“Nonlinear” pursuit of understanding pollutant accumulation and chemistry at environmental and biological interfaces

Evidence of compost contamination with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from “compostable” food serviceware

(2023) Caleb P. Goossen et al.   Biointerphases

Size dependence of second-harmonic scattering from nanoparticles: Disentangling surface and electrostatic contributions

(2023) Bingxin Chu et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Molecular Orientations of Myristic Acid Derivatives with Different Perfluoroalkyl Chain Lengths at the Air/Water Interface Evaluated by Heterodyne-Detected Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

(2023) Yuki Nojima et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Lysozyme Interaction with Phospholipid Nanodroplets Probed by Sum Frequency Scattering Vibrational Spectroscopy

(2023) Thaddeus W. Golbek et al.   Langmuir

Reply to: A discrepancy of 107 in experimental and theoretical density detection limits of aerosol particles by surface nonlinear light scattering

(2023) Yuqin Qian et al.   Communications Chemistry

A discrepancy of 107 in experimental and theoretical density detection limits of aerosol particles by surface nonlinear light scattering

(2023) Arianna Marchioro et al.   Communications Chemistry

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Enrichment in the Surface Microlayer of a Freshwater System Impacted by Aqueous Film-Forming Foams

(2023) Trever Schwichtenberg et al.   ACS ES&T Water

Linking drivers of plant per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) uptake to agricultural land management decisions

(2023) Alex E. Scearce et al.   Biointerphases

Development of electronic sum frequency generation spectrophotometer to assess the buried interfaces

(2023) Suman Dhami et al.   Biointerphases

Theoretical study of electronic sum frequency generation spectroscopy to assess the buried interfaces

(2023) Yogesh Kumar et al.   Biointerphases

Comparative Thermodynamic and Structural Analysis of Polyfluorinated Dodecylphosphonic Acid Adsorption to Distilled and River Water Interfaces

(2023) Andrew P. Carpenter et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Second-Harmonic Generation Provides Insight into the Screening Response of the Liquid Water Interface

(2023) Kamal K. Ray et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Tutorials in vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy. I. The foundations

(2022) James D. Pickering et al.   Biointerphases

Tutorials in vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy. II. Designing a broadband vibrational sum frequency generation spectrometer

(2022) James D. Pickering et al.   Biointerphases

Headgroup-Specific Interaction of Biological Lipid Monolayer/Water Interface with Perfluorinated Persistent Organic Pollutant (f-POP): As Observed with Interface-Selective Vibrational Spectroscopy

(2022) Nishith Ghosh et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Micro/nano-plastics occurrence, identification, risk analysis and mitigation: challenges and perspectives

(2022) Boda Ravi Kiran et al.   REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY

Water as a contrast agent to quantify surface chemistry and physics using second harmonic scattering and imaging: A perspective

(2022) D. Roesel et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Dos and don’ts tutorial for sample alignment in sum frequency generation spectroscopy

(2022) Saman Hosseinpour   Biointerphases

Early sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopic studies on peptides and proteins at interfaces

(2022) Zhan Chen   Biointerphases

Choose your own adventure: Picosecond or broadband vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy

(2022) Andrew P. Carpenter et al.   Biointerphases

Considerations in upconversion: A practical guide to sum-frequency generation spectrometer design and implementation

(2022) Benjamin Doughty et al.   Biointerphases

Presence of nanoplastics in rural and remote surface waters

(2022) Dušan Materić et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Toxic effects of nanoplastics with different sizes and surface charges on epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in A549 cells and the potential toxicological mechanism

(2022) Gulinare Halimu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Why the Photochemical Reaction of Phenol Becomes Ultrafast at the Air–Water Interface: The Effect of Surface Hydration

(2022) Tatsuya Ishiyama et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

In situ analysis of the bulk and surface chemical compositions of organic aerosol particles

(2022) Yuqin Qian et al.   Communications Chemistry

Tutorials in vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy. III. Collecting, processing, and analyzing vibrational sum frequency generation spectra

(2022) James D. Pickering et al.   Biointerphases

Effects of polystyrene nanoplastics on lead toxicity in dandelion seedlings

(2022) Minling Gao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Enrichment of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Surface Microlayer and Foam in Synthetic and Natural Waters

(2022) Charles E. Schaefer et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

In Situ Detection of Chemical Compositions at Nanodroplet Surfaces and In-Nanodroplet Phases

(2022) Yuqin Qian et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Measuring Protein Conformation at Aqueous Interfaces with 2D Infrared Spectroscopy of Emulsions

(2022) Adam S. Chatterley et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Coronas of micro/nano plastics: a key determinant in their risk assessments

(2022) Jiayu Cao et al.   Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Subsurface Environments: Occurrence, Fate, Transport, and Research Prospect

(2022) Xueyan Lyu et al.   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

Tutorial on the instrumentation of sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy: Using a Ti:sapphire based system as an example

