Publications
UNC
(44) S. A. Miller, B. A. West, A. C. Curtis, J. M. Papanikolas, A. M. Moran, "Uncovering Molecule-TiO2 Interactions With Nonlinear Spectroscopy" J. Chem. Phys.
135, 081101-1-4, (2011)

(43) B. A. West, J. M. Womick, A. M. Moran, "Influence of Temperature on Thymine-to-Solvent Vibrational Energy Transfer" J. Chem. Phys. 135, 114505-1-9,
(2011).

(42) B. A. West, J. M. Womick, A. M. Moran, "Probing Ultrafast Dynamics in Adenine with Mid-UV Four-Wave Mixing Spectroscopies" J. Phys. Chem. A. 115,
8630-8637, (2011).

(41) B. C. Westlake, M. K. Brennaman, J. J. Concepcion, J. J. Paul, S. E. Bettis, S. D. Hampton, S. A. Miller, N. V. Lebedeva, M. D. E. Forbes, A. M. Moran, T. J.
Meyer, J. M. Papanikolas, "Concerted Electron-Proton Transfer in the Optical Excitation of Hydrogen-Bonded Dyes" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 108 (21), 8554-8558,
(2011)

(40) J. M. Womick, H. Liu, A. M. Moran, "Exciton Delocalization and Energy Transport Mechanisms in R-Phycoerythrin" J. Phys. Chem. A. 115, 2471-2482, (2011).

(39) J. M. Womick, A. M. Moran, "Vibronic Enhancement of Exciton Sizes and Energy Transport in Photosynthetic Complexes" J. Phys. Chem. B. 115, 1347-1356,
(2011).

(38) S. A. Miller, A. C. Stuart, J. M. Womick, H. Zhou, W. You, A. M. Moran, "Excited State Photophysics in a Low Band Gap Polymer with High Photovoltaic
Efficiency" J. Phys. Chem. C. 115, 2371-2380, (2011).

(37) B. A. West, J. M. Womick, L. E. McNeil, K. J. Tan, and A. M. Moran, “Influence of Vibronic Coupling on Band Structure and Exciton Self-Trapping in
a-Perylene”
J. Phys. Chem. B. 115, 5157-5167, 2011).

(36) B. A. West, J. M. Womick, K. J. Tan, L. E. McNeil, and A. M. Moran, "Intermolecular Correlation Effects in the Electronic Relaxation Dynamics of Organic Single
Crystals," Ultrafast Phenomena XVII, Oxford University Press, 173-175, (2011).

(35) S. A. Miller, C. A. Fields-Zinna, R. W. Murray, and A. M. Moran, "Femtosecond Relaxation Dynamics of Core and Surface Localized Electronic States in
Au24PdL18," Ultrafast Phenomena XVII, Oxford University Press, 323-325, (2011)

(34) J. M. Womick, S. A. Miller, and A. M. Moran, “Towards the Origin of Exciton Electronic Structure in Phycobiliproteins ”
J. Chem. Phys. 133, 024507-1-10,
(2010).

(33) B. A. West, J. M. Womick, L. E. McNeil, K. J. Tan, A. M. Moran, "Ultrafast Dynamics of Frenkel Excitons in Tetracene and Rubrene Single Crystals",
J. Phys.
Chem. C,
114, 10580-10591, (2010).

(32) S. A. Miller, C. A. Fields-Zinna, R. W. Murray, A. M. Moran, "Nonlinear Optical Signatures of Core and Ligand Electronic States in Au24PdL18",
J. Phys. Chem.
Lett. 1, 1383-1387, (2010).

(31) S. A. Miller, A. M. Moran, "Nonlinear Optical Detection of Electron Transfer Adiabaticity in Metal Polypyridyl Complexes", J. Phys. Chem. A. 114 (5),
2117–2126, (2010)
.

(30) J. M. Womick, A. M. Moran, “Nature of Excited States and Relaxation Mechanisms in C-Phycocyanin”,
J. Phys. Chem. B, 113, 15771-15782, (2009).

(29) J. M. Womick, A. M. Moran, “Exciton Coherence and Energy Transport in the Light-Harvesting Dimers of Allophycocyanin”,
J. Phys. Chem. B, 113,
15747-15759, (2009).

(28) J. M. Womick, S. A. Miller, A. M. Moran, "Probing the Dynamics of Intraband Electronic Coherences in Cylindrical Molecular Aggregates", J. Phys. Chem. A,
113, 6587-6598, (2009).

(27) J. M. Womick, S. A. Miller, A. M. Moran, "Correlated Exciton Fluctuations in Cylindrical Molecular Aggregates", J. Phys. Chem. B, 113, 6630-6639, (2009).

(26) S. A. Miller, J. M. Womick, J. F. Parker, R. W. Murray, A. M. Moran, "Femtosecond Relaxation Dynamics of Au25L18- Monolayer-Protected Clusters," J. Phys.
Chem. C, 113, 9440-9444, (2009).



Postdoctoral Work

(25) M. A. Hershberger, A. M. Moran, N. F. Scherer, "New Insights into Response Functions of Liquids by Electric Field-Resolved Polarization Emission Time
Measurements", J. Phys. Chem. B, 115 (18), 5617-5624 (2011)

(24) S. Park, J. Kim, A. M. Moran, N. F. Scherer "Solvent structural relaxation dynamics in dipolar solvation studied by resonant pump polarizability response
spectroscopy", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 13, 214-223 (2011).

