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Graduate^, undergraduate†, and NSF-funded REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) students++ advised by Lan Li.

Latest Peer-Reviewed Papers

  • Cavanaugh, S. K. Roy, A. Biaggne^, M. S. Barclay, R. Rau^, M. Ketteridge^, G. Barcenas^, J. Lee, P. H. Davis, W. B. Knowlton, B. Yurke, L. Li, J. C. Dean, D. B. Turner, R. D. Pensack*, “Overcoming Aggregation-Induced Quenching in DNA-Assembled Rhodamine Dimers,” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 27, 16219-16235, 2025.
  • Goodson, G. Noble, L. Li, L. Cai, T. Pavlov, T. Munro*, “Review of Thermal Gap Conductance Models and Measurement Approaches Towards an Understanding Beyond UO2 and Zirconium-alloy Interfaces,” International Journal of Thermophysics, 46, 112, 2025
  • Ketteridge^, D. Watt, K. Duncan, G. Barcenas, K. Shaw, B. Knowlton, B. Yurke, R. Pensack, O. Mass, L. Li*, “Influence of substituents on the vectorial difference static dipole upon excitation in synthetic bacteriochlorins,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 128, 7581–7592, 2024.
  • Cockayne*, A. McDannald, W. Wong-Ng, Y-S Chen, F. B. Gándara, J. Benedict, C. H. Hendon, D. A. Keen, U. Kolb, L. Li, S. Ma, W. Morris, A. Nandy, T. Runčevski, M. Soukri, A. Sriram, J. Steckel, J. Findley, C. Wilmer, T. Yildrim, W. Chou, I. Levin, C. Brown, “Integrating Crystallographic and Computational Approaches to Carbon-Capture Materials for the Mitigation of Climate Change,” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12, 25678-25695, 2024.
  • Rui*, S. Pandey, C. Hsie, L. Li, Editor’s Pick “Mechanism Study of H2-plasma Assisted Si3N4 Layered Etch,” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 42, 042603, 2024.
  • Pascual, S. Roy, G. Barcenas^, C. Wilson, K. Cervantes-Salguero, O. Obukhova, A. Krivoshey, A. Tatarets, L. Li, B. Yurke, B. Knowlton, O. Mass, R. Pensack, J. Lee*, “Effect of Hydrophilicity-Imparting Substituents on Exciton Delocalization in Squaraine Dye Aggregates Covalently Templated to DNA Holliday Junctions,” Nanoscale, 16(3), 1206-1222, 2024.
  • Basu, S. Roy, G. Barcenas^, L. Li, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, J. Lee*, “Enhanced Photo−crosslinking of Thymines in DNA Holliday Junction−Templated Squaraine Dimers,” Biochemistry, 62 (22), 3234-3244 2023.
  • Mathur, S. Díaz, N. Hildebrandt, R. Pensack, B. Yurke, A. Biaggne^, L. Li, J. Melinger, M. Ancona, W. B. Knowlton, I .Medintz*, “Pursuing Excitonic Energy Transfer with Programmable DNA-based Optical Breadboards,” Chemical Society Review, 52, 7848-7948, 2023.
  • M. Duncan, H. M. Byers, M. Houdek, J. S. Huff, M. S. Barclay, S. K. Roy, A. Biaggne^, L. K. Patten, D. L. Kellis, J. Lee, P. H. Davis, O. A. Mass, L. Li, D. B. Turner, J. A. Hall, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, R. D. Pensack, “Electronic Structure and Excited-State Dynamics of DNA-Templated Monomers and Aggregates of Asymmetric Polymethine Dyes,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 127(23), 4901-4918, 2023.
  • Ketteridge^, A Biaggne^, R. Rau^, G Barcenas^, O. A. Mass, W. B. Knowlton, B. Yurke, and L Li*, ” Effect of Substituent Location on the Relationship between the Transition Dipole Moments, Difference Static Dipole, and Hydrophobicity in Squaraine Dyes for Quantum Information Devices,” Molecules, 28(5), 2163, 2023.
