CAREER PROFILE
Tim Schmidt gained his BSc (Hons) from this university in 1998 winning the University Medal in theoretical chemistry. He then studied at Churchill College, Cambridge, gaining a PhD in chemistry from the University of Cambridge in 2001 for work on the femtosecond dynamics of molecules in intense laser field under the supervision of Dr Gareth Roberts. Postoctoral work was performed in the group of Professor John Paul Maier in Basel on the electronic spectroscopy of highly unsaturated hydrocarbons of astrophysical relevance. Tim returned to Australia in 2003 to work at the CSIRO (CTIP, Lindfield) on modelling of the rubsico enzyme. He commenced as a lecturer in chemistry in April 2004. From January 2011, Tim is appointed as Associate Professor. He is the recipient of the 2010 Coblentz Award.
Journal articles
62. Troy, T. P.; Chalyavi, N.; Menon, A. S.; O'Connor, G. D.; Fuckel, B.; Nauta, K.; Radom, L.; Schmidt, T. W., The spectroscopy and thermochemistry of phenylallyl radical chromophores. Chemical Science 2011, 2.
61. Schmidt, T. W.; Bacskay, G. B., The 5Pg state of C2. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2011, 134, (22), 224311.
60. Konkolewicz, D.; Gaillard, S.; West, A. G.; Cheng, Y. Y.; Gray-Weale, A.; Schmidt, T. W.; Nolan, S. P.; Perrier, S., Luminescent Hyperbranched Polymers: Combining Thiol-Yne Chemistry with Gold-Mediated C-H Bond Activation. Organometallics 2011, 30, (6), 1315-1318.
59. Goldstein, D. C.; Cheng, Y. Y.; Schmidt, T. W.; Bhadbhade, M.; Thordarson, P., Photophysical properties of a new series of water soluble iridium bisterpyridine complexes functionalised at the 4 ' position. Dalton Transactions 2011, 40, (9), 2053-2061.
58. Fuckel, B.; Roberts, D. A.; Cheng, Y. Y.; Clady, R.; Piper, R. B.; Ekins-Daukes, N. J.; Crossley, M. J.; Schmidt, T. W., Singlet Oxygen Mediated Photochemical Upconversion of NIR Light. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2011, 2, (9), 966-971.
57. Dehn, S.; Tong, K. W. K.; Clady, R. G. C.; Owen, D. M.; Gaus, K.; Schmidt, T. W.; Braet, F.; Thordarson, P., The structure and luminescence properties of europium(iii) triflate doped self-assembled pyromellitamide gels. 2011, 35, (7), 1466-1471.
56. Clady, R.; Tayebjee, M. J. Y.; Aliberti, P.; König, D.; Ekins-Daukes, N. J.; Conibeer, G. J.; Schmidt, T. W.; Green, M. A., Interplay between the hot phonon effect and intervalley scattering on the cooling rate of hot carriers in GaAs and InP. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 2011, n/a.
55. Cheng, Y. Y.; Fuckel, B.; Khoury, T.; Clady, R.; Ekins-Daukes, N. J.; Crossley, M. J.; Schmidt, T. W., Entropically Driven Photochemical Upconversion. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2011, 115, (6), 1047-1053.
54. Chalyavi, N.; Troy, T. P.; Nakajima, M.; Gibson, B. A.; Nauta, K.; Sharp, R. G.; Kable, S. H.; Schmidt, T. W., Excitation and Emission Spectra of Jet-Cooled Naphthylmethyl Radicals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2011, null.
53. Tayebjee, M. J. Y.; Hirst, L. C.; Ekins-Daukes, N. J.; Schmidt, T. W., The efficiency limit of solar cells with molecular absorbers: A master equation approach. Journal of Applied Physics 2010, 108, (12).
52. MacQueen, R. W.; Cheng, Y. Y.; Clady, R.; Schmidt, T. W., Towards an aligned luminophore solar concentrator. Optics Express 2010, 18, (13), A161-A166.
51. Cheng, Y. Y.; Fuckel, B.; Roberts, D. A.; Khoury, T.; Clady, R.; Tayebjee, M. J. Y.; Piper, R.; Ekins-Daukes, N. J.; Crossley, M. J.; Schmidt, T. W., Molecular approaches to third generation photovoltaics: Photochemical up-conversion. In Next Generation (Nano) Photonic and Cell Technologies for Solar Energy Conversion, ed.; 'Ed.'^'Eds.' 2010; 'Vol.' 7772, p^pp.