(2022) Lujuan Yang et al.   Biointerphases

Vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy of thin film interfaces

(2022) Erin G. Moloney et al.   Biointerphases

Water Orientation at the Anatase TiO2 Nanoparticle Interface: A Probe of Surface pKa Values

(2022) Marie Bischoff et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Phase separation in polymer-based biomimetic structures containing planar membranes

(2022) Maryame Bina et al.   Biointerphases

Shape-dependent gold nanoparticle interactions with a model cell membrane

(2022) Thaddeus W. Golbek et al.   Biointerphases

Effects of proteins on emulsion stability: The role of proteins at the oil–water interface

(2022) Mi zhang et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

Peptide Orientation at Emulsion Nanointerfaces Dramatically Different from Flat Surfaces

(2022) Thaddeus W. Golbek et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Distinguishing the nanoplastic–cell membrane interface by polymer type and aging properties: translocation, transformation and perturbation

(2022) Lingzhi Li et al.   Environmental Science-Nano

Windowless detection geometry for sum frequency scattering spectroscopy in the C–D and amide I regions

(2021) Lars Schmüser et al.   Biointerphases

The photochemical reaction of phenol becomes ultrafast at the air–water interface

(2021) Ryoji Kusaka et al.   Nature Chemistry

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Transport from Groundwater to Streams near a PFAS Manufacturing Facility in North Carolina, USA

(2021) Marie-Amélie Pétré et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Assessing the Impact of Solvent Selection on Vibrational Sum-Frequency Scattering Spectroscopy Experiments

(2021) Andrew P. Carpenter et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Effects of Salt-Induced Charge Screening on AOT Adsorption to the Planar and Nanoemulsion Oil–Water Interfaces

(2021) Andrew P. Carpenter et al.   LANGMUIR

Nanoscale Effects on the Surfactant Adsorption and Interface Charging in Hexadecane/Water Emulsions

(2021) Dana Glikman et al.   ACS Nano

Second Harmonic Scattering Reveals Ion-Specific Effects at the SiO2 and TiO2 Nanoparticle/Aqueous Interface

(2021) Marie Bischoff et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Heterodyne-Detected Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopic Study of Weakly Hydrogen-Bonded Water at Charged Lipid Interfaces, Revisited

(2021) Yuki Nojima et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water and wastewater: A critical review of their global occurrence and distribution

(2021) Sudarshan Kurwadkar et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Size-Dependent Interactions of Lipid-Coated Gold Nanoparticles: Developing a Better Mechanistic Understanding Through Model Cell Membranes and in vivo Toxicity

(2020) Arek M Engstrom et al.   International Journal of Nanomedicine

In Situ Spectroscopic Probing of Polarity and Molecular Configuration at Aerosol Particle Surfaces

(2020) Yuqin Qian et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

PAH Sorption to Nanoplastics and the Trojan Horse Effect as Drivers of Mitochondrial Toxicity and PAH Localization in Zebrafish

(2020) Rafael Trevisan et al.   Frontiers in Environmental Science

Vibrational Sum Frequency Scattering in Absorptive Media: A Theoretical Case Study of Nano-objects in Water

(2020) Sergey Kulik et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Environmental exposure enhances the internalization of microplastic particles into cells

(2020) A. F. R. M. Ramsperger et al.   Science Advances

Membrane-Protein-Hydration Interaction of α-Synuclein with Anionic Vesicles Probed via Angle-Resolved Second Harmonic Scattering

(2019) Jan Dedic et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Hydration and Orientation of Carbonyl Groups in Oppositely Charged Lipid Monolayers on Water

(2019) Lisa Barbara Dreier et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Are nanoplastics able to bind significant amount of metals? The lead example

(2019) Mélanie Davranche et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The interfacial structure of nano- and micron-sized oil and water droplets stabilized with SDS and Span80

(2019) Evangelia Zdrali et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Leaching and transport of PFAS from aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) in the unsaturated soil at a firefighting training facility under cold climatic conditions

(2019) Åse Høisæter et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY

New Insights into χ(3) Measurements: Comparing Nonresonant Second Harmonic Generation and Resonant Sum Frequency Generation at the Silica/Aqueous Electrolyte Interface

(2019) Benjamin Rehl et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Chemistry of Lipid Membranes from Models to Living Systems: A Perspective of Hydration, Surface Potential, Curvature, Confinement and Heterogeneity

(2019) Halil I. Okur et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Adsorption behavior of organic pollutants and metals on micro/nanoplastics in the aquatic environment

(2019) Fei Yu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

On the Rise: Experimental and Computational Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy Studies of Pyruvic Acid and Its Surface-Active Oligomer Species at the Air–Water Interface

(2019) Brittany P. Gordon et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Molecular Orientations and Conformations of Air/Fluoroalkyl Acrylate Polymer Interfaces Studied by Heterodyne-Detected Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation

(2019) Masanari Okuno et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polystyrene Nanoplastics-Enhanced Contaminant Transport: Role of Irreversible Adsorption in Glassy Polymeric Domain

(2018) Jin Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Molecular Interactions Between Silver Nanoparticles and Model Cell Membranes

(2018) Peipei Hu et al.   TOPICS IN CATALYSIS

Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products, and their associated environmental risks in Guanting Reservoir and its upstream rivers in north China

(2018) Panwei Zhang et al.   RSC Advances

Surface Potential of a Planar Charged Lipid–Water Interface. What Do Vibrating Plate Methods, Second Harmonic and Sum Frequency Measure?

