Publications

63. Wilsey, M. K.; Cajiao, N.; Radovic, A.; Neidig, M. L.; Basdogan, Y.; Müller, A. M. Selective Toluene Electrooxidation to Benzyl Alcohol. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 36117-36135.

62. Jacobsen, E. E.; Maurya, M. R.; Müller, A. M. Special Issue Based on 8th International Conference on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering. Top. Catal. 2025, 68 (11-12), 1001-1002.

61. Cox, C. P.; Lyu, Q.; Wilsey, M. K.; Cai, L.; Schultz, L. R.; Maher, J. R.; Müller, A. M. Interfacial Microenvironment Effects at Laser-Made Gold Nanoparticles Steer Carbon Dioxide Reduction Product Generation. ACS Materials Au 2025, 5 (3), 522-536.

60. Wilsey, M. K.; Taseska, T.; Schultz, L. R.; Perez, E.; Müller, A. M. Fabrication of Surfactant-Free Mixed-Metal Nanocatalyst–Carbon Fiber Paper Composites via Pulsed Laser GraftingJ. Phys. Chem. C 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c00641.
*Selected for Supplementary Cover.

59. Meng, Z.; Taseska, T.; Wilsey, M. K.; Müller, A. M. Complete Aqueous Defluorination of PFAS in Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) by Pulsed Electrolysis with Tailored Potential ModulationRSC Adv. 202515, 8287-8292.

58. Wilsey, M. K.; Taseska, T.; Lyu, Q.; Cox, C. P.; Müller, A. M. Pulsed laser in liquid grafting of gold nanoparticle–carbon support composites. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 349-361.

57. Meng, Z.; Wilsey, M. K.; Sithari, H. H.; Müller, A. M. Defluorination of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate in Aqueous Solution Electrocatalyzed by Industrial Thermoelement Materials. Top. Catal. 2025, DOI:10.1007/s11244-025-02067-2.

56. Meng, Z.; Wilsey, M. K.; Müller, A. M. Complete Aqueous Defluorination of GenX (Hexafluoropropylene Oxide Dimer Acid Anion) by Pulsed Electrolysis with Polarity Reversal. ChemSusChem 2025,  e202402093.

55. A. M. Müller, E. E. Jacobsen, M. R. Maurya*: Special Issue Based on 7th International Conference on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering. Top. Catal. 2024, 67, 343 – 343.

54. Meng, Z.; Wilsey, M. K.; Müller, A. M. Role of LiOH in Aqueous Electrocatalytic Defluorination of Perfluorooctanoic Sulfonate: Efficient Li-F Pairing Prevents Anode Fouling by Produced Fluoride. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 16577–16588.

53. Meng, Z.; Wilsey, M. K.; Cox, C. P.; Müller, A. M. Complete Electrocatalytic Defluorination of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate in Aqueous Solution with Nonprecious Materials. J. Catal. 2024, 431, 115403.

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52. Forsythe, R. C.; Cox, C. P.; Wilsey, M. K.; Yu, W.; Müller, A. M. High Surface Area Assemblies of Gold Nanoparticles on Hydrophilic Carbon Fiber Paper with Ionomer Overlayers for Aqueous CO2 Reduction Electrocatalysis to Clean Syngas. Top. Catal. 2024, 67, 344–362.

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51. Wilsey, M. K.; Taseska, T.; Meng, Z.; Yu, W.; Müller, A. M. Advanced Electrocatalytic Redox Processes for Environmental Remediation of Halogenated Organic Water Pollutants. Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 11895-11922.
*Selected for Inside Front Cover.
**Top of the list of ChemComm Most Popular 2023 Articles.

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50. Taseska, T.; Yu, W.; Wilsey, M. K.; Meng, Z.; Cox, C. P.; Ngarnim, S. S.; Müller, A. M. Analysis of the Scale of Global Human Needs and Opportunities for Sustainable Catalytic Technologies. Top. Catal. 2023, 66, 338-374.

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49. Wilsey, M. K.; Watson, K. R.; Fasusi, O. C.; Yegela, B. P.; Cox, C. P.; Raffaelle, P. R.; Cai, L.; Müller, A. M. Selective Hydroxylation of Carbon Fiber Paper for Long‐Lasting Hydrophilicity by a Green Chemistry Process. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 10, 2201684.
*Selected for Inside Back Cover.

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48. Forsythe, R. C.; Müller, A. M. Quo vadis water oxidation? Catal. Today 2022, 388, 329-332.
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47. Forsythe, R. C.; Cox, C. P.; Wilsey, M. K.; Müller, A. M. Pulsed Laser in Liquids Made Nanomaterials for Catalysis. Chem. Rev. 2021, 121, 7568-7637.

