Conference and Invited Presentations (2002-2010)

group at UW
Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, March, 2006.

2010

(INVITED) Y. Xu, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, June 24, 2010.

(INVITED SPEAKER) Y. Xu, Isolated biomolecules and biomolecular interactions, IBBI 2010, Berlin, June 12 - 17, 2010.

(INVITED SPEAKER) Y. Xu, Molecular Physics Department, Fritz-Haber Institute, Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany, June 4, 2010.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, U. of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, June 3, 2010.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, U. of Hannover, Hannover, Germany, June 2, 2010.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, Göttingen U., Göttingen, Germany, May 5, 2010.

J. Thomas, X. Liu, F. X. Sunahori, N. Borho, Z. Su, and Y. Xu*, "Chirality recognition: High resolution spectroscopy of chiral molecular contact pairs", Pacifichem 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Dec. 15-20, 2010.

G. Yang, Y. Liu, M. Losada, Z. Su, H. Tran, P. Nguyen, and Y. Xu*, "Spectroscopy of chiral solute-water interactions: From the gas phase to solution", Pacifichem 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Dec. 15-20, 2010.

F. X. Sunahori, G. Yang, E. N. Kitova, J. S. Klassen and Y. Xu*, "Application of infrared multiphoton dissociation spectroscopy for the study of chirality recognition in the protonated serine clusters", Pacifichem 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Dec. 15-20, 2010.

X. Liu and Y. Xu*, "Infrared spectra of Ar-H2O and high order complex with a mode-hop-free external cavity quantum cascade laser", The 5th Annual Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, Nov. 26-28, 2010.

F. X. Sunahori, N. Borho, X. Liu, and Y. Xu* "The High Resolution Spectrum of Jet-Cooled Methyl Acetate in the C=O Stretching Region", The 5th Annual Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, Nov. 26-28, 2010.

P. Y. Zhu, G. Yang and Y. Xu*, "Leucine in solution: a vibrational circular dichroism and density functional theory study", The 5th Annual Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, Nov. 26-28, 2010.

M. R. Poopari, Z. Dezhahang, G. Yang, and Y. Xu*, "Probing Hydrogen bonding interaction of N-acetyl-L-Cysteine using Vibrational circular Dichroism and Density Functional Theory", The 5th Annual Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, Nov. 26-28, 2010.

X. Liu and Y. Xu*, "Infrared spectra of Ar-H2O and Higher-Order complexes with a CW Mode-Hope-Free External Cavity Quantum Cascade Laser",The 26th Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Nov. 5-7, 2010.

P. Y. Zhu, G. Yang and Y. Xu*, "Leucine in Solution: A Vibrational Circular Dichroism and Density Functional Theory Study",The 26th Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Nov. 5-7, 2010.

M. R. Poopari, Z. Dezhahang, G. Yang and Y. Xu*, "Probing Hydrogen Bonding Interaction of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine in Solution using Vibrational Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics Calculations", The 26th Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Nov. 5-7, 2010.

J. Thomas, F. X. Sunahori, N. Borho and Y. Xu*, "A Microscopic Induced Fit example: Chirality Recognition in the Glycidol...Propylene Oxide Complex", The 26th Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Nov. 5-7, 2010.

F. X. Sunahori, N. Borho, and Y. Xu*, "The High Resolution Spectrum of Jet-cooled methyl Acetate in the C=O stretch Region", The 21st International Symposium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Poznan, Poland, Sep. 7-11, 2010.

F. X. Sunahori, G. Yang, E. N. Kitova, J. S. Klassen and Y. Xu*, "Study of Chiral Recognition in the Protonated Serine Dimer and Octamer using Infrared Multiphoton Dissociation Spectroscopy and ab initio Method", The 21st International Symposium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Poznan, Poland, Sep. 7-11, 2010.

J. Thomas, F. X. Sunahori, N. Borho and Y. Xu*, "FTMW Study of the Chirality Recognition Between Two Different Chiral Molecules: the Glycidol-Propylene Oxide Complex",The 21st International Symposium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Poznan, Poland, Sep. 7-11, 2010.

