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Anthony Horsewill

Emeritus Professor of Physics,

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I am Emeritus Professor with the School of Physics & Astronomy at the 糖心原创. My research interests are in the field of quantum molecular dynamics. I investigate molecular… read more

Selected Publications

  • BLOODWORTH, SALLY, GRASVIK, JOHN, ALOM, SHAMIM, KOURIL, KAREL, ELLIOTT, STUART J., WELLS, NEIL J., HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., MAMONE, SALVATORE, JIMENEZ-RUIZ, MONICA, ROLS, STEPHANE, NAGEL, URMAS, ROOM, TOOMAS, LEVITT, MALCOLM H. and WHITBY, RICHARD J., 2018. CHEMPHYSCHEM. 19(3), 266-276
  • ZHANG, BO, ABU-KHUMRA, SABAH M M, AIBOUT, ABDELLAH and HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J, 2017. Manipulating and probing the polarisation of a methyl tunnelling system by field-cycling NMR. The Journal of chemical physics. 146(6), 064302
  • MAMONE, SALVATORE, JOHNSON, MARK R., OLLIVIER, JACQUES, ROLS, STEPHANE, LEVITT, MALCOLM H. and HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., 2016. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 18(3), 1998-2005
  • KRACHMALNICOFF, ANDREA, BOUNDS, RICHARD, MAMONE, SALVATORE, ALOM, SHAMIM, CONCISTRE, MARIA, MEIER, BENNO, KOURIL, KAREL, LIGHT, MARK E., JOHNSON, MARK R., ROLS, STEPHANE, HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., SHUGAI, ANNA, NAGEL, URMAS, ROOM, TOOMAS, CARRAVETTA, MARINA, LEVITT, MALCOLM H. and WHITBY, RICHARD J., 2016. NATURE CHEMISTRY. 8(10), 953-957

Current Research

I am Emeritus Professor with the School of Physics & Astronomy at the 糖心原创. My research interests are in the field of quantum molecular dynamics. I investigate molecular tunnelling and other quantum phenomena using specialised field-cycling NMR techniques and inelastic neutron scattering. I have longstanding expertise in the study of quantum tunnelling in methyl (CH3) groups and hydrogen bonds. Here, I study the influence of the wave-like properties of matter on the dynamics of atoms and molecules as they navigate the multi-dimensional potential energy surface that arises from the electrostatic interactions with the molecular environment. These quantum effects are revealed at low temperature, typically 4K. In recent years I have specialised in studying endofullerenes, wherein small molecules such as H2 (hydrogen molecule) and H2O (water) are confined inside the cage of a C60 fullerene molecule. These are highly quantum systems, with all translational and rotational degrees of freedom being quantised. In this context, the coupling of translational and rotational angular momenta also reveals interesting effects.

An important quantum mechanical characteristic of symmetrical molecular rotors such as H2, H2O and CH3 lies in the phenomenon of nuclear spin isomerism. Arising from the entanglement of spatial and nuclear spin degrees of freedom and the Pauli Exclusion Principle, we can identify discrete nuclear spin-symmetry species. This purely quantum mechanical effect has no analogue in classical mechanics and gives rise to interesting and novel nuclear spin polarisation effects, including dynamic nuclear polarisation (DNP). I have investigated the fundamental physics underpinning this area of quantum dynamics to study novel schemes for nuclear spin hyperpolarisation.

The pervasive influence of nuclear spin on the dynamics of atoms and molecules leads us to employ experimental techniques that are receptive to spin. In nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) we have found it is important to exploit the full range of magnetic field, so we have developed highly specialised magnetic field-cycling NMR spectrometers for our studies. Inelastic neutron scattering experiments provide an important complementary technique to those of magnetic resonance. These experiments are conducted at the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France and at the ISIS facility housed within the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, UK.

