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Electron- and Photo-Induced Processes
Publications Concerning LEAF and Work Done at LEAF
- The Brookhaven Laser-Electron
Accelerator Facility (LEAF)
J. F. Wishart
Houshasenkagaku (Biannual Journal of the Japanese Society of Radiation Chemistry) 66, 63-64 (1998) - Electron Attachment to CO2
in Supercritical Ethane
M. Nishikawa, K. Itoh, and R. Holroyd
J. Phys. Chem. A 103, 550-556 (1999) Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Thermodynamics of Electron Attachment
to Pyrimidine and Styrene in Supercritical Ethane
R. A. Holroyd, M. Nishikawa, and K. Itoh
J. Phys. Chem. B 103, 9205-9210 (1999) Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Solvent Clustering around Pyrazine
Ions in the High-Compressibility Region of Supercritical
Ethane
R. A. Holroyd, M. Nishikawa, and K. Itoh
J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 11585-11590 (2000) Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Rapid electron tunneling through
oligophenylenevinylene bridges.
H. D. Sikes, J. F. Smalley, S. P. Dudek, A. R. Cook, M. D. Newton, C. E. D. Chidsey, and S. W. Feldberg
Science 291, 1519-1523 (2001) Abstract [Find paper at Science Magazine] - Accelerators for Ultrafast Phenomena
J. F. Wishart
In "Radiation Chemistry: Present Status and Future Trends" C. D. Jonah, B. S. M. Rao, Eds.; Studies in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Vol. 87, Ch. 2, Elsevier Science, (2001), pp. 21-35. (ISBN 0-444-82902-4) [Information about the book] - Pulse Radiolysis Studies of Dendritic
Macromolecules with Biphenyl Peripheral Groups and a
Ruthenium Tris-bipyridine Core
T. H. Ghaddar, J. F. Wishart, J. P. Kirby, J. K. Whitesell, and M. A. Fox
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 12832-12836 (2001) Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - A Dendrimer-Based Electron Antenna:
Paired Electron Transfer Reactions in Dendrimers with a
4,4'-bipyridine Core and Naphthalene Peripheral Groups
T. H. Ghaddar, J. F. Wishart, D. W. Thompson, J. K. Whitesell, and M. A. Fox
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 8285-8289 (2002) Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Density Inhomogeneities and Electron
Mobility in Supercritical Xenon
R. A. Holroyd, K. Itoh, and M. Nishikawa
J. Chem. Phys. 118, 706-710 (2003) Abstract [Find paper at Scitation] - Spectrum and Reactivity of the
Solvated Electron in the Ionic Liquid Methyltributylammonium
Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide
J. F. Wishart and P. Neta
J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 7261-7267 (2003). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] or use ACS Articles on Request - Reactions of Charged Species in
Supercritical Xenon as Studied by Pulse Radiolysis
R. A. Holroyd, J. F. Wishart, M. Nishikawa, and K. Itoh
J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 7281-7287 (2003). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Radiation Chemistry of Ionic Liquids:
Reactivity of Primary Species
J. F. Wishart, in "Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents: Progress and Prospects" Rogers, R. D. and Seddon, K. R., Eds.; ACS Symp. Ser. 856, Ch. 31, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2003, pp. 381-396. (ISBN 0-84123-856-1) Abstract [Information about the book] - Pulse Radiolysis Study of the
Reactions of Hydrogen Atoms in the Ionic Liquid
Methyltributylammonium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide
J. Grodkowski, P. Neta and J. F. Wishart
J. Phys. Chem. A 107, 9794-9799 (2003). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] or use ACS Articles on Request - Charge Transfer through Terthiophene
End-Capped Poly(arylene ethynylene)s
A. M. Funston, E. E. Silverman, J. R. Miller, and K. S. Schanze
J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 1544-1555 (2004). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Faster Dissociation: Measured Rates
and Computed Effects on Barriers in Aryl Halide Radical
Anions
N. Takeda, P. V. Poliakov, A. R. Cook, and J. R. Miller
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 4301-4309 (2004). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Long-Range Electron Transfer across
Peptide Bridges: the Transition from Electron Superexchange
to Hopping
R. Abdel Malak, Z. Gao, J. F. Wishart, and S. S. Isied
