52. Devdass, A.; McCardle, K. M.; Dorris, A.; Buettner, D. K.; Zeller, M.; Hammer, N. I.; Panetier, J. A.; Jurss, J. W. Visible-Light Driven Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction in the Presence of H2O using a Series of Self-Sensitized Ruthenium Complexes. Manuscript near submission.
51. Ershad, M.; Ferdous, J.; Nichols, S.; Jurss, J. W. Electrochemical and Light-Driven CO2 Reduction with a Molecular Nickel Catalyst Supported by a Pentadentate, Redox-Active Macrocycle. Manuscript near submission.
50. Kruse, N. A.; Brower, C. R.; Ershad, M.; Jurss, J. W.; Hammer, N. I. Utilizing LDS Dyes as New Quantum Yield References in the Near-Infrared Region of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. Manuscript near submission.
49. Turner, Z. H.;† Ferdous, J.;† Antony, A.; Ershad, M.; Hodge, C.; Fortenberry, R. C.; Jurss, J. W. Catalytic CO2 Reduction with a Nickel Complex Featuring a Bipyridyl-Triazacyclononane (BpyTacn) Ligand and a 2e− Redox Process. Reviewed and in revision. († co-first authors)
48. Stucky, M. M.; Ashly, A.; Jurss, J. W.; Hammer, N. I. Hydrogen and Halogen Bond Interactions with 2,6-Dimethoxypyridine. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2026, 130, 1282–1291. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.5c07709
47. Devdass, A.; Watson, J.; Zeller, M.; Delcamp, J. H.; Jurss, J. W. Copper-based Redox Shuttles Supported by Pentadentate Ligands for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Enhanced Efficiencies Under Low-Light Conditions. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2025, 8, 9337–9347. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.5c00998
46. Chafin, R.; Sujan, M. I.; Parkin, S.; Jurss, J. W.; Huckaba, A. J. Light-Driven CO2 Reduction with Substituted Imidazole-Pyridine Re Catalysts Favoring Formic Acid Production. RSC Adv. 2025, 15, 12547–12556. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5RA01561H
45. Silprakob, W.; Ferdous, J.; Das, S.; Qu, F.; Jurss, J. W.; Papish, E. T. Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic CO2 Reduction Reactivity of Ruthenium CNC Pincer Complexes Containing Macrocyclic or Long Chain Wingtips. Organometallics 2024, 43, 2077–2085. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00282
44. Sahil, S. T.; McCardle, K. M.; Le Magueres, P.; Panetier, J. A.; Jurss, J. W. Investigations of a Copper(II) Bipyridyl-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Macrocycle for CO2 Reduction: Apparent Formation of an Imidazolium Carboxylate Intermediate Leading to Demetalation. ACS Omega 2024, 9, 34555–34566. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c02520
43. Laber, C. H.; Scircle, A. R.; Mouton, Z. P.; Thornell, T. L.; Antony, A.; Jurss, J. W.; Glasscott, M. W. Tunable High Entropy Lanthanide Oxide Microspheres via Confined Electroprecipitation in Emulsion Droplet Scaffolds. ACS Materials Au 2024, 4, 179–184. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.3c00062
42. Chen, L.; Su, X.; Jurss, J. W. Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Water at Low Overpotentials with Cobalt Complexes Supported by Redox-Active Bipyridyl-NHC Donors. Chinese J. Catal.2022, 43, 3187–3194. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1872-2067(22)64151-2
41. Nugegoda, D.; Bhattacharya, S.; Hunt, L. A.; Schwartz, S. J.; Turner, Z. H.; Hammer, N. I.; Jurss, J. W.; Delcamp, J. H. Designing Self-Assembled Dye-Redox Shuttle Systems via Interfacial π-Stacking in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells for Enhanced Low Light Power Conversion. Energy & Fuels 2022, 36, 7075–7086.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c00633
40. Devdass, A.; Watson, J.; Firestone, E.; Hamann, T. W.; Delcamp, J. H.; Jurss, J. W. An Efficient Copper-based Redox Shuttle Bearing a Hexadentate Polypyridyl Ligand for DSCs Under Low-Light Conditions. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022, 5, 5964–5973. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c00344
39. Mitra, S.; Talukdar, K.; Prasad, P.; Misra, S. K.; Khan, S.; Sharp, J. S.; Jurss, J. W.; Chakraborty, S. A Rationally Designed Cu Chelator that Mitigates Cu-Induced ROS Production by Amyloid Beta. ChemBioChem 2022, 23, e202100485. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202100485
