Publications

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Independent Research

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  1. Guinness A, Beaton AA, Franck JM. “Separate and detailed characterization of signal and noise at low resonance frequencies.” J Magn Reson. 2025 Dec;381:107956. doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2025.107956 PMID:40987073 arXiv:2403.03943
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  1. Beaton AA, Guinness A, Franck JM. “Rapidly Screening the Correlation between the Rotational Mobility and the Hydrogen Bonding Strength of Confined Water.” J Phys Chem B. 2024 Oct;128(43):10749–10763. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c05397 PMID:39439388 arXiv:2306.06571
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Editor's Pick
  1. Beaton AA, Guinness A, Franck JM. “A modernized view of coherence pathways applied to magnetic resonance experiments in unstable, inhomogeneous fields.” J Chem Phys. 2022 Nov;157(17):174204. doi:10.1063/5.0105388 arXiv:2202.03313

Preprints

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  1. Shathy R, Guinness A, Franck JM. “Exchange and Microviscosity of Dynamic Nanocompartments.” arXiv; 2024. arXiv:2410.10748
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  1. Beaton AA, Franck JM. “Direct Observation of the Translational Immobilization of Water Molecules Under Nanoscale Confinement.” arXiv; 2023. arXiv:2306.07240

Collaborative Independent Work

Ongoing collaborations that apply our magnetic resonance expertise to other groups’ materials systems.

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  1. Landfield H, Zackin AK, Han S, Franck JM, Segalman R, Shell MS. “Charge Dependence of Local Hydration Dynamics in Poly(Acrylic Acid) Solutions.” Langmuir. 2026 July;42(27):19904–19916. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.6c02456
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  1. Li S, Lin H, Chu C, Martin C, MacSwain W, Meulenberg RW, Franck JM, Chakraborty A, Zheng W. “Interfacial B-Site Ion Diffusion in All-Inorganic Core/Shell Perovskite Nanocrystals.” ACS Nano. 2023 Nov;17(22):22467–22477. doi:10.1021/acsnano.3c05876
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  1. Chu C, Hofman E, Gao C, Li S, Lin H, MacSwain W, Franck JM, Meulenberg RW, Chakraborty A, Zheng W. “Inserting an ‘Atomic Trap’ for Directional Dopant Migration in Core/Multi-Shell Quantum Dots.” Chem Sci. 2023;14(48):14115–14123. doi:10.1039/D3SC04165D
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  1. Davis AH, Li S, Lin H, Chu C, Franck JM, Leem G, Maye MM, Zheng W. “Ligand-Mediated Synthesis of Chemically Tailored Two-Dimensional All-Inorganic Perovskite Nanoplatelets under Ambient Conditions.” Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 2021; doi:10.1039/d1tc02931b
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  1. Hofman E, Khammang A, Wright JT, Li Z-J, Mclaughlin PF, Davis AH, Franck JM, Chakraborty A, Meulenberg RW, Zheng W. “Decoupling and Coupling of the Host–Dopant Interaction by Manipulating Dopant Movement in Core/Shell Quantum Dots.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. UTC; 2020 Aug;11(15):12. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01861
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  1. Davis AH, Hofman E, Chen K, Li Z-J, Khammang A, Zamani H, Franck JM, Maye MM, Meulenberg RW, Zheng W. “Exciton Energy Shifts and Tunable Dopant Emission in Manganese-Doped Two-Dimensional CdS/ZnS Core/Shell Nanoplatelets.” Chemistry of Materials. American Chemical Society; 2019 Apr;31(7):2516–2523. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00006

Earlier Publications (PhD and Postdoctoral Work)

