Bruce Group

Bruce Group

Interfacial Photochemistry at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Publications

Postdoctoral Work (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society)

  1. Navarro, J. N., Das, M., Tosoni, S., Landwehr, F., Bruce, J. P., Heyde, M., Pacchioni, G., Glorius, F., Roldan Cuenya, B.; Covalent Adsorption of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on a Copper Oxide Surface, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022,
  2. Bruce, J. P., Nguyen, K-L. C., Scholten, F., Aran Ais, R. M., Navarro, J. J., Hartmann, J., Heyde, M., Roldan Cuenya, B.; Development of a Single Crystal Sample Holder for Interfacing Ultra-High Vacuum with Electrochemical Experimentation, Rev. Sci. Inst, 2021,92, 074104
  3. Scholten, F., Nguyen, K-L.C., Bruce, J. P., Heyde, M., Roldan Cuenya, B.; Identifying Structure Selectivity Correlations in the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2: A Comparison of Well-Ordered, Atomically Clean and Chemically Etched Cu Single Crystal Surfaces, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 2 – 9 (Very Important Paper)
  4. Navarro, J. J., Tosoni, S., Bruce, J. P., Chaves, L., Heyde M., Pacchioni, G., Roldan Cuenya, B.; The Structure of a Silica Thin Film on Oxidized Cu (111): Conservation of Honeycomb Lattice and Role of the Interlayer, J. Phys Chem C., 2020, 124, 38, 20942-20949

Doctoral Work (University of California, Irvine)

  1. Bruce, J. P., Zhang, K., Balasubramani, S., Haines, A.R., Galhenage R.P., Voora, V., Furche F., Hemminger, J. C.; Exploring the Solvation of Acetic Acid in Water Using Liquid Jet X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Core Level Electron Binding Energy Calculations, J. Phys. Chem. B., 2021, 125, 31, 8862-8868
  2. Bruce, J. P.,* Huh, D. N.,* Balasubramanai, S. G., Ciccone, S. R., Furche F., Hemminger J. C., Evans, W. J.; High-Resolution X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Organometallic (C5H4SiMe3)3LnIII and [(C5H4SiMe3)3LnII]1– Complexes (Ln = Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb), J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 40, 16610-16620
  3. Bruce, J. P., Hemminger, J.C.; Characterization of Fe2+ Aqueous Solutions with Liquid Jet X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Chloride Depletion at the Liquid/Vapor Interface Due to Complexation with Fe2+, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2019, 123, 39, 8285 – 8290
  4. Ferrah, D., Haines, A., Galhenage, R. P., Bruce, J. P., Babore, A. D., Hunt, A., Waluyo, I., Hemminger, J. C.; Wet Chemical Growth and Thermo-Catalytic Activity of Cu-based Nanoparticles Supported of TiO2 Nanoparticles/HOPG: In Situ Ambient Pressure XPS Study of CO2 Hydrogenation Reaction ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9, 8, 6783-6802

Masters Work (University of Manitoba)

  1. McEleney, K., Bruce, J. P., Freund, M.S.; Characterization of High-Aspect Ratio Periodic Structures by X – ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Surface and Interface Analysis Surface and Interface Analysis, 2017, 49, 503 – 514
  2. Gupta, A., Bruce, J. P., McEleney, K., Freund, M.S., Oliver D.R.; Important Monohydride Predictor for Successful Si(110) Surface Functionalization.  RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 88239
  3. Bruce, J. P.,* Giesbrecht P. K.*; Freund M. S.; Electrical Behavior of Thiophene and 3, 4-Ethylenedioxythiophene Functionalized Planar n – Si/PEDOT:PSS Junctions for Artificial Photosynthetic Applications ChemSusChem, 2016, 9 (1), 109 – 117
  4. Kang O. S., Bruce, J. P., Herbert D. E., Freund M. S.; Covalent Attachment of Ferrocene to Silicon Microwire Arrays ACS Appl. Mater. and Interfaces, 2015, 7 (48), 26959 – 26967
  5. Bruce, J. P., Oliver D. R., Lewis N. S., Freund M. S.; Electrical Characterization of the Junction Between PEDOT:PSS and Thiophene-Functionalized Silicon Microwires ACS Appl. Mater. and Interfaces, 2015, 7 (49), 27160 – 27166
  6. McDonald, M., Bruce, J. P., McEleney, K., Freund, M. S.; Reduced Graphene Oxide Membranes for Integrated Solar Water Splitting in Optimal OER and HER pH ChemSusChem, 2015, 8 (16), 2645 – 2652; (Back Cover Article)
  7. McClarty, M. M., Bruce, J. P., Freund, M. S., Oliver, D. R.; Piezoresistive Characterization of Bottom-up, n-type Silicon Microwires Undergoing Bend Deformation Appl. Phys. Lett. 2015, 106 (2), 022107
  8. Bruce, J. P., Asgari, S., Ardo, S., Lewis N. S., Oliver, D. R., Freund, M. S.; Measurement of the Electrical Resistance of n-type Si Microwire/p-type Conducting Polymer Junctions for Use in Artificial Photosynthesis J. Phys. Chem. C. 2014,118 (48), 27742-27748
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