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  • BLOODWORTH, SALLY, GRASVIK, JOHN, ALOM, SHAMIM, KOURIL, KAREL, ELLIOTT, STUART J., WELLS, NEIL J., HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., MAMONE, SALVATORE, JIMENEZ-RUIZ, MONICA, ROLS, STEPHANE, NAGEL, URMAS, ROOM, TOOMAS, LEVITT, MALCOLM H. and WHITBY, RICHARD J., 2018. CHEMPHYSCHEM. 19(3), 266-276
  • ZHANG, BO, ABU-KHUMRA, SABAH M M, AIBOUT, ABDELLAH and HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J, 2017. Manipulating and probing the polarisation of a methyl tunnelling system by field-cycling NMR. The Journal of chemical physics. 146(6), 064302
  • MAMONE, SALVATORE, JOHNSON, MARK R., OLLIVIER, JACQUES, ROLS, STEPHANE, LEVITT, MALCOLM H. and HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., 2016. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 18(3), 1998-2005
  • KRACHMALNICOFF, ANDREA, BOUNDS, RICHARD, MAMONE, SALVATORE, ALOM, SHAMIM, CONCISTRE, MARIA, MEIER, BENNO, KOURIL, KAREL, LIGHT, MARK E., JOHNSON, MARK R., ROLS, STEPHANE, HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., SHUGAI, ANNA, NAGEL, URMAS, ROOM, TOOMAS, CARRAVETTA, MARINA, LEVITT, MALCOLM H. and WHITBY, RICHARD J., 2016. NATURE CHEMISTRY. 8(10), 953-957
  • MAMONE, SALVATORE, JIMENEZ-RUIZ, MONICA, JOHNSON, MARK R., ROLS, STEPHANE and HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., 2016. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 18(42), 29369-29380
  • PEAT, DAVID T., HIRSCH, MATTHEW L., GADIAN, DAVID G., HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., OWERS-BRADLEY, JOHN R. and KEMPF, JAMES G., 2016. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 18(36), 25764-25764
  • PEAT, DAVID T., HIRSCH, MATTHEW L., GADIAN, DAVID G., HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., OWERS-BRADLEY, JOHN R. and KEMPF, JAMES G., 2016. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 18(28), 19173-19182
  • ZHANG, BO and HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., 2015. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE. 258, 33-39
  • ZHANG, B., SUN, C., ALSANOOSI, A. M., AIBOUT, A. and HORSEWILL, A. J., 2014. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 140(8),
  • FRANTSUZOV, I., FORD, S. J., EVANS, I. RADOSAVLJEVIC, HORSEWILL, A. J., TROMMSDORFF, H. P. and JOHNSON, M. R., 2014. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 113(1),
  • FRANTSUZOV, I., JOHNSON, M. R., TROMMSDORFF, H. P. and HORSEWILL, A. J., 2014. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B. 118(28), 7777-7784
  • MAMONE, SALVATORE, CONCISTRE, MARIA, CARIGNANI, ELISA, MEIER, BENNO, KRACHMALNICOFF, ANDREA, JOHANNESSEN, OLE G., LEI, XUEGONG, LI, YONGJUN, DENNING, MARK, CARRAVETTA, MARINA, GOH, KELVIN, HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., WHITBY, RICHARD J. and LEVITT, MALCOLM H., 2014. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 140(19),
  • GOH, KELVIN S. K., JIMENEZ-RUIZ, MONICA, JOHNSON, MARK R., ROLS, STEPHANE, OLLIVIER, JACQUES, DENNING, MARK S., MAMONE, SALVATORE, LEVITT, MALCOLM H., LEI, XUEGONG, LI, YONGJUN, TURRO, NICHOLAS J., MURATA, YASUJIRO and HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., 2014. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 16(39), 21330-21339
