SZTÁRAY, BÁLINT

Eötvös Loránd University Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry Pázmány Péter sétány 2. 1117 - Budapest Hungary e-mail: sztaray@chem.elte.hu phone: (36-1) 209-0555/1611 fax: (36-1) 209-0602

• M.Sc. Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, 1997
• Ph.D. Chemistry., Eötvös Loránd University, 2001
• Lecturer, Eötvös Loránd University, 2001-2003
• Assistant professor, Eötvös Loránd University, 2003-

Research at a Glance

• synthetic organometallic chemistry: inert atmospheric techniques to prepare main group and transition metal organics


• photoelectron spectroscopy (PES):investigation of the electronic structure of organometallic compounds, gas phase reactions, in situ measurement of transient species, investigation of the relationship between catalytic activity and the PES of organometallic catalyzers


• photoelectron-photoion coincidence spectroscopy (PEPICO): investigation of the fragmentation paths, rates and energetics of energy selected molecular ions, measurement and modelling of time-of-flight distributions of metastable ions, breakdown diagrams, photoionization efficiency curves, thermochemistry of organometallics
• quantum chemistry: investigation of the geometry and the electronic structure of organometallic compounds with ab initio and density functional methods, calculation of vibrational frequencies of organometallic molecules and transtion state structures, accurate calculation of ionization energies

Longer Periods Abroad

• 1998-99: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.
  
  
• 2000: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.


• 2001: Advanced Light Source, Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
  

• 2001-03: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.
  
  
• 2004: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.

International Relations

• Professor Hans Joahim Breunig; Universität Bremen, Germany : Photoelectron-spectroscopy of antimony-organic compounds, investigation of rotational isomerism and lone-pair interactions and their relation to the photoelectron spectra


• Professor Tomas Baer; University of North Carolina, NC, U.S.A.: Photoelectron-photoion coincidence spectroscopy of organometallic complexes, investigation of catalytic model-compounds, transient species release from organometallic precursors
  
  
• Professor Peter Armentrout; University of Utah, UT, U.S.A.: Bond energies of organometallic ions

Teaching Activities

• Elementary Chemical Calculations

Fundamental chemical definitions. Composition of solutions. Gas laws. Kinetics. Thermochemistry. Chemical equilibria. Electrochemistry. Crystal structures.

• General Chemistry Lab

Measurements of fundamental quantities, treatment of experimental data, error calculations. Determination of the composition of solutions and mixtures. Fundamental chemical processes. Experiments in chemical kinetics, thermochemistry, chemical equilibria and electrochemistry for the demonstration of basic laws in general chemistry. Calculations in chemistry.

• Inorganic Chemistry Lab

Hidrogén és oxigén (elemek, vegyületek eloállítása, reakciók gázfázisban), halogének és vegyületeik (inert és száraz atmoszféra), kén és szelénvegyületek eloállítása, (magas homérsékletu reakciók), nitrogén, foszfor, bizmut, szén, sziliciumvegyületek eloállítása, s- és p- mezo fémei (ötvözetek, olvadékelektrolízis), d- mezo fémei és vegyületei (komplex vegyületek eloállítása)

• Inorganic and Organometallic Special Lab

Synthesis of main group and transition metal organic derivatives. Recording and interpretation of their FT-IR, multi nuclear (1H, 13C, 15N, 17O, 29Si) NMR and UPS spectra. MOCVD of hard coatings. Imvestigation of reactive intermediates. Preparation of mixed oxides and complexes as precursors for metallic and superconducting materials. Determinations of organic and inorganic contaminants in air, water and soil samples.

• Photoionization Techniques

Photoionization and basic principles. Instrumentation. The photoelectron spectrum, factors influencing the band shape. The Koopmans' theorem, interpretation of spectra. Chemical applications of photoelectron spectroscopy. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), method based on zero kinetic energy analysis (ZEKE), photoelectron-photoion coincidence (PEPICO).

