Publications

26. M. A. K. Pathan, Aakash Gupta, and M. E. Vaida, Understanding the effect of an amorphous surface on the ultrafast dynamics of a heterogeneous photoinduced reaction: CD3I photoinduced reaction on amorphous cerium oxide films, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (2022) 13, 41, 9759–9765 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02294

M. A. K. Pathan, Aakash Gupta, and M. E. Vaida, Understanding the effect of an amorphous surface on the ultrafast dynamics of a heterogeneous photoinduced reaction: CD3I photoinduced reaction on amorphous cerium oxide films, ChemRxiv (2022) DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-7m5vp

25. M. E. Vaida, T. B. Rawal, T. M. Bernhardt, B. M. Marsh, T. S. Rahman, S. R. Leone. Non-metal to metal transition of magnesia supported Au clusters affects the ultrafast dissociation dynamics of adsorbed CH3Br molecules, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (2022), 13, 4747−4753 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00968

M. E. Vaida, T. B. Rawal, T. M. Bernhardt, B. M. Marsh, T. S. Rahman, S. R. Leone. Non-metal to metal transition of magnesia supported Au clusters affects the ultrafast dissociation dynamics of adsorbed CH3Br molecules, ChemRxiv (2022) DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-xmz2v-v2

24. M. A. K. Pathan, Aakash Gupta, and M. E. Vaida, Exploring the growth and oxidation of 2D-TaS2 on Cu(111), Nanotechnology 32, 505605  (2021) https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ac244e

23. B. T. Young, M. A. K. Pathan, T. Jiang, D. Le, N. Marrow, T. Nguyen, C. E. Jordan, T. S. Rahman, D. M. Popolan-Vaida, M. E. Vaida, Catalytic C2H2 synthesis via low temperature CO hydrogenation on defect-rich 2D-MoS2 and 2D-MoS2 decorated with Mo clusters, J. Chem. Phys. 152, 074706, (2020) DOI: 10.1063/1.5129712

22. S. K Cushing, I. J Porter, B. R de Roulet, A. Lee, B. M Marsh, S. Szoke, M. E. Vaida, S. R. Leone, Layer-resolved ultrafast extreme ultraviolet measurement of hole transport in a Ni-TiO2-Si photoanode, Science Advances 6, no. 14, eaay6650, (2020) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay6650

S. K Cushing, I. J Porter, B. R de Roulet, A. Lee, B. M Marsh, S. Szoke, M. E. Vaida, S. R. Leone, Layer-resolved ultrafast extreme ultraviolet measurement of hole transport in a Ni-TiO2-Si photoanode (2019) arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.13097

21. M. E. Vaida, B. M. Marsh, and S. R. Leone, Nonmetal to Metal Transition and Ultrafast Charge Carrier Dynamics of Zn Clusters on p-Si(100) by fs-XUV Photoemission Spectroscopy, Nano Lett., (2018) DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00700

20. M. E. Vaida and T. M. Bernhardt, Tuning the ultrafast photodissociation dynamics of CH3Br on ultrathin MgO films by reducing the layer thickness to the 2D limit, Chem. Phys. Lett., 688 (2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.09.019

19. S. K. Cushing, B. M. Marsh, M. E. Vaida, L. M. Carneiro, I. J. Porter, A. Lee, and S. R. Leone, Photoexcited carriers, phonons, and their scattering measured in semiconductor junctions by transient extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy, IEEE 44th PVSC, 417-419, (2017),  DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366248

18. M. E. Vaida, B. M. Marsh, B. Lamoureux, and S. R. Leone, Electronic structure and ultrafast charge carrier dynamics of Zn clusters supported on a Si(100) surface, OSA – LS-Frontiers in Optics (2017)  DOI:10.1364/LS.2017.LTu4F.4

17. B. M. Marsh, M. E. Vaida, S. K. Cushing, B. Lamoureux, and S. R. Leone, Measuring the surface photovoltage of a Schottky barrier under intense light conditions: Zn/p-Si(100) by laser time-resolved extreme ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, J. Phys. Chem. C, 121, 21904 (2017) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b06406

16. M. E. Vaida and S. R. Leone, Femtosecond XUV photoemission spectroscopy: Observation of ultrafast charge transfer at the n-TiO2/p-Si(100) interface with controlled TiO2 oxygen vacancies, J. Phys. Chem. C, 120, 2769 (2016) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b111613.

