The Patterson Group became independent in September 2015. A complete list of Dr. Patterson’s publications can be found on his Google Scholar profile.
Recent Publications:
Nondestructive Inelastic Recoil Spectroscopy of a Single Molecular Ion: A Versatile Tool Toward Precision Action Spectroscopy
Aaron Calvin, Scott Eierman, Zeyun Peng, Merrell Brzeczek, Samuel Kresch, Elijah Lane, Lincoln Satterthwaite, and David Patterson
Physical Review A, December 21, 2023
A new method of non-destructive, rotationally resolved single-molecule spectroscopy.
Single Molecule Infrared Spectroscopy in the Gas Phase
Aaron Calvin, Scott Eierman, Zeyun Peng, Merrell Brzeczek, Lincoln Satterthwaite, Dave Patterson
Nature, June 28, 2023
The first spectrum ever taken of a single gas-phase polyatomic molecule.
Assignment-Free Chirality Detection in Unknown Samples via Microwave Three-Wave Mixing
Greta Koumarianou, Irene Wang, Lincoln Satterthwaite, Dave Patterson
Nature Communications Chemistry, March 14, 2022
A method for broadband chirally sensitive microwave spectroscopy.
Sub-Hz Differential Rotational Spectroscopy of Enantiomers
Lincoln Satterthwaite, Greta Koumarianou, Daniel Sorensen, Dave Patterson
Symmetry, December 27, 2021
The most precise absolute frequency measurement between two enantiomers of the same chiral molecule using microwave spectroscopy.
Automated, Context-Free Assignment of Asymmetric Rotor Microwave Spectra
Lia Yeh, Lincoln Satterthwaite, David Patterson
May 31, 2019
An algorithm that assigns a majority of spectra without any prior assumptions about the values of rotational constants.
High Sensitivity Microwave Spectroscopy in a Cryogenic Buffer Gas Cell
Jessica P. Porterfield, Lincoln Satterthwaite, Sandra Eibenberger, David Patterson, Michael C. McCarthy
Review of Scientific Instruments, May 7, 2019
An overview of the instrument that takes rotational spectra from the Patterson group.
Enantiomeric Analysis of Chiral Isotopomers via Microwave Three-Wave Mixing
Lincoln Satterthwaite, Cristobal Perez, Amanda L. Steber, Dylan Finestone, Robert L. Broadrup, David Patterson
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, March 18, 2019
Detection of molecules that are only chiral due to isotopic substitution using the microwave three-wave mixing technique.
Method for Preparation and Readout of Polyatomic Molecules in Single Quantum States
David Patterson
Physical Review A, March 6, 2018
Theory for state readout of a polyatomic molecule via sympathetic cooling and coupling to an atomic ion’s motional state.
Enantiomer-Specific State Transfer of Chiral Molecules
Sandra Eibenberger, John Doyle, and David Patterson
Physical Review Letters, March 21, 2017
A method to selectively promote either R- or S-molecules to higher rotational states using phase-controlled microwave pulses.
Continuous Probing of Cold Complex Molecules with Infrared Frequency Comb Spectroscopy
In collaboration with the Ye Group at JILA, we apply state-of-the-art cavity-enhanced infrared comb absorption spectroscopy to buffer gas-cooled molecules as large as adamantane.
Nature, 2016.
Automated Microwave Double Resonance Spectroscopy: A Tool to Identify and Characterize Chemical Compounds
Marie-Aline Martin-Drumel, Michael C. McCarthy, David Patterson, Brett A. McGuire, Kyle N. Crabtree
2016
Presenting tools for nearly fully automated spectral assignment using two-dimensional microwave spectroscopy.
Novel Applications of Buffer-Gas Cooling to Cold Atoms, Diatomic Molecules, and Large Molecules
Garrett Drayna, PhD Thesis, Harvard University, 2016.
Direct Time-Domain Observation of Conformational Relaxation in Gas-Phase Cold Collisions
G. K. Drayna, C. Hallas, K. Wang, S. R. Domingos, S. Eibenberger, John M. Doyle, D. Patterson
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016
Observing conformers of 1,2-propanediol relaxing in cold gas-phase collisions.
Cooling, Spectroscopy, and Non-Sticking of trans-Stilbene and Nile Red
Julia Piskorski, David Patterson, Sandra Eibenberger, John M. Doyle
ChemPhysChem, 2014
The largest and most floppy molecules ever buffer-gas cooled.
Sensitive Chiral Analysis via Microwave Three-Wave Mixing
David Patterson, John Doyle
Physical Review Letters, 2013
The first demonstration of chiral detection using microwave spectroscopy.
Enantiomer-Specific Detection of Chiral Molecules via Microwave Spectroscopy
David Patterson, Melanie Schnell, John Doyle
Nature, 2013
The first chiral detection using microwaves.