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PUBLICATIONS

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Facilitating Excited-State Plasmonics and Photochemical Reaction Dynamics

(Editor's Choice, Featured Article) 

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0167266

​PMID:  

[12 N. L. Warren, U. Yunusa, A. B. Singhal, E. A. Sprague-Klein*. "Facilitating Excited-State Plasmonics and Photochemical Reaction Dynamics," Chem. Phys. Rev., 2024, 5, 011307. 

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Harnessing Intermolecular Interactions to Promote Long-Lived Photoinduced Charge Separation from Copper Phenanthroline Chromophores

[11 A. M. Potocny, B. T. Phelan, E. A. Sprague-Klein, M. W. Mara, D. M. Tiede, Lin X. Chen, K. L. Mulfort*. "Harnessing Intermolecular Interactions to Promote Long-Lived Photoinduced Charge Separation from Copper Phenanthroline Chromophores," Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 48, 19119–19133. 

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Towards Metal-free Photocatalysis: Photochemical Regeneration of Organic Hydride Donors Using Phenazine-based Photosensitizers

[10 R. B. Weerasooriya, M. C. Drummer, B. T. Phelan, J. L. Gesiorski, E. A. Sprague-Klein, L. X. Chen, K. D. Glusac*. "Towards Metal-free Photocatalysis: Photochemical Regeneration of Organic Hydride Donors Using Phenazine-based Photosensitizers," J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022, 126, 42, 17816–17825.  

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Photo-Electrochemical Effect in the Water Oxidation Catalyst Cobalt-Phosphate (CoPi)

[9]  E. A. Sprague-Klein*, X. He, M. W. Mara, B. J. Reinhart, S. Lee, L. M. Utschig, K. L. Mulfort, L. X. Chen*, D. M. Tiede*. “Photo-Electrochemical Effect in the Water Oxidation Catalyst Cobalt-Phosphate (CoPi),” ACS Energy Lett., 2022, 7, 9, 3129–3138.​  

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Modulating the Electron Affinity of Polypyridine Molecules on Single Gold Nanoparticles for Plasmon-Driven Electron Transfer

(Featured in the Marie-Paule Pileni Festschrift Special Edition)

[7 E. A. Sprague-Klein, R. Ho-Wu, D. Nguyen, S. C. Coste, Y. Wu, T. Seideman, G. C. Schatz*, R. P. Van Duyne, “Modulating the Electron Affinity of Polypyridine Molecules on Single Gold Nanoparticles for Plasmon-Driven Electron Transfer,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 40, 22142-22153. 

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A very bulky and stable copper(I)-phenanthroline complex: impact of steric strain and symmetry on the excited state properties

[8]  L. Gimeno, B. Phelan, E.A. Sprague-Klein, T. Roisnel, E. Blart, C. Gourlaouen*, L.X. Chen*, Y. Pellegrin*. "A very bulky and stable copper(I)-phenanthroline complex: impact of steric strain and symmetry on the excited state properties," Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 19, 7296–7307.  

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Single-Atom Metal Oxide Sites as Traps for Charge Separation in nano Zr-MOF NDC-NU-1000

[6 B. V. Kramer, B. T. Phelan, E. A. Sprague-Klein, B. T. Diroll, S. Lee, K. Otake, R. Palmer, M. W. Mara, O. K. Farha, J. T. Hupp*, L. X. Chen*, “Single-Atom Metal Oxide Sites as Traps for Charge Separation in nano Zr-MOF NDC-NU-1000,” Energ. Fuel., 2021, 35, 23, 19081–19095.  

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Surface immobilized copper(I)diimine photosensitizers as molecular probes for elucidating the effects of confinement at interfaces for solar energy conversion

(Featured as the journal’s back cover article)

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC05972B

PMID:  32960199

[4]  M. S. Eberhart, B. T. Phelan, J. Niklas, E. A. Sprague-Klein, D. M. Kaphan, D. J. Gosztola, L. X. Chen, D. M. Tiede, O. G. Poluektov, K. L. Mulfort*, “Surface immobilized copper(I)diimine photosensitizers as molecular probes for elucidating the effects of confinement at interfaces for solar energy conversion,” Chem. Comm., 2020, 56, 12130-12133. 

