Matthew S. Barclay

Bio

Dr. Matt Barclay joined the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in January of 2020 as part of the quantum DNA (qDNA) group with the Ultrafast Spectroscopy Team, then continued his work as a Research Scholar since 2022. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas under the joint guidance of Dr. Christopher Elles and Dr. Marco Caricato. His dissertation work focused on the experimental measurement and theoretical modeling of Raman spectra for molecules in electronically excited states. His work in the qDNA group has centered around the measurement of the excited-state behavior of DNA-templated molecular aggregates, where he has gained additional expertise in ultrafast and multidimensional optical spectroscopy in order to further understand the structure and dynamics of molecular excitons and nanoscale materials for energy and computing applications.

Education

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, The University of Kansas (2019)

Dissertation: Experimental and Theoretical Study of Resonance Raman Spectroscopy in Ground and Excited Electronic States

• B.S. in Chemistry, Creighton University (2013)

Publications

Boise State University

First-Author Papers

• Barclay, M.S., Chowdhury, A.U., Biaggne, A., Huff, J.S., Wright, N.D., Davis, P.H., Li, L., Knowlton, W.B., Yurke, B., Pensack, R.D., and Turner, D.B. “Probing DNA Structural Heterogeneity by Identifying Conformational Subensembles of a Bicovalently Bound Cyanine Dye” J. Chem. Phys. 2023, 158, 035101.
• Barclay, M.S., Huff, J.S., Pensack, R.D., Davis, P.H., Knowlton, W.B., Yurke, B., Dean, J.C., Arpin, P.C., and Turner, D.B. “Characterizing Mode Anharmonicity and Huang–Rhys Factors Using Models of Femtosecond Coherence Spectra” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 5413–5423.
• Barclay, M.S., Wilson, C.K., Roy, S.K., Mass, O.A., Obukhova, O.M., Svoiakov, R.P., Tatarets, A.L., Chowdhury, A.U., Huff, J.S., Turner, D.B., Davis, P.H., Terpetschnig, E.A., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W.B., Lee, J., and Pensack, R.D. “Oblique Packing and Tunable Excitonic Coupling in DNA-Templated Squaraine Rotaxane Dimer Aggregates” ChemPhotoChem 2022, 6, e202200039.
• Barclay, M.S., Roy, S., Huff, J.S., Mass, O.A., Turner, D.B., Wilson, C.K., Kellis, D.L., Terpetschnig, E.A., Lee, J., Davis, P.H., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W.B., and Pensack, R.D. “Rotaxane Rings Promote Oblique Packing and Extended Excited-State Lifetimes in DNA-Templated Squaraine Dye Aggregates” Commun. Chem. 2021, 4, 19.

