Publications

Matrix and Polymer Soft-Landing Isolation of Selected Acids with Pyridine and Poly(4-vinylpyridine): A Comparative Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Hydrogen Bonding, A. Lifschitz (10), J. Rodgers (10), and C. Samet, J. Phys. Chem. B., Vol. 116, No. 1, 2012, 211-220.

A Capstone Course in Nanotechnology for Chemistry Majors, C. Samet, J. Nano. Educ., Vol. 1, No. 1, 2009, 15-21. 

Matrix Isolation Infrared Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory Study of the 1:1 Complexes of Bromocyclohexane with NH3: Evidence for a Weak C-H—N Hydrogen Bond, K. Hess (08) and C. Samet, Spectroscopy Letters, Vol. 41, No. 4, 2008, 179-188.

Pentachlorocyclopropane/Base Complexes: Matrix Isolation Infrared Spectroscopic and Density Functional Study of C-H—N Hydrogen Bonds, C. Samet, A.B. Baker (04), J.T. Lyon, and L. Andrews, J. Phys. Chem. A., Vol. 109, No. 37, 2005, 8280-8289.

Napoleon’s Buttons: Teaching the Role of Chemistry in History, C. Samet and P. J. Higgins,J. Chem. Educ., Vol. 82, No. 10, 2005, 1496-1500.

Matrix Isolation Infrared and ab Initio Study of the 1:1 Complexes of Cyclopentadiene with Nitrogen and Oxygen Bases: C-H—N(O) Hydrogen Bonding Involving an sp3-Hybridized Carbon, C. Samet, M. A. Hilfiker (95), E. R. Mysak (01), and A. Maynard, J. Phys. Chem. A., Vol. 105, No. 13, 2001, 3087-3095.

Determination of the Regiochemistry of Di-substituted Arenes Generated By Addition of a Carbanion to the (h6 – anisole)Cr(CO)3 Complex, A. Bengali, C. Samet, and S. Charlton (01), J. Chem. Educ., Vol. 78, No. 1, 2001, 68-70.

Matrix Isolation Infrared and ab Initio Study of the 1:1 Complexes of Bromocyclopropane with NH3 and (CH3)3N : Evidence for a Novel C-H—N Hydrogen Bond, C. Samet, B.L. Bedell (98), L. Goldfarb (91), E. R. Mysak (01), and A. Maynard, J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 103, No. 23,1999, 4572-4579.

(Note: Student co-author graduation class year is given in parenthesis. For a more complete list, see my CV.)