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Pyroelectric Heat Detection for Calibrated Measurement of Atomic Layer Deposition Reaction Heat

[5]  A. R. Bielinski, E. A. Sprague-Klein, B. T. Phelan, A. B. F. Martinson*, “Pyroelectric Heat Detection for Calibrated Measurement of Atomic Layer Deposition Reaction Heat,” Chem. Mater., 2021, 33, 6176-6185.  

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Photoinduced Plasmon-Driven Chemistry in trans-1,2-Bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene Gold Nanosphere Oligomers

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b06347

PMID:  30071734

[3 E. A. Sprague-Klein, B. Negru, L. R. Madison, S. C. Coste, B. K. Rugg, A. M. Felts, M. O. McAnally, M. Banik, V. A. Apkarian, M. R. Wasielewski, M. A. Ratner, T. Seideman, G. C. Schatz, R. P. Van Duyne*, “Photoinduced Plasmon-Driven Chemistry in trans-1,2-Bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene Gold Nanosphere Oligomers,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 10583-10592.  

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Fabrication of Gold Nanosphere Oligomers for Surface-Enhanced Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

[2 B. Negru, M. O. McAnally, H. E. Mayhew, T. W. Ueltschi, L. Peng, E. A. Sprague-Klein, G. C. Schatz, and R. P. Van Duyne*, “Fabrication of Gold Nanosphere Oligomers for Surface-Enhanced Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 27004-27008.   

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Observation of Single Molecule Plasmon-Driven Electron Transfer in Isotopically Edited 4,4’-Bipyridine Gold Nanosphere Oligomers

(Highlighted in ACS Nano “Present and future of surface-enhanced Raman scattering"  and  ACS Energy Letters “Plasmons for Energy Conversion") 

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b08868

PMID:  28976739

[1]  E. A. Sprague-Klein, M. O. McAnally, D. V. Zhdanov, A. B. Zrimsek, V. A. Apkarian, T. Seideman, G. C. Schatz, and R. P. Van Duyne*, “Observation of Single Molecule Plasmon-Driven Electron Transfer in Isotopically Edited 4,4’-Bipyridine Gold Nanosphere Oligomers,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 15212-15221.  

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Targeted synthesis of gold nanorods and characterization of their tailored surface properties using optical and X-ray spectroscopy

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP01993H

​PMID:  39331013

[15]  D. G. Schauer, J. Bredehoeft, U. Yunusa, A. Pattammattel, H. J. Wörner, E. A. Sprague-Klein*.  "Targeted synthesis of gold nanorods and characterization of their tailored surface properties using optical and X-ray spectroscopy," Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 25581-25589. 

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Challenges and Opportunities for Passive Thermoregulation

[14 N. Guo, C. Shi*, N. Warren, E. A. Sprague-Klein, B. W. Sheldon, M. Chen*.  "Challenges and Opportunities for Passive Thermoregulation," Adv. Energy Mater. 2024, 14, 2401776.

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A Hierarchically Micro- and Nano-structured Polymer via Crystallinity Alteration for Sustainable Environmental Cooling

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c02567

​PMID:  39250777

[16C. Shi*, S.-H. Kim, N. Warren, N. Guo, X. Zhang, Y. Wang, A. Willemsen, C. López-Pernía, Y. Liu, A. Kingon, H. Yan, Y. Zheng, M. Chen*, E. Sprague-Klein*, B. Sheldon*.  A Hierarchically Micro- and Nano-structured Polymer via Crystallinity Alteration for Sustainable Environmental Cooling," Langmuir, 2024, 40, 38, 20195–20203.

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Plasmon resonance dynamics and enhancement effects in Tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II) gold nanosphere oligomers

(Emerging Investigators Edition) 

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR06129A

​PMID:  38411615

[13U. Yunusa, N. Warren, D. Schauer, P. Srivastava, E. Sprague-Klein*. "Plasmon resonance dynamics and enhancement effects in Tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II) gold nanosphere oligomers," Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 5601-5612. 

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