Collaborators and Friends

Image credit: Steven Burrows. We have been working with the Weber Group to analyze the dynamics of singular water molecules on PAHs. Using cryogenic infrared photodissociation spectroscopy, they can mass select cluster ions with a known number of water molecules.

"The Roberts group develops new optical techniques to investigate energy transfer, charge transport, and spin dynamics in molecular materials." The Roberts group has been close friends since Prof. Sean Roberts and Prof. Joel Eaves were both in Prof. Andrei Tokmakoff's group as graduate students.

The Damrauer group uses time-resolved spectroscopies, static electronic spectroscopies, and synthesis among other tools to control photochemical and photophysical transformations. We have worked closely with Niels Damrauer and his group to probe the singlet fission dynamics of dimers for room temperature quantum technology. The recent perspective written in part by Joel Eaves and Niels Damrauer provides a good overview of our work together.

Our ongoing collaboration with Gordana Dukovic and her group has led to many insights about the dynamics of holes in nanocrystals and nanorods. Key publications include "The Motion of Trapped Holes on Nanocrystal Surfaces" and "On the Nature of Trapped-Hole States in CdS Nanocrystals and the Mechanism of Their Diffusion".

Our previous collaboration with the Loparo lab developed a better understanding of the mechanical properties of DNA and the dynamics of hydrogen bonds in water among other work.