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Citations
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World Ranking
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1042

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2009 - OSA Fellows For the development of two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy, its application to molecular liquids including hydrogen bonding dynamics in water, and its application to biological systems.

Overview

Andrei Tokmakoff is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the intersection of biochemistry, molecular biology, and chemistry, with a strong emphasis on spectroscopy and electrochemical applications.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Chemistry

Within these fields, the key subfields of study are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electrochemistry

The main topics of their work cover areas such as:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics

Andrei Tokmakoff has contributed frequently to several publication venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Biophysical Journal
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their recent noteworthy papers include:

  • "Vibrational Spectroscopic Map, Vibrational Spectroscopy, and Intermolecular Interaction" (2020), Chemical Reviews
  • "Crossover from hydrogen to chemical bonding" (2021), Science
  • "Water-in-Salt LiTFSI Aqueous Electrolytes. 1. Liquid Structure from Combined Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Experimental Studies" (2021), The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "Water or Anion? Uncovering the Zn2+ Solvation Environment in Mixed Zn(TFSI)2 and LiTFSI Water-in-Salt Electrolytes" (2021), ACS Energy Letters
  • "Advanced Materials for Energy-Water Systems: The Central Role of Water/Solid Interfaces in Adsorption, Reactivity, and Transport" (2021), Chemical Reviews

Frequent co-authors with whom Andrei Tokmakoff has collaborated extensively include:

  • Nicholas H. C. Lewis
  • Brennan Ashwood
  • Andrew L. Ferguson
  • Michael S. Jones
  • Bogdan Dereka

Recognition for their contributions includes:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2018
  • OSA Fellows, 2009, for contributions to two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy, its applications to molecular liquids involving hydrogen bonding dynamics in water, and biological systems

Best Publications

  • Ultrafast hydrogen-bond dynamics in the infrared spectroscopy of water.

    C. J. Fecko;J. D. Eaves;J. J. Loparo;A. Tokmakoff

  • Coherent 2D IR Spectroscopy: Molecular Structure and Dynamics in Solution

    M. Khalil;N. Demirdöven;A. Tokmakoff

  • Role of water in electron-initiated processes and radical chemistry: issues and scientific advances.

    Bruce C Garrett;David A Dixon;Donald M Camaioni;Daniel M Chipman

  • Hydrogen bonds in liquid water are broken only fleetingly

    J. D. Eaves;J. J. Loparo;C. J. Fecko;C. J. Fecko;Sean Thomas Roberts

  • Amide I Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy of Proteins

    Ziad Ganim;Hoi Sung Chung;Adam W Smith;Lauren P Deflores

  • Local hydrogen bonding dynamics and collective reorganization in water: ultrafast infrared spectroscopy of HOD/D(2)O.

    Christopher J. Fecko;Joseph J. Loparo;Sean Thomas Roberts;Andrei Tokmakoff

  • Obtaining Absorptive Line Shapes in Two-Dimensional Infrared Vibrational Correlation Spectra

    M. Khalil;N. Demirdöven;A. Tokmakoff

  • Ultrafast 2D IR spectroscopy of the excess proton in liquid water

    Martin Thämer;Luigi De Marco;Luigi De Marco;Krupa Ramasesha;Aritra Mandal;Aritra Mandal

  • Vibrational Spectroscopic Map, Vibrational Spectroscopy, and Intermolecular Interaction.

    Carlos R. Baiz;Bartosz Błasiak;Jens Bredenbeck;Minhaeng Cho

  • Vibrational anharmonicities revealed by coherent two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy.

    O. Golonzka;M. Khalil;N. Demirdöven;A. Tokmakoff

  • Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy of antiparallel beta-sheet secondary structure.

    N Demirdoven;CM Cheatum;HS Chung;M Khalil

  • Characterization of spectral diffusion from two-dimensional line shapes

    Sean Thomas Roberts;Joseph J. Loparo;Andrei Tokmakoff

  • Theory of vibrational relaxation of polyatomic molecules in liquids

    V. M. Kenkre;A. Tokmakoff;M. D. Fayer

  • Chemical reaction initiation and hot-spot formation in shocked energetic molecular materials

    A. Tokmakoff;M. D. Fayer;Dana D. Dlott

  • Water vibrations have strongly mixed intra- and intermolecular character.

    Krupa Ramasesha;Krupa Ramasesha;Luigi De Marco;Aritra Mandal;Andrei Tokmakoff;Andrei Tokmakoff

  • Two-dimensional Fourier transform spectroscopy in the pump-probe geometry.

    Lauren P Deflores;Rebecca A Nicodemus;Andrei Tokmakoff

  • Vibrational coherence transfer characterized with Fourier-transform 2D IR spectroscopy.

    M. Khalil;N. Demirdöven;A. Tokmakoff

  • Amide I vibrational dynamics of N-methylacetamide in polar solvents: the role of electrostatic interactions.

    M. F. DeCamp;L. DeFlores;J. M. McCracken;A. Tokmakoff

  • Two-Dimensional Raman Spectroscopy of Vibrational Interactions in Liquids

    A. Tokmakoff;M. J. Lang;D. S. Larsen;G. R. Fleming

  • Picosecond infrared vibrational photon echoes in a liquid and glass using a free electron laser

    David Zimdars;A. Tokmakoff;S. Chen;S. R. Greenfield

  • Crossover from hydrogen to chemical bonding.

    Bogdan Dereka;Qi Yu;Nicholas H. C. Lewis;William B. Carpenter

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael D. Fayer
Michael D. Fayer Stanford University
Jasper Knoester
Jasper Knoester Leiden University
Graham R. Fleming
Graham R. Fleming University of California, Berkeley
Edward J. Maginn
Edward J. Maginn University of Notre Dame
Dana D. Dlott
Dana D. Dlott University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Qing Dai
Qing Dai University of Chicago
Chuan He
Chuan He University of Chicago
Joel M. Bowman
Joel M. Bowman Emory University
Phillip L. Geissler
Phillip L. Geissler University of California, Berkeley

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