M. Paolino, S. Singh, C. Boyd, M. Lang, and T. Cuk, "Surface Acidity of Oxygen Evolution Intermediates by Excited State Optical Spectroscopy," J. Am. Chem. Soc.2025 147, 28474
Cassius Boyd, Shay McBride, Michael Paolino, Moritz Lang, Geoffroy Hautier, and T. Cuk, "Assigning Surface Hole Polaron Configurations of Titanium Oxide Materials to Excited-State Optical Absorptions, " J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025 147, 10981
J. Suntivich, G. Hautier, I. Dabo, E. J. Crumlin, D. Kumar & T. Cuk "Probing intermediate configurations of oxygen evolution catalysis across the light spectrum," Nature Energy2024 9, 1191
T. Cuk, X. Chen, S. Singh, M. Paolino, J. Stewart, and I. Vingradov, 鈥淯ltrafast electronic and vibrational spectroscopy on a metal-oxide surface during oxygen evolution catalysis,鈥 ACS Catalysis听2024 14, 9901
T. Cuk, 鈥淭he phenomenology of intermediate dynamics at a metal-oxide surface,鈥 Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2024 75,听457-481.
J. Stewart, P. Zayka, C. Courter, and T. Cuk, 鈥淔ormation of the oxyl鈥檚 potential energy surface by the spectral kinetics of a vibrational mode,鈥 J. Chem. Phys.2024160, 164202
H. Lyle, S. Singh, E. Magnano, S. Nappini, F. Bondino, S. Yazdi, and T. Cuk, "Assessing and quantifying thermodynamically concomitant and kinetically hindered degradation during oxygen evolution from water on n-SrTiO3," ACS Catalysis2023 13, 8206.
C. Courter, J. Stewart, and T. Cuk "Moderate electron doping assists in dissociating water on a transition metal oxide surface (n-SrTiO3)" J. Phys. Chem. C. 2023 127, 4905.
J. Suntivich and T. Cuk, "Experimental detection of intermediates of the oxygen evolution reaction at aqueous metal-oxide interfaces", Encyclopedia of Solid Liquid Interfaces, Edited by Wandelt and Bussetti 2024, pp. 157-165.
I. Vinogradov, S. Singh, H. Lyle, M. Paolino, A. Mandal*, J. Rossmeisl, and T. Cuk*, "Free energy difference to create the M-OH* intermediate of the oxygen evolution reaction by time-resolved optical spectroscopy," Nature Materials, 2022, 21, 88.听 (News Article at CU, Featured in DOE News)
S. Singh, H. Lyle, L. D'Amario, E. Magnano, I. Vinogradov*, , and T. Cuk*, "Coherent Acoustic Interferometry during the Photodriven Oxygen Evolution Reaction Associates Strain Fields with the Reactive Oxygen Intermediate (Ti鈥揙H*)", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 39, 15984.
H. Lyle, S. Singh, M. Paolino, Ilya Vinogradov, and T. Cuk*, "The electron-transfer intermediates of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) as polarons by in-situ spectroscopy," Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, invited perspective,听2021, 23, 24984.听(Inside Front Cover)
Xihan Chen* and T. Cuk,"One-Electron Water Oxidation Intermediate on TiO2听P25 Probed by Ultrafast Attenuated Total Reflection," J. of Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 18204.
D. Aschaffenburg, S. Kawasaki, C.D. Pemmaraju, and T. Cuk,听"Accuracy in resolving the first hydration layer on transition metal oxide surface: Experiment (AP-XPS) and Theory." J. of Phys. Chem. C. 2020,124, 21407.
X. Chen, D. Aschaffenburg, and T. Cuk, 鈥淪electing between two transition states by which water oxidation intermediates on an oxide surface decay鈥, Nature Catalysis,听2019, 2, 820.
J. Raberg, J. Vatamanu, S. Harris, C. H. M. van Oversteeg, A. Ramos, O. Borodin and T. Cuk, 鈥淧robing Electric Double Layer Composition via in-situ Vibrational Spectroscopy and Molecular Simulations鈥, J. Phys. Chem. Lett.2019 10, 3381.
