Publications

  1. "Quantum Chemical Analysis of the Conformers, Fundamental Vibrational Frequencies, and Spectroscopic Constants of Methanetriol." N. Carlson, C. Z. Palmer, and R. C. Fortenberry. J. Chem. Phys., 2026, 164, 054304, DOI: 10.1063/5.0312251.
  2. "Investigating Formation Pathways and the Spectroscopic Constants of Aluminum Nitrides from AlH and NH3." C. Z. Palmer, J. A. Johns, and R. C. Fortenberry. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2025, 129, 6404--6413, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5c01490.
  3. "Pinpointing the CN stretch frequency of neutral cyano-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: A laboratory and quantum chemical spectroscopic study of 9-cyanoanthracene." V. J. Esposito, P. Ferrari, C. Z. Palmer, C. Boersma, A. Candian, R. C. Fortenberry, W. J. Buma, and A. G. G. M. Tielens. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2025, 16, 1296-1304, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c03396.
  4. "Computing Accurate & Reliable Rovibrational Spectral Data for Aluminum-bearing Molecules." C. Z. Palmer, R. A. Firth, and R. C. Fortenberry. J. Comput. Chem., 2025, (published). DOI: 10.1002/jcc.27524.
  5. "Spectral Features for Systematic Aluminum Replacement in N2H2 and c-N4H4 Isomers." J. R. Dotson, C. Z. Palmer, and R. C. Fortenberry. J. Molec. Spectrosc., 2024, 406, 111956, DOI: 10.1016/j.jms.2024.111956.
  6. "Rovibrational Analysis of AlCO3, OAlO2, and HOAlO2 for Possible Atmospheric Detection." R. A. Firth, C. Z. Palmer, J. S. Francisco, and R. C. Fortenberry. J. Chem. Phys., 2024, 160, 214304, DOI: 10.1063/5.0212147.
  7. "Rotational Spectroscopic Characterization of the [D2,C,S] System: An Update from the Laboratory and Theory." N. Inostroza-Pino, V. Lattanzi, C. Z. Palmer, R. C. Fortenberry, T. J. Lee, P. Caselli, and D. Mardones. Mol. Phys., 2024, 122, e2280762, DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2023.2280762.
  8. "Reaction Pathway and Rovibrational Analysis of Aluminum Nitride Species as Potential Dust Grain Nucleation Agents." C. Z. Palmer, and R. C. Fortenberry. Astrophys. J., 2024, 962, 148, DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad182e.
  9. "Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of OAlNO and Implications for New Metal Chemistry in the Atmosphere." V. J. Esposito, C. Z. Palmer, R. C. Fortenberry, and J. S. Francisco. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2023, 127, 7618-7629, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c04437.
  10. "The Spectral Features and Detectability of Small, Cyclic Silicon Carbide Clusters." C. M. Sehring, C. Z. Palmer, B. R. Westbrook, and R. C. Fortenberry. Frontiers Astron. Space Sci., 2022, 9, 1074879, DOI: 10.3389/fspas.2022.1074879.
  11. "Fluoro Hydrogen Peroxide: A Plausible Molecular Form of Naturally-Occurring Fluorine." C. Z. Palmer, and R. C. Fortenberry. ACS Earth Space Chem., 2022, 6, 2032-2040, DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00114.
  12. "Spectral Signatures of Hydrogen Thioperoxide (HOSH) and Hydrogen Persulide (HSSH): Possible Molecular Sulfur Sinks in the Dense ISM." C. Z. Palmer, J. S. Francisco, and R. C. Fortenberry. Molecules, 2022, 27, 3200, DOI: 1420-3049/27/10/3200.
  13. "On the Formation and Spectral Signatures of Magnesacyclopropene (c-MgC2H2)." K. N. Poland, C. Z. Palmer, A. Chard, S. R. Davis, and R. C. Fortenberry. J. Molec. Spectrosc., 2021, 382, 111514, DOI: 10.1016/j.jms.2021.111514.
  14. "Theoretical Rovibrational Characterization of the cis/trans-HCSH and H2SC Isomers of the Known Interstellar Molecule Thioformaldehyde." N. Inostroza-Pino, C. Z. Palmer, T. J. Lee, and R. C. Fortenberry. J. Molec. Spectrosc, 2020, 369, 111273, DOI: 10.1016/j.jms.2020.111273. Cover Article: img/covers/m2o2.jpg
  15. "Rovibrational Considerations for the Monomers and Dimers of Magnesium Hydride (MgH2) and Magnesium Fluoride (MgF2)." C. Z. Palmer, and R. C. Fortenberry. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2018, 122, 7079-7088, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b06611.