Eli Espinoza

Rosko, M. C., Espinoza, E. M., Arteta, S., Kromer, S., Wheeler, J. P., & Castellano, F. N. (2023). Employing Long-Range Inductive Effects to Modulate Metal-to- Ligand Charge Transfer Photoluminescence in Homoleptic Cu(I) Complexes. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 62(7), 3248–3259. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c04315

Espinoza, E. M., Røise, J. J., He, M., Li, I.-C., Agatep, A. K., Udenyi, P., … Murthy, N. (2022). A self-immolative linker that releases thiols detects penicillin amidase and nitroreductase with high sensitivity via absorption spectroscopy. Chemical Communications. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC05322A

Røise, J. J., Han, H., Li, J., Kerr, D. L., Taing, C., Behrouzi, K., … Murthy, N. (2022). Acid-Sensitive Surfactants Enhance the Delivery of Nucleic Acids. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 12. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00579

Espinoza, E. M., Clark, J. A., Pacheco da Silva, C., Derr, J. B., Thalmer de Medeiros Silva, G., Bilones, M. K., … Vullev, V. I. (2022). Charge transfer vs. proton transfer in the excited-state dynamics of biomimetic pyranoflavylium cations. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, 10, 100110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpap.2022.100110

Espinoza, E. M., Clark, J. A., Billones, M. K., Medeiros Silva, G. T., Silva, C. P., Quina, F. H., & Vullev, V. I. (2022). Photophysics and Electrochemistry of Biomimetic Pyranoflavyliums: What Can Bioinspiration from Red Wines Offer. Photochem, 2(1), 9–31. https://doi.org/10.3390/photochem2010003

Espinoza, E. M., Røise, J. J., Li, I.-C., Das, R., & Murthy, N. (2021). Advances in Imaging Reactive Oxygen Species. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 62(4), 457–461. https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.120.245415

Derr, J. B., Tamayo, J., Clark, J. A., Morales, M., Mayther, M. F., Espinoza, E. M., … Vullev, V. I. (2021). Correction: Multifaceted aspects of charge transfer. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP90063C

Clark, J. A., Orłowski, R., Derr, J. B., Espinoza, E. M., Gryko, D. T., & Vullev, V. I. (2021). How does tautomerization affect the excited-state dynamics of an amino acid-derivatized corrole? Photosynthesis Research, 148(1-2), 67–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-021-00824-4

Rybicka-Jasińska, K., Espinoza, E. M., Clark, J. A., Derr, J. B., Carlos, G., Morales, M., … Vullev, V. I. (2021). Making Nitronaphthalene Fluoresce. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10, 10295–10303. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02155

Derr, J. B., Rybicka-Jasińska, K., Espinoza, E. M., Morales, M., Billones, M. K., Clark, J. A., & Vullev, V. I. (2021). On the Search of a Silver Bullet for the Preparation of Bioinspired Molecular Electrets with Propensity to Transfer Holes at High Potentials. Biomolecules, 11(3), 429. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11030429

Orłowski, R., Clark, J. A., Derr, J. B., Espinoza, E. M., Mayther, M. F., Staszewska-Krajewska, O., … Gryko, D. T. (2021). Role of intramolecular hydrogen bonds in promoting electron flow through amino acid and oligopeptide conjugates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(11). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2026462118

Skonieczny, K., Espinoza, E. M., Derr, J. B., Morales, M., Clinton, J. M., Xia, B., & Vullev, V. I. (2020). Biomimetic and bioinspired molecular electrets. How to make them and why does the established peptide chemistry not always work? Pure and Applied Chemistry, 92(2), 275–299. https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0111

Silva, C. P., Silva, G. T. M., Costa, T. de S., Carneiro, V. M. T., Siddique, F., Aquino, A. J. A., … Quina, F. H. (2020). Chromophores inspired by the colors of fruit, flowers and wine. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 92(2), 255–263. https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0226

Poronik, Y. M., Baryshnikov, G. V., Deperasińska, I., Espinoza, E. M., Clark, J. A., Ågren, H., … Vullev, V. I. (2020). Deciphering the unusual fluorescence in weakly coupled bis-nitro-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles. Communications Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-020-00434-6

Espinoza, E. (2020, November). Extending the Lifetime of Nitrated Poliaromatic Hydrocarbons for Photoinduced Hole Transfer Systems. Presented at the Workshop on Renewable Energy Sources and Nanotechnology, (Virtual).

