Publications

At UMass Lowell:

 

49. Jeong, S.; Branco, A.J.; Bollen, S.W.; Sullivan, C.S.; Ross, M.B. “Universal pH electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution with Au-based high entropy alloys” Submitted 

 

48. Chaurasia, S.; Aravamuthan, S.R.; Sullivan, C.S.; Ross, M.B.; Agar, E. “Investigating manganese- vanadium redox flow batteries for energy storage and subsequent hydrogen generation” Submitted

 

47. Mason, N.L.; Dawes, S.S.; Vu, D.; Sullivan, C.S.; Chatterjee, S.; Branco, A.J.; Manukian, S.; Ross, M.B. “Introducing Solid State Chemistry and Nanoscience with Colloidal Au-Sn Alloying” Submitted

 

46. Cha, J.H.; Silva, S.M.; Branco, A.J.; Ross, M.B. “Aqueous synthesis of plasmonic gold-tin alloy nanoparticles” J. Vis. Exp. In Press

 

45. King, M.E.; Xu, Y.; Nagarajan, P.; Mason, N.L.; Branco, A.J.; Sullivan, C.S.; Silva, S.M.; Jeong, S.; Che, F.; Ross, M.B. “Leveraging bismuth immiscibility to create highly concave noble metal nanoparticles” Chem In Press ChemRxiv doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-1644z https://www.cell.com/chem/fulltext/S2451-9294(24)00064-0

 

44.  Sullivan, C.S.; Jeong, S.; King, M.E.; Ross, M.B. “Designing electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution in saline electrolyte using rapid synthesis on carbon paper supports” Mater. Chem. Front. 2024 8, 1382-1389. ChemRxiv doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-59xhv https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2024/qm/d3qm00978e


43. Fonseca Guzman, M.V.; King, M. E.; Mason, N.L.; Sullivan, C.S.; Jeong, S.; Ross, M.B. “Plasmon manipulation by post-transition metal alloying” Matter. 2023 6, 838–854. ChemRxiv doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-zjdkn https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590238523000048 Cover Article https://www.cell.com/issue/S2590-2385(22)X0004-0#fullCover

 

42. Li, Z.; Wang, S.; Nattermann, U.; Bera, A.K.; Borst, A.J.; Yaman, M.Y.; Bick, M.J.; Yang, E.C.; Sheffler, W.; Lee, B.; Seifert, S.; Hura, G.L.; Nguyen, H.; Kang, A.; Dalal, R; Lubner, J.M.; Hsia, Y.; Haddox, H.; Courbet, A.; Dowling, Q.; Miranda, M.; Favor, A.; Etemadi, A.; Edman, N.I.; Yang, W.; Weidle, C.E.; Sankaran, B.; Negahdari, B.; Ross, M.B.; Ginger, D.S.; Baker, D. “Accurate Computational Design of 3D Protein Crystals”  Nat. Mater. 2023 22, 1556-1563.


41. Nagarajan, P., Augustine, I. J., Ross, M.B. “Strategies for Multi-Step CO2 Upgrading and Valorization” Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2023 4, 101472. https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(23)00251-5

 

40. Branco, A.J., Dawes, S., Mason, N.L., Fonseca Guzman, M.V., King, M.E., Ross, M.B. “Synthesis of gold-tin alloy nanoparticles with tunable plasmonic propertiesSTAR Protocols. 2023 4, 102410. https://star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/2799

 

39. Xu, Y.; Ross, M.B.; Xin, H.; Che, F. “Engineering bimetallic interface and revealing the mechanism for CO2 electroreduction reaction to C3+ liquid chemicals” Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2023 4, 101718.

 

38. Scanga, R.; Sharokhinia, A.; Borges, J.; Ross, M.B.; Reuther, J.F. “Asymmetric polymerization-induced crystallization-driven self assembly of helical, rod-coil poly(aryl isocyanide) block copolymers” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023 145, 6319–6329. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.2c13354

 

37. Cestellos-Blanco, S.; Louisia, S.; Ross, M.B.; Li, Y.; Detomasi, T. C.; Cestellos Spradlin, J. N.; Nomura, D. K.; Yang, P. “Toward abiotic sugar synthesis by CO2 electrolysis” Joule 2022 6, 1–20. ChemRxiv doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2021-9srsx https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435122004081

 

36. King, M.E.; Wang, C.; Fonseca Guzman, M.V.; Ross, M.B. “Plasmonics for environmental remediation and pollutant degradation” Chem Catalysis 2022 2, 1–13. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2667109322003359

 

35. Hammerstrom, B.; Niezrecki, C; Hellman, K; Jin, X.; Ross, M.B.; Mack, J. H.; Agar, E.; Trelles, J.P.; Liu, F.; Che, F.;Ryan, D.; Narasimhadevara, M.S.; Usovicz, M. “The viability of implementing hydrogen in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts” Front. Energy Res. 2022 10, 1005101. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2022.1005101