(23) Gruetzmacher, J. A., Nome, R. A., Moran, A. M., Scherer, N. F. “Assessing the dephasing dynamics of water from linear field-resolved pulse propagation
experiments and simulations in highly absorbing solutions”, J. Chem. Phys., 129, 224502-1-10, (2008).

(22) A. M. Moran, S. Park, N. F. Scherer "Polarizability response spectroscopy: Formalism and simulation of ultrafast dynamics in solvation", Chem. Phys., 341, pp.
344-356, (2007).

(21) A. M. Moran, R.A. Nome, N. F. Scherer "Field-resolved measurement of reaction-induced spectral densities by polarizability response spectroscopy", J. Chem.
Phys., 127, 184505, pp. 1-13, (2007).

(20) A. M. Moran, J. B. Maddox, J. W. Hong, J. Kim, R. A. Nome, G. C. Bazan, S. Mukamel, N. F. Scherer "Two-color electric field resolved transient grating
spectroscopy of an oligophenylenevinylene dimer", Ultrafast Phenomena XV, Springer Verlag, 88, 243-245 (2007).

(19) A. M. Moran, R. A. Nome, N. F. Scherer "Field-resolved coherent raman spectroscopy of high-frequency vibrational resonances", J. Phys. Chem A, 110,
10925-10928 (2006).

(18) A. M. Moran, R. A. Nome, N. F. Scherer "Resolving solute and solvent emission times by spectral interferometry", J. Chem. Phys., 125, 031101, pp. 1-4, (2006).

(17) A. M. Moran, S. Park, N. F. Scherer "Coherent electronic and nuclear dynamics for charge transfer in 1-ethyl-(carbomethoxy)pyridinium iodide", J. Phys. Chem
B, 110, 19771-19783 (2006).

(16) A. M. Moran, J. B. Maddox, J. W. Hong, J. Kim, R. A. Nome, G. C. Bazan, S. Mukamel, N. F. Scherer "Optical coherence and theoretical study of the excitation
dynamics of a highly symmetric cyclophane-linked oligophenylenevinylene dimer", J. Chem. Phys., 124, 194904, pp. 1-15, (2006).

(15) A. M. Moran, J. Sung, E. McLellan, R.P. Van Duyne, K.G. Spears "Second harmonic excitation spectroscopy of silver nanoparticle arrays", J. Phys. Chem. B, 109,
4501-4506 (2005).

(14) A. M. Moran, P. Aravindan, and K.G. Spears "Solvent adiabaticity effects on ultrafast electron transfer in viologen charge transfer complexes", J. Phys. Chem A,
109, 1795-1801 (2005).

(13) A. M. Moran and S. Mukamel "The origin of vibrational mode couplings in various secondary structural motifs of polypeptides", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 101,
506-510 (2004).

(12) A.M. Moran and K. G. Spears "The effect of diffusive solvent relaxation on ultrafast electron transfer within the methyl viologen-hexacyanoferrate complex in
trehalose-water glass", Chem. Phys. Lett., 393, 397-402 (2004).

(11) J. Dreyer, A. M. Moran and S. Mukamel "Coherent three-pulse spectroscopy of coupled vibrations in a rigid dipeptide: DFT simulations", J. Phys. Chem. B, 107,
5967-5985 (2003).

(10) A. M. Moran, S. -M. Park, J. Dreyer and S. Mukamel "Linear and nonlinear IR signatures of local - and 310-helical structures in alanine polypeptides", J. Chem.
Phys. 118, 3651-3659 (2003).

(9) A. M. Moran, S.-M. Park, and S. Mukamel "Infrared photon echo signatures of hydrogen bond connectivity in the cyclic decapeptide antamanide", J. Chem. Phys.
118, 9971-9980 (2003).

(8) J. Dreyer, A. M. Moran, and S. Mukamel "Tensor components in three-pulse vibrational echoes of a rigid dipeptide ", Bull Kor. Chem. Soc. 24, 1091-1096 (2003).

(7) A. M. Moran, J. Dreyer and S. Mukamel "Ab initio simulation of the two-dimensional vibrational spectrum of dicarbonylacetylacetonato rhodium(I)", J. Chem.
Phys, 118, 1347-1355 (2002).



Graduate Work

(6) A. M. Moran, A. M. Kelley, and S. Tretiak. "Excited state molecular dynamics simulations of nonlinear push-pull chromophores", Chem. Phys. Lett., 367,
293-307 (2003).

(5) A. M. Moran, M. Blanchard-Desce, and A. M. Kelley. "Aromatic versus polyenic linkers in push-pull chromophores: Electron-phonon coupling effects", Chem.
Phys. Lett., 358, 320-327 (2002).

(4) A. M. Moran, G. P. Bartholomew, G. C. Bazan, and A. M. Kelley. "Effects of a paracyclophane linker on the charge transfer transition of
4-dimethylamino-4?-nitrostilbene", J. Phys. Chem. A, 106, 4928-4937 (2002).

(3) A. M. Moran, D. S. Egolf, M. Blanchard-Desce, and A. M. Kelley. "Vibronic effects on solvent dependent linear and nonlinear optical properties of push-pull
chromophores: julolidinemalononitrile", J. Chem. Phys., 116, 2542-2555 (2002).

(2) A. M. Moran, C. Delbecque, and A. M. Kelley. "Solvent effects on ground and excited electronic state structures of the push-pull chromophore
julolidinyl-n-N,N'-diethylthiobarbituric acid." J. Phys. Chem. A 105, 10208-10219 (2001).

(1) A. M. Moran and A. M. Kelley. "Solvent effects on ground and excited electronic state structures of p-nitroaniline." J. Chem. Phys. 115, 912-924 (2001).

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