John Lombardi

Physical Chemistry

Main Affiliation

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Areas of Expertise/Research

  • Chemistry

Building

Marshak Science Building

Office

1119

Phone

212-650-6032

Email

jlombardi@ccny.cuny.edu

John Lombardi

Education

Ph.D., Chemistry, Harvard University, 1967

M.A., Chemistry, Harvard University, 1964

A.B., Chemistry, Cornell University, 1964   

Honors:

George Caldwell Award for Excellence in Chemistry, Cornell University, 1963.

A. B. degree with honors in chemistry, Cornell University, 1963.

Harvard University, Predoctoral Fellowship, 1965.

National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowship, 1965-1967.

Invited by the government of the Peoples Republic of China to lecture and visit laser laboratories, Institute for Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences1979.

Research Fellow of Committee for Scholarly Communications with the Peoples’ Republic of China to Study in Beijing, 1981.

Guest Professor, Jilin University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China 2005-2010

   Visiting Committee of the Department of Scientific Research, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008

Courses Taught

Introductory Physical Chemistry

Quantum Mechanics

Thermodynamics

Statistical Mechanics

Molecular Spectroscopy

Molecular Orbital Calculations

Physical Chemistry Laboratory

Graduate Seminar in Photosynthesis

Professional Experience

Summers, 1963 and 1964, Research Assistant, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.

1967-1972, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.

1972-1973, Visiting Scientist, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands.

1973-1975, Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1975-1977, Associate Professor, City College, CUNY, New York, NY

1977-Present, Professor, City College, CUNY, New York, NY

Research Interests

Electronic structure and spectra of diatomic and polyatomic molecules using high resolution spectroscopic techniques; Theoretical studies in the Momentum Representation in Quantum Mechanics. Use of lasers in optical spectroscopy.  Light scattering.  Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering. Transition metal clusters.

 

Additional Information

Research Grants:

1.   NSF 1968–1970,"High Resolution Optical Spectroscopy," USNSFGP 7526 and 49832X3, $60,000.

2.   NSF 1970-1973,"High Resolution Optical Spectroscopy," USNSFGP 11530 and 30709X, $90,000.

3.   Petroleum Research Fund 1970-1973, "Field Induced Perturbations in Optical Spectra," PRF 4143-AC5, $30,000.

4.   Research Corporation 1975, "Optical Double Resonance Spectroscopy," $13,000.

5.   City University of New York, Faculty Research Award Program 1975-1976,

      "Optical Optical Double Resonance Spectroscopy," $16,000.

6.   New York State Science and Technology Foundation, 1976 "Optical Optical Double Resonance Spectroscopy," $5,000.

7.   Petroleum Research Fund 1977–1979,"The Effect of an Electric Field on the Active Medium of a Dye Laser," $24,000.

8.   National Science Foundation ISEP, 1978-1979, "The Use of Computers in Undergraduate Chemistry," $24,800.

9.   National Science Foundation 1979–1981, "Enhanced Raman Effect at the Solution Electrode Interface," $200,000.

10. National Institutes of Health (MBRS) "Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Biological Molecules" 1985-1989, $85,000.Renewed 1989-1995, $60,000.

11. National Science Foundation "Surface Enhanced Photochemistry", 1987-1990, $250,000.

12. National Science Foundation "Mass Selected Cluster Beams", 1989-1994 $750,000. Renewed 1994-1999, $630,000.

13. National Science Foundation "Raman Spectroscopy of Mass Selected Metal Clusters", 1991-1994, $203,100. Renewed 1994-1997, $230,000. Renewed 1997-2000, $297,000.Renewed 2001-2004,$350,000. Renewed 2004-2007, $412,000.

            14. Department of Justice Award# 2006-DN-BX-K034

  Co-Investigators: Marco Leona, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Tuan Vo-Dinh, Duke University; Philip Antoci; NYPD Crime Laboratory

  Title: Development Of Advanced Raman Spectroscopy Methods And Databases For The Evaluation Of Trace Evidence And The Examination Of Questioned Documents

  Duration: 2006-2009

Amount: $311,948, Renewed, 2009-2013 $435,070.

15. National Science Foundation- CHE-1041832-SCIART, Microanalytical and Non-Invasive     Approaches for the Investigation of Works of Art by Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS), 2010-2013, $ 375,000/3 years, Co-Investigators: Marco Leona, Metropolitan Museum of Art

16. National Science Foundation-CHE- 1402750, "Advanced Raman Spectroscopic Methods for the Identification of Trace Evidence" 2014-2017, $465,000 /3 Years

Editorship:       Editor, (with B. Garetz) Advances in Laser Spectroscopy

Senior Editor, Asian Journal of Spectroscopy

Society Memberships:   Interamerican Photochemical Society, Sigma Xi

Teaching Awards:

Teaching Prize in Physical Chemistry, Harvard, 1965-1967.

Outstanding Lecturer, University of Illinois.

Chapter of Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society, 1971, 1972.

Publications

1.        Rotational Relaxation in Rigid Media by Polarized Photoselection, John R. Lombardi, J. M. Raymonda, A. C. Albrecht, J. Chem. Phys. 40, 1148 (1964).

2.        Anisotropic Rotational Relaxation in Rigid Media by Polarized  Photoselection, John R. Lombardi, G. A. Dafforn, J. Chem. Phys. 44, 3882 , (1966).

3.         Electric Dipole Moment of the Lowest Singlet π* State of Propynal, D. E. Freeman,  John R. Lombardi, W. Klemperer, J. Chem. Phys. 45, 58 (1966).

4.         Considerations on the Rotation-Vibration of Triatomic Molecules, K. F. Freed, John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 45, 591 (1966).

5.         Magnetic Dipole Character of the 3500-Å System of Formaldehyde, D. E. Freeman, John R. Lombardi, W. A. Klemperer, J. Chem. Phys. 46, 2746 (1967).

6.         Electric Dipole Moment of the n-π* Singlet State of HCOF, John R. Lombardi, David Campbell, W. Klemperer, J.Chem.Phys. 46, 3482 (1967).

7.         The Stark Effect in Electronic Spectra: The Asymmetric Rotor, John R. Lombardi , J. Chem. Phys. 48, 348 (1968).

8.         Dipole Moments of the Lowest Singlet π*-π States in Phenol and Aniline, John R. Lombardi,  J. Chem. Phys. 50, 3780 (1969).

9.         Optical Spectra of Small Rings I. The n -π* Transition of Difluorodiazirine, John R. Lombardi, W. Klemperer, H. Basch, N. Keubler, M. Robin, J. Chem. Phys. 51, 33 (1969).

10.       Electronic Spectrum of the 2838 Å System of Indole, A. Mani, John R. Lombardi, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 31, 308 (1969).

11.       Dipole Moments of the Lowest Singlet π*-π States in p-fluoroaniline and p­-            fluorophenol, K. T. Huang, John R. Lombardi J. Chem. Phys. 51, 1228 (1969).

12.      The 0–0 Band of the 2880 A Transition in Indene; Hybrid Character and Rotational Structure, Alan Hartford, Jr., John R. Lombardi, J. Mol. Spect. 34, 257(1970).

13.       Hybrid Character and Rotational Strtucture in the π*-π Systems of Thionaphthene and Benzofuran, Alan Hartford, Jr., Allen Muirhead, John R. Lombardi, J.Mol. Spect. 35,199(1970).

14.       The Dipole Moment of the Lowest Singlet π*-π State of Fluorobenzene , Kwo-Tsair Huang,  John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 52, 5613 (1970).

15.       The Zeeman Effect in the Visible Spectrum of Thiophosgene; Evidence for the Triplet Nature of the 4796 A Band, Kwo-Tsair Huang, John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 53, 460 (1970).

