Publications

Erin V. Iski, Mahy El-Kouedi, Darin Bellisario, Camillo Calderon, Feng Wang, Tao Ye and E. Charles H. Sykes
Ultra-stable Ag/Au Surface Alloys: An STM and XPS study
In Preparation

Ashleigh E. Baber, Heather L. Tierney and E. Charles H. Sykes
Composition and Electronic Properties of Catalytically Important Pd/Au Alloys
In Preparation

Heather Tierney, April D. Jewell, Ashleigh Baber, Erin Iski and E. Charles H. Sykes
Unexpected Symmetry Breaking at the Single-Molecule Limit
In Preparation

2009

Heather L. Tierney, Ashleigh E. Baber, John R. Kitchin and E. Charles H. Sykes
Hydrogen Dissociation and Spillover on Individual Isolated Palladium Atoms
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS - Accepted

Heather L. Tierney, Ashleigh E. Baber, April D. Jewell, Erin V. Iski, Matthew Boucher and E. Charles H. Sykes
Mode Selective Electrical Excitation of a Molecular Rotor
CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL 15, (2009), 9678-9681 (link)

Darin O. Bellisario, Jeong Woo Han, Heather L. Tierney, Ashleigh E. Baber, David S. Sholl and E. Charles H. Sykes
The Importance of kinetics in surface alloying: A comparison of the diffusion pathways of Pd and Ag atoms on Cu(111)
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 113, (2009), 12863-12869 (link)

E. Charles H. Sykes
Graphene goes undercover
NATURE CHEMISTRY 1, (2009), 175-176 (link)

Josef Michl and E. Charles H. Sykes
Molecular Rotors and Motors: Recent Advances and Future Challenges
ACS NANO 3, (2009), 1042-1048 (link)

Meaghan M. Blake, Sanjini U. Nanayakkara, Shelley A. Claridge, Luis. C Fernandez-Torres, E. Charles H. Sykes and Paul S. Weiss
Identifying Reactive Intermediates in the Ullmann Coupling Reaction by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 113, (2009), 13167- 13172 (link)

J. Tres Brazell, E. Charles H. Sykes, Panfilo C. Deguzman, Sarah Subaran, Sonal Patel, and Mahnaz El-Kouedi
Cost Effective Nanostructured Materials for the Undergraduate Lab: Nanotextured Aluminum Surfaces
JOURNAL OF NANO EDUCATION 1, (2009), 42-47 (link)

Heather L. Tierney, Ashleigh E. Baber, and E. Charles H. Sykes, Alexey Akimov and Anatoly B. Kolomeisky
Dynamics of Thioether Molecular Rotors: Effects of Surface Interactions and Chain Flexibility
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 113, (2009), 10913-10920 (link)

Darin O. Bellisario, Ashleigh E. Baber, Heather L. Tierney and E. Charles H. Sykes
Engineering Dislocation Networks for the Directed Assembly of Two-Dimensional Rotor Arrays
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 113 (2009), 5895-5898 (link)

Heather L. Tierney, Ashleigh E. Baber and E. Charles H. Sykes
Atomic-Scale Imaging and Electronic Structure Determination of Catalytic Sites on Pd/Cu Near Surface Alloys
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 113, (2009), 7246-7250 (link)

2008

Ashleigh E. Baber, Heather L. Tierney and E. Charles H. Sykes
A Quantitative Single-Molecule Study of Thioether Molecular Rotors
ACS NANO 2, (2008), 2385-2391 (link)

Ashleigh E. Baber, Andrew J. Gellman, David S. Sholl and E. Charles H. Sykes
The Real Structure of Naturally Chiral Cu{643}
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 112, (2008), 11086-11089

Erin V. Iski, Mahy El-Kouedi and E. Charles H. Sykes
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Single Molecule Conductance
ACS SYMPOSIUM SERIES ON NANOTECHNOLOGY IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION [submitted]

Erin V. Iski, Mahy El-Kouedi, and E. Charles H. Sykes
Single Molecule Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 2nd Edition. [Invited Chapter] In press 2008

Erin V. Iski, Mahy El-Kouedi, Ashleigh E. Baber, Stephen C. Jensen and E. Charles H. Sykes
Nanoscience Education through the Incorporation of Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy into the Undergraduate Curriculum
EDUCATION IN CHEMISTRY 45, 54-58 2008 [Cover Story] (link)

2007

Stephen C. Jensen, A. E. Baber, H. L. Tierney and E. Charles H. Sykes
Dimethyl sulfide on Cu{111}: molecular self-assembly and sub-molecular resolution imaging
ACS NANO. 1, 5, 423-428 2007 (link)

A Dibutyl Sulfide Molecular Abacus
ACS NANO. 1, 1, 2, 2007 [Highlight of our paper]

Stephen C. Jensen, A. E. Baber, H. L. Tierney and E. Charles H. Sykes
Adsorption, Interaction and Manipulation of Dibutyl Sulfide on Cu{111}
ACS NANO. 1, 1, 22-29 2007 (link)