 

34. King, M.E.; Fonseca Guzman, M.V.; Ross, M.B. “Material strategies for function enhancement in plasmonic architectures” Nanoscale 2021, 14, 602–611. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2022/nr/d1nr06049j

 

33. Fonseca Guzman, M.V.; Ross, M.B. “Radiative contributions dominate plasmon broadening in post-transition metals in the ultraviolet” J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 19428–19437. ChemRxiv doi: 10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-pk3k7-v4 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c03895

 

32. Folgueras, M.C.; Jin, J.; Gao, M.; Quan, L.N.; Steele, J.A.; Srivastava, S.; Ross, M.B.; Zhang, R.; Seeler, F.; Schierle-Ardnt, K.; Asta, M.; Yang, P. “Lattice dynamics and optoelectronic properties of zero-dimensional perovskite Cs2TeX6 (X= CL-, Br, I-), single crystals” J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 25126–25139. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c08332

 

31. Chen, C.; Li, Y.; Yu, S.; Louisia, S.; Jin, J.; Li, M.; Ross, M.B.; Yang, P. “Cu-Ag tandem catalysts for high-rate CO2 electrolysis towards multicarbons” Joule 2020, 4, 1688–1699. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435120303275

 

30. Ross, M.B. “Carbon dioxide recycling makes waves” Joule 2019 3, 1814–1816. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435119303630

 

Postdoctoral Work:

29. Ross, M. B.; De Luna, P.; Li, Y.; Dinh, C. T.; Kim, D.; Yang, P.; Sargent, E. H. “Designing materials for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide recycling” Nat. Catal., 2019, 2, 648–658. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-019-0306-7

28. Ross, M.B.; Li, Y.; De Luna, P.; Dinh, C. T.; Kim, D.; Sargent, E. H.; Yang, P. “Electrocatalytic rate alignment enhances syngas generation” Joule. 2019, 3, 1–8. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435118304513

27. Kim, H. Y.; Ross, M. B.; Kornienko, N.; Zhang, L.; Guo, J.; Kim, D.; Yang, P.; McCloskey, B. D. “Efficient hydrogen peroxide generation using reduced graphene oxide-based oxygen reduction electrocatalysts” Nat. Catal. 2018, 1, 282–289. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-018-0044-2

26. De Luna, P.; Quintero–Bermudez, R.; Dinh, C. T.; Ross, M. B.; Bushuyev, O.; Todorovic, P.; Regier, T.; Yang, P.; Sargent, E. H. “Catalyst electro–redeposition catalysts controls morphology and oxidation state for selective carbon dioxide reduction” Nat. Catal. 2018, 1, 103–110. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-017-0018-9

25. Kibria, M.D.; Dinh, C. T.; Seifitokaldahni, A.; De Luna, P.; Burdyny, T.; Quintero–Bermudez, R.; Ross, M. B.; Bushuyev, O.S.; Garcia de Arquer, F.P.; Yang, P.; Sinton, D.; Sargent, E. H. “A Surface Reconstruction Route to High Productivity and Selectivity in CO2 Reduction toward C2+ Hydrocarbons” Adv. Mater, 2018, 30, 1804867. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.201804867

24. Ross, M. B.; Dinh, C. T.; Li, Y.; Kim, D.; De Luna, P.; Sargent, E. H.; Yang, P. “Tunable Cu–enrichment enables designer syngas electrosynthesis from CO2” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 9359–9363. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.7b04892

23. Li, Y.*; Cui, F.*; Ross, M. B.; Kim, D.; Sun, Y.; Yang, P. “Structure–sensitive CO2 electroreduction to hydrocarbons on ultrathin five–fold twinned copper nanowires” Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 1312–1317. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b05287

22. Zheng, X.*; De Luna, P.*; Garcia de Arquer, F. P.; Zhang, B.; Becknell, N.; Ross, M. B., et al. “Sulfur modulated tin sites enable efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formate” Joule, 2017, 1, 794–85. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435117300880

Graduate Work:

21. Ashley, M. J.; Bourgeois, M. R.; Murthy, R. R.; Laramy, C. R.; Ross, M. B.; Naik, R.R.; Schatz, G. C.; Mirkin, C. A. “Shape and size control of substrate–grown gold nanoparticles for surface–enhanced Raman spectroscopy detection of chemical analytes” J. Phys. Chem. C. 2018, 122, 2307–2314. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11440

20. Wang, S.; McGuirk, C. M.; Ross, M. B.; Wang, S.; Chen, P. C.; Xing, H.; Liu, Y.; Mirkin, C. A. “General and direct method for preparing oligonucleotide–functionalized metal–organic framework nanoparticles” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 9827–9830. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.7b05633

19. Bourgeois, M. R.*; Liu, A. T.*; Ross, M. B.; Berlin, J. M.; Schatz, G. C. “Self–assembled plasmonic metamolecules exhibiting tunable magnetic response at optical frequencies” J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 15915–15921. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b03817