50. Cheng, Y. Y.; Fückel, B.; Khoury, T.; Clady, R. l. G. C. R.; Tayebjee, M. J. Y.; Ekins-Daukes, N. J.; Crossley, M. J.; Schmidt, T. W., Kinetic Analysis of Photochemical Upconversion by Triplet−Triplet Annihilation: Beyond Any Spin Statistical Limit. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2010, 1, (12), 1795-1799.
49. Cheng, Y. Y.; Khoury, T.; Clady, R.; Tayebjee, M. J. Y.; Ekins-Daukes, N. J.; Crossley, M. J.; Schmidt, T. W., On the efficiency limit of triplet-triplet annihilation for photochemical upconversion. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2010, 12, (1), 66-71.
48. Troy, T. P.; Nakajima, M.; Chalyavi, N.; Clady, R. l. G. C. R.; Nauta, K.; Kable, S. H.; Schmidt, T. W., Identification of the Jet-Cooled 1-Indanyl Radical by Electronic Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2009, 113, (38), 10279-10283.
47. Schmidt, T. W.; Pino, T.; Brechignac, P., The C-H Stretch Intensities of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations. Origins and Astrophysical Implications. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2009, 113, (15), 3535-3541.
46. Reilly, N. J.; Nakajima, M.; Troy, T. P.; Chalyavi, N.; Duncan, K. A.; Nauta, K.; Kable, S. H.; Schmidt, T. W., Spectroscopic Identification of the Resonance-Stabilized cis- and trans-1-Vinylpropargyl Radicals. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, (37), 13423-13429.
45. Reilly, N. J.; Nakajima, M.; Gibson, B. A.; Schmidt, T. W.; Kable, S. H., Laser-induced fluorescence and dispersed fluorescence spectroscopy of jet-cooled 1-phenylpropargyl radical. Journal of Chemical Physics 2009, 130, (14).
44. Nakajima, M.; Schmidt, T. W.; Sumiyoshi, Y.; Endo, Y., An experimental and theoretical study on vibrational structure in the B-tilde--X-tilde transition of CH[sub 2]CHS. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2009, 131, (10), 104310.
43. Nakajima, M.; Joester, J. A.; Page, N. I.; Reilly, N. J.; Bacskay, G. B.; Schmidt, T. W.; Kable, S. H., Quantum chemical study and experimental observation of a new band system of C-2, e (3)Pi(g)-c (3)Sigma(+)(u). Journal of Chemical Physics 2009, 131, (4).
42. Nakajima, M.; Schmidt, T. W.; Miyoshi, A.; Sumiyoshi, Y.; Endo, Y., Gas-phase spectroscopy of the 2 (3)Sigma(-)-X (3)Sigma(-) electronic transition of CCS. Journal of Chemical Physics 2009, 130, (1).
41. Glinski, R. J.; Michaels, P. D.; Anderson, C. M.; Schmidt, T. W.; Sharp, R. G.; Sitko, M. L.; Bernstein, L. S.; Van Winckel, H., Current assessment of the Red Rectangle band problem. Astrophysics and Space Science 2009, 323, (4), 337-344.
40. Richmond, C.; Tao, C.; Mukarakate, C.; Fan, H.; Nauta, K.; Schmidt, T. W.; Kable, S. H.; Reid, S. A., Unraveling the (A)over-tilde(1)B(1) <- (X)over-tilde(1)A(1) Spectrum of CCl2: The Renner-Teller Effect, Barrier to Linearity, and Vibrational Analysis Using an Effective Polyad Hamiltonian. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2008, 112, (45), 11355-11362.
39. Reilly, N. J.; Kokkin, D. L.; Nakajima, M.; Nauta, K.; Kable, S. H.; Schmidt, T. W., Spectroscopic observation of the resonance-stabilized 1-phenylpropargyl radical. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008, 130, (10), 3137-3142.
38. Kokkin, D. L.; Troy, T. P.; Nakajima, M.; Nauta, K.; Varberg, T. D.; Metha, G. F.; Lucas, N. T.; Schmidt, T. W., The optical spectrum of a large isolated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon: Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene, C42H18. Astrophysical Journal Letters 2008, 681, (1), L49-L51.
37. Ekins-Daukes, N. J.; Schmidt, T. W., A molecular approach to the intermediate band solar cell: The symmetric case. Applied Physics Letters 2008, 93, (6).