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 13888-13889 (2004). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - The LEAF Picosecond Pulse Radiolysis
Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory
J. F. Wishart, A. R. Cook and J. R. Miller
Rev. Sci. Inst. 75, 4359-4366 (2004). Abstract and Download [Find paper at Scitation]
Also selected for the December 2004 issue of the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science. - Electron Attachment to C60
in Nonpolar Solvents
R. A. Holroyd
Radiat. Phys. Chem., 72, 79-84 (2005). Abstract [Find paper at Elsevier Science Direct] - Effects of Functional Group
Substitution on Electron Spectra and Solvation Dynamics in a
Family of Ionic Liquids
J. F. Wishart, S. I. Lall-Ramnarine, R. Raju, A. Scumpia, S. Bellevue, R. Ragbir, R. Engel
Radiat. Phys. Chem., 72, 99-104 (2005). Abstract [Find paper at Elsevier Science Direct] - Increased Yields of Radical Cations by
Arene Addition to Irradiated 1,2-Dichloroethane
A. M. Funston and J. R. Miller
Radiat. Phys. Chem., 72, 601-611 (2005). Abstract [Find paper at Elsevier Science Direct] - Convergence of Spectroscopic and
Kinetic Electron Transfer Parameters for Mixed-Valence
Binuclear Dipyridylamide Ruthenium Ammine Complexes
A. J. Distefano, J. F. Wishart, and S. S. Isied
Coord. Chem. Rev. 249, 507-516 (2005). Abstract [Find paper at Elsevier Science Direct] - Dynamics of Fast Reactions in Ionic
Liquids
A. M. Funston and J. F. Wishart, in "Ionic Liquids IIIA: Properties and Structure" Rogers, R. D. and Seddon, K. R., Eds.; ACS Symp. Ser. 901, Ch. 8, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2005, pp. 102-116. (ISBN 0-8412-3893-6) Abstract [Information about the book] - Radiolysis with RF Photoinjectors:
Supercritical Xenon Chemistry
J. F. Wishart, in "Femtosecond Beam Science" Uesaka, M., Ed.; Imperial College Press, London, 2005, pp. 351-356. (ISBN 1-86094-343-8) Abstract [Information about the book] - Rates and energy of reactions of
charged species in supercritical xenon
R. A. Holroyd, M. Nishikawa and K. Itoh
Radiat. Phys. Chem., 74, 146-151 (2005). Abstract [Find paper at Elsevier Science Direct] - One-Electron Reduction of an "Extended
Viologen"
p-Phenylene-bis-4,4'-(1-aryl-2,6-diphenylpyridinium)
Dication
A. Funston, J. P. Kirby, J. R. Miller, L. Pospíšil, J. Fiedler, M. Hromadová, M. Gál, J. Pecka, M. Valášek, Z. Zawada, P. Rempala, and J. Michl
J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 10862-10869 (2005). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Reactivity of Acid Generators for
Chemically Amplified Resists with Low-Energy Electrons
A. Nakano, T. Kozawa, S. Tagawa, T. Szreder, J. F. Wishart, T. Kai and T. Shimokawa
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 45, L197-L200 (2006). Abstract [Find paper at the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics] - Spectroscopy and Transport of the
Triplet Exciton in a Terthiophene End-Capped Poly(phenylene
ethynylene)
A. M. Funston, E. E. Silverman, K. S. Schanze, and J. R. Miller
J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 17736-17742 (2006). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Nature and Energies of Electrons and
Holes in a Conjugated Polymer, Polyfluorene
N. Takeda, S. Asaoka, and J. R. Miller
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 16073-16082 (2006). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Conformational Analysis of the
Electron-Transfer Kinetics across Oligoproline Peptides
Using N,N-Dimethyl-1,4-benzenediamine Donors and
Pyrene-1-sulfonyl Acceptors
J. B. Issa, A. S. Salameh, E. W. Castner, Jr., J. F. Wishart, and S. S. Isied
J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 6878-6886 (2007). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] or use ACS Articles on Request - Rate and Driving Force for Protonation
of Aryl Radical Anions in Ethanol
A. M. Funston, S. V. Lymar, B. Saunders-Price, G. Czapski, and J. R. Miller
J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 6895-6902 (2007). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Mobility of electrons in supercritical
krypton: Role of density fluctuations
M. Nishikawa, R. A. Holroyd and J. M. Preses
J. Chem. Phys. 127, 014504 (2007). Abstract [Find paper at Scitation] - Radical Ion States of Platinum
Acetylide Oligomers
Thomas Cardolaccia, Alison M. Funston, M. Erkan Kose, Julia M. Keller, John R. Miller, and Kirk S. Schanze
