{"id":1856,"date":"2024-01-19T02:21:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T02:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/?page_id=1856"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:50:41","slug":"2022-current-year-publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/index.php\/2022-current-year-publications\/","title":{"rendered":"2022-Current Year Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>(300) Lao, G.; Khvorost, T.; Macias Jr., A.; Morgan, H. W. T.; Lavroff, R. H.; Choi, R.; Zhou, H.; Usvyat, D.; Zhu, G. Z.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A.; Alexandrova, A. N.; Hudson, E. R.; Campbell, W. C. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48550\/arXiv.2411.03199\">Bottom-up approach to scalable growth of molecules capable of optical cycling<\/a>. <em>Nat. Chem.<\/em> 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(300) Vlahakis, N.; Konieczny, K. A.; Flowers, C.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A.; Rodriguez, J. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.26434\/chemrxiv-2025-8ppz1\">Room temperature structures of solvated organic molecules enabled by liquid cell electron diffraction<\/a>. arXiv:2411.03199. Submitted Aug. 26, 2025. [Preprint, has not been peer-reviewed].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(258) Konieczny, K. A.; Rai, R.; Palatinus, L.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/jacs.5c02209\">Topochemical Synthesis,\u00a0<em>micro<\/em>-Electron Diffraction (3D ED), and Electron Beam-Initiated Topotactic Dimer Splitting of cis,syn-Thymine Dimer Crystals.<\/a> <em>J. Am. Chem. Soc.<\/em>\u00a02025, 147, 24, 20426\u201320430<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/cms\/10.1021\/jacs.5c02209\/asset\/images\/large\/ja5c02209_0005.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:481px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(257) W\u00f3jcik, P.; Khvorost, T.; Lao, G.; Zhu, G. Z.; Macias Jr., A.; Caram, J. R.; Campbell, W. C.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A.; Hudson, E. R.; Alexandrova, A. N.; Krylov, A. I. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.jpca.4c06320\">Photoswitching Molecules Functionalized with Optical Cycling Centers Provide a Novel Platform for Studying Chemical Transformations in Ultracold Molecules.<\/a> <em>J. Phys. Chem. A<\/em>\u00a02025, 129, 8, 1929\u20131940<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photoswitchingOCCs-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2137\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>(256) Konieczny, K. A.; Paul, I.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acscentsci.4c01429\">From Beam Damage to Massive Reaction Amplification under the Electron Microscope: An Ionization-Induced Chain Reaction in Crystals of a Dewar Benzene.<\/a> <em>ACS Cent. Sci.<\/em>\u00a0<strong>2024<\/strong>, 10, 12, 2346\u20132352<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EDcascade-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2136\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(255)  Paul, I.; Konieczny, K. A.; Chavez, R. C.; Shan, J. R.; Houk, K. N.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/jacs.4c09377\">Cascade Photoreaction in Crystals: A Phase Change Caused by a Dewar Benzene Quantum Chain Triggers a Topochemical [2 + 2] Photodimerization.<\/a> <em>J. Am. Chem. Soc.<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>2024<\/strong>, 146, 41, 27988\u201327992 <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/casaderxn-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2134\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(254) &nbsp;Fajardo Jr., J.; Rowen, J. F.; Schleif, T.; Jariwala, P.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/jacs.4c05452\">Elusive Arylalkylcarbenes in Solution and in Crystals: Facile 1,2-R (R = H, Ph) Migrations of 1,2,2-Triphenylethylidene.<\/a>  <em>J. Am. Chem. Soc.<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>2024<\/strong>, 146, 33, 23221\u201323229<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Elusivecarbenes-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2130\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(253) Paul, I.; Konieczny, K. A.; Chavez, R. C.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A. <a href=\"doi:10.1073\/pnas.2401982121\">Reaction amplification with a gain: Triplet exciton\u2013mediated quantum chain using mixed crystals with a tailor-made triplet sensitizer.&nbsp;<\/a><em>PNAS<\/em>,&nbsp;<strong>2024<\/strong>, <em>121<\/em>(14)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pub-253.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2109\" style=\"width:660px;height:316px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(252) Liepuoniute, I.; Shan, J.-R.; Houk, K. N.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/acs.joc.3c00465\">Computational Study of Ground-State Destabilization Effects and Dipole\u2013Dipole Interaction Energies in Amphidynamic Crystals<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>J. Org. Chem.<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>2024<\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>89<\/em>(1), 9\u201315.