Ashleigh E. Baber, Stephen C. Jensen and E. Charles H. Sykes
Dipole-Driven Ferroelectric Assembly of Styrene on Au{111}
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 129 6368-6369 MAY 2007 (link)

B. A. Mantooth, E. C. H. Sykes, P. Han, Z. J. Donhauser and P. S. Weiss.
Extracting Single Molecule Statistics from Scanning Probe Images: Analyzing the Motion of Benzene on Au{111}
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 111, (2007), 6167-6182

S. U. Nanayakkara, E. C. H. Sykes, L. C. Fernandez-Torres and P. S. Weiss.
Bromine islands on Cu{111}: Evidence that surface state-mediated interactions are dominant at high temperatures
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 98, (2007), 2061081-2061084.

2006

Ashleigh E. Baber, Stephen C. Jensen, Erin V. Iski, and E. Charles H. Sykes
Extraordinary Atomic Mobility of Au{111} at 80 Kelvin: Effect of Styrene Adsorption
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY; 128(48) 15384 - 15385 NOV 2006 (link)

S. P. Ashili, V. N. Astratov, and E. C. H. Sykes.
The effects of inter-cavity separation on optical coupling in dielectric bispheres
OPTICS EXPRESS 14, (2006), 9460-9466.

Sykes ECH, Andreu A, Deadwyler DA, et al.
Synthesis and characterization of nanowire-based anisotropic conductors
JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 6 (4): 1128-1134 APR 2006 (link)

Fernandez-Torres LC, Sykes ECH, Nanayakkara SU, et al.
Dynamics and spectroscopy of hydrogen atoms on Pd{111}
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 110 (14): 7380-7384 APR 13 2006 (link)

2005

Sykes ECH, Fernandez-Torres LC, Nanayakkara SU, et al.
Observation and manipulation of subsurface hydride in Pd{111} and its effect on surface chemical, physical, and electronic properties
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 102 (50): 17907-17911 DEC 13 2005

Thiyagarajan M, Gonsalves KE, Dean K, et al.
Design and performance of EUV resist containing photoacid generator for sub-100 nm lithography
JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 5 (7): 1181-1183 JUL 2005

Sykes ECH, Mantooth BA, Han P, et al.
Substrate-mediated intermolecular interactions: A quantitative single molecule analysis
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 127 (19): 7255-7260 MAY 18 2005

2004 and Previous

Han P, Mantooth BA, Sykes ECH, et al.
Benzene on Au {111} at 4 K: Monolayer growth and tip-induced molecular cascades
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 126 (34): 10787-10793 SEP 1 2004

Sykes ECH, Han P, Kandel SA, et al.
Substrate-mediated interactions and intermolecular forces between molecules adsorbed on surfaces
ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH 36 (12): 945-953 DEC 2003

Han P, Sykes ECH, Pearl TP, et al.
A comparative scanning tunneling microscopy study of physisorbed linear quadrupolar molecules: C2N2 and CS2 on Au{111} at 4 K
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 107 (40): 8124-8129 OCT 9 2003

Sykes ECH, Han P, Weiss PS
Molecule/metal surface interactions evidenced quantum mechanically via tip-induced CS2 interaction with Friedel oscillations on Au{111}
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 107 (21): 5016-5021 MAY 29 2003

Williams FJ, Bird DPC, Sykes ECH, et al.
Molecular conformation of styrene on Ag(100): Relevance to an understanding of the catalytic epoxidation of terminal alkenes
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 107 (16): 3824-3828 APR 24 2003

Sykes ECH, Tikhov MS, Lambert RM
Quantum size effects in catalysis by TiO2/platinum: the switch from partial oxidation to partial hydrogenation of styrene
CATALYSIS LETTERS 82 (3-4): 169-173 OCT 2002

Sykes ECH, Tikhov MS, Lambert RM
Surface composition, morphology, and catalytic activity of model polycrystalline Titania surfaces
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 106 (29): 7290-7294 JUL 25 2002

Sykes ECH, Williams FJ, Tikhov MS, et al.
Nucleation, growth, sintering, mobility, and adsorption properties of small gold particles on polycrystalline titania
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 106 (21): 5390-5394 MAY 30 2002

Sykes ECH, Tikhov MS, Lambert RM
On the switch between selective oxidation and selective hydrogenation of a terminal alkene on well-defined titania surfaces
CATALYSIS LETTERS 78 (1-4): 7-11 2002

Santra AK, Bird DPC, Sykes ECH, et al.
The chemistry of sulfoxy species on clean, oxygenated, and caesiated Ag{100}: A study of surface reactivity by fast XPS and TPR
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 105 (41): 10062-10068 OCT 18 2001

Bonello JM, Sykes ECH, Lindsay R, et al.
Fundamental aspects of enantioselective heterogeneous catalysis: a NEXAFS study of methyl pyruvate and (S)-(-)-1-(1-naphthyl) ethylamine on Pt{111}
SURFACE SCIENCE 482: 207-214 Part 1 JUN 20 2001