Publications

53. Stingel, A.M.; Konkankit, C.C.; Geiregat, P.; Petersen, P.B.
Multi-Exciton and Phonon Dynamics Impact Intraband Transitions in CdSe/ZnS Colloidal Quantum Dots

The Journal of Physical Chemistry 2024 C 128 (38), 16032-16039

52. Chen, W.; Sanders, S.E.; Ozdamar, B.; Louaas, D; Brigiano, F.S.; Pezzotti, S.; Petersen, P. B.; Gaigeot, M.-P.
On the trail of molecular hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity at aqueous interfaces

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023 14 (5), 1301-1309

51. Stingel, A.M.; Leemans, J.; Hens, Z.; Geiregat, P.; Petersen, P.B.
Narrow homogeneous linewidths and slow cooling dynamics across infrared intra-band transitions in n-doped HgSe colloidal quantum dots

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023, 158 (11), 114202

50. Piontek, S.M.; Naujoks, D.; Tabassum, T.; DelloStritto, M.J.; Jaugstetter, M.; Hosseini, P.; Corva, M.; Ludwig, A.; Tschulik, K.; Klein, M. L.; Petersen, P.B.

Probing the Gold/Water Interface with Surface-Specific Spectroscopy

ACS Physical Chemistry Au, 2023, 3 (1), 119-129

49. Sanders, S.E.; Stingel, A.M; Petersen, P.B.
Wedge-Based Design for Phase Stable and Phase Accurate Heterodyne-Detected Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2022, 13 (9), 2072-2077

48. Stingel, A.M.; Petersen, P.B.

Full spectrum 2D IR spectroscopy reveals below-gap absorption and phonon dynamics in the mid-IR bandgap semiconductor InAs

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2021, 155 (10), 104202

47. Sanders, S.E.; Petersen, P.B.

Heterodyne-detected sum frequency generation of water at surfaces with varying hydrophobicity

The Journal of chemical physics, 2019, 150 (20), 204708

46.  Vanselous, H.; Videla, P.E.; Batista, V.S.; Petersen, P. B. 

Distinct Binding of Rhenium Catalysts on Nanostructured and Single-Crystalline TiO₂ Surfaces Revealed by Two-Dimensional Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy. 

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 112 (45), 26018-26031.

45. Van Hoozen, B. L.; Petersen, P. B. 

Vibrational Tug-of-War: The pKA Dependence of the Broad Vibrational Features of Strongly Hydrogen-Bonded Carboxylic Acids. 

J. Chem. Phys 2018 148(13), 134309

44. Kocsis, I.; Sorci, M.; Vanselous, H.; Murail, S.; Sanders, S.; Licsandru, E.; Legrand, Y-M.; van der Lee, A.; Baaden, M.; Petersen, P. B.; Belfort, G.; Barboiu, M. 

Oriented chiral water wires in artificial transmembrane channels. 

Sci. Adv. 2018 4(3), eaao5603

Press releases:
Cornell Chronicle : “First proof of hydrogen-bonded water wires could lead to better desalination” 
Phys.org : “Artificial bio-inspired membranes for water filtration” 
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) : “Des membranes artificielles bio-inspirées pour filtrer l’eau”

43. Stingel, A.M.; Petersen, P. B. 

Interpreting Quasi-thermal Effects in Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Hydrogen-Bonded Systems. 

J. Phys. Chem. A 2018 122(10), 2670-2676

42. Sanders, S.E.; Vanselous, H.; Petersen, P. B. 

Water at Surfaces with Tunable Surface Chemistries. 

J. Phys. Condens. Matter 2018, 30(11), 113001 (Invited Topical Review)

41. Van Hoozen, B. L.; Petersen, P. B. 

Combined Electronic Structure and Molecular Dynamics Approach to Computing the OH Vibrational Feature of Strongly Hydrogen-Bonded Carboxylic Acids. 

J. Chem. Phys. 2017, 147(22), 224304.

40. Daly, C. A.; Streacker, L. M.; Sun, Y.; Pattenaude, S. R.; Hassanali, A.; Petersen, P. B.; Corcelli, S. A.; Ben-Amotz, D. 

Decomposition of the Experimental Raman and Infrared Spectra of Acidic Water into Proton, Special Pair, and Counter-Ion Contributions. 

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8(21), 5246–5252.

39. McDermott, M. L.; Vanselous, H.; Corcelli, S. A.; Petersen, P. B. 

DNA’s Chiral Spine of Hydration. 

ACS Cent. Sci. 2017, 3(7), 708-714.

Press releases:
Cornell Chronicle :”Water forms ‘spine of hydration’ around DNA, group finds” 
Chemistry World :”DNA helix has chiral water ‘spine’” 
EurekAlert!, AAAS :”Water forms ‘spine of hydration’ around DNA, group finds” 
Phys.org :”Water forms ‘spine of hydration’ around DNA, group finds” 
UPI :”Water forms superstructure around DNA, new study shows”

38. Stingel, A. M. ; Vanselous, H.; Petersen, P. B. 

Covering the vibrational spectrum with microjoule mid-infrared supercontinuum pulses in nonlinear optical applications. 

