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Dongmao Zhang Research Lab

Innovation of optical spectroscopic techniques

October 2019

May 2022

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January 2023

February 2023

Publications

Complete Publications List

Publications at MSU (with link)

Insights into Spectral Distortion and Nonlinearity in UV–Vis and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Molecular Fluorophore Solutions: Effects of Cascading Optical Processes (Part IV)

Anal. Chem. 2024.

Advancing Evidence-Based Data Interpretation in UV–Vis and Fluorescence Analysis for Nanomaterials: An Analytical Chemistry Perspective

Anal. Chem. 2023.

Effects of Cascading Optical Processes: Part III. Impacts on Spectroscopic Measurements of Fluorescent Samples

Anal. Chem. 2023.

Effects of Cascading Optical Processes: Part II: Impacts on Experimental Quantification of Sample Absorption and Scattering Properties

Anal. Chem. 2023.

Effects of Cascading Optical Processes: Part I: Impacts on Quantification of Sample Scattering Extinction, Intensity, and Depolarization

Anal. Chem. 2023.

Total Luminescence Spectroscopy for Quantification of Temperature Effects on Photophysical Properties of Photoluminescent Materials

ACS Meas. Sci. Au 2022.

Integrating-Sphere-Assisted Resonance Synchronous Spectroscopy for the Quantification of Material Double-Beam UV–Vis Absorption and Scattering Extinction

Anal. Chem. 2022.

Back to the Drawing Board: A Unifying First-Principle Model for Correlating Sample UV–Vis Absorption and Fluorescence Emission

Anal. Chem. 2022.

Colloidal Polydopamine Beads: A Photothermally Active Support for Noble Metal Nanocatalysts

ACS. Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022.

Kinetic spectroscopic quantification using two-step chromogenic and fluorogenic reactions: From theoretical modeling to experimental quantification of biomarkers in practical samples

Anal. Chim. Acta 2021.

Missing Links between the Structures and Optical Properties of Porphyrin Assemblies

J. Phys. Chem. C 2021.

Quantification of the optical properties of Perovskite Nanocrystals using Combination of Polarized Resonance Synchronous and Polarized Anti-Stokes, On-Resonance, and Stokes-Shifted Spectroscopy

J. Phys. Chem. C. 2020.

Quantification of the Photon Absorption, Scattering, and On-resonance Emission Properties of CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Quantum Dots: Effect of Shell Geometry and Volumes

Anal. Chem. 2020

Dithiosulfindene Adsorption and Reaction on Gold Nanoparticles in Water

J. Phys. Chem. C 2020.

Polarized Resonance Synchronous Spectroscopy as a Powerful Tool for Studying the Kinetics and Optical Properties of Aggregation-Induced Emission

J. Mater. Chem. C 2019.

A Divide-and-Conquer Method for Quantification of the Optical Properties of Fluorescent Nanoparticles in Solutions

Anal. Chem. 2019.

Linear Extrapolation of the Analyte-Specific Light Scattering and Fluorescence Depolarization in Turbid Samples

ACS Omega 2019.

Surface Plasmon Resonance, Formation Mechanism, and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Ag+-Stained Gold Nanoparticles

Front. Chem. 2019.

Efficient and Scalable High-Quality Granphene Nanodot Fabrication through Confined Lattice Plane Electrochemical Exfoliation

Chem. Comm. 2019.

Quantification of Material Fluorescence and Light Scattering Cross Sections Using Ratiometric Bandwidth-Varied Polarized Resonance Synchronous Spectroscopy

Anal. Chem. 2018.

NaHS Induces Complete Nondestructive Ligand Displacement from Aggregated Gold Nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. C 2018.

Facile Displacement of Citrate Residues from Gold Nanoparticle Surfaces

J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2018

Quantification of Gold Nanoparticle Ultraviolet–Visible Extinction, Absorption, and Scattering Cross-Section Spectra and Scattering Depolarization Spectra: The Effects of Nanoparticle Geometry, Solvent Composition, Ligand Functionalization, and Nanoparticle Aggregation

Anal. Chem. 2018.

New Insights to the Porphyrin Assembly and Disassembly by Polarized Resonance Synchronous Spectroscopy

J. Phys. Chem. B 2018.

Synthesis of C-unsubstituted 1,2-diazetidines and their ring-opening reactions via selective N-N bond cleavage

Org. Chem. 2018.

Scattering and Absorption Differ Drastically in Their Inner Filter Effects on Fluorescence, Resonance Synchronous, and Polarized Resonance Synchronous Spectroscopic Measurements

Analyst 2018.

Quantification of the Depolarization and Anisotropy of Fluorophore Stokes-Shifted Fluorescence, On-Resonance Fluorescence, and Rayleigh Scattering

Anal. Chem. 2017.

Determining the Liquid Light Scattering Cross Section and Depolarization Spectra Using Polarized Resonance Synchronous Spectroscopy

Anal. Chem. 2017.

Reactive Ag+ Adsorption onto Gold

J. Phys. Chem. C 2017.

Counterion Effects on Electrolyte Interactions with Gold Nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. C 2016.

On-Resonance Fluorescence, Resonance Rayleigh Scattering, and Ratiometric Resonance Synchronous Spectroscopy of Molecular- and Quantum Dot-Fluorophores

Anal. Chem. 2016.

Counter-ion Effects on Electrolyte Binding to Nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. C. 2016.

Ion-Pairing as the Main Pathway for Reducing Electrostatic Repulsion among Organothiolate Self-Assembled on Gold Nanoparticles in Water

J. Phys. Chem. C 2016.

Evaluation of Thiol Raman Activities and Pka Values Using Internally Referenced Raman-Based Ph Titration

Anal. Chem. 2016.

Critical Sequence Dependence in Multicomponent Ligand Binding to Gold Nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. C 2016.

Rigid Single Carbon–Carbon Bond That Does Not Rotate in Water

J. Phys. Chem. B 2016.

Uv–Vis Ratiometric Resonance Synchronous Spectroscopy for Determination of Nanoparticle and Molecular Optical Cross Sections

Anal. Chem. 2016.

Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment Modules for Probing Gold Nanoparticle Interfacial Phenomena

J. Chem. Educ. 2015.

Contradictory Dual Effects: Organothiols Can Induce Both Silver Nanoparticle Disintegration and Formation under Ambient Conditions

J. Phys. Chem. C 2015.

Direct Observation of Ion Pairing at the Liquid/Solid Interfaces by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Langmuir 2015.

Structures and Conformations of Alkanedithiols on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles in Water

J. Phys. Chem. C 2015.

A Generalized Model on the Effects of Nanoparticles on Fluorophore Fluorescence in Solution

J. Phys. Chem. C 2015.

Can Para-Aryl-Dithiols Cross-Link Two Plasmonic Noble Nanoparticles as Monolayer Dithiolate Spacers?

J. Phys. Chem. C 2015.

Iodide-Induced Organothiol Desorption and Photochemical Reaction, Gold Nanoparticle (Aunp) Fusion, and Sers Signal Reduction in Organothiol-Containing Aunp Aggregates

J. Phys. Chem. C 2015.

Studying the Effects of Cysteine Residues on Protein Interactions with Silver Nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. C 2015.

Phase Transitions of Carbon-Encapsulated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles During the Carbonization of Cellulose at Various Pyrolysis Temperatures

JAAP. 2015.

Using Water Raman Intensities to Determine the Effective Excitation and Emission Path Lengths of Fluorophotometers for Correcting Fluorescence Inner Filter Effect

Anal. Chem. 2015.

Dispersion Stability, Ligand Structure and Conformation, and Sers Activities of 1-Alkanethiol Functionalized Gold and Silver Nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. C 2014.

Wavelength-Dependent Correlations between Ultraviolet–Visible Intensities and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Enhancement Factors of Aggregated Gold and Silver Nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. C 2014.

Comparative Study of the Self-Assembly of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles onto Thiophene Oil

Langmuir 2014.

Ligand Adsorption and Exchange on Pegylated Gold Nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. C. 2014.

Ligand Desorption and Desulfurization on Silver Nanoparticles Using Sodium Borohydride in Water

J. Phys. Chem. C. 2014.

Determination of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticle Surface Areas, Concentrations, and Diameters through Quantitative Ligand Adsorption

Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2013.