16.       Electronic Spectrum of the 2877 A Band of Styrene; Rotational Structure and Transition Moment, Alan Hartford, Jr., John R. Lombardi, J. Mol. Spect. 35, 413 (1970).

17.      On the Correlation between Structure and Dipole Moments in the Excited States of Substituted Benzenes, John R. Lombardi, J.A.C.S., 92, 1831 (1970).

18.       The 5142 A Transition in Thiophogene (π*-n); Rotational Analysis and Excited State Structure, John R. Lombardi,  J. Chem. Phys. 52, 6126 (1970).

19.       Dipole Moment in the 1B2 State of ­p–Chlorofluorobenzene, Martin J. Janiak, Allen Hartford, Jr.,  John R. Lombardi,  J. Chem. Phys. 54, 2449 (1971).

20.      Dipole Moment of the Lowest π*-π State in m-Fluorochlorobenzene, Chung–Yung Wu, John R. Lombardi,  J. Chem. Phys. 54, 3659 (1971).

21.       Dipole Moment of the First Excited π*-π State of Styrene,  Harriet Parker, John R. Lombardi , J. Chem. Phys. 54, 5095 (1971).

22.       Hybrid Character and Rotational Analysis of the 2700 A Band of m-Fluorochlorobenzene, Chung–Yung Wu,  John R. Lombardi, J. Mol Spect. 39, 345,(1971).

23.       Transition Moment Directions in Substituted Benzenes and the Effect of Unsymmetrical Substitution on Hybrid Character,  Allen Hartford, Jr., John R. Lombardi, J. Mol. Spect. 40, 262,(1971).

24.       Dipole Moment in the Lowest 1B2 State of Chlorobenzene, Chung–Yung Wu,  John R. Lombardi,  J. Chem. Phys. 55, 1997 (1971).

25.       Electric Field Induced Perturbations in the Ultraviolet Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules; the 1B2 State of Benzonitrile,  Kwo-Tsair Huang, John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 55, 4072 (1971).

26.       Electric Field Induced Perturbations in the 1B2 -1A1 Transition of Aniline,  John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 56, 2278 (1972).

27.       Electronic Spetra of an Isoelectronic Series; Benzonitrile, Phenylacetylene, and Benzoisocyanide,  A. Muirhead,  A. Hartford, Jr., Kwo-Tsair Huang,  John R. Lombardi,  J. Chem. Phys. 56, 4385 (1972).

28.       Zeeman Effect in the 2782 A Band of HCP,  Jon Moehlmann, A. Hartford, Jr., John R. Lombardi, Can. J. Phys. 50, 1705 (1972).

29.       Dipole Moments of the 1A" and 3D 1 States of HCP, A. Hartford, Jr., Jon G. Moehlmann,  John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 56, 5733 (1972).

30.       The Effect of an Electric Field on the Active Medium in a Dye Laser,  Chung-Yung Wu, John R. Lombardi,  IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics QE-9, No. 1 (1973).

31.       Field Induced Perturbations in the Ultraviolet Spectrum of HCP,  Jon G. Moehlmann, A. Hartford, Jr.,  John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 57, 4764 (1972).

32.       Simultaneous Two-Frequency Oscillation in a Dye Laser System,  Chung-Yung Wu, John R. Lombardi, Optics Comm. 7, 233 (1973).

 33.      Evidence for Resonance Collisions in Rotational Energy Transfer; Raman Lines in H2, R. A. J. Keijser, K. Van Den Hout., M. De Groot, John R. Lombardi, B .C. Sanctuary,  H. F. P. Knaap, Physics Letters 45A, 3 (1973).

34.       The Pressure Broadening of the Rotational Raman Lines of Hydrogen Isotopes, R. A. J. Keijser, K. D. van Den Hout, John R. Lombardi , B. C. Sanctuary, H. F. P. Knaap, Physica, 76, 585 (1974).

35.       The Dipole Moment in the Lowest Singlet π*-π State of Indole by the Optical Stark Effect, Chiang-Tung Chang, Chung-Yung Wu, Alan R. Muirhead, John R. Lombardi, Photochem. and Photobiol., 19, 347 (1974).

36.       The Influence of Hydroxyl Groups on the Ultraviolet Spectra of Substituted Aromatic Molecules Adsorbed on Silica Surfaces, J. H. Anderson, John R. Lombardi , M. L. Hair, J. Colloid and Interface Science 50, 519 (1975).

37.       Field Induced Perturbations in the Ultraviolet Spectrum of s-Triazine, R. Scheps, John R. Lombardi, Chemical Physics, 10, 445 (1975).

38.       Rotational Contours and Isotope Effects in the Two-Photon Excitation of Benzene Vapor, John R. Lombardi, D. M. Friedrich, W. M. McClain, Chem. Phys. Lett. 38, 213 (1976).

39.       High Resolution Two-Photon Spectroscopy in the 1B2u State of Benzene, John R. Lombardi, R. Wallenstein, T. Hansch, D. Friedrich, M. McClain, J. Chem. Phys., 65, 2357 (1976).

40.       Laser Induced Phosphorescence in Gas Phase Thiophosgene, B. Koffend, R. Gottscho, John R. Lombardi, R.W. Field, J. Mol. Spectry., 65, 446 (1977).

41.       The Excitation Spectrum of Gas Phase Thiophosgene, P. F. Bernath, P. G. Cummins, John R. Lombardi, R. W. Field, J. Mol. Spectry., 69, 166 (1978).

42.       Optical-Optical Double Resonance Spectroscopy of BaO, R. A. Gottscho, J. B. Koffend John R. Lombardi,  R. W. Field, J. Chem. Phys. 68, 4110 (1978).

43.       Electric Field Spectrum of Pyridazine, John R. Lombardi, Chem. Phys. Lett., 52, 290 (1977).

44.       Field Induced Perturbations in the Ultraviolet Spectrum of Aniline; Vibronic Origin of the Perturbing State, John R. Lombardi, Chem. Phys. 28, 41 (1978).

45.       An Analysis of the Hydrazine-Fluorine Flame; The A A'-X A" Emission Spectrum of HNF, D. M. Lindsay, John R. Lombardi, J. L. Gole, Chem. Phys. 37, 333 (1979).

46.       Theory of Enhanced Light Scattering at Metal-Liquid Interfaces, J. Gersten, R. Birke, John R. Lombardi, Phys. Rev., Lett. 43, 147, (1979).

47.       Observation of a Continuum in Enhanced Raman Scattering from a Metal-Solution Interface, R. Birke, John R. Lombardi and J. Gersten, Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 71, (1979).

48.       Surface Enhanced Raman Spectrum of Pyrazine; Observation of Forbidden Lines on the Electrode Surface, G. Erdheim, John R. Lombardi, R. L. Birke, Chem. Phys. Lett., 69, 495 (1980).

49.       Surface Enhanced Raman Spectrum of Methyl Pyridines, K. Bunding , R. L. Birke, John R. Lombardi,  Chem. Phys. 49, 53 (1980).

50.       Potential Dependence of the Metal–Molecule Line in the Enhanced Raman Spectrum of Several Nitrogen Containing Compounds, S. Venkatesan, G. Erdheim, R. L. Birke, John R. Lombardi, Surface Science, 101, 387 (1980).

51.       Inhomogeneous Broadening of the Metal­–Nitrogen Line in the Surface Enhanced Raman Spectrum, R. L. Birke, John R. Lombardi, Surface Science, 95, L259 (1980).

52.       The Hydrogen Atom in the Momentum Representation, John R. Lombardi, Phys. Rev. A, 22, 797 (1980).

53.       Surface Enhanced Raman Spectrum of 2,6 Lutidine, K. Bunding, R. L. Birke, John R. Lombardi,  Chem. Phys., 54, 115 (1980).

