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Research Interests

I joined the Van Duyne lab as a postdoc in January of 2008, after completing my Ph.D. with Bart Kahr and Philip J. Reid at the University of Washington in Seattle. My graduate work focused on characterizing the orientational and photophysical properties of single dye molecules embedded in salt crystals. My current research interests in the Van Duyne group involve surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, spectroelectrochemistry, and localized surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy.

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Publications

17. C. L. Brosseau, K. L. Wustholz, N. Greeneltch, R. P. Van Duyne, “Electrochemical and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Studies of the Adsorption of trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene at a Silver Film-Over-Nanosphere (AgFON) Surface” Journal of Analytical Chemistry, in preparation (2009).

16. K. L. Wustholz, A.-I. Henry, M. E. Piotti, R. G. Freeman, M. J. Natan, G. C. Schatz, R. P. Van Duyne, “Correlated Single-Nanoparticle Spectroscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy of Individual SERS Nanotags” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, invited, in preparation (2009).

15. A.-I. Henry, K. L. Wustholz, S. L. Kleinman, R. P. Van Duyne, “Plasmonic
Nanostructures for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy,” Chemical Reviews, invited, in preparation (2009).

14. K. L. Wustholz, A.-I. Henry, J. M. Bingham, S. L. Kleinman, R. G. Freeman, M. J. Natan, R. P. Van Duyne, “Exploring single-molecule SERS and single-nanoparticle plasmon microscopy,” Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7394, 739403 (2009).

13. K. M. Kosuda, J. M. Bingham, K. L. Wustholz, R. P. Van Duyne, “Nanostructures and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy,” Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology, T. Odom, G. Wiederrecht, Eds., Elsevier, in press, (2009).

12. A. Barbon, E. D. Bott, M. Brustolon, M. Fabris, B. Kahr, W. Kaminsky, P. J. Reid, S. M. Wong, K. L. Wustholz, R. Zanré, “Triplet States of the Non-Linear Optical Chromophore DCM in Single Crystals of Potassium Hydrogen Phthalate and Their Relationship to Single-Molecule Dark States,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131, 11548-11557, (2009).

11. K. L. Wustholz, C. L. Brosseau, F. Casadio, R. P. Van Duyne “Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Dyes: from Single Molecules to the Artists’ Canvas,” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11, 7350-7359, (2009); Cover article.

10. J. McMahon, A.-I. Henry, K. L. Wustholz, M. Natan, G. Freeman, R. P. Van Duyne, G. C. Schatz, “Gold Nanoparticle Dimer Plasmonics: Finite Element Method Calculations of the Electromagnetic Enhancement to Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy,” Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 394, 1819-1825, (2009).

9. J. A. Dieringer, K. L. Wustholz, D. J. Masiello, J. P. Camden, S. L. Kleinman, G. C. Schatz, R. P. Van Duyne, “Surface-Enhanced Raman Excitation Spectroscopy of a Single Rhodamine 6G Molecule,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131, 849- 854, (2009).

8. T. Bullard, K. L. Wustholz, E. D. Bott, M. Robertson, P. J. Reid, and B. Kahr, “Role of Kinks in Dyeing Crystals: Confocal Luminescence Microscopy from Single Molecules to Square Centimeters,” Crystal Growth and Design, 9, 982-990, (2009).

7. K. L. Wustholz, D. R. B. Sluss, B. Kahr, and P. J. Reid, “Single-Molecule Microscopy Studies in Dyed Composite Materials,” International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 27, 167-200 (2008).

6. K. L. Wustholz, E.D. Bott, B. Kahr, and P. J. Reid, “Memory and Spectral Diffusion in Single-Molecule Emission,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 7877-7885 (2008).

5. K. L. Wustholz, E. D. Bott, C. M. Isborn, X. Li, B. Kahr, and P. J. Reid, “Dispersive Kinetics from Single Molecules Oriented in Single Crystals of Potassium Acid Phthalate,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 9146-9156 (2007).

4. K. L. Wustholz, B. Kahr, and P. J. Reid, “Single-Molecule Orientations in Dyed Salt Crystals,” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 16357-16362 (2005).

3. M. R. Baar and K. L. Wustholz, “Diels-Alder Synthesis of endo-cis-Nphenylbicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-en-2,3-dicarboximide,” Journal of Chemical Education, 82, 1393-1394 (2005).

2. M. R. Baar, C. E. Russell, and K. L. Wustholz, “The Ethylene Ketal Protecting Group Revisited: The Synthesis of 4-hydroxy-4,4-diphenyl-2-butanone,” Journal of Chemical Education, 82, 1057-1058 (2005).

1. D. W. Bjorkquist, D.I. Collias, M. D. Mitchell, S. A. Cummins, T. J. Wehmeier, H. A. Frederick, and K. L. Wustholz, “Contributions of Proton and Electron Transfer to Carbon Basicity,” Carbon 2005 Conference Proceedings, Gyeongju, Korea (2005).