Dr. Nicole Borho

nborho (at) ualberta.ca

Nicole Borho
POSITION
Postdoctoral Fellow

Postdoctoral Fellowship from
Alberta Ingenuity  
 
Sept. 2006-Present
Postdoctoral Fellowship from
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst  
March 2005-Present
EDUCATION
PhD in Physical Chemistry
Institute of Physical Chemistry,
University of Göttingen
, Germany
 
2001-2004
MSc in Chemistry
University of Göttingen, Germany
 
1998-2001
Vordiplom in Chemistry
University of Bonn, Germany
 
1996-1998
 
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

N. Borho, Y. Xu, "Molecular recognition in 1:1 hydrogen-bonded complexes of oxirane and trans-2,3-dimethyloxirane with ethanol: a rotational spectroscopic and ab initio study", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2007, 9, (invited article), DOI: 10.1039/b705746f.

N. Borho, Y. Xu, "Rotational spectrum of a chiral alpha-hydroxyester: conformation stability and internal rotation barrier heights of methyl lactate", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2007, 9, 1324-1328.

N. Borho, Y. Xu, "Lock-and-key principle on a microscopic scale: the case of the propylene oxide...ethanol complex", Angew. Chem., 2006, (VIP paper, Published Online: 17 Nov 2006, DOI: 10.1002/anie.200603809).

Z. Su, N. Borho, Y. Xu, "Chiral Self-recognition: Direct spectroscopic detection of the homochiral and the heterochiral dimers of propylene oxide in the gas phase", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 17126-17131. (ASAP Web Release Date: 06-Dec-2006; (Article) DOI: 10.1021/ja066128j).

N. Borho, M. A. Suhm, K. Le Barbu-Debus, A. Zehnacker, "Intra- vs. Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding: Dimers of alpha-Hydroxyesters with Methanol", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2006, 8, 4449-4460.

T. B. Adler, N. Borho, M. Reiher, M. A. Suhm, "Chirality induced hydrogen bond topology switch: Tetrameric methyl lactate clusters in the gas phase", Angew. Chem., 2006, 118, 3518 - 3523, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 3440 - 3445 (VIP paper).

N. Seurre, K. Le Barbu-Debus, F. Lahmani, A. Zehnacker-Rentien, N. Borho and M. A. Suhm, "Chiral recognition between lactic acid derivatives and an aromatic alcohol in a supersonic expansion: electronic and vibrational spectroscopy", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2006, 8(8), 1007-1016.

M. Fárník, M. Weimann, C. Steinbach, U. Buck, N. Borho, T. B. Adler and M. A. Suhm, "Size-selected methyl lactate clusters: fragmentation and spectroscopic fingerprints of chiral recognition", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8(10), 1148-1158.

C. A. Rice, N. Borho and M. A. Suhm, "Dimerization of pyrazole in slit jet expansions", Z. Phys. Chem., 2005, 219, 1–10.

N. Seurre, K. Le Barbu-Debus, F. Lahmani, A. Zehnacker, N. Borho and M. A. Suhm, "Chiral Disrcimination in jet-cooled complexes", Aust. J. Chem., 2004, 57(12) 1149–1152.

M. Farnik, C. Steinbach, M. Weimann, U. Buck, N. Borho and M. A. Suhm, "Size-selective vibrational spectroscopy of methyl glycolate clusters: Comparison with ragout-jet FTIR spectroscopy", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2004, 6, 4614–4620.

N. Borho and Martin A. Suhm, "Tailor-made aggregates of alpha-hydroxy esters in supersonic jets", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2004, 6, 2885–2890. (Special issue: Bio-active Molecules in the Gas Phase)

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N. Borho and M. A. Suhm, "Self-organization of lactates in the gas phase", Org. Bio. Chem., 2003, 1 (23), 4351–4358.

N. Borho and M. A. Suhm, "Glycidol dimer: anatomy of a molecular handshake" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2002, 4, 2721–2732. (LANMAT 2001 issue)

N. Borho, Th. Haber and M. A. Suhm, "Chiral self-recognition in the gas phase: the case of glycidol dimers" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2001, 3, 1945–1948.