54.       Chemiluminescence Study of Methane–Fluorine Combusiton, R. I.  Patel, G. W. Stewart, K. Castleton, J.R. Lombardi,  J. L. Gole, Chem. Phys.,52, 461(1980).

55.       Evidence for Ag Adatom–Molecule Complex in Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering, E. A. Sheilds–Knight, John R. Lombardi, R. L. Birke, Chem. Phys. Lett., 79, 214 (1981).

56.       The Surface Enhanced Raman Spectrum from Pyridine on Mercury, L. A. Sanchez, R. L. Birke, John R. Lombardi,  Chem. Phys. Lett. 79, 219, (1981).

57.       The Helium Atom in the Momentum Representation, John R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem., 86, 3513 (1982).

58.       Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy; A New Technique for Studying Interfacial Phenomena,  R. L. Birke, John R. Lombardi, L. A. Sanchez, Advances in Chemistry Series Symposium on Elecrtrochemistry of   Biological Redox Components, Ed. K. M. Kadish A.C.S. Books, 1982.

59.       The Role of Surface Roughness in Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, R. L. Birke, John R. Lombardi, Advances in Laser Spectroscopy, Vol.I, Eds. B. Garetz and J. R. Lombardi, Heyden Ltd., Philadelphia, 1982.

60.       A Correlated One–Parameter Momentum Space Wave Function for Helium, John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys., 78, 2476 (1983).

61.       "Relativistic Hydrogen Atom in the Momentum Representation" John R. Lombardi, Phys. Rev. A, 27, 1275 (1983).

62.       Four Wave Mixing in Liquid Pyridine, Guo Zhang, Liu Dian–You, Hua Luan, Chang Ai–Zhen, John R. Lombardi, Guo Chu, Chem. Phys. Lett., 100,           159 (1983).

63.       Surface Enanced Raman Scattering of Piperidine: The Effect of Electrode Potential on Intensity, L. A. Sanchez, R. L. Birke, John R. Lombardi J. Phys. Chem., 88, 1762 (1984).

64.      Surface Enhanced Raman Spectrum of Ammonia, L. A. Sanchez, John R. Lombardi, R. L. Birke, Chem. Phys. Lett. 108, 45,(1984).

65.      The Effect of Molecular Structure on Voltage Induced Shifts of Charge-Transfer Excitation in Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering, R. L. Birke, John R. Lombardi,  L. A. Sanchez, I. Bernard, Song Cheng Sun, Chem. Phys. Lett. 104, 240,(1984).

66.      Stark Hole–Burning Spectroscopy, L. Johnson, John R. Lombardi, The Laser Journal, 7, 1 (1986).

67.      The Effect of pH, Chloride Ion and Background Electrolyte Concentration on SERS of Acidified Pyridine Solutions, S. C. Sun, I. Bernard, R. L. Birke, John R. Lombardi, J. Electroanal. Chem.196, 359,(1985).

68.      Charge Transfer Theory of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy; Herzberg-Teller Contributions,  John R. Lombardi, R. L. Birke, T. Lu, J. Xu, J. Chem. Phys. 84, 4174 (1986).

69.       The Yukawa Potential in the Momentum Representation, John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 85, 949 (1986).

70.       Surface Raman Spectroscopy of the Three Redox Forms of Methylviologen, T. Lu, R. L. Birke, John R. Lombardi, Langmuir 2, 305 (1986).

71.       Stark Effect on the 580 nm S1 - S0 Transition of Isobacteriochlorin Using Photochemical Hole-Burning Spectroscopy, L.W. Johnson, M.D. Murphy, C. Pope, M. Foresti, J.R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys., 86, 4335 (1987).

72.       Stark Effect on the S1 - S0 Transition of 1,4 Dihydroxyanthraquinone, L.W. Johnson, M.D. Murphy, C. Pope, M. Foresti, J.R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys., 86,3048 (1987).

73.       Excitation Wavelength Dependence of Enhanced Raman Bands of Aggregated Molecules, D.L. Akins, John R. Lombardi, Chem. Phys. Lett., 135, 495 (1987).

74.       On the Comparison of Solvatochromic Shifts with Gas Phase Stark Effect Measurements, John R. Lombardi, Spectrochim. Acta, 43A, 1323,(1987).

75.       Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Flavins Adsorbed on a Silver Electrode: Observation of the Unstable Semiquinone Intermediate, J.Xu, John R. Lombardi, R.L. Birke, J.Am.Chem.Soc. 109, 5645,(1987).

76.       Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering, John R. Lombardi, R.L.Birke in Spectro-            electrochemistry: Theory and Practice" Ed. R.J. Gale, Plenum,1988.

77.       Photolysis of p-Nitrobenzoic Acid on Roughened Silver Surfaces, S.C.Sun, John R. Lombardi, R.L.Birke, K.P.Leung, A.Z. Genack, J.Phys. Chem., 92, 5965, (1988).

78.       Raman and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectropscopy of Three Redox Forms of 4-4' Bipyridine,  T. Lu, T. Cotton, John R. Lombardi, R.L. Birke, Langmuir,5, 406 (1989).

79.       Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Surfactants on a Silver Electrode, S.C.Sun, John R. Lombardi, R.L.Birke, J.Phys. Chem., 94, 2005,(1990).

80.       Detection of Short-Lived Intermediates in Electrochemical Reactions Using Time Resolved Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Chongtie Shi, Wei Zhang, John R. Lombardi, R.L. Birke, J.Phys. Chem. 94, 4766, (1990)

81.       Raman Spectra of Mass-Selected Vanadium Dimers in Argon Matrices, Shendong Hu, Bo Shen, Qinwei Zhou, S. Deosaran, John R. Lombardi, D.M. Lindsay, W. Harbich, J. Chem. Phys. 95, 2206 (1991)

82.       Time Resolved SERS, Cyclic Voltammetry, and Digital Simulation of the Electroreduction of p-Nitrobenzoic Acid, Chongtie Shi, Wei Zhang, John R. Lombardi, R.L. Birke, D.K. Gosser, J. Phys. Chem. 95, 6276 (1991).

83.       Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, R.L. Birke, John R. Lombardi, in Techniques for Characterization of Electrodes and Electrochemical Processes, Ed. R. Varma J.R. Selman, John Wiley & Sons, N.Y. 1991

84.       Optical Absorption and Raman Spectra of Mass-Selected Niobium Dimers in Argon Matrices, Z.Hu, B. Shen, Q. Zhou, S. Deosaran,  J. R. Lombardi, D.M. Lindsay, SPIE Vol. 1599, Recent Advances in the Use of Light in Physics, Chemistry, Engineering and Medicine, 65 (1991).

85.       A Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroelectrochemical Study of a Number of p-Amino-tetraphenyl Porphyrins in Aprotic Medium, C.M. Hosten, John R. Lombardi, R.L. Birke, J.Phys. Chem., 96, 6585, (1992).

86.       Spectroscopy of Mass-Selected Tantalum Dimers in Argon Matrices, Z.Hu, B.Shen, John R. Lombardi, D.M. Lindsay, J.Chem.Phys., 96, 8757, (1992).

87.       Spectroscopy of Mass-Selected Zirconium Dimers in Argon, Z.Hu, Q.Zhou, S.Deosaran, J.R. Lombardi, D.M. Lindsay, in Physics and Chemistry of Finite Systems: From Clusters to Crystals, ed. P. Jena, S.N. Khanna and B.K.Rao (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992) p.969.

88.       Optical and Raman Spectroscopy of Mass-Selected Tungsten Dimers in Argon Matrices, Z. Hu, Jian-Guo Dong, John R. Lombardi, D.M. Lindsay, J.Chem.Phys., 97, 8811 (1992).

