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Professor Scott H Kable


Contact Details

Professor of Chemistry
Room 311
School of Chemistry, Building F11
The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
E: scott.kable@sydney.edu.au
T: +61 (2) 9351-2756
F: +61 (2) 9351-3329
W: http://sydney.edu.au/science/chemistry/~kable_s

Career Profile

  • PhD (Griffith)
  • BSc(Hons) (Griffith)
  • Grad. Dip. Bus. Admin. (Q.U.T.)

Areas of Interest

  • Molecular reaction dynamics
  • Electronic spectroscopy
  • Second harmonic generation at surfaces
  • Pulsed laser polymerisation

Publications (2009 to 2012)

  1. Clubb, AE; Jordan, MJT and Kable, SH. Phototautomerization of acetaldehyde to vinyl alcohol: A primary process in UV-irradiated acetaldehyde from 295 to 335 nm. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 3 (23), 3522-3526, 2012. DOI: 10.1021/jz301701x

  2. Chalyavi, N; Troy, TP; Bacskay, GB; Nauta, K; Kable, SH; Reid, SA and Schmidt, TW. Excitation spectra of the jet-cooled 4-phenylbenzyl and 4-(4´-methylphenyl)benzyl radicals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116 (44), 10780-10785, 2012. DOI: 10.1021/jp309003u

  3. de Wit, G; Heazlewood, BR; Quinn, MS; Maccarone, AT; Nauta, K; Reid, SA; Jordan, MJT and Kable, SH. Product state and speed distributions in photochemical triple fragmentations. Faraday Discuss, 157, 227-241, 2012. DOI: 10.1039/c2fd20015e

  4. Tao, C; Richmond, CA; Mukarakate, C; Kable, SH; Bacskay, GB; Brown, EC; Dawes, R; Lolur, P and Reid, SA. Spectroscopy and dynamics of the predissociated quasi-linear S2 state of chlorocarbene. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 137 (10), 104307, 2012. DOI: 10.1063/1.4748972

  5. Andrews, DU; Heazlewood, BR; Maccarone, AT; Conroy, T; Payne, RJ; Jordan, MJT and Kables, SH. Photo-tautomerization of acetaldehyde to vinyl alcohol: A potential route to tropospheric acids. Science, 337 (6099), 1203-1206, 2012. DOI: 10.1126/science.1220712

  6. Troy, TP; Nakajima, M; Chalyavi, N; Nauta, K; Kable, SH and Schmdit, TW. Hydroxyl addition to aromatic alkenes: Resonance-stabilized radical intermediates. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116 (30), 7906-7915, 2012. DOI: 10.1021/jp304875r

  7. Troy, TP; Kable, SH; Schmidt, TW and Reid, SA. On the electronic spectroscopy of closed-shell cations derived from resonance-stabilized radicals: Insights from theory and Franck-Condon analysis. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 541 (6), A8, 1-6, 2012. DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201218813

  8. Jordan, MJT and Kable, SH. Roaming reaction pathways along excited states. Science, 335 (6072), 1054-1055, 2012. DOI: 10.1126/science.1218767

  9. Yeung, A; Pyke, SM; Sharma, MD; Barrie, SC; Buntine, MA; da Silva, KB; Kable, SH and Lim, KF. The advancing science by enhancing learning in the laboratory (ASELL) project: The first Australian multidisciplinary workshop. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 19 (2), 51-72, 2011.

  10. Crisp, MG; Kable, SH; Read, JR and Buntine, MA. A disconnect between staff and student perceptions of learning: An ACELL educational analysis of the first year undergraduate chemistry experiment 'investigating sugar using a home made polariimeter'. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 12 (4), 469-477, 2011. DOI: 10.1039/c0rp90015j

  11. Rowling, SJ; Reid, SA; Nauta, K and Kable, SH. Electronic spectroscopy of the B(0, 0, 0) ← X(0, 0, 0) transition of DCO and lifetimes and relative quantum yields of the B(0, 0, 0) state. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 270 (1), 33-39, 2011. DOI: 10.1016/j.jms.2011.08.005

  12. Tao, C; Richmond, C; Mukarakate, C; Dawes, R; Kable, SH and Reid, SA. Optical-optical double resonance spectroscopy of the quasi-linear S2 state of CHF and CDF. I. Spectroscopic analysis. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 135 (10), 104315, 2011. DOI: 10.1063/1.3633724

  13. Case, AS; Heid, CG; Kable, SH and Crim, FF. Dissociation energy and vibrational predissociation dynamics of the ammonia dimer. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 135 (8), 084312, 2011. DOI: 10.1063/1.3625634

  14. Richmond, C; Tao, C; Mukarakate, C; Dawes, R; Brown, EC; Kable, SH and Reid, SA. Optical-optical double resonance spectroscopy of the quasi-linear S2 state of CHF and CDF. II. Predissociation and mode-specific dynamics. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 135 (10), 104316, 2011. DOI: 10.1063/1.3633772

