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71. Impact of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Catalysis

Stefancu, A., Aizpurua, J., Alessandri, I., Bald, I., Baumberg, J., Besteiro, L., Christopher, P., Correa-Duarte, M., de Nijs, B., Demetriadou, A., Frontiera, R. R., Fukushima, T., Halas, N., Jain, P., Kim, Z. H., Kurouski, D., Lange, H., Li, J.-F., Liz-Marzán, L., Lucas, I. T., Meixner, A., Murakoshi, K., Nordlander, P., Peveler, W., Quesada-Cabrera, R., Ringe, E., Schatz, G., Schlücker, S., Schultz, Z., Tan, E. X., Tian, Z-Q., Wang, L., Weckhuysen, B., Xie, W., Ling, X. Y., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z., Zhou, R.-Y., Cortés, E., ACS Nano, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c06192  

70. Resonance Raman Intensity Analysis of Photoactive Metal-Organic Frameworks

Brennan, J., Choi, T. H., Soilis, Z., Rosi, N., Johnson, J. K., Frontiera, R. R., The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0204383 

69. Killer Phonon Caught: Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy Identifies Phonon-Induced Control of Photochemistry in Rubrene Derivatives

Clapham, M. L.+, Das, A.+, Douglas, C., Frontiera, R. R., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c03249  

68. Evidence for Superoxide-Initiated Oxidation of Aniline in Water by Pulsed, Atmospheric Pressure Plasma

Clay, D., Mueller, C. M., Rich, C. C., Schatz, G. C., Bruggeman, P. J., Frontiera, R. R., The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01323 

67. Wavelength Dependence of Plasmon-Induced Vibrational Energy Transfer in Fluorophore−Plasmonic Systems

Christenson, G. N., Yu, Z., Frontiera, R. R., The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c01142

66. Probing Time-Resolved Plasma-Driven Solution Electrochemistry in a Falling Liquid Film Plasma Reactor: Identification of HO2- as a Plasma-Derived Reducing Agent

 Srivastava, T., Chaudhura, S., Rich, C. C., Schatz., Frontiera, R. R., Bruggeman, P. , The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0190348 

65. Cinchona Alkaloid Polymers Demonstrate Highly Efficient Gene Delivery Dependent on Stereochemistry, Methoxy Substitution, and Length

Kreofsky, N. W, Roy, P., Brown, M. E., Perez, U., Leighton, R. E., Frontiera, R. R., Reineke, T. M., Biomacromolecules, 2024

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01099 

64. Structural Disorder at the Edges of Rubrene Crystals Enhances Singlet Fission

Volek, T. S., Armstrong, Z. T., Sowa, J. K., Wilson, K. S., Kunz, M. B., Bera, K., Koble, M., Frontiera, R. R., Rossky, P. J., Zanni, M. T., Roberts, S. T., The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02845   

63. Quantifying the ultrafast and steady-state molecular reduction potential of a plasmonic photocatalyst

Warkentin, C. L., Frontiera, R. R., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2305932120 

62. Mastering Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy: A Practical Guide

Lynch, P. G., Das, S., Alam, S., Rich, C. C., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Au, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphyschemau.3c00031 

61. Quantifying Bacteriorhodopsin Activity as a Function of its Local Environment with a Raman-Based Assay

Leighton, R. E., Frontiera, R. R., Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2023

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c04802 

60. Ligand Chromophore Modification Approach for Predictive Incremental Tuning of Metal−Organic Framework Color

Soilis, Z. M., Choi, T. H., Brennan, J., Frontiera, R. R., Johnson, J. K., Rosi, N. L.,  Chemistry of Materials, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01603 

59. Mixed Rubrene Cocrystals Offer Insights into Intermolecular Interactions Influencing Crystal Packing

Clapham, M., Frontiera, R. R., Douglas, C.  Crystal Growth and Design, 2023

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00296


58. Ostensible Steady-State Molecular Cooling with Plasmonic Nanoparticles

Yu, Z., Frontiera. R. R. ACS Nano, 2023

 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.2c08630 


57. Stimulated Raman versus Inverse Raman: Investigating Depletion Mechanisms for Super-Resolution Raman Microscopy

Leighton, R. E., Alperstein, A. M., Punihaole, D., Silva, W. R., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022