38. Nugegoda, D.; Hunt, L. A.; Devdass, A.; Cheema, H.; Jurss, J. W.; Hammer, N. I.; Delcamp, J. H. Lewis Acid-Lewis Base Interactions Promote Fast Interfacial Electron Transfers with a Pyridine-Based Donor Dye in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022, 5, 1516–1527. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c02912
37. Sinha Roy, S.; Talukdar, K.; Sahil, S. T.; Jurss, J. W. Electrochemical and Light-driven CO2 Reduction by Amine-Functionalized Rhenium Catalysts: A Comparison Between Primary and Tertiary Amine Substitutions. Polyhedron2022, 224, 115976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2022.115976
36. Devdass, A.;† Talukdar, K.;† Zeller, M.; Fortenberry, R. C.; Jurss, J. W. Exploring Different Equatorial Donors in a Series of Five-Coordinate Cu(II) Complexes Supported by Rigid Tetradentate Ligands. Polyhedron 2022, 212, 115558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2021.115558 († co-first authors)
35. Curiac, C.; Rodrigues, R. R.; Watson, J.; Hunt, L. A.; Devdass, A.; Jurss, J. W.; Hammer, N. I.; Fortenberry, R. C.; Delcamp, J. H. Iron Redox Shuttles with Wide Optical Gap Dyes for High Voltage Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ChemSusChem 2021, 14, 3084–3096. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202100884
34. Saha, S.; Sahil, S. T.; Mazumder, M. M. R.; Stephens, A. M.; Cronin, B.; Duin, E. C.; Jurss, J. W.; Farnum, B. H. Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrocatalytic Activity of Bis(pyridylimino)Isoindoline Cu(II) and Ni(II) Complexes. Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 926–935. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0DT03030A
33. Sinha Roy, S.;† Talukdar, K.;† Jurss, J. W. Electro- and Photochemical Reduction of CO2 by Molecular Manganese Catalysts: Exploring the Positional Effect of Second Sphere Hydrogen-Bond Donors. ChemSusChem2021, 14, 662–670. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202001940 († co-first authors)
32.Morstein, J.; Höfler, D.; Ueno, K.; Jurss, J. W.; Walvoord, R. R.; Bruemmer, K. J.; Rezgui, S. P.; Brewer, T. F.; Saitoe, M.; Michel, B. W.; Chang, C. J. A Ligand-Directed Approach to Activity-Based Sensing: Developing Palladacycle Fluorescent Probes that Enable Endogenous Carbon Monoxide Detection. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 15917–15930. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c06405 (Preprint available at ChemRxiv, 2020, https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.12547850.v1)
31. Talukdar, K.;† Sinha Roy, S.;† Amatya, E.; Sleeper, E. A.; Le Magueres, P.; Jurss, J. W. Enhanced Electrochemical CO2 Reduction by a Series of Molecular Rhenium Catalysts Decorated with Second Sphere Hydrogen-Bond Donors. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 6087–6099. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00154 († co-first authors)
30. Rodrigues, R. R.; Lee, J. M.; Taylor, N. S.; Cheema, H.; Chen, L.; Fortenberry, R. C.; Delcamp, J. H.; Jurss, J. W. Copper-Based Redox Shuttles Supported by Preorganized Tetradentate Ligands for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 343–355. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9DT04030G
29. Su, X.; McCardle, K. M.; Chen, L.; Panetier, J. A.; Jurss, J. W. Robust and Selective Cobalt Catalysts Bearing Redox-Active Bipyridyl-N-Heterocyclic Frameworks for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction in Aqueous Solutions. ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 7398–7408. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b00708
28. Talukdar, K.; Issa, A.; Jurss, J. W. Synthesis of a Redox-Active NNP-type Pincer Ligand and its Application to Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction with First-Row Transition Metal Complexes. Front. Chem. 2019, 7, 330. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2019.00330
27. Shirley, H.; Su, X.; Sanjanwala, H.; Talukdar, K.; Jurss, J. W.; Delcamp, J. H. Durable Solar Powered Systems with Ni-Catalysts for Conversion of CO2 or CO to CH4. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 6617–6622. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b00937
26. Liyanage, N. P.; Yang, W.; Carpenter, C. A.; Guertin, S.; Sinha Roy, S.; Schmehl, R. H.; Delcamp, J. H.; Jurss, J. W. Photochemical CO2 Reduction with Mononuclear and Dinuclear Rhenium Catalysts Bearing a Pendant Anthracene Chromophore. Chem. Commun.2019, 55, 993–996. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC09155B