Y. Liu, G. Yang, M. Losada, Z. Su, H. Tran, P. Nguyen, and Y. xu*, "Spectroscopy of chiral solute-water interactions: from the gas phase to solution", The 21st International Symposium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Poznan, Poland, Sep. 7-11, 2010.

F. X. Sunahori, G. Yang, E. N. Kitova, J. S. Klassen and Y. Xu*, "Application of infrared Multiphoton Dissociation Spectroscopy for the Study of Chiral Recognition in Protonated Serine Clusters", 65th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 21-25, 2010.

J. Thomas, F. X. Sunahori, N. Borho and Y. Xu*, "FTMW Study of the Chirality Recognition Between Two Different Chiral Molecules: the Glycidol-Propylene Oxide Complex", 65th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 21-25, 2010.

C. Kerpal, D. Harding, Y. Xu, A. Fielicke, and G. Meijer, "Structural investigation of platinum and ruthenium cluster cations", Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society, Hannover, Germany, March 8-12, 2010.


2009

(INVITED) Y. Xu, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford U., Oxford, England, October 29, 2009.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, England, October 23, 2009.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, Department of Chemistry, University of Calagry, Calgary, Alberta, October 16, 2009.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, Department of Chemistry, The University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, October 15, 2009.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 14, 2009.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, Photonics West Conference and Fair, San Jose, USA, Jan. 24-29, 2009.

F. X. Sunahori, G. Yang, E. N. Kitova, J. S. Klassen and Y. Xu*, "FTICR-IRMPD Spectroscopy of Serine Clusters", The 25th Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, November 6-8, 2009.

X. Liu, Y. Xu*, W.-S. Tam, and I. Leonov, "Application of a Room Temperature Quantum Cascade Laser with Rapid Scan and Wavelength-Modulation Techniques",The 25th Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, November 6-8, 2009.

X. Liu and Y. Xu*, "An Off-Axis Cavity Enhanced Absorption Spectrometer and a Rapid Scan Spectrometer with a Room-temperature External Cavity Quantum Cascade Laser", The 21ST Colloquium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy, Aug 31 – Sept 4, 2009.

X. Liu, C. Kang, and Y. Xu*, "An Off-Axis Cavity Enhanced Absorption Spectrometer and a Rapid Scan Spectrometer with a Room-temperature External Cavity Quantum Cascade Laser", 64th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 22-26, 2009.

C. Kang, Z. Su, Y. Xu*, "Infrared Diode Laser Spectrosocpic Investigation of Four C-H Stretching Vibrational Modes of Propylene Oxide", 4th Annual Banff Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental S pectroscopy and Dynamics, Banff, Alberta, Mar 27-29, 2009.

G. Yang, H. Tran, E. Fan, W. Shi, T. L. Lowary, and Y. Xu*, "Determination of the Absolute Configurations of Synthetic Daunorubicin Analogues Using Vibrational Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory", 4th Annual Banff Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental S pectroscopy and Dynamics, Banff, Alberta, Mar 27-29, 2009.

X. Liu, C. Kang, and Y. Xu*, "An Off-Axis Cavity Enhanced Absorption Spectrometer and a Rapid Scan Spectrometer with a Room-temperature External Cavity Quantum Cascade Laser", 4th Annual Banff Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental S pectroscopy and Dynamics, Banff, Alberta, Mar 27-29, 2009.

Y. Liu, M. Losada, G. Yang, and Y. Xu*, "Vibrational Absorption, Vibrational Circular Dichrosim, and Optical Rotation Dispersion Spectroscopy of Methyl Lactate in Methanol" 4th Annual Banff Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental S pectroscopy and Dynamics, Banff, Alberta, Mar 27-29, 2009.


2008

(INVITED PLENARY PRESENTATION) Y. Xu, "EXPLORING CHIRALITY AND CHIRAL RECOGNITION ON THE MOLECULAR LEVEL USING EXPERIMENTAL SPECTROSCOPIC AND AB INITIO METHODS", PRAHA2008 "The 20th International Conference on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy", Prague, Czech Republic, September 2-6, 2008.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 14, 2008.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, February 25, 2008.

X. Liu, N. Borho and Y. Xu*, “Molecular Self-Recognition: Rotational Spectra of the Dimeric 2-Fluoroethanol Conformers”, The 24th Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, November 7-9, 2008.

