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Synthesis and properties of rigid electron donor-acceptor triads with appended stable radicals
Plasmonic sensors for applications in catalysis and art conservation
UV Raman studies of hydrocarbons in zeolites: (I) coke chemistry, (II) benzene in MFI, (III) quantitative Raman analysis
Energy and charge transfer in chlorophyll- and porphyrin-based multichromophore arrays
An investigation of electroactive, conducting, thiophene-based oligomers: Electronic structure, synthesis, characterization, and device analysis
Design, fabrication and fundamental studies of plasmonic materials
Optimization of surface-enhanced and tip-enhanced Raman scattering sensitivity through molecular plasmonics
Studies of single nanoparticle systems by localized surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and combinations thereof
Interaction of indoor air pollutants with titanium dioxide catalyst coatings studied by chemical ionization mass spectrometry
Theoretical study of model atom + polyatom reactions in the gas phase: Adiabatic and nonadiabatic dynamics
Enabling n-channel oligomer and polymer semiconductors through rational design, synthesis, computational modeling, and temperature dependent field effect transistor study
Linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy on two-dimensional arrays of silver nanoparticles
Multiscale plasmonic metamaterials
Singlet exciton fission: A discussion of the mechanism and what it means for dye sensitized solar cells
Near-field optical characterization of mesoscale structures
Theoretical studies of adsorption on reactive ionic surfaces
Environmental interfaces studied by second harmonic generation
Nonlinear optical studies of model environmental interfaces
Preparation and characterization of solid-state and plasmonic materials
Scaling laws for charge transfer in donor/bridge/acceptor molecules
Resonant localized surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy: Fundamentals and applications
Inorganic nanowells and nanotubes as templates for chemical nanofabrication
Charge dynamics in new architectures for dye-sensitized solar cells
Single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: A frequency domain existence proof and examination of the role of the electromagnetic enhancement mechanism
Molecular junctions: Control and dynamics at the single molecule limit
Kinetic, thermodynamic, and mechanistic studies of DeNOx catalysis over BaNa-Y: The roles of nitrates and nitrites
Nanofabrication of transition metal chalcogenides and plasmonic structures
Inelastic effects in charge transfer and transport
Beyond colloids: Interparticle forces at the nanoscale and their application to self-assembly
Theory aided design and analysis of dielectric and semiconductor components for organic field-effect transistors
Dynamics and coherence of systems with two and three unpaired spins
Covalent radical-chromophore systems: Synthesis, excited state properties and spin dynamics
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy characterization of chemical warfare agents adsorbed from the gas phase on silver film over nanosphere surfaces
Structure-function relationships and novel approaches to electro-optic chromophores: Design, computational modeling, synthesis, and characterization
Inelastic rate processes in molecular junctions: Current-induced nuclear excitation and bath-induced vibrational decoherence
Conformational dynamics in the electron transfer photocycle of mixed-metal hemoglobin hybrids
Heterogeneous ozonolysis of tropospherically relevant chiral and achiral olefins studied by vibrational sum frequency generation
The formation of chiral nanopatterns on low-dimensional ionic assemblies via electrostatic interactions
Synthetic, spectroscopic, and computational investigation of charge and energy transport through pi stacks
Self-organized organic materials that undergo photoinduced electron transfer
Dipole re-radiation in the modeling of surface enhanced Raman scattering: Beyond the plane-wave approximation
Thermodynamics, structure and electrostatics of adsorbates at geochemical interfaces determined by second harmonic and vibrational sum frequency generation
UV-Raman studies of coke formation during hydrocarbon conversion reactions over zeolite H-MFI
Prediction of silicon nanoparticle formation: Thermochemistry and kinetics generalized from quantum chemistry
Anisotropic nanomaterials: Synthesis, optical and magnetic properties, and applications
Fundamental and applied localized surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy studies from nanoparticle arrays to single nanoparticles
Improving the sensitivity and versatility of localized surface plasmon resonance biosensors
Analysis and design of supramolecular metal-organic complexes for catalysis and separations
Expanding the Scope on Switchable Mechanically Interlocked Molecules
The materials chemistry of the mechanical bond and its supramolecular precursors: Their formation under kinetic and thermodynamic control
Orientation and morphology of self-assembled oligothiophene semiconductors and development of hybrid nanostructures for photovoltaic devices
Manipulation and Characterization of Anisotropic Nanoparticles
Orientation and Structure of Catalytically Relevant Organic Molecules in Neat, Binary, and Ternary Liquid Mixtures at Oxide Interfaces Studied with Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation
Systems for the Activation and Photocatalysis of CO2
Investigating Charge Transport Mechanisms and Spatially Localized Photocurrent Variation in Organic Photovoltaic Devices
Photophysics and Spin Dynamics of Systems with Two and Three Unpaired Electrons
EPR and ENDOR Spectroscopic Characterization of Biomimetic Iron and Molybdenum Complexes Relevant to the Metalloenzymes Nitrogenase and Hydrogenase
Ammonium Binding as a Recognition Motif in Template-Directed Chemistry Under Thermodynamic Control
Computational Methods for Analysis of Complex Catalytic Reaction Networks
Organosilane Surface Functionalization and Interfacial Zinc-Ion-Carbohydrate Interactions Studied by Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, and Second Harmonic Generation
Interfacial Charge Transfer at the Semiconductor-Liquid Junction: Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells and Water Oxidation
Three-Dimensional Structure Combined with Electrochemical Performance Analysis for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes
Mechanistic Description of Surfactant-Induced Exciton Delocalization in Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Studies of Novel Quaternary Main Group Chalcophosphates, Chalcogermanates, and Chalcostannates from Exploratory Synthesis
Diazaperopyrenium Dications: Pioneering a Class of Perylene Derivatives and their use in Mechanically Interlocked Molecules and Applications
The Incorporation of Radical Pairing Interactions into Mechanically Interlocked Molecules
Charge-Transfer Oligomers and Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics: Structure, dynamics, and their implications for solar devices