 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04415 


56. Virtual Special Issue on Quantum Coherent Phenomena in Energy Harvesting and Storage

Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and C, 2022

 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04774 


55. Synergies between Polyacrylamide Polymerization and Nanoparticle Generation using an Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet

Gangal, U., Exarhos, S., Contreras, T., Rich, C. C., Dolan, K., Yang, V., Frontiera, R. R., Bruggeman, P. Plasma Processes and Polymers, 2022

 https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.202200031 

54. Label-free super-resolution imaging techniques

Leighton, R., Alperstein, A., Frontiera, R. R. Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, 2022

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-anchem-061020-014723 

53. Intermolecular forces dictate vibrational energy transfer in plasmonic-molecule systems

Yu, Z., Frontiera, R. R.  ACS Nano, 2022

 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c08431 


52. Beyond single crystals: Imaging rubrene polymorphism across crystalline batches through lattice phonon Raman microscopy

Clapham, M. L, Leighton, R. E., Douglas, C. J., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2021

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0065496 


51. Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy – guided screening leads to efficient singlet fission in rubrene derivatives

 Bera, K., Douglas, C. D., Frontiera, R. R. Chemical Science, 2021

 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SC04251C


50. Vibronic Coupling and Exciton Chirality: Electronic and Structural Rearrangement between Helical to Zero Momentum Molecular Exciton States

Rich, C. C., Frontiera, R. R.  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021

 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c05827 


49. Decoding Chemical and Physical Processes Driving Plasmonic Photocatalysis Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopies

Warkentin, C. L., Yu, Z., Sarkar, A., Frontiera, R. R. Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00088


48. Plasma-Driven Solution Electrolysis

Bruggeman, P., Frontiera, R. R., Kortshagen, U., Kushner, M., Linic, S., Schatz, G. C., Andaraarachchi, H., Exarhos, S., Jones, L., Mueller, C., Rich, C. C., Xu, C., Yue, Yuanfu, Zhang, Yi. Journal of Applied Physics, 2021

 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0044261


47. Quinine copolymer reporters promote efficient intracellular delivery and illuminate protein-induced DNA unpackaging mechanisms

Van Bruggen, C., Punihaole, D., Keith, A. R., Schmitz, A. J., Tolar, J., Frontiera, R. R., Reineke, T. M. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2016860117


46. Plasmon-mediated intramolecular methyl migration with nanoscale spatial control

Brooks, J. L., Chulhai, D. V., Goodpaster, J. D., Frontiera, R. R. ACS Nano, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c07123


45. Advancements in singlet fission chromophore design enabled by vibrational spectroscopies

Bera, K.*, Kwang, S. Y.*, Frontiera, R. R., The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c06725


44. Coherent phonon catalysts: Lattice vibrations drive a photoinduced phase transition in a molecular crystal

Rich, C., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01834 


43. Stimulated Raman imaging below the diffraction limit with a MHz laser

Graefe, C. T., Punihaole, D., Lynch, M. J., Silva, W. R., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.5970


42. Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectro-microscopy for probing chemical reaction dynamics in solid-state materials

Cassabaum, A. A., Bera, K., Rich, C. C., Nebgen, B. R., Kwang, S. Y., Clapham, M. L., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0009976

41. Spatially Offset Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy: Observing Exciton Transport through a Vibrational Lens

Kwang, S. Y., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020

 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01114


40. Plasmon-driven C-N bond cleavage across a series of viologen derivatives

Brooks, J. L., Chulhai, D. V., Yu, Z., Goodpaster, J. D., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019

 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b08179 

39. Probing the coupling of butterfly wing photonic crystals to plasmon resonances with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Palmer, L. D., Brooks, J. L., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2019

