2018
Water-Nucleophilic Attack Mechanism for the CuII(pyalk)2 Water-Oxidation Catalyst
Rudshteyn B, Fisher K, Lant H, Yang K, Mercado B, Brudvig G, Crabtree R, Batista V. Water-Nucleophilic Attack Mechanism for the CuII(pyalk)2 Water-Oxidation Catalyst. ACS Catalysis 2018, 8: 7952-7960. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchKinetic isotope effectsWater nucleophilic attack mechanismWater oxidation catalystsWater nucleophilic attackD Kinetic Isotope EffectO bond formationUV-visible spectraDensity functional theoryElectrochemical stepWater oxidationElectrochemical analysisTurnover frequencyDerivative complexesBond formationRadical speciesRational designCis formFunctional theoryIsotope effectRate-limiting stepCatalystComplexesAttack mechanismMechanistic findingsDeprotonation
2017
Charge Transport and Rectification in Donor–Acceptor Dyads
Hedström S, Matula A, Batista V. Charge Transport and Rectification in Donor–Acceptor Dyads. The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C 2017, 121: 19053-19062. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b05749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFrontier orbitalsConjugated donor–acceptor systemA systemDensity functional theory levelDonor-acceptor dyadsDonor-acceptor systemsAppropriate transport propertiesGold electrodeA dyadsMolecular conformationTransport propertiesMolecular junctionsTheory levelRational designPhotovoltaic devicesCharge transportStructure-function relationshipsChemical compositionLarge rectification ratioOrbitalsFundamental physical insightsMolecular levelRectification propertiesRectification ratioFermi level
2014
High-Conductance Conformers in Histograms of Single-Molecule Current–Voltage Characteristics
Ding W, Negre C, Vogt L, Batista V. High-Conductance Conformers in Histograms of Single-Molecule Current–Voltage Characteristics. The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C 2014, 118: 8316-8321. DOI: 10.1021/jp503193m.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOptimal charge transport propertiesFavorable electronic couplingSingle molecular junctionCharge transport propertiesBroadening of bandsBreak-junction experimentsMolecular assembliesMolecular conductanceChemical stabilityElectronic couplingMolecular conformationTransport propertiesMolecular junctionsSingle moleculesRational designMolecular orientationExperimental transport propertiesCharge transportElectronic statesMinimum energy configurationNonequilibrium Green's function methodConformationMoleculesEnergy configurationComputational methodology