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54
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12580
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3347

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2005 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Heather C. Allen is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields including atomic and molecular physics, materials chemistry, atmospheric science, electrochemistry, and oceanography.

The scientist's recent papers cover topics related to spectroscopy, atmospheric chemistry, and chemical properties in aqueous solutions. Selected works include:

  • Functional Group Identification for FTIR Spectra Using Image-Based Machine Learning Models, 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • La3+ and Y3+ interactions with the carboxylic acid moiety at the liquid/vapor interface: Identification of binding complexes, charge reversal, and detection limits, 2021, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Relating Structure and Ice Nucleation of Mixed Surfactant Systems Relevant to Sea Spray Aerosol, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Role of Hydration in Magnesium versus Calcium Ion Pairing with Carboxylate: Solution and the Aqueous Interface, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Thermodynamic Signatures of the Origin of Anti-Hofmeister Selectivity for Phosphate at Aqueous Interfaces, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Frequent co-authors include Jennifer F. Neal, Abigail Enders, Maria G. Vazquez de Vasquez, Kimberly A. Carter-Fenk, and Mickey M. Rogers. Collaborations with these researchers have been documented multiple times, reflecting ongoing partnerships.

The scholar's publications often appear in a set of recurring venues such as ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, The Cambridge Structural Database, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, and Langmuir. This distribution reflects an interdisciplinary engagement with chemical physics, physical chemistry, and earth science domains.

Heather C. Allen's main research topics encompass:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies

Among the recognitions received, Allen is noted as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2012, a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 2005, and was awarded the ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences by the American Chemical Society in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Vibrational Spectroscopic Characterization of Hematite, Maghemite, and Magnetite Thin Films Produced by Vapor Deposition

    Aaron M. Jubb;Heather C. Allen

  • Vibrational Spectroscopy of Aqueous Sodium Halide Solutions and Air-Liquid Interfaces: Observation of Increased Interfacial Depth

    Dingfang Liu;Gang Ma;and Lori M. Levering;Heather C. Allen

  • Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies of Aqueous Interfaces: Salts, Acids, Bases, and Nanodrops

    Sandhya Gopalakrishnan;Dingfang Liu;Heather C. Allen;Margaret Kuo

  • Unified molecular picture of the surfaces of aqueous acid, base, and salt solutions.

    Martin Mucha;Tomaso Frigato;Lori M. Levering;Heather C. Allen

  • Interfacial water structure associated with phospholipid membranes studied by phase-sensitive vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy.

    Xiangke Chen;Wei Hua;Zishuai Huang;Heather C. Allen

  • DPPC Langmuir monolayer at the air-water interface: probing the tail and head groups by vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy.

    Gang Ma;Heather C. Allen

  • Air-Liquid Interfaces of Aqueous Solutions Containing Ammonium and Sulfate: Spectroscopic and Molecular Dynamics Studies

    Sandhya Gopalakrishnan;Pavel Jungwirth;Douglas J. Tobias;Heather C. Allen

  • Environmental Chemistry at Vapor/Water Interfaces: Insights from Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

    Aaron M. Jubb;Wei Hua;Heather C. Allen

  • Surface studies of aqueous methanol solutions by vibrational broad bandwidth sum frequency generation spectroscopy

    Gang Ma;Heather C. Allen

  • Functional Group Identification for FTIR Spectra Using Image-Based Machine Learning Models.

    Abigail A Enders;Nicole M North;Chase M Fensore;Juan Velez-Alvarez

  • Observation of Hydronium Ions at the Air−Aqueous Acid Interface: Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies of Aqueous HCl, HBr, and HI

    Lori M. Levering;and M. Roxana Sierra-Hernández;Heather C. Allen

  • Solvation of Magnesium Dication: Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Vibrational Spectroscopic Study of Magnesium Chloride in Aqueous Solutions

    Karen M. Callahan;Nadia N. Casillas-Ituarte;Martina Roeselová;Heather C. Allen

  • Ionic Binding of Na+ versus K+ to the Carboxylic Acid Headgroup of Palmitic Acid Monolayers Studied by Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy†

    Cheng Y. Tang;Heather C. Allen

  • The Analysis of Interference Effects in the Sum Frequency Spectra of Water Interfaces

    Mac G. Brown;Elizabeth A. Raymond;Heather C. Allen;Lawrence F. Scatena

  • Surface pKa of octanoic, nonanoic, and decanoic fatty acids at the air–water interface: applications to atmospheric aerosol chemistry

    Bethany A. Wellen;Evan A. Lach;Heather C. Allen

  • Shedding light on water structure at air-aqueous interfaces: ions, lipids, and hydration.

    Heather C. Allen;Nadia N. Casillas-Ituarte;M. Roxana Sierra-Hernández;Xiangke Chen

  • Water-Induced Reorganization of Ultrathin Nitrate Films on NaCl: Implications for the Tropospheric Chemistry of Sea Salt Particles

    Heather C. Allen;J. M. Laux;Rainer Vogt;Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts

  • Binding of Mg(2+) and Ca(2+) to palmitic acid and deprotonation of the COOH headgroup studied by vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy.

    Cheng Y. Tang;Zishuai Huang;Heather C. Allen

  • Effects of Sodium Chloride Particles, Ozone, UV, and Relative Humidity on Atmospheric Corrosion of Silver

    D. Liang;H. C. Allen;G. S. Frankel;Z. Y. Chen

  • The air–liquid interface of benzene, toluene, m-xylene, and mesitylene: a sum frequency, Raman, and infrared spectroscopic study

    Elizabeth L. Hommel;Heather C. Allen

  • Molecular structure and adsorption of dimethyl sulfoxide at the surface of aqueous solutions

    H. C. Allen;D. E. Gragson;G. L. Richmond

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald S. Frankel
Gerald S. Frankel The Ohio State University
Douglas J. Tobias
Douglas J. Tobias University of California, Irvine
Christopher M. Hadad
Christopher M. Hadad The Ohio State University
John C. Hemminger
John C. Hemminger University of California, Irvine
Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts
Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts University of California, Irvine
Akihiro Morita
Akihiro Morita Tohoku University
Joseph B. Williams
Joseph B. Williams The Ohio State University
Amar H. Flood
Amar H. Flood Indiana University
Francesco Paesani
Francesco Paesani University of California, San Diego
Martin Stratmann
Martin Stratmann Max Planck Society

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