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Biological and Chemical Sciences
Prof Chongwen Zhou
Contact Details
School of Chemistry
University of Galway
E: chongwen.zhou@universityofgalway.ie
Biography
Peer Reviewed Journals
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(2014) | 'Theoretical Chemical Kinetic Study of the H-Atom Abstraction Reactions from Aldehydes and Acids by Ḣ Atoms and ȮH, HȮ2 and ĊH3 Radicals'
Mendes, J.; Zhou, C-W.*; Curran, H J (2014) 'Theoretical Chemical Kinetic Study of the H-Atom Abstraction Reactions from Aldehydes and Acids by Ḣ Atoms and ȮH, HȮ2 and ĊH3 Radicals'. Journal Of Physical Chemistry A, [Details] |
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(2014) | 'Rate Constant Calculations of H-Atom Abstraction Reactions from Esters by ȮH Radicals'
Mendes, J.; Zhou, C-W.*; Curran, H J. (2014) 'Rate Constant Calculations of H-Atom Abstraction Reactions from Esters by ȮH Radicals'. Journal Of Physical Chemistry A, [Details] |
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(2014) | 'Rate Constant Calculations of H-Atom Abstraction Reactions from Ethers by HȮ2 Radicals'
Mendes, J.; Zhou, C-W.*; Curran, H J. (2014) 'Rate Constant Calculations of H-Atom Abstraction Reactions from Ethers by HȮ2 Radicals'. Journal Of Physical Chemistry A, [Details] |
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(2013) | 'Theoretical and Kinetic Study of the Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Reactions of Esters with HȮ2 Radicals'
Mendes, J.; Zhou, C-W.*; Curran, H J. (2013) 'Theoretical and Kinetic Study of the Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Reactions of Esters with HȮ2 Radicals'. Journal Of Physical Chemistry A, [Details] |
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(2013) | 'Theoretical and Kinetic Study of the Reaction of Ethyl Methyl Ketone with HȮ2 for T = 600 – 1,600 K. Part II: Addition Reaction Channels'
Zhou, C-W.*; Mendes, J.; Curran, H J. (2013) 'Theoretical and Kinetic Study of the Reaction of Ethyl Methyl Ketone with HȮ2 for T = 600 – 1,600 K. Part II: Addition Reaction Channels'. Journal Of Physical Chemistry A, [Details] |
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(2013) | 'Theoretical and Kinetic Study of the Reactions of Ketones with HȮ2 Radicals. Part I: Abstraction Reaction Channels'
Mendes, J.; Zhou, C-W.*; Curran, H J. (2013) 'Theoretical and Kinetic Study of the Reactions of Ketones with HȮ2 Radicals. Part I: Abstraction Reaction Channels'. Journal Of Physical Chemistry A, [Details] |
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(2012) | 'Rate constants for hydrogen-abstraction by HȮ2 from n-butanol'
Zhou, C-W.*; Simmie, J M.; Curran, H J. (2012) 'Rate constants for hydrogen-abstraction by HȮ2 from n-butanol'. International Journal Of Chemical Kinetics, [Details] |
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(2012) | 'Reaction mechanism of naphthyl radicals with Molecular Oxygen. 1. Theoretical study of the potential energy surface'
Zhou C-W., Kislov, V V.; Mebel, A M. (2012) 'Reaction mechanism of naphthyl radicals with Molecular Oxygen. 1. Theoretical study of the potential energy surface'. Journal Of Physical Chemistry A, [Details] |
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(2011) | 'Ab initio and kinetic study of the reaction of ketones with OH for T = 500–2000 K. Part I: hydrogen-abstraction from H3CC(O)CH3–x(CH3)x, x = 0 2'
Zhou, C-W.*; Simmie, J M.; Curran, H J. (2011) 'Ab initio and kinetic study of the reaction of ketones with OH for T = 500–2000 K. Part I: hydrogen-abstraction from H3CC(O)CH3–x(CH3)x, x = 0 2'. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, [Details] |
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(2011) | 'Rate constants for hydrogen-abstraction by ȮH from n-butanol'
Zhou, C-W.; Simmie, J M.; Curran, H J. (2011) 'Rate constants for hydrogen-abstraction by ȮH from n-butanol'. Combustion And Flame, [Details] |
