The R. N. Compton Research Group at the University of Tennessee

Areas of Research

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
REMPI Spectroscopy
Raman Spectroscopy
FTIR Spectroscopy
Atmospheric Chemistry and Atmospheric Analysis by FT-IR
Non-linear Spectroscopy
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)

Negative Ions
Multiply Charged Negative Ions
Dipole Bound Negative Anions 
Cluster Anions

Time of Flight Mass Spectroscopy (TOFMS)
Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectroscopy (LDI-TOFMS)
Electron Impact TOFMS (EI-TOFMS)

Optical Activity
Optical Rotary Dispersion (ORD) and Circular Dichroism (CD)
Non-linear ORD and CD 
Asymmetric Synthesis

Chirality in Nature 
Weak Interation Effects in Chemistry and Biology

Other Areas of Research
Photo-Electron Spectroscopy (PES)
Nanostructured Materials 
Undergraduate and Graduate Experiments in Chemical Physics