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  • 2011 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Chemistry
  • 2004 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2001 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For creative work in theoretical molecular physics, including coherent control of internal and external molecular degrees of freedom of molecules, control of surface reactions using an Scanning Tunneling Microscope, and timeresolved photoelectron spectro

Overview

Tamar Seideman is a researcher affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their work spans multiple interdisciplinary fields, primarily focusing on Physics and Astronomy, Materials Science, and Engineering. Within these broad areas, Seideman's research delves into subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist has developed expertise in various topics related to nanoscience and quantum phenomena. Key research themes include Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena, and Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design.

Seideman's publication record is distributed across several notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Chemical Physics (2 publications)
  • Nano Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • ACS Nano

The scientist's recent papers illustrate a focus on electron transfer processes, quantum dot photoluminescence, molecular junctions, and nanostructured materials. Notable recent publications include:

  • Light-Triggered Switching of Quantum Dot Photoluminescence through Excited-State Electron Transfer to Surface-Bound Photochromic Molecules, 2021, Nano Letters
  • Beyond Marcus theory and the Landauer-Büttiker approach in molecular junctions. II. A self-consistent Born approach, 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Interplays of electron and nuclear motions along CO dissociation trajectory in myoglobin revealed by ultrafast X-rays and quantum dynamics calculations, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Modulating the Electron Affinity of Small Bipyridyl Molecules on Single Gold Nanoparticles for Plasmon-Driven Electron Transfer, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • 33 Unresolved Questions in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2025, ACS Nano

Collaboration forms an important aspect of Seideman's research environment, with frequent co-authors including Jakub K. Sowa, George C. Schatz, Suyog Padgaonkar, Christopher T. Eckdahl, and Rafael López-Arteaga.

The scientist has received various recognitions during their career. Awards include Fellowship of the American Physical Society awarded in 2001 for work in theoretical molecular physics, Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2004, and election to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2011, cited for contributions to chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Role of electron localization in intense-field molecular ionization.

    Tamar Seideman;M. Yu. Ivanov;P. B. Corkum

  • Calculation of the cumulative reaction probability via a discrete variable representation with absorbing boundary conditions

    Tamar Seideman;William H. Miller

  • Three dimensional alignment of molecules using elliptically polarized laser fields

    Jakob Juul Larsen;Kasper Hald;Nis Bjerre;Henrik Stapelfeldt

  • Rotational excitation and molecular alignment in intense laser fields

    Tamar Seideman

  • Discerning vibronic molecular dynamics using time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy

    Valérie Blanchet;Marek Z. Zgierski;Tamar Seideman;Albert Stolow

  • Single-Molecule Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

    Matthew D. Sonntag;Jordan M. Klingsporn;Luis K. Garibay;Luis K. Garibay;John M. Roberts

  • Quantum mechanical reaction probabilities via a discrete variable representation-absorbing boundary condition Green's function

    Tamar Seideman;William H. Miller

  • Full‐dimensional quantum mechanical calculation of the rate constant for the H2+OH→H2O+H reaction

    Uwe Manthe;Uwe Manthe;Tamar Seideman;Tamar Seideman;William H. Miller

  • Observation of multiple vibrational modes in ultrahigh vacuum tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy combined with molecular-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy

    N. Jiang;E. T. Foley;J. M. Klingsporn;M. D. Sonntag

  • TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOELECTRON ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS: Concepts, Applications, and Directions

    Tamar Seideman

  • Theory of photoinduced surface reactions of admolecules

    Hua Guo;Peter Saalfrank;Tamar Seideman

  • Quantum mechanical calculations of the rate constant for the H2+OH→H+H2O reaction: Full‐dimensional results and comparison to reduced dimensionality models

    Uwe Manthe;Uwe Manthe;Tamar Seideman;Tamar Seideman;William H. Miller

  • Infrared Plasmonics with Indium–Tin-Oxide Nanorod Arrays

    Shi Qiang Li;Peijun Guo;Lingxiao Zhang;Wei Zhou

  • Ultrahigh-Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

    Eric A. Pozzi;Guillaume Goubert;Naihao Chiang;Nan Jiang

  • Transition state theory, Siegert eigenstates, and quantum mechanical reaction rates

    Tamar Seideman;William H. Miller

  • Intramolecular insight into adsorbate-substrate interactions via low-temperature, ultrahigh-vacuum tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

    Jordan M. Klingsporn;Nan Jiang;Eric A. Pozzi;Matthew D. Sonntag

  • Strong Coupling between Molecular Excited States and Surface Plasmon Modes of a Slit Array in a Thin Metal Film

    Adi Salomon;Robert J. Gordon;Robert J. Gordon;Yehiam Prior;Tamar Seideman

  • Nonadiabatic Alignment of Asymmetric Top Molecules: Field-Free Alignment of Iodobenzene

    Emmanuel Péronne;Mikael D. Poulsen;Christer Z. Bisgaard;Henrik Stapelfeldt

  • On the dynamics of rotationally broad, spatially aligned wave packets

    Tamar Seideman

  • Phase and polarization control as a route to plasmonic nanodevices.

    Maxim Sukharev;Tamar Seideman

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Gordon
Robert J. Gordon University of Illinois at Chicago
Mark A. Ratner
Mark A. Ratner Northwestern University
Richard P. Van Duyne
Richard P. Van Duyne Northwestern University
Mark C. Hersam
Mark C. Hersam Northwestern University
Henrik Stapelfeldt
Henrik Stapelfeldt Aarhus University
George C. Schatz
George C. Schatz Northwestern University
Moshe Shapiro
Moshe Shapiro University of British Columbia
William H. Miller
William H. Miller University of California, Berkeley
Hua Guo
Hua Guo University of New Mexico
Lasse Jensen
Lasse Jensen Pennsylvania State University

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