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Ultrafast Team Publications

2024

28. “Theoretical Model of Femtosecond Coherence Spectroscopy of Vibronic Excitons in Molecular Aggregates”
A. Rode, P.C. Arpin, and D.B. Turner. J. Chem. Phys. 2024, 160, 164101.

27. “Ultrabroadband Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy in the Pump–Probe Geometry Using Conventional Optics”
M.S. Barclay, N.D. Wright, P. Cavanaugh, R.D. Pensack, E.W. Martin, and D.B. Turner. Opt. Lett. 2024, 49, 2065–2068.

26. “Spatiotemporal Dispersion Compensation for a 200-THz Noncollinear Optical Parametric Amplifier”
W.P. Carbery, L.A. Bizimana, M.S. Barclay, N.D. Wright, P.H. Davis, W.B. Knowlton, R.D. Pensack, P.C. Arpin, and D.B. Turner. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2024, 95, 033002.

25. “Effect of Hydrophilic-Imparting Substituents on Exciton Delocalization of Squaraine Dye Aggregates Templated by DNA Holliday Junction”
G. Pascual, S.K. Roy, G. Barcenas, C.K. Wilson, K. Cervantes-Salguero, O.M. Obukhova, A.I. Krivoshey, E.A. Terpetschnig, A.L. Tatarets, L. Li, B. Yurke, W.B. Knowlton, O.A. Mass, R.D. Pensack, and J. Lee. Nanoscale 2024, 16, 1206–1222.

Part of the Themed Collection on Fundamental Processes in Optical Nanomaterials

 

2023

24. “Exciton Delocalization in a Fully Synthetic DNA-Templated Bacteriochlorin Dimer”
O.A. Mass, D. Watt, L.K. Patten, R.D. Pensack, J. Lee, D.B. Turner, B. Yurke, and W.B. Knowlton.  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2023, 25, 28437–28451.

23. “High-Sensitivity Electronic Stark Spectrometer Featuring a Laser-Driven Light Source”
J.S. Huff, K.M. Duncan, C.J. van Galen, M.S. Barclay, W.B. Knowlton, B. Yurke, P.H. Davis, D.B. Turner, R.J. Stanley, and R.D. Pensack. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2023, 94, 094103.

22. “Pursuing Excitonic Energy Transfer with Programmable DNA-based Optical Breadboards”
D. Mathur, S.A. Díaz, N. Hildebrandt, R.D. Pensack, B. Yurke, A. Biaggne, L. Li, J.S. Melinger, M.G. Ancona, W.B. Knowlton, and I.L. Medintz. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2023, 52, 7848–7948.

21. “Electronic Structure and Excited-State Dynamics of DNA-Templated Monomers and Aggregates of Asymmetric Polymethine Dyes”
K. M. Duncan, H. M. Byers, M. Houdek, S. K. Roy, A. Biaggne, L. K. Patten, M. S. Barclay, J. S. Huff, J.S., D. L. Kellis, C. K. Wilson, J. Lee, P. H. Davis, O. A. Mass, L. Li, D. B. Turner, J. A. Hall, W. B. Knowlton, B. Yurke, and R. D. Pensack. J. Phys. Chem. A 2023, 127, 4901–4918.

Part of the Virtual Special Issue on Physical Chemistry of Quantum Information Science

Part of the Virtual Special Issue on Physical Chemistry of Quantum Information Science

20. “Probing DNA structural heterogeneity by identifying conformational subensembles of a bicovalently bound cyanine dye”
M. S. Barclay, A. U. Chowdhury, A. Biaggne, J. S. Huff, N. D. Wright, P. H. Davis, L. Li, W. B. Knowlton, B. Yurke, R. D. Pensack, and D. B. Turner. J. Chem. Phys. 2023, 158, 035101.

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Part of the Special Issue on Celebrating 25 Years of Two-dimensional Infrared (2D IR) Spectroscopy

19. “Intramolecular Charge Transfer and Ultrafast Nonradiative Decay in DNA-Tethered Asymmetric Nitro- and Dimethylamino-Substituted Squaraines”
N. D. Wright, J. S. Huff, M. S. Barclay, C. K. Wilson, G. Barcenas, K. M. Duncan, M. Ketteridge, O. M. Obukhova, A. I. Krivoshey, A. L. Tatarets, E. A. Terpetschnig, J. C. Dean, W. B. Knowlton, B. Yurke, L. Li, O. A. Mass, P. H. Davis, J. Lee, D. B. Turner, and R. D. Pensack. J. Phys. Chem. A 2023, 127, 1141–1157.

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Part of the Virtual Special Issue on Physical Chemistry of Quantum Information Science

2022

18. “Signatures of Duschinsky Rotation in Femtosecond Coherence Spectra”
P. C. Arpin, M. Popa, and D. B. Turner. AppliedMath 2022, 2, 675–686.

Part of the Special Issue on Applications of Number Theory to the Sciences and Mathematics

17. “Exciton Chirality Inversion in Dye Dimers Templated by DNA Holliday Junction”
O. A. Mass, S. Basu, L. K. Patten, E. A. Terpetschnig, A. I. Krivoshey, A. L. Tatarets, R. D. Pensack, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, and J. Lee. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 10688–10696.

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16. “Perturbative Theoretical Model of Electronic Transient Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy of Molecular Aggregates”
P. C. Arpin and D. B. Turner. J. Chem. Phys. 2022, 157, 154101.

15. “Symmetry Breaking Charge Transfer in DNA-Templated Perylene Dimer Aggregates”
K. M. Duncan, D. L. Kellis, J. S. Huff, M. S. Barclay, J. Lee, D. B. Turner, P. H. Davis, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, and R. D. Pensack. Molecules 2022, 27, 6612.

