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Selected Publications

1. Ruberu, T. P. A.; Albright, H. R.; Callis, B.; Ward, B.; Cisneros, J.; Fan, H.-J.; Vela, J. “Molecular Level Control of Nanoscale Composition and Morphology: Colloidal CdS_1-xSe_x Dots and Rods.” To be submitted.

2. Alvarado, S. A.; Guo, Y.; Ruberu, T. P. A.; Bakac, A.; Vela, J. “Photochemical vs. Thermal Synthesis of Cobalt(III) Oxyhydroxide Nanocrystals.” Submitted.

3. Guo, Y.; Marchuk, K.; Sampat, S.; Abraham, R.; Fang, N.; Malko, A.; Vela, J. “Unique Challenges Accompany Thick-Shell CdSe/nCdS (n>10) Nanocrystal Synthesis.” J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, in press.

4. Alemseghed, M. G.; Ruberu, T. P. A.; Vela, J. “Controlled Fabrication of Colloidal Semiconductor-Metal Hybrid Heterostructures: Site Selective Metal Photo Deposition.” Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 3571–3579.

5. Ruberu, T. P. A.; Vela, J. “Expanding the One-Dimensional CdS-CdSe Composition Landscape: Axially Anisotropic CdS_1-xSe_x Nanorods.” ACS Nano 2011, 5, 5775–5784.

6. Malko, A.; Park, Y.-S.; Sampat, S.; Galland, C.; Vela, J.; Chen, Y.; Hollingsworth, J.; Klimov, V.; Htoon, H. “Pump-Intensity- and Shell-Thickness-Dependent Evolution of Photoluminescence Blinking in Individual Core/Shell CdSe/CdS Nanocrystals.” Nano Lett. 2011, 11, 5213–5218.

7. Park, Y.-S.; Malko, A. V.; Vela, J.; Chen, Y.; Ghosh, Y.; García-Santamaría, F.; Hollingsworth, J. A.; Klimov, V. I.; Htoon, H. “Near-Unity Biexciton Emission Quantum Yields in Individual CdSe/CdS Nanocrystals Revealed by Two-Photon-Correlation and Photoluminescence-Saturation Measurements.” Phys. Rev. Lett. 2011, 106, 187401-1-4.

8. Vela, J.; Htoon, H.; Chen, Y.; Park, Y.-S.; Ghosh, Y.; Goodwin, P.; Werner, J.; Wells, N. P.; Casson, J. L.; Hollingsworth, J. A. “Effect of Shell Thickness and Composition on Blinking Suppression and the Blinking Mechanism in Giant CdSe/CdS Nanocrystal Quantum Dots.” J. Biophoton. 2010, 3, 706-717.

9. Htoon, H.; Malko, A.; Bussian, D.; Vela, J.; Hollingsworth, J.; Chen, Y.; Klimov, V. “Highly Emissive Multiexcitons in Steady-State Photoluminescence of Individual Giant CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Nanocrystals.” Nano Lett. 2010, 10, 2401-2407.

10. García-Santamaría, F.; Chen, Y.; Vela, J.; Schaller, R. D.; Hollingsworth, J. A.; Klimov, V. I. “Suppressed Auger Recombination in “Giant” Nanocrystals Boosts Optical Gain Performance.” Nano Lett. 2009, 9, 3482-3488.

11. Hollingsworth, J. A.; Vela, J.; Chen, Y.; Htoon, H.; Klimov, V. I.; Casson, A. R. “Giant Multishell CdSe Nanocrystal Quantum Dots with Suppressed Blinking: Novel Fluorescent Probes for Real Time Detection of Single Molecule Events.” Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 2009, 7189, 718904–1-7.

12. Vela, J.; Prall, B. S.; Rastogi, P.; Werder, D.; Casson, J.; Williams, D.; Klimov, V. I.; Hollingsworth, J. A. “Sensitization and Protection of Lanthanide Ion Luminescence in Europium Doped Indium Oxide Nanocrystals.” J. Phys. Chem. C. 2008, 112, 20246-20250.

