Publications

Undergraduate researchers are underlined.

F. Xu, W. An, A. E. Baber, D. Grinter, M. White, P. Liu, D. J. Stacchiola, Enhanced Oxide Reduction at Cuprous Oxide-Copper Interfaces by Hydrogen Dissociation on Free Copper Atoms, Phys. Chem. C., 2022, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03719.

E. M. Maxwell, L. A. Garber, C. J. Rogers, Ava J. Galgano, J. S. Baker, H. Kaleem, D. T. Boyle, J. L. Berry, A. E. Baber, Desorption Trends of Small Alcohols and the Disruption of Intermolecular Interactions at Defect Sites on Au(111), Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 23884-23892. DOI: 10.1039/D1CP05509G

D. A. Schlosser, D. Yehorova, H. Kaleem, E. M. Maxwell, J. S. Baker, M. Z. Gillum, M. C. DePonte, K. Letchworth-Weaver, A. E. Baber, Effect of undercoordinated Ag(111) defect sites on the adsorption of ethanol, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. A, 2020, 38, 033213. 

M. C. DePonte, J. A. Wilke, D. T. Boyle, M. Z. Gillum, D. A. Schlosser, V. H. Lam, H. Kaleem, A. E. Baber, Low–Temperature Exchange of Hydrogen and Deuterium between Molecular Ethanol and Water on Au(111), Surf. Sci., 2019, 680, 1-5.

M. L. Liriano, A. M. Larson, C. Gattinoni, J. Carrasco, A. E. Baber, E. A. Lewis, C. J. Murphy, T. J. Lawton, M. D. Marcinkowski, A. J. Therrien, A. Michaelides, E. C. H. Sykes, Chirality at two-dimensional surfaces: A perspective from small molecule alcohol assembly on Au(111), The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018, 149, 034703. doi: 10.1063/1.5035500

D. T. BoyleJ. A. Wilke, R. M. Palomino, V. H. LamD. A. SchlosserW. J. AndahazyC. Z. Stopak, D. J. Stacchiola, J. A. Rodriguez, A. E. BaberElucidation of Active Sites for the Reaction of Ethanol on TiO2/Au(111), J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 7794-7802.

T.-D. Nguyen-Phan, A. E. Baber, J. A. Rodriguez, S. D. Senanayake, Au and Pt Nanoparticle Supported Catalysts Tailored for H2 Production: From Models to Powder Catalysts, Appl. Cat. A., 2016, 518, 18-47.

K. Mudiyanselage, S. Luo, H. Y. Kim, X. Yang, A. E. Baber, F. M. Hoffmann, J. A. Rodriguez, J. G. Chen, P. Liu, D. J. Stacchiola, How to stabilize highly active Cu+ cations in a mixed-oxide catalyst, Catal. Today, 2016, 263, 4-10.

C. J. Murphy, X. Shi, A. D. Jewell, A. F. McGuire, D. O. Bellisario, A. E. Baber, H. L. Tierney, E. Lewis, D. Sholl, E. C. H. Sykes, Impact of branching on the supramolecular assembly of thioethers on Au(111), J. Chem. Phys., 2015, 142, 101915.

K. Mudiyanselage, S. D. Senanayake, P. J. Ramirez, S. Kundu,  A. E. Baber, F. Yang, S. Agnoli, S. Axnanda, Z. Liu, J. Hrbek, J. Evans, J. A. Rodriguez, D. J. Stacchiola, Intermediates Arising from the Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Cu Surfaces: From UHV to Near Atmospheric Pressures, Top. Catal., 2015, 58, 271-280.

K. Mudiyanselage, A. E. Baber, Z. Liu, S. D. Senanayake, D. J. Stacchiola, Isolation and Characterization of Formates on CeOx-CuyO/Cu(111), Catal. Today, 2015,240, 190-200.

J. Graciani, K. Mudiyanselage, F. Xu, A. E. Baber, J. Evans, S. D. Senanayake, D. J. Stacchiola, P. Liu, J. Hrbek, J. Fernández-Sanz, J. A. Rodriguez, Highly active copper-ceria and copper-ceria-titania catalysts for methanol synthesis from CO2, Science, 2014345, 546-550.

F. Xu, K. Mudiyanselage, A. E. Baber, M. Soldemo, J. Weissenrieder, M. G. White, D. J. Stacchiola, Redox-Mediated Reconstruction of Copper during Carbon Monoxide Oxidation, J. Phys. Chem. C., 2014, 118, 15902-15909.

C. J. Murphy, J. Carrasco, T. J. Lawton, Melissa Liriano, A. E. Baber, E. Lewis, A. Michaelides, E. C. H. Sykes, Structure and Energetics of Hydrogen-Bonded Networks of Methanol on Closed Packed Transition Metal Surfaces, J. Chem. Phys., 2014, 141, 014701.

