precise rotational parameters. The corresponding H2O…
The fundamental O-D stretch region (2600 - 2800 cm-1) of the fully deuterated water dimer, (D2O)2, is studied using a pulsed supersonic slit jet source and a tunable optical parametric oscillator source. Relatively high spectral resolution…
Spectroscopic and structural properties of methoxymethyl radical (CH$_3$OCH$_2$, RDME) are determined using explicitly correlated ab initio methods. This radical of astrophysical and atmospheric relevance has not been fully characterized at…
Band structure properties of $^{182}$Os are investigated through a particle number and angular momentum constrained generator coordinate(GCM) calculation based on self-consistent three-dimensional cranking solutions. From the analysis of…
Rovibrational energy level calculations using a high-level intermolecular potential surface are reported for H2O-CO and D2O-CO. They predict the ground K = 1 levels to lie about 20 (12) cm-1 above K = 0 for H2O-CO (D2O-CO) in good agreement…
The infrared spectrum of the weakly-bound CO2-Ne complex is studied in the region of the carbon dioxide nu3 fundamental vibration (~2350 cm-1), using a tunable OPO laser source to probe a pulsed supersonic slit jet expansion. For the…