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46. Wilsey, M. K.; Cox, C. P.; Forsythe, R. C.; McCarney, L. R.; Müller, A. M. Selective CO2 reduction towards a single upgraded product: a Minireview on multi-elemental copper-free electrocatalysts. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2021, 11, 416-424.

*Selected as Editor’s Choice.

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45. Petel, B. E.; Meyer, R. L.; Maiola, M. L.; Brennessel, W. W.; Müller, A. M.; Matson, E. M. Site-Selective Halogenation of Polyoxovanadate Clusters: Atomically Precise Models for Electronic Effects of Anion Doping in VO2. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (2), 1049-1056.

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44. Giesbrecht, P.K.; Müller, A.M.; Read, C.G.; Holdcroft, S.; Lewis, N.S.; Freund, M.S., Vapor-fed electrolysis of water using earth-abundant catalysts in Nafion or in bipolar Nafion/poly(benzimidazolium) membranes. Sustain. Energy Fuels 2019, 3, (12), 3611-3626.

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43. Müller, A.M., Optical control of layered nanomaterial generation by pulsed-laser ablation in liquids. J. Mod. Opt. 2019, 67, 1-6.

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42. Lau, M.; Reichenberger, S.; Haxhiaj, I.; Barcikowski, S.; Müller, A. M. Mechanism of Laser-Induced Bulk and Surface Defect Generation in ZnO and TiO2 Nanoparticles: Effect on Photoelectrochemical Performance. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2018, 1 (10), 5366-5385.

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41. Sinclair, T. S.; Gray, H. B.; Müller, A. M. Photoelectrochemical Performance of BiVO4 Photoanodes Integrated with [NiFe]-Layered Double Hydroxide Nanocatalysts. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 2018 (9), 1060-1067.

*Selected for Front Cover and Cover Profile.

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40. Hunter, B. M.; Thompson, N. B.; Müller, A. M.; Rossman, G. R.; Hill, M. G.; Winkler, J. R.; Gray, H. B. Trapping an Iron(VI) Water-Splitting Intermediate in Nonaqueous Media. Joule 2018, 2, 1-17.

*Highlighted in Chem.

39. Sattler, W.; Rachford, A. A.; LaBeaume, P. J.; Coley, S. M.; Thackeray, J. W.; Cameron, J. F.; Müller, A. M.; Winkler, J. R.; Gray, H. B. Driving Force Dependence of Electron Transfer from Electronically Excited [Ir(COD)(μ-Me2pz)]2 to Photo-Acid Generators. J. Phys. Chem. A 2017, 121 (40), 7572-7575.

38. Blumenfeld, C. M.; Lau, M.; Gray, H. B.; Müller, A. M. Mixed-Metal Tungsten Oxide Photoanode Materials Made by Pulsed-Laser in Liquids Synthesis. ChemPhysChem 2017, 18 (9), 1091-1100.

*Highlighted in Advances in Engineering.

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37. Roske, C. W.; Lefler, J. W.; Müller, A. M. Complex nanomineral formation utilizing kinetic control by PLAL. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2017, 489, 68-75.

*Invited contribution to the Special Issue on Laser Synthesis.

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36. Hunter, B. M.; Gray, H. B.; Müller, A. M. Correction to Earth-Abundant Heterogeneous Water Oxidation Catalysts. Chem. Rev. 2016, 116 (23), 14919.

35. Hunter, B. M.; Gray, H. B.; Müller, A. M. Earth-Abundant Heterogeneous Water Oxidation Catalysts. Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 14120-14136.

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34. Hunter, B. M.; Hieringer, W.; Winkler, J. R.; Gray, H. B.; Müller, A. M. Effect of Interlayer Anions on [NiFe]-LDH Nanosheet Water Oxidation Activity. Energy Environ. Sci. 2016, 9 (5), 1734-1743.

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33. Sinclair, T. S.; Hunter, B. M.; Winkler, J. R.; Gray, H. B.; Müller, A. M. Factors Affecting Bismuth Vanadate Photoelectrochemical Performance. Mater. Horiz. 2015, 2 (3), 330-337.

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32. Hunter, B. M.; Blakemore, J. D.; Deimund, M.; Gray, H. B.; Winkler, J. R.; Müller, A. M. Highly Active Mixed-Metal Nanosheet Water Oxidation Catalysts Made by Pulsed-Laser Ablation in Liquids. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (38), 13118-13121.