36. Yin, H. M.; Heazlewood, B. R.; Stamford, N. P. J.; Nauta, K.; Bacskay, G. B.; Kable, S. H.; Schmidt, T. W., Laser-induced fluorescence spectrum of 3-vinyl-1H-indene. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2007, 111, (17), 3306-3312.
35. Tao, C.; Reid, S. A.; Schmidt, T. W.; Kable, S. H., Observation of the predissociated, quasilinear (B)over-tilde((1)A ') state of CHF by optical-optical double resonance. Journal of Chemical Physics 2007, 126, (5).
34. Schmidt, T. W.; Bacskay, G. B., Oscillator strengths of the Mulliken, Swan, Ballik-Ramsay, Phillips, and d(3)Pi(g)<- c(3)Sigma(+)(u) systems of C-2 calculated by MRCI methods utilizing a biorthogonal transformation of CASSCF orbitals. Journal of Chemical Physics 2007, 127, (23).
33. Nakajima, M.; Schmidt, T. W.; Sumiyoshi, Y.; Endo, Y., Rotationally-resolved excitation spectrum of the jet-cooled cyclohexadienyl radical. Chemical Physics Letters 2007, 449, (1-3), 57-62.
32. Kokkin, D. L.; Reilly, N. J.; Troy, T. P.; Nauta, K.; Schmidt, T. W., Gas phase spectra of all-benzenoid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Triphenylene. Journal of Chemical Physics 2007, 126, (8).
31. Kokkin, D. L.; Bacskay, G. B.; Schmidt, T. W., Oscillator strengths and radiative lifetimes for C-2: Swan, Ballik-Ramsay, Phillips, and d (3)Pi(g)<- c (3)Sigma(+)(u) systems. Journal of Chemical Physics 2007, 126, (8).
30. Joester, J. A.; Nakajima, M.; Reilly, N. J.; Kokkin, D. L.; Nauta, K.; Kable, S. H.; Schmidt, T. W., The d (3)Pi(g)-c (3)Sigma(+)(u) band system of C-2. Journal of Chemical Physics 2007, 127, (21).
29. Gillieron, C.; Sharma, N.; Nauta, K.; Schmidt, T. W., Structure of the naphthalene dimer from rare gas tagging. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2007, 111, (20), 4211-4214.
28. Butler, P.; Moss, D. B.; Yin, H.; Schmidt, T. W.; Kable, S. H., Spectroscopy of the A(B-1(2))-X((1)A(1)) transition of jet-cooled fluorobenzene: Laser-induced fluorescence, dispersed fluorescence, and pathological Fermi resonances. Journal of Chemical Physics 2007, 127, (9).
27. Troy, T. P.; Schmidt, T. W., A theoretical treatment of the absorption spectra of all-benzenoid hydrocarbons. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2006, 371, (1), L41-L44.
26. Sharp, R. G.; Reilly, N. J.; Kable, S. H.; Schmidt, T. W., Sequence structure emission in the red rectangle bands. Astrophysical Journal 2006, 639, (1), 194-203.
25. Reilly, N. J.; Cupitt, G. C.; Kable, S. H.; Schmidt, T. W., Experimental and theoretical investigation of the dispersed fluorescence spectroscopy of HC4S. Journal of Chemical Physics 2006, 124, (19).
24. Reilly, N. J.; Schmidt, T. W.; Kable, S. H., Two-dimensional fluorescence (excitation/emission) spectroscopy as a probe of complex chemical environments. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2006, 110, (45), 12355-12359.
23. Kokkin, D. L.; Schmidt, T. W., On the electronic properties of dehydrogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2006, 110, (18), 6173-6177.
22. Kokkin, D. L.; Reilly, N. J.; Morris, C. W.; Nakajima, M.; Nauta, K.; Kable, S. H.; Schmidt, T. W., Observation of the d(3)Pi(g)<- c(3)Sigma(+)(u) band system of C-2. Journal of Chemical Physics 2006, 125, (23).
21. Schmidt, T.; Sharp, R. G., The optical spectroscopy of extraterrestrial molecules. Australian Journal of Chemistry 2005, 58, (2), 69-81.
20. Schmidt, T. W.; Lopez-Martens, R. B.; Roberts, G., Intense-field modulation of NO2 multiphoton dissociation dynamics. Journal of Chemical Physics 2004, 121, (9), 4133-4142.
19. Schmidt, T. W.; Lopez-Martens, R. B.; Roberts, G., Time-resolved spectroscopy of the dynamic Stark effect. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics 2004, 37, (5), 1125-1140.
