Publications

  1. Jared J. Paul, Brittany C. Westlake, M. Kyle Brennaman, Javier J. Concepcion, John M. Papanikolas, and Thomas J. Meyer, “Charge Transfer Induced Electron-Proton Transfer”, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2008 (submitted).

  2. David J. Styers-Barnett, Stephen P. Ellison, Brian P. Mehl, Brittany C. Westlake, Ralph L. House, Cheol Park, Kristopher E. Wise, and John M. Papanikolas, “Exciton Dynamics and Biexciton Formation in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Studied with Femtosecond Transient Absorption Spectroscopy”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008(in press).

  3. Chrystal D. Bruce, Carribeth L. Bliem, and John M. Papanikolas “Partial Derivatives: Are you kidding? Teaching thermodynamics using Virtual Substance”, to appear in “Advances in Teaching Physical Chemistry”, Edited by M.D. Ellison and T.A. Schoolcraft, ACS Symposium Series 973, 2008, p. 194.

  4. Javier J. Concepcion, Mathew K. Brennaman, Jeremy R. Deyton, Nadia. V. Lebedeva, Malcolm D. E. Forbes, John. M. Papanikolas, Thomas J.Meyer, “Excited State Quenching by Coupled Electron Proton Transfer (EPT)”, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2007, 129, 6968-6969.

  5. Dana M Dattelbaum, Edward M. Kober, John M Papanikolas, and Thomas J. Meyer “Application of Time-resolved Near-infrared Spectroscopy(TRNIR) to the Metal-to-Ligand ChargeTransfer (MLCT) Excited State(s) of Os(phen)32+” Chem. Phys., 2006, 326, 71-78.

  6. James H. Alstrum-Acevedo, Joseph M. DeSimone, Cynthia K. Schauer, and John M. Papanikolas: “The Synthesis and Characterization of Energy-Conducting Polymers with Pendant Inorganic Chromophores”, in Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials—2004, edited by Clément Sanchez, Ulrich Schubert, Richard M. Laine, and Yoshiki Chujo (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 847, Warrendale, PA,2005), EE8.10.1.

  7. David Styers-Barnett, Stephen Ellison, Cheol Park, Kristopher Wise and John Papanikolas, “Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy Investigations of Excited State Dynamics in SWNT/Polymer Composites” in Functional Carbon Nanotubes, edited by D.L. Carroll, B. Weisman, S. Roth, and A. Rubio (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 858E, Warrendale, PA, 2005), HH.5

  8. David J. Styers-Barnett, Stephen P. Ellison, Cheol Park, Kristopher E. Wise, and John M. Papanikolas “Ultrafast Dynamics of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed in Polymer Films” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2005, 109, 289-292.

  9. Jon R. Schoonover, Dana M. Dattelbaum, Anton Malko, Victor I. Klimov, Thomas J. Meyer,David J. Styers-Barnett, Erika Z. Gannon, Jeremy C. Granger, W. Steven Aldridge III, and John M. Papanikolas “Ultrafast Energy Transfer Between the 3MLCT State of [RuII(dmb)2(bpy an)]2+ and the Covalently Appended Anthracene” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2005, 109, 2472-2475.

  10. Wilhelm Glomm, Selina J. Moses, Matthew K. Brennaman, John M. Papanikolas, and Stefan Franzen “Detection of Adsorption of Ru(II) and Os(II) Polypyridyl Complexes on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles by Single Photon Counting Emission Measurements” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 804-810.

  11. Matthew K. Brennaman, Thomas J. Meyer, and John M. Papanikolas “Excited state dynamics in [Ru(bpy)2dppz]2+: Understanding the Light-Switch effect in Protic and Aprotic Solvents,” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2004 108, 9938-9944.