89.       Nanosecond Time Scale Kinetics in the Flavin Mononucleotide on an Electrode Surface Using Time Resolved Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Chongtie Shi, Zhang Wei, John R. Lombardi, R.L.Birke, J.Phys.Chem., 96, 10093 (1992).

90.       Optical and Raman Spectroscopy of Mass-Selected Hafnium Dimers in Argon Matrices, Z. Hu, Jian-Guo Dong, John R. Lombardi, and D.M. Lindsay, J.Phys. Chem., 97,9263, (1993).

91.       Effective Dipole Moment Changes as a Probe of Guest-Host Interactions Amorphous Materials at Low Temperatures, Abdullah Cavus, John R. Lombardi, J.Phys. Chem., 97, 9977, (1993).

92.       Optical and Raman Spectroscopy of Mass-Selected Rhenium Dimers in Argon Matrices, Z. Hu, Jian-Guo Dong, John R. Lombardi, D.M. Lindsay, J. Chem. Phys. 101, 95,(1994).

93.         Raman Spectra of Mass-Selected Cobalt Dimers in Argon Matrices, Jian-Guo Dong, Zhendong Hu, Robert Craig, John R. Lombardi, D.M.Lindsay, J.Chem.Phys., 101, 9280, (1994).

94.       Investigation of Radical Ions with Time-Resolved Surface Enhanced Raman          Spectroscopy, Ronald L. Birke, John R. Lombardi, Molec. Engineering, 4, 277, (1994).

95.       Time-Resolved SERS Study of Direct Photochemical Charge Transfer between  FMN and a Ag Electrode, Wei Zhang, Alberto Vivoni, John R. Lombardi, Ronald L. Birke, J. Phys. Chem., 99, 12846 (1995).

96.       Absorption and Raman Spectroscopy of Mass-selected Tantalum Tetramers in Argon Matrices, Huaiming Wang, Robert Craig, Hanae Haouri, Jian-Guo Dong, Zhendong Hu, Alberto Vivoni, John R. Lombardi, D.M. Lindsay, J.Chem.Phys., 103, 3289 (1995).

97.       Resonance Raman Spectrum and Excitation Profile of Mass-selected Zirconium Trimers, Hanae Haouari, Huaiming Wang, Robert Craig, John R. Lombardi, D.M. Lindsay, J.Chem.Phys., 103, 9527 (1995).

98.       Raman Spectra of Mass-selected Nickel Dimers in Argon Matrices, Huaiming Wang, Hanae Haouari, Robert Craig, John R. Lombardi, D.M. Lindsay, J.Chem.Phys., 104, 3420 (1996).

99.       Radiation Interaction with Molecules, John R. Lombardi, Encyclopedia of Applied Physics, Vol. 15, ed. G.L. Trigg, VCH Publishers, Inc., New York, 1996.

100.     Spectroscopy of Mass-selected Niobium Trimers in Argon Matrices, Huaiming Wang, Robert Craig, Hanae Haouari, John R. Lombardi, D.M. Lindsay, J.Chem.Phys.105, 5355 (1996).

101.     Spectroscopy of Mass-selected Rhodium Dimers in Argon Matrices, Huaiming Wang, Yifei Liu, Robert Craig, Hanae Haouari, John R. Lombardi, D.M. Lindsay, J.Chem.Phys. 106, 2101, (1997).

102.     Raman Spectrum of Ruthenium Dimers, Huaiming Wang, Yifei Liu, Robert Craig, Hanae Haouari, John R. Lombardi, D.M. Lindsay, J.Chem.Phys. 106, 6534, (1997).

103.     Luminescence Spectra of Mass-selected Pt2 in Argon, Huaiming Wang, Yifei Liu, Robert Craig, Hanae Haouari, John R. Lombardi, D.M. Lindsay, J.Phys. Chem.101, 7036, (1997).

104.     Absorption, Resonance Raman and Raman Excitation Spectra of Hafnium Trimers, Huaiming Wang, Zendong Hu, Hanae Haouari, Robert Craig, Yifei Liu, John R. Lombardi, D.M. Lindsay, J.Chem.Phys. 8339, 106, (1997).

105.     SERS investigation of the adsorption and electroreduction of 4-cyanopyridine on a silver electrode, Chongtie Shi, Wei Zhang, Ronald L. Birke, John R. Lombardi, J. Electroanal. Chem., 67, 423,(1997).

106.     Solvatochromic Shifts: A Reconsideration, John R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem. A 102, 2817,(1998).

107.     Solvatochromic Shifts Reconsidered: Solvent Induced Intensity Borrowing, Asian J. Spect., 2, 103, (1998).

108.     A Time-Resolved SERS Study of the Adsorption and Electrochemical Reduction of 4-Pyridinecarboxaldehyde and 4-(Hydroxymethyl)pyridine, Ronald L. Birke, Chongtie Shi, Wei Zhang, John R. Lombardi, J.Phys.Chem., 102, 7983 (1998).

109.     Stark Hole Burning Spectroscopy of Cresylviolet Perchlorate in Amorphous Hosts, Abdullah Cavus, Michelle Wright, Fuat Bayrakceken, John R. Lombardi, Spectroscopy Lett., 32, 1, (1999).

110.     Solvatochromic Shifts Reconsidered: Field Induced Mixing in the Non-Linear Region and Application to Indole, John R. Lombardi,J. Phys. Chem. 103, 6335-6338, (1999).

111.     Spectroscopy of Yttrium Dimers in Argon Matrices, Fang, L., Shen, X., Chen,X., Liu, Y., Lindsay, D.M.,  Lombardi, J.R. , Low Temperature Physics, 26, 752-755, (2000); Fizika Nizkikh Temperatur, 26, 1011-1015,(2000).

112.     Absorption, resonance Raman and Raman excitation spectra of Lanthanum Dimers in Argon Matrices, Fang, L., Shen, X., Chen,X., Liu, Y., Lindsay, D.M., Lombardi, J.R., Chem. Phys. 262, 25-29(2000).

113.     A Surface Enhanced Raman and Ab Initio Study of Spectra of Lumazine Molecules, Feria, P., Chen, X., Lombardi, J.R., Birke, R.L., Langmuir, 16, 3984 (2000).

114.     Absorption Excitation and Resonance Raman Spectra of Ce2, Pr2, and Nd2, Xiaole Shen, Li Fang, Xiaoyu Chen, John R. Lombardi, J.Chem.Phys., 113, 2233, (2000).

115.     Spectroscopy of mass-selected gadolinium dimers in argon matrices, Xiaoyu Chen, Li Fang, Xiaole Shen, John R. Lombardi, J.Chem.Phys. 112, 9780-9782,(2000).

116.     Raman Spectrum of Rhodium Trimers in Argon Matrices, Fang, L., Shen, X., Chen,X., Liu,Y., and Lombardi, J.R.,J. Chem. Phys.113, 7178-7181, (2000).

117.     Raman Spectrum of Mass-Selected Terbium Dimers in Argon Matrices, Fang, L., Chen, X., Shen,X., Lombardi, J.R., J. Phys. Chem. 104, 9153-9155 (2000).

118.     Raman and Absorption Spectrum of Mass-Selected Lutetium Dimers in Argon Matrices, Fang, L., Shen, X., Chen, X., Lombardi, J.R. J.Chem. Phys., 113, 10202,(2000).

119.    Raman Spectra of Ruthenium and Tantalum Trimers in Argon Matrices, Fang, Li, Shen, Xiaole, Chen, Xiaoyu, Lombardi, J.R., Chem.Phys.Lett. 332, 299, (2000).

