Publications

Since starting at Boston University:

  1. B. Lawson; E. Vidal, M. M. Haley; M. Kamenetska; Extreme Anomalous Conductance Enhancement in Neutral Diradical Acene-like Molecular Junctions; ACS Nano, 2024 
  2. W. Bro-Jørgensen, J. M. Hamill, G. Mezei, B. Lawson, U. Rashid, A. Halbritter*, M. Kamenetska*, V. Kaliginedi*, G. C. Solomon*; Making the Most of Nothing: One-Class Classification for Single-Molecule Transport Studies; ACS Nanosci. Au 2024
  3. Z. Miao; X. Pan; M. Kamenetska; Conductance and assembly of quasi-1D coordination chain single molecule junctions with triazole derivatives; Dalton Trans., 2024,53, 10453-10461
  4. Jackson, D.; Rose, M.; Kamenetska, M; Tunable Growth of a Single High-Density ZIF Nanoshell on a Gold Nanoparticle Isolated in an Optical Trap, Nanoscale, 2024
  5. Lawson, B.; Skipper, H. E.; Kamenetska, M; Phenol is a pH-activated linker to gold: a single molecule conductance study, Nanoscale, 2024
  6. Pan, X.; Matthews, K.; Lawson, B.; Kamenetska, M. Single Molecule Conductance of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Histamine on Gold. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14, 8327–8333
  7. X. Pan, E. Montes, W. Y. Rojas, B. Lawson, H. Vazquez, M. Kamenetska, Cooperative Self-assembly of Dimer Junctions Driven by Pi-Stacking Leads to Conductance Enhancement, Nano Letters, 2023
  8. H. E. Skipper, B. Lawson, V. Degtiareva, M. Kamenetska, Manipulating Quantum Interference Between σ and π Orbitals in Single Molecule Junctions via Chemical Substitution and Environmental Control, ACS Nano, 2023
  9. Jackson, D. J.; Dawes, B. A.; Kamenetska, M. Simultaneous Force and Darkfield Measurements Reveal Solvent-Dependent Axial Control of Optically Trapped Gold Nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 2830–2836.
  10. X. Pan, C. Qian, A. Chow, L. Wang, M. Kamenetska, Atomically precise binding conformations of adenine and its variants on gold using single molecule conductance signatures, JCP (2022); COVER
  11. B. Lawson, P. Zahl, M. S. Hybertsen, M. Kamenetska, Formation and evolution of metallocene single molecule circuits with direct gold-π links, JACS, (2022); Spotlighted in JACS
  12. H. E. Skipper, C. V. May, A. Rheingold, L. H. Doerrer, M. Kamenetska, Hard-Soft Chemistry Design Principles for Predictive Assembly of Single Molecule-Metal Junctions, JACS, (2021)
  13. J. McNeely, N. Miller, X. Pan, B. Lawson, M. Kamenetska, Angstrom-Scale Ruler Using Single Molecule Conductance Signatures, J. Phys. Chem. C, (2020) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c02063
  14. X. Pan, B. Lawson, A. M. Rustad, M. Kamenetska, pH-Activated Single Molecule Conductance and Binding Mechanism of Imidazole on Gold, Nano Letters, (2020) DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01710
  15. Y. Lin, T. Gao, X. Pan, M. Kamenetska, S. Thon; Local Defects in Colloidal Quantum Dot Thin Films Measured via Spatially-Resolved Multi-Modal Optoelectronic Spectroscopy. Adv. Mater, 1906602, (2020)
  16. Parobek, J. Black, M. Kamenetska, Z. Ganim, Force-Detected Nanoscale Absorption Spectroscopy in Water at Room Temperature Using an Optical Trap, J. Chem. Phys, 148, 144201 (2018)

    Before BU:

