59. Akter, N.; Alladin-Mustan, B.S.; Liu, Y.; An, J.; Gibbs, J. M. “Self – Replicating DNA – Based Nanoassemblies” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 18205-18209. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c04089
58. Dadashi, S.; Parshotam, S.; Mandal, B.; Rehl, B.; Gibbs, J. M.; Borguet, E. U. “The influence of charged site density on local electric fields and polar solvent organization at oxide interfaces” J. Phys. Chem. C 2024, 128, 9683-9692. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c00306
57. Ilgen A. G.; Borguet, E. U.; Geiger, F. M.; Gibbs, J. M.; Grassian, V. H.; Jun, Y.-S.; Kabengi, N.; Kubicki, J. D. “Bridging Molecular – Scale Interfacial Science to Continuum – Scale Models” Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, Article number: 5326 nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49598-y
56. Parshotam, S.; Rehl, B.; Brown, A.; Gibbs, J. M. “Relating the Phase in Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy and Second Harmonic Generation with the Maximum Entropy Method” J. Chem. Phys. 2023, 159, 204707 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0172667
55. Tijaro-Bulla, S.; Osman, E. A.; St. Laurent, C. D.; McCord, K. A.; Macauley, M. S.; Gibbs, J. M. “Disrupting Protein Expression with Double-Clicked sgRNA-Cas9 Complexes: A Modular Approach to CRISPR Gene Editing” ACS Chem. Biol. 2023, 18 (10), 2156–2162. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acschembio.3c00140
54. Parshotam, S.; Zhang, W.; Rehl, B.; Darlington, A.; Sikder, M. D. H.; Brown, A.; Gibbs, J. M. “Revealing Silica’s pH-Dependent Second Harmonic Generation Response with Overcharging” J. Phys. Chem. C 2023, 127 (17) 8389–8398. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c02171
53. Bañuelos, J. L.; Borguet, E. U.*; Brown, Jr., G. E.; Cygan, R. T.; DeYoreo, J. J.; Dove, P. M.; Gaigeot, M.-P.; Geiger, F. M.; Gibbs, J. M.*; Grassian, V. H.; Ilgen, A. G.*; Jun, Y.-S.*; Kabengi, N.*; Katz, L.; Kubicki, J. D.*; Lützenkirchen, J.; Putnis, C. V.; Remsing, R. C.; Rosso, K. M.; Rother, G.; Sulpizi, M.; Villalobos, M.; Zhang, H. “Oxide- and Silicate-Water Interfaces and Their Roles in Technology and the Environment” Chem. Rev. 2023, 23 (10) 6413–6544. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00130
52. Park, H.; Parshotam, S.; Hales, S.C.; Mittermaier, A. K.; Gibbs, J.M.* “Minimizing Product Inhibition in DNA Self-Replication: Insights for Prebiotic Replication from the Role of the Enzyme in Lesion-Induced DNA Amplification” Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29 (33), e202300080. https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.202300080
51. Parshotam, S.; Rehl, B.; Busse, F.; Brown, A.; Gibbs, J. M.* “Influence of the Hydrogen Bonding Environment on Vibrational Coupling in the Electrical Double Layer at the Silica/Aqueous Interface” J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126 (51), 21734–21744. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c06412
50. Rashwan, M.; Rehl, B.; Romaniuk, N.; Gibbs, J. M.* “Probing Silica-Kaolinite Interactions with Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy” Langmuir 2022, 38 (51), 15984-15994. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02414
49. Rehl, B.; Ma, E.; Parshotam, S.; Dewalt-Kerian, E. L.; Liu, T.; Geiger, F. M.*; Gibbs, J. M.* “Water Dipole Populations in the Electrical Double Layer and Their Contributions to the Total Interfacial Potential at Different Surface Charge Densities” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (36), 16338-16349. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c01830
48. Park, H.; Gibbs, J.M. “Selectivity and Efficiency in the Ligation of the Pyrene: abasic Base Pair by T4 and PBCV-1 DNA ligases” Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 9072-9075. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC03079A