120.    Optimization of force constants with an Urey-Bradley force field avoiding normal mode crossings, Vivoni, A., Birke, R., Lombardi, J.R., Spectrochimica Acta, A57, 535-544 (2001).

121.     Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Mass-Selected Al2 in an Argon Matrix, Fang, L., Davis, B., Lu, H., Lombardi, J.R., Spectrochimica Acta, A57, 2809, (2001).

122.     Excitation, Hole-Burning, and Stark Spectroscopy of Free Base Isobacteriochlorin in an n-Octane Matrix at Liquid Helium Temperatures, Benjamin L. Davis, John R. Lombardi, J.Phys.Chem., 105, 6581, (2001).

123.    Resonance Raman spectra of mass-selected chromium trimers in argon matrices, Fang, L., Davis, B., Lu, H., Lombardi, J.R., J.Phys.Chem. A, 105, 9375 (2001).

124.    Surface Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering and Voltammetric Study of the Electrocatalytic Reduction of Oxygen by the m-Oxo Dimer of Iron(III) Tetra-4-N-methylpyridylporphine,  Rywkin, S., Hosten, C., Lombardi, J.R., Birke, R.L., Langmuir, 18, 5869 (2002).

125.    SERS Investigation of NAD+ Adsorbed on a Silver Electrode, S.-P. Chen, C.M. Hosten, A. Vivoni, R.L. Birke, J. R. Lombardi, Langmuir, 18, 9888, (2002).

126.     Resonance Raman spectra of mass-selected Mo2 and Mo3 in argon matrices, Fang, L., Davis, B., Lu, H., Chen, X., Shen, X., Lombardi, J.R., Chem.Phys.Lett., 352, 70 (2002).

127.     Periodic Properties of Force Constants of Transition Metal and Lanthanide Clusters, Lombardi, J.R., Davis, B. Chem. Rev. 102, 2431 (2002).

128.     Absorption and Raman Spectroscopy of Mass-Selected Scandium Tetramers in Argon Matrices, Zhao, B., Lu, H., Jules, J., Lombardi, J.R., Chem. Phys. Lett., 362, 90 (2002).

129.     Radiation Interaction with Molecules, John R. Lombardi, The Optics Encyclopedia, Brown, Creath, Kogelnik, Kriss, Schmidt, Weber (eds), Volume 4 (3-527-40320-5), Wiley-VCH, Germany, 2003.

130.     Transition Metal Dimer Internuclear Distances From Measured Force Constants, Jules, J., Lombardi, J.R., J. Phys.Chem.A, 107, 1268 (2003).

131.    Spectroscopy of mass-selected VCo and VFe in Argon Matrices, Zhao, B., Lu, H., Likhtina, I., Jules, J. and Lombardi, J.R., J. Chem. Phys., 118, 9704 (2003).

132.     Luminescence of Mass-Selected CuAg in Argon Matrices, Zhao, B., Lu, H., Lombardi, J.R., Chem. Phys. Lett. 375, 425-428, (2003).

133.    Raman Spectroscopy of Mass-Selected CrFe, Lu, H., Zhao, B, Lombardi, J.R., Chem.Phys.Lett., 376, 49-54, (2003).

134.   Ab Initio Frequency Calculations of Pyridine Adsorbed on an Adatom Model of a SERS Active Site of a Silver Surface, Vivoni, A., Birke, R.L., Foucault, R. Lombardi, J.R., J. Phys. Chem. B, 107, 5547-5557, (2003).

135.   Toward an Experimental Bond Order, Jules, J., Lombardi, J.R., J. Mol. Struct. (THEOCHEM), 664-665C, 255-271, (2003).

136.   SERS of Surfactants in Monolayer and Multibilayer Forms on an Electrified Ag Surface, Richard Foucault, R. L. Birke, John R. Lombardi, Langmuir, 19, 8818 (2003).

137.   Multiphoton Fragmentation Spectra of Zirconium and Niobium Cluster Cations, M. Aydin, John R. Lombardi, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 235, 91 (2004).

138.   Spectroscopy of mass-selected TiCu3 in argon matrices, Zhao, B.; Lu, Haiyan; Likhtina, Ija; Lombardi, John R., Chem. Phys. Lett., 399, 302-305 (2004).

139.   SERS as sensing method for bio-molecules on MBE-grown quantum dots; Livingstone, R.; Quagliano, L.G.; Perez-Paz, N.; Munoz, M.; Tamargo, M.C.; Jean-Mary, F.; Lombardi, J.R., Proceedings of SPIE: Nanosensing: Materials and DevicesII, M. Saif Islam, A.K. Dutta eds. 6008-0A, (2005).

140.    ZnO Nanoparticle Size-dependent Excitation of Surface Raman Signal from Adsorbed Molecules: Observation of a Charge-Transfer Resonance, Zhihua Sun, Bing Zhao, John R. Lombardi, Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 221106 (2007).

141.     Effect of Fluence on the Discoloration of Marble Cleaned with UV Lasers; Jie Zhang, Andrew J. Birnbaum, Y. Lawrence Yao, Fen Xu, John R. Lombardi, Applied Surface Science, 253, 3083-3092 (2007). DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2006.06.056

142.     Raman Scattering Study of Molecules Adsorbed on ZnS Nanocrystals, Yanfei Wang, Zhihua Sun, Hailong Hu, Shengyu Jing, Bing Zhao, Weiqing Xu, Chun Zhao, John R. Lombardi, J. Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 34-38 (2007).

143.    Raman and Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering of 3-Hydroxyflavone, Minfa Wang, Tatyana Teslova, Fen Xu, John R. Lombardi, Ronald L. Birke, Marco Leona, J. Phys. Chem.C, 111, 3038-3043 (2007).

144.   Raman and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectra of Flavone and Several Hydroxy- Derivatives, Tatyana Teslova, Charlie Corredor, Richard Livingstone, Tudor Spataru, Ronald Birke, John R. Lombardi, Maria Vega Canamares, Marco Leona, J. Raman Spectroscopy, 38, 802-818 (2007). DOI:10.1002/jrs.1695.

145.   Mechanism and Prediction of Laser Wet Cleaning of Marble Encrustation, John R. Lombardi, Fen Xu, Y. Lawrence Yao, Jie Zhang, Proceedings of ICALEO Conference, November, 2006.

146.   Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering on Mercaptopyridine-Capped CdS Microclusters, Y. Wang, Z. Sun., Y. Wang, H. Hu, B. Zhao, W. Xu, J.R. Lombardi, Spectrochimica Acta A., 66A, 1199-1203 (2007).

147.    Laser-Induced Growth of Monodisperse Silver Nanoparticles with Tunable SPR Properties and Wavelength Self-Limiting Effect, Xianliang Zheng, Weiqing Xu, Charlie Corredor, Shuping Xu, Jing An, Bing Zhao, John R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 14962-14967, (2007).

148.   Time Resolved Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Studies of 3-hydroxyflavone on a Ag Electrode, Minfa Wang, Tudor Spataru, John R. Lombardi, Ronald L. Birke, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 3044-3052 (2007).

149.   Time-Dependent Picture of the Charge-Transfer Contributions to Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, John R. Lombardi, Ronald L. Birke, J. Chem. Phys. 126, 244709 (2007).

150.   Identification of Berberine in Archaeological Textiles by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Marco Leona, John R. Lombardi, J. Raman Spec. 38, 853-858 (2007). DOI:10.1002/jrs.1726.

151.   Enhanced Raman Scattering as a Probe for 4-Mercaptopyridine Surface-modified Copper Oxide Nanocrystals, Yanfei Wang, Hailong Hu, Shengyu Jing, Yunxin Wang, Zhihua Sun, Bing Zhao, Chun Zhao, John R. Lombardi, Analytical Sciences, 23, 787 (2007).

