Chemistry Faculty - Jorge Laboy

Work on my laboratory focuses on mid – infrared FTIR spectroscopy of transient species and reaction intermediates, mainly radicals using Matrix-isolation. We are also interested in photochemical reactions and reactions dealing with semiconductor materials.

Representative Publications:

The infrared spectrum of selenoketene. Laboy, Jorge L.; Clouthier, Dennis J. Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA. Chemical Physics Letters (1995), 236(3), 211-16.

Matrix isolation study of the 193 nm excimer laser photochemistry of hexafluorobenzene. Laboy, Jorge L.; Ault, Bruce S. Dep. Chem., Univ. Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH,
USA. Laser Chemistry (1994), 15(1), 21-32.

Matrix isolation study of the 1:1 molecular complexes of (CH3)3Al with Group V and VI bases. Laboy, Jorge L.; Ault, Bruce S. Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Journal of Molecular Structure (1993), 300(1-3), 351-62.

193 nm Excimer laser photochemistry of benzene in argon matrixes. Laboy, Jorge L.; Ault, Bruce S. Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, A: Chemistry (1993), 74(2-3), 99-108.