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Part of the Special Issue on Excitons in Molecular Aggregates

14. “Tunable Electronic Structure via DNA-Templated Heteroaggregates of Two Distinct Cyanine Dyes”
J. S. Huff, S. A. Díaz, M. S. Barclay, A. U. Chowdhury, M. Chiriboga, G. A. Ellis, D. Mathur, L. K. Patten, S. Roy, A. Sup, A. Biaggne, B. S. Rolzcynski, P. D. Cunningham, L. Li, J. Lee, P. H. Davis, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, I. L. Medintz, D. B. Turner, J. S. Melinger, and R. D. Pensack. J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 17164–17175.

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13. “Characterizing Mode Anharmonicity and Huang–Rhys Factors Using Models of Femtosecond Coherence Spectra”
M. S. Barclay, J. S. Huff, R. D. Pensack, P. H. Davis, W. B. Knowlton, B. Yurke, J. C. Dean, P. C. Arpin, and D. B. Turner. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 5413–5423.

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12. “Oblique Packing and Tunable Excitonic Coupling in DNA-Templated Squaraine Rotaxane Dimer Aggregates”
M. S. Barclay, C. K. Wilson, S. K. Roy, O. A. Mass, O. M. Obukhova, R. P. Svoiakov, A. L. Tatarets, A. U. Chowdhury, J. S. Huff, D. B. Turner, P. H. Davis, E. A. Terpetschnig, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, J. Lee, and R. D. Pensack. ChemPhotoChem 2022, 6, e202200039.

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11. “Tuning between Quenching and Energy Transfer in DNA-Templated Heterodimer Aggregates”
A. U. Chowdhury, S. A. Díaz, J. S. Huff, M. S. Barclay, M. Chiriboga, G. A. Ellis, D. Mathur, L. K. Patten, A. Sup, N. Hallstrom, P. D. Cunningham, J. Lee, P. H. Davis, D. B. Turner, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, I. L. Medintz, J. S. Melinger, and R. D. Pensack. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 2782–2791.

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10. “Synthesis of Substituted Cy5 Phosphoramidite Derivatives and Their Incorporation into Oligonucleotides Using Automated DNA Synthesis”
A. Meares, K. Susumu, D. Mathur, S. H. Lee, O. A. Mass, J. Lee, R. D. Pensack, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, J. S. Melinger, and I. L. Medintz. ACS Omega 2022, 7, 11002–11016.

9. “Influence of Hydrophobicity on Excitonic Coupling in DNA-Templated Indolenine Squaraine Dye Aggregates”
O. A. Mass, C. K. Wilson, G. Barcenas, E. A. Terpetschnig, O. M. Obukhova, O. S. Kolosova, A. L. Tatarets, L. Li, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, R. D. Pensack, and J. Lee. J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 3475–3488.

 

2021

8. “Excited-State Lifetimes of DNA-Templated Cyanine Dimer, Trimer, and Tetramer Aggregates: The Role of Exciton Delocalization, Dye Separation, and DNA Heterogeneity”
J. S. Huff, D. B. Turner, O. A. Mass, L. K. Patten, C. K. Wilson, S. K. Roy, M. S. Barclay, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, P. H. Davis, and R. D. Pensack. J. Phys. Chem. B 2021, 125, 10240-10259.

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7. “First-principles studies of substituent effects on squaraine dyes”
G. Barcenas, A. Biaggne, O. A. Mass, C. K. Wilson, O. M. Obukhova, O. S. Kolosova, A. L. Tatarets, E. Terpetschnig, R. D. Pensack, J. Lee, W. B. Knowlton, B. Yurke, and L. Li. RSC Adv. 2021, 11, 19029-19040.

6. “Signatures of Vibrational and Electronic Quantum Beats in Femtosecond Coherence Spectra”
P. C. Arpin and D. B. Turner. J. Phys. Chem. A 2021, 125, 2425-2435.

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5. “Rotaxane rings promote oblique packing and extended lifetimes in DNA-templated molecular dye aggregates”
M. S. Barclay, S. K. Roy, J. S. Huff, O. A. Mass, D. B. Turner, C. K. Wilson, D. L. Kellis, E. A. Terpetschnig, J. Lee, P. H. Davis, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, and R. D. Pensack. Commun. Chem. 2021, 4, 1-11.

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1 of 12 articles selected by the Editorial Board for the end of year 2021 Editors’ Highlights collection

 

2020

4. “Basis set truncation further clarifies vibrational coherence spectra”
D. B. Turner and P. C. Arpin. Chem. Phys. 2020, 539, 110948.

3. “Exciton Delocalization in Indolenine Squaraine Aggregates Templated by DNA Holliday Junction Scaffolds”
O. A. Mass, C. K. Wilson, S. K. Roy, M. S. Barclay, L. K. Patten, E. A. Terpetschnig, J. Lee, R. D. Pensack, B. Yurke, and W. B. Knowlton. J. Phys. Chem. B 2020, 124, 9636–9647.

 

2019

2. “DNA-Templated Aggregates of Strongly Coupled Cyanine Dyes: Nonradiative Decay Governs Exciton Lifetimes”
J. S. Huff, P. H. Davis, A. Christy, D. L. Kellis, N. Kandadai, Z. S. D. Toa, G. D. Scholes, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, and R. D. Pensack. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10, 2386–2392.

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1. “An All-Optical Excitonic Switch Operated in the Liquid and Solid Phases”
D. L. Kellis, C. Sarter, B. L. Cannon, P. H. Davis, E. Graugnard, J. Lee, R. D. Pensack, T. Kolmar, A. Jäschke, B. Yurke, and W. B. Knowlton. ACS Nano 2019, 13, 2986–2994.