(Recent Publications)
- "Spectroscopic characterization of the ground and low
lying electronic states of Ga2N via anion photoelectron
spectroscopy," Sean M. Sheehan, Giovanni Meloni, Bradley F.
Parsons, Nadine Wehres, and Daniel M. Neumark, J. Chem. Phys., 124, 064303 (2006).
- "Spectroscopic investigation of Al2N and its anion via negative
ion photoelectron spectroscopy," Giovanni Meloni, Sean M. Sheehan,
Bradley F. Parsons, and Daniel M. Neumark, J. Phys. Chem. A, 110, 3527 (2006).
- "Energy-resolved photoionization of alkyl peroxy radicals and the
stability of their cations," Giovanni Meloni, Peng Zou, Stephen J.
Klippenstein, Musahid Ahmed, Stephen R. Leone, Craig A. Taatjes,
and David L. Osborn, J. Am. Chem.
Soc., 128, 13559
(2006).
- "Direct detection of polyynes formation from the reaction of
ethynyl radical (C2H) with propyne (CH3-C≡CH) and allene
(CH2=C=CH2)," Fabien Goulay, David L. Osborn, Craig A. Taatjes,
Peng Zou, Giovanni Meloni, and Stephen R. Leone, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 9, 4291 (2007).
- "The dissociation energy of the new diatomic molecules SiPb and
GePb," A. Ciccioli, G. Gigli, Giovanni Meloni, and E. Testani,
J. Chem. Phys., 127, 054303 (2007).
- "Theory, measurements, and modeling of OH and HO2 formation in
the reaction of cyclohexyl radicals with O2," Adam M. Knepp,
Giovanni Meloni, Leonard E. Jusinski, Craig A. Taatjes, Carlo
Cavallotti, and Stephen J. Klippenstein, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 9, 4315
(2007).
- "Photoionization of 1-alkenylperoxy and alkylperoxy radicals and
a general rule for the stability of their cations," Giovanni
Meloni, Talitha M. Selby, Fabien Goulay, Stephen R. Leone, David L.
Osborn, and Craig A. Taatjes, J.
Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 14019 (2007).
- "Absolute photoionization cross section of the methyl radical,"
Craig A. Taatjes, David L. Osborn, Talitha M. Selby, Giovanni
Meloni, Haiyan Fan, and Stephen T. Pratt, J. Phys. Chem. A, 112, 9336 (2008).
- "Direct observation of the gas-phase Criegee intermediate (CH2OO)
in dimethyl sulphoxide oxidation," Craig A. Taatjes, Giovanni
Meloni, Talitha M. Selby, Adam J. Trevitt, David L. Osborn, Carl J.
Percival, and Dudley E. Shallcross, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 11883 (2008).
- "Synchrotron photoionization mass spectrometry measurements of
kinetics and product formation in the allyl radical (H2CCHCH2)
self-reaction," Talitha M. Selby, Giovanni Meloni, Fabien Goulay,
Stephen R. Leone, Askar Fahr, Craig A. Taatjes, and David L.
Osborn, J. Phys. Chem. A,
112, 9366 (2008).
- "Enol formation and ring-opening in OH-initiated oxidation of
cycloalkenes," Giovanni Meloni, Talitha M. Selby, David L. Osborn,
and Craig A. Taatjes, J. Phys.
Chem. A, 112, 13444
(2008).
- "The reaction of hydroxyethyl radicals with O2: a theoretical
analysis and experimental product study," Judit Zador, Ravi X.
Fernandes, Yuri Georgievskii, Giovanni Meloni, Craig A. Taatjes,
and James A. Miller, Proc. Comb.
Inst., 32, 271
(2009).
- "Cyclic versus linear isomers produced by reaction of the
methylidyne radical (CH) with small unsaturated hydrocarbons,"
Fabien Goulay, Adam J. Trevitt, Giovanni Meloni, Talitha M. Selby,
David L. Osborn, Craig A. Taatjes, and Stephen R. Leone, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 993 (2009).
- "Isomer-specific product detection of CN radical reactions with
ethene and propene by tunable VUV photoionization mass
spectrometry," Adam J. Trevitt, Fabien Goulay, Giovanni Meloni,
David L. Osborn, Craig A. Taatjes, and Stephen R. Leone, Int. J. Mass. Spectr., 280, 113 (2009).
- "Temperature-Dependent Kinetics of the Vinyl Radical (C2H3)
Self-Reaction," Huzeifa Ismail, Paul R. Abel, William H. Green,
Askar Fahr, Leonard E. Jusinski, Adam M. Knepp, Judit Zador,
Giovanni Meloni, Talitha M. Selby, David L. Osborn, and Craig A.
Taatjes, J. Phys. Chem. A,
113, 1278 (2009).
- "The Si-Sn Chemical Bond: An Integrated Thermochemical and
Quantum Mechanical Study of the SiSn Diatomic Molecule and Small
Si-Sn Clusters," Andrea Ciccioli, Guido Gigli, and Giovanni Meloni,
Chem. Eur. J., 37, 9543 (2009).
- "Isomer-Selective Study of the OH Initiated Oxidation of Isoprene
in the Presence of O2 and NO. I. The Minor Inner OH-Addition
Channel," Erin E. Greenwald, Buddhadeb Gosh, Katie C. Anderson,
Kristin S. Dooley, Peng Zou, Talitha Selby, David L. Osborn,
Giovanni Meloni, Craig A. Taatjes, Fabien Goulay, and Simon W.
North, J. Phys. Chem. A,
114, 904 (2010).
- "Products of the Benzene + O (3P) Reaction," Craig A. Taatjes,
David L. Osborn, Talitha M. Selby, Giovanni Meloni, Adam J.
Trevitt, Evgeny Epifanovsky, Anna I. Krylov, Baptiste Sirjean,
Enoch Dames, and Hai Wang, J.
Phys. Chem. A, 114,
3355 (2010).
"Low-Temperature Combustion Chemistry of Biofuels: Pathways in the
Initial Low-Temperature (550 K - 750 K) Oxidation Chemistry of
Isopentanol," Oliver Welz, Judit Zador, John D. Savee, Martin Y. Ng
(graduate student), Giovanni Meloni, Ravi X. Fernandes, Leonid
Sheps, Blake A. Simmons, David L. Osborn, and Craig A. Taatjes,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.14, 3112
(2012).
"Synchrotron Photoionization Measurements of OH-Initiated
Cyclohexene Oxidation: Ring-Preserving Products in OH + Cyclohexene
and Hydroxycyclohexyl + O2 Reactions," Amelia W. Ray (graduate
student), Craig A. Taatjes, Oliver Welz, David L. Osborn, and
Giovanni Meloni, J. Phys. Chem. A 116, 6720
(2012).