T. Cuk, "Forwarding Molecular Design of Heterogeneous Catalysis," ACS Central Science(First Reactions)听2018,听4, 1084.
X. Chen*, D. Aschaffenburg*, and T. Cuk, 鈥淔aradaic O2 Evolution from n-SrTiO3 using Nano- and Femto-second Pulsed Light Excitation鈥 Chemical Communication (Emerging Investigators) 2017, 53, 7254 (invited). 听(Featured as HOT article)
X. Chen, D. Aschaffenburg, and T. Cuk, 鈥淥ne-Electron Intermediates of Water Oxidation and the Role of Solvation in their Stability鈥 Journal of Materials Chemistry A2017, 5, 11410 (invited).
K. Pollock, H. Q. Doan, C. Stanton, and T. Cuk, 鈥淒etecting the Photo-excited Carrier Distribution across GaAs/Transition Metal Oxide Interfaces by Coherent Longitudinal Acoustic Phonons,鈥 J. Phys. Chem. Lett.2017, 8, 922.
X. Chen, S. Choing, D. Aschaffenburg, C.D. Pemmaraju, D. Prendergast and听T. Cuk, "The Formation Time of Ti-O路 and Ti-O路-Ti Radicals at the n-SrTiO3/Aqueous Interface during Photo-catalytic Water Oxidation"听J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 1830 (Cover Article & JACS Spotlight & DOE Highlight)
C.H.M. van Oversteeg, H.Q. Doan, F.M.F. de Groot, and T. Cuk, "In-Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Transition Metal Based Water Oxidation Catalysts鈥澨Chemical Society Reviews2017, 46, 102.
B. Liu, R. Wang, E. Glass, C. Hill, T. Cuk, J. Okamoto, D. Huang, M. van Schooneveld, and F.M.F. de Groot, "Distorted tetrahedral Co(II) in K5H[CoW12O40]H2O probed by 2p3d resonant inelastic X-ray scattering" Inorganic Chemistry2016, 55, 10152.
D.M. Herlihy, M.M. Waegele, X. Chen, C.D. Pemmaraju, D. Prendergast and听T. Cuk, "Detecting the Oxyl Radical of Photocatalytic Water Oxidation by its Sub-Surface Vibration"听Nature Chemistry听2016, 8, 549. (Featured in News & Views 8, 527)
H.Q. Doan, K.L. Pollock, and听T. Cuk, "Transient Optical Diffraction of an n-GaN/Aqueous interface: interfacial carrier mobility dependent on surface reactivity" Chemical Physics Letters (Frontiers)听2016, 649, 1 (Invited). (Cover Article)
N. Tran, A. Singh and听T. Cuk, "Highly Reversible Transition Metal Deposition and Oxidation on Symmetric RuO2听Electrodes for Battery Applications"听J. of Electrochem. Soc.听2015, 163, A286.
S.N. Choing, A.J. Francis, G. Clendenning, M.S. Schuurman, R.D. Sommer, I. Tamblyn, W.W. Weare, and T. Cuk, "Long-Lived LMCT in a d0听Vanadium (V) Complex by Internal Conversion to a State of 3dxy Character"听J. Phys. Chem. C听2015, 119, 17029 (Cover article)
A.M. Hibberd, H.Q. Doan, E.N. Glass, F.M.F. de Groot, C.L. Hill, and听T. Cuk, "Co Polyoxometalates and a Co3O4听Thin Film Investigated by L-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy"听J. Phys. Chem. C听2015, 119, 4173.
M.M. Waegele, X. Chen, D.M. Herlihy, and听T. Cuk, "How Surface Potential Determines the Kinetics of the First Hole Transfer of Photo-catalytic Water Oxidation"听J. Am. Chem. Soc.听2014, 136, 10632.
M. Waegele, H. Doan, and T. Cuk, 鈥淟ong-lived photoexcited carrier dynamics of d-d excitations in spinel ordered Co3O4,鈥 J. Phys. Chem. C.2014, 118, 3426.
