Robert Sanderson Mulliken (June 7, 1896 – October 31, 1986) was an American physicist and chemist, primarily responsible for the early development of molecular orbital theory, i.e.
He graduated in 1913 and succeeded in getting a scholarship to MIT which had earlier been won by his father.
degree in chemistry from MIT in 1917. ====Early career==== At this time, the United States had just entered World War I, and Mulliken took a position at American University in Washington, D.C., making poison gas under James B.
Hence, in 1919 he entered the Ph.D.
program at the University of Chicago. ===Graduate and early postdoctoral education=== Mulliken got his doctorate in 1921 based on research into the separation of isotopes of mercury by evaporation, and continued in his isotope separation by this method.
The NRC grant was extended in 1923 for two years so he could study isotope effects on band spectra of such diatomic molecules as boron nitride (BN) (comparing molecules with B10 and B11).
Slater, who had worked with Niels Bohr. In 1925 and 1927, Mulliken traveled to Europe, working with outstanding spectroscopists and quantum theorists such as Erwin Schrödinger, Paul A.
In consequence, molecular orbital theory was also referred to as the Hund-Mulliken theory. ===Early scientific career=== From 1926 to 1928, he taught in the physics department at New York University (NYU).
Slater, who had worked with Niels Bohr. In 1925 and 1927, Mulliken traveled to Europe, working with outstanding spectroscopists and quantum theorists such as Erwin Schrödinger, Paul A.
In 1927 Mulliken worked with Hund and as a result developed his molecular orbital theory, in which electrons are assigned to states that extend over an entire molecule.
At both NYU and Chicago, he continued to refine his molecular-orbital theory. Up to this point, the primary way to calculate the electronic structure of molecules was based on a calculation by Walter Heitler and Fritz London on the [molecule (H2) in 1927.
In consequence, molecular orbital theory was also referred to as the Hund-Mulliken theory. ===Early scientific career=== From 1926 to 1928, he taught in the physics department at New York University (NYU).
Then he returned to the University of Chicago as an associate professor of physics, being promoted to full professor in 1931.
Mulliken received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1966 and the Priestley Medal in 1983. ==Early years== Robert Mulliken was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Mulliken received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1966 and the Priestley Medal in 1983. ==Early years== Robert Mulliken was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Robert Sanderson Mulliken (June 7, 1896 – October 31, 1986) was an American physicist and chemist, primarily responsible for the early development of molecular orbital theory, i.e.
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