Wendu Ding

Education

B.S., 2010, Butler University (Prof. John Esteb)

Ph.D., 2015, Yale University (Prof. Victor Batista)

Postdoctoral Scholar, 2015-2018, Northwestern University (Prof. George Schatz)

Postdoctoral Scholar, 2018-2020, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Prof. Adam Willard)

Research Description

Our group focuses on developing and utilizing theoretical and computational methods to study various scientific questions. The research topics that we are interested in include plasmonic materials such as noble metal nanoparticles, complex structure materials such as supramolecular assembles and MOFs, molecular ensembles such as SAMs and polymers, chemical mixtures such as electrolytes, etc. Various theoretical tools would be utilized to investigate the properties of these materials and systems, as well as the interactions between these systems and single molecules and particles. New theory and methods would be developed to gain new physical insights into related chemical and physical processes, such as light-matter interactions, electron and energy transfer, and catalytic reactions. We hope to apply this knowledge to improve and/or invent applications in the fields of alternative energy, catalysis, and sensing.

Selected Publications

Myint, K. H.; Ding, W.; Willard, A. P. “The Influence of Spectator Cations on Solvent Reorganization Energy Is a Short-Range Effect” J. Phys. Chem. B 2021, 125, 1429-1438.

Limaye, A. M.; Ding, W.; Willard, A. P. “Understanding Attenuated Solvent Reorganization Energies Near Electrode Interfaces” J. Chem. Phys. 2020, 152, 114706.

Avanaki, K. N.; Ding, W.; Schatz, G. C. “Resonance energy transfer in arbitrary media: Beyond the point dipole approximation.” J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 29445-29456.

Ding, W.; Hsu, L.-Y.; Heaps, C. W.; and Schatz, G. C. “Plasmon-coupled resonance energy transfer II: exploring the peaks and dips in the electromagnetic coupling factor.” J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 22650-22659.

Hsu, L.-Y.; Ding, W.; and Schatz, G. C. “Plasmon-coupled resonance energy transfer” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8, 2357-2367.

Ding, W.; Hsu, L.-Y.; and Schatz, G. C. “Plasmon-coupled resonance energy transfer: A real-time electrodynamics approach” J. Chem. Phys. 2017, 146, 064109.

Ding, W.; Koeph, M.; Koenigsmann, C.; Batra, A.; Venkataraman, L.; Negre, C. F. A.; Brudvig, G. W.; Crabtree, R. H.; Schmuttenmaer, C. A.; and Batista, V. S. “Computational Design of Intrinsic Molecular Rectifiers based on Asymmetric Functionalization of N-phenylbenzamide” J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2015, 11, 5888-5896.

Li, C.; Koenigsmann, C.; Ding, W.; Rudshteyn, B.; Yang, K. R.; Regan, K.; Konezny, S.; Batista, V. S.; Brudvig, G. W.; Schmuttenmaer, C. A.; and Kim, J.-H. “Facet-Dependent Photoelectrochemical Performance of TiO₂ Nanostructures: An Experimental and Computational Study” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 1520-1529.

Ding, W.; Negre, C. F. A.; Vogt, L.; and Batista, V. S. “High-Conductance Conformers in Histograms of Single-Molecule Current-Voltage Characteristics” J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 8316-8321.

Ding, W.; Negre, C. F. A.; Palma, J. L.; Durrell, A. C.; Allen, L. J.; Young, K. J.; Milot, R. L.; Schmuttenmaer, C. A.; Brudvig, G. W.; Crabtree, R. H.; and Batista, V. S. “Linker Rectifers for Covalent Attachment of Transition-Metal Catalysts to Metal-Oxide Surfaces” ChemPhysChem 2014, 15, 1138-1147.