18. Schmidt, T. W., Localized electrons from diffusion Monte Carlo. Journal of Molecular Structure-Theochem 2004, 672, (1-3), 191-200.
17. Ding, H.; Boguslavskiy, A. E.; Schmidt, T. W.; Maier, J. P., Gas phase electronic spectrum of the nitrogen terminated nanowire NC16N. Chemical Physics Letters 2004, 392, (1-3), 225-228.
16. Denisov, A.; Schmidt, T. W.; Boguslavskiy, A. E.; Ding, H.; Araki, A.; Maier, J. P., Sulfur terminated nanowires in the gas phase: laser spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 2004, 233, (1-3), 131-136.
15. Araki, M.; Linnartz, H.; Kolek, P.; Ding, H.; Boguslavskiy, A.; Denisov, A.; Schmidt, T. W.; Motylewski, T.; Cias, P.; Maier, J. P., New laboratory data on a molecular band at 4429 angstrom. Astrophysical Journal 2004, 616, (2), 1301-1310.
14. Schmidt, T. W.; Ding, H.; Boguslavskiy, A. E.; Pino, T.; Maier, J. P., Methyl substitution in hydrocarbon discharge chemistry: Diagnosis by laser spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2003, 107, (34), 6550-6553.
13. Schmidt, T. W.; Boguslavskiy, A. E.; Pino, T.; Ding, H.; Maier, J. P., Optical detection of C9H3, C11H3, and C13H3 from a hydrocarbon discharge source. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 2003, 228, (2-3), 647-654.
12. Schmidt, T. W.; Pino, T.; van Wijngaarden, J.; Tikhomirov, K.; Guthe, F.; Maier, J. P., Electronic photodissociation spectra of the Ar-n-C4H2+ (n=1-4) weakly bound cationic complexes. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy 2003, 222, (1), 86-92.
11. Ding, H.; Schmidt, T. W.; Pino, T.; Guthe, F.; Maier, J. P., Towards bulk behaviour of long hydrogenated carbon chains? Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2003, 5, (21), 4772-4775.
10. Ding, H.; Schmidt, T. W.; Pino, T.; Boguslavskiy, A. E.; Guthe, F.; Maier, J. P., Gas phase electronic spectra of the linear carbon chains HC2n+1H (n=3-6,9). Journal of Chemical Physics 2003, 119, (2), 814-819.
9. Schmidt, T. W.; Roberts, G., E-field dependence of the ac Stark effect probed by a bichromatic laser field. Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics 2002, 35, (10), 2357-2367.
8. Schmidt, T. W.; Feurer, T.; Lopez-Martens, R. B.; Roberts, G., ac-Stark autocorrelator for ultrafast laser pulses. Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics 2002, 19, (8), 1930-1940.
7. Lopez-Martens, R. B.; Schmidt, T. W.; Roberts, G., Time-resolved stark effect in rapidly varying fields. Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics 2002, 74, (6), 577-581.
6. Dove, T.; Schmidt, T. W.; Lopez-Martens, R. B.; Roberts, G., Optical control of electronic state populations via the dynamic Stark effect. Chemical Physics 2001, 267, (1-3), 115-129.
5. Sendt, K.; Schmidt, T. W.; Bacskay, G. B., Quantum chemical studies of the potential energy surfaces and vibrational frequencies of the (X)over-tilde((1)A '), (a)over-tilde((3)A ''), and (A)over-tilde((1)A '') states of CHCl and CFCl. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 2000, 76, (3), 297-305.
4. Lopez-Martens, R. B.; Schmidt, T. W.; Roberts, G., ac Stark shifts in Rydberg NO levels induced by intense laser pulses. Physical Review A 2000, 62, (1).
3. Schmidt, T. W.; Bacskay, G. B.; Kable, S. H., Characterization of the (A)over-tilde((1)A '') state of HCF by laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy. Journal of Chemical Physics 1999, 110, (23), 11277-11285.
2. Lopez-Martens, R. B.; Schmidt, T. W.; Roberts, G., Femtosecond fluorescence depletion spectroscopy of NO2 multiphoton dissociation dynamics. Journal of Chemical Physics 1999, 111, (16), 7183-7186.
1. Schmidt, T. W.; Bacskay, G. B.; Kable, S. H., Ab initio potential energy surface and vibrational frequencies of A ((1)A '') HCF. Chemical Physics Letters 1998, 292, (1-2), 80-86.