47. Park, H.;* Osman, E.A.;* Cromwell, C.R.; St. Laurent, C.D.; Liu, Y.; Kitova, E.N.; Klassen, J.S.; Hubbard, B.P.; Macauley, M.S.; Gibbs, J.M. “CRISPR-Click Enables Dual-Gene Editing with Modular Synthetic sgRNAs” Bioconj. Chem. 2022, 33 (5), 858-868. (*joint first authors) . Cover Article https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00106
46. Rehl, B.; Gibbs, J.M. “The Role of Ions on the Surface-Bound Water Structure at the Silica/Water Interface: Identifying the Spectral Signature of Stability” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12 (11), 2854-2864. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03565
45. Alladin-Mustan, B.S.; Liu, Y.; Li, Y.; de Almeida, D.R.Q.; Yuzik, J.; Mendes, C.F.; Gibbs, J.M. “Reverse Transcription Lesion-Induced DNA Amplification: An Instrument-Free Isothermal Method to Detect RNA” Anal. Chim. Acta 2021, 1149, 238130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2020.12.005
44. Rashwan, M.;* Rehl, B.;* Sthoer, A.; Darlington, A.M.; Azam, M.S.; Zeng, H.; Liu, Q.; Eric Tyrode, E.; Gibbs, J.M. “Structure of the Silica/Divalent Electrolyte Interface: Molecular Insight into Charge Inversion with Increasing pH” J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124 (49), 26973–26981. (* joint first authors) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c09747
43. Tena-Solsona, M.*, Janssen, J.*, Wanzke, C., Schnitter, F., Park, H., Rieß, B., Gibbs, J.M., Weber, C.A. and Boekhoven, J. “Accelerated Ripening in Chemically Fueled Emulsions” ChemSystemsChem 2020, 2, e2000034.(* joint first authors) https://doi.org/10.1002/syst.202000034
42. Osman, E.A.; Alladin-Mustan, B.S.; Hales, S.C.; Matharu, G.K.; Gibbs, J.M. “Enhanced Mismatch Selectivity of T4 DNA Ligase Far Above the Probe: Target Duplex Dissociation Temperature ” Biopolymers 2020, e23393. https://doi.org/10.1002/bip.23393
41. Azam, Md. S.; Cai, C.; Gibbs, J.M.; Tyrode, E.; Hore, D.K. “Silica Surface Charge Enhancement at Elevated Temperatures Revealed by Interfacial Water Signals” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (2), 669-673. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b11710
40. Speckbacher, M.; Rinderle, M.; Kaiser, W.; Osman, E.; Chryssikos, D.; Cattani-Scholz, A.; Gibbs, J. M.; Gagliardi, A.; Tornow, M.“Directed Assembly of Nanoparticle Threshold Selector Arrays” Adv. Electron. Mater. 2019, 1900098. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201900098
39. Rehl, B.; Rashwan, M.; DeWalt-Kerian, E. L.; Jarisz, T. A.; Darlington, A. M.; Hore, D. K.; Gibbs, J. M. “New Insights on χ(3)Measurements: Comparing Non-Resonant Second Harmonic Generation and Resonant Sum Frequency Generation at the Silica/Aqueous Electrolyte Interface” J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123(17), 10991–11000. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b01300
38. Osman, E. A.; Gadzikwa, T.; Gibbs, J. M. “Quick Click: The DNA-Templated Ligation of 3′-O-Propargyl and 5′-Azide Modified Strands Is As Rapid and More Selective Than Ligase” ChemBioChem 2018, 19, 2081-2087. DOI:10.1002/cbic.201800305 (highlighted as VIP paper)
37. Rehl, B.;* Li, Z.;* Gibbs, J. M. “Influence of High pH on the Organization of Acetonitrile at the Silica/ Water Interface Studied by Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy” Langmuir 2018, 34 (15), 4445–4454.(*joint first authors) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b04289 (Invited as a cover feature)
36. Darlington, A. K.; Jarisz, T. A; DeWalt-Kerian, E. L; Roy, S; Kim, S; Azam, M. S; Hore, D. K.; Gibbs, J. M. “Separating the pH-Dependent Behavior of Water in the Stern and Diffuse Layers with Varying Salt Concentration.” J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121 (37), 20229–20241. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b03522
35. DeWalt-Kerian, E. L.; Kim, S.; Azam, Md. S.; Zeng, H.; Liu, Q.; Gibbs, J. M. “pH-Dependent Inversion of Hofmeister Trends in the Water Structure of the Electrical Double Layer” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8, 2855-2861. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01005 Correction: 8, 4793–4793.
