2013
Chiral Sum Frequency Generation for In Situ Probing Proton Exchange in Antiparallel β‑Sheets at Interfaces
Fu L, Xiao D, Wang Z, Batista VS, Yan EC. Chiral Sum Frequency Generation for In Situ Probing Proton Exchange in Antiparallel β‑Sheets at Interfaces. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2013, 135: 3592-3598. PMID: 23394622, PMCID: PMC9208335, DOI: 10.1021/ja3119527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsD exchangeChiral sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopySum frequency generation spectroscopyHydrogen/deuterium exchangeSurface-selective methodFrequency generation spectroscopyVibrational modesAir/water interfaceAb initio simulationsWater OD stretch bandsH bondsPeptide backboneGeneration spectroscopyN stretchBulk solutionProton exchangeD stretchWater interfaceAntiparallel β-sheetDeuterium exchangeStretch bandFourier transformMass spectroscopyInitio simulationsCharacterization of an Amorphous Iridium Water-Oxidation Catalyst Electrodeposited from Organometallic Precursors
Blakemore JD, Mara MW, Kushner-Lenhoff MN, Schley ND, Konezny SJ, Rivalta I, Negre CF, Snoeberger RC, Kokhan O, Huang J, Stickrath A, Tran LA, Parr ML, Chen LX, Tiede DM, Batista VS, Crabtree RH, Brudvig GW. Characterization of an Amorphous Iridium Water-Oxidation Catalyst Electrodeposited from Organometallic Precursors. Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 52: 1860-1871. PMID: 23383971, DOI: 10.1021/ic301968j.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-energy X-ray scatteringElectrochemical oxidationMolecular precursorsIridium oxideOxide materialsWater oxidation catalysisDensity functional theory modelingX-ray absorption fine structureActive catalyst materialsAmorphous iridium oxidePair distribution function analysisPotential decomposition productsAbsorption fine structureX-ray absorptionWater oxidationDistribution function analysisElemental analysisRobust catalystsCatalyst materialsIR spectroscopyIridium complexesX-ray scatteringOrganometallic precursorsPrecursor complexH bonds
2012
Oxidative functionalization of benzylic C–H bonds by DDQ
Batista V, Crabtree R, Konezny S, Luca O, Praetorius J. Oxidative functionalization of benzylic C–H bonds by DDQ. New Journal Of Chemistry 2012, 36: 1141-1144. DOI: 10.1039/c2nj40021a.Peer-Reviewed Original Research