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31. Pochorovski, I.; Knehans, T.; Nettels, D.; Müller, A. M.; Schweizer, W. B.; Caflisch, A.; Schuler, B.; Diederich, F. Experimental and Computational Study of BODIPY Dye-Labeled Cavitand Dynamics. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (6), 2441-2449.

30. Blakemore, J. D.; Gray, H. B.; Winkler, J. R.; Müller, A. M. Co3O4 Nanoparticle Water-Oxidation Catalysts Made by Pulsed-Laser Ablation in Liquids. ACS Catal. 2013, 3 (11), 2497-2500.

* Highlighted in Materials Today.

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29. Kimball, G. M.; Bosco, J. P.; Müller, A. M.; Tajdar, S. F.; Brunschwig, B. S.; Atwater, H. A.; Lewis, N. S. Passivation of Zn3P2 substrates by aqueous chemical etching and air oxidation. J. Appl. Phys. 2012, 112 (10), 106101-106103.

28. Cropek, D. M.; Metz, A.; Müller, A. M.; Gray, H. B.; Horne, T.; Horton, D. C.; Poluektov, O.; Tiede, D. M.; Weber, R. T.; Jarrett, W. L. A novel ruthenium (ii)–cobaloxime supramolecular complex for photocatalytic H 2 evolution: synthesis, characterisation and mechanistic studies. Dalton Trans. 2012, 41 (42), 13060-13073.

27. Burdett, J. J.; Müller, A. M.; Gosztola, D.; Bardeen, C. J. Excited state dynamics in solid and monomeric tetracene: the roles of superradiance and exciton fission. J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 133 (14), 144506-1-12.

26. Kimball, G. M.; Müller, A. M.; Lewis, N. S.; Atwater, H. A. Photoluminescence-based measurements of the energy gap and diffusion length of Zn3P2. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2009, 95 (11), 112103-1-3.

25. Nantalaksakul, A.; Mueller, A.; Klaikherd, A.; Bardeen, C. J.; Thayumanavan, S. Dendritic and Linear Macromolecular Architectures for Photovoltaics: A Photoinduced Charge Transfer Investigation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131 (7), 2727-2738.

24. Chaudhary, S.; Müller, A. M.; Huang, W.; Al-Kaysi, R. O.; Bardeen, C. J.; Ozkan, C. S.; Ozkan, M. Effects of Solvent and Annealing on Photophysical Properties of Polythiophene Photovoltaic Cells. Adv. Sci. Lett. 2009, 2 (1), 14-20.

23. Al-Kaysi, R. O.; Müller, A. M.; Frisbee, R. J.; Bardeen, C. J. Formation of cocrystal nanorods by solid-state reaction of tetracyanobenzene in 9-methylanthracene molecular crystal nanorods. Cryst. Growth Des. 2009, 9 (4), 1780-1785.

22. Huy, N. H. T.; Donnadieu, B.; Mathey, F.; Müller, A.; Colby, K.; Bardeen, C. J. A Novel Family of Phosphole-Thiophene Oligomers for Optoelectronic Applications. Organometallics 2008, 27, 5521-5528.

21. Ahn, T.-S.; Müller, A. M.; Al-Kaysi, R. O.; Spano, F. C.; Norton, J. E.; Beljonne, D.; Brédas, J.-L.; Bardeen, C. J. Experimental and theoretical study of temperature dependent exciton delocalization and relaxation in anthracene thin films. J. Chem. Phys. 2008, 128 (5), 054505-1-11.

20. Müller, A. M.; Avlasevich, Y. S.; Schoeller, W. W.; Müllen, K.; Bardeen, C. J. Exciton fission and fusion in bis (tetracene) molecules with different covalent linker structures. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129 (46), 14240-14250.

19. Müller, A. M.; Bardeen, C. J. Using a streak camera to resolve the motion of molecular excited states with picosecond time resolution and 150 nm spatial resolution. J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111 (33), 12483-12489.

18. Ahn, T.-S.; Al-Kaysi, R. O.; Müller, A. M.; Wentz, K. M.; Bardeen, C. J. Self-absorption correction for solid-state photoluminescence quantum yields obtained from integrating sphere measurements. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2007, 78 (8), 086105-1-3.

17. Lu, H.; Chaudhary, S.; Müller, A. M.; Bardeen, C. J.; Ozkan, M. Effects of mild plasma exposure on the active-layer in polythiophene: Fullerene bulk-heterojunction solar cells. J. Nanoelectron. Optoelectron. 2007, 2 (3), 282-286.