J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 10871-10880 (2007). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Trialkylammonio-Dodecaborates: Anions
for Ionic Liquids with Potassium, Lithium and Proton as
Cations
E. Justus, K. Rischka, J. F. Wishart, K. Werner and D. Gabel
Chem. Eur. J. 14, 1918-1923 (2008). Abstract [Find paper at Wiley InterScience] - Tools for radiolysis studies
J. F. Wishart, in "Radiation chemistry: from basics to applications in material and life sciences" Spotheim-Maurizot, M., Douki, T., Mostafavi, M., and Belloni, J., Eds.; L'Actualité Chimique Livres, Paris, (2008) Ch. 2, pp. 17-33. [Information about the book] - Electron and hole transport to trap
groups at the ends of conjugated polyfluorenes
S. Asaoka, N. Takeda, T. Lyoda, A. R. Cook and J. R. Miller
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 11912-11920 (2008). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Length and Time-Dependent Rates in
Diffusion-Controlled Reactions with Conjugated Polymers
P. Sreearunothai, S. Asaoka, A. R. Cook and J. R. Miller
J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 2786-2795 (2009). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Charge trapping in imidazolium ionic
liquids
I. A. Shkrob and J. F. Wishart
J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 5582-5592 (2009). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] or use ACS Articles on Request - Optical fiber-based single-shot
picosecond transient absorption spectroscopy
A. R. Cook and Yuzhen Shen
Rev. Sci. Inst. 80, 073106 (2009). Abstract and Download [Find paper at Scitation] - Synthesis, characterization and
radiolytic properties of bis(oxalato)borate containing ionic
liquids
S. I. Lall-Ramnarine, A. Castano, G. Subramaniam, M. F. Thomas and J. F. Wishart
Radiat. Phys. Chem., 78, 1120-1125 (2009). Abstract [Find paper at Elsevier Science Direct] - Dynamics of Excimer Formation and
Decay in Supercritical Krypton
R. A. Holroyd, A. R. Cook and J. M. Preses
J. Chem. Phys. 131, 224509 (2009). Abstract [Find paper at Scitation] - Toward Designed Singlet Fission:
Electronic States and Photophysics of
1,3-Diphenylisobenzofuran
A. F. Schwerin, J. C. Johnson, M. B. Smith, P. Sreearunothai, D. Popovic, J. Cerny, Z. Havlas, I. Paci, A. Akdag, M. K. MacLeod, X. Chen, D. E. David, M. A. Ratner, J. R. Miller, A. J. Nozik and J. Michl
J. Phys. Chem. A 114, 1457-1473 (2010). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Ultra-fast pulse radiolysis methods
J. Belloni, R. A. Crowell, Y. Katsumura, M. Lin, J.-L. Marignier, M. Mostafavi, Y. Muroya, A. Saeki, S. Tagawa, Y. Yoshida, V. De Waele, and J. F. Wishart, in "Recent Trends in Radiation Chemistry" Rao, B. S. M. and Wishart, J. F., Eds.; World Scientific, Singapore, (2010) Ch. 5, pp 121-160. [Information about the book] - Application of External-Cavity Quantum
Cascade Infrared Lasers to Nanosecond Time-Resolved Infrared
Spectroscopy of Condensed-Phase Samples Following Pulse
Radiolysis
D. C. Grills, A. R. Cook, E. Fujita, M. W. George, J. M. Preses, and J. F. Wishart
Appl. Spectrosc. 64, 563-570 (2010). Abstract [Find paper at Ingenta] - Conjugated "Molecular Wire" for
Excitons
Y. Shibano, H. Imahori, P. Sreearunothai, A. R. Cook and J. R. Miller
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1, 1492-1496 (2010). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Ionic Liquids and Ionizing Radiation:
Reactivity of Highly Energetic Species
J. F. Wishart
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1, 3225-3231 (2010). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] or use ACS Articles on Request - Negative Polaron and Triplet Exciton
Diffusion in Organometallic "Molecular Wires"
J. M. Keller, K. D. Glusac, E. O. Danilov, S. McIlroy, P. Sreearunothai, A. R. Cook, H. Jiang, J. R. Miller and K. S. Schanze
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 11289-11298 (2011). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Triplet Transport to and Trapping by
Acceptor End Groups on Conjugated Polyfluorene Chains
P. Sreearunothai, A. Estrada, S. Asaoka, M. Kowalczyk, S. Jang, A. R. Cook, J. M. Preses and J. R. Miller
J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 19569-19577 (2011). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Sudden, "Step" Electron Capture by
Conjugated Polymers
