Dr. Samuel Leutwyler
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Universität Bern
Switzerland
Biography
Dr. Samuel Leutwyler in 1975-79 Dr. phil.nat. (With E. Schumacher), Institut f. Anorgan. and physics. Chemistry, University of Bern, Switzerland. 1979-80 Post-doc (with J. Jortner and U. Even), Chemistry Department, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. 1980-84 Senior Assistant (with Profs. E. Heilbronner, J.-Pmaier). Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Basel, Switzerland. 1984 Habilitation (University of Basel). 1985-90 Assistant lecturer, Institute of Human Resources, Anorgan. and physics. Chemistry, University of Berne. 1990- Professor of physical chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Berne. 1986 Nernst-Haber-Bodenstein Award (Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry, Germany). 1989 Ruzicka Award (ETH Zurich, Switzerland). 2002 & 2003: Teacher of the Year, Dept. f. Chemistry and Biochemistry, Univ. Bern
Research Interest
1. Intermolecular interactions: Structures, vibrations and energetics of van der Waals and hydrogen-bonded complexes and clusters. UV and IR laser spectroscopy using linear and nonlinear methods, rotational coherence with ultrafast lasers. 2. Molecular-beam spectroscopy of nucleic acid base pair analogues. 3. Photoinduced proton and hydrogen atom transfer in clusters.
Publications
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Maity, Surajit ; Bone must, Richard Donald ; Holzer, Christof ; Feraud, Géraldine ; Frey, Jann ; Klopper, Wim ; Leutwyler, Samuel (2016). Accurate dissociation energies of two isomers of the 1-naphthol-cyclopropane complex. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 145 (16), p. 164304. American Institute of Physics 10.1063 / 1.4965821
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Frey, Jann ; Holzer, Christof ; Klopper, Wim ; Leutwyler, Samuel (2016). Experimental and Theoretical Determination of Dissociation Energies of Dispersion-Dominated Aromatic Molecular Complexes. Chemical reviews, 116 (9), pp. 5614-5641. American Chemical Society 10.1021 / acs.chemrev.5b00652
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Balmer, Franziska ; Ottiger, Philipp ; Leutwyler, Samuel (2016). Do Hydrogen Bonds Influence Excitonic Splittings? CHIMIA, 70 (4), pp. 284-287. Swiss Chemical Society 10.2533 / chimia.2016.284
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Blaser, Susan ; Trachsel, Maria Angela ; Lobsters, Simon ; Wiedmer, Timo ; Frey, Hans-Martin ; Leutwyler, Samuel (2016). Gas Phase Cytosine and Cytosine N 1 -Divative Have 0.1-1 ns Lifetimes Near the S 1 State Minimum. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 7 (5), pp. 752-757. American Chemical Society 10.1021 / acs.jpclett.6b00017
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Balmer, Franziska ; Kopec, Sabine ; Köppel, Horst ; Leutwyler, Samuel (2017). Excitonic Splitting and Vibronic Coupling Analysis of the m-cyanophenol dimer. Journal of physical chemistry. A, 121 (1), pp. 73-87. American Chemical Society 10.1021 / acs.jpca.6b10416