16. Chaudhary, S.; Lu, H.; Müller, A. M.; Bardeen, C. J.; Ozkan, M. Hierarchical Placement and Associated Optoelectronic Impact of Carbon Nanotubes in Polymer-Fullerene Solar Cells. Nano Lett. 2007, 7 (7), 1973-1979.

15. Al-Kaysi, R. O.; Müller, A. M.; Bardeen, C. J. Photochemically driven shape changes of crystalline organic nanorods. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128 (50), 15938-15939.

* Highlighted in Research Highlights in Nature.

14. Müller, A. M.; Plenge, J.; Leone, S. R.; Canton, S. E.; Rude, B. S.; Bozek, J. D. Core electron binding energy shifts of AlBr 3 and Al 2 Br 6 vapor. J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 2006, 154 (1), 32-37.

13. Ahn, T.-S.; Nantalaksakul, A.; Dasari, R. R.; Al-Kaysi, R. O.; Müller, A. M.; Thayumanavan, S.; Bardeen, C. J. Energy and charge transfer dynamics in fully decorated benzyl ether dendrimers and their disubstituted analogues. J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110 (48), 24331-24339.

12. Ahn, T. S.; Thompson, A. L.; Bharathi, P.; Müller, A.; Bardeen, C. J. Light-harvesting in carbonyl-terminated phenylacetylene dendrimers: the role of delocalized excited states and the scaling of light-harvesting efficiency with dendrimer size. J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110 (40), 19810-19819.

11. Al-Kaysi, R. O.; Ahn, T. S.; Müller, A. M.; Bardeen, C. J. The photophysical properties of chromophores at high (100 mM and above) concentrations in polymers and as neat solids. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2006, 8 (29), 3453-3459.

10. Lee, S.; Müller, A. M.; Al-Kaysi, R.; Bardeen, C. J. Using perylene-doped polymer nanotubes as fluorescence sensors. Nano Lett. 2006, 6 (7), 1420-1424.

9. Strasser, D.; Pfeifer, T.; Hom, B. J.; Müller, A. M.; Plenge, J.; Leone, S. R. Coherent interaction of femtosecond extreme-uv light with He atoms. Phys. Rev. A 2006, 73 (2), 021805/1-4.

8. Müller, A. M.; Avlasevich, Y. S.; Müllen, K.; Bardeen, C. J. Evidence for exciton fission and fusion in a covalently linked tetracene dimer. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2006, 421 (4), 518-522.

7. Ma, G.; Müller, A. M.; Bardeen, C. J.; Cheng, Q. Self‐Assembly Combined with Photopolymerization for the Fabrication of Fluorescence “Turn‐On” Vesicle Sensors with Reversible “On–Off” Switching Properties. Adv. Mater. 2006, 18 (1), 55-60.

6. Al-Kaysi, R. O.; Müller, A. M.; Ahn, T.-S.; Lee, S.; Bardeen, C. J. Effects of sonication on the size and crystallinity of stable zwitterionic organic nanoparticles formed by reprecipitation in water. Langmuir 2005, 21 (17), 7990-7994.

5. Müller, A. M.; Kompa, K.-L. Two aspects of ultrafast photodynamics: molecular photo-ionization and coherent control of molecular fragmentation and photoreactions involving conical intersections. J. Mod. Opt. 2002, 49 (3-4), 627-633.

4. Müller, A. M.; Witzel, B.; Uiterwaal, C. J. G. J.; Wanner, J.; Kompa, K.-L. White-light-induced fragmentation of toluene. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2001, 88 (2), 023001/1-4.

* Highlighted in Editor’s Choice in Science.

3. Müller, A. M.; Uiterwaal, C. J. G. J.; Witzel, B.; Wanner, J.; Kompa, K.-L. Photoionization and photofragmentation of gaseous toluene using 80-fs, 800-nm laser pulses. J. Chem. Phys. 2000, 112 (21), 9289-9300.

2. Fuß, W.; Lochbrunner, S.; Müller, A. M.; Schikarski, T.; Schmid, W. E.; Trushin, S. A. Pathway approach to ultrafast photochemistry: potential surfaces, conical intersections and isomerizations of small polyenes. Chem. Phys. 1998, 232 (1), 161-174.

1. Müller, A. M.; Lochbrunner, S.; Schmid, W. E.; Fuß, W. Low‐Temperature Photochemistry of Previtamin D: A Hula‐Twist Isomerization of a Triene. Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 1998, 37 (4), 505-507.