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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2012 - Faraday Lectureship Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2009 - Peter Debye Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2001 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2000 - Irving Langmuir Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1999 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1992 - Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1992 - Ellis R. Lippincott Award, The Optical Society
  • 1990 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development of highsensitivity spectroscopy techniques from the microwave to the visible
  • 1989 - Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society

Overview

Richard J. Saykally is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focused on physics and astronomy with particular emphasis on atomic and molecular physics, electrochemistry, materials chemistry, physical and theoretical chemistry, and oceanography.

Their recent published papers include:

  • New Insights into the Charge-Transfer-to-Solvent Spectrum of Aqueous Iodide: Surface versus Bulk, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Molecular Properties and Chemical Transformations Near Interfaces, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • On the mechanisms of ion adsorption to aqueous interfaces: air-water vs. oil-water, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Agglomeration Drives the Reversed Fractionation of Aqueous Carbonate and Bicarbonate at the Air-Water Interface, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angstrom-Resolved Interfacial Structure in Buried Organic-Inorganic Junctions, 2021, Physical Review Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include:

  • Shane W. Devlin
  • Franky Bernal
  • Hikaru Mizuno
  • Craig P. Schwartz
  • Sumana L. Raj

Key publication venues frequently featuring their work encompass:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their main areas of study focus extensively on atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrochemistry, and materials chemistry.

The major research topics covered include:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Richard J. Saykally's contributions have been recognized through several awards such as:

  • E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2018
  • Faraday Lectureship Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 2012
  • Peter Debye Award, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2009
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2001
  • Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 2001
  • Irving Langmuir Award, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2000
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1999
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1995
  • Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 1992
  • Ellis R. Lippincott Award, The Optical Society, 1992
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1990, for development of high-sensitivity spectroscopy techniques from the microwave to the visible
  • Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society, 1989

Best Publications

  • Nanowire dye-sensitized solar cells

    Matt Law;Lori E. Greene;Lori E. Greene;Justin C. Johnson;Richard Saykally

  • Controlled growth of ZnO nanowires and their optical properties

    P. Yang;H. Yan;S. Mao;R. Russo

  • Low-temperature wafer-scale production of ZnO nanowire arrays.

    Lori E. Greene;Matt Law;Joshua Goldberger;Franklin Kim

  • Single gallium nitride nanowire lasers

    Justin C. Johnson;Heon Jin Choi;Heon Jin Choi;Kelly P. Knutsen;Richard D. Schaller

  • Reversible Tuning of Silver Quantum Dot Monolayers Through the Metal-Insulator Transition

    C. P. Collier;R. J. Saykally;R. J. Saykally;J. J. Shiang;J. J. Shiang;S. E. Henrichs;S. E. Henrichs

  • Water clusters: Untangling the mysteries of the liquid, one molecule at a time

    Frank N. Keutsch;Richard J. Saykally

  • The Water Dipole Moment in Water Clusters

    J. K. Gregory;D. C. Clary;K. Liu;M. G. Brown

  • Characterization of a cage form of the water hexamer

    K. Liu;M. G. Brown;C. Carter;R. J. Saykally

  • Small carbon clusters: spectroscopy, structure, and energetics.

    A. Van Orden;R. J. Saykally

  • Optical Cavity Effects in ZnO Nanowire Lasers and Waveguides

    Justin C. Johnson;Haoquan Yan;Peidong Yang;Richard J. Saykally

  • Dendritic nanowire ultraviolet laser array.

    Haoquan Yan;Rongrui He;Justin Johnson;Matthew Law

  • Energetics of hydrogen bond network rearrangements in liquid water.

    Jared D. Smith;Christopher D. Cappa;Kevin R. Wilson;Benjamin M. Messer

  • Single Nanowire Lasers

    Justin C. Johnson;Haoquan Yan;Richard D. Schaller;Louis H. Haber

  • Cavity Ringdown Laser Absorption Spectroscopy: History, Development, and Application to Pulsed Molecular Beams.

    J. J. Scherer;J. B. Paul;‡ and A. O'Keefe;R. J. Saykally

  • ON THE NATURE OF IONS AT THE LIQUID WATER SURFACE

    Poul B. Petersen;Richard J. Saykally

  • The effects of dissolved halide anions on hydrogen bonding in liquid water.

    Jared D. Smith;Richard J. Saykally;Phillip L. Geissler

  • Unified description of temperature-dependent hydrogen-bond rearrangements in liquid water.

    Jared D. Smith;Christopher D. Cappa;Kevin R. Wilson;Ronald C. Cohen

  • Measurement of Quantum Tunneling Between Chiral Isomers of the Cyclic Water Trimer

    N Pugliano;RJ Saykally

  • Quantifying hydrogen bond cooperativity in water: VRT spectroscopy of the water tetramer.

    J. D. Cruzan;L. B. Braly;Kun Liu;M. G. Brown

  • The water trimer.

    Frank N. Keutsch;Jeffery D. Cruzan;Richard J. Saykally

  • Velocity-modulated infrared laser spectroscopy of molecular ions: The nu 1 band of HCO +

    Christopher S. Gudeman;Marianne H. Begemann;Jürgen Pfaff;Richard J. Saykally

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald C. Cohen
Ronald C. Cohen University of California, Berkeley
Justin C. Johnson
Justin C. Johnson National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Frank N. Keutsch
Frank N. Keutsch Harvard University
Richard D. Schaller
Richard D. Schaller Argonne National Laboratory
Peidong Yang
Peidong Yang University of California, Berkeley
David Prendergast
David Prendergast Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Christopher D. Cappa
Christopher D. Cappa University of California, Davis
Claude Leforestier
Claude Leforestier University of Montpellier
Martin Gruebele
Martin Gruebele University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jeffrey C. Owrutsky
Jeffrey C. Owrutsky United States Naval Research Laboratory

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