Derr, J. B., Tamayo, J., Clark, J. A., Morales, M., Mayther, M. F., Espinoza, E. M., … Vullev, V. I. (2020). Multifaceted aspects of charge transfer. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(38), 21583–21629. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CP01556C

Derr, J. B., Clark, J. A., Morales, M., Espinoza, E. M., Vadhin, S., & Vullev, V. I. (2020). Solvent-induced selectivity of Williamson etherification in the pursuit of amides resistant against oxidative degradation. RSC Advances. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RA04465B

Espinoza, E. M., Bao, D., Krzeszewski, M., Gryko, D. T., & Vullev, V. I. (2019). Is it common for charge recombination to be faster than charge separation? International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 51(9), 657–668. https://doi.org/10.1002/kin.21285

Espinoza, E. M., Clark, J. A., Soliman, J., Derr, J. B., Morales, M., & Vullev, V. I. (2019). Practical Aspects of Cyclic Voltammetry: How to Estimate Reduction Potentials When Irreversibility Prevails. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 166(5), H3175–H3187. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0241905jes

Ryu, H. G., Mayther, M. F., Tamayo, J., Azarias, C., Espinoza, E. M., Banasiewicz, M., … Vullev, V. I. (2018). Bidirectional Solvatofluorochromism of a Pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole–Diketopyrrolopyrrole Hybrid. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(25), 13424–13434. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11194

Espinoza, E. (2018, May). Bioinspired Design for Inducing Charge Transfer in Molecular Electrets. Presented at the California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

Krzeszewski, M., Espinoza, E. M., Červinka, C., Derr, J. B., Clark, J. A., Borchardt, D., … Vullev, V. I. (2018). Cover Picture: Dipole Effects on Electron Transfer are Enormous (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 38/2018). Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57(38), 12179–12179. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201806817

Espinoza, E. (2018, August). Design of Electron Deficient Chromophores for Charge Transfer Systems. Presented at the Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions Gordon Research Conference, Newport, RI.

Krzeszewski, M., Espinoza, E. M., Červinka, C., Derr, J. B., Clark, J. A., Borchardt, D., … Vullev, V. I. (2018). Dipole Effects on Electron Transfer are Enormous. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57(38), 12365–12369. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201802637

Krzeszewski, M., Espinoza, E. M., Červinka, C., Derr, J. B., Clark, J. A., Borchardt, D., … Vullev, V. I. (2018). Dipole Effects on Electron Transfer are Enormous. Angewandte Chemie, 130(38), 12545–12549. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201802637

Espinoza, E. (2018, June). Dipole Modulation of Charge Transfer. Presented at the 19th Annual University of California Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, Riverside, California.

Espinoza, E. (2018, February). Dipole Modulation of Charge Transfer in Anthranilamides. Presented at the Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional  (CINESTAV-IPN), Unidad Merida, Merida, Yucatan., Mexico.

Espinoza, E. (2018, February). Dipole Modulation of Charge Transfer in Anthranilamides. Presented at the Frontiers in Photochemistry Conference, Cancun, Mexico.

Derr, J. B., Tamayo, J., Espinoza, E. M., Clark, J. A., & Vullev, V. I. (2018). Dipole-induced effects on charge transfer and charge transport. Why do molecular electrets matter? Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 96(9), 843–858. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjc-2017-0389

Espinoza, E. M., Clark, J. A., Derr, J. B., Bao, D., Georgieva, B., Quina, F. H., & Vullev, V. I. (2018). How Do Amides Affect the Electronic Properties of Pyrene? ACS Omega, 3(10), 12857–12867. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b01581

Espinoza, E. (2018, December). Photoinitiating Hole Transfer for Harvesting Energy From the Sun. Presented at the Workshop on Renewable Energy Sources and Nanotechnology, Belem, Brazil.

Krzeszewski, M., Espinoza, E. M., Červinka, C., Derr, J. B., Clark, J. A., Borchardt, D., … Vullev, V. I. (2018). Titelbild: Dipole Effects on Electron Transfer are Enormous (Angew. Chem. 38/2018). Angewandte Chemie, 130(38), 12357–12357. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201806817

Espinoza, E. M., & Vullev, V. I. (2017). Bioinspired Molecular Electrets: Bringing Proteomic Approaches to Charge-Transfer Systems. ECS Transactions, 77(11), 1517–1523. https://doi.org/10.1149/07711.1517ecst

Espinoza, E. M., Larsen-Clinton, J. M., Krzeszewski, M., Darabedian, N., Gryko, D. T., & Vullev, V. I. (2017). Bioinspired approach toward molecular electrets: synthetic proteome for materials. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 89(12), 1777–1797. https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2017-0309

Larsen-Clinton, J. M., Espinoza, E. M., F. Mayther, M., Clark, J., Tao, C., Bao, D., … Vullev, V. I. (2017). Fluorinated aminoanthranilamides: non-native amino acids for bringing proteomic approaches to charge-transfer systems. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19(11), 7871–7876. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cp00432j

Espinoza, E. (2017, March). Inducing Charge Transfer in Molecular Electrets. Presented at the Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA.