13. Chen, Y.; Vela, J.; Htoon, H.; Casson, J. L.; Werder, D. J.; Bussian, D. A.; Klimov, V. I.; Hollingsworth, J. A. “Giant Multishell CdSe Nanocrystal Quantum Dots with Suppressed Blinking.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 5026-5027.

14. Vela, J.; Lief, G.; Shen, Z.; Jordan, R. F. “Ethylene Polymerization by Palladium Alkyl Complexes Containing Bis(aryl)phosphino-toluenesulfonate Ligands.” Organometallics 2007, 26, 6624-6635.

15. Luo, S.; Vela, J.; Lief, G. R.; Jordan, R. F. “Copolymerization of Ethylene and Alkyl Vinyl Ethers by a (Phosphine-sulfonate)PdMe Catalyst.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 8946-8947.

16. Vela, J.; Zhu, L.; Flaschenriem, C. J.; Brennessel, W. W.; Lachicotte, R. J.; Holland, P. L. “Macrocyclic Binucleating β-Diketiminate Ligands and their Lithium, Aluminum, and Zinc Complexes.” Organometallics 2007, 26, 3416-3423.

17. Vela, J.; Cirera, J.; Smith, J. M.; Lachicotte, R. J.; Flaschenriem, C. J.; Alvarez, S.; Holland, P.L. “Quantitative Geometric Descriptions of the Belt Iron Atoms of the Iron-Molybdenum Cofactor of Nitrogenase and Synthetic Iron(II) Model Complexes.” Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 60-71.

18. Stoian, S.; Vela, J.; Smith, J. M.; Holland, P.L.; Münck, E.; Bominaar, E. L. “Mössbauer and Computational Study of a Diiron(I) Diketiminate Complex: Parallel Alignment of the Iron Spins Through Antiferromagnetic Exchange with a Paramagnetic Dinitrogen Bridge.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 10181-10192.

19. Vela, J.; Vaddadi, S.; Kingsley, S.; Flaschenriem, C.; Lachicotte, R. J.; Cundari, T. R.; Holland, P.L. “Bidentate Coordination of Pyrazolate in Low-Coordinate Iron(II) and Nickel(II) Complexes.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 1607-1611.

20. Smith, J. M.; Sadique, A. R.; Cundari, T. R.; Rodgers, K. R.; Lukat-Rodgers, G.; Lachicotte, R. J.; Flaschenriem, C.; Vela, J.; Holland, P.L. “Studies of Low-Coordinate Iron Dinitrogen Complexes.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 756-769.

21. Vela, J.; Smith, J. M.; Yu, Y.; Ketterer, N.; Flaschenriem, C.; Lachicotte, R. J.; Holland, P.L. “Synthesis and Reactivity of Low Coordinate Iron(II) Fluorides and Their Use in the Catalytic Hydrodefluorination of Fluorocarbons.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 7857-7870.

22. Vela, J.; Vaddadi, S.; Cundari, T. R.; Smith, J. M.; Gregory, E. A.; Lachicotte, R. J.; Flaschenriem, C.; Holland, P.L. “Reversible Beta-Hydrogen Elimination of Three-Coordinate Iron(II) Alkyl Complexes: Mechanistic and Thermodynamic Studies.” Organometallics 2004, 23, 5226-5239.

23. Vela, J.; Stoian, S.; Flaschenriem, C.; Münck, E.; Holland, P. L. “A Sulfido-Bridged Diiron(II) Compound and its Reactions with Nitrogenase-Relevant Substrates.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 4522-4523.

24. Vela, J.; Smith, J. M.; Lachicotte, R. J.; Holland, P. L. “Alkyl Group Isomerization in Three Coordinate Iron(II) Complexes.” Chem. Commun. 2002, 2886-2887.

25. Lee, B. Y.; Bazan, G. C.; Vela, J.; Komon, Z. J. A.; Bu, X. “Alpha-Imino-Carboxamidato-Nickel(II) Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 5352-5353.

26. Vela, J.; Sharma, P.; Cabrera, A.; Álvarez, C.; Rosas, N.; Hernández, S.; Toscano, A. “Tertiary Stibines Containing Aromatic Heterocycles and their Silver Complexes: Synthesis and X-Ray Structures.” J. Organomet. Chem. 2001, 634, 5-11.