T. Cuk, W.W.Weare, and H. Frei, 鈥淯nusually long lifetime of excited charge transfer state in all inorganic, oxo-bridged binuclear units鈥 J. Phys. Chem. C. 2010 114, 9167
H.Y. Liu, 鈥, T. Cuk, R. Merlin, and A. Cavalleri, 鈥淧ossible observation of parametrically amplified coherent phasons in K0.3MoO3 using time-resolved extreme-ultraviolet angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy鈥 Phys. Rev. B.听2013, 88, 045104
C. R. Rotundu, T. Cuk, R. L. Greene, Z.-X. Shen, R. J. Hemley, and V.V. Struzhkin, 鈥淗igh-pressure resistivity technique for quasi-hydrostatic compression experiments,鈥 Rev. Sci. Instrum. 84 2013, 063903
T. Cuket al., 鈥淪ignatures of pressure-induced superconductivity in insulating Bi2212,鈥 Phys. Rev. B. 2010, 81, 184509
T. Cuket al., 鈥淯ncovering a pressure-tuned electronic transition in Bi颅1.98Sr2.06Y0.68Cu2O8 using Raman scattering and x-ray diffraction鈥 Phys. Rev. Lett.听2008, 100, 217003
X. J. Zhou, T. Cuk, T. Devereaux, N. Nagaosa, and Z.-X. Shen, 鈥淎ngle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy on Electronic Structure and Electron-Phonon Coupling in Cuprate Superconductors鈥 Treatise on High-Temperature Superconductivity, edited by R. Schrieffer (2005-2006)
W. Meevasana, N.J.C. Ingle, D.H. Lu, J.R. Shi, F. Baumberger, K.M. Shen, W.S. Lee, T.听Cuk, H. Eisaki, T.P. Devereaux, N. Nagaosa, J. Zaanen, and Z.-X. Shen "Doping dependence of the coupling of electrons to the bosonic modes in the single layer high-temperature Bi2Sr2CuO6 superconductor" Phys. Rev. Lett. 2006,听96, 157003
X. J. Zhou, Junren Shi, T. Yoshida, T. Cuk, W. L. Yang, V. Brouet, J. Nakamura, N. Mannella, Seiki Komiya, Yoichi Ando, F. Zhou, W. X. Ti, J. W. Xiong, Z. X. Zhao, T. Sasagawa, T. Kakeshita, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, A. Fujimori, Zhenyu Zhang, E. W. Plummer, R. B. Laughlin, Z. Hussain, and Z.-X. Shen, 鈥淢ultiple Bosonic Mode Coupling in the Electron Self-Energy of La2-xSrxCuO4鈥 Phys. Rev. Lett.听2005, 95, 117001
T. Cuk et al., 鈥淐oupling of the B1g Phonon to the Antinodal Electronic States of Bi2Sr2Ca0.92Y0.08Cu2O8鈥 Phys. Rev. Lett.听2004, 93, 117003
T.P. Devereaux, T. Cuk, Z.-X. Shen, and N. Nagaosa, 鈥淎nisotropic Electron-Phonon Interaction in the Cuprates鈥 Phys. Rev. Lett.听2004, 93, 117004
T. Cuk, D.H. Lu, X.J. Zhou, Z.-X. Shen, T.P. Devereaux, N. Nagaosa, 鈥淎 review of electron-phonon coupling seen in the high-Tc superconductors by angle-resolved photoemission studies (ARPES)鈥 Physica Status Solidi (b) 2004,听242, 11 (Cover Article)
T. Cuk, Z.-X. Shen, A. D. Gromko, Z. Sun, D. S. Dessau, 鈥淐opper oxide superconductors:听 Sharp-mode coupling in high-Tc 蝉耻辫别谤肠辞苍诲耻肠迟辞谤蝉鈥 Nature 2004,听432 Brief Communications (18 Nov 2004)
T. Cuk, S. M. Troian, C. M. Hong, S. Wagner, 鈥淯sing convective flow splitting for the direct printing of fine copper lines鈥 Appl. Phys. Lett.听2000,听77, 2063 (2000) (Work also appeared in 鈥淒irect Printing of Fine Copper Lines by Self-Organized Convective Flow鈥, Materials Development for Direct Write Technologies, Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 624 p. 267 (2001))