Supervised Students

• undergraduate research (TDK) theses: Edina Rosta, Zsolt Gengeliczki, Csaba Pongor
  
• current undergraduate students: Zsolt Gengeliczki, Balázs Hornung, Csaba Pongor, Krisztina Rádi, Ágnes Révész, Petra Rovó
  
• current graduate (Ph.D.) student: András Bődi
  

Memberships

• American Chemical Society
• Hungarian Chemical Society

Awards

• Magyari Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Pro Sciencia Award
• Award for M.Sc. theses
• Excellent Student of the Faculty
• Hungarian Undergraduate Research Conference:1st prize
• ELTE Undergraduate Research Conference: Award of the Jury
• Szent-Györgyi Albert Gold Medal
• 24th International Chemistry Olimpiad, Gold Medal

Publications

• Papers in referred journals

• On the Parallel Mechanism of the Dissociation of Energy-Selected P(CH₃)₃+ Ions, Andras Bodi, James P. Kercher, Tomas Baer, and Bálint Sztáray, J. Phys. Chem., in press
• Heats of Formation of the Propionyl Ion and Radical and 2,3-Pentanedione by Threshold Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence Spectroscopy, James P. Kercher, Elizabeth A. Fogleman, Hideya Koizumi, Bálint Sztáray, and Tomas Baer, J. Phys. Chem. A, in press
• Effect of Phosphine Substitution on the Electronic Structure of Cobalt Tricarbonyl Nitrosyl, Zsolt Gengeliczki, Andras Bodi, and Bálint Sztáray, J. Phys. Chem. A, 108 (2004) 9957-9961
• Electron Impact Ionization in Helium Nanodroplets: Controlling Fragmentation by Active Cooling of Molecular Ions, William K. Lewis, Brian E. Applegate, Judit Sztáray, Bálint Sztáray, Tomas Baer, Raymond J. Bemish, and Roger E. Miller, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126 (2004) 11283-11292
• The Heats of Formation of the Acetyl radical and Ion obtained by Threshold Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence, E.A. Fogleman, H. Koizumi, J. Kercher, B. Sztáray, and T. Baer, J. Phys. Chem. A, 108 (2004) 5288-5294
• The statistical theory for unimolecular decay of organic and organometallic ions, Tomas Baer and Bálint Sztáray, volume 5, Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry, Elsevier, (2004) in press
• Neutral Cobalt-Carbonyl Bond Energy by Combined Threshold Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence and He(I) Photoelectron Spectroscopy,
  Bálint Sztáray, László Szepes and Tomas Baer,  J. Phys. Chem. A, 107 (2003) 9486-9490
  
• The suppression of hot electrons in threshold photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy using velocity focusing optics, Bálint Sztáray and Tomas Baer, Rev. Sci. Instrum 74 (2003) 3763
  
• Consecutive and Parallel Dissociation of Energy Selected Co(CO)₃NO⁺ Ions, Bálint Sztáray and Tomas Baer, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 106 (2002) 8046-8053
• The Dissociation Kinetics of Energy Selected Cp ₂Mn⁺ Ions Studied by Threshold Photoelectron-Photoion Coincidence Spectroscopy, Yue Li, Bálint Sztáray, Tomas Baer, Journal of the Americal Chemical Society, 124 (2002) 5842-5849
• The dissociation kinetics of energy selected CpMn(CO)3+ ions studied by threshold photoelectron-photoion coincidence spectroscopy, Yue Li, Bálint Sztáray, Tomas Baer, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 123 (2001) 9388
• The dissociation dynamics and thermochemistry of energy selected CpCo(CO)₂⁺ ions, B. Sztáray, T. Baer, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 122 (2000) 9219
• A photoelectron and photoion coincidence study of the ICH₂CN dissociation: Thermochemistry of ˙CH₂CN, ⁺CH₂CN, and ICH₂CN, R.D. Lafleur , B. Sztáray, T. Baer, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 104 (7) (2000) 1450
• The geometry and electronic structure of bis(cyclopentadienyl)-bis(tetrahydridoborato)-zirconium(IV), B. Sztáray, E. Rosta, Zs. Böcskey, L. Szepes, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 582 (1999) 267
• Photoelectron spectroscopy of mono and binuclear iron and chromium cyclooctatetraene complexes, G. Vass, B. Sztáray, L. Szepes, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 560 (1998) 7
• Structure and photoelectron spectrum of tetramethyldiarsane, B. Sztáray, P. Szalay, Journal of the American Chemical Society,119 (1997) 11926
• Rotational isomerism in tetramethyldistibane studied by UV photoelectron-spectroscopy, B. Sztáray, A. Nagy, L. Szepes, H. J. Breunig, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 515 (1996) 249

• Other important contributions

• Tizedesvessző, vagy tizedespont?, Náray Szabó Gábor és Sztáray Bálint, Magyar Tudomány, 2001. május