Publications

27. Ultrafast Charge, Spin, and Lattice Coupling Facilitates Spin Transport as Magnon-Polarons in Yttrium Iron Garnet

H. Gajapathy, A. Partin, E. Hruska, D. Russel, J. Guo, K. Debnath, S. Bandaranayake, S. Londo, C. Dykstra, B. Ghosh, F. Yang, M. Schultze, S. Biswas*, L. R. Baker*

https://chemrxiv.org/doi/pdf/10.26434/chemrxiv.15002118/v1 

*corresponding author

26. Tracking coherent vibronic and vibrational motions in ultrafast proton transfer

S. Biswas , J. W. Sandwisch , R. B. Weakly , M. Khalil

Nature Communications, 2026, Accepted, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72661-9 

25. Coupled Electronic and Structural Evolution in Materials Probed by Tabletop Femtosecond Coherent XUV Absorption Spectroscopy

Kumar, V; Dharmadhikari, A. K. ; Biswas, S*

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2026, 17, 2499–2516

*corresponding author

24. Exploring potential reactivity by optical polarization dependent coherent vibrational spectroscopy

Lee, M; Biswas, S*; Kim, J* 

The Journal of Chemical  Physics, 2025, 163, 164307

*corresponding author

23. Higher-order Polaronic-Exciton Recombination in Dion-Jacobson Type Two-Dimensional Perovskites

Biswas, S*.; Zhao, R; D.F; Seferos, D. S; Scholes, G. D* 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2025, 16, 7998−8006

*corresponding author

22. Exciton-polaron Formation and Hot Carrier Relaxation in Rigid Dion-Jacobson Type Two-Dimensional Perovskites

Biswas, S.; Alowa, F; Zhao, R; Zacharias, M; Sharifzadeh, S; David F. Coker, D.F; Seferos, D. S; Scholes, G. D 

Nature Materials, 2024, 23, 937–943

21. Water-Mediated Charge Transfer and Electron Localization in a Co3Fe2 Cyanide-Bridged Trigonal Bipyramidal Complex

Hruska, E; Zhu, Q.;  Biswas, S.; Fortunato, M. T.;  Broderick, D. R. ; Morales, C. M.; Herbert, J. M. ;  Turro, C.;  and Baker, L.R.

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 8031-8042

20. All Lit Up: Exploring the Photophysical Properties of Protein Polymers

Kalra, AP; Biswas, S.; Mulrain, I, Wang, M; Tuszynski, JA; Scholes, G. D; Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023, 14, 5891-5900

19. Photoinduced Band Renormalization Effects in ZrSiS Topological Nodal-line Semimetal 

Biswas, S.; Petrides, I, Kirby, R. J.; Oberg, C; Klemenz, S; Weinberg, C; Ferrenti, A; Narang, P; Schoop, L; Scholes, G. D 

arXiv:2206.04654 , Physical Review B, 2022, 106, 134303

18. Coherent Two-dimensional and Broadband Electronic Spectroscopies

Biswas, S.; JunWoo, K; Zhang, B  and Scholes G. D

Chemical Review, 2022, 122, 4257–4321

16. Ultrafast Optical Spin Switching in Ferrimagnetic Nickel Ferrite (NiFe2O4) Studied by XUV Reflection-Absorption Spectroscopy

Londo,S.; Biswas, S.; Pinchuk, I. V.; Boyadzhiev, A ; Kