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Weisman Research Group

Prof. Weisman's Office
George R. Brown Hall, W103
Phone: 713-348-3709

Research Lab
George R. Brown Hall, W116
Lab Phone: 713-348-3294

Rice University
Department of Chemistry
6100 Main Street MS-60
Houston, TX 77005


Publications

2019

Sun, P.; Bachilo, S. M.; Lin, C.-W.; Nagarajaiah, S.; Weisman, R.B. Dual-Layer Nanotube-Based Smart Skin for Enhanced Noncontact Strain Sensing. Struct. Control Health Monit., 2019, 26 (1), e2279.




2018

Sun, P.; Bachilo, S. M.; Lin C.-W.; Weisman, R.B.; Nagarajaiah S. Noncontact Strain Mapping Using Laser-Induced Fluorescence from Nanotube-Based Smart Skin. J. Struct. Eng., 2018, 145 (1), 04018238-(1-20).

Sanchez, S. R.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman R.B. Variance Spectroscopy Studies of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Aggregation. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122 (45), 26251-26259.

Zheng,Y.; Bachilo, S.M.; Weisman, R.B. Enantiomers of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Show Distinct Coating Displacement Kinetics. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2018, 9 (13), 3793-3797.

Zheng, Y.; Sanchez, S. R.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R.B. Indexing the Quality of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Dispersions Using Absorption Spectra. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122 (8), 4681-4690.




2017

Lin, C.-W.; Yang, H.; Sanchez, S. R.; Mao, W.; Pang, L.; Beckingham, K. M.; Bast Jr, R. C.; Weisman, R. B. In Vivo Optical Detection and Spectral Triangulation of Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (48), 41680-41690.

Zheng, Y.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Quenching of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Fluorescence by Dissolved Oxygen Reveals Selective Single-Stranded DNA Affinities. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 1952-1955.

Yang, Y.; Sun, P.; Nagarajaiah, S.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Full-Field, High-Spatial-Resolution Detection of Local Structural Damage from Low-Resolution Random Strain Field Measurements. J. Sound Vib., 2017, 399, 75-85.

Sanchez, S. R.; Bachilo, S. M.; Kadria-Vili, Y.; Weisman, R. B. Skewness Analysis in Variance Spectroscopy Measures Nanoparticle Individualization. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 2924-2929.

Kadria-Vili, Y.; Sanchez, S. R.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Assessing Inhomogeneity in Sorted Samples of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes through Fluorescence and Variance Spectroscopy. ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol., 2017, 6 (6), M3097-M3102.




2016

Sun, P.; Bachilo, S. M.; Nagarajaiah, S.; Weisman, R. B. Toward Practical Non-Contact Optical Strain Sensing Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol., 2016, 5, M3012-M3017.

Sanchez, S. R.; Bachilo, S. M.; Kadria-Vili, Y.; Lin, C. W.; Weisman, R. B. (n,m)-Specific Absorption Cross Sections of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Measured by Variance Spectroscopy. Nano Lett., 2016, 16, 6903-6909.

Magg, M.; Kadria-Vili, Y.; Oulevey, P.; Weisman, R. B.; Bürgi, T. Resonance Raman Optical Activity Spectra of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Enantiomers. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2016, 7, 221-225.

Lin, C. W.; Weisman, R. B. In Vivo Detection of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Progress and Challenges. Nanomedicine, 2016, 11, 2885-2888.

Kadria-Vili, Y.; Bachilo, S. M.; Blackburn, J. L.; Weisman, R. B. Photoluminescence Side Band Spectroscopy of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 23898-23904.

Lin, C.-W.; Bachilo, S. M.; Vu, M.; Beckingham, K. M.; Weisman, R. B. Spectral Triangulation: a 3D Method for Locating Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in vivo. Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 10348-10357.




2015

Sun, P.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B.; Nagarajaiah, S. Carbon Nanotubes as Non-Contact Optical Strain Sensors in Smart Skins. J. Strain Anal. Eng., 2015, 50, 505-512.

Streit, J. K.; Bachilo, S. M.; Sanchez, S. R.; Lin, C. W.; Weisman, R. B. Variance Spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2015, 6, 3976-3981.

Ghosh, S.; Wei, F.; Bachilo, S. M.; Hauge, R. H.; Billups, W. E.; Weisman, R. B. Structure-Dependent Thermal Defunctionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 6324-6332.




2014

Tsyboulski, D. A.; Liopo, A. V.; Su, R.; Ermilov, S. A.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B.; Oraevsky, A. A. Enabling in Vivo Measurements of Nanoparticle Concentrations with Three-Dimensional Optoacoustic Tomography. J. Biophotonics, 2014, 7, 581-588.

Sun, P.; Kim, J. H.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B.; Nagarajaiah, S. Smart Skin Optical Strain Sensor Using Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt., 2014, 9061, 906120

Streit, J. K.; Bachilo, S. M.; Ghosh, S.; Lin, C. W.; Weisman, R. B. Directly Measured Optical Absorption Cross Sections for Structure-Selected Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Nano Lett., 2014, 14, 1530-1536.

Kadria-Vili, Y.; Canning, G.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. High Precision Fractionator for Use with Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation. Anal. Chem., 2014, 86, 11018-11023.

Ghosh, S.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Structure-Dependent Optical Activity of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Enantiomers. Fullerenes, Nanotubes, Carbon Nanostruct., 2014, 22, 269-279.

Ghosh, S.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Removing Aggregates from Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Samples by Magnetic Purification. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 4489-4494.




2013

Yuma, B.; Berciaud, S.; Besbas, J.; Shaver, J.; Santos, S.; Ghosh, S.; Weisman, R. B.; Cognet, L.; Gallart, M.; Ziegler, M.; Hönerlage, B.; Lounis, B.; Gilliot, P. Biexciton, Single Carrier, and Trion Generation Dynamics in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter Mater. Phys., 2013, 87, 205412.

Weisman, R. B. New Frontiers in Nanocarbons. Electrochem. Soc. Interface, 2013, 22, 49.

Tsyboulski, D.; Liopo, A.; Su, R.; Ermilov, S.; Bachilo, S.; Weisman, R. B.; Oraevsky, A. A. Towards Non-Invasive in Vivo Measurements of Nanoparticle Concentrations Using 3d Optoacoustic Tomography,Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 2013, 8581, 85814V.

Streit, J. K.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Chromatic Aberration Short-Wave Infrared Spectroscopy: Nanoparticle Spectra without a Spectrometer. Anal. Chem., 2013, 85, 1337-1341.

Naumov, A. V.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Length-Dependent Optical Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Samples. Chem. Phys., 2013, 422, 255-263.




2012

Withey, P. A.; Vemuru, V. S. M.; Bachilo, S. M.; Nagarajaiah, S.; Weisman, R. B. Strain Paint: Noncontact Strain Measurement Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composite Coatings. Nano Lett., 2012, 12, 3497-3500.

Streit, J. K.; Bachilo, S. M.; Naumov, A. V.; Khripin, C.; Zheng, M.; Weisman, R. B. Measuring Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Length Distributions from Diffusional Trajectories. ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 8424-8431.

Saha, A.; Ghosh, S.; Weisman, R. B.; Martí, A. A. Films of Bare Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Superacids with Tailored Electronic and Photoluminescence Properties. ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 5727-5734.

Kirkpatrick, D. L.; Weiss, M.; Naumov, A.; Bartholomeusz, G.; Bruce Weisman, R.; Gliko, O. Carbon Nanotubes: Solution for the Therapeutic Delivery of SiRNA? Materials, 2012, 5, 278-301.




2011

Siitonen, A. J.; Bachilo, S. M.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Weisman, R. B. Evidence for Long-Lived, Optically Generated Quenchers of Excitons in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Nano Lett., 2011, 12, 33-38.

Cherukuri, T. K.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Weisman, R. B. Length- and Defect-Dependent Fluorescence Efficiencies of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Nano, 2011, 6, 843-850.

Rocha, J. D.; Bachilo, S. M.; Ghosh, S.; Arepalli, S.; Weisman, R. B. Efficient Spectrofluorimetric Analysis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Samples. Anal. Chem., 2011, 83, 7431-7437.

Naumov, A. V.; Ghosh, S.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Analyzing Absorption Backgrounds in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Spectra. ACS Nano, 2011, 5, 1639-1648.

Galande, C.; Mohite, A. D.; Naumov, A. V.; Gao, W.; Ci, L.; Ajayan, A.; Gao, H.; Srivastava, A.; Weisman, R. B.; Ajayan, P. M. Quasi-Molecular Fluorescence from Graphene Oxide. Sci. Rep., 2011, 1, 85.




2010

Weisman, R. B. Fluorimetric Characterization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Anal. Bio Anal. Chem., 2010, 396, 1015-1023.

Siitonen, A. J.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Surfactant-Dependent Exciton Mobility in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Studied by Single-Molecule Reactions. Nano Lett., 2010, 10, 1595-1599.

Siitonen, A. J.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Dependence of Exciton Mobility on Structure in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1, 2189-2192.

Hároz, E. H.; Rice, W. D.; Lu, B. Y.; Ghosh, S.; Hauge, R. H.; Weisman, R. B.; Doorn, S. K.; Kono, J. Enrichment of Armchair Carbon Nanotubes Via Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation: Raman Spectroscopy Evidence. ACS Nano, 2010, 4, 1955-1962.

Ghosh, S.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Advanced Sorting of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Nonlinear Density-Gradient Ultracentrifugation. Nat. Nanotechnol., 2010, 5, 443-450.

Ghosh, S.; Bachilo, S. M.; Simonette, R. A.; Beckingham, K. M.; Weisman, R. B. Oxygen Doping Modifies near-Infrared Band Gaps in Fluorescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Science, 2010, 330, 1656-1659.




2009

Tsyboulski, D. A.; Hou, Y.; Fakhri, N.; Ghosh, S.; Zhang, R.; Bachilo, S. M.; Pasquali, M.; Chen, L.; Liu, J.; Weisman, R. B. Do Inner Shells of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Fluoresce? Nano Lett., 2009, 9, 3282-3289.

Naumov, A. V.; Kuznetsov, O. A.; Harutyunyan, A. R.; Green, A. A.; Hersam, M. C.; Resasco, D. E.; Nikolaev, P. N.; Weisman, R. B. Quantifying the Semiconducting Fraction in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Samples through Comparative Atomic Force and Photoluminescence Microscopies. Nano Lett., 2009, 9, 3203-3208.

Fakhri, N.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Cognet, L.; Weisman, R. B.; Pasquali, M. Diameter-Dependent Bending Dynamics of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Liquids. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2009, 106, 14219-14223.

Bartholomeusz, G.; Cherukuri, P.; Kingston, J.; Cognet, L.; Lemos Jr, R.; Leeuw, T. K.; Gumbiner-Russo, L.; Weisman, R. B.; Powis, G. In Vivo Therapeutic Silencing of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 Alpha (Hif-1α) Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Noncovalently Coated with SiRNA. Nano Res., 2009, 2, 279-291.

Bakota, E. L.; Aulisa, L.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Weisman, R. B.; Hartgerink, J. D. Multidomain Peptides as Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Surfactants in Cell Culture. Biomacromolecules, 2009, 10, 2201-2206.




2008

Weisman, R. B. Optical Spectroscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. In Contemporary Concepts of Condensed Matter Science, 2008, 3, 109-133.

Tsyboulski, D. A.; Bakota, E. L.; Witus, L. S.; Rocha, J. D. R.; Hartgerink, J. D.; Weisman, R. B. Self-Assembling Peptide Coatings Designed for Highly Luminescent Suspension of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 17134-17140.

Tsyboulski, D. A.; Bachilo, S. M.; Kolomeisky, A. B.; Weisman, R. B. Translational and Rotational Dynamics of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Aqueous Suspension. ACS Nano, 2008, 2, 1770-1776.

Naumov, A. V.; Bachilo, S. M.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Weisman, R. B. Electric Field Quenching of Carbon Nanotube Photoluminescence. Nano Lett., 2008, 8, 1527-1531.

Leeuw, T. K.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Nikolaev, P. N.; Bachilo, S. M.; Arepalli, S.; Weisman, R. B. Strain Measurements on Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in a Polymer Host: Structure-Dependent Spectral Shifts and Load Transfer. Nano Lett., 2008, 8, 826-831.

Haroz, E. H.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B.; Doorn, S. K. Curvature Effects on the E33 and E44 Exciton Transitions in Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter Mater. Phys., 2008, 77, 125405.

Doyle, C. D.; Rocha, J. D. R.; Weisman, R. B.; Tour, J. M. Structure-Dependent Reactivity of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Benzenediazonium Salts. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 6795-6800.

Cognet, L.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Weisman, R. B. Subdiffraction Far-Field Imaging of Luminescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Nano Lett., 2008, 8, 749-753.

Casey, J. P.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Efficient Photosensitized Energy Transfer and near-Ir Fluorescence from Porphyrin-Swnt Complexes. J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 1510-1516.

Casey, J. P.; Bachilo, S. M.; Moran, C. H.; Weisman, R. B. Chirality-Resolved Length Analysis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Samples through Shear-Aligned Photoluminescence Anisotropy. ACS Nano, 2008, 2, 1738-1746.




2007

Witus, L. S.; Rocha, J. D. R.; Yuwono, V. M.; Paramonov, S. E.; Weisman, R. B.; Hartgerink, J. D. Peptides That Non-Covalently Functionalize Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes to Give Controlled Solubility Characteristics. J. Mater. Chem., 2007, 17, 1909-1915.

Wang, R.; Cherukuri, P.; Duque, J. G.; Leeuw, T. K.; Lackey, M. K.; Moran, C. H.; Moore, V. C.; Conyers, J. L.; Smalley, R. E.; Schmidt, H. K.; Weisman, R. B.; Engel, P. S. Swcnt Peg-Eggs: Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Biocompatible Shell-Crosslinked Micelles. Carbon, 2007, 45, 2388-2393.

Tsyboulski, D. A.; Rocha, J. D. R.; Bachilo, S. M.; Cognet, L.; Weisman, R. B. Structure-Dependent Fluorescence Efficiencies of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Nano Lett., 2007, 7, 3080-3085.

Shreve, A. P.; Haroz, E. H.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B.; Tretiak, S.; Kilina, S.; Doorn, S. K. Determination of Exciton-Phonon Coupling Elements in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Raman Overtone Analysis. Phys. Rev. Lett., 2007, 98, 037405.

Leeuw, T. K.; Michelle Reith, R.; Simonette, R. A.; Harden, M. E.; Cherukuri, P.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Beckingham, K. M.; Weisman, R. B. Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in the Intact Organism: Near-Ir Imaging and Biocompatibility Studies in Drosophila. Nano Lett., 2007, 7, 2650-2654.

Gannon, C. J.; Cherukuri, P.; Yakobson, B. I.; Cognet, L.; Kanzius, J. S.; Kittrell, C.; Weisman, R. B.; Pasquali, M.; Schmidt, H. K.; Smalley, R. E.; Curley, S. A. Carbon Nanotube-Enhanced Thermal Destruction of Cancer Cells in a Noninvasive Radiofrequency Field. Cancer, 2007, 110, 2654-2665.

Cognet, L.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Rocha, J. D. R.; Doyle, C. D.; Tour, J. M.; Weisman, R. B. Stepwise Quenching of Exciton Fluorescence in Carbon Nanotubes by Single-Molecule Reactions. Science, 2007, 316, 1465-1468.

Booth, E. C.; Bachilo, S. M.; Kanai, M.; Dennis, T. J. S.; Weisman, R. B. Photophysical Properties of C84 Major Isomers. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 17720-17724.

Berciaud, S.; Cognet, L.; Poulin, P.; Weisman, R. B.; Lounis, B. Absorption Spectroscopy of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Nano Lett., 2007, 7, 1203-1207.

Curl, R. F.; Weisman, R. B. Biography of Richard Errett Smalley. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, 17653-17670.




2006

Weisman, R. B.; Subramoney, S. Carbon Nanotubes. Electrochem. Soc. Interface, 2006, 15, 42-46.

Tsyboulski, D. A.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Intense Photoluminescence from Mixed Solutions of C70 and Palladium Octaethylporphyrin: A Supramolecular Heavy Atom Effect. J. Phys. Chem. A., 2006, 110, 10731-10736.

Heymann, D.; Weisman, R. B. Fullerene Oxides And Ozonides. Comptes Rendus Chimie 2006, 9, 1107-1116.

Doorn, S. K.; Goupalov, S.; Satishkumar, B. C.; Shreve, A. P.; Haroz, E. H.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Raman Studies of Electron-Phonon Coupling in Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Phys. Status Solidi B, Basic Research 2006, 243, 3171-3175.

Cherukuri, P.; Gannon, C. J.; Leeuw, T. K.; Schmidt, H. K.; Smalley, R. E.; Curley, S. A.; Weisman, R. B. Mammalian Pharmacokinetics of Carbon Nanotubes Using Intrinsic near-Infrared Fluorescence. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2006, 103, 18882-18886.

Ashcroft, J. M.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Hartman, K. B.; Zakharian, T. Y.; Marks, J. W.; Weisman, R. B.; Rosenblum, M. G.; Wilson, L. J. Fullerene (C60) Immunoconjugates: Interaction of Water-Soluble C60 Derivatives with the Murine Anti-Gp240 Melanoma Antibody. Chem. Commun., 2006, 3004-3006.




2005

Tsyboulski, D. A.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Versatile Visualization of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with near-Infrared Fluorescence Microscopy. Nano Lett., 2005, 5, 975-979.

Weisman, R. B. Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Applied Physics of Carbon Nanotubes, 2005, 183-202.




2004

Wu, J.; Walukiewicz, W.; Shan, W.; Bourret-Courchesne, E.; Ager Iii, J. W.; Yu, K. M.; Haller, E. E.; Kissell, K.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B.; Smalley, R. E. Structure-Dependent Hydrostatic Deformation Potentials of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Phys. Rev. Lett., 2004, 93, 017404-1.

Weisman, R. B.; Bachilo, S. M.; Tsyboulski, D. Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Aqueous Suspension. Appl. Phys. A: Mater. Sci. Process., 2004, 78, 1111-1116.

Weisman, R. B. Simplifying Carbon Nanotube Identification. Industrial Physicist 2004, 10, 24-27.

Tsyboulski, D.; Heymann, D.; Bachilo, S. M.; Alemany, L. B.; Weisman, R. B. Reversible Dimerization of [5,6]-C60O. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 7350-7358.

Shan, W.; Wu, J.; Walukiewicz, W.; Ager Iii, J. W.; Yu, K. M.; Haller, E. E.; Kissell, K.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B.; Smalley, R. E. Pressure Dependence of Optical Transitions in Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Phys. Status Solidi B, 2004, 241, 3367-3373.

Qin, S.; Qin, D.; Ford, W. T.; Herrera, J. E.; Resasco, D. E.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Solubilization and Purification of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes in Water by in Situ Radical Polymerization of Sodium 4-Styrenesulfonate. Macromolecules, 2004, 37, 3965-3967.

Ma, Y. Z.; Stenger, J.; Zimmermann, J.; Dexheimer, S. L.; Fleming, G. R.; Bachilo, S. M.; Smalley, R. E.; Weisman, R. B. Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Probed by Femtosecond Spectroscopy, OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series, 2004; 697-698.

Ma, Y. Z.; Stenger, J.; Zimmermann, J.; Bachilo, S. M.; Smalley, R. E.; Weisman, R. B.; Fleming, G. R. Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Probed by Femtosecond Spectroscopy. J. Chem. Phys., 2004, 120, 3368-3373.

Ma, Y. Z.; Stenger, J.; Dexheimer, S. L.; Bachilo, S. M.; Smalley, R. E.; Weisman, R. B.; Fleming, G. R., Correlation of the Electronic Transitions in Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. In Springer Series in Chemical Physics, 2004; Vol. 79, pp 331-333.

Jorio, A.; Saito, R.; Hertel, T.; Weisman, R. B.; Dresselhaus, G.; Dresselhaus, M. S. Carbon Nanotube Photophysics. MRS Bulletin 2004, 29, 276-280+239-243.

Cherukuri, P.; Bachilo, S. M.; Litovsky, S. H.; Weisman, R. B. Near-Infrared Fluorescence Microscopy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Phagocytic Cells. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 15638-15639.




2003

Weisman, R. B.; Bachilo, S. M. Dependence of Optical Transition Energies on Structure for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Aqueous Suspension: An Empirical Kataura Plot. Nano Lett., 2003, 3, 1235-1238.

Churilov, G. N.; Weisman, R. B.; Bulina, N. V.; Vnukova, N. G.; Puzir, A. P.; Solovyov, L. A.; Bachilo, S. M.; Tsyboulski, D. A.; Glushenko, G. A. The Influence of Ir and Pt Addition on the Synthesis of Fullerenes at Atmospheric Pressure. Fullerenes, Nanotubes, Carbon Nanostruct., 2003, 11, 371-382.

Bachilo, S. M.; Balzano, L.; Herrera, J. E.; Pompeo, F.; Resasco, D. E.; Weisman, R. B. Narrow (n,m)-Distribution of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Grown Using a Solid Supported Catalyst. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 11186-11187.

Anthony, S. M.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Comparative Photophysics of C61H2 Isomers. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2003, 107, 10674-10679.

Weisman, R. B. Carbon Nanotubes: Four Degrees of Separation. Nat. Mater., 2003, 2, 569-570.




2002

O'Connell, M. J.; Bachilo, S. H.; Huffman, C. B.; Moore, V. C.; Strano, M. S.; Haroz, E. H.; Rialon, K. L.; Boul, P. J.; Noon, W. H.; Kittrell, C.; Ma, J.; Hauge, R. H.; Weisman, R. B.; Smalley, R. E. Band Gap Fluorescence from Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Science, 2002, 297, 593-596.

Heymann, D.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Ozonides, Epoxides, and Oxidoannulenes of C70. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 6317-6323.

Heymann, D.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B.; Marriott, T.; Cataldo, F. The Elusive C60S: Three Attempted Syntheses. Fullerenes, Nanotubes, Carbon Nanostruct., 2002, 10, 37-47.

Churilov, G. N.; Novikov, P. V.; Lopatin, V. A.; Vnukova, N. G.; Bulina, N. V.; Bachilo, S. M.; Tsyboulski, D.; Weisman, R. B. Electron Density as the Main Parameter Influencing the Formation of Fullerenes in a Carbon Plasma. Phys. Solid State, 2002, 44, 419-423.

Churilov, G. N.; Isakova, V. G.; Weisman, R. B.; Bulina, N. V.; Bachilo, S. M.; Cybulski, D.; Glushchenko, G. A.; Vnukova, N. G. Synthesis of Fullerene Derivatives. Phys. Solid State., 2002, 44, 601-602.

Bachilo, S. M.; Strano, M. S.; Kittrell, C.; Hauge, R. H.; Smalley, R. E.; Weisman, R. B. Structure-Assigned Optical Spectra of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Science, 2002, 298, 2361-2366.




2001

Weisman, R. B.; Heymann, D.; Bachilo, S. M. Synthesis and Characterization of the "Missing" Oxide of C60: [5,6]-Open C60O [24]. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 9720-9721.

Bachilo, S. M.; Benedetto, A. F.; Weisman, R. B. Triplet State Dissociation of C120, the Dimer of C60. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2001, 105, 9845-9850.




2000

Wu, F.; Weisman, R. B. Monte Carlo Analysis of T1 Pyrazine Collisional Vibrational Relaxation: Evidence for Supercollisions. J. Chem. Phys., 2000, 112, 10173-10178.

Heymann, D.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B.; Cataldo, F.; Fokkens, R. H.; Nibbering, N. M. M.; Vis, R. D.; Chibante, L. P. F. C60O3, a Fullerene Ozonide: Synthesis and Dissociation to C60O and O2. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 11473-11479.

Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B. Determination of Triplet Quantum Yields from Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Fluorescence. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2000, 104, 7713-7714.

Bachilo, S. M.; Benedetto, A. F.; Weisman, R. B.; Nossal, J. R.; Billups, W. E. Time-Resolved Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence in C70 and 1,2-C70H2. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2000, 104, 11265-11269.

Weisman, R. B. Optical Studies of Fullerene Triplet States. Optical and Electronic Properties of Fullerenes and Fullerene-Based Materials, 2000, 83-117.




Early Publications

Yamamoto, K.; Saunders, M.; Khong, A.; Cross Jr, R. J.; Grayson, M.; Gross, M. L.; Benedetto, A. F.; Weisman, R. B. Isolation and Spectral Properties of Kr@C60, a Stable Van Der Waals Molecule. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 1591-1596.

Wu, F.; Weisman, R. B. Efficient Collisional Vibrational Relaxation of Triplet State Molecules: Pyrazine Deuteration and Methylation Effects. J. Chem. Phys., 1999, 110, 5047-5055.

Benedetto, A. F.; Weisman, R. B. Unusual Triplet State Relaxation in C60 Oxide. Chem. Phys. Lett., 1999, 310, 25-30.

Benedetto, A. F.; Bachilo, S. M.; Weisman, R. B.; Nossal, J. R.; Billups, W. E., Photophysical Studies of 1,2-C70H2. J. Phys. Chem. A, 1999, 103, 10842-10845.

Ausman, K. D.; Weisman, R. B. Relative Energies and Entropies of Fullerene Triplet States in Solution. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 1110-1111.

Samuels, D. A.; Weisman, R. B. A New Photometric Method for Directly Determining Molar Absorptivity-Quantum Yield Products of Excited States: Application to Triplet C60. Chem. Phys. Lett., 1998, 295, 105-112.

McDowell, D. R.; Wu, F.; Weisman, R. B. Vibrational Relaxation of T1 Pyrazine: Results from the Refined Competitive Radiationless Decay Method. J. Chem. Phys., 1998, 108, 9404-9413.

Weisman, R. B.; Ausman, K. D.; Benedetto, A. F.; Samuels, D. A. Kinetics and Spectra of Fullerene Triplet States. Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 1997; 26-35.

McDowell, D. R.; Wu, F.; Weisman, R. B. Vibrational Energy Distributions through Kinetic Analysis. Early Collisional Relaxation of T1 Pyrazine. J. Phys. Chem. A, 1997, 101, 5218-5221.

McDowell, D. R.; Wu, F.; Weisman, R. B. A New Method for Measuring Vibrational Energy Distributions of Polyatomics. In ACS Symposium Series, 1997; Vol. 678, pp 191-201.

Ausman, K. D.; Weisman, R. B. Kinetics of Fullerene Triplet States. Research on Chemical Intermediates 1997, 23, 431-451.

Etheridge III, H. T.; Weisman, R. B. C70 Triplet Excimers: Evidence from Transient Absorption Kinetics. J. Phys. Chem., 1995, 99, 2782-2787.

Etheridge, H. T.; Averitt, R. D.; Halas, N. J.; Weisman, R. B. C60 Triplet Lifetimes. Vibrational Energy Dependence from 0 to 80 000 cm-1. J. Phys. Chem., 1995, 99, 11306-11308.

Engel, P. S.; Wang, C.; Chen, Y. Q.; He, S. L.; Andrews, B. K.; Weisman, R. B. Thermolysis of Geminal Bisazoalkanes. Stabilization of a Carbon-Centered Radical by the Azo Substituent. J. Org. Chem., 1994, 59, 6257-6261.

Andrews, B. K.; Weisman, R. B. Structure and Dissociation of the Methyldiazenyl Radical: A Quadratic Configuration Interaction Computational Study. J. Chem. Phys., 1994, 101, 6776-6781.

Fraelich, M. R.; Weisman, R. B. Triplet States of C60 and C70 in Solution: Long Intrinsic Lifetimes and Energy Pooling. J. Phys. Chem., 1993, 97, 11145-11147.