152.   Photoinduced Shape Evolution: From Triangular to Hexagonal Silver Nanoplates, Jing An, Bin Tang, Xiaohua Ning, Ji Zhou, Shupng Xu, Bing Zhao, Weiqing Xu, Charlie Corredor, John R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem. C., 111, 18055-18059, (2007).

153.  Mercaptopyridine Surface-Functionalized CdTe Quantum Dots: SERS Activity, Yanfei Wang, Junhu Zhang, Huiying Jia, Minjie Li, Jianbo Zeng, Bai Yang, Bing Zhao, Weiqing Xu, John R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem.C, 112, 996-1000 (2008).

154.    A Unified Approach to Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, John R. Lombardi, Ronald L. Birke, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112 (14), 5605 -5617, (2008). 10.1021/jp800167v

155.    Photochemical Modification of an Optical Fiber Tip With a Silver Nanoparticle Film: A SERS Chemical Sensor, Xianliang Zheng, Dangwei Guo, Yunliang Shao, Shaojie Jia, Shuping Xu, Bing Zhao, Weiqing Xu, Charlie Corredor, John R. Lombardi, Langmuir, (2008); 24(8); 4394-4398, 10.1021/la703993j

156.    Nanoparticle Metal-Semiconductor Charge Transfer in ZnO/PATP/Ag Assemblies by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Zhihua Sun, Chunxu Wang, Jingxiu Yang, Bing Zhao, John R. Lombardi-J.Phys.Chem.C, 112, 6093-6098, (2008), 10.1021/jp711240a

157.    Growth of Tetrahedral Silver Nanocrystals in Aqueous Solution and Their SERS Enhancement, Ji Zhou, Jing An, Bin Tang, Shuping Xu, Yanxin Cao, Bing Zhao, Weiqing Xu, Jingjing Chang, John R. Lombardi, Langmuir, 24, 10407-10413, (2008), 10.1021/la800961j.

158.    Raman and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectra of Chrysin, Apigenin and Luteolin, Charlie Corredor, Tatyana Teslova, Zhanguo Chen, Jie Zhang, Maria Vega Cañamares, John R. Lombardi, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 49, 190-195 (2009): doi:10.1016/j.vibspec.2008.07.012.

159.   Determination of the Degree of Charge-Transfer Contributions to Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Cat Chenal, Ronald L. Birke, John R. Lombardi, Chem. Phys. Chem. (2008), 9, 1617, DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200800221.

160.   Raman and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectra of 7 and 3’,4’ Hydroxyflavone MariaVega Cañamares, John R. Lombardi, Marco Leona, Journal of ePreservationScience (Proceedings of the IRUG-8, Vienna Austria, Conference), (2009), 6, 81-88.

162.   Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of protoberberine alkaloids, M.V. Cañamares, J.R. Lombardi, M. Leona, J. Raman Spectrosc., 39, 1907-1914, (2008); DOI: 10.1002/jrs.2057

163.   Application of Raman spectroscopy and surface-enhanced Raman scattering to the analysis of synthetic dyes found in ballpoint pen ink, Geiman, I., Leona, M., Lombardi, J.R., J. Forensic Sci. (2009), 54, 947-952. DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01058.x

164.   Surface-guided Self-assembly of Silver Nanoparticles on Edges of Heterogeneous Surfaces, Ruan, W., Wang, C., Ji., N., Lu, Z., Zhou, T., Zhao, B., Lombardi, J.R., Langmuir, 24, 8417 (2008).

165.   Mechanism and Prediction of Laser Wet Cleaning of Marble Encrustation, Zhang, J., Birnbaum, A.J., Yao, Y. L., Xu, F., Lombardi, J.R., Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, (2008), 130, 031012-1.

166.       Observation of Enhanced Raman Scattering for Molecules Adsorbed on TiO2 nanoparticles: Charge-Transfer Contribution,  Libin Yang, Xin Jiang, Weidong Ruan, Bing Zhao, Weiqing Xu, John R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem. C (2008),112, 20095-20098; 10.1021/jp8074145

167.     Contribution of ZnO to Charge-Transfer Induced Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering in Au/ZnO/PATP Assembly, Libin Yang, Weidong Ruan, Xin Jiang, Bing Zhao, Weiqing Xu, John R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem. C (2009),113, 117-120.

168.     Direct Observation of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering in ZnO Nanocrystals, Yanfei Wang, Weidong Ruan, Junhu Zhang, Bai Yang, Weiqing Xu, Bing Zhao, John R. Lombardi, J Raman Spectroscopy (2009) 40, 1072-1077.

169.     DFT, SERS, and Single Molecule-SERS of Crystal Violet, Maria Vega Cañamares, Cat Chenal, Ronald L. Birke, John R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem. C, (2008) 112, 20295-20300.

170.    Photochemical Formation of Silver Nanodecahedra: Structural Selection by the Excitation Wavelength, Xianliang Zheng, Xingjia Zhao, Dangwei Guo, Bin Tang, Shuping Xu, Bing Zhao, Weiqing Xu, John R. Lombardi Langmuir, (2009), 25 (6), 3802-3807; DOI: 10.1021/la803814j

171.   Resonant Multiphoton Fragmentation Spectrum of Niobium Dimer Cation, M. Aydin, John R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem. A, (2009), 113, 2809-2820.

172.   SERS Spectroscopy to Study an Adsorbate on Nanoscale Thin Film of CuO coated with Ag, Yunxin Wang, Wei Song, Weidong Ruan, Jingxiu Yang, Bing Zhao, John R. Lombardi, J.Phys. Chem. C, 113 (19), 8065-8069 (2009), /jp900052q.

173.   A Unified View of Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering, John R. Lombardi, Ronald L. Birke, Accounts of Chemical Research, (2009), 42, 734-742, /ar800249y.

174.   Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Indanthrone and Flavanthrone, Jingjing Chang,  Maria Vega Cañamares, Metin Aydin, Wilfried Vetter, Manfred Schreiner, Weiqing Xu, John R. Lombardi, J. Raman Spectrosc., (2009),40, 1557-1563, DOI10.1002/jrs.2298.

175.   Charge-Transfer Induced Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering on Ag-TiO2 nanocomposites, Yang, Libin; Jiang, Xin; Ruan, Weidong; Yang, Jingxiu; Zhao, Bing; Xu, Weiqing; Lombardi, John, J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 16226-16231 (2009).

176.   Improved Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Properties of TiO2 Nanoparticles by Zn dopant, Libin Yang, Yu Zhang, Weidong Ruan, Bing Zhao, Weiqing Xu, John R. Lombardi, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 41, 721-726, (2010), DOI 10.1002/jrs.2511

177.    Adsorption study of 4-MBA on TiO2 nanoparticles by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Libin Yang, Xin Jiang, Weidong Ruan, Bing Zhao, Weiqing Xu, John R. Lombardi, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 41, 721, (2010) DOI 10.1002/jrs.2358.

179.     Kinetic effects of halide ions on the morphological evolution of silver nanoplates: Effect of Halide Ions on Silver Nanoplates,  Bin Tang, Shuping Xu, Jing An, Bing Zhao, Weiqing Xu, John R. Lombardi, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11, 10286 - 10292, (2009) DOI: 10.1039/b912985e
180.    A Charge-Transfer surface enhanced Raman scattering model from time-dependent density functional theory calculations, Ronald L. Birke, Vasiliy Znamenskiy, John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys., 132, 214707, (2010).

181.   Size and Wavelength Dependence of the Charge-Transfer Contributions to SERS in Ag/PATP/ZnO Junctions, Alexander P. Richter, John R. Lombardi, Bing Zhao, J. Phys. Chem.C, (2010), 114, 1610-1614, DOI: 10.1021/jp909772e

182.   Identification of Organic Colorants in Fibers, Paints, Glazes and other media by Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering, Francesca Casadio, Marco Leona, John R. Lombardi, Richard P. Van Duyne, Accts. Chem. Res. 43, 782 (2010).