25. Chen, L.; Su, X.; Jurss, J. W. Selective Alkane C-H Bond Oxidation Catalyzed by a Non-heme Iron Complex Featuring a Robust Tetradentate Ligand. Organometallics 2018, 37, 4535–4539. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00611
24. Chen, L.; Dulaney, H. A.; Wilkins, B. O.; Farmer, S.; Zhang, Y.; Fronczek, F. R.; Jurss, J. W. High-Spin Enforcement in First-Row Metal Complexes of a Constrained Polyaromatic Ligand: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties. New J. Chem. 2018, 42, 18667–18677. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NJ02072H
23. Yang, W.;† Sinha Roy, S.;† Pitts, W. C.; Nelson, R.; Fronczek, F. R.; Jurss, J. W. Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction with Cis and Trans Conformers of a Rigid Dinuclear Rhenium Complex: Comparing the Monometallic and Cooperative Bimetallic Pathways. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 9564–9575. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01775 († co-first authors)
22. Huckaba, A. J.; Shirley, H.; Lamb, R.; Guertin, S.; Autry, S.; Cheema, H.; Talukdar, K.; Jones, T.; Jurss, J. W.; Dass, A.; Hammer, N. I.; Schmehl, R. H.; Webster, C. E.; Delcamp, J. H. A Mononuclear Tungsten Photocatalyst for H2 Production. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 4838–4847. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b04242
21. Su, X.; McCardle, K. M.; Panetier, J. A.; Jurss, J. W. Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction with Nickel Complexes Supported by Tunable Bipyridyl-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Donors: Understanding Redox-Active Macrocycles. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 3351–3354. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC00266E
20. Chen, L.; Khadivi, A.; Singh, M.; Jurss, J. W. Synthesis of a Pentadentate Polypyrazine Ligand and its Application in Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydrogen Production. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 1649–1653. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00362E
19. Liyanage, N. P.; Dulaney, H. A.; Huckaba, A. J.; Jurss, J. W.; Delcamp, J. H. Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CO with Re-Pyridyl-NHCs: Proton Source Influence on Rates and Product Selectivities. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 6085–6094. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00626
18. Wilson, J.; Williams, J. S. D.; Petkovsek, C.; Reves, P.; Jurss, J. W.; Hammer, N. I.; Tschumper, G.; Watkins, D. L. Synergistic Effects of Halogen Bond and p-p Interactions in Thiophene-based Building Blocks. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 82544–82548. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA16680B
17. Jurss, J. W.; Khnayzer, R. S.; Panetier, J. A.; El Roz, K. A.; Nichols, E. M.; Head-Gordon, M.; Long, J. R.; Castellano, F. N.; Chang, C. J. Bioinspired Design of Redox-Active Ligands for Multielectron Catalysis: Effects of Positioning Pyrazine Reservoirs on Cobalt for Electro- and Photocatalytic Generation of Hydrogen from Water. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 4954–4972. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SC01414J
Prior to the University of Mississippi
16. Khnayzer, R. S.; Thoi, V. S.; Nippe, M.; King,A. E.; Jurss, J. W.; El Roz, K. A.; Long, J. R.; Chang, C. J.; Castellano, F. N. Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Visible-Light Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Water Using Cobalt(II) Polypyridyl Catalysts. Energy Environ. Sci. 2014, 7, 1477–1488. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3EE43982H
15. Moonshiram, D.; Jurss, J. W.; Concepcion, J. J.; Zakharova, T.; Alperovich, I.; Meyer, T. J.; Pushkar, Y. Structure and Electronic Configurations of the Intermediates of Water Oxidation in Blue Ruthenium Dimer Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 4625-4636. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja208636f
