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Dept. Chemistry & Biochemistry

18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, California
91330-8262

Phone: (818) 677-3381
Fax: (818) 677-4068
E-mail: chemistry@csun.edu

Office: 2102 Eucalyptus Hall

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm

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Susan T. Collins

Susan T. Collins

PROFESSOR

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, California
91330-8262


telephone: (818) 677-3367
e-mail: susan.collins@csun.edu
fax: (818) 677-4068

Office: Citrus Hall 3314


EDUCATION

  • B.A., Rhode Island College, 1977
  • Ph.D., Florida State University, 1981

POSTDOCTORAL APPOINTMENT

  • Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1982
  • Max-Planck Institut fur Quantenoptik, Munich, Germany, 1984

COURSES TAUGHT

  • Chemistry 101, General Chemistry I
  • Chemistry 101L, General Chemistry I Laboratory
  • Chemistry 102, General Chemistry II
  • Chemistry 105, Principles of Chemistry
  • Chemistry 351, Physical Chemistry I
  • Chemistry 355, Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry
  • Chemistry 355L, Experimental Physical Chemistry
  • Chemistry 451, Modern Physical Chemistry

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Physical Chemistry

   Professor Collins' main research interests are in the area of low-temperature (10K) spectroscopy. The technique of matrix isolation currently is being used to study hydrogen-bonding of water complexes to molecules of biological interest with Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Fluorescence Spectroscopy. The ultimate goal is to be able to study hydrogen-bonded complexes at 10K in order to elucidate the number of molecules that are in the complex by correlating FTIR structural studies with the excited state potential energy surfaces as indicated by luminescence data.



REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

  1. "FTIR Spectroscopy of Flavones in Argon and Methanol: Argon Matrices at 10K. Reexamination of the Carbonyl Stretch Frequency of 3-Hydroxyflavone," Petroski, J. M., Valente, C. D. S., Kelson, E. P., Collins, S., J. Phys. Chem. A (2002) 106, 11714-11718.
  2. "The Luminescence Spectra of the 8-Methoxypsoralen Excited-State Complexes and Photochemical Product in Argon, Methanol/Argon and Water/Argon Matrices at 10K," Brownfield, J. and Collins, S., J. Phys. Chem. (2000) 104, 3759-3763.
  3. "Ground-State Triple Proton Transfer in 7-Hydroxyquinoline, 4. Observation in Room Temperature Methanol and Aqueous Solutions," Bohra, A., Lavin, A. and Collins, S., J. Phys. Chem. (1994) 988.
  4. "Matrix-Isolation Studies of 7-Hydroxyquinoline, 3. Deuterium-Isotope and Xenon Matrix Effects," Lavin A. and Collins, S., J. Phys. Chem. (1993) 97, 13615.
  5. "The Ground State Stabilization of the Keto Tautomer of the 7-Hydroxyquinoline Dier in Argon Matrices ar 10K," Lavin, A. and Collins, S., Chem. Phys. Lett. (1993) 207, 513.
  6. "The Ground State Stabilization of the Keto Tautomer of the 7-Hydroxyquinoline n Methanol/Argon Matrices at 10K," Lavin, A., Collins, S. and Kasha, M., Chem. Phys. Lett. (1993) 204, 96.
  7. "Monohydrate Catalysis of Excited-State Double-Proton Transfer in 7-Azaindole," Chou, P.T., Martinez, M., Cooper, W., McMorrow, D., Collins, S. and Kasha. M., J. Phys. Chem. (1992) 96, 5203.
  8. "The Photochemistry of RDX in Solid Argon at 10K," Alix, J. and Collins, S., Can. J. Chem. (1991) 69, 1535.
  9. "The Photochemistry of 2-Butyne in Solid Xenon at 10K," Collins, S., J. Phys. Chem. (1990) 94, 5240.
  10. "The Photochemistry of ( µ3- 2-CH3CH2C CCH2CH3)(µ-CO)Os3(CO)9 and (µ3- µ3-CH3CH2C=C=C(H)CH3)-(µ-H))Os(CO)9 in Rare Gas matrices at 10K," Moran, W., Johnson, G., and Collins, S., J. Mol. Struct. (1990) 222, 235.

M. S. THESES

  • Matrix Isolations Spectroscpoy of 5-Hydroxyflavone (1995) Petroski, J.
  • Matrix-Isolation Spectroscopy of 7-Hydroxyquinoline (1993) Lavin, A.
  • Matrix Isolation Spectroscopy of Triosmium Clusters (1990) Moran, W.
  • The Potential Energy Curves of Argon Sulfide (1989) Lauderdale, W. J.