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9tc02629k 

38. Effective Background Removal in Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy Using a Dual Frequency Raman Pump Technique

Bera, K., Kwang, S. Y., Cassabaum, A. A., Rich, C. C., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2019

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b02473

37. Far-Field Super-Resolution Vibrational Spectroscopy

Graefe, C. T., Punihaole, D., Harris, C. M., Lynch, M. J., Leighton, R., Frontiera, R. R.  Analytical Chemistry, 2019

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01731

36. Orientation and Polarization Dependence of Ground and Excited-State FSRS in Crystalline Betaine-30

Cassabaum, A. A., Silva, W. R., Rich, C. C., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019

 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b01023

35. Plasmon-Enhanced Chemical Sensing and Conversion using Copper Selenide Nanoparticles

Gan, X. Y., Keller, E. L., Warkentin, C. L., Crawford, S., Frontiera, R. R.,* Millstone, J. E.* Nano Letters, 2019

 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b05088 

34. Carborane RAFT Agents as Tunable and Functional Molecular Probes for Polymer Materials

Messina, M., Graefe, C. T., Chong, P., Ebrahim, O. M., Pathuri, R. S., Bernier, N. A., Mills, H. A., Rheingold, A. L., Frontiera, R. R., Maynard, H. D., Spokoyny, A. M.  Polymer Chemistry, 2019

https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9PY00199A 

33. Effect of Silica Supports on Plasmonic Heating of Molecular Adsorbates as Measured by Ultrafast Surface-Enhanced Raman Thermometry

Keller, E. L., Kang, H., Haynes, C. L., Frontiera, R. R. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2018

https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b14858 

32. New insights into quinine-DNA binding using Raman spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations

Punihaole, D., Workman, R. J., Upadhay, S., Van Bruggen, C., Schmitz, A., Reineke, T. M., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2018

 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b05795  

31. Toward a mechanistic understanding of plasmon-mediated photocatalysis

Brooks, J. L., Warkentin, C. L., Saha, D., Frontiera, R. R. Nanophotonics, 2018

http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2018-0073

30. Ultrafast nanoscale thermometry proves heating is not a significant factor in plasmonic photocatalysis

Keller, E. L., Frontiera, R. R. ACS Nano,  2018

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b01809 

29. Femtosecond stimulated Raman evidence for charge-transfer character in pentacene singlet fission

Hart, S. M., Silva, W. R., Frontiera, R. R. Chemical Science, 2018

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7SC03496B

28. Femtosecond Raman microscopy reveals structural dynamics leading to triplet separation in rubrene singlet fission

Bera, K., Douglas, C. J., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02769 

27. Monitoring charge density delocalization upon plasmon excitation with ultrafast surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Keller, E. L., Frontiera, R. R. ACS Photonics, 2017

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00082

26. Stimulated Raman Scattering: from bulk to nano

Prince, R. C., Frontiera, R. R., Potma, E. O. Chemical Reviews, 2017

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00545

25. Redox Non-innocent Behavior of a Terminal Iridium Hydrazido2-

Pearce, A. J., Cassabaum, A. A., Frontiera, R. R., Tonks, I. A. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201607648

24. Ultrafast surface-enhanced Raman probing of the role of hot electrons in plasmon-driven chemistry

Brandt, N. C., Keller, E. L., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2016

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01453

23. Competition between Reaction and Degradation Pathways in Plasmon-Driven Photochemistry

Brooks, J. L., Frontiera, R. R. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b02314

22. Ultrafast and nonlinear surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Gruenke, N. L., Cardinal, M. F., McAnally, M. O., Frontiera, R. R., Schatz, G. C., Van Duyne, R. P. Chemical Physics Reviews, 2016

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5CS00763A

21. Excited state structural evolution during charge-transfer reactions in Betaine-30

Silva, W. R., Frontiera, R. R. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5CP06195D 

20. Towards Label-Free Super-Resolution Microscopy

Silva, W. R., Graefe, C. T., Frontiera, R. R. ACS Photonics, 2016

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00467

19. Ultrafast Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Keller, E. L., Brandt, N. C., Cassabaum, A. A., Frontiera, R. R. Analyst, 2015