34. Kausar, A.; Osman, E. A.; Gadzikwa, T.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “The Presence of a 5’-Abasic Lesion Enhances Discrimination of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms While Inducing an Isothermal Ligase Chain Reaction” Analyst 2016, 141, 4272–4277. DOI:10.1039/C6AN00614K
33. Lam, M. K.; Gadzikwa, T.; Nguyen, T.; Kausar, A.; Alladin-Mustan, B. S.; Sikder, M. D.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “Tuning Toehold Length and Temperature to Achieve Rapid, Colorimetric Detection of DNA from the Disassembly of DNA-Gold Nanoparticle Aggregates” Langmuir 2016, 32, 1585–1590. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03777
32. Darlington, A. K.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “Bimodal or Trimodal?: The Influence of Starting pH on Site Identity and Distribution at the Low Salt Aqueous/Silica Interface” J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 16560–16567. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02480
31. Alladin-Mustan, B. S.;* Mitran, C. J.;* Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “Achieving room temperature DNA amplification by dialing in destabilization” Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 9101–9104. (*joint first-authors) DOI: 10.1039/c5cc01548k
30. Li, Z.;* Weeraman, C. N.;* Azam, M. S.; Osman, E.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “The Thermal Reorganization of DNA Immobilized at the Silica/Buffer Interface: A Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Investigation,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 12452-12457. (*joint first-authors) DOI:10.1039/C5CP00781J
29. Li, Z.; Weeraman, C. N.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “Ketone Binding at Amino and Ureido Monolayer/Solvent Interfaces Studied by Nonlinear Optical Techniques,” J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 28662–28670. DOI: 10.1021/jp509392r
28. Li, Z; Weeraman, C. N.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “Following the Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition at the Silica/Solvent Interface with Sum Frequency Generation” ChemPhysChem 2014, 15, 2247–2251. doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201402161
27. Azam, M. S.; Darlington, A.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “Influence of Concentration on Specific Ion Effects at the Silica/Water Interface” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 2014, 26, 244107. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/24/244107
26. Azam, M. S.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “Monitoring DNA Hybridization and Thermal Dissociation at the Silica/Water Interface using Resonantly Enhanced Second Harmonic Generation Spectroscopy,” Anal. Chem. 2013, 85, 8031–8038. (Editor’s Highlight) dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac401009u
25. Diaz, J. A.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “Sharpening the Thermal Dissociation of DNA from Gold Nanoparticles: A Sequential Release Strategy” Small 2013, 9 (17), 2862–2871. (Selected for Front Cover) dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201202278
24. Azam, M. S.; Weeraman, C. N.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “Halide-Induced Cooperative Acid-Base Behavior at a Negatively Charged Interface” J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117 (17), 8840-8850. dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp401164r
23. Kausar, A.; Mitran, C. J.; Li, Y.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “Rapid DNA Self‐Replication Induced by A Destabilizing Lesion” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 10577-10581. (Selected for Back Cover and Hot Article) dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201303225
22. Azam, M. S.; Weeraman, C.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “Specific Cation Effects on the Biomdal Acid-Base Behavior of the Silica/Water Interface” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012, 3, 1269-1274. dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz300255x
21. Sikder, M. D.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “The Influence of Gap Length on Cooperativity of Association in DNA-Modified Gold Nanoparticle Aggregates” J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 11694-11701. dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp209209x
20. Diaz, J. A.; Grewer, D. M.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. ” Tuning Ratios, Densities, and Supramolecular Spacing in Multifunctional DNA-Modified Gold Nanoparticles” Small 2012, 8, 873–883. dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201101922
19. Kausar, A.; McKay, R. D.; Lam, J.; Bhogal, R. S.; Tang, A. Y.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. “Tuning DNA Stability to Achieve Turnover in Template for an Enzymatic Ligation Reaction” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 8922-8926. doi:10.1002/anie.201102579
18. Azam, M. S.; Fenwick, S. L.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M. ” Orthogonally Reactive SAMs as a General Platform for Bifunctional Silica Surfaces” Langmuir 2011, 27, 741-750. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la1041647
From Postdoctoral and Graduate Work