W. An, A. E. Baber, F. Xu, M. Soldemo, J. Weissenrieder, D. J. Stacchiola,  P. Liu, Mechanistic Study of CO titration on CuxO/Cu(111) (x£2) surfaces, Chem. Cat. Chem. 2014, 6, 2364-2372.

A. E. Baber, X. Yang, H. Y. Kim, K. Mudiyanselage, M. Soldemo, J. Weissenrieder, S. D. Senanayake, A. Al-Mahboob, J. T. Sadowski, J. Evans, J. A. Rodriguez, P. Liu, F. M. Hoffmann, J. G. Chen, D. J. Stacchiola, Stabilization of catalytically active Cu+ surface sites on titanium-copper mixed oxide films, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 5336-5340.

A. E. Baber, F. Xu, F. Dvorak, K. Mudiyanselage, M. Soldemo, J. Weissenrieder, S. D. Senanayake, J. T. Sadowski, J. A. Rodriguez, V. Matolín, M. G. White, D. J. Stacchiola, In Situ Imaging of Cu2O under Reducing Conditions: Formation of Metallic Fronts by Mass Transfer, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 16781-16784.

K. Mudiyanselage, H. Y. Kim, S. D. Senanayake, A. E. Baber, P. Liu, D. J. Stacchiola, Probing Adsorption Sites for CO on Ceria, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 15856-15862.

A. E. Baber, K. Mudiyanselage, S. D. Senanayake, A. B. Vidal, K. A. Luck, E. C. H. Sykes, P. Liu, J. A. Rodriguez, D. J. Stacchiola, Assisted Deprotonation of Formic Acid on Cu(111) and Self-assembly of 1D Chains, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 12291-12298.

K. Mudiyanselage, S. D. Senanayake, L. Feria, S. Kundu, A. E. Baber, J. Graciani, A. B. Vidal, S. Agnoli, J. Evans, R. Chang, S. Axnanda, Z. Liu, J. F. Sanz, P. Liu, J. A. Rodriguez, D. J. Stacchiola, Importance of the Metal-Oxide Interface in Catalysis: In-situ Studies by Ambient-Pressure XPS of the Water-Gas Shift Reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 1-6.

T. J. Lawton, A. E. Baber, G. Kryiakou, E. C. H. Sykes, An Atomic-Scale View of Methanol Reactivity at the Cu(111)/CuOx Interface, ChemCatChem, 2013, 5, 2684-2690.

H. L. Tierney, A. D. Jewell, A. E. Baber, E. V. Iski, E. C. H. Sykes, Viewing and Inducing Symmetry Breaking at the Single-Molecule Limit, Chirality, 2012, 24, 1051-1054.

A. E. Baber, D. Torres, K. Müller, M. Nazzarro, P. Liu, D. E. Starr, D. J. Stacchiola, Reactivity and Morphology of Oxygen-Modified Gold Surfaces, J. Phys. Chem. C., 2012116, 18292–18299.

T. J. Lawton, J. Carrasco, A. E. Baber, A. Michaelides, E. C. H. Sykes, Hydrogen-bonded assembly of methanol on Cu(111), Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 11846-11852.

G. Kryiakou, M. B. Boucher, A. D. Jewell, E. A. Lewis, T. J. Lawton, A. E. Baber, H. L. Tierney, M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, E. C. H. Sykes, Isolated Metal Atom Geometries as a Strategy for Selective Heterogeneous Hydrogenations, Science, 2012, 335, 1209-1212.

T. J. Lawton, J. Carrasco, A. E. Baber, A. Michaelides and E. C. H. Sykes, Visualization of Hydrogen Bonding and Associated Chirality in Methanol Hexamers, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2011, 107, 2561011-2561015.

H. L. Tierney, C. J. Murphy, A. D. Jewell, A. E. Baber, E. V. Iski, H. Y. Khodaverdian, A. F. McGuire, N. Klebanov, E. C. H. Sykes, Experimental Demonstration of a Single-molecule Electric Motor, Nat. Nanotech., 2011, 6, 625-629.

A. E. Baber, T. J. Lawton, E. C. H. Sykes, Hydrogen-Bonded Networks in Surface-Bound Methanol, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115, 9157-9163.

A. E. Baber, H. L. Tierney, T. J. Lawton, E. C. H. Sykes, An Atomic-scale View of Palladium Alloys and their Ability to Dissociate Molecular Hydrogen, ChemCatChem, 2011, 3, 607-614.

