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Antoni Dymanus Created 2026-10-14 Updated 2026-11-05
Antoni Dymanus, Johannes Jacobus van Vaals and Wilhelmus Leonardus Meerts studied potassium cyanide and isotope-substituted variants using molecular beam electric resonance. Rotational frequencies constrain molecular moments of inertia, while isotope substitution changes those moments in a predictable way. Comparing the measured constants therefore tests the proposed geometry. Their resolved rotational and hyperfine structure supported an effective T-shaped molecular structure, rather than assuming a linear arrangement from the chemical formula.[ref]
High Resolution Molecular Beam Study of Alkali Cyanides by Johannes Jacobus van Vaals. Chapter III, printed pp. 27–48: KCN isotopic species, beam experiment, rotational constants and structure
A physicist, doctoral supervisor of Johannes Jacobus van Vaals and chapter III coauthor of High Resolution Molecular Beam Study of Alkali Cyanides by Johannes Jacobus van Vaals.[ref]
High Resolution Molecular Beam Study of Alkali Cyanides by Johannes Jacobus van Vaals Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-10-14
Publisher: Katholieke Universiteit te Nijmegen.
Cited passages: van Vaals, High Resolution Molecular Beam Study of Alkali Cyanides (1983), chapter I §2, printed pp. 11–14: fields A, C and B, detected flux, parallel plates, radiation and detector.
Chapter III carries a coauthor credit to Johannes Jacobus van Vaals, Wilhelmus Leonardus Meerts and Antoni Dymanus; the whole thesis remains credited to Johannes Jacobus van Vaals.
Wilhelmus Leonardus Meerts Created 2026-10-14 Updated 2026-11-05
Wilhelmus Leonardus Meerts, Johannes Jacobus van Vaals and Antoni Dymanus connected precision molecular spectroscopy with structural inference in potassium cyanide. The experiment resolved rotational and hyperfine structure in several isotope-substituted species. Rotational constants constrain moments of inertia, while hyperfine structure supplies additional information about local electronic and nuclear interactions. Agreement across these different measurements is a stronger test of the molecular geometry than fitting one isolated spectral line.[ref]
High Resolution Molecular Beam Study of Alkali Cyanides by Johannes Jacobus van Vaals. Chapter III, pp. 27–48: experimental spectrum, isotopic comparisons and structure
A physicist working in spectroscopy and a chapter III coauthor of High Resolution Molecular Beam Study of Alkali Cyanides by Johannes Jacobus van Vaals.[ref]
Identity: Title page: Wilhelmus Leonardus Meerts
Institutional profile: www.ru.nl/en/people/meerts-w