Espinoza, E. (2017, December). Making Nitropyrene Fluoresce: Electron deficient sensitizers that are good electron acceptors. Presented at the Workshop on Renewable Energy Sources and Nanotechnology, Belem, Brazil.

Espinoza, E. (2017, July). Making Nitropyrenes Fluoresce: Electron-Deficient Sensitizers for Bioinspired Charge Transfer Systems. Presented at the Photochemistry Gordon Conference, Lewiston, ME.

Purc, A., Espinoza, E. M., Nazir, R., Romero, J. J., Skonieczny, K., Jeżewski, A., … Vullev, V. I. (2016). Gating That Suppresses Charge Recombination–The Role of Mono-N-Arylated Diketopyrrolopyrrole. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(39), 12826–12832. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b04974

Skonieczny, K., Yoo, J., Larsen, J. M., Espinoza, E. M., Barbasiewicz, M., Vullev, V. I., … Gryko, D. T. (2016). How To Reach Intense Luminescence for Compounds Capable of Excited‐State Intramolecular Proton Transfer? Chemistry – A European Journal, 22(22), 7485–7496. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201504944

Espinoza, E. (2016, October). Inducing Charge Transfer in Molecular Electrets. Presented at the Nature Inspired Creativity Engineers: 3rd international conference on Bioinspired and Bio-based Chemistry and Materials, Nice, France.

Espinoza, E. (2016, July). Modulating Charge Transfer at Nanomaterials Interfaces Using Molecular Electrets. Presented at the 5th International Conference from Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems (IC4N), Peloponnese, Greece.

Espinoza, E. M., Xia, B., Darabedian, N., Larsen, J. M., Nuñez, V., Bao, D., … Vullev, V. I. (2016). Nitropyrene Photoprobes: Making Them, and What Are They Good for? European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016(2), 343–356. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201501339

Krzeszewski, M., Kodama, T., Espinoza, E. M., Vullev, V. I., Kubo, T., & Gryko, D. T. (2016). Nonplanar Butterfly-Shaped π-Expanded Pyrrolopyrroles. Chemistry - A European Journal, 22(46), 16478–16488. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201603282

Espinoza, E. M., Larsen, J. M., & Vullev, V. I. (2016). What Makes Oxidized N-Acylanthranilamides Stable? The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 7(5), 758–764. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02881

Espinoza, E. (2015, July). Bifunctional Nitropyrene: Synthetic Challenges, Photophysics and Electrochemical Features. Presented at the Photochemistry Gordon Conference, Easton, MA.

Larsen, J. M., Espinoza, E. M., & Vullev, V. I. (2015). Bioinspired molecular electrets: bottom-up approach to energy materials and applications. Journal of Photonics for Energy, 5(1), 055598. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jpe.5.055598

Larsen, J. M., Espinoza, E. M., Hartman, J. D., Lin, C.-K., Wurch, M., Maheshwari, P., … Vullev, V. I. (2015). Building blocks for bioinspired electrets: molecular-level approach to materials for energy and electronics. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 87(8), 779–792. https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0109

Espinoza, E. M., Larsen, J. M., & Vullev, V. I. (2015). Electrochemical Properties of Residues for Bioinspired Molecular Electrets. ECS Transactions, 66(23), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1149/06623.0001ecst

Espinoza, E. (2015, August). Nitropyrene derivatives for bioinspired charge-transfer system. Presented at the 250th American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting, Boston, MA.

Upadhyayula, S., Nuñez, V., Espinoza, E. M., Larsen, J. M., Bao, D., Shi, D., … Vullev, V. I. (2015). Photoinduced dynamics of a cyanine dye: parallel pathways of non-radiative deactivation involving multiple excited-state twisted transients. Chemical Science, 6(4), 2237–2251. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sc02881c

Bao, D., Upadhyayula, S., Larsen, J. M., Xia, B., Georgieva, B., Nuñez, V., … Vullev, V. I. (2014). Dipole-Mediated Rectification of Intramolecular Photoinduced Charge Separation and Charge Recombination. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(37), 12966–12973. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja505618n