Research Summary
Current research focuses on understanding how ligands present on nanoparticles can be leveraged to control their electronic properties as well as how to generate and leverage molecular scale heat to drive molecular scale transformations.
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Recent Publications
Using ChatGPT-4 to Teach the Design of Data Visualizations
Lear, B. J., Jul 9 2024, In: Journal of Chemical Education. 101, 7, p. 2749-2756 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Analysis of synthetic parameters for coating aluminum powders with phenyltriethoxysilane coupling agent and their effects on powder flow behavior
Mawby, L. M., Ludwig, B. & Lear, B. J., Jul 2024, In: Particuology. 90, p. 412-417 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Symmetric Electron Transfer Coordinates are Intrinsic to Bridged Systems: An ab Initio Treatment of the Creutz–Taube Ion
Šrut, A., Lear, B. J. & Krewald, V., Jul 29 2024, In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 63, 31, e202404727.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Dependence of Photothermal Rate Enhancements of Urethane Formation upon the Nature of Light Exposure and Solution Viscosity
Ginder, N. C. & Lear, B. J., Jun 29 2023, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127, 25, p. 11958-11965 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Marcus dimension: identifying the nuclear coordinate for electron transfer from ab initio calculations
Šrut, A., Lear, B. J. & Krewald, V., Aug 8 2023, In: Chemical Science. 14, 34, p. 9213-9225 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Surface Chemistry Controls the Density of States in Metallic Nanoparticles
Litak, N. P., Mawby, L. M. & Lear, B. J., Mar 22 2022, In: ACS nano. 16, 3, p. 4479-4486 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
27Al Solid-State Magic-Angle Spinning NMR Studies of Aluminum Powder Particle Surfaces Treated with a Methyltriethoxysilane Coupling Agent under Acidic Conditions
Mawby, L. M., Ludwig, B. & Lear, B. J., Sep 6 2022, In: Langmuir. 38, 35, p. 10810-10816 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rapid Photothermal Synthesis of Polyurethane from Blocked Isocyanates
Phillips, S. J., Ginder, N. C. & Lear, B. J., Aug 23 2022, In: Macromolecules. 55, 16, p. 7232-7239 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Asymmetries in the Electronic Properties of Spheroidal Metallic Nanoparticles, Revealed by Conduction Electron Spin Resonance and Surface Plasmon Resonance
Cruz, S. S., Tanygin, V. & Lear, B. J., Mar 23 2021, In: ACS nano. 15, 3, p. 4490-4503 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Preparation and Oxygen Sensitivity of a Range of Noble-Metal Nanoparticles (Ir, Pt, and Au) Protected by a Series of Chalcogen-Dodecane Ligands (S, Se, and Te)
Tanygin, V. & Lear, B. J., Jan 12 2021, In: Chemistry of Materials. 33, 1, p. 63-72 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Dependence of Core Electronics of Gold Nanoparticles on Ligand, Solvent, and Sample Preparation
Fagan, J. W. & Lear, B. J., Nov 5 2020, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124, 44, p. 24435-24440 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nanoscale heat for organic transformations: a photothermally driven retro Diels–Alder reaction
Widstrom, A. L. & Lear, B. J., Mar 1 2020, In: Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland). 10, 3, p. 819-825 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Photothermal Control over the Mechanical and Physical Properties of Polydimethylsiloxane
Fortenbaugh, R. J., Carrozzi, S. A. & Lear, B. J., May 28 2019, In: Macromolecules. 52, 10, p. 3839-3844 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Controlled Rapid Formation of Polyurethane at 700 K: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Consequences of Extreme Photothermal Heating
Van Burns, E. N. & Lear, B. J., Jun 13 2019, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123, 23, p. 14774-14780 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Structural and solvent control over activation parameters for a pair of retro Diels-Alder reactions
Widstrom, A. L. & Lear, B. J., Dec 1 2019, In: Scientific reports. 9, 1, 18267.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review