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 2017, 34(6), 1163-1169.

37. Vanselous, H.; Stingel, A. M.; Petersen, P. B. 

Interferometric 2D Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy Reveals Structural Heterogeneity of Catalytic Monolayers on Transparent Materials. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8(4), 825-830.

36. Sun, Y.; Petersen, P. B. 

Solvation Shell Structure of Small Molecules and Proteins by IR-MCR Spectroscopy. 

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8(3), 611-614.

35. Stingel, A. M.; Petersen, P. B. 

Couplings across the Vibrational Spectrum Caused by Strong Hydrogen Bonds: A Continuum 2D IR Study of the 7-Azaindole-Acetic Acid Heterodimer. 

J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120(41), 10768-10779.

34. Barrett, A.; Imbrogno, J.; Belfort, G.; Petersen, P. B. 

Phosphate Ions Affect the Water Structure at Functionalized Membrane Surfaces. 

Langmuir 2016, 32(35),9074-9082.

33. Vanselous, H.; Petersen, P. B. 

Surface spectroscopy: Between a rock and a soft place.

Nat. Chem. 2016, 8, 527-528.

32. Chen, Y.; Okur, H. I.; Gomopoulos, N.; Macias-Romero, C.; Cremer, P.S.; Petersen, P. B.; Tocci, G.; Wilkins, D. M.; Liang, C.; Ceriotti, M.; Roke, S. 

Electrolytes induce long-range orientational order and free energy changes in the H-bond network of bulk water. 

Sci. Adv. 2016, 2 (4), e1501891.

31. Vanselous, H.; Petersen, P. B. 

Extending the Capabilities of Heterodyne-Detected Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy: Probing Any Interface in Any Polarization Combination. 

J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120 (15), 8175–8184.

30. Calabrese, C.; Vanselous, H.; Petersen, P. B. 

Deconstructing the Heterogeneity of Surface-bound Catalysts: Rutile Surface Structure Affects Molecular Properties. 

J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120 (3), 1515–1522.

29. Van Hoozen, B. L.; Petersen, P. B. 

Origin of the Hadži ABC Structure: An Ab InitioStudy. 

J. Chem. Phys. 2015, 143(18), 184305.

28. Barrett, A. R.; Petersen, P. B. 

Order of Dry and Wet Mixed-Length Self-Assembled Monolayers. 

J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119 (42), 23943-23950.

27. McDermott, M. L.; Petersen, P. B. 

Robust Self-Referencing Method for Chiral Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy. 

J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119 (38), 12417–12423.

26. Van Hoozen, B. L.; Petersen, P. B. 

Origin of the 900 cm^-1 broad double-hump OH vibrational feature of strongly hydrogen-bonded carboxylic acids.

J. Chem. Phys. 2015, 142(10), 104308.

25. Silverberg, J. L.; Barrett, A. R.; Das, M.; Petersen, P. B.; Bonassar, L. J.; Cohen, I. 

Structure-Function Relations and Rigidity Percolation in the Shear Properties of Articular Cartilage. 

Biophys. J. 2014, 107 (7), 1721-1730.

24. Stingel, A. M.; Calabrese, C.; Petersen, P. B. 

Strong Intermolecular Vibrational Coupling through Cyclic Hydrogen-Bonded Structures Revealed by Ultrafast Continuum Mid-IR Spectroscopy. 

J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117 (29), 15714–15719.

23. Calabrese, C.; Stingel, A. M.; Shen, L.; Petersen, P. B. 

Ultrafast continuum mid-infrared spectroscopy: probing the entire vibrational spectrum in a single laser shot with femtosecond time resolution. 

Opt. Lett. 2012, 37 (12), 2265-2267.

Postdoctoral Publications

22. Roberts, S. T.; Ramasesha, K.; Petersen, P. B.; Mandal, A.; Tokmakoff, A. 

Proton Transfer in Concentrated Aqueous Hydroxide Visualized Using Ultrafast Infrared Spectroscopy. 

J. Phys. Chem. A 2011, 115(16), 3597-3972.

21. Petersen, P. B.; Tokmakoff, A. 

Source for Ultrafast Continuum Infrared and Terahertz Radiation. 

Opt. Lett. 2010, 35 (12), 1962-1964.

20. Roberts, S. T.; Petersen, P. B.; Ramasesha, K.; Tokmakoff, A.; Ufimtsev, I. S.; Martinez, T. J. 

Observation of a Zundel-like transition state during proton transfer in aqueous hydroxide solutions. 

PNAS 2009, 106 (36), 15154-15159.