Bevilacqua, T. J.; Weisman, R. B. Collisional Vibrational Relaxation of a Triplet State: Energy-Dependent Energy Loss from T1 Pyrazine. J. Chem. Phys., 1993, 98, 6316-6326.

Andrews, B. K.; Burton, K. A.; Weisman, R. B. Dynamics of the Two-Step Photodissociation of Azomethane. J. Chem. Phys., 1992, 96, 1111-1120.

Haufler, R. E.; Chai, Y.; Chibante, L. P. F.; Fraelich, M. R.; Weisman, R. B.; Curl, R. F.; Smalley, R. E. Cold Molecular Beam Electronic Spectrum of C60 and C70. J. Chem. Phys., 1991, 95, 2197-2199.

Bevilacqua, T. J.; Andrews, B. K.; Stout, J. E.; Weisman, R. B. Strong Energy Dependence of Collisional Vibrational Relaxation between 2500 and 5400 cm -1 in T1 Pyrazine. J. Chem. Phys., 1990, 92, 4627-4628.

Miller, J. T.; Burton, K. A.; Weisman, R. B.; Wu, W. X.; Engel, P. S. Cars Spectroscopy of Gas Phase CD3. Chem. Phys. Lett., 1989, 158, 179-183.

Stout, J. E.; Andrews, B. K.; Bevilacqua, T. J.; Weisman, R. B. Cars Observation of Fine Structure Population Inversion from Atomic Quenching: S(1D)+Ar→S(3P0)+Ar. Chem. Phys. Lett., 1988, 151, 156-160.

Katherine, J. S.; Burton, A.; Andrews, B. K.; Weisman, R. B.; Engel, P. S. Time-Resolved Observation of Sequential Bond Cleavage in a Gas-Phase Azoalkane. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 7935-7938.

Holt, P. L.; Selco, J. I.; Weisman, R. B. Transient Spectroscopy of Pyridazine Vapor: Photophysics of the S1 Origin. J. Chem. Phys., 1985, 84, 1996-2001.

Holt, P. L.; McCurdy, K. E.; Adams, J. S.; Burton, K. A.; Weisman, R. B.; Engel, P. S. Direct Studies of Photodissociation of Azomethane Vapor Using Transient Cars Spectroscopy. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1985, 107, 2180-2182.

Selco, J. I.; Holt, P. L.; Weisman, R. B. Ground-State Repopulation Dynamics in Pyridine Vapor. Chem. Phys. Lett., 1984, 106, 437-442.

Holt, P. L.; McCurdy, K. E.; Weisman, R. B.; Adams, J. S.; Engel, P. S. Transient Cars Spectroscopy of the Ν1 Band of Methyl Radical. J. Chem. Phys., 1984, 81, 3349-3350.

Weisman, R. B.; Selco, J. I.; Holt, P. L.; Cahill, P. A. High-Performance Transient Absorption Spectrometry on the Nanosecond Scale. Rev. Sci. Instrum., 1983, 54, 284-290.

Weisman, R. B. Self-Compensating Optical Frequency Conversion. Rev. Sci. Instrum., 1983, 54, 502-503.

Selco, J. I.; Holt, P. L.; Weisman, R. B. Direct Stimulated Emission Spectroscopy of Gas Phase Polyatomics: Pyridazine. J. Chem. Phys., 1983, 79, 4083-4085.

Selco, J. I.; Holt, P. L.; Weisman, R. B. Nonradiative Relaxation of Pyridine Vapor: Transient Absorption Studies of Triplet State Formation, Decay, Quenching, and Structure. J. Chem. Phys., 1983, 79, 3269-3278.

Weisman, R. B.; Holt, P. L.; Selco, J. I. Dynamical Spectroscopy of Triplet State Pyridine. J. Chem. Phys., 1982, 77, 1600-1601.

Engel, P. S.; Soltero, L. R.; Baughman, S. A.; Nalepa, C. J.; Cahill, P. A.; Weisman, R. B. Barriers to Decomposition of Ground and Excited State 1-Pyrazolines. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1982, 104, 1698-1700.