  1. 1. Fu X, Xu B, Liyanage H, Zhang C, Kincaid WF, Ford AL, Westbrook LG, Brown SD, DeMarco T, Hougland JL, Franck JM, Hu X. “Ultrasound-Triggered Prodrug Activation via Sonochemically Induced Cleavage of a 3,5-Dihydroxybenzyl Carbamate Scaffold.” Chem Sci. 2025;:10.1039.D5SC05710H. doi:10.1039/D5SC05710H
  2. 2. Robinson Brown DC, Webber TR, Casey TM, Franck J, Shell MS, Han S. “Computation of Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Processes Reveals Fundamental Correlation between Water Dynamics, Structure, and Solvent Restructuring Entropy.” Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2024;26(20):14637–14650. doi:10.1039/D4CP00030G
  3. 3. Ripka EG, Deschene C, Franck J, Maye M. “Investigating Coordination and Reactivity between an Organohalide and Cesium Lead Halide Nanoparticles via Two-Dimensional DOSY and ROSY NMR.” Chemistry; 2023. doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-4gj9l-v2
  4. 4. Syed F, Khuc JN, Guinness A, Franck JM. “Contiguous Patches of Translational Hydration Dynamics on the Surface of K-Ras.” arXiv; 2023. arXiv:2307.03179
  5. 5. Franck JMJM, Han S. “Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization for the Study of Hydration Dynamics, Explained.” In: Wand AJ, editor. Biol NMR Part B. Academic Press; 2019. p. 131–175. doi:10.1016/bs.mie.2018.09.024
  6. 6. Chen Y, Ripka EG, Franck JM, Maye MMM. “Ligand Surface Density Decreases with Quantum Rod Aspect Ratio.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2019 Sept;123(38):23682–23690. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b03682
  7. 7. Franck JM, Han S. “Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization for the Study of Hydration Dynamics, Explained.” In: Wand AJ, editor. Biological NMR Part B. Academic Press; 2019. p. 131–175. doi:10.1016/bs.mie.2018.09.024
  8. 8. Ripka EG, Deschene CR, Franck JM, Bae I-T, Maye MM. “Understanding the Surface Properties of Halide Exchanged Cesium Lead Halide Nanoparticles.” Langmuir. 2018 Sept;34(37):11139–11146. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02148
  9. 9. Allison BW, Franck JM, Cheng C-Y, Han S. “Chapter 16. Surface Effect Dominates Water Diffusion at Nanoscopic Length Scales.” Diffusion NMR of Confined Systems: Fluid Transport in Porous Solids and Heterogeneous Materials. The Royal Society of Chemistry; 2017. p. 529–567. doi:10.1039/9781782623779-00529
  10. 10. Franck JM, Elnaggar SY, Dunnam CR, Freed JH, Mattar SM. “Broadband Pulse Spectroscopy at 95 GHz.” in preparation. 2016;
  11. 11. Franck JM, Barnes RP, Keller TJ, Kaufmann T, Han S. “Active cancellation – A means to zero dead-time pulse EPR.” J Magn Reson. 2015 Dec;261:199–204. doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2015.07.005
  12. 12. Franck JM, Ding Y, Stone K, Qin PZ, Han S. “Anomalously Rapid Hydration Water Diffusion Dynamics Near DNA Surfaces.” J Am Chem Soc. 2015 Sept;137(37):12013–12023. doi:10.1021/jacs.5b05813
  13. 13. Franck JM, Chandrasekaran S, Dzikovski B, Dunnam CR, Freed JH. “Focus: Two-dimensional electron-electron double resonance and molecular motions: The challenge of higher frequencies.” J Chem Phys. 2015;142(21):212302. doi:10.1063/1.4917322
  14. 14. Cheng C-Y, Song J, Franck JM, Han S. “Mapping Out Protein Hydration Dynamics by Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization.” In: Berliner L, editor. Protein NMR: Modern Techniques and Biomedical Applications. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2015. p. 43–74. doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-7621-5_2
  15. 15. Franck JM, Sokolovski M, Kessler N, Matalon E, Gordon-Grossman M, Han S, Goldfarb D, Horovitz A. “Probing Water Density and Dynamics in the Chaperonin GroEL Cavity.” J Am Chem Soc. 2014 July;136(26):9396–403. doi:10.1021/ja503501x PMID:24888581