Co-Author Papers

• Huff, J.S., Duncan, K.M., van Galen, C.J., Barclay, M.S., Knowlton, W.B., Yurke, B., Davis, P.H., Turner, D.B., Stanley, R.J., and Pensack, R.D. “High-Sensitivity Electronic Stark Spectrometer Featuring a Laser-Driven Light Source” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2023, 94, 094103.
• Duncan, K.M., Byers, H.M., Houdek, M.E., Roy, S.K., Biaggne, A., Patten, L.K., Barclay, M.S., Huff, J.S., Kellis, D.L., Wilson, C.K., Lee, J., Davis, P.H., Mass, O.A., Li, L., Turner, D.B., Hall, J.A., Knowlton, W.B., Yurke, B., and Pensack, R.D. “Electronic Structure and Excited-State Dynamics of DNA-Templated Monomers and Aggregates of Asymmetric Polymethine Dyes” J. Phys. Chem. A 2023, 127, 4901–4918.
• Wright, N.D., Huff, J.S., Barclay, M.S., Wilson, C.K., Barcenas, G., Duncan, K.M., Ketteridge, M., Obukhova, O.M., Krivoshey, A.I., Tatarets, A.L., Terpetschnig, E.A., Dean, J.C., Knowlton, W.B., Yurke, B., Li, L., Mass, O.A., Davis, P.H., Lee, J., Turner, D.B., and Pensack, R.D. “Intramolecular Charge Transfer and Ultrafast Nonradiative Decay in DNA-Tethered Asymmetric Nitro- and Dimethylamino-Substituted Squaraines” J. Phys. Chem. A 2023, 127, 1141–1157.
• Duncan, K.M., Kellis, D.L., Huff, J.S., Barclay, M.S., Lee, J., Turner, D.B., Davis, P.H., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W.B., and Pensack, R.D. “Symmetry Breaking Charge Transfer in DNA-Templated Perylene Dimer Aggregates” Molecules 2022, 27, 6612.
• Huff, J.S., Díaz, S.A., Barclay, M.S., Chowdhury, A.U., Chiriboga, M., Ellis, G.A., Mathur, D., Patten, L.K., Roy, S., Sup, A., Biaggne, A., Rolzcynski, B.S., Cunningham, P.D., Li, L., Lee, J., Davis, P.H., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W.B., Medintz, I.L., Turner, D.B., Melinger, J.S., and Pensack, R.D. “Tunable Electronic Structure via DNA-Templated Heteroaggregates of Two Distinct Cyanine Dyes” J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 17164–17175.
• Chowdhury, A.U., Díaz, S.A., Huff, J.S., Barclay, M.S., Chiriboga, M., Ellis, G.A., Mathur, D., Patten, L.K., Sup, A., Hallstrom, N., Cunningham, P.D., Lee, J., Davis, P.H., Turner, D.B., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W.B., Medintz, I.L., Melinger, J.S., and Pensack, R.D. “Tuning between Quenching and Energy Transfer in DNA-Templated Heterodimer Aggregates” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 2782–2791.
• Huff, J.S., Turner, D.B., Mass, O.A., Patten, L.K., Wilson, C.K., Roy, S., Barclay, M.S., Yurke, B., Knowlton, W.B., Davis, P.H., and Pensack, R.D. “Excited-State Lifetimes of DNA-Templated Cyanine Dimer, Trimer, and Tetramer Aggregates: The Role of Exciton Delocalization, Dye Separation, and DNA Heterogeneity” J. Phys. Chem. B 2021, 125, 10240–10259.
• Mass, O.A., Wilson, C.K., Roy, S., Barclay, M.S., Patten, L.K., Terpetschnig, E.A., Lee, J., Pensack, R.D., Yurke, B., and Knowlton, W.B. “Exciton Delocalization in Indolenine Squaraine Aggregates Templated by DNA Holliday Junction Scaffolds” J. Phys. Chem. B 2020, 124, 9636–9647.

University of Kansas

• Barclay, M.S., Elles, C.G., and Caricato, M. “On the Discrepancy between Experimental and Calculated Raman Intensities for Conjugated Phenyl and Thiophene Derivatives” J. Phys. Chem. A 2020, 124, 4678–4689.
• Barclay, M.S., Elles, C.G., and Caricato, M. “A Benchmark Study of Ground State Raman Spectra in Conjugated Molecules” J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2020, 16, 612–620.
• Barclay, M.S., Caricato, and M., Elles, C.G. “Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Scattering from Triplet Electronic States: Experimental and Theoretical Study of Resonance Enhancements” J. Phys. Chem. A 2019, 123, 7720–7732.
• Quincy, T.J., Barclay, M.S., Caricato, M., and Elles, C.G. “Probing Dynamics in Higher-Lying Electronic States with Resonance-Enhanced Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy” J. Phys. Chem. A 2018, 122, 8308–8319.
• Barclay, M.S., Quincy, T.J., Williams-Young, D.B., Caricato, M., and Elles, C.G. “Accurate Assignments of Excited State Resonance Raman Spectra: A Benchmark Study Combining Experiment and Theory” J. Phys. Chem. A 2017, 121, 7937–7946.