Ph.D., Harvard University

Analysis of Structures and Interfaces

A Unified Approach to Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering as applied to Art and Forensics Theoretical Studies-Momentum Representation Raman Spectroscopy of Mass-Selected Transition Metal Clusters

Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Indanthrone and Flavanthrone, Jingjing Chang, Maria Vega Cañamares, Metin Aydin, Wilfried Vetter, Manfred Schreiner, Weiqing Xu, John R. Lombardi, J. Raman Spectrosc., (2009),40, 1557-1563, DOI10.1002/jrs.2298.

Charge-Transfer Induced Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering on Ag-TiO2 nanocomposites, Yang, Libin; Jiang, Xin; Ruan, Weidong; Yang, Jingxiu; Zhao, Bing; Xu, Weiqing; Lombardi, John, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 16226-16231 (2009).

Improved Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Properties of TiO2 Nanoparticles by Zn dopant, Libin Yang, Yu Zhang, Weidong Ruan, Bing Zhao, Weiqing Xu, John R. Lombardi, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 41, 721-726, (2010), DOI 10.1002/jrs.2511

Adsorption study of 4-MBA on TiO2 nanoparticles by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Libin Yang, Xin Jiang, Weidong Ruan, Bing Zhao, Weiqing Xu, John R. Lombardi, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 41, 721, (2010) DOI 10.1002/jrs.2358.

Kinetic effects of halide ions on the morphological evolution of silver nanoplates: Effect of Halide Ions on Silver Nanoplates, Bin Tang, Shuping Xu, Jing An, Bing Zhao, Weiqing Xu, John R. Lombardi, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11, 10286 - 10292, (2009) DOI: 10.1039/b912985e

A Charge-Transfer surface enhanced Raman scattering model from time-dependent density functional theory calculations, Ronald L. Birke, Vasiliy Znamenskiy, John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys., 132, 214707, (2010).

Size and Wavelength Dependence of the Charge-Transfer Contributions to SERS in Ag/PATP/ZnO Junctions, Alexander P. Richter, John R. Lombardi, Bing Zhao, J. Phys. Chem.C, (2010), 114, 1610-1614, DOI: 10.1021/jp909772e

Identification of Organic Colorants in Fibers, Paints, Glazes and other media by Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering, Francesca Casadio, Marco Leona, John R. Lombardi, Richard P. Van Duyne, Accts. Chem. Res. 43, 782 (2010).

Excitation Profile of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering in Graphene-Metal Nanoparticle based Derivatives, Xiaoqi Fu, Fengli Bei, Xin Wang, Stephen O’Brien, John R. Lombardi, Nanoscale, 2, 1461-1466, (2010), DOI: 10.1039/c0nr00135j

Excitation profiles and the continuum in SERS: Identification of Fano lineshapes, John R. Lombardi, Ronald L. Birke, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 7812–7815 (2010).

Study of Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering for Molecules Adsorbed on Cu-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles, Xiangxin Xue, Wei Ji, Zhu Mao, Weidong Ruan, Bing Zhao, Stephen Ma, John R. Lombardi, Scientia Sinica Chimica, (2010).

Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Pyridine on CdSe/ZnBeSe Quantum Dots Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Richard Livingstone, Xuecong Zhou, Maria C. Tamargo, John R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 17460–17464 (2010).

Quantum Confinement Effects on Charge-Transfer Between PbS Quantum Dots and 4-Mercaptopyridine, Xiaoqi Fu, Yi Pan, Xin Wang, John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 024707 (2011).

Scanned Chemical Enhancement of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Using a Charge-Transfer Complex, Wei Ji, Xiangxin Xue, Weidong Ruan, Chunxu Wang, Nan Ji, Lei Chen, Zhishi Li, Wei Song, Bing Zhao, John R. Lombardi, Chem Communications, in press (2010), DOI:10.1039/b000000x

Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Trace Identification of Controlled Substances: Morphine, Codeine, and Hydrocodone, Vinesh Rana, Maria Vega Cañamares, Thomas Kubic, Marco Leona, John R. Lombardi, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 56, 200-207 (2011).

The auxiliary determination of the binding site of berberine binding to human serum albumin by surface-enhanced Raman scattering, Wei Zhang, Yu Zhao, Xueyuan Bai, Ge Hui, John R. Lombardi, Daqing Zhao, Bing Zhao, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 55 (2011) 65–68.

Single Molecule SERS Spectral Blinking and Vibronic Coupling, John R. Lombardi, Ronald L. Birke, Gilad Haran, J. Chem. Phys. C., (2011) 115, 4540–4545, dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp111345u

Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Nanostructured Semiconductor Phonon Modes, Stephen Ma, Richard Livingstone, Bing Zhao, John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. Letters, (2011), 2, 671-674.

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of 4-tert-butylpyridine on a silver electrode, Richard Livingstone, John R. Lombardi, J. Raman Spectroscopy, (2011) in press.