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Dr Russell S Minns

Royal Society University Research Fellow

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Dr Russell S Minns is Royal Society University Research Fellow within Chemistry at the University of Southampton.

Russell Minns graduated from Kings College London in 2001 with a 1st class honours degree in Chemistry. He obtained his PhD in the coherent control of Rydberg molecules from University College London in 2005 under the supervision of Prof Helen Fielding. Following postdoctoral positions at the University of Virginia with Prof Bob Jones and at UCL with Prof Helen Fielding he was awarded a Ramsay Memorial Research Fellowship in 2009. During this time Russell began to work with high energy and high intensity lasers for the study of molecular dynamics.

In 2011 Russell moved to the University of Southampton to continue this work where he is currently a Royal Society University Research Fellow.

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Ultrafast Dynamics Group

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Research interests

Our research focuses on time resolved measurements of chemical dynamics predominantly in the gas phase. More specifically, we use the time resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, High harmonic spectroscopy and time resolved Coulomb explosion imaging techniques to study the motions of the atoms within molecules that underlie chemical change and to monitor the molecular interactions with its surroundings. Many of these techniques rely on the use of high energy or high intensity lasers that remove the restrictions on observation window that limit the information available via conventional spectroscopy techniques. The new generation of techniques promise an unhindered view of the entire reaction co-ordinate allowing us for the first time to follow chemical reaction from reactants through transitions states to final products.

Further information can be found at Ultrafast Dynamcs Group.

Research Funding

2014-2017 “High harmonic spectroscopy as a tool for the study of photochemical reactivity”
£210k Leverhulme Trust (Collaborative grant with Dr Adam Kirrander (Co-I) from the University of Edinburgh)

2012-2015 “UV pump XUV probe photoelectron spectroscopy: Development of a high harmonic generation based photoelectron spectrometer”
£149k Royal Society Research Grant

2011-2016 “Ultrafast and Ultrasmall: Molecular movies on the atomic scale”
£544k Royal Society University Research Fellowship

Research group

Computational Systems Chemistry

Key Publications

Petrovic, V., Siano, M., White, J. L., Berrah, N., Bostedt, C., Bozek, J. D., ... Bucksbaum, P. H. (2012). Transient x-ray fragmentation: probing a prototypical photoinduced ring opening. Physical Review Letters, 108(25), 253006-[5 pages]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.253006

Smith, A., Watts, H., Jager, E., Horke, D., Springate, E., Alexander, O., ... Minns, R. (2016). Resonant multiphoton ionisation probe of the photodissociation dynamics of ammonia. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 1-7. DOI: 10.1039/C6CP05279G

Horke, D., Watts, H., Smith, A., Jager, E., Springate, E., Alexander, O., ... Minns, R. (2016). The role of hydrogen bonds in excited state proton transfer. Physical Review Letters, 117(163002), 1-5. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.163002

Bainbridge, A. R., Harrington, J., Kirrander, A., Cacho, C., Springate, E., Bryan, W. A., & Minns, R. (2015). VUV excitation of a vibrational wavepacket in D2 measured through strong-field dissociative ionization. New Journal of Physics, 1-9. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/17/10/103013

Galinis, G., Cacho, C., Chapman, R. T., Ellis, A. M., Lewerenz, M., Mendoza Luna, L. G., ... von Haeften, K. (2014). Probing the structure and dynamics of molecular clusters using rotational wave packets. Physical Review Letters, 113, 043004-[5pp]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.043004

Articles

Bellshaw, D., Horke, D. A., Smith, A. D., Watts, H. M., Jager, E., Springate, E., ... Minns, R. S. (2017). Ab-initio surface hopping and multiphoton ionisation study of the photodissociation dynamics of CS2. Chemical Physics Letters. DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.02.058

Butorac, J., Wilson, E. L., Fielding, H. H., Brown, W. A., & Minns, R. (2016). A RAIRS, TPD and femtosecond laser-induced desorption study of CO, NO and coadsorbed CO + NO on Pd(111). RSC Advances, 6(70), 66346-66359. DOI: 10.1039/C6RA13722A

Minns, R. S., & Kirrander, A. (2016). Preface. Faraday Discussions, 194, 11-13. DOI: 10.1039/C6FD90074G

Smith, A., Watts, H., Jager, E., Horke, D., Springate, E., Alexander, O., ... Minns, R. (2016). Resonant multiphoton ionisation probe of the photodissociation dynamics of ammonia. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 1-7. DOI: 10.1039/C6CP05279G

Horke, D., Watts, H., Smith, A., Jager, E., Springate, E., Alexander, O., ... Minns, R. (2016). The role of hydrogen bonds in excited state proton transfer. Physical Review Letters, 117(163002), 1-5. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.163002

Badiola, K. A., Bird, C., Brocklesby, W., Casson, J., Chapman, R. T., Coles, S., ... Ylioja, P. M. (2015). Experiences with a researcher-centric ELN. Chemical Science, 6(3), 1614-1629. DOI: 10.1039/c4sc02128b

