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43. Personick, M. L. “Light as an Orthogonal Synthetic Parameter in Metal Nanoparticle Growth.” J. Phys. Chem. C. 2024, 128, 8131.
42. Halford, G. C.†; McDarby, S. P.†; Hertle, S.; Kiely, A. F.; Luu, J. T.; Wang, C. J.; Personick, M. L. “Troubleshooting the Influence of Trace Chemical Impurities on Nanoparticle Growth Kinetics via Electrochemical Measurements.” Nanoscale 2024, 16, 11038. † Authors contributed equally. (2024 Emerging Investigators Special Collection)
41. Personick, M. L.*; Jallow, A. A.; Halford, G. C.; Baker, L. A.* “Nanomaterials Synthesis Discovery via Parallel Electrochemical Deposition.” Chem. Mater. 2024, 36, 3034. (*co-corresponding authors)
40. Alba-Rubio, A. C.; Christopher, P.; Personick, M. L.; Stowers, K. J. “Recommendations to Standardize Reporting on the Synthesis of Heterogeneous Catalysts.” J. Catal. 2024, 429, 115259.
Independent Work at Wesleyan University (2015-2023)
39. Personick, M. L. “History and Fundamentals of the Colloidal Synthesis of Shaped Metal Nanoparticles.” In One Hundred Years of Colloid Symposia: Looking Back and Looking Forward, ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1457, Nagarajan, R., Ed. American Chemical Society: Washington, 2023; pp 247-283.
38. Halford, G. C.; Personick, M. L. “Bridging Colloidal and Electrochemical Nanoparticle Growth with In Situ Electrochemical Measurements.” Acc. Chem. Res. 2023, 56, 1228-1238.
37. Argento, G. M.; Judd, D. R.; Etemad, L. L.; Bechard, M. M.; Personick, M. L. “Plasmon-Mediated Reconfiguration of Twin Defect Structures in Silver Nanoparticles.” J. Phys. Chem. C. 2023, 127, 3890-3897.
36. Wang, C. J.; Shapiro, E. F.; Personick, M. L. “Halide Ions on Metal Nanoparticles for Shape- and Composition-Controlled Synthesis.” In Encyclopedia of Nanomaterials (1st Edition), Yin, Y.; Lu, Y.; Xia, Y., Eds. Elsevier: Oxford, 2023; pp 263-276.
35. Personick, M. L., “Plasmon-Mediated Syntheses of Polyhedral Noble Metal Nanoparticles.” In World Scientific Reference on Plasmonic Nanomaterials, Wang, J., Ed. World Scientific: Singapore, 2022; Vol. 22, pp 47-88.
34. McDarby, S. P.; Personick, M. L. “Potential-Controlled (R)Evolution: Electrochemical Synthesis of Nanoparticles with Well-Defined Shapes.” ChemNanoMat 2022, 8, e202100472.
33. McDarby, S. P.; Wang, C. J.; King, M. E.; Personick, M. L. “An Integrated Electrochemistry Approach to the Design and Synthesis of Polyhedral Noble Metal Nanoparticles.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 21322-21335. Supplementary cover article.
32. Habib, A.†; King, M. E.†; Etemad, L. L.; Distler, M. E.; Morrissey, K. H.; Personick, M. L. “Plasmon-Mediated Synthesis of Hybrid Silver-Platinum Nanostructures.” J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 6853-6860. †Authors contributed equally.
31. King, M. E.; Kent, I. A.; Personick, M. L. “Halide-Assisted Metal Ion Reduction: Emergent Effects of Dilute Chloride, Bromide, and Iodide in Nanoparticle Synthesis.” Nanoscale 2019, 11, 15612-15621.
30. Jung, H.†; King, M. E.†; Personick, M. L. “Strategic Synergy: Advances in the Shape Control of Bimetallic Nanoparticles with Dilute Alloyed Surfaces.” Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 2019, 40, 104-117. † Authors contributed equally.