  17. J. Black, M. Kamenetska, Z. Ganim, An Optical Tweezer Platform for Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy in Organic Solvents, Nano Lett, 17(11) (2017)
  18. M. Kamenetska, J. Widawsky, M. Dell’angela, M. Frei, L. Venkataraman; Temperature Dependent Conductance of Single Molecule Junctions, J. Chem. Phys, 146, 092311, (2017)
  19. DJ Schlingman, AH Mack, M Kamenetska, SGJ Mochrie, L Regan, Routes to DNA Accessibility: Alternative Pathways to Nucleosome Unwinding, Biophys J, 107 (2) 384-392 (2014)
  20. G. Kladnik, D. Cvetko, A. Batra, M. Dell’Angela, A. Cossaro, M. Kamenetska, L.Venkataraman, A. Morgante, Ultrafast Charge Transfer through Noncovalent Au-N Interactions in Molecular Systems, J. Phys. Chem. C, 117, 16477-16482, (2013)
  21. AH Mack, DJ Schlingman, M Kamenetska, R Collins, L Regan, SGJ Mochrie, The Molecular Yo-yo Method: Live Jump Detection Improves Throughput of Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy for Out-of-Equilibrium Transitions, Rev. Sci. Instrum,  84, 085119, (2013)
  22.  H. Vazquez, R. Skouta, S. Schneebeli, M. Kamenetska, R. Breslow, L. Venkataraman, MS. Hybertsen, Probing the conductance superposition law in single-molecule circuits with parallel paths, Nature Nanotech, 7, 663-667, (2012)
  23.  M. Kamenetska.; M. Dell’ Angela; Widawsky, J.; Kladnik, G.; Verdini, A; Cossaro, A.; Modesti, S.; Cvetko, D.; Morgante, A.; Venkataraman, L. Structure and Energy Level Alignment of Tetramethyl Benzenediamine on Au(111),  J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 12625-12630, (2011)
  24.  Meisner, J. S†; Kamenetska, M.†; Krikorian, M.; Sedbrook, D. F.; Steigerwald, M. L; Venkataraman, V.; Nuckolls, C., Single Molecule Potentiometer, Nano Letters, 11, 1575-1579, (2011).   † Both authors contributed equally
  25.  Schneebeli, S.T.; Kamenetska, M.; Cheng, Z.; Skouta, R.; Friesner, R.A.; Venkataraman, L.; Breslow, R, Single Molecule Conductance through multiple π-π stacked benzene rings determined with direct electrode to benzene ring connections, JACS, 133 (7) , 2136-2139, (2011).
  26. Fatemi, V.; Kamenetska, M.; Neaton, J. B.; Venkataraman, L.; Environmental Control of Molecular Scale Transport, Nano Lett. 11 (5), 1988-1992, (2011).
  27. Schneebeli, S.; Kamenetska, M.; Foss, F.; Vazquez, H.; Skouta, R.; Hybertsen, M.; Venkataraman, L.; Breslow, R. The Electrical Properties of Biphenylenes, Organic Lett, 12, (18), 4114-4117 (2010).
  28. Kamenetska, M.; Quek, S. Y.; Whalley, A. C.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Choi, H. J.; Louie, S. G.; Nuckolls, C.; Hybertsen, M. S.; Neaton, J. B.; Venkataraman, L. Conductance and Geometry of Pyridine-Linked Single-Molecule Junctions, JACS, 132, (19), 6817-6821, (2010).
  29. Dell’Angela, M.; Kladnik, G.; Cossaro, A.; Verdini, A.; Kamenetska, M.; Tamblyn, I.; Quek, S. Y.; Neaton, J. B.; Cvetko, D.; Morgante, A.; Venkataraman, L, Relating Energy Level Alignment and Amine-Linked Molecular Junction Conductance, Nano Lett, 10, (7), 2470-2474 (2010).
  30. Widawsky, J. R.; Kamenetska, M.; Klare, J.; Nuckolls, C.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Hybertsen, M. S.; Venkataraman, L. Nanotechnology, 20, (43) (2009).
  31. Kamenetska, M.; Koentopp, M.; Whalley, A.; Park, Y. S.; Steigerwald, M.; Nuckolls, C.; Hybertsen, M.; Venkataraman, L. Formation and Evolution of Single-Molecule Junctions, Physical Review Letters, 102, (12), 126803 (2009).
  32. Park, Y.S.; Widawsky, J.R.; Kamenetska, M.; Steigerwald, M.L.; Hybertsen, M.S.; Nuckolls, C.; Venkataraman, L, Frustrated Rotations in Single Molecule Junctions, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 131, 10820-10821 (2009).
  33. Quek, S. Y.; Kamenetska, M.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Choi, H. J.; Louie, S. G.; Hybertsen, M. S.; Neaton, J. B.; Venkataraman, L. Mechanically Controlled Binary Conductance Switching in Single Molecule Junctions, Nature Nanotech, 4, (4), 230-234 (2009).
  34. Park, Y. S.; Whalley, A.; Kamenetska, M.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Hybertsen, M. S.; Nuckolls, C.; Venkataraman, L. J. Am. Chem. Soc, 129, (51), 15768-15769 (2007).
  35. Evans, D. A.; Lee, J. C.; Kamenetska, M.; Gallagher, S. C.; Kraft, R. P; Hardcastle, M. J; Weaver, K. A. Astrophysical Journal, 653 (2), 1121-1128 (2006).