  • XU, MINZHONG, JIMENEZ-RUIZ, MONICA, JOHNSON, MARK R., ROLS, STEPHANE, YE, SHUFENG, CARRAVETTA, MARINA, DENNING, MARK S., LEI, XUEGONG, BACIC, ZLATKO and HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., 2014. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 113(12),
  • OWERS-BRADLEY, JOHN R., HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., PEAT, DAVID T., GOHA, KELVIN S. K. and GADIAN, DAVID G., 2013. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 15(25), 10413-10417
  • HORSEWILL, A. J., GOH, K., ROLS, S., OLLIVIER, J., JOHNSON, M. R., LEVITT, M. H., CARRAVETTA, M., MAMONE, S., MURATA, Y., CHEN, J. Y. -C., JOHNSON, J. A., LEI, X. and TURRO, N. J., 2013. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES. 371(1998),
  • PEAT, DAVID T., HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., KOECKENBERGER, WALTER, LINDE, ANGEL J. PEREZ, GADIAN, DAVID G. and OWERS-BRADLEY, JOHN R., 2013. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 15(20), 7586-7591
  • LEVITT, MALCOLM H. and HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., 2013. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES. 371(1998),
  • BEDUZ, C., CARRAVETTA, M., CHEN, J.Y.-C., CONCISTR脠, M., DENNING, M., FRUNZI, M., HORSEWILL, A.J., JOHANNESSEN, O.G., LAWLER, R., LEI, X., LEVITT, M.H., LI, Y., MAMONE, S., MURATA, Y., NAGEL, U., NISHIDA, T., OLLIVIER, J., ROLS, S., R脮脮M, T., SARKAR, R., TURRO, N.J. and YANG, Y., 2012. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109(32), 12894-12898
  • HORSEWILL, A. J., PANESAR, K. S., ROLS, S., OLLIVIER, J., JOHNSON, M. R., CARRAVETTA, M., MAMONE, S., LEVITT, M. H., MURATA, Y., KOMATSU, K., CHEN, J. Y. -C., JOHNSON, J. A., LEI, X. and TURRO, N. J., 2012. PHYSICAL REVIEW B. 85(20),
  • HORSEWILL, A.J. and ABU-KHUMRA, S.M.M., 2011. Physical Review Letters. 107(12), 127602
  • MAMONE, S, CHEN, JYC, BHATTACHARYYA, R, LEVITT, MH, LAWLER, RG, HORSEWILL, AJ, ROOM, T, BACIC, Z and TURRO, NJ, 2011. COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS. 255, 938-948
  • LEGGETT, J., HUNTER, R., GRANWEHR, J., PANEK, R., PEREZ-LINDE, A.J., HORSEWILL, A.J., MCMASTER, J., SMITH, G. and K脰CKENBERGER, W., 2010. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 12(22), 5883-5892
  • HORSEWILL, AJ, 2010. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 23(7), 580-585
  • HORSEWILL, A. J., ROLS, S., JOHNSON, M. R., MURATA, Y., MURATA, M., KOMATSU, K., CARRAVETTA, M., MAMONE, S., LEVITT, M. H., CHEN, J. Y-C., JOHNSON, J. A., LEI, X. and TURRO, N. J., 2010. PHYSICAL REVIEW B. 82(8),
  • HORSEWILL, A. J., 2010. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 23(7), 580-585
  • LEGGETT, JAMES, HUNTER, ROBERT, GRANWEHR, JOSEF, PANEK, RAFAL, PEREZ-LINDE, ANGEL J., HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., MCMASTER, JONATHAN, SMITH, GRAHAM and KOECKENBERGER, WALTER, 2010. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 12(22), 5883-5892
  • HORSEWILL, A. J., 2008. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY. VOL 52(NUMBER 2-3), 170-196
  • NOBLE, D. L., FRANTSUZOV, I. and HORSEWILL, A. J., 2008. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE. 34(1-2), 110-117
  • HORSEWILL, A. J., 2007. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS. VOL 433(NUMBER 4-6), 450-453
  • CARRAVETTA, M, DANQUIGNY, A, MAMONE, S, CUDA, F, JOHANNESSEN, O G, HEINMAA, I, PANESAR, K, STERN, R, GROSSEL, M C, HORSEWILL, A J, SAMOSON, A, MURATA, M, MURATA, Y, KOMATSU, K and LEVITT, M H, 2007. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 9(35), 4879-94