29. Robertson, D. D.; Personick, M. L. “Growing Nanoscale Model Surfaces to Enable Correlation of Catalytic Behavior Across Dissimilar Reaction Environments.” Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 1121-1141. ("Up and Coming" Perspective Series) Front cover article.
28. King, M. E; Personick, M. L. “Iodide-Induced Differential Control of Metal Ion Reduction Rates: Synthesis of Terraced Palladium-Copper Nanoparticles with Dilute Bimetallic Surfaces.” J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6, 22179-22188. (2018 Emerging Investigators Issue)
27. Stone, A. L.; King, M. E.; McDarby, S. P.; Robertson, D. D.; Personick, M. L. “Synthetic Routes to Shaped AuPt Core-Shell Particles with Smooth Surfaces Based on Design Rules for Au Nanoparticle Growth.” Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 2018, 35, 1700401.
26. Robertson, D. D.; King, M. E.; Personick, M. L. “Concave Cubes as Experimental Models of Catalytic Active Sites for the Oxygen-Assisted Coupling of Alcohols by Dilute (Ag)Au Alloys.” Top. Catal. 2018, 61, 348-356.
25. King, M. E.; Personick, M. L. “Defects by Design: Synthesis of Palladium Nanoparticles with Extended Twin Defects and Corrugated Surfaces.” Nanoscale 2017, 9, 17914-17921.
24. King, M. E.; Personick, M. L. “Bimetallic Nanoparticles with Exotic Facet Structures via Iodide-Assisted Reduction of Palladium.” Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 2017, 34, 1600422. Inside cover article.
Publications from Postdoctoral, Graduate, and Undergraduate Work
23. Personick, M. L.; Madix, R. J.; Friend, C. M. “Selective Oxygen-Assisted Reactions of Alcohols and Amines Catalyzed by Metallic Gold: Paradigms for the Design of Catalytic Processes.” ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 965. Cover article.
22. Personick, M. L.; Montemore, M. M.; Kaxiras, E.; Madix, R. J.; Biener, J.; Friend, C. M. “Catalyst Design for Enhanced Sustainability Through Fundamental Surface Chemistry.” Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2016, 374, 20150077. Cover article.
21. Wang, L.-C.; Personick, M. L.; Karakalos, S.; Fushimi, R.; Friend, C. M.; Madix, R. J. “Active Sites for Methanol Partial Oxidation on Nanoporous Gold Catalysts.” J. Catal. 2016, 344, 778.
20. Padmos, J. D.; Personick, M. L.; Tang, Q.; Duchesne, P. N.; Jiang, D.; Mirkin, C. A.; Zhang, P. “The Surface Structure of Silver-coated Gold Nanocrystals and Its Influence on Shape Control.” Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 7664.
19. Wang, L.-C.; Stowers, K. J.; Zugic, B.; Personick, M. L.; Biener, M. M.; Biener, J.; Friend, C. M.; Madix, R. J. “Exploiting Basic Principles to Control the Selectivity of the Vapor Phase Catalytic Oxidative Cross-coupling of Primary Alcohols over Nanoporous Gold Catalysts.” J. Catal. 2015, 329, 78.
18. Personick, M. L.; Zugic, B.; Biener, M. M.; Biener, J.; Madix, R. J.; Friend, C. M. “Ozone-Activated Nanoporous Gold: A Stable and Storable Material for Catalytic Oxidation.” ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 4237.
17. Personick, M. L.; Mirkin, C. A. “Making Sense of the Mayhem Behind Shape Control in the Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 18238.
16. Young, K. L.; Personick, M. L.; Engel, M.; Damasceno, P. F.; Barnaby, S. N.; Bleher, R.; Li, T.; Glotzer, S. C.; Lee, B.; Mirkin, C. A. “A Directional Entropic Force Approach to Assemble Anisotropic Nanoparticles into Superlattices.” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13980.