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5an00869g

18. Determination of resonance Raman cross sections for use in biological SERS sensing with femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy

Silva, W. R., Keller, E. L., Frontiera, R. R. Analytical Chemistry, 2014

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac501701h

17. High performance SERS substrates: Advances and challenges

Sharma, B., Cardinal, M. F., Kleinman, S. L., Greeneltch, N. G., Frontiera, R. R., Blaber, M. G., Schatz, G. C., Van Duyne, R. P. MRS Bulletin, 2013

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2013.161

16. Creating, characterizing, and controlling chemistry with SERS hot spots

Kleinman, S., Frontiera, R. R., Henry, A.-I Dieringer, J. A., Van Duyne, R. P., Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C2CP42598J

15. Fano-like resonances arising from long-lived molecule-plasmon interactions in colloidal nanoantennas

Frontiera, R. R., Gruenke, N. L., and Van Duyne, R. P., Nano Letters, 2012

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl303488m

14. SERS: Materials, applications, and the future

Sharma, B., Frontiera, R. R., Henry, A.-I., Ringe, E., Van Duyne, R. P., Materials Today, 2012

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1369-7021(12)70017-2

13. Decoding Chemical Reactivity by Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

Dasgupta, J., Frontiera, R. R., Fang, C., and Mathies, R. A., Encyclopedia of Biophysics, 2012

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16712-6_134 

12. Probing structural evolution along multiple degrees of freedom with femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy

Frontiera, R. R., Fang, C., Dasgupta, J., and Mathies, R. A., Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1cp22767j

11. Surface Enhanced-Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

Frontiera, R. R., Henry, A.-I., Gruenke, N. L., and Van Duyne, R. P., The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2011

http://dx.doi/org/10.1021/jz200498z

10. Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

Frontiera, R. R., and Mathies, R. A., Laser and Photonics Reviews, 2011

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lpor.200900048

9. Probing Interfacial Electron Transfer in Coumarin 343 Sensitized TiO2 Nanoparticles with Femtosecond Stimulated Raman

Frontiera, R. R., Dasgupta, J., and Mathies, R. A., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja907188b

8. Mapping GFP structure evolution during proton transfer with femtosecond Raman spectroscopy

Fang, C., Frontiera, R. R., Tran, R., and Mathies, R. A., Nature, 2009

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature08527

7. Ultrafast Excited State Isomerization in Phytochrome Revealed by Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

Dasgupta, J., Frontiera, R. R., Taylor, K., Lagarias, J. C., and Mathies, R. A., Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2009

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0812056106 

6. Origin of Negative and Dispersive Features in Resonance Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

Frontiera, R. R., Shim, S., Mathies, R. A., Ultrafast Phenomena XVI, Springer Series in Chemical Physics, 2009.

5. Origin of Negative and Dispersive Features in Anti-Stokes and Resonance Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

Frontiera, R. R., Shim, S., Mathies, R. A., Journal of Chemical Physics, 2008

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2966361

4. Excited-State Structure and Dynamics of cis- and trans-Azobenzene from Resonance Raman Intensity Analysis

Stuart, C. M., Frontiera, R. R., and Mathies, R.A., Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2007

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0751460

3. Polarization dependence of vibrational coupling signals in femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy

Frontiera, R. R., Mathies, R. A., Journal of Chemical Physics, 2007

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2780843

2. Direct observation of anharmonic coupling in the time domain with femtosecond stimulated Raman scattering

Kukura, P., Frontiera, R., Mathies, R. A., Physical Review Letters, 2006

http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.238303

1. Atmospheric mercury speciation in Yellowstone National Park

Hall, B. D., Olson, M. L., Rutter A. P., Frontiera, R. R., Krabbenhoft, D. P., Gross, D. S., Yuen, M., Rudolph, T. M., Schauer, J. J., Science of the Total Environment, 2006

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.12.007