Ljiljana Puskar

Research Area

High Resolution FTIR spectroscopy of transient and molecules of astrophysical and atmospheric interest, generation and characterization of molecular nanoparticles such as atmospheric aerosols and interstellar space particles by utilizing an enclosive flow cooling technique in conjunction with high resolution FTIR. Understanding how the changes in their size, shape, architecture, degree of crystallinity reflect on their spectroscopic signatures.
Use Raman spectroscopy interfaced with acoustic levitation device for time-resolved, contact-less monitoring of in-situ chemical reactions, physical (crystallization and evaporation) and biological processes such as monitoring the heme dynamics of a small sample volume of red blood cells and to detect hemozoin in malaria infected cells.
Application of resonance micro-Raman spectrometers, FTIR-ATR and MS techniques in malaria research.

Raman acoustic levitation spectroscopy (RALS) of red blood cells. L. Puskar, R. Tuckermann, T. Frosh, J. Popp, V. Ly, D. McNaughton and B. R. Wood, submitted for publication.
Ligand field photofragmentation spectroscopy of [Ag(L)N]2+ complexes in the gas phase. J. Guan, L. Puskar, R.O. Esplugas, H. Cox and A. J. Stace, submitted for publication.
High-resolution FTIR spectroscopy of HNSO. Analysis of the highly perturbed v 4, v 6 and 2v 5 bands. L. Puskar, E. G. Robertson and D. McNaughton, J. Mol. Spect., 240(2), 2006, 244-250.
UV photofragmentation of gas phase M+ and M2+ complexes with ketones, where M = Cu and Ag. L. Puskar, L.; A. J. Stace, Mol. Physics, 103(13), 2005, 1829-1835.
What Is Required to Stabilize Al3+? A Gas-Phase Perspective. L. Puskar, K. Tomlins, B. Duncombe, H. Cox and A.J. Stace, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127 (20), 2005, 7559-7569.
Gas-Phase Study of the Chemistry and Coordination of Lead(II) in the presence of Oxygen-, Nitrogen-, Sulfur-, and Phosphorus-Donating Ligands, L.Puskar, P. Barran, B. Duncombe, D. Chapman, A. J. Stace, J. Phys. Chem. A, 109(1), 2005, 273-282.