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Keith B. Rider
Keith B. Rider, Associate Professor
B.S. Guilford College
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
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Office
New Science 308-D
Contact Information
Department of Chemistry and Physics
201 High Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Phone: 434-395-2585
Fax: 434-395-2652
E-mail: riderkb@longwood.edu
Courses Taught
- CHEM 101, General Chemistry
- CHEM 111/112, Introductory Chemistry I/II
- CHEM 400, Thermodynamics
- CHEM/PHYS 401, Quantum Mechanics
- CHEM 467, Scientific Instrumentation Design and Construction
Research Interests
- Surface Science
- Atomic Force Microscopy
Selected Publications
- "Dendritic Aggregation of Oligothiophene during Desorption of 2,5-Diiodothiophene Multilayer and Topography-Induced Alignment of Oligothiophene Nanofibers," Liu, Guangming; Rider, Keith B.; Nam, Wook-Jun; Fonash, Stephen J.; Kim, Seong H., Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2006), 110(41), 20197-20201.
- "Determination of the heat of combustion of biodiesel using bomb calorimetry. A multidisciplinary undergraduate chemistry experiment," Akers, Stephen M.; Conkle, Jeremy L.; Thomas, Stephanie N.; Rider, Keith B., Journal of Chemical Education (2006), 83(2), 260-262.
- "High-Pressure (1 Torr) Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) Study of the Coadsorption and Exchange of CO and NO on the Rh(111) Crystal Face," Rider, Keith B.; Hwang, Kevin S.; Salmeron, Miquel; Somorjai, Gabor A., Journal of the American Chemical Society (2002), 124(19), 5588-5593.
- "Structure and Dynamics of Dense Monolayers of NO Adsorbed on Rh(111) in Equilibrium with the Gas Phase in the Torr Pressure Range," Rider, Keith B.; Hwang, Kevin S.; Salmeron, Miquel; Somorjai, Gabor A., Physical Review Letters (2001), 86(19), 4330-4333.
- "High Pressure Adsorbate Structures Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: CO on Pt(111) in Equilibrium with the Gas Phase," Jensen, John A.; Rider, Keith B.; Salmeron, Miquel; Somorjai, Gabor A., Physical Review Letters (1998), 80(6), 1228-1231.