183.    Excitation Profile of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering in Graphene-Metal Nanoparticle based Derivatives, Xiaoqi Fu, Fengli Bei, Xin Wang, Stephen O’Brien, John R. Lombardi, Nanoscale, 2, 1461-1466, (2010), DOI: 10.1039/c0nr00135j

184.   Excitation profiles and the continuum in SERS: Identification of Fano lineshapes, John R. Lombardi,  Ronald L. Birke, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 7812–7815 (2010).

185.   Study of Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering for Molecules Adsorbed on Cu-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles, Xiangxin Xue, Wei Ji, Zhu Mao, Weidong Ruan, Bing Zhao, Stephen Ma, John R. Lombardi, Scientia Sinica Chimica, (2010).

186.   Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Pyridine on CdSe/ZnBeSe Quantum Dots Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Richard Livingstone, Xuecong Zhou, Maria C. Tamargo, John R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 17460–17464 (2010).

187.   Quantum Confinement Effects on Charge-Transfer Between PbS Quantum Dots and 4-Mercaptopyridine, Xiaoqi Fu, Yi Pan, Xin Wang, John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 024707 (2011).

188.   Scanned Chemical Enhancement of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Using a Charge-Transfer Complex, Wei Ji,  Xiangxin Xue,  Weidong Ruan,  Chunxu Wang,  Nan Ji,  Lei Chen,  Zhishi Li,  Wei Song, Bing Zhao, John R. Lombardi, Chem. Communications,(2011), 47, 2426–2428DOI:10.1039/b000000x

189.   Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Trace Identification of Controlled Substances: Morphine, Codeine, and Hydrocodone, Vinesh Rana, Maria Vega Cañamares, Thomas Kubic, Marco Leona, John R. Lombardi, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 56, 200-207 (2011).

190.   The auxiliary determination of the binding site of berberine binding to human serum albumin by surface-enhanced Raman scattering, Wei Zhang, Yu Zhao, Xueyuan Bai, Ge Hui, John R. Lombardi, Daqing Zhao, Bing Zhao, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 55 (2011) 65–68.

191.   Single Molecule SERS Spectral Blinking and Vibronic Coupling, John R. Lombardi, Ronald L. Birke, Gilad Haran, J. Chem. Phys. C., (2011) 115, 4540–4545, dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp111345u

192.   Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Nanostructured Semiconductor Phonon Modes, Stephen Ma, Richard Livingstone, Bing Zhao, John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. Letters, (2011), 2, 671-674.

193.    Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of 4-tert-butylpyridine on a silver electrode, Richard Livingstone, John R. Lombardi, J. Raman Spectroscopy, (2011), 42, 1945-1948. DOI 10.1002/jrs.2962

194.   Nondestructive Identification of Natural and Synthetic Organic Colorants in Works of Art by Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering, Marco Leona, Peter Decuzzi, Thomas A. Kubic, Glenn Gates, John R. Lombardi, Anal. Chem., (2011), 83, 3990-3993, dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac2007015.

195.   Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of molecules adsorbed on Co-doped ZnO nanoparticles, Xiangxin Xue, Weidong Ruan, Libin Yang, Wei Ji, Yunfei Xie, Lei Chen, Wei Song, Bing Zhao, John R. Lombardi, J. Raman Spectrosc., (2012), 43, 61-64, DOI 10.1002/jrs.2988.

196.   Potential Induced Changes in Neuromedin B Adsorption on Ag, Au, and Cu Electrodes Monitored by SERS, I. Ignatjev, E. Podstawke-Proniewicz, N. Gediminas, J. Lombardi, L. Proniewicz, J. Phys. Chem. B, (2011), 115, 10525–10536. dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp2026863

197.  Metal-Semiconductor Contacts Induced Charge-Transfer Mechanism of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering, Mao, Zhu; Song, Wei; Chen, Lei; Ji, Wei; Xue, Xiangxin; Ruan, Weidong; Li, Zhishi; Mao, Huijuan; Ma, Stephen; Lombardi, John; Zhao, Bing, J. Phys. Chem. C, (2011), 115, 18378–1838, dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp206455a.

198.   Simple, open air method to synthesize monodisperse and size selective PbSe quantum dots, Yi Pan, John R. Lombardi, NSTI-Nanoscience and Technology Institute, Nanotech (2011), Volume 1, Chapter 3, 303-306, ISBN: 978-1-4398-7142-3.

199.    Sample treatment considerations in the analysis of organic colorants by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), Pozzi, Federica; Lombardi, John; Bruni, Silvia; Leona, Marco, Anal. Chem., (2012), 84, 3751.

200.   The theory of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, John R. Lombardi, Ronald L. Birke, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 144704 (2012); doi: 10.1063/1.3698292.

201.   A Compact OPO Raman Microscope for Wavelength-Tunable Multi-Analytic Microanalysis,    Pablo Londero, John R. Lombardi, Marco Leona, J. Raman Spectry. (2013), 44, 131–135. DOI 10.1002/jrs.4150.

202.   Raman Investigation of Nanosized TiO2: Effect of Crystallite Size and Quantum Confinement, Xiangxin Xue, Wei Ji, Zhu Mao, Huijuan Mao, Yue Wang, Xu Wang, Weidong Ruan, Bing Zhao, John R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem. C, (2012) 116, pp 8792–8797; doi.org/10.1021/jp2122196

203.   Raman Spectrum of Monobromoindigo, Hiroko, Ajiki, Federica Pozzi, Lulu Huang, Lou Massa, Marco Leona, John R. Lombardi, J. Raman Spectrosc. (2012), 43, 520–525.

204.   Interfacial Charge-Transfer Effects in Semiconductor-Molecule-Metal Structures: Influence of Contact Variation, Zhu Mao, Wei Song, Xiangxin Xue, Wei Ji, Lei Chen, Huijuan Mao, Haiming Lu, Xu Wang, John R. Lombardi, Bing Zhao, J. Phys. Chem. C, (2012), 116, 14701-14710, DOI:10.1021/jp304051r

205.   Molecular Orientation of Neurotensin and Its Single-Site Mutants on a Colloidal Silver Surface: SERS Studies, Pienpinijtham, Prompong; Proniewicz, Edyta; Kim, Younkyoo; Ozaki,   Yukihiro; Lombardi, John; Proniewicz, Leonard, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116 (31), pp 16561–16572

206.   A Long-Range Surface Plasmon Resonance/Probe/Silver Nanoparticle (LRSPR-P-NP) Nanoantenna Configuration for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering, Xuyang Xuan,  Shuping Xu, Yu Liu, Haibo Li, Weiqing Xu, John R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (2012), 3, 2773−2778, dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz300948t

207.   Size controlled synthesis of monodisperse PbTe quantum dots: using oleylamine as the capping ligand, Yi Pan, Hanying Bai, Liang Pan, Yadi Li, Maria C. Tamargo, Mohammad Sohel. John R. Lombardi, J. Mater. Chem., (2012), 22, 23593; DOI: 10.1039/c2jm15540k

208.   Exploring the Chemical Enhancement of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering with a Designed Silver/Silica Cavity Substrate, Shu Tian, Qun Zhou, Chuanhong Li, Zhuomin Gu, John R. Lombardi, Junwei Zheng, J. Phys. Chem. C, (2013), 117, 556−563; DOI: 10.1021/jp309224m

209.   Multiphonon Resonant Raman Scattering and Photoinduced Charge-Transfer Effects at ZnO−Molecule Interfaces, Zhu Mao, Wei Song,  Xiangxin Xue,  Wei Ji,  Lei Chen, John R. Lombardi, Bing Zhao, J. Phys. Chem. C,(2012), 116, 26908−26918; dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp3092573

  1. Highly efficient construction of oriented sandwich structures for surface-enhanced Raman scattering, Hongyun Guo, Weiqing Xu, Ji Zhou, Shuping Xu, John R. Lombardi, Nanotechnology, (2013), 24, 045608-045616 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/24/4/045608,

  1. TLC-SERS study of Syrian rue (Peganum harmala) and its main alkaloid constituents, Federica Pozzi, Nobuko Shibayama, Marco Leona, John R. Lombardi, J. Raman Spectrosc. (2013), 44, 102–107.