17. Buchbinder, A.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M.; Stokes, G.; Peterson, M.; Weitz, E.; Geiger, F. M. “Method for Evaluating Vibrational Mode Assignments in Surface-Bound Cyclic Hydrocarbons Using Sum Frequency Generation” J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 18284–18294. DOI: 10.1021/jp205912h
16. Boman, F. C.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M.; L. M. Heckman; Stepp, B. R.; Nguyen, S. T.; Geiger, F. M. “DNA Single and Double Strands at Aqueous/Solid Interfaces and Their Chiral Second Harmonic Generation Activity,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 844-848. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja808007b
15. Lytton-Jean, A. K.;* Gibbs-Davis, J. M.;* Long, H.; Schatz, G. C.; Mirkin, C. A.; Nguyen, S. T. “Highly Cooperative Behavior of Peptide Nucleic Acid-Linked DNA-Modified Gold Nanoparticle and Comb Polymer Aggregates,” Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 706-709. (*Joint first authors) https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200801724
14. Gibbs-Davis, J. M.; Kruk, J. K.; Konek, C. T.; Scheidt, K. A.; Geiger, F. M. “Jammed Acid-Base Reactions at Interfaces,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 15444-15447. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja804302s
13. Stokes, G. Y.; Buchbinder, A. M. Gibbs-Davis, J. M.; Scheidt, K. A.; Geiger, F. M. “Chemically Diverse Environmental Interfaces and Their Reactions with Ozone Studied by Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation,” Vibrat. Spectrosc. 2009, 50, 86-98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vibspec.2008.08.003
12. Stokes, G. Y.; Buchbinder, A. M. Gibbs-Davis, J. M.; Scheidt, K. A.; Geiger, F. M. “Heterogeneous Ozone Oxidation Reactions of 1-Pentene, 2-Hexene, Cyclopentene, Cyclohexene, and a Menthenol Derivative Studied by Sum Frequency Generation,” J. Phys Chem. A 2008, 112, 11688-11698. (Cover article) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp803277s
11. Gibbs-Davis, J. M.; Schatz, G. C.; Nguyen, S. T. “Sharp Melting Transitions in DNA Hybrids Without Aggregate Dissolution: Proof of Neighboring-Duplex Cooperativity,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 15535-15540. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja073034g
10. Park, S. Y.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M.; Nguyen, S. T.; Schatz, G. C. “Sharp Melting in DNA-Linked Nanostructure Systems: Thermodynamic Models of DNA-Linked Polymers,” J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111, 8785-8791. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp071985a
9. Hayes, P. L.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M.; Musorrafiti, M. J.; Mifflin, A. L.; Scheidt, K. A.; Geiger, F. M. “Environmental Biogeochemistry Studied by Second-Harmonic Generation: A Look at the Agricultural Antibiotic Oxytetracycline,” J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 8796-8804. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0672149
8. Stokes, G. Y.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M.; Boman, F. C.; Stepp, B. R.; Condie, A.; Nguyen, S. T.; Geiger, F. M. “Making ‘Sense’ of DNA,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 7492-7493. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja071848r
7. Gibbs-Davis, J. M.; Hayes, P. L.; Scheidt, K. A.; Geiger, F. M. “Anion Chelation by Amido Acid Functionalized Fused Quartz/Water Interfaces Studied by Nonlinear Optics,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 7175-7184. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja068117w
6. Kudlay, A.; Gibbs, J. M.; Schatz, G. C.; Nguyen, S. T.; Olvera de la Cruz, M. “Sharp Melting of Polymer-DNA Hybrids: An Associative Phase Separation Approach,” J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111, 1610-1619. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0664667
5. Voges, A. B.; Stokes, G. Y.; Gibbs-Davis, J. M.; Lettan, R. B., II; Bertin, P. A.; Pike, R. C.; Nguyen, S. T.; Scheidt, K. A.; Geiger, F. M. “Insights into Heterogeneous Atmospheric Oxidation Chemistry: Development of a Tailor-Made Synthetic Model for Studying Tropospheric Surface Chemistry,” J. Phys. Chem. C (Feature Article), 2007, 111, 1567-1578. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp065277l
4. Bertin, P. A.; Gibbs, J. M.; Shen, C. K.-F.; Thaxton, C. S.; Russin, W.; Mirkin, C. A.; Nguyen, S. T. “Multifunctional Polymeric Nanoparticles from Diverse Bioactive Agents.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 4168-4169. http://dx.doi.org/0.1021/ja056378k
3. Boman, F. C.; Musorrafiti, M. J.; Gibbs, J. M.; Stepp, B. R.; Salazar, A.; Nguyen, S. T.; Geiger, F. M. “DNA Single Strands Tethered to Fused Quartz/Water Interfaces Studied by Second Harmonic Generation.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 15368-15369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja055468m
2. Gibbs, J. M.; Park, S-J.; Anderson, D. R.; Watson, K. J.; Mirkin, C. A.; Nguyen, S. T. “Polymer-DNA Hybrids as Electrochemical Probes for the Detection of DNA” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 1170-1178. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja046931i
1. Jing, H.; Edulji, S. K.; Gibbs, J. M.; Stern, C. L.; Zhou, H.; Nguyen, S. T. “(Salen)Tin Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Crystal Structures, and Catalytic Activity in the Formation of Propylene Carbonate from CO2 and Propylene Oxide” Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 4315-4327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic034855z