Select Publications

McGillen, M.R., Fleming, E.L., Jackman, C.H. and Burkholder, J.B. (2013) CFCl3 (CFC-11): UV absorption spectrum temperature dependence measurements and the impact upon atmospheric lifetime and uncertainty, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1002/grl.50915.

McGillen, M.R., Baasandorj, M. and Burkholder, J.B. (2013) Gas-Phase Rate Coefficients for the OH + n-, i-, s-, and t-Butanol Reactions Measured Between 220 and 380 K: Non-Arrhenius Behavior and Site-Specific Reactivity, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 117, 4636-4656.

Papadimitriou, V.C., McGillen, M. R., Fleming, E.L., Jackman, C.H. and Burkholder, J.B. (2013) NF3: UV absorption spectrum temperature dependence and the atmospheric and climate forcing implications, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 440-445.

Le Breton, M., McGillen, M. R., Muller, J.B.A., Bacak, A., Shallcross, D.E., Xiao, P., Huey, L.G., Tanner, D., Coe, H. and Percival C.J. (2012) Airborne observations of formic acid using a chemical ionization mass spectrometer, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 5, 3029-3039.

Booth, A.M., Bannan, T., McGillen, M. R., Barley, M.H., Topping, D.O., McFiggans, G. and Percival, C.J. (2012) The role of ortho, meta, para isomerism in measured solid state and derived sub-cooled liquid vapour pressures of substituted benzoic acids, RSC Advances, 2, 4430-4443.

Ghalaieny, M., Bacak, A., McGillen, M. R., Martin, D., Knights, A.V., O'Doherty, S., Shallcross, D.E. and Percival, C.J. (2012) Determination of gas-phase ozonolysis rate coefficients of a number of sesquiterpenes at elevated temperatures using the relative rate method, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14, 6596-6602.

Leather, K.E., McGillen, M. R., Cooke, M.C., Utembe, S.R., Archibald, A.T., Jenkin, M.E., Derwent, R.G., Shallcross, D.E. and Percival, C.J. (2012) Acid-yield measurements of the gas-phase ozonolysis of ethene as a function of humidity using Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (CIMS), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, 469-479.

Bacak, A., Cooke, M.C., Bardwell, M.W., McGillen, M. R., Archibald, A.T., Huey, L.G., Tanner, D., Utembe, S.R., Jenkin, M.E., Derwent, R.G., Shallcross, D.E. and Percival, C.J. (2011) Kinetics of the HO2 + NO2 Reaction: On the impact of new gas-phase kinetic data for the formation of HO2NO2 on HOx, NOx and HO2NO2 levels in the troposphere, Atmospheric Environment, 45, 6414-6422.

McGillen, M.R., Ghalaieny, M. and Percival, C.J. (2011) Determination of gas-phase ozonolysis rate coefficients of C8-14 terminal alkenes at elevated temperatures using the relative rate method, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13, 10965-10969.

McGillen, M.R., Archibald, A.T., Carey, T.J., Leather, K.E., Percival, C.J., Shallcross, D.E. and Wenger, J.C. (2011) Structure‐activity relationship (SAR) for the prediction of gas‐phase ozonolysis rate coefficients: an extension towards heteroatomic unsaturated species, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13, 2842-2849.

Leather, K.E., McGillen, M.R., Harvey, J.N., Shallcross, D.E. and Percival, C.J. (2011) Temperature-dependent kinetics for the ozonolysis of selected chlorinated alkenes in the gas phase, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 43, 120-129.

Leather, K.E., McGillen, M.R. and Percival, C.J. (2009) Temperature‐dependent ozonolysis kinetics of selected alkenes in the gas phase: an experimental and structure‐activity relationship (SAR) study, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12, 2935-2943.

Booth, A.M., Markus, T., McFiggans, G., Percival, C.J., McGillen, M.R. and Topping, D.O. (2009) Design and construction of a simple Knudsen effusion mass spectrometer (KEMS) system for vapour pressure measurements of low volatility organics, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2, 355-361.

von Bobrutzki, K., Blom, M., Braban, C., Coe, H., Famulari, D., Gallagher, M.W., Geddes, J., Ghalaieny, M., Jones, S., McGillen, M.R., Mohacsi, A., Murphy, J., Percival,C.J., Pogany, A., Popescu, R., Rantanen, S., Whitehead, J. M., Sutton, M.A., Nemitz, E.G. (2009) An Intercomparison of ten ammonia measurement techniques during a field experiment. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 2, 1783-1836.

Last, D.J., Najera, J., Wamsley, R., Jackson, G., McGillen, M.R., Percival, C.J. and Horn, A.B. (2009) Ozonolysis of organic compounds and mixtures in solution. Part I: Oleic, maleic, nonanoic and benzoic acids, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11, 1427-1440.

Percival C.J. and McGillen, M.R. (2008) Structure Activity Relationship Methods, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, 47-59.

McGillen, M.R., Percival, C.J., Archibald, A.T., Carey, T.J., Wenger, J.C. and Shallcross, D.E. (2008) A novel structure‐activity relationship to predict ozonolysis rate coefficients with alkenes, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 10, 1757-1768.

Archibald, A.T. McGillen, M.R., Taatjes, C.A., Percival, C.J. and Shallcross, D.E. (2007) The atmospheric transformation of enols: a potential source of carboxylic acids in the urban atmosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, 34: L21801, doi:10.1029/2007GL031032.

McGillen, M.R. and Percival, C.J. (2007) A kinetic study of the reaction of OH with alkenes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 9 (31): 4349-4356.

Raventos, M.T., McGillen, M.R., Shallcross D.E. and Percival C.J. (2007) Kinetics and mechanism of the reaction between C2H5O2. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 9, 4338-4348.

McGillen, M.R., Percival, C.J., Pieterse, G. and Shallcross, D.E. (2007) Predicting arene rate coefficients with respect to hydroxyl and other free radicals: a simple and effective method using a single topological descriptor. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 3559-3569.

Raventos, M.T., McGillen, M.R., Shallcross D. E. and Percival C.J. (2007) Kinetics and mechanism of the reaction between CH3O2 + HO2. International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 39, 571-579.

McGillen, M.R., Percival, C.J., Crosier, J., Sanchez‐Reyna, G. and Shallcross, D.E. (2006) Can topological indices be used to predict gas‐phase rate coefficients of importance to tropospheric chemistry? Reactions of alkenes with OH, NO3 and O3. Chemosphere, 65, 2035-2044.

Reynolds, J.C., Last, D.J., McGillen, M.R., Nijs, A., Horn, A.B., Percival, C., Carpenter, C. and Lewis, A.C. (2006) Structural analysis of oligomeric molecules formed from the reaction products of oleic acid ozonolysis, Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 6674-6681.

McGillen, M.R., Percival, C.J., Raventos‐Duran, T., Sanchez‐Reyna, G. and Shallcross, D.E. (2006) Can topological indices be used to predict gas‐phase rate coefficients of importance to tropospheric chemistry? Atmospheric Environment, 40, 2488-2500.

McGillen, M.R. and Fairchild, I.J. (2006) An experimental study on the controls on incongruent dissolution of CaCO3 under analogue glacial conditions. Journal of Glaciology, 51, 383-390.