A. R. Cook, P. Sreearunothai, S. Asaoka and J. R. Miller
J. Phys. Chem. A 115, 11615-11623 (2011). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Electron solvation dynamics and
reactivity in ionic liquids observed by picosecond
radiolysis techniques
J. F. Wishart, A. M. Funston, T. Szreder, A. R. Cook and M. Gohdo
Faraday Discuss. 154, 353-363 (2012). Abstract [Find paper at RSC Publications]. - Radiation Induced Fragmentation of
Diamide Extraction Agents in Ionic Liquid Diluents
I. A. Shkrob, T. W. Marin, J. R. Bell, H. Luo, S. Dai, J. L. Hatcher, R. D. Rimmer, and J. F. Wishart
J. Phys. Chem. B 116, 2234-2243 (2012). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] or use ACS Articles on Request. - Polarons, Bipolarons, and Side-By-Side
Polarons in Reduction of Oligofluorenes
L. Zaikowski, P. Kaur, C. Gelfond, E. Selvaggio, S. Asaoka, Q. Wu, H.-C. Chen, N. Takeda, A. R. Cook, A. Yang, J. Rosanelli and J. R. Miller
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 10852-10863 (2012). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Nanosecond Pulse Radiolysis of
Nanoconfined Water
R. M. Musat, A. R. Cook, J.-P. Renault and R. A. Crowell
J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 13104-13110 (2012). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications]. - Poly(3-decylthiophene) Radical Anions
and Cations in Solution: Single and Multiple Polarons and
Their Delocalization Lengths in Conjugated Polymers
N. Takeda and J. R. Miller
J. Phys. Chem. B 116, 14715-14723 (2012). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications]. - Excitons and Excess Electrons in
Nanometer Size Molecular Polyoxotitanate Clusters:
Electronic Spectra, Exciton Dynamics, and Surface States
Jianhua Bao, Zhihao Yu, Lars Gundlach, Jason B. Benedict, Philip Coppens, Hung Cheng Chen, John R. Miller and Piotr Piotrowiak
J. Phys. Chem. B 117, 4422-4430 (2013). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications]. - Rapid "Step Capture" of Holes in Chloroform
during Pulse Radiolysis
Andrew R. Cook, Matthew J. Bird, Sadayuki Asaoka and J. R. Miller
J. Phys. Chem. A 117, 7712-7720 (2013). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Radiation Stability of Cations in
Ionic Liquids. 2. Improved Radiation Resistance Through
Charge Delocalization in 1-Benzylpyridinium
I. A. Shkrob, T. W. Marin, Jasmine L. Hatcher, Andrew R. Cook, Tomasz Szreder and J. F. Wishart
J. Phys. Chem. B 117, 14385-14399 (2013). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] or use ACS Articles on Request. - Electron Transfer by Excited
Benzoquinone Anions: Slow Rates for Two-Electron Transitions
M. Zamidar, A. R. Cook, A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, R. Holroyd, Y. Jiang, J. Bikalis and J. R. Miller
J. Phys. Chem. A 117, 8360-8367 (2013). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications]. - Polarons, Compressed Polarons, and
Bipolarons in Conjugated Polymers
J. Bakalis, A. R. Cook, S. Asaoka, M. Forster, U. Scherf and J. R. Miller
J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 114-125 (2014). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications]. - Pressure Tuning of Electron Attachment
to Benzoquinones in Nonpolar Fluids: Continuous Adjustment
of Free Energy Changes
R. Holroyd, J. R. Miller, A. R. Cook and M. Nishikawa
J. Phys. Chem. B 118, 2164-2171 (2014). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications]. - Ionic Liquid Radiation Chemistry
J. F. Wishart in "Ionic Liquids further UnCOILed: Critical Expert Overviews," N. Plechkova; K. R. Seddon, Eds. Wiley, Ltd.: Chichester, (2014) pp. 259-274. Abstract - Mechanism of the Formation of a Mn-Based
CO2 Reduction Catalyst Revealed by Pulse
Radiolysis with Time-Resolved Infrared Detection
D. C. Grills, J. A. Farrington, B. H. Layne, S. V. Lymar, B. A. Mello, J. M. Preses and J. F. Wishart
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 5563-5566 (2014). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications]. - Tetraarylcyclobutadienecyclopentadienylcobalt
Complexes: Synthesis, Electronic Spectra, Magnetic Circular
Dichroism, Linear Dichroism, and TD DFT Calculations
G. S. Kottas, T. Brotin, P. F. H. Schwab, K. Gala, Z. Havlas, J. P. Kirby, J. R. Miller, and J. Michl
Organometallics 33, 3251-3264 (2014). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications]. - Radiation Stability of Cations in Ionic Liquids.
