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Kelsey Parker

Institution
University of Minnesota
ORCID
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Projects

Fundamental Processes in High-Temperature Hypersonic Flows

Lead Institution
University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator
Donald Truhlar
Hypersonic aerodynamics involves the reactions of atmospheric molecules at up to 20,000 K. Hypersonic vehicles, spacecrafts and re-entry vehicles are in the atmosphere for extended periods of time;…

Design of Cathode Materials for Li-ion Batteries with High Capacity

Lead Institution
University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator
Donald Truhlar
Project type
Exploratory Research
This project involves the understanding and design of new cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries by carrying out and analyzing electronic structure calculations employing density functional…

Quantum Chemistry of Metal–Organic Frameworks

Lead Institution
University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator
Donald Truhlar
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are versatile nanoporous materials with metal-containing nodes joined by organic linkers; they offer many possibilities for controlling their properties by the design…

Computational Simulation of the Photochemistry of Thioanisole

Lead Institution
University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator
Donald Truhlar
Nonadiabatic photochemical processes are important for many significant problems in energy sciences, life sciences, and atmospheric environment. The photodissociation of thioanisole is a prototype…