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(2010) | 'An ab initio/Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus study of the hydrogen-abstraction reactions of methyl ethers, H3COCH3-x(CH3)x, x = 0–2, by ȮH; mechanism and kinetics'
Zhou, C-W.*; Simmie, J M.; Curran, H J. (2010) 'An ab initio/Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus study of the hydrogen-abstraction reactions of methyl ethers, H3COCH3-x(CH3)x, x = 0–2, by ȮH; mechanism and kinetics'. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, [Details] |
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(2010) | 'Accurate Prediction of Enthalpies of Formation for a Large Set of Organic compounds'
Liu, C-X; Wang, H-X; Li, Z-R; Rao, H-B; Zhou, C-W; et al (2010) 'Accurate Prediction of Enthalpies of Formation for a Large Set of Organic compounds'. Journal Of Computational Chemistry, [Details] |
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(2009) | 'An ab Initio/Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus Study of the Reactions of Propenols with ȮH. Mechanism and Kinetics of H Abstraction Channels'
Zhou, C-W.; Mebel, A M.; Li, X-Y. (2009) 'An ab Initio/Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus Study of the Reactions of Propenols with ȮH. Mechanism and Kinetics of H Abstraction Channels'. Journal Of Physical Chemistry A, [Details] |
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(2009) | 'Kinetics and Mechanism for Formation of Enols in Reaction of Hydroxide Radical with Propene'
Zhou, C-W.; Li, Z-R.; Li, X-Y. (2009) 'Kinetics and Mechanism for Formation of Enols in Reaction of Hydroxide Radical with Propene'. Journal Of Physical Chemistry A, [Details] |
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(2009) | 'Accurate Prediction of Thermodynamic Properties of Alkyl peroxides by Combining Density Functional Theory Calculation with Least-square Calibration'
Liu, C-X.; Li, Z-R.; Zhou, C-W.; Li, X-Y. (2009) 'Accurate Prediction of Thermodynamic Properties of Alkyl peroxides by Combining Density Functional Theory Calculation with Least-square Calibration'. Journal Of Computational Chemistry, [Details] |
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(2008) | 'An ab initio/Rice–Ramsperger–Kassel–Marcus prediction of rate constant and product branching ratios for unimolecular decomposition of propen-2-ol and related Ḣ+ĊH2COHCH2 reaction'
Zhou, C-W.; Li, Z-R.; Liu, C-X.; Li, X-Y. (2008) 'An ab initio/Rice–Ramsperger–Kassel–Marcus prediction of rate constant and product branching ratios for unimolecular decomposition of propen-2-ol and related Ḣ+ĊH2COHCH2 reaction'. Journal Of Chemical Physics, [Details] |
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(2006) | 'Single-sphere model for solvent reorganization energy and its application to electron transfer'
Zhou, C-W.; Zhu, Q.; Fu, K-X.; Li, X-Y. (2006) 'Single-sphere model for solvent reorganization energy and its application to electron transfer'. Chinese Science Bulletin, [Details] |
Conference Publications
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(2013) | 34th International Symposium on Combustion
Katsikadakos, D.; Zhou, C-W.*; Simmie, J M.; Curran, H J.; Hunt, P A.; Hardalupas, Y.; Taylor, A M K P. (2013) Rate constants of hydrogen abstraction by methyl radical from n-butanol; CanTherm, MultiWell and Variflex Compared 34th International Symposium on Combustion [Details] |
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(2013) | 34th International Symposium on Combustion
Zhou, C-W.*; Klippenstein, S J.; Simmie, J M.; Curran, H J. (2013) Theoretical kinetics for the decomposition of iso-butanol and related (CH3)2ĊH + ĊH2OH reactions 34th International Symposium on Combustion [Details] |
Other Journals
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(2005) | 'Preparation and activity measurement of CaO/MgO catalyst for biodiesel fuel production'
Wang, G-X.; Yan, S-L.; Zhou, C-W.; Liang, B. (2005) 'Preparation and activity measurement of CaO/MgO catalyst for biodiesel fuel production' China Oils and Fats, . [Details] |