Science Highlights
Materializing rival ground states in the barlowite family of kagome magnets: quantum spin liquid, spin ordered, and valence bond crystal states
npj: Quantum Material, 5, 23 (2020)
Anions Enhance Rare Earth Adsorption at Charged Surfaces
The Journal Physical Chemistry Letters, 11 (11), 4436–4442 (2020)
Competing Absorption of Surfactants and Antibodies to the Water Surface
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12 (8), 9977-9988 (2020)
In situ visualization of loading-dependent water effects in a stable metal–organic framework
Nature Chemistry, 12, 186–192 (2020)
Nanosheets Synthesis under Mixed Surfactants
Chemistry of Materials, 31 (21), 9040-9048 (2019)
Characterization of a Reactive Rh2 Nitrenoid by Crystalline Matrix Isolation
Journal of the American Chemistry Society, 141 (41), 16232–16236 (2019)
Stability of Ligands on Nanoparticles Regulating the Integrity of Biological Membranes at the Nano–Lipid Interface
ACS Nano, 13 (8), 8680-8693 (2019)
Molecular Interactions of Phospholipid Monolayers with a Model Phospholipase
Soft Matter, 15, 4068 (2019)
Ligand‐Based Control of Single‐Site vs. Multi‐Site Reactivity by a Trichromium Cluster
ACS Angewandte Chemie, 131, 5743-5747 (2019)
Electrostatic Origin of Element Selectivity during Rare Earth Absorption
Physical Review Letters, 122, 058001 (2019)
Hydrophobic interactions modulate antimicrobial peptoid selectivity towards anionic lipid membranes
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Biomembranes, 1860, 1414-1423 (2018)
Thermally Persistent High-Spin Ground States in Octahedral Iron Clusters
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140 (48), 16792–16806 (2018)
Topology-Guided Stepwise Insertion of Three Secondary Linkers in Zirconium Metal–Organic Frameworks
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140 (24), 7710–7715 (2018)
Tunable Rh2(II,II) Light Absorbers as Excited-State Electron Donors and Acceptors Accessible with Red/Near-Infrared Irradiation
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140(15), pp 5161–5170
Dissecting Porosity in Molecular Crystals: Influence of Geometry, Hydrogen Bonding, and [π···π] Stacking on the Solid-State Packing of Fluorinated Aromatics
Porous molecular crystals are an emerging class of porous materials that is unique in being built from discrete molecules rather than being polymeric in nature. In this study, we examined the effects of molecular structure of the precursors on the formation of porous...
Electron Injection from Photoexcited Metal–Organic Framework Ligands to Ru2 Secondary Building Units for Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution
We report the design of two new metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), Ru-TBP and Ru-TBP-Zn, based on Ru2 secondary building units (SBUs) and porphyrin-derived tetracarboxylate ligands. The proximity of Ru2 SBUs to porphyrin ligands (∼1.1 nm) facilitates multielectron...
Structure of a Monolayer of Molecular Rotors on Aqueous Subphase from Grazing-Incidence X-ray Diffraction
In situ grazing-incidence X-ray scattering shows that a monolayer of artificial rod-shaped dipolar molecular rotors produced on the surface of an aqueous subphase in a Langmuir trough has a structure conducive to a 2D ferroelectric phase. The axes of the rotors stand...
Nanoscale View of Assisted Ion Transport across the Liquid-Liquid Interface
Copyright (2018) National Academy of Sciences During solvent extraction, amphiphilic extractants assist the transport of metal ions across the liquid–liquid interface between an aqueous ionic solution and an organic solvent. Investigations of the role of the interface...
η2-SO2 Linkage Photoisomer of an Osmium Coordination Complex
We report the discovery of an η2-SO2 linkage photoisomer in the osmium pentaammine coordination complex, [Os(NH3)5(SO2)][Os(NH3)5(HSO3)]Cl4 (1). Its dark- and light-induced crystal structures are determined via synchrotron X-ray crystallography, at 100 K, where the...
Two-Step Adsorption of PtCl62– Complexes at a Charged Langmuir Monolayer: Role of Hydration and Ion Correlations
Reprinted with permission from J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 33, pp 1412-1418. Copyright 2017 American Chemical Society. Anion exchange at positively charged interfaces plays an important role in a variety of physical and chemical processes. However, the molecular-scale...