  12. George B. Shaw, David J. Styers-Barnett, Erika Z. Gannon, Jeremy C. Granger, and John M. Papanikolas “Interligand Electron Transfer Dynamics in Os(bpy)32+: Exploring the Excited State Potential Surfaces Using Femtosecond Spectroscopy” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2004,108, 4998-5006.

  13. C.N. Fleming, P.Jang, T. J. Meyer, and J.M. Papanikolas “Energy Migration Dynamics in a Ru(II) and Os(II) Based Antenna Polymer Embedded in a Disordered, Rigid Medium” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 2205-2209.

  14. H.Xie, A. Tkachenko, W.R. Glomm, J.A. Ryan, M.K. Brennaman, J.M. Papanikolas, S. Franzen, and D.L. Feldheim “Characterization of Peptide-modified Gold Nanoparticles by Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Time-correlated Single Photon Counting” Anal. Chem., 2003, 75, 5797-5805.

  15. W. Glomm, S. J. Anthireya, M.K. Brennaman, J.M. Papanikolas, and S. Franzen “Detection of Adsorption of Ru(II) and Os(II) Polypyridyl Complexes on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles by Single Photon Counting Emission Measurements” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2003 (submitted).

  16. A. M. Leone, M.K. Brennaman, J. D. Tibodeau, J.M. Papanikolas, R.W. Murray, H. H. Thorp “Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Nucleic Acid Molten Salts” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2003,107, 6469-6473.

  17. M.K. Brennaman, J. H. Alstrum-Acevedo, P. Jang, C. N. Fleming, T. J. Meyer, and J. M. Papanikolas “Turning the [Ru(bpy)2(dppz)]2+ Light-Switch On and Off with Temperature” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 15094-15098.

  18. G. B. Shaw and J. M. Papanikolas “Triplet-Triplet Annihilation of Excited States of Polypyridyl Ru(II) Complexes Bound to Polystyrene” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2002, 106, 6156-6162.

  19. C. N. Fleming, L. M. Dupray, J. M. Papanikolas, and T. J. Meyer “Energy Transfer Between Ru(II) and Os(II) Polypyridyl Complexes Linked to Polystyrene” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2002, 106, 2328-2334.

  20. G. B. Shaw, C. L. Brown, and J.M. Papanikolas “Investigation of Interligand Electron Transfer in Polypyridyl Complexes of Os(II) Using Femtosecond Polarization Anisotropy Methods: Examination of Os(bpy)32+ and Os(bpy)2(mab)2+” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2002, 106, 1483-1495.

  21. C. N. Fleming, K. A. Maxwell, J. M. DeSimone, T.J. Meyer, and J. M. Papanikolas “Ultrafast Excited-State Energy Migration Dynamics in an Efficient Light-Harvesting Antenna Polymer Based on Ru(II) and Os(II) Polypyridyl Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 10336-10347.

  22. T. Kikteva, D. Star, A. M. D. Lee, G. W. Leach, and J. M. Papanikolas “Five Wave Mixing: Surface-Specific Transient Grating Spectroscopy as a Probe of Low Frequency Intermolecular Adsorbate Motion” Phys. Rev. Lett., 2000, 85, 1906-1909.

  23. Radoslaw Munira Khalil, Richard. M. Williams, John M. Papanikolas, and Stephen R. Leone “Phase and Amplitude Control in the Formation and Detection of Rotational Wave Packets in the E(1?g+) State of Li2” J. Chem. Phys., 1998, 108, 9259-9274.

  24. John M. Papanikolas, Richard M. Williams, and Stephen R. Leone “Manipulating Ro-vibrational Wave Packet Composition in the Li2 E(1?g+) Shelf State Using Intermediate State Selection and Shaped Femtosecond Laser Pulses” J. Chem. Phys., 1997, 107, 4172-4178.

  25. Richard M. Williams, John M. Papanikolas, Jacob Rathje, and Stephen R. Leone “Compositional Control in the Formation of Ro-vibrational Wave Packets in the E(1?g+) Shelf State of Li2 via Quantum-State-Resolved Intermediate State Selection” J. Chem. Phys., 1997, 106, 8310-8323.