15. M. E. Vaida and S. R. Leone, Tracing dissociation dynamics of CH3Br in the 3Q0 state with femtosecond extreme ultraviolet ionization, Chem. Phys. 442, 41 (2014)

14. M. E. Vaida and T. M. Bernhardt, Surface-aligned femtochemistry: Molecular reaction dynamics on oxide surfaces, in Springer Series in Chemical Physics 107, edited by Rebeca de Nalda and Luis Bañares, Springer Verlag, 231 (2014)

13. M. E. Vaida and T. M. Bernhardt, Surface-aligned femtochemistry: Photoinduced reaction dynamics of CH3I and CH3Br on MgO(100), Faraday Discuss. 157, 437 (2012)

12. M. E. Vaida and T. M. Bernhardt, Femtosecond two photon photoemission spectroscopy of methyl iodide adsorbed on a gold surface, AIP Conf. Proc. 1387, 147 (2011)

11. M. E. Vaida, R. Tchitnga, and T. M. Bernhardt: Femtosecond time-resolved photodissociation dynamics of methyl halide molecules on ultrathin gold films, Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2, 618 (2011)

10. M. E. Vaida, T. M. Bernhardt, C. Barth, F. Esch, U. Heiz, and U. Landman, Ultrathin magnesia films as support for molecules and metal clusters: Tuning reactivity by thickness and composition, Phys. Status Solidi B 247, 1001 (2010), Feature article.

9. M. E. Vaida and T. M. Bernhardt, Femtosecond photoemission and photodesorption from magnesia supported gold clusters, Phys. Status Solidi B 247, 1139 (2010)

8. M. E. Vaida and T.M. Bernhardt, Surface-aligned femtochemistry: Real-time dynamics of photoinduced I2 formation from CD3I on MgO(100), Chem. Phys. Chem. 11, 804 (2010)

7. M. E. Vaida and T. M. Bernhardt, Surface pump-probe femtosecond-laser mass spectrometry: Time-, mass-, and velocity-resolved detection of surface reaction dynamics, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 81, 104103 (2010)

6. M. E. Vaida, T. Gleitsmann, R. Tchitnga, and T. M. Bernhardt, Femtosecond-laser photoemission spectroscopy of Mo(100) covered by ultrathin MgO(100) films of variable thickness, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 10264 (2009)

5. M. E. Vaida and T. M. Bernhardt, Adsorption and photodissociation dynamics of methyl iodide on magnesia supported gold nanoparticles, Eur. Phys. J. D 52, 119 (2009)

4. M. E. Vaida, P. E. Hindelang, and T. M. Bernhardt, Femtosecond real-time probing of transition state dynamics in a surface photoreaction: Methyl desorption from CH3I on MgO(100), J. Chem. Phys. 129, 011105 (2008)

3. T. Gleitsmann, M. E. Vaida, T.M. Bernhardt, V. Bonačić-Koutecký, C. Bürgel, A.E. Kuznetsov, and R. Mitrić, Mass-selected Ag3 clusters soft-landed onto MgO/Mo(100): femtosecond photoemission and first-principles simulation, Eur. Phys. J. D 45, 477 (2007)

2. T. M. Bernhardt, J. Hagen, L D. Socaciu, R. Mitrić, Andreas Heidenreich, J. Le Roux, D. Popolan, M. Vaida, L.Wöste, V. Bonačić-Koutecký, and J. Jortner, Femtosecond Time-Resolved Geometry Relaxation and Ultrafast Intramolecular Energy Redistribution in Ag2Au, Chem. Phys. Chem. 6, 243 (2005)

1. L. D. Socaciu-Siebert, J. Hagen, J. Le Roux, D. Popolan, M. Vaida, Š. Vajda, T. M. Bernhardt and L. Wöste, Ultrafast nuclear dynamics induced by photodetachment of Ag2and Ag2O2: oxygen desorption from a molecular silver surface, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 7, 2706 (2005)