18. Sun, L.*; Lin, H.*; Park, D. J.*; Bourgeois, M. R.; Ross, M. B.; Ku, J. C.; Schatz. G. C; Mirkin, C. A. “Polarization–dependent optical response in anisotropic nanoparticle–DNA superlattices” Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 2313–2318. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b05101

17. Ross, M. B.; Ku, J. C.; Lee, B.; Mirkin, C. A.; Schatz, G. C., “Plasmonic metallurgy enabled by DNA” Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 2790–2794. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.201505806

16. Ross, M. B.; Mirkin, C. A.; Schatz, G. C. “Optical properties of one–, two–, and three–dimensional arrays of plasmonic nanostructures” J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 2, 816–830. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10800

15. Ross, M. B.*; Bourgeois, M. R.*; Mirkin, C. A.; Schatz, G. C. “Magneto–optical response of cobalt interacting with plasmonic nanoparticle superlattices” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2016, 7, 4732–4738. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02259

14. Ross, M. B.; Ashley, M. J.; Schmucker, A. L.; Singamaneni, S.; Naik, R.; Schatz, G. C.; Mirkin, C. A. “Structure–function relationships in SERS–active plasmonic paper” J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 20789–20797. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b02019

13. Barnaby, S. N.; Ross, M. B.; Thaner, R. V.; Lee, B.; Schatz, G. C.; Mirkin, C. A. “Enzymatically controlled vacancies in nanoparticle crystals” Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 5114–5119. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02042

12. Sharma, B.; Cardinal, M. F.; Ross, M. B.; Zrimsek, A.; Bykov, S.; Punihaole, D.; Asher, A.; Schatz, G. C.; Van Duyne, R. P. “Aluminum film–over–nanosphere substrates for deep–UV surface–enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy” Nano. Lett. 2016, 16, 7968–7973. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04296

11. Ashley, M. J.; O’Brien, M. N.; Hedderick, K. R.; Mason, J. A.; Ross, M. B.; Mirkin, C. A. “Templated synthesis of uniform perovskite nanowire arrays” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 10096–10099. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.6b05901

10. Ross, M. B.; Ku, J. C.; Vaccarezza, V. M.; Schatz, G. C.; Mirkin, C. A. “Nanoscale form dictates mesoscale function in plasmonic DNA nanoparticle superlattices” Nat. Nanotechnol. 2015, 10, 453–458. https://www.nature.com/articles/nnano.2015.68

9. Ross, M. B.; Ku, J. C.; Blaber, M. G.; Mirkin, C. A.; Schatz, G.C. “Defect tolerance and the effect of structural inhomogeneity in plasmonic DNA–nanoparticle superlattices” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2015, 112, 10292–10297. https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1513058112

8. Ross, M. B. & Schatz, G. C. “Radiative effects in plasmonic aluminum and silver nanospheres and nanorods” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2015, 48, 184004. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0022-3727/48/18/184004/

7. Ku, J. C.; Ross, M. B.; Schatz, G. C.; Mirkin, C. A. “Conformable, macroscopic crystalline nanoparticle sheets assembled with DNA” Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 3159–3163. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201500858

6. Barnaby, S. N.; Thaner, R. V.; Ross, M. B.; Brown, K. A.; Schatz, G. C.; Mirkin C. A. “Modular and chemically responsive oligonucleotide bonds in nanoparticle superlattices” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 13566–13571. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.5b07908

5. Ozel, T.*; Ashley, M. J.*; Bourret, G. R.; Ross, M. B.; Schatz, G. C.; Mirkin, C. A. “Solution–dispersible metal nanorings with deliberately controllable compositions and architectural parameters” Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 5273–5278. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01594

4. Lin, Q. Y.*; Li, Z.*; Brown, K. A.; O’Brien, M. N.; Ross, M. B.; Zhou, Y.; Butun, S.; Chen, P. C.; Schatz, G. C.; Dravid, V. P.; Aydin, K.; Mirkin, C. A. “Strong coupling between plasmonic gap modes and photonic lattice modes in DNA–assembled gold nanocube arrays” Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 4699–4703. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01548

3. Ross, M. B.; Blaber, M. G.; Schatz, G. C. “Using nanoscale and mesoscale anisotropy to engineer the optical response of three–dimensional plasmonic metamaterials” Nat. Commun. 2014, 5, 4090. https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms5090

2. Ross, M. B. & Schatz, G. C. “Aluminum and indium plasmonic nanoantennas in the ultraviolet” J. Phys. Chem. C. 2014, 118, 12506–12514. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jp503323u

1. Young, K. Y.*; Ross, M. B.*; Blaber, M. G.; Rycenga, M.; Jones, M. R.; Zhang, C.; Senesi, A. J.; Lee, B.; Schatz, G. C.; Mirkin, C. A. “Using DNA to design plasmonic metamaterials with tunable optical properties” Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 653–659.  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.201302938