(2018) L. B. Dreier et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Charging of Carboxylic Acid Monolayers with Monovalent Ions at Low Ionic Strengths: Molecular Insight Revealed by Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy

(2018) Eric Tyrode et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Calcium Directly Regulates Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate Headgroup Conformation and Recognition

(2017) Eva Bilkova et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Molecular characterization of water and surfactant AOT at nanoemulsion surfaces

(2017) Jennifer K. Hensel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The behavior of hydroxide and hydronium ions at the hexadecane–water interface studied with second harmonic generation and zeta potential measurements

(2017) Wei Gan et al.   Soft Matter

Second-order spectral lineshapes from charged interfaces

(2017) Paul E. Ohno et al.   Nature Communications

Identifying the selectivity of antimicrobial peptides to cell membranes by sum frequency generation spectroscopy

(2017) Thaddeus W. Golbek et al.   Biointerphases

The Ins and Outs of Lipid Flip-Flop

(2016) John S. Allhusen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Observation of Organic Molecules at the Aerosol Surface

(2016) Yajing Wu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Semifluorinated thiols in Langmuir monolayers – A study by nonlinear and linear vibrational spectroscopies

(2015) Diogo Volpati et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Hydration, Orientation, and Conformation of Methylglyoxal at the Air–Water Interface

(2015) Sumi N. Wren et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Three Dimensional Nano “Langmuir Trough” for Lipid Studies

(2015) Yixing Chen et al.   NANO LETTERS

Sum frequency and second harmonic generation from the surface of a liquid microjet

(2014) Nikolay Smolentsev et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Metal Ion Induced Adsorption and Ordering of Charged Macromolecules at the Aqueous/Hydrophobic Liquid Interface

(2014) Ellen J. Robertson et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Lipid Compositions Modulate Fluidity and Stability of Bilayers: Characterization by Surface Pressure and Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

(2013) Wei Liu et al.   LANGMUIR

Second Harmonic Light Scattering from the Surface of Colloidal Objects: Theory and Applications

(2013) Grazia Gonella et al.   LANGMUIR

Designated Drivers: The Differing Roles of Divalent Metal Ions in Surfactant Adsorption at the Oil–Water Interface

(2013) Ellen J. Robertson et al.   LANGMUIR

Effect of Particle Diameter and Surface Composition on the Spontaneous Fusion of Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles with Lipid Bilayers

(2013) Reid C. Van Lehn et al.   NANO LETTERS

Elucidation of molecular structures at buried polymer interfaces and biological interfaces using sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy

(2013) Chi Zhang et al.   Soft Matter

Nonlinear Light Scattering and Spectroscopy of Particles and Droplets in Liquids

(2012) Sylvie Roke et al.   Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Laser-Heating-Induced Displacement of Surfactants on the Water Surface

(2012) Ellen H. G. Backus et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Sea surface microlayers: A unified physicochemical and biological perspective of the air–ocean interface

(2012) Michael Cunliffe et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Surface Structure of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Surfactant and Oil at the Oil-in-Water Droplet Liquid/Liquid Interface: A Manifestation of a Nonequilibrium Surface State

(2011) Hilton B. de Aguiar et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

A Comparative Study of the CD and CH Stretching Spectral Regions of Typical Surfactants Systems Using VSFS: Orientation Analysis of the Terminal CH3 and CD3 Groups

(2011) Eric Tyrode et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Molecular Mie model for second harmonic generation and sum frequency generation

(2011) Sarina Wunderlich et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Label-free spectroscopic detection of vesicles in water using vibrational sum frequency scattering

(2011) Matthew L. Strader et al.   Soft Matter

Get charged up: Nonlinear optical voltammetry for quantifying the thermodynamics and electrostatics of metal cations at aqueous/oxide interfaces

(2010) Patrick L. Hayes et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

Interfacial Water Structure Associated with Phospholipid Membranes Studied by Phase-Sensitive Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

(2010) Xiangke Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Surface Structures of an Amphiphilic Tri-Block Copolymer in Air and in Water Probed Using Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy

(2010) Cornelius B. Kristalyn et al.   LANGMUIR

Second Harmonic Generation, Sum Frequency Generation, and χ(3): Dissecting Environmental Interfaces with a Nonlinear Optical Swiss Army Knife

(2008) Franz M. Geiger   Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Heterodyne-Detected Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

(2008) Igor V. Stiopkin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A national reconnaissance for pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants in the United States — II) Untreated drinking water sources

(2008) Michael J. Focazio et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT