4 papers
The Interplay of Pauli Repulsion, Electrostatics, and Field Inhomogeneity for Blueshifting and Redshifting Vibrational Probe Molecules
R. Allen LaCour, Ruoqi Zhao, Teresa Head-Gordon
Many molecules' vibrational frequencies are sensitive to intermolecular electric fields, enabling them to probe the field in complex molecular environments. However, it is often un…
Can Charge Transfer Across C-H...O Hydrogen Bonds Stabilize Oil Droplets in Water?
Ruoqi Zhao, Hengyuan Shen, R. Allen LaCour +3
Oil-water emulsions resist aggregation due to the presence of negative charges at their surface that leads to mutual repulsion between droplets, but the molecular origin of oil cha…
The Role of Interfaces and Charge for Chemical Reactivity in Microdroplets
R. Allen LaCour, Joseph P. Heindel, Ruoqi Zhao +1
A wide variety of reactions are reported to be dramatically accelerated in aqueous microdroplets, making them a promising platform for environmentally clean chemical synthesis. How…
Crystallization of Binary Nanocrystal Superlattices and the Relevance of Short-Range Attraction
Emanuele Marino, R. Allen LaCour, Timothy C. Moore +11
The synthesis of binary nanocrystal superlattices (BNSLs) enables the targeted integration of orthogonal physical properties, like photoluminescence and magnetism, into a single su…