Robust and Reproducible Quantification of SERS Enhancement Factors using a Combination of Time-Resolved Raman Spectroscopy and Solvent Internal Reference Method

J. Phys. Chem. C 2013.

Simultaneous and Sequential Protein and Organothiol Interactions with Gold Nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. C 2013.

Removal of Molecular Adsorbates on Gold Nanoparticles Using Sodium Borohydride in Water

Nano Letters 2013.

Organothiols Self-Assembled Onto Gold: Evidence for Deprotonation of the Sulfur-Bound Hydrogen and Charge-Transfer from Thiolate

J. Phys. Chem. C 2013.

Desulfurization of Mercaptobenzimidazole and Thioguanine on Gold Nanoparticles using Sodium Borohydride in Water at Room Temperature

J. Phys. Chem. C 2013.

Probing the Effects of Cysteine Residues on Protein Adsorption onto Gold Nanoparticles using Wild-type and Mutated GB3 Proteins

Langmuir 2013.

Mechanistic Studies of Reactive Continuous Organothiol Interaction with Silver Nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. C 2013

Quantification of Resonance Raman Enhancement Factors for Rhodamine 6G (R6G) in Water and Adsorbed onto Gold and Silver Nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. C 2013

Studying Protein and Gold Nanoparticle Interaction Using Organothiols as Molecular Probes

J. Phys. Chem. C 2012

Quantitative Comparison of Raman Activities, SERS Activities, and SERS Enhancement Factors of Organothiols: Implication to Chemical Enhancement

J. Phys. Chem. Letters 2012

A Versatile and Biomass Synthesis of Iron-based Nanoparticles Supported on Carbon Matrix with High Iron Content and Tunable Reactivity

J. Nanopart. Res. 2012

Inner filter effect on surface enhanced Raman spectroscopic measurements

Anal. Chem. 2012.

Acid cleavable surface enhanced Raman tagging for protein detection

Analyst 2011.

Determination of the Binding Affinity, Packing, and Conformation of Thiolate and Thione Ligands on Gold Nanoparticles

J. Phys. Chem. C

Ratiometric Surface Enhanced Raman Quantification of Ligand Adsorption onto a Gold Nanoparticle

Anal. Chem. 2011.

Protein adsorption drastically reduces SERS signal of dye molecule

J. Raman Spectrosc. 2010

Raman Spectroscopy of Fluorescein Isothiocyanate Labeled Protein

Appl. Spectrosc. 2010

Ultrasensitive Surface Enhanced Raman Detection of Malondialdehyde

Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2010.

Sensitive Carbohydrate Detection Using Surface Enhanced Raman Tagging

Anal. Chem. 2010.

Ratiometric Raman Spectroscopy for quantification of protein oxidation damage

Anal. Biochem. 2009.

Publications prior to MSU (with link)

Gold nanoparticles can induce the formation of protein-based aggregates at physiological pH

Nanoletters 2009.

Adenine- and adenosine monophosphate (AMP)-gold binding interactions studies by surface enhanced Raman and infrared spectroscopies

J. Phys. Chem. C 2009.

Direct Optical Detection of Aptamer Conformational Changes Induced by Target Molecules

Anal. Chem. 2009.

Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of DNA

JACS. 2008.

Aromatic Amino Acids Providing Characteristic Motifs in the Raman and SERS Spectroscopy of Peptides

J. Phys. Chem. B 2008.

Correlation of Molecular Orientation and Packing Density in a dsDNA Self-Assembled Monolayer Observable with Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

JACS. 2008.

Protein-ligand binding detected using ultrafiltration Raman difference spectroscopy

Anal. Biochem. 2008.

Analysis of insulin amyloid fibrils by Raman spectroscopy

Biophys. Chem. 2007

Validation of the drop coating deposition Raman method for protein analysis

Anal. Biochem. 2006.

Detection of the site of phosphorylation in a peptide using Raman spectroscopy and partial least squares discriminant analysis

Spectrochim. Acta A 2005.

Isotope Edited Internal Standard Method for Quantitative Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Anal. Chem. 2005.

Oligosaccharide identification and mixture quantification using Raman spectroscopy and chemometric analysis

Carbohydr. Res. 2004.

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