David W. Turner
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David Warren Turner is a physical chemist known for the development of ultra-violet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), a technique for the measurement of molecular orbital
energies in gas-phase molecules.
His first paper on photoelectron spectroscopy was published in 1962 when he worked at Imperial College in London. In 1967 he moved to Oxford University to continue his research in Oxford's Physical Chemistry Laboratory as Fellow and Tutor at Balliol College, where he spent the rest of his career.
Molecular orbital
In chemistry, a molecular orbital is a mathematical function describing the wave-like behavior of an electron in a molecule. This function can be used to calculate chemical and physical properties such as the probability of finding an electron in any specific region. The term "orbital" was first...
energies in gas-phase molecules.
His first paper on photoelectron spectroscopy was published in 1962 when he worked at Imperial College in London. In 1967 he moved to Oxford University to continue his research in Oxford's Physical Chemistry Laboratory as Fellow and Tutor at Balliol College, where he spent the rest of his career.
External links
- The (Oxford) Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory - The First Sixty Years (Contents on left - click on Photoelelectron Spectroscopy)
- Interview: Dr. Christopher R. Brundle (student of David Turner) with recollection of the development of the first photoelectron spectrometer.