  1. Definitive evidence for linked resonances in surface-enhanced Raman scattering: Excitation profile of Cu phthalocyanine, Pablo S. Londero, Marco Leona, John R. Lombardi, Appl. Phys. Lett. (2013) 102, 111101; doi: 10.1063/1.4794071

  1.  Statistical methods and library search approaches for fast and reliable identification of dyes using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), Federica Pozzi, Simone Porcinai, John R. Lombardi, Marco Leona, Anal. Methods, (2013), 5, 4205 – 4212, DOI: 10.1039/c3ay40673c.

  1. Winsor & Newton original handbooks: a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and Raman spectral database of dyes from modern watercolor pigments, Federica Pozzi, John R Lombardi,  Marco Leona, Heritage Science (2013), 1:23.

  1. Application of Raman Spectroscopy, Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS), and Density Functional Theory for the Identification of Phenethylamines, Francis Taplin, Deanna O’Donnell, Thom Kubic, Marco. Leona, John. R. Lombardi, Applied Spectroscopy, (2013), 67, 1150-1159; DOI: 10.11366/13-06990.

  1. Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering on a Chemically Etched ZnSe Surface, Syed K. Islam, Maria Tamargo, Richard Moug, John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys. C, (2013)117, 23372−23377, DOI:10.1021/jp407647f.

  1. Simultaneous enhancement of phonon  modes with molecular vibrations due to Mg doping of a TiO substrate, Xiangxin Xue, Wei Ji, Zhu Mao, Chun Zhao, Bing Zhao, John R. Lombardi, RSC Adv., (2013), 3, 20891

  1. In situ microanalysis of organic colorants by inkjet colloid deposition surface-enhanced Raman scattering, Dario P. Benedetti, Jie Zhang, Thomas J. Tague, Jr, John R. Lombardi, Marco Leona, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, (2013) 45, 123-127, DOI:\ 10.1002/jrs.4424.

  1. Laser Ablation Surface-Enhanced Raman Microspectroscopy, P. S. Londero, J. R. Lombardi, M. Leona, Anal. Chem., (2013), 85 (11), pp 5463–5467, dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac400440c.
  1. Waveguide-Enhanced Surface Plasmons for Ultrasensitive SERS Detection, Yuejiao Gu, Shuping Xu, Haibo Li, Shaoyan Wang, Ming Cong, John R. Lombardi, Weiqing Xu, dx.doi.org/10.1021/jz401512k | J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (2013), 4, 3153−3157
  1. Propagating and Localized Surface Plasmons in Hierarchical Metallic Structures for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering, Xinnan Wang , Yuyang Wang , Ming Cong , Haibo Li , Yuejiao Gu , John R. Lombardi , Shuping Xu , Weiqing Xu, Small (2013), 9, 1895–1899
  1. Fabrication of Au hybrid protein chips and its application to SERS-based bioassay, Haiyang Wang, Bing Zhao, Shanshan Shen, Jin Yang, Zhishi Li, Zhu Mao,Tieli Zhou, Xu Wang, Wei Song, Weidong Ruan, John R. Lombardi, Vibrational Spectroscopy 70 (2014) 49– 52.
  1.  Enhancement of surface phonon modes in the Raman spectrum of ZnSe nanoparticles on adsorption of 4-mercaptopyridine, Syed K. Islam, John R. Lombardi, J. Chem. Phys.,140, 074701 (2014); doi: 10.1063/1.4865136
  1. Two-Dimensional Array of Silica Particles as a SERS Substrate, Dane Christie, John Lombardi, Ilona Kretzschmar, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 9114-9118, dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp412821w
  1. The Theory of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering in Semiconductors, John R. Lombardi, Ronald L. Birke, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 11120-11130, DOI: 10.1021/jp5020675.
  1. TLC-SERS of Mauve, the first synthetic dye, M. V. Cañamares, D.A. Reagan, J.R. Lombardi, M. Leona, J. Raman Spectrosc. 2014, 45, 1147–1152 DOI: 10.1002/jrs.4508
  1. Suitability of Ag-agar gel for the microextraction of organic dyes on different substrates: the case study of wool, silk, printed cotton and a panel painting mock-up, Elena Platania, John R. Lombardi, Marco Leona, Nobuko Shibayama, Cristiana Lofrumento,  Marilena Ricci, Maurizio Becucci, Emilio Castellucci, J. Raman Spectrosc. 2014, 45, 1133–1139, DOI 10.1002/jrs.4531
  1. Active-Tuned Plasmonic Angle Modulator of Light Beams for Potential Application of 3D Display, Haibo Li, Shuping Xu, Hailong Wang, Yuejiao Gu, John R. Lombardi, Weiqing Xu, ACS Photonics, 2014, DOI: 10.1021/ph5000902.
  1. Coupled Exciton and Charge-Transfer Resonances in the Raman Enhancement of Phonon Modes of CdSe Quantum Dots (QDs), Syed K. Islam, Mohammad A. Sohel, John R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 19415−19421, doi.org/10.1021/jp5051035.
  1. Detection of Organic Colorants in Histroical Painting Layers Using UV Laser Ablation Surface-Enhanced Raman Microspectroscopy, Anna Cesaratto, Marco Leona, John R. Lombardi, Daniela Comelli, Austin Nevin, Pablo Londero, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2014, 53, 1-6, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408016 and 10.1002/ange.201408016
  1. Raman, SERS, and DFT of Mauve Dye: Adsorption on Ag Nanoparticles, M. V. Cañamares, J. R. Lombardi, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 14297−14303, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02619
  1. Simulation of SERS by a DFT Study: a comparison of static and near resonance Raman for 4-mercaptopyridine on small Ag clusters. R. L. Birke, J.R. Lombardi, Journal of Optics 17, 114004 (2015).
  1. Review of Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Applications in Forensic Science, Cyril Muehlethaler, Marco Leona, John R. Lombardi, Anal. Chem. 2016, DOI:10.1021/acs.analchem.5b04131
  1. Fourier filtering ultraviolet laser ablation SERS for the analysis of yellow lakes,  Anna Cesaratto, Pablo Londero, Nobuko Shibayama, John R. Lombardi, Marco Leona,  Microchemical Journal, 126 (2016) 237–242.
  1. Ultra-high Raman enhancement on Monolayer MoS2, C. Muehlethaler, C.R. Considine, V. Menon, W.-C.Lin, Y.-H. Lee, J.R. Lombardi, ACS Photonics 2016, 3, 1164−1169) DOI 10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00213
  1. Photochemical growth of silver nanoparticles with mixed-light irradiation,  Xianliang Zheng,Yinshan Peng, John R. Lombardi, Xiaoqiang Cui, Weitao Zheng, Colloid Polymer Science, 294, 911-916, 2016.
  1. Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Due to Charge-Transfer Resonances: A Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Study of Ag13-4-Mercaptopyridine, Ronald L. Birke, John R. Lombardi, Wissam A. Saidi, Patrick Norman, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b01961