  • CARRAVETTA, M., DANQUIGNY, A., MAMONE, S., CUDA, F., JOHANNESSEN, O. G., HEINMAA, I., PANESAR, K., STERN, R., GROSSEL, M. C., HORSEWILL, A. J., SAMOSON, A., MURATA, M., MURATA, Y., KOMATSU, K. and LEVITT, M. H., 2007. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 9(35), 4879-4894
  • HORSEWILL, A. J., 2007. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS. 433(4-6), 450-453
  • HORSEWILL, A J and WU, W, 2006. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 179(1), 169-72
  • CARRAVETTA, M, JOHANNESSEN, OG, LEVITT, MH, HEINMAA, I, STERN, R, SAMOSON, A, HORSEWILL, AJ, MURATA, Y and KOMATSU, K, 2006. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 124(10),
  • WU, W., NOBLE, D.L. and HORSEWILL, A.J., 2005. Chemical Physics Letters. 402(4-6), 519-523
  • WU, W, NOBLE, DL, OWERS-BRADLEY, JR and HORSEWILL, AJ, 2005. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE. 175(2), 210-221
  • BALCHIN, E, MALCOLME-LAWES, DJ, ROWE, MD, SMITH, JAS, BEARPARK, MJ, STEED, JW, WU, WM, HORSEWILL, AJ and STEPHENSON, D, 2005. Unusual solid state structure of heroin hydrochloride monohydrate and its selective detection using NQR spectroscopy (vol 28, pg 1309, 2004) NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY. 29(7), 978-978
  • BALCHIN, E., MALCOLME-LAWES, D. J., ROWE, M. D., SMITH, J. A. S., BEARPARK, M. J., STEED, J. W., WU, W., HORSEWILL, A. J. and STEPHENSON, D., 2004. New Journal of Chemistry. VOL 28(NUMB 11), 1309-1314
  • NAIR, S, DIMEO, RM, NEUMANN, DA, HORSEWILL, AJ and TSAPATSIS, M, 2004. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 121(10), 4810-4819
  • XUE, Q, HORSEWILL, AJ, JOHNSON, MR and TROMMSDORFF, HP, 2004. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 120(23), 11107-11119
  • BALCHIN, E, MALCOLME-LAWES, DJ, ROWE, MD, SMITH, JAS, BEARPARK, MJ, STEED, JW, WU, WM, HORSEWILL, AJ and STEPHENSON, D, 2004. NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY. 28(11), 1309-1314
  • HORSEWILL, A. J., MCGLOIN, C. J., TROMMSDORFF, H. P. and JOHNSON, M. R., 2003. Chemical Physics. VOL 291(NUMBER 1), 41-52
  • JENKINSON, R. I., IKRAM, A., HORSEWILL, A. J. and TROMMSDORFF, H. P., 2003. Chemical Physics. VOL 294(NUMBER 1), 95-104
  • HORSEWILL, AJ, MCGLOIN, CJ, TROMMSDORFF, HP and JOHNSON, MR, 2003. CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 291(1), 41-52
  • JENKINSON, RI, IKRAM, A, HORSEWILL, AJ and TROMMSDORFF, HP, 2003. CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 294(1), 95-104
  • HORSEWILL, A. J. and XUE, Q., 2002. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. VOL 4(NUMB 22), 5475-5480
  • HORSEWILL, AJ and XUE, Q, 2002. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 4(22), 5475-5480
  • NEUMANN, M, BROUGHAM, DF, MCGLOIN, CJ, JOHNSON, MR, HORSEWILL, AJ and TROMMSDORFF, HP, 1998. Journal Of Chemical Physics. 109(17), 7300-7311
  • BROUGHAM, D. F., HORSEWILL, A. J. and JENKINSON, R. I., 1997. Chemical Physics Letters. VOL 272(NUMBER 1/2), 69-74
  • BROUGHAM, DF, HORSEWILL, AJ and JENKINSON, RI, 1997. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS. 272(1-2), 69-74
  • GADIAN, DAVID G., PANESAR, KULDEEP S., LINDE, ANGEL J. PEREZ, HORSEWILL, ANTHONY J., KOECKENBERGER, WALTER and OWERS-BRADLEY, JOHN R., PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 14(16), 5397-5402

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