5. Task-Specific Ionic Liquids Consisting of Biocompatible
Cations and the Puzzle of Radiation Hypersensitivity
I. A. Shkrob, T. W. Marin, J. F. Wishart, and D. C. Grills
J. Phys. Chem. B 118, 10477-10492 (2014). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications]. - Role of Bad Dihedral Angles: Methylfluorenes Act
as Energy Barriers for Excitons and Polarons of
Oligofluorenes
T. Mani and J. R. Miller
J. Phys. Chem. A 118, 9451-9459 (2014). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Transport of Triplet Excitons along Continuous
100 nm Polyfluorene Chains
X. Li, M. Bird, G. Mauro, S. Asaoka, A. R. Cook, H.-C. Chen and J. R. Miller
J. Phys. Chem. B 119, ASAP (2015). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - Vibrational Stark Effects to Identify Ion
Pairing and Determine Reduction Potentials in
Electrolyte-Free Environments
T. Mani, D. C. Grills and J. R. Miller
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, ASAP (2015). Abstract [Find paper at ACS Publications] - A comparison of the gamma-radiolysis of TODGA and T(EH)DGA
using UHPLC-ESI-MS analysis
C. A. Zarzana, G. S. Groenewold, B. J. Mincher, S. P. Mezyk, A. Wilden, H. Schmidt, G. Modolo, J. F. Wishart and A. R. Cook
Solvent Extr. Ion Exch. 33, 431-447 (2015). [Find paper at Taylor and Francis] - Development of nanosecond time-resolved infrared detection
at the LEAF pulse radiolysis facility
D. C. Grills, J. A. Farrington, B. H. Layne, J. M. Preses, H. J. Bernstein and J. F. Wishart
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 86, 044102 (2015). [Find paper at AIP] - A design strategy for intramolecular singlet fission
mediated by charge-transfer states in donor-acceptor organic materials
E. Busby, J. L. Xia, Q. Wu, J. Z. Low, R. Song, J. R. Miller, X. Y. Zhu, L. M. Campos, M. Y. Sfeir
Nature Materials 14, 426-433 (2015). [Find paper at Nature Publications]. - What Makes Fluoroethylene
Carbonate Different?
I. A. Shkrob, J. F. Wishart, and D. P. Abraham
J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 14954-14964 (2015). [Find paper at ACS Publications] or use ACS Articles on Request. - Singlet, triplet, electron and hole transport along single
polymer chains
M. Bird, G. Mauro, L. Zaikowski, X. Li, O. Reid, B. Karten, S. Asaoka, H.-C. Chen, A. R. Cook, G. Rumbles and J. R. Miller
Proc. SPIE 9549, Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials XIV 95490E (2015). [Find paper at SPIE]. - Electron Localization of Anions Probed by Nitrile Vibrations
T. Mani, D. C. Grills, M. D. Newton and J. R. Miller
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 10979-10991 (2015). [Find paper at ACS Publications]. - Identification of Ion-Pair Structures in Solution by
Vibrational Stark Effects
J. Hack, D. C. Grills, J. R. Miller and T. Mani
J. Phys. Chem. B 120, 1149-1157 (2016). [Find paper at ACS Publications]. - The role of organic solvent radical cations in separations
ligand degradation
S. P. Mezyk, B. J. Mincher, S. B. Dhiman, B. Layne and J. F. Wishart
J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 307, 2445-2449 (2016). [Find paper at Springer].