Associate Professor of Chemistry, Washington and Lee University
Publications and Invited Lectures
“Effects of Laser Lineshape on Optical Determination of Equilibrium Constants Using CRDS”, Gordon Research Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, September 4-9, 2005, Big Sky, Montana
“Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry by James House (2nd edition)” Book Review for J. Chem. Ed.,82 (2005) 1002.
“CRDS Approach to Gas Phase Equilibrium Constants: The Case of N2O4 <–> 2NO2 at 283 K.” (Tuchler, M; Schmidt, K.L.; Morgan, M.M.; Chem. Physl Lett. 401(2005) 393-398)
“Using Radial Probability Distributions and Effective Charge Fields to Understand Fourth Row Configuration and Ionization Behavior: The Case of Sc”, (in process).
“Quantum Mechanics: A Conceptual Approach by Hendrick Hameka” Book Review for J. Chem Ed., 81 (2004).
“Using Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy to Measure Equilibrium Constants: The Case of NO2<–>N2O4 at 283 K.”, Sci. Mix Session, American Chemical Society Meeting, Anaheim, CA. 03/04.
“A CRAS Approach to Equilibrium Constants: The Case of NO2 and N2O4“, Gordon Research Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, September, 2003, Big Sky, Montana
“A CRAS Approach to Equilibrium”, presented to the Department of Chemistry, The College of the Holy Cross, 12/18/02.
“Reaction Dynamics of Small Molecules: The Devil is in the Details”, presented to the Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 03/10/00.
“Photoinitiated H2CO Unimolecular Decomposition: Accessing H+HCO products via S0 and T1 Pathways”, L.R. Valachovic, M.F. Tuchler, M Dulligan, Th. Droz-Georget, M. Zyrianov, A Kolessov, C. Wittig, J. Chem Phys., 112(6), 2752 (2000).
“HCO Rotational Excitation in the Photoinitiated Unimolecular Decomposition of H2CO”, M. J. Dulligan, M. F. Tuchler, J. S. Zhang, A. Kolessov, C. Wittig, Chem. Phys. Lett. 276, 84 (1997).
“Real-Time Study of Bimolecular Interactions – Direct Detection of Internal Conversion Involving Br(2P1/2) + I2(v=0) –> Br(2P3/2) + I2(v>0),” M. F. Tuchler, S.A. Wright, J. D. McDonald, J. Chem. Phys. 106, 2634 (1997).
“Picosecond Observation of Electronic Quenching: Br(2P1/2) + I2(v=0) –> Br(2P3/2) + I2(v>0) by Geometrically Restricted Reaction,” S. A. Wright, M. F. Tuchler, J. D. McDonald; Chem. Phys. Lett. 226, 570 (1994).