Recent Publications
Greco A, Ohto T, Nagata Y, Bonn M, Backus EHG. Temperature-dependent vibrational energy relaxation of hydrogen-bonded and free OD groups at the air-water interface. Journal of Chemical Physics. 2024 Nov 7;161(17):174706. doi: 10.1063/5.0231310
Saak CM, Backus EHG. The Role of Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy in Understanding On-Surface Reactions and Dynamics in Atmospheric Model-Systems. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2024 May 2;15(17):4546-4559. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00392
van der Veen MA, Canossa S, Wahiduzzaman M, Nenert G, Frohlich D, Rega D et al. Confined Water Cluster Formation in Water Harvesting by Metal–Organic Frameworks: CAU-10-H versus CAU-10-CH3. Advanced Materials. 2024 Mar 21;36(12):2210050. Epub 2023 Jan 18. doi: 10.1002/adma.202210050
Backus EHG, Hosseinpour S, Ramanan C, Sun S, Schlegel SJ, Zelenka M et al. Ultrafast Surface-Specific Spectroscopy of Water at a Photoexcited TiO2 Model Water-Splitting Photocatalyst. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 2024 Feb 12;63(8):e202312123 . Epub 2024 Jan. doi: 10.1002/anie.202312123
Saak CM, Dreier LB, Machel K, Bonn M, Backus EHG. Biological lipid hydration: distinct mechanisms of interfacial water alignment and charge screening for model lipid membranes. Faraday Discussions. 2024 Feb 6;249:317 - 333. doi: 10.1039/d3fd00117b
Zelenka M, Backus EHG. Investigating aqueous mineral interfaces using sum frequency generation spectroscopy. In Wandelt K, Bussetti G, editors, Encyclopedia of Solid-Liquid Interfaces. Vol. 1. Elsevier. 2024. p. 148–157. Epub 2023 Aug 30. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-85669-0.00016-7
Buessler M, Maruyama S, Zelenka M, Onishi H, Backus EHG. Unravelling the interfacial water structure at the photocatalyst strontium titanate by sum frequency generation spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2023 Oct 31;25(45):31471–31480. doi: 10.1039/d3cp03829g
Naghilou A, Peter K, Millesi F, Stadlmayr S, Wolf S, Rad A et al. Insights into the material properties of dragline spider silk affecting Schwann cell migration. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2023 Jul 31;244:125398. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125398
Ober P, Kolbinger SH, Backus EHG, Bonn M. Ion-Specific Interactions at a Mineral-Water Interface Revealed by Surface-Sensitive Spectroscopy under Flow Conditions. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2023 Jul 3;127(27):13005-13010. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c01789
Ober P, Hunger J, Kolbinger SH, Backus EHG, Bonn M. Ion Adsorption and Desorption at the CaF2-Water Interface Probed by Flow Experiments and Vibrational Spectroscopy. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 2022 Nov 14;61(46):e202207017. Epub 2022 Aug 25. doi: 10.1002/anie.202207017
Haroun F, El Haitami A, Ober P, Backus EHG, Cantin S. Thermodynamic properties and morphology of 2D NBR/ PEG-PPG-PEG networks. Polymer. 2022 Oct 4;257:125271. doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125271
Li X, Encheva M, Butt HJ, Backus EHG, Berger R. Adaptation and Recovery of a Styrene-Acrylic Acid Copolymer Surface to Water. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 2022 Jun;43(12):2100733. Epub 2022 Mar 26. doi: 10.1002/marc.202100733
Lesnicki D, Wank V, Cyran JD, Backus EHG, Sulpizi M. Lower degree of dissociation of pyruvic acid at water surfaces than in bulk. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2022 May 10;24(22):13510-13513. doi: 10.1039/d2cp01293f
Sosso GC, Sudera P, Backes AT, Whale TF, Froehlich-Nowoisky J, Bonn M et al. The role of structural order in heterogeneous ice nucleation. Chemical Science. 2022 Apr 8;13(17):5014-5026. Epub 2022 Apr 8. doi: 10.1039/d1sc06338c
Vaillard AS, El Haitami A, Dreier LB, Fontaine P, Cousin F, Gutfreund P et al. Vertically Heterogeneous 2D Semi-Interpenetrating Networks Based on Cellulose Acetate and Cross-Linked Polybutadiene. Langmuir. 2022 Mar 1;38(8):2538-2549. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03084
Lukas M, Backus EHG, Bonn M, Grechko M. Passively Stabilized Phase-Resolved Collinear SFG Spectroscopy Using a Displaced Sagnac Interferometer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part A: Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment and General Theory. 2022 Feb 17;126(6):951-956. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c10155
Turetta N, Stoeckel MA, de Oliveira RF, Devaux F, Greco A, Cendra C et al. High-Performance Humidity Sensing in π-Conjugated Molecular Assemblies through the Engineering of Electron/Proton Transport and Device Interfaces. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2022 Feb 16;144(6):2546-2555. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c10119
Hunger J, Schaefer J, Ober P, Seki T, Wang Y, Prädel L et al. Nature of Cations Critically Affects Water at the Negatively Charged Silica Interface. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2022;144(43):19726-19738. doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c02777
Vasileiadis T, D'Alvise TM, Saak CM, Pochylski M, Harvey S, V. Synatschke C et al. Fast Light-Driven Motion of Polydopamine Nanomembranes. Nano Letters. 2021 Dec 14;22(2):578–585. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03165
Sudera P, Cyran JD, Bonn M, Backus EHG. Interfacial Vibrational Spectroscopy of the Water Bending Mode on Ice I-h. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2021 Oct 21;125(41):22937-22942. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c08046