P.O. Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1)
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
FINLAND
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| Professor Pekka Pyykkö |
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| Address: | Department of Chemistry P.O. Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1) FIN-00014 University of Helsinki FINLAND | |
| E-mail: | Pekka.Pyykko(a)helsinki.fi |
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| Adjacent photo by Veikko Somerpuro, 2019. | Click to enlarge. |
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An official portrait by Jussi Aalto was uncovered in 2009:
Jussi Aalto's picture blog.
A webcast of the Farewell Lecture on 29 October 2009 (in Swedish, 57'46")
can be heard or copied as a
YouTube version
U of H Video archive UniTube .
The original PDF slides in English:
PDF
The Davidson Lecture, delivered for University of North Texas
on 25 October 2013.
Here, 54'.
The slides of a lecture, delivered at the 50th anniversary
of the Laboratory for Instruction in Swedish, Department of Chemistry,
University of Helsinki, on 12 November 2013.
PPT here .
PDF here.
An interview on the Periodic Table by Matt Davenport at the ACS
congress in San Diego, CA on 27 August 2019.
Here.
A brief history of quantum chemistry in Finland, ca. 1960-2023.
Here.
Research interests
Relativistic effects in heavy-element chemistry.
Closed-shell interactions in inorganic and organometallic systems.
Determination of nuclear quadrupole moments, Q, from spectroscopic
eqQ/h and accurate quantum chemical calculations.
The "2017" set
is here.
Paper [205] in Science (October 6, 2000) on noble-metal--noble-gas
chemical bonds.
Curriculum Vitae
List of
Publications (1- )
Year-2009
single-, double- and triple-bond covalent radii and Year-2012
tetrahedral covalent radii.
The RTAM bibliography of relativistic
calculations on atoms and molecules.
The "yellow card" (Report HUKI 1-89 on natural
constants).
The
REHE programme of the
ESF.
List of Chemistry Professors in Finland in 1761-2000.
Papers on history of chemistry.
Last update 18 April 2024.