15. Liu, G.; Young, K. L.; Liao, X.; Personick, M. L.; Mirkin, C. A. “Anisotropic Nanoparticles as Shape-Directing Catalysts for the Chemical Etching of Silicon.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 12196.
14. Langille, M. R.; Personick, M. L.; Mirkin, C. A. “Plasmon-Mediated Syntheses of Metallic Nanostructures.” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13910.
13. Shin, Y. J.; Ringe, E.; Personick, M. L.; Cardinal, M. F.; Mirkin, C. A.; Marks, L. D.; Van Duyne, R. P.; Hersam, M. C. “Centrifugal Shape Sorting and Optical Response of Polyhedral Gold Nanoparticles.” Adv. Mater. 2013, 25, 4023.
12. Personick, M. L.; Langille, M. R.; Wu, J.; Mirkin, C. A. “Synthesis of Gold Hexagonal Bipyramids Directed by Planar-Twinned Silver Triangular Nanoprisms.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 3800.
11. Personick, M. L.; Langille, M. R.; Zhang, J.; Wu, J.; Li, S.; Mirkin, C. A. “Plasmon-Mediated Synthesis of Silver Cubes with Unusual Twinning Structures Using Short Wavelength Excitation.” Small 2013, 9, 1947.
10. Rycenga, M.; Langille, M. R.; Personick, M. L.; Ozel, T.; Mirkin, C. A. “Chemically Isolating Hotspots on Concave Nanocubes.” Nano Lett. 2012, 12, 6218.
9. Langille, M. R.†; Personick, M. L.†; Zhang, J.; Mirkin, C. A. “Defining Rules for the Shape Evolution of Gold Nanoparticles.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 14542. † Authors contributed equally.
8. Langille, M. R.; Zhang J.; Personick, M. L.; Li, S.; Mirkin, C. A. “Stepwise Evolution of Spherical Seeds into 20-Fold Twinned Icosahedra.” Science 2012, 337, 954.
7. Personick, M. L.; Langille, M. R.; Zhang, J.; Mirkin, C. A. “Shape Control of Gold Nanoparticles by Silver Underpotential Deposition.” Nano Lett. 2011, 11, 3394.
6. Langille, M. R.; Personick, M. L.; Zhang, J.; Mirkin, C. A. “Bottom-Up Synthesis of Gold Octahedra with Tailorable Hollow Features.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 10414.
5. Personick, M. L.; Langille, M. R.; Zhang, J.; Harris, N.; Schatz, G. C.; Mirkin, C. A. “Synthesis and Isolation of {110}-Faceted Gold Bipyramids and Rhombic Dodecahedra.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 6170.
4. Zhang, J.†; Langille, M. R.†; Personick, M. L.; Zhang, K.; Li, S.; Mirkin, C. A. “Concave Cubic Gold Nanocrystals with High-Index Facets.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 14012.
3. Choi, S.; Personick, M. L.; Bogart, J. A.; Ryu, D.; Redman, R. M.; Laryea-Walker, E. “Oxidation of a Guanine Derivative Coordinated to a Pt(IV) Complex Initiated by Intermolecular Nucleophilic Attacks.” Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 2888.
2. Pirzada, Z.; Personick, M.; Biba, M.; Gong, X.; Zhou, L.; Schafer, W.; Roussel, C.; Welch, C. J. “Systematic Evaluation of New Chiral Stationary Phases for Supercritical Fluid Chromatography using a Standard Racemate Library.” J. Chromatogr. A 2010, 1217, 1134.
1. Choi, S.; Vastag, L.; Larrabee, Y.C.; Personick, M. L.; Schaberg, K. B.; Fowler, B. J.; Sandwick, R. K.; Rawji, G. “The Importance of Pt(II) Catalyzed Pt(IV) Substitution for the Oxidation of Guanosine Derivatives by Pt(IV) Complexes.” Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 1352