Y. Liu, M. Losada and Y. Xu*, "Vibrational Circular Dichroism and Matrix Isolation Infrared Spectroscopy of the Methyl Lactate---(Methanol)_n clusters", The 24th Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, November 7-9, 2008.

X. Liu and Y. Xu*, “Preliminary experimental results with a room-temperature broadband mode-hop-free Quantum Cascade Laser”, The 24th Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, November 7-9, 2008.

L. A. Surin, T. F. Giesen, S. Schlemmer, A. V. Potapov, B. S. Dumesh, Y. Xu, P. L. Raston and W. Jaeger, " Rotational study of carbon monoxide solvated with helium atoms", PRAHA2008 "The 20th International Conference on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy", Prague, Czech Republic, September 2-6, 2008.

Y. Xu*, Z. Su, N. Borho, M. Losada, X. Liu, G. Yang, Y. Liu, H. Tran, and P. Nguyen, “The role of hydrogen bonding in chiral interactions”, NATO ARW: Hydrogen: A universal saga, Brijuni Island, Croatia, August 25-29, 2008.

X. Liu, N. Borho, and Y. Xu*, "Chiral self-recognition: direct rotational spectroscopic detection of 2-fluoroethanol dimers and trimers in the gas phase", 63rd International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 16-20, 2008.

C. Kang, Z. Su, and Y. Xu*, "Infrared diode laser spectroscopic investigation of the four C-H stretching vibrational modes of propylene oxide", 63rd International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 16-20, 2008.

N. Borho and Y. Xu*, “A microscopic lock-and-key model system: Hydrogen bonding in the propylene oxide-ethanol and propylene oxide-2-fluoroethanol dimers”, 91st Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 24 - 28, 2008.

N. Borho, X. Liu and Y. Xu*, “Competing Hydrogen bond topologies in Chiral self-recognition: Direct Rotational Spectroscopic Detection of the four 2-fluoroethanol Dimers in the Gas Phase”, 91st Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 24 - 28, 2008.

G. Yang and Y. Xu*, “The Effects of Self-Aggregation and Solvents on the Vibrational Circular Dichroism and Optical Rotation Measurements of Glycidol”, 91st Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 24 - 28, 2008.

Y. Liu, M. Losada and Y. Xu*, “Effects of hydrogen-bonding on the vibrational absorption and vibrational circular dichroism spectra of methyl lactate in methanol”, 91st Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 24 - 28, 2008.

M. Losada, P. Nguyen and Y. Xu*, “Hydration of propylene oxide: structural solvation probed with VCD spectroscopy and computer simulations”, 91st Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 24 - 28, 2008.

Z. Su and Y. Xu*, “Rotational Spectroscopic Studies of Hydrogen Bonding in Chiral Molecular Complexes”, IBBI08 The International Conference on "ISOLATED BIOMOLECULES AND BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS", Valladolid, Spain, April 13-18, 2008.

C. Kang, Z. Su, and Y. Xu*, "Infrared diode laser spectroscopic investigation of the four C-H stretching vibrational modes of propylene oxide",3rd Annual Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, April 4-6, 2008.

X. Liu, N. Borho, and Y. Xu*, "Chiral Self-recognition: direct rotational spectroscopic detection of 2-Fluoroethanol dimers and trimers in the gas phase", 3rd Annual Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, April 4-6, 2008.

G. Yang and Y. Xu*, “The Effects of Self-Aggregation and Solvents on the Vibrational Circular Dichroism and Optical Rotation Measurements of Glycidol”, 3rd Annual Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, April 4-6, 2008.

Y. Liu, M. Losada and Y. Xu*, “Effects of hydrogen-bonding on the vibrational absorption and vibrational circular dichroism spectra of methyl lactate in methanol”, 3rd Annual Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, April 4-6, 2008.

M. Losada, P. Nguyen, and Y. Xu*, “Structural Solvation of Propylene Oxide in Water: Vibrational Circular Dichroism, Optical Rotation, and Computer Simulation Studies”, 3rd Annual Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, April 4-6, 2008.


2007

(INVITED) Y. Xu, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, China, December 25, 2007.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, China, December 20, 2007.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, October 26, 2007.

(INVITED PLENARY PRESENTATION) Y. Xu, "Application of Lead Salt Diode Lasers and Quantum Cascade Lasers for Infrared Spectroscopy of Jet-Cooled Molecules and Complexes", The 6th International Conference on Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy, Reims, France, July 9 - 13, 2007.

(INVITED AWARD PRESENTATION) Y. Xu, "Exploring chirality and chiral recognition on the molecular level using spectroscopic and ab initio methods", The 53rd International Conference on Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, June 24 - 27, 2007.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, "Exploring chirality and chiral recognition on the molecular level using spectroscopic and ab initio methods", The 90th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, May 26 - 30, 2007.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, “Exploring chirality and chiral recognition on the molecular level using experimental spectroscopic and ab initio methods”, The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007.

N. Borho and Y. Xu*, “A microscopic lock-and-key model system: Hydrogen bonding in the propylene oxide-ethanol and propylene oxide-2-fluoroethanol dimers”, The 23rd Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, November 9-11, 2007.

G. Yang and Y. Xu*, "The effects of self-aggregation and solvents on the vibrational circular dichroism and optical rotation measurements of glycidol", The 23rd Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, November 9-11, 2007.

N. Borho and Y. Xu*, "Probing molecular recognition: a rotational spectroscopic study of 1:1 hydrogen-bonded complexes", The 20th Colloquium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Dijon, France, September 3-7, 2007.

Z. Su, M. Losada, P. Nguyen, Q. Wen, and Y. Xu*, "Solvation of a chiral building block: spectroscopic investigation of propylene oxide – (water)1,2 complexes and propylene oxide in aqueous solution", The 20th Colloquium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Dijon, France, September 3-7, 2007.

R.M. Kulkarni, W. Tam, Z. Su, I. Leonov, and Y. Xu*, "Off-axis cavity enhanced absorption spectrometer based on a mid-infrared continuous wave quantum cascade laser", The 62nd International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 16-20, 2007.

N. Borho and Y. Xu*, "Molecular recognition in hydrogen-bonded complexes of ethanol and oxirane derivatives: a rotational spectroscopic study ", The 62nd International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 16-20, 2007.

M. Losada, H. Tran, and Y. Xu*, "Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding Effect on the VA and VCD Spectra of Lactic Acid in Water and in Methanol: Experimental and DFT Studies", The 38th annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP) of the American Physical Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 5 - 9, 2007.

N. Borho and Y. Xu*, "Microwave spectroscopic studies of molecular recognition: Analysis of diastereomeric interactions between ethanol and oxirane derivatives", The 38th annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP) of the American Physical Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 5 - 9, 2007.

R.M. Kulkarni, W. Tam, Z. Su, I. Leonov, and Y. Xu*, "Off-axis cavity enhanced absorption spectrometer based on a mid-infrared continuous wave quantum cascade laser", The 38th annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP) of the American Physical Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 5 - 9, 2007.

Z. Su and Y. Xu*, "Ab initio and Rotational Spectroscopic Study of Propylene Oxide -- (Water)_2,3 Complexes", The 38th annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP) of the American Physical Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 5 - 9, 2007.

H. Tran, M. Losada, and Y. Xu*, "Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding Effect on the VA and VCD Spectra of Lactic Acid in Water and in Methanol: Experimental and DFT Studies", The Canadian Society for Chemistry Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 4-6, 2007.

P. Nguyen, M. Losada, and Y. Xu*, " FTIR-Vibrational Circular Dichroism spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Studies of the Chirality Transfer Effect of Propylene Oxide in Aqueous Solution ", The Canadian Society for Chemistry Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 4-6, 2007.

Z. Su and Y. Xu*, “’Solvation’ of a chiral molecule: rotational spectroscopic study of the propylene oxide – (water)N=1-3 clusters in the gas phase”, The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007.

M. Losada and Y. Xu*, “Intermolecular hydrogen bonding effect on the VA and VCD spectra: Experimental and DFT studies of Lactic Acid in water and in methanol”, The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007.

R.M. Kulkarni, Z. Su, I. Leonov, W. Tam, and Y. Xu*, "Off-axis cavity enhanced absorption spectrometer based on a mid-infrared continuous wave quantum cascade laser", The 2nd Annual Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, March 16-18, 2007.

Z. Su and Y. Xu*, “Ab initio studies of propylene oxide – (water)N=1-4 complexes”, The 2nd Annual Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, March 16-18, 2007.

M. Losada, H. Tran, and Y. Xu*, ”Intermolecular hydrogen bonding effect on the VA and VCD spectra of lactic acid in water and in methanol: experimental and DFT studies”, The 2nd Annual Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, March 16-18, 2007.

N. Borho and Y. Xu*, “Molecular recognition in hydrogen-bonded complexes of ethanol and oxirane derivatives”, The 2nd Annual Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, March 16-18, 2007.


2006

(INVITED) Y. Xu, "Exploring chirality and chiral recognition on the molecular level using spectroscopic and ab initio methods", Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, November 16, 2006.

(INVITED PLENARY PRESENTATION) Y. Xu, "Exploring chirality and chiral recognition using spectroscopic and ab initio methods", The 22nd Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, November 3-5, 2006.

Z. Su and Y. Xu*, "High resolution mid-infrared spectroscopic study of a chiral molecule: C-H stretching of propylene oxide in the gas phase", The 22nd Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, November 3-5, 2006.

M. Losada and Y. Xu*, "Effect of solute-solvent intermolecular hydrogen bonding on the vibrational absorption and vibrational circular dichroism spectra of (s)-(-)-methyl lactate in H2O and in CH3OH: experimental and ab initio analyses", The 22nd Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, November 3-5, 2006.

N. Borho and Y. Xu*, "Lock and key principle on the microscopic scale: the case of the propylene oxide - ethanol complex", The 22nd Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, November 3-5, 2006.

R. M. Kulkarni, W. Tam, Z. Su, I. Leonov, and Y. Xu*, "A mid-infrared off-axis cavity enhanced absorption and cavity ring-down spectrometer with a cw quantum cascade laser", The 22nd Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, November 3-5, 2006.

Z. Su, N. Borho, and Y. Xu*, "Chiral self-recognition: direct spectroscopic detection of the homochiral and heterochiral dimers of propylene oxide in the gas phase", Praha2006 The 19th International Conference on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Prague, Czech Republic, August 29 - September 2, 2006.

Y. Xu*, Z. Su, N. Borho, and W. Tam, "High resolution spectroscopic and ab initio study of chiral recognition in the propylene oxide containing complexes", ISSPIC XIII, Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden, July 23-28, 2006.

W. Tam, Z. Su, I. Leonov, and Y. Xu*, "Mid-infrared cavity ring down spectrometer with a lead salt diode laser and a quantum cascade laser", 61st International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 19-23, 2006.

Z. Su and Y. Xu*, “Hydrogen bonding in chiral molecular complex: direct detection of propylene oxide-water adduct in gas phase”, 61st International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, hio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 19-23, 2006.

N. Borho and Y. Xu*, “Carbonyl stretching ro-vibrational and pure rotational spectra of methyl lactate”, 61st International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 19-23, 2006.

D. Fan, N. Borho, and Y. Xu*, “Infrared spectra of chiral molecules with a rapid scan diode laser spectrometer”, The 2006 Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 4-6, 2006.

W. Tam, Z. Su, I. Leonov, and Y. Xu*, "Mid-infrared cavity ring down spectrometer with a lead salt diode laser and a quantum cascade laser", Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, March 10-13, 2006.

Z. Su and Y. Xu*, "Spectroscopic studies of propylene oxide with a mid-infrared multi-pass diode laser spectrometer", Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, March 10-13, 2006.

M. Losada and Y. Xu*, "Preliminary VA and VCD measurements of alpha-pinene: a test for experimental conditions and theoretical approaches", Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, March 10-13, 2006.

Y. Xu, A.R.W. McKellar, and W. Jajer, "Rotational and ro-vibrational spectra of large HeN-OCS clusters", Jasper Symposium on Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Jasper, Alberta, Canada, March 10-13, 2006.