14. Jurss, J. W.; Concepcion, J. J.; Butler, J. M.; Omberg, K. M.; Baraldo, L. M.; Thompson, D. G.; Lebeau, E. L.; Hornstein, B.; Schoonover, J. R.; Jude, H.; Thompson, J. D.; Dattelbaum, D. M.; Rocha, R. C.; Templeton, J. L.; Meyer, T. J. Electronic Structure of the Water Oxidation Catalyst, cis,cis-[(bpy)2(H2O)RuIIIO-RuIII(OH2)(bpy)2](ClO4)4. The Blue Dimer. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 1345–1358. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic201521w
13. Chen, Z.; Vannucci, A. K.; Concepcion, J. J.; Jurss, J. W.; Meyer, T. J. Proton Coupled Electron Transfer at Modified Electrodes by Multiple Pathways. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2011, 108, E1461–E1469. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1115769108
12. Alperovich, I.; Smolentsev, G.; Moonshiram, D.; Jurss, J. W.; Concepcion, J. J.; Meyer, T. J.; Soldatov, A.; Pushkar, Y. Understanding the Electronic Structure of 4d Metal Complexes: From Molecular Spinors to L-Edge Spectra of a di-Ru Catalyst. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15786–15794. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja207409q
11. Song, W.; Brennaman, M. K.; Concepcion, J. J.; Jurss, J. W.; Hoertz, P. G.; Luo, H.; Chen, C.; Hanson, K. G.; Meyer, T. J. Interfacial Electron Transfer Dynamics for [Ru(bpy)2((4,4’-PO3H2)2bpy)]2+ Sensitized TiO2 in a Dye Sensitized Photoelectrosynthesis Cell. Factors Influencing Efficiency and Dynamics. J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 7081–7091. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp200124k
10. Brennaman, M. K.; Patrocinio, A. O. T.; Song, W.; Jurss, J. W.; Concepcion, J. J.; Hoertz, P. G.; Traub, M. C.; Iha, N. Y. M.; Meyer, T. J. Interfacial Electron Transfer Dynamics Following Laser Flash Photolysis of [Ru(bpy)2((4,4’-PO3H2)2bpy)]2+ in TiO2 Nanoparticle Films in Aqueous Environments. ChemSusChem 2011, 4, 216–227. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201000356
9. Gagliardi, C. J.; Jurss, J. W.; Thorp, H. H.; Meyer, T. J. Surface Activation of Electrocatalysis at Oxide Electrodes. Concerted Electron-Proton Transfer. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 2076–2078. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic102524f
8. Jurss, J. W.; Concepcion, J. J.; Norris, M. R.; Templeton, J. L.; Meyer, T. J. Surface Catalysis of Water Oxidation by the Blue Ruthenium Dimer. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 3980–3982. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic100469x
7. Concepcion, J. J.; Jurss, J. W.; Norris, M. R.; Chen, Z.; Templeton, J. L.; Meyer, T. J. Catalytic Water Oxidation by Single-Site Ruthenium Catalysts. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 1277–1279. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic901437e
6. Chen, Z.; Concepcion, J. J.; Jurss, J. W.; Meyer, T. J. Single-Site, Catalytic Water Oxidation on Oxide Surfaces. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 15580–15581. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja906391w
5. Concepcion, J. J.; Jurss, J. W.; Hoertz, P. G.; Meyer, T. J. Catalytic and Surface-Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation by Redox Mediator-Catalyst Assemblies. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 9473–9476.https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200901279
4. Concepcion, J. J.; Jurss, J. W.; Brennaman, M. K.; Hoertz, P. G.; Patrocinio, A. O. T.; Iha, N. Y. M.; Templeton, J. L.; Meyer, T. J. Making Oxygen with Ruthenium Complexes. Acc. Chem. Res. 2009, 42, 1954–1965. https://doi.org/10.1021/ar9001526
3. Concepcion, J. J.; Jurss, J. W.; Templeton, J. L.; Meyer, T. J. One Site is Enough. Catalytic Water Oxidation by [Ru(tpy)(bpm)(OH2)]2+ and [Ru(tpy)(bpz)(OH2)]2+. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 16462–16463. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja8059649
2. Concepcion, J. J.; Jurss, J. W.; Templeton, J. L.; Meyer, T. J. Mediator-assisted water oxidation by the ruthenium ‘‘blue dimer’’ cis,cis-[(bpy)2(H2O)RuORu(OH2)(bpy)2]4+. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2008, 105, 17632–17635. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0807153105
1. Liu, F.; Concepcion, J. J.; Jurss, J. W.; Cardolaccia, T.; Templeton, J. L.; Meyer, T. J. Mechanisms of Water Oxidation from the Blue Dimer to Photosystem II. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 1727–1752. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic701249s