Bainbridge, A. R., Harrington, J., Kirrander, A., Cacho, C., Springate, E., Bryan, W. A., & Minns, R. (2015). VUV excitation of a vibrational wavepacket in D2 measured through strong-field dissociative ionization. New Journal of Physics, 1-9. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/17/10/103013

Minns, R. S., Lazenby, D. T. C., Hall, F. H. J., Jones, N. J. A., Patel, R., & Fielding, H. H. (2014). A spectroscopic investigation of the ionisation and dissociation decay dynamics of Rydberg states of NO. Molecular Physics, 112(13), 1808-1815. DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2013.865809

Galinis, G., Mendoza Luna, L. G., Watkins, M. J., Ellis, A. M., Minns, R. S., Mladenovic, M., ... von Haeften, K. (2014). Formation of coherent rotational wavepackets in small molecule-helium clusters using impulsive alignment. Faraday Discussions, 1-24. DOI: 10.1039/C4FD00099D

Galinis, G., Cacho, C., Chapman, R. T., Ellis, A. M., Lewerenz, M., Mendoza Luna, L. G., ... von Haeften, K. (2014). Probing the structure and dynamics of molecular clusters using rotational wave packets. Physical Review Letters, 113, 043004-[5pp]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.043004

Penfold, T. J., Spesyvtsev, R., Kirkby, O. M., Minns, R. S., Parker, D. S. N., Fiedling, H. H., & Worth, G. A. (2012). Quantum dynamics study of the competing ultrafast intersystem crossing and internal conversion in the “channel 3” region of benzene. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 137, 24310-24311. DOI: 10.1063/1.4767054

Petrovic, V., Siano, M., White, J. L., Berrah, N., Bostedt, C., Bozek, J. D., ... Bucksbaum, P. H. (2012). Transient x-ray fragmentation: probing a prototypical photoinduced ring opening. Physical Review Letters, 108(25), 253006-[5 pages]. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.253006

Minns, R. S., Parker, D. S. N., Penfold, T. J., Worth, G. ., & Fielding, H. H. (2010). Competing ultrafast intersystem crossing and internal conversion in the "channel 3" region of benzene. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12(48), 15607-15615. DOI: 10.1039/C001671C

McKay, A. R., Sanz, M. E., Mooney, C. R. S., Minns, R. S., Gill, E. M., & Fielding, H. H. (2010). Development of a new photoelectron spectroscopy instrument combining an electrospray ion source and photoelectron imaging. Review of Scientific Instruments, 81(12), 123101-1-123101-9. DOI: 10.1063/1.3505097

Nunn, A. D. G., Minns, R. S., Spesyvtsev, R., Bearpark, M. J., Robb, M. A., & Fielding, H. H. (2010). Ultrafast dynamics through conical intersections and intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution in styrene. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12(48), 15751-15759. DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01723J

Parker, D. S. N., Nunn, A. D. G., Minns, R. S., & Fielding, H. H. (2009). Frequency doubling and Fourier domain shaping the output of a femtosecond optical parametric amplifier: easy access to tuneable femtosecond pulse shapes in the deep ultraviolet. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 94(2), 181-186. DOI: 10.1007/s00340-008-3318-6

Parker, D. S. N., Minns, R. S., Penfold, T. J., Worth, G. A., & Fielding, H. H. (2009). Ultrafast dynamics of the S(1) excited state of benzene. Chemical Physics Letters, 469(1-3), 43-47. DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2008.12.069

Minns, R. S., Kutteruf, M. R., Commisso, M. A., & Jones, R. R. (2008). Decoherence suppression in a resonant driving field. Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics, 41(7). DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/41/7/074012

Jones, N. J. A., Minns, R. S., Patel, R., & Fielding, H. H. (2008). Observation of the Stark effect in upsilon(+)=0 Rydberg states of NO: a comparison between predissociating and bound states. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 41(18). DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/41/18/185102

Verlet, J. R. R., Stavros, V. G., Minns, R. S., & Fielding, H. H. (2002). Controlling the angular momentum composition of a Rydberg electron wave packet. Physical Review Letters, 89(26), 263004-1-263004-4. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.263004

Letter/Editorial

Orr-ewing, A. J., Verlet, J. R. R., Penfold, T. J., Minns, R. S., Minitti, M. P., Sølling, T. I., ... Neville, S. P. (2016). Electronic and non-adiabatic dynamics: general discussion. Faraday Discussions, 194, 209-257. DOI: 10.1039/C6FD90070D

Conference

Feehan, J. S., Watts, H. M., Anderson, P., Butcher, T. J., Price, J. H. V., Minns, R. S., ... Frey, J. G. (2014). Single exposure wavefront curvature estimation of high harmonic radiation by diffraction from a regular array. Paper presented at CLEO '14, United States.

Dr Russell S Minns
Chemistry University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ

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Telephone:(023) 8059 3897
Email:R.S.Minns@soton.ac.uk

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