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Recent Publications:

• Gafney, H. D., Look, E. G. Zaitsev, V.; Xu, S.; "Photocatalyzed Conversion of CO₂ to CH₄: Nature and Distribution of Tungsten Oxides in Porous Vycor Glass"



• Gafney, H.D.; Look E.G. "Photocatalyzed Conversion of CO₂ to CH₄: An Excited State Acid-base Mechanism" J. Phys. Chem. A (2013), 117(47), 12268-12279.



• Gafney, H.D.; Jagassar, P.; Perri, A.; Ibarrola, G. "Ligand Initiated Self-Assembly of Pt and Ir Nanoparticles about Ru(II) Diimines in Room Temperature Fluid Solution" J. Phys. Chem. C (2013), 117(94), 1925-1934.



• Gafney, H. D.; Amarasinghe, D. S.; Sunil, D. "Effect of CO Pressure Gradients on the Photo- and Thermal-Chemistry of Fe(CO)₅ Physisorbed into Porous Vycor Glass" J. Phys. Chem. C (2011), 115(43), 20824-20831.



• Gafney, H. D.; Zambrana, J. L.; Ferloni, E. X. "Excited-State Coordination Chemistry: Excited State Basicity of Bis(2,2'-bipyridyl)(2,3-dipyridylpyrazine)ruthenium(II)" J. Phys. Chem, (A) (2009), 113, 13457-13468.



• Gafney, H.D.; Sunil, D.; Dong, J. "Influence of Amorphous Silica Matrices on the Formation, Structure and Chemistry of Iron and Iron Oxide Nanoparticles" J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2009), 131, 14768-14777.



• Gafney, H.D.; Aebisher, D.; AQzar, N.S.; Zamadar, M.; Gandra, N.; Gao, R.; Greer, A."Singlet Oxygen Chemistry in Water. A Porous Vycor Glass-Supported Sensitizer" J. Phys. Chem, (B) (2008), 112(7), 1913-1917.



• Gafney, H. D.; Zambrana, J. L.; Ferloni, E. X.; Colis, J. C. "Multiple Charge Transfer Emissions From Different Metal-Ligand Pairs in Ruthenium Diimines" Inorg. Chem. (2008), 47(1), 2-4.



• Gafney, H.D.; Chatterjee, S.; Krikorian, M.; Gersten, B. "Synthesis and Self-Assembly of DMPC-Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles, in Biomolecular and Biologically Inspired Interfaces and Assemblies, Mater. Res. Soc. (2007), 106, 1061-MM09-08.

Recent Ph.D. Theses:

• Kowalczyk, M. “Bimolecular Encounters: Acid-Base or Electron Transfer Complexes. Experiment and Theory” CUNY, 2013.



• Jagassar, P.S. “Synthesis, Characterization and Chemistry of Platinum and Iridium Nanoparticles in Solution and Nanoporous Silicas”, CUNY, 2012.



• Ferloni, E., “Ground- and Excited-State Chemistry of (Bis(2,2’-Bipyridine)(2-(2-Pyridyl)Pyrazine)Ruthenium(II): Protonation and Coordination.”, CUNY, 2012 .



• Amarasinghe, A. S. “Microstructural Environments and Redox States of Iron in Random and Ordered Porous Silica Matrices”, CUNY, 2007.



• Zambrana, Jose, “Excited-State Acid-Base & Coordination Chemistry of Ruthenium(II) Diimines; Association with Various Metal Ions”, CUNY, 2007.