N. Borho and Y. Xu*, "High-resolution mid-infrared and microwave spectroscopic studies of chiral molecules", Seventh Workshop on Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Molecular Coils and Aggregates (Göttingen - Paris), Göttingen, Germany, March 8-10, 2006.


2005

(INVITED) Y. Xu*, “Infrared laser spectroscopy and ab initio investigations of chiral recognitions”, 60th Annual Congress of the Canadian Association of Physicists, Vancouver, June 5–8, 2005.

Z. Su, W. Tam, N. Borho, I. Leonov, and Y. Xu*, "Infrared spectroscopic study of chiral molecular complexes containing propylene oxide", PACIFICHEM 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, December 15-20, 2005.

Z. Su, W.Tam and Y. Xu*, "High resolution infrared spectroscopy and ab initio studies of the cyclopropane-carbon dioxide interaction", The 21st Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, October 28-30, 2005.

N. Borho, C. Lee, W. Tam and Y. Xu*, "High resolution mid-infrared and microwave spectroscopy of methyl lactate", The 21st Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, October 28-30, 2005.

N. Borho and Y. Xu*, “High resolution mid-infrared and microwave spectroscopy of chiral Discrimination”, Science in Competition: Trans-Atlantic Concurrence and Cooperation—Annual Meeting of German Scholars, San Diego, USA, September 9-11, 2005.

Z. Su and Y. Xu*, “Ab initio and infrared spectroscopic studies of the propylene oxide – carbon dioxide complex”, 60th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy,Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 20-24, 2005.

W. Tam, I. Leonov, and Y. Xu*, “Mid-infrared cavity ring down spectrometer with a lead salt diode laser”, 60th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy,Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 20-24, 2005.


2004

(INVITED) Y. Xu*, “Spectroscopy and ab initio investigations of chiral recognitions”, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Dec 23, 2004.

(INVITED) Y. Xu*, “Spectroscopy and ab initio investigations of chiral recognitions”, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Dec 27, 2004.

W. Tam, I. Leonov, and Y. Xu*, “Construction of a mid-infrared cavity ringdown spectrometer with a lead salt diode laser”, The 20th Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, October 29-31, 2004.

Z. Su, W. Tam, and Y. Xu*, “Theoretical studies of chiral discrimination”, The 20th Annual Symposium on Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, October 29-31, 2004.

Y. Xu*, Z. Su, W. Tam, and I. Leonov, “Ab initio and spectroscopic studies of chiral interactions”, The Brijuni Conference: Matter Under Extreme Condition, Brijuni Island, Croatia, August 30-September 3, 2004.

W. Jager, W. Topic, and Y. Xu, “Spectroscopy of (Helium)N - Molecule Clusters: Tracing the onset of Superfluidity”, The Brijuni Conference: Matter Under Extreme Condition, Brijuni Island, Croatia, August 30-September 3, 2004.

Y. Xu and W. Jager, “Rotational spectroscopic study of HeN-CO clusters”, 59th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 21-25, 2004.


2003

Y. Xu and W. Jager, “Rotational spectra of HeN–N2O (N=3-12) quantum clusters”, The 18th Colloquium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Dijon, France, September 8-12, 2003.

Z. Su, Y. Xu*, A. Huckauf, W. Jager, P. Lu, J. Schaeffer and C. Pinchak, “The CISS-1 experiment: ab initio study of chiral interactions”, The 39th IUPAC Congress and 86th Conference of The Canadian Society for Chemistry, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 10–15, 2003.

Y. Xu and W. Jager, “Rotational spectroscopic investigation of a nitrous oxide molecule solvated by helium atoms”, 58th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 16–20, 2003.


2002

(INVITED) Y. Xu, “Intermolecular interaction dynamics from spectra of weakly bound clusters”, Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, October 18th, 2002.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, “Intermolecular interaction dynamics from spectra of weakly bound clusters”, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, October 10th, 2002.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, “Intermolecular interaction dynamics from spectra of weakly bound clusters”, Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, October 7th, 2002.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, “Intermolecular interaction dynamics from spectra of weakly bound clusters”, Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, October 4th, 2002.

(INVITED) Y. Xu, “Intermolecular interaction dynamics from spectra of weakly bound clusters”, The Centre for Nanoscale Physics, Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, September 26th, 2002.