  15. Chalyavi, N; Troy, TP; Nakajima, M; Gibson, BA; Nauta, K; Sharp, RG; Kable, SH and Schmidt, TW. Excitation and emission spectra of jet-cooled naphthylmethyl radicals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 115 (27), 7959-7965, 2011. DOI: 10.1021/jp203638h

  16. Heazlewood, BR; Maccarone, AT; Andrews, DU; Osborn, DL; Harding, LB; Klippenstein, SJ; Jordan, MJT and Kable, SH. Near-threshold H/D exchange in CD3sCHO photodissociation. Nature Chemistry, 3 (6), 443-448, 2011. DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1052

  17. Casavecchia, P; Brouard, M; Costes, M; Nesbitt, D; Bieske, E and Kable, S. Molecular collision dynamics. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13 (18), 8073-8074, 2011. DOI: 10.1039/c1cp90049h

  18. Dawes, R; Jasper, AW; Tao, C; Richmond, C; Mukarakate, C; Kable, SH and Reid, SA. Theoretical and experimental spectroscopy of the S2 state of CHF and CDF: Dynamically weighted multireference configuration interaction calculations for high-lying electronic states. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 1 (3), 641-646, 2010. DOI: 10.1021/jz900380a

  19. George, AV; Read, JR; Barrie, SC; Bucat, RB; Buntine, MA; Crisp, GT; Jamie, IM and Kable, SH. What makes a good laboratory learning exercise? Student feedback from the ACELL project. In: Chemistry Education in the ICT Age. (Collection of of selected papers presented at the 20th International Conference on Chemical Education (ICCE) held in Mauritius, 3-8 August, 2008. Editors: Minu Gupta-Bhowon, Sabina Jhaumeer-Laulloo, Henri Li Kam Wah and Ponnadurai Ramasami. ISBN: 978-1-4020-9731-7, 363-376, 2009. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9732-4_34

  20. Reilly, NJ; Nakajima, M; Troy, TP; Kokkin, DL; Chalyavi, N; Duncan, K; Nauta, K; Sharp, RG; Schmidt, TW and Kable, SH. Two-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy for the identification of discharge intermediates. The 8th Asian International Seminar on Atomic and Molecular Physics, University of Western Australia, 24-28 November, 2008. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 185, 012037 (4pp), 2009. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/185/1/012037

  21. Troy, TP; Nakajima, M; Chalyavi, N; Clady, RGCR; Nauta, K; Kable, SH and Schmidt, TW. Identification of the jet-cooled 1-indanyl radical by electronic spectrscopy. J. Phys. Chem. A, 113 (38), 10279-10283, 2009. DOI: 10.1021/jp905831m

  22. Reilly, NJ; Nakajima, M; Troy, TP; Chalyavi, N; Duncan, KA; Nauta, K; Kable, SH and Schmidt, TW. Spectroscopic identification of the resonance-stabilized cis- and trans-1-vinylpropargyl radicals. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131 (37), 13423-13429, 2009. DOI: 10.1021/ja904521c

  23. Kable, SH; Reid, SA and Sears, TJ. The halocarbenes: Model systems for understanding the spectroscopy, dynamics and chemistry of carbenes. International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 28 (3), 435-480, 2009. DOI: 10.1080/01442350903087792

  24. Nakajima, M; Joester, JA; Page, NI; Reilly, NJ; Bacskay, GB; Schmidt, TW and Kable, SH. Quantum chemical study and experimental observation of a new band system of C2, e 3Pig-c 3Sigma+u . Journal of Chemical Physics, 131 (4), 044301, 2009. DOI: 10.1063/1.3175013

  25. Reilly, NJ; Nakajima, M; Gibson, BA; Schmidt, TW and Kable, SH. Laser-induced fluorescence and dispersed fluorescence spectroscopy of jet-cooled 1-phenylpropargyl radical. Journal of Chemical Physics, 130 (14), 144313, 2009. DOI: 10.1063/1.3110682

  26. Reilly, NJ; Nakajima, M; Gibson, BA; Schmidt, TW and Kable, SH. Publisher's note: Laser-induced fluorescence and dispersed fluorescence spectroscopy of jet-cooled 1-phenylpropargyl radical. Journal of Chemical Physics, 131 (2), 029902, 2009. DOI: 10.1063/1.3171934

  27. Heazlewood, BR; Rowling, SJ; Maccarone, AT; Jordan, MJT and Kable, SH. Photochemical formation of HCO and CH3 on the ground S0 (1A') state of CH3CHO. Journal of Chemical Physics, 130 (5), 054310, 2009. DOI: 10.1063/1.3070517