Dr Trevor Dines

Dr Dines uses molecular spectroscopy in conjunction with computational methods to investigate the structures and properties of molecular species and solids. The main experimental technique employed is Raman spectroscopy, which involves measurement of the scattering of laser radiation incident upon matter in the gaseous, liquid or solid state. Raman scattering results from the interaction of laser radiation with molecular energy states, giving rise to a spectrum of radiation which is characteristic of molecular structure. This technique is also of particular importance in the investigation of the physics and chemistry of solids and surfaces. Interpretation of experimental data is facilitated by DFT calculations.

Before joining the Division in 2005 Dr Dines was previously a member of the Chemistry Department and has many years of experience of research and teaching in the areas of physical chemistry and chemical physics. Prior to moving to Dundee University in 1985 Dr Dines was a research assistant at University College London, having completed his PhD at Bradford University on hyper-Raman spectroscopy, an area of research which he has recently returned to.

• PhD Bradford University, School of Chemistry. "Hyper-Raman Spectroscopy of Liquids and Solutions"
• BTech (1st class Honours) Chemistry, Bradford University, School of Chemistry

• Vibrational and electronic spectroscopy
• Nonlinear Raman spectroscopy
• Computational chemical physics
• Molecular modelling
• Materials characterisation
• Spectroscopy of solids and surfaces

• Resonance Raman spectroscopy and DFT calculations of the protonation of 4-(2-pyridylazo) N,N-dimethylaniline in solution and adsorbed on oxide surfaces. T.J. Dines, L.D. MacGregor and C.H. Rochester, Chem. Phys., 322, 445 (2006).
• An infrared and resonance Raman spectroscopic study of phenylazonaphthol pigments. T.J. Dines and H. Onoh, Spectrochim. Acta A, 64A, 891 (2006).
• The predicted influence of polar dielectric insulators on the channel mobility of amorphous organic field effect transistors. D.M. Goldie and T.J. Dines, J. Phys. D, 40, 982 (2007).
• A resonance Raman spectroscopic study of the protonation of Disperse Orange 25 in solution and adsorbed on oxide surfaces. T.J. Dines, L.D. MacGregor and C.H. Rochester, J. Raman Spectrosc., 38, 832 (2007).
• Cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemical study of nickel and cobalt diphenyltetraazaannulene complexes B.D. Alexander, J.A. Crayston and T.J. Dines. J. Electroanal. Chem., 605, 109 (2007).
• Computational chemistry using modern electronic structure methods. S. Bell, B.Z. Chowdhry, T.J. Dines and R. Withnall, J. Chem. Educ., 84, 1364 (2007).

Dr T.J. Dines

Division of Electronic Engineering and Physics

University of Dundee

Nethergate

Dundee

DD1 4HN