Sándor Góbi

Research Assistant

Interests

Laboratory Astrophysics:: Low-temperature IR and UV spectroscopy of carbonaceous interstellar dust analogues produced by laser ablation of graphite measured in noble gas matrices; Determining the water content of aqueously altered CM2 meteorites by means of IR spectroscopy; Low-temperature acid-sulfate weathering of basalt studied by IR microscopy; Reaction kinetics of olivine serpentinisation in planetesimals in protoplanetary disks; Reaction kinetic study regarding possible decomposition of H2O2 in martian interfacial water
Molecular structures, spectroscopy in general:: Solution phase, solid and matrix-isolation (MI) IR and VCD spectroscopy, IR microscopy; DFT calculation of IR and VCD spectra; Small molecules with Astrophysical Interests and their structures; Investigation of chondritic meteorites by IR microscopy
Former topics:: Determining the molecular structure of peptide models and other small chiral compounds like carboxylic acids; Conformer analysis by the help of quantum chemical calculations and laser spectroscopy experiments; Formation of chiral-achiral complexes in noble gas matrices, chirality transfer studies; Producing high-energy conformers by laser irradiation at low temperatures