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Kirk A. Peterson

Washington State University · US
Area of research
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics · Atmospheric Science
Research interest
Research interests include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, and Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure.
h-index
77
citations
37,979
works
400
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Energetic and Electronic Properties of UX<sup>+/0/–</sup> for X = Li and Be and Comparison of the Properties of the Uranium Atom Binding to 2nd Row Elements Li–F
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Energetic and Electronic Properties of UO<sup>0/±</sup> and UF<sup>0/±</sup>
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2024cited by 10position: middledoi
Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Studies of the UF<sup>–</sup> Anion
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2024cited by 6position: middledoi
Bond Energies of UO<sup>+</sup> and UC<sup>+</sup>: Guided Ion Beam and Quantum Chemical Studies of the Reactions of Uranium Cation with O<sub>2</sub> and CO
Israel Journal of Chemistry 2023cited by 15position: middledoi
Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Spectroscopy and Thermochemistry of UC<sup>+/0/–</sup>
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2022cited by 22position: middledoi
Electronic Properties of UN and UN<sup>–</sup> from Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Correlated Molecular Orbital Theory
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2022cited by 19position: middledoi
Interaction of Th with H<sup>0/–/+</sup>: Combined Experimental and Theoretical Thermodynamic Properties
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2022cited by 18position: middledoi
Bond Dissociation Energies in Heavy Element Chalcogen and Halogen Small Molecules
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2021cited by 19position: middledoi
Guided Ion Beam and Quantum Chemical Investigation of the Thermochemistry of Thorium Dioxide Cations: Thermodynamic Evidence for Participation of f Orbitals in Bonding
Inorganic Chemistry 2020cited by 28position: lastdoi
A Computational Assessment of Actinide Dioxide Cations AnO<sub>2</sub><sup>2+</sup>for An = U to Lr: The Limited Stability Range of the Hexavalent Actinyl Moiety, [O═An═O]<sup>2+</sup>
Inorganic Chemistry 2020cited by 26position: middledoi
Polarizabilities of neutral atoms and atomic ions with a noble gas electron configuration
The Journal of Chemical Physics 2020cited by 15position: middledoi
Calculated Ionization Potentials of MO<sub>3</sub> and MO<sub>2</sub> for M = U, Mo, W, and Nd
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2020cited by 9position: middledoi
Bond energy of ThN+: A guided ion beam and quantum chemical investigation of the reactions of thorium cation with N2 and NO
The Journal of Chemical Physics 2019cited by 34position: lastdoi
Potential Energy Surface of Group 11 Trimers (Cu, Ag, Au): Bond Angle Isomerism in Au<sub>3</sub>
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2019cited by 16position: middledoi
Electronic Structure Predictions of the Energetic Properties of Tellurium Fluorides
Inorganic Chemistry 2019cited by 15position: middledoi
Activation of Water by Pentavalent Actinide Dioxide Cations: Characteristic Curium Revealed by a Reactivity Turn after Americium
Inorganic Chemistry 2019cited by 14position: middledoi
Gas Phase Hydrolysis and Oxo‐Exchange of Actinide Dioxide Cations: Elucidating Intrinsic Chemistry from Protactinium to Einsteinium
Chemistry - A European Journal 2018cited by 22position: middledoi
Computational Study of Molecular Hydrogen Adsorption over Small (MO<sub>2</sub>)<sub><i>n</i></sub> Nanoclusters (M = Ti, Zr, Hf; <i>n</i> = 1 to 4)
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2018cited by 6position: middledoi
Prediction of Bond Dissociation Energies/Heats of Formation for Diatomic Transition Metal Compounds: CCSD(T) Works
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 2017cited by 139position: middledoi
Structures and Heats of Formation of Simple Alkaline Earth Metal Compounds II: Fluorides, Chlorides, Oxides, and Hydroxides for Ba, Sr, and Ra
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2017cited by 42position: middledoi
Remarkably High Stability of Late Actinide Dioxide Cations: Extending Chemistry to Pentavalent Berkelium and Californium
Chemistry - A European Journal 2017cited by 27position: middledoi
Characterization of Carbenes via Hydrogenation Energies, Stability, and Reactivity: What's in a Name?
Chemistry - A European Journal 2017cited by 16position: middledoi
Acidity of M(VI)O<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub> for M = Group 6, 16, and U as Central Atoms
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2017cited by 13position: middledoi
Benchmark-Quality Atomization Energies for BeH and BeH<sub>2</sub>
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 2017cited by 4position: middledoi
Bond energies of ThO+ and ThC+: A guided ion beam and quantum chemical investigation of the reactions of thorium cation with O2 and CO
The Journal of Chemical Physics 2016cited by 60position: lastdoi
Use of Improved Orbitals for CCSD(T) Calculations for Predicting Heats of Formation of Group IV and Group VI Metal Oxide Monomers and Dimers and UCl<sub>6</sub>
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 2016cited by 57position: middledoi
The Impact of Larger Basis Sets and Explicitly Correlated Coupled Cluster Theory on the Feller–Peterson–Dixon Composite Method
Annual reports in computational chemistry 2016cited by 40position: middledoi
Structures and Properties of the Products of the Reaction of Lanthanide Atoms with H<sub>2</sub>O: Dominance of the +II Oxidation State
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2016cited by 17position: middledoi
Reliable Potential Energy Surfaces for the Reactions of H<sub>2</sub>O with ThO<sub>2</sub>, PaO<sub>2</sub><sup>+</sup>, UO<sub>2</sub><sup>2+</sup>, and UO<sub>2</sub><sup>+</sup>
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2015cited by 68position: middledoi
Gas Phase Properties of MX<sub>2</sub> and MX<sub>4</sub> (X = F, Cl) for M = Group 4, Group 14, Cerium, and Thorium
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2015cited by 50position: middledoi

Grants

Accurate thermochemistry for molecules containing heavy p-block elements using local explicitly correlated ab initio methods
NSF0723997$405,0002007–2011PIRePORTER
The Reactions of Elemental Mercury with Reactive Halogens
NSF0111282$296,0002001–2004PIRePORTER
Ab Initio High Resolution Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Chemistry
NSF9501262$232,9611995–1999PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

David A. Dixon · University of Alabama31 papers (2012–2025)Monica Vasiliu · University of Alabama at Birmingham18 papers (2015–2022) · 6 papers (2012–2016)John K. Gibson · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory5 papers (2015–2020)Zongtang Fang · Nissan (United States)4 papers (2016–2018)Kit H. Bowen · Johns Hopkins Medicine4 papers (2022–2024) · 4 papers (2022–2025)P. B. Armentrout · University of Utah4 papers (2016–2023)Lester Andrews · University of Virginia3 papers (2013–2016) · 3 papers (2022–2022)Mingyang Chen · Ming Chi University of Technology3 papers (2013–2019) · 3 papers (2024–2025)Branko Ruščić · Argonne National Laboratory2 papers (2013–2013)Chalynette Martinez‐Martinez · Johns Hopkins Medicine2 papers (2022–2022) · 2 papers (2022–2022) · 2 papers (2022–2022) · 2 papers (2023–2024)Sandra M. Ciborowski · Johns Hopkins Medicine2 papers (2022–2022)Gaoxiang Liu · Fudan University2 papers (2022–2022)Phuong D. Dau · Brown University2 papers (2017–2019)