19. Petersen, P. B.; Roberts, S. T.; Ramasesha, K.; Nocera, D. G.; Tokmakoff, A. 

Ultrafast N-H vibrational dynamics of cyclic doubly hydrogen-bonded homo- and heterodimers. 

J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 13167-13171.

Graduate Publications

18. Miller, A. E.; Petersen, P. B.; Hollars, C. W.; Saykally, R. J.; Heyda, J.; Jungwirth, P. 

Behavior of β-Amyloid 1-16 at the Air-Water Interface at Varying pH by Nonlinear Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. 

J. Phys. Chem. A 2011, 115(23), 5873-5880.

17. Petersen, P. B.; Saykally, R. J. 

Is the Liquid Water Surface Basic or Acidic? Macroscopic vs. Molecular-Scale Investigations. 

Chem. Phys. Lett. 2008, 458(4-6), 255-261.

16. Otten, D. E.; Petersen, P. B.; Saykally, R. J. 

Observation of nitrate ions at the air/water interface by UV-second harmonic generation. 

Chem. Phys. Lett. 2007, 449(4-6), 261-265.

15. Petersen, P. B.; Saykally, R. J. 

Comment on “Interfacial pH at an Isolated Silica–Water Surface. 

J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110(30), 15037-15038.

14. Petersen, P. B.; Saykally, R. J. 

Probing the Interfacial Structure of Aqueous Electrolytes with Femtosecond Second Harmonic Generation Spectroscopy. 

J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110(29), 14060-14073.

13. Petersen, P. B.; Saykally, R. J. 

On the Nature of Ions at the Liquid Water Surface. 

Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem. 2006, 57, 333-364.

12. Petersen, P. B.; Saykally, R. J. 

Adsorption of Ions to the Surface of Dilute Electrolyte Solutions: The Jones-Ray Effect Revisited. 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127(44), 15446-15452.

11. Petersen, P. B.; Saykally, R. J.; Mucha, M.; Jungwirth, P. 

Enhanced Concentration of Polarizable Anions at the Liquid Water Surface: SHG Spectroscopy and MD Simulations of Sodium Thiocyanide. 

J. Phys. Chem. B. 2005, 109(21), 10915-10921.

10. Petersen, P. B.; Saykally, R. J. 

Evidence for an Enhanced Hydronium Concentration at the Liquid Water Surface. 

J. Phys. Chem. B. 2005, 109(16), 7976-7980.

9. Knutsen, K. P.; Johnson, J. C.; Miller, A. E.; Petersen, P. B.; Saykally, R. J. 

High spectral resolution multiplex CARS spectroscopy using chirped pulses. 

Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences IV:SPIE, 2004, 5323, 230-239.

8. Petersen, P. B.; Saykally, R. J. 

Confirmation of enhanced anion concentration at the liquid water surface. 

Chem. Phys. Lett. 2004, 397(1-3), 51-55.

7. Petersen, P. B.; Johnson, J. C.; Knutsen, K. P.; Saykally, R. J. 

Direct experimental validation of the Jones-Ray effect. 

Chem. Phys. Lett. 2004, 397(1-3), 46-50.

6. Knutsen, K. P.; Johnson, J. C.; Miller, A. E.; Petersen, P. B.; Saykally, R. J. 

High spectral resolution multiplex CARS spectroscopy using chirped pulses. 

Chem. Phys. Lett. 2004, 387(4-6), 436-441.

5. Johnson, J. C.; Yan, H.; Choi, H. -J.; Knutsen, K. P.; Petersen, P. B.; Law, M.; Yang, P.; Saykally, R. J. 

Single nanowire waveguides and lasers. 

Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials II:SPIE, 2003, 5223, 187-196.

4. Keutsch, F. N.; Braly, L. B.; Brown, M. G.; Harker, H. A.; Petersen, P. B.; Leforestier, C.; Saykally, R. J. 

Water dimer hydrogen bond stretch, donor torsion overtone, and “in-plane bend” vibrations.

J. Chem. Phys. 2003, 119(17), 8927-8937.

3. Johnson, J. C.; Yan, H.; Schaller, R. D.; Petersen, P. B.; Yang, P.; Saykally, R. J.

Near-Field Imaging of Nonlinear Optical Mixing in Single Zinc Oxide Nanowires. 

Nano Lett. 2002, 2(4), 279-283.

2. Keutsch, F. N.; Fellers, R. S.; Brown, M. G.; Viant, M. R.; Petersen, P. B.; Saykally, R. J. 

Hydrogen Bond Breaking Dynamics of the Water Trimer in the Translational and Librational Band Region of Liquid Water.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123(25), 5938-5941.

1. Keutsch, F. N.; Brown, M. G.; Petersen, P. B.; Geleijns, M.; van der Avoird, A.; Saykally, R. J. 

Terahertz VRT Spectroscopy of Water Clusters in the Translational Band Region of Liquid Water. 

J. Chem. Phys. 2001, 114(9), 3994-4004.