  16. 16. Song J, Franck JM, Pincus P, Kim MW, Han S. “Specific Ions Modulate Diffusion Dynamics of Hydration Water on Lipid Membrane Surfaces.” Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2014 Feb;136(6):2642–2649. doi:10.1021/ja4121692 PMID:24456096 arXiv:24456096
  17. 17. Kaufmann T, Keller TJ, Franck JM, Barnes RP, Glaser SJ, Martinis JM, Han S. “DAC-board based X-band EPR spectrometer with arbitrary waveform control.” J Magn Reson. 2013 Oct;235:95–108. doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2013.07.015 PMID:23999530
  18. 18. Franck JM, Scott JA, Han S. “Nonlinear Scaling of Surface Water Diffusion with Bulk Water Viscosity of Crowded Solutions.” J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Mar;135(11):4175–4178. doi:10.1021/ja3112912 PMID:23347324
  19. 19. Franck JM, Pavlova A, Scott JA, Han S. “Quantitative cw Overhauser effect dynamic nuclear polarization for the analysis of local water dynamics.” Prog Nucl Magn Reson Spectrosc. Elsevier B.V.; 2013 Oct;74:33–56. doi:10.1016/j.pnmrs.2013.06.001 PMID:24083461 arXiv:1206.0510
  20. 20. Hussain S, Franck JM, Han S. “Transmembrane Protein Activation Refined by Site-Specific Hydration Dynamics.” Angew Chemie Int Ed. 2013 Feb;52(7):1953–1958. doi:10.1002/anie.201206147 PMID:23307344
  21. 21. Franck JM, Kausik R, Han S. “Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization-Enhanced NMR Relaxometry.” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 2013 Sept;178:113–118. doi:10.1016/j.micromeso.2013.04.019 PMID:23837010
  22. 22. Ortony JH, Hwang DS, Franck JM, Waite JH, Han S. “Asymmetric Collapse in Biomimetic Complex Coacervates Revealed by Local Polymer and Water Dynamics.” Biomacromolecules. American Chemical Society; 2013 May;14(5):1395–402. doi:10.1021/bm4000579 PMID:23540713
  23. 23. Demas V, Franck JM, Reimer JA, Pines A. “High-Resolution NMR in Inhomogeneous Fields.” In: Casanova F, Perlo J, Blümich B, editors. Single-Sided NMR. Springer Berlin Heidelberg; 2011. p. 143–164. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16307-4_6
  24. 24. Ortony JH, Cheng C-Y, Franck JM, Kausik R, Pavlova A, Hunt J, Han S. “Probing the Hydration Water Diffusion of Macromolecular Surfaces and Interfaces.” New Journal of Physics. IOP Publishing; 2011 Jan;13(1):015006. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/13/1/015006
  25. 25. Franck JM, Demas V, Martin RW, Bouchard L-S, Pines A. “Shimmed matching pulses: Simultaneous control of rf and static gradients for inhomogeneity correction.” J Chem Phys. 2009 Dec;131(23):234506. doi:10.1063/1.3243850 PMID:20025334
  26. 26. Demas V, Franck JM, Bouchard LS, Sakellariou D, Meriles CA, Martin R, Prado PJ, Bussandri A, Reimer JA, Pines A. “‘Ex situ’ magnetic resonance volume imaging.” Chem Phys Lett. 2009 Jan;467(4-6):398–401. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2008.11.069
  27. 27. Saha I, Franck JM, Hopper T, Sun B, Song Y-Q, Sun B. “Uncertainties in the Measurement of Rock Porosity Obtained from Laplace Inversion of NMR Relaxation Logs.” Petrophysics. 2009;50(4):345–351.
  28. 28. Paulsen JL, Franck JM, Demas V, Bouchard LS. “Least Squares Magnetic-Field Optimization for Portable Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Magnet Design.” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 2008 Dec;44(12):4582–4590. doi:10.1109/TMAG.2008.2001697
  29. 29. Myers MC, Witschi MA, Larionova NV, Franck JM, Haynes RD, Hara T, Grajkowski A, Appella DH. “A Cyclopentane Conformational Restraint for a Peptide Nucleic Acid: Design, Asymmetric Synthesis, and Improved Binding Affinity to DNA and RNA.” Organic Letters. 2003 July;5(15):2695–2698. doi:10.1021/ol0348811