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/jo3c00465_0008-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1836\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mce_0\">Publications 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>(251) King, J.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/acs.jpca.3c03828\">Kinetics of Photoreactive 4,4\u2032-Dimethylbenzophenone Nanocrystals: Relative Contributions to Triplet Decay from Intermolecular H-Atom Transfer and Reductive Charge Transfer Quenching<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>J. Phys. Chem. A<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>2023<\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>127<\/em>&nbsp;(34), 7216\u20137220.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/images_medium_jp3c03828_0006-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1835\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(250) Carreras, A.; Lorbach, A.; Bazan, G. C.; Alemany, P.; Wu, G.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A.; Maverick, E. F. <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1002\/hlca.202200142\">An Unusual Fullerene\u2013Carbene Adduct: Thermal Motion, Disorder, or Both?<\/a>**.&nbsp;<em>Helvetica Chimica Acta<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>2023<\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>106<\/em>&nbsp;(2), e202200142.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2108\" height=\"904\" src=\"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-3.53.41-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2107\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(249) Hipwell, V. M.; Meyer, A. R.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/jacs.2c11787\">Exceptionally Long Lifetimes of Strongly Entangled Acyl\u2013Trityl Radical Pairs Photochemically Generated in Crystalline Trityl Ketones<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>J. Am. Chem. Soc.<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>2023<\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>145<\/em>&nbsp;(2), 1342\u20131348.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ja2c11787_0009-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1833\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(248) Rivera, E.; Paul, I.; Fajardo, J.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlehtml\/2023\/sc\/d3sc01074k\">Quantum Chain Amplification in Nanocrystalline Dewar Benzenes by Intramolecular Sensitization<\/a>. <em>Chem. Sci.<\/em> <strong>2023<\/strong>, <em>14<\/em> (21), 5802\u20135810.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d3sc01074k-s2-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1832\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mce_0\">Publications 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>(247) Hipwell, V. M.; Zee, C.-T.; Rodriguez. J.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.cgd.1c01378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scale-Dependent Photosalience and Topotactic Reaction of Microcrystalline Benzylidenebutyrolactone Determined by Electron Microscopy and Electron Diffraction<\/a>.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Crystal Growth &amp; Design<\/em>,&nbsp;<strong>2022<\/strong>, Publication Date: February 7, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"441\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pub-247.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1739\" style=\"width:520px;height:224px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(246) Chang, T. Y.; Adrion, D. M.; Meyer, A. R.; Lopez, S. A.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.joc.1c01808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A green chemistry approach toward the stereospecific synthesis of densely functionalized cyclopropanes via the solid-state photodenitrogenation of crystalline 1-pyrazolines.<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<em>J. Org.<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Chem.&nbsp;<\/em><strong>2022<\/strong>, Publication Date: January 18, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/246.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1750\" style=\"width:490px;height:221px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(245) Jellen, M. J.; Jiang, X.; Benders, S.; Adams, A,; Garc\u00eda\u2013Garibay, M.A.&nbsp;&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.joc.1c02218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Slip\/Stick Viscosity Models of Nanoconfined Liquids: Solvent-Dependent Rotation in Metal-Organic Frameworks<\/a>.&#8221; <em>J. Org. Chem<\/em>. <strong>2022<\/strong>, 87, 3, 1780\u20131790. Publication Date: February 7, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1494\" height=\"990\" src=\"https:\/\/mgg.chem.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pub-245.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1738\" style=\"width:374px;height:248px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publications 2025 (300) Lao, G.; Khvorost, T.; Macias Jr., A.; Morgan, H. W. T.; Lavroff, R. H.; Choi, R.; Zhou, H.; Usvyat, D.; Zhu, G. Z.; Garc\u00eda-Garibay, M. A.; Alexandrova, A. N.; Hudson, E. R.; Campbell, W. C. Bottom-up approach to scalable growth of molecules capable of optical cycling. Nat. Chem. 2025. 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