H. L. Tierney, J. W. Han, A. D. Jewell, E. V. Iski, A. E. Baber, D. S. Sholl, E. C. H. Sykes, Chirality and Rotation of Asymmetric Surface-Bound Thioethers, J. Phys. Chem. C., 2011, 115, 897-901.

L. Baker, B. Holsclaw, A. E. Baber, H. L. Tierney, E. C. H. Sykes, A. J. Gellman, Adsorption Site Distributions on Cu(111), Cu(221) and Cu(643) as Determined by Xe Adsorption,  J. Phys. Chem. C. 2010, 114, 18566-18575.

H. L. Tierney, A. D. Jewell, A. E. Baber, E. V. Iski, E. C. H. Sykes, Dynamics of Molecular Adsorption and Rotation on Non-Equilibrium Sites, Langmuir, 2010, 26, 15350-15355.

D. O. Bellisario, A. D. Jewell, H. L. Tierney, A. E. Baber, E. C. H. Sykes, Adsorption, Assembly and Dynamics of Dibutyl Sulfide on Au{111}, J. Phys. Chem.C., 2010, 114, 14583-14589.

A. D. Jewell, H. L. Tierney, A. E. Baber, E. V. Iski, M. M. Laha, E. C. H. Sykes, Time-Resolved Studies of Individual Molecular Rotors, J. Phys: Condens. Matter, 2010, 22, 264006.

A. E. Baber, H. L. Tierney, E. C. H. Sykes, Atomic-Scale Geometry and Electronic Structure of Catalytically Important Pd/Au Alloys,  ACS Nano, 2010, 4, 1637-1645.

H. L. Tierney, C. Calderon, A. E. Baber, E. C. H. Sykes, F. Wang, Understanding the Rotational Mechanism of a Single Molecule: STM and DFT Investigations of Dimethyl Sulfide Molecular Rotors on Au(111), J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114, 3152-3155.

H. L. Tierney, A. E. Baber, J. R. Kitchin, E. C. H. Sykes, Hydrogen Dissociation and Spillover on Individual Isolated Palladium Atoms, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2009, 103, 2461021-2461024.

H. L. Tierney, A. E. Baber, A. D. Jewell, E. V. Iski, M. B. Boucher, E. C. H. Sykes, Mode Selective Electrical Excitation of a Molecular Rotor, Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 9678-9681.

D. O. Bellisario, J. W. Han, H. L. Tierney, A. E. Baber, D. S. Sholl, E. C. H. Sykes, The Importance of kinetics in surface alloying: A comparison of the diffusion pathways of Pd and Ag atoms on Cu(111), J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113, 12863-12869.

H. L. Tierney, A. E. Baber, E. C. H. Sykes, A. Akimov, A. B. Kolomeisky, Dynamics of Thioether Molecular Rotors: Effects of Surface Interactions and Chain Flexibility, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113, 10913-10920.

D. O. Bellisario, A. E. Baber, H. L. Tierney, E. C. H. Sykes Engineering Dislocation Networks for the Directed Assembly of Two-Dimensional Rotor Arrays, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113, 5895-5898.

H. L. Tierney, A. E. Baber, E. C. H. Sykes, Atomic-Scale Imaging and Electronic Structure Determination of Catalytic Sites on Pd/Cu Near Surface Alloys, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113, 7246-7250.

E. V. Iski, M. El-Kouedi, A. E. Baber, S. C. Jensen, E. C. H. Sykes, Nanoscience Education through the Incorporation of Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy into the Undergraduate Curriculum, Education in Chemistry200845, 54-58.

A. E. Baber, H. L. Tierney, E. C. H. Sykes, A Quantitative Single-Molecule Study of Thioether Molecular Rotors, ACS Nano, 2008, 11, 2385-2391.

A. E. Baber, A. J. Gellman, D. S. Sholl, E. C. H. Sykes, The Real Structure of Naturally Chiral Cu{643}, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112, 11086-11089.

S. C. Jensen, A. E. Baber, H. L. Tierney, E. C. H. Sykes, Dimethyl sulfide on Cu{111}: molecular self-assembly and sub-molecular resolution imaging, ACS Nano, 2007, 1, 423-428.

S. C. Jensen, A. E. Baber, H. L. Tierney, E. C. H. Sykes, Adsorption, Interaction and Manipulation of Dibutyl Sulfide on Cu{111}, ACS Nano, 2007, 1, 22-29.

A. E. Baber, S. C. Jensen, E. C. H. Sykes, Dipole-Driven Ferroelectric Assembly of Styrene on Au{111}, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129 (20), 6368-6369.

A. E. Baber, S. C. Jensen, E. V. Iski, E. C. H. Sykes, Extraordinary Atomic Mobility of Au{111} at 80 Kelvin: Effect of Styrene Adsorption, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128 (48), 15384-15385.