Dr. Behnam Assadollahzadeh (Postdoctoral Fellow)

Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics Bldg. 84, NZ Institute for Advanced Study Massey University (Albany Campus) Private Bag 102904 North Shore MSC, Auckland New Zealand Phone +64 9 414 0800 ext. 41540 Fax +64 9 443 9779 Email: B.Assadollahzadeh@massey.ac.nz

Research interests

• Chemistry at extreme conditions - Materials at ultra-high pressures from first principles quantum theoretical methods
• Electronic and geometric structure of nano-clusters and their fundamental properties
• Global optimization techniques

Publications:

• Breakdown of the pseudopotential approximation for magnetizabilities and electric multipole moments: Test calculations for Au, AuF, and Snn cluster (n ≤ 20)
  Peter Schwerdtfeger, Behnam Assadollahzadeh, Urban Rohrmann, Rolf Schäfer, and James R. Cheeseman, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 204102 (2011)
  
  
• The predicted spectrum of the hypermetallic molecule MgOMg
  B. Ostojić, P. R. Bunker, P. Schwerdtfeger, B. Assadollahzadeh and Per Jensen, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 7546-7553 (2011)
  
  
• The convergence of the Møller-Plesset perturbation series for the fcc lattices of neon and argon
  P. Schwerdtfeger, B. Assadollahzadeh, A. Hermann, Phys. Rev. B 82, 205111 (2010)
  
  
• The predicted infrared spectrum of the hyperberyllium molecule BeOBe in its X¹Σ_g⁺ and ã³Σ_u⁺ electronic states
  B. Ostojić, Per Jensen, P. Schwerdtfeger, B. Assadollahzadeh, P. R. Bunker, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 263, 21-26 (2010)
  
  
• A Systematic Search for the Global Minimum Structures of Tin Clusters Sn_n (n ≤ 20) and Corresponding Electronic Properties
  B. Assadollahzadeh, S. Schäfer, P. Schwerdtfeger, J. Comput. Chem. 31, 929-937 (2010)
  
  
• Global minimum structures and electronic properties for small gold clusters Au_n (n=2-20)
  B. Assadollahzadeh, P. Schwerdtfeger, J. Chem. Phys. 131, 064306-1-11 (2009)
  
  
• From clusters to the solid state: Global minimum structures for cesium clusters Cs_n (n=2-20,infinity) and their electronic properties
  B. Assadollahzadeh, C. Thierfelder, P. Schwerdtfeger, Phys. Rev. B 78, 245423-1-11 (2008)
  
  
• Structure and electric properties of Sn_N clusters (N=6-20) from combined electric deflection experiments and quantum theoretical studies
  S. Schäfer, B. Assadollahzadeh, M. Mehring, P. Schwerdtfeger, J. Phys. Chem. A 112, 12312-112319 (2008)
  
  
• Relativistic and Electron Correlation Effects in Static Dipole Polarizabilities for Group 14 Elements from Carbon to Element 114: Theory and Experiment
  C. Thierfelder, B. Assadollahzadeh, P. Schwerdtfeger, S. Scha¨fer, R. Schäfer, Phys. Rev. A 78, 052506-1-7 (2008)
  
  
• A Comparison of Metallophilic Interactions in Group 11 [X-M-PH3]_n (n=2-3) Complex Halides (M=Cu, Ag, Au; X=Cl, Br, I) from Density Functional Theory
  B. Assadollahzadeh, P. Schwerdtfeger, Chem. Phys. Lett. 462, 222-228 (2008)
  
  
• The low lying isomers of the copper nonamer cluster, Cu₉
  B. Assadollahzadeh, P. R. Bunker, P. Schwerdtfeger, Chem. Phys. Lett. 451, 262-269 (2008)
  
  
• Structural and spectroscopic studies on mercury(II) tribenzylphosphine complexes
  G. A. Bowmaker, B. Assadollahzadeh, A. M. Brodie, E. W. Ainscough, G. H. Freeman, G. B. Jameson, Dalton Trans. 1602-1612, (2005)
  
  
• Solid-state ¹⁰⁹Ag CP/MAS NMR spectroscopy of some diammine silver(I) complexes
  G. A. Bowmaker, R. K. Harris, B. Assadollahzadeh, D. C. Apperley, P. Hodgkinson, P. Amornsakchai, Magn. Reson. Chem. 42, 819-826 (2004)