Mr. Andrew A. Mills

Professional Information

Graduate Student: Analytical Chemistry
Project: SCRIBES
B.S., Brigham Young University, 2005

Papers

B. A. Tom, V. Zhaunerchyk, M. B. Wiczer, A. A. Mills, K. N. Crabtree, M. Kaminska, W. D. Geppert, M. Hamberg, M. af Ugglas, E. Vigren, W. J. van der Zande, M. Larsson, R. D. Thomas, and B. J. McCall
"Dissociative Recombination of Highly Enriched Para-H₃⁺"
Journal of Chemical Physics (2009), 130, 031101.

Talks

9	H. Kreckel, A. A. Mills, M. Perera, B. M. Siller, K. N. Crabtree, C. A. Kauffman and B. J. McCall "SCRIBES: Sensitive, Cooled, Resolved Ion-BEam Spectroscopy" Second Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2009.
8	A. A. Mills, K. B. Ford, H. Kreckel, M. Perera, K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall "Indirect Terahertz Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions Using Highly Accurate and Precise Mid-IR Spectroscopy" Sixty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009.
7	M. Perera, K. N. Crabtree, K. B. Ford, H. Kreckel, A. A. Mills and B. J. McCall "Progress in the Development of an Infrared Ion Beam Spectrometer" Sixty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009.
6	B. A. Tom, M. B. Wiczer, A. A. Mills, K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall "The H₃⁺ + H₂ Reaction: A Possible Mechanism for para-H₃⁺ Enrichment in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium" Inaugural Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2008.
5	A. A. Mills, K. N. Crabtree, and B. J. McCall "Progress on the Development of an Infrared Ion Beam Spectrometer" Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
4	B. A. Tom, M. B. Wiczer, A. A. Mills, K. N. Crabtree, and B. J. McCall "Observation of Nuclear Spin Selection Rules in Supersonically Expanding Plasmas Containing H₃⁺" Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
3	S. L. Widicus Weaver, B. E. Brumfield, A. A. Mills, S. S. Howard, C. F. Gmachl, and B. J. McCall "A Search for the 8.5 Micron Vibrational Spectrum of C₆₀ in the Laboratory and Space" Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
2	A. A. Mills, S. L. Widicus Weaver, and B. J. McCall "Development of a Fast Ion Beam Spectrometer for Molecular Ion Spectroscopy" Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
1	S. L. Widicus Weaver, A. A. Mills, and B. J. McCall "Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions in a Fast Ion Beam" Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.

Posters

4	K. N. Crabtree, K. B. Ford, C. A. Kauffman, H. Kreckel, A. A. Mills, M. Perera, B. M. Siller and B. J. McCall "SCRIBES: Sensitive, Cooled, Resolved, Ion BEam Spectroscopy" Advancing Chemical Understanding Through Astronomical Observations, Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, WV, 2009.
3	A. A. Mills, H. Kreckel, M. Perera, K. N. Crabtree, B. M. Siller, K. B. Ford and B. J. McCall "Ultrasensitive Infrared Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions" Air Force Molecular Dynamics Contractors Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2009.
2	A. A. Mills, K. B. Ford, K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall "High Resolution Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions: Development of an Instrument" Inaugural Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2008.
1	S. L. Widicus Weaver, A. A. Mills, and B. J. McCall "Continuous-wave Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions in a Fast Ion Beam" American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.

Other Publications

A. A. Mills
"Construction of the SCRIBES (Sensitive Cooled Resolved Ion BEam Spectroscopy) Instrument for the Detection of Astrochemically Important Molecular Ions"
Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, University of Illinois, 2007.