  • Barcenas^, O. A. Mass, W. B. Knowlton, B. Yurke, and L. Li*, “Molecular Dynamic Studies of Dye–Dye and Dye–DNA Interactions Governing Excitonic Coupling in Squaraine Aggregates Templated by DNA Holliday Junctions,” International Journal of Molecular Science, 24(4), 4059, 2023.
  • Wright, J. Huff, M. Barclay, C. Wilson, G. Barcenas^, K. Duncan, M. Ketteridge^, O. Obukhova, A. Krivoshey, A. Tatarets, E. Terpetschnig, J. Dean, W. Knowlton, B. Yurke, L. Li, O. Mass, P. Davis, J. Lee, D. Turner, R. Pensack*, “Intramolecular Charge Transfer and Ultrafast Nonradiative Decay in DNA-Tethered Asymmetric Nitro- and Dimethylamino-Substituted Squaraines,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 127(5), 1141-1157, 2023.
  • Rui^*, C. Hsie, S. Pandey, L. Li, “Applications and Mechanisms of Anisotropic 2-Step Si3N4 Etching with Hydrogen Plasma Conditioning,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 41, 0022601, 2023.
  • S. Barclay, A. U. Chowdhury, A. Biaggne^, J. S. Huff, N. D. Wright, P. H. Davis, L. Li, W. B. Knowlton, B. Yurke, R. D. Pensack, D. B. Turner*, “Probing DNA Structural Heterogeneity by Identifying Conformational Subensembles of a Bicovalently Bound Cyanine Dye,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 158, 035101, 2023.
  • Soares*, S. Letourneau, M. Lawson^, A. U. Mane, S. M. Hues, L. Li, J. W. Elam, and E. Graugnard, “Nucleation and growth of molybdenum disulfide grown by thermal atomic layer deposition on metal oxides,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 40, 062202 (19pp), 2022.
  • Huff, S. Díaz, M. Barclay, A. Chowdhury, M. Chiriboga, G. Ellis, D. Mathur, L. Patten, S. Roy, A. Sup, A. Biaggne^, B. Rolcynski, P. Cunningham, L. Li, J Lee, P. Davis, B Yurke, WB Knowlton, I. Medintz, D. Turner, J. Melinger, and R. Pensack*, “Tunable Electronic Structure via DNA-Templated Heteroaggregates of Two Distinct Cyanine Dyes,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126, 17164–17175, 2022.
  • Biaggne^, Y. C. Kim, J. Melinger, W. Knowlton, B. Yurke, and L. Li*, “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Cyanine Dimers Attached to DNA Holliday Junctions,” RSC Advances, 12, 28063 – 28078, 2022.
  • Biaggne^, L. Spear, G. Barcenas^, M. Ketteridge^, Y-C Kim, J. Melinger, W. Knowlton, B. Yurke, L. Li*, “Data-Driven and Multiscale Modeling of DNA-Templated Dye Aggregates”, Molecules, 27, 3456, 2022.
  • L. Sikorski^, R. S. Skifton, L. Li*, Invited Paper on “Combined Experimental and Computational Study of Molybdenum and Niobium for Nuclear Sensor Application,” TMS JOM, 74, 2676-2685, 2022.
  • Gupta*, L. Li, Invited Review Paper on “The Potential of Machine Learning for Enhancing CO2 Sequestration, Storage, and Utilization based Processes: A Brief Perspective”, TMS JOM, 74, 414–428, 2022.
  • A. Mass, C. K. Wilson, G. Barcenas^, E. A. Terpetschnig, O. M. Obukhova, O. S. Kolosova, A. L. Tatarets, L. Li, B. Yurke, W. B. Knowlton, R. D. Pensack, and J. Lee*, “Influence of Hydrophobicity on Excitonic Coupling in DNA-Templated Indolenine Squaraine Dye Aggregates,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126, 3475-3488, 2022.
  • Cervantes-Salguero*, A. Biaggne^, J. M. Youngsman, B. Ward, Y. C. Kim, L. Li, J. A. Hall, W. B. Knowlton, E. Graugnard, W Kuang, “Strategies for Controlling the Spatial Orientation of Single Molecules Tethered on DNA origami Templates Physisorbed on Glass Substrates: Intercalation and Stretching,” International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 7690, 2022.