  26. Richard M. Williams, John M.Papanikolas, Jacob Rathje, and Stephen R. Leone “Quantum-State-Resolved 2-Level Femtosecond Rotational Coherence Spectroscopy: Determination of Rotational Constants at Medium and High J in Li2” Chem. Phys. Lett., 1996, 261, 405-413.

  27. John M. Papanikolas, Richard M. Williams, Paul D. Kleiber, Jeff Hart, Carsten Brink, Stephen Price, and Stephen R. Leone “Wave Packet Dynamics in the Li2 E(1?g+) Shelf State: Simultaneous Observation of Vibrational and Rotational Recurrences with Single Ro-vibronic Control of an Intermediate State” J. Chem. Phys., 1995,103, 7269-7276.

  28. John M. Papanikolas, Paul J. Campagnola, Vasil Vorsa, Maria E. Nadal, Heinrich K. Buchenau, Robert Parson, and W.C. Lineberger “Time-Resolved Studies of Cage Recombination Dynamics in Ionic Clusters” The Chemical Dynamics and Kinetics of Small Radicals K. Liu and A. Wagner, Eds.(World Scientific, New Jersey) 1995,616-667.

  29. John M. Papanikolas, Paul E. Maslen, and Robert Parson “Recombination and Relaxation of Molecular Ions in Size-Selected Clusters: Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of I2– (CO2)n” J. Chem. Phys., 1995, 102, 2452-2470.

  30. W.C. Lineberger, Maria E. Nadal, Paul J. Campagnola, V. Vorsa, Paul D. Kleiber, John M. Papanikolas, Paul E. Maslen, Jim Faeder, Robert Parson, and O.E. Poplawski “Time-Resolved Dynamics in Large Cluster Ions” Proceedings of The Robert A. Welch Foundation 38th Conference on Chemical Research: Chemical Dynamics of Transient Species, 1994, 175-186.

  31. Paul E. Maslen, John M. Papanikolas, Jim Faeder, Robert Parson, and S.V. Oneil “Solvation of Electronically Excited I2–” J. Chem. Phys., 1994, 101, 5731-5755.

  32. John M. Papanikolas, Vasil Vorsa, Maria E. Nadal, Paul J. Campagnola, Heinrich K. Buchenau, and W.C. Lineberger “I2– Photodissociation and Recombination Dynamics in Size-Selected I2–(CO2)n Cluster Ions” J. Chem. Phys., 1993, 99, 8733-8750.

  33. John M. Papanikolas, Vasil Vorsa, Maria E. Nadal, Paul J. Campagnola, James R. Gord, and W.C. Lineberger “I2– Photofragmentation/Recombination Dynamics in Size-Selected I2 (CO2)n Cluster Ions: Observation of Coherent I?I- Vibrational Motion” J. Chem. Phys., 1992, 97, 7002-7005.

  34. John M. Papanikolas, James R. Gord, Nancy E. Levinger, Douglas Ray, Vasil Vorsa, and W.C. Lineberger “Photodissociation and Geminate Recombination Dynamics of I2– in Mass-Selected I2–(CO2)n Cluster Ions” J.Phys. Chem., 1991, 95, 8028-8040.

  35. John Papanikolas, Gilbert C. Walker, Vasgen A. Shamamian, Ronald L. Christensen, and J. Clayton Baum “Effects of Hydrogen Bonding on the Low-Lying Electronic States of a Model Polyene Aldehyde” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 1912-1920.

  36. Douglas Ray, Nancy E. Levinger, John M. Papanikolas, and W.C. Lineberger “Time-Resolved Measurements of the Photodissociation and Recombination Dynamics of I2– in Mass Selected Cluster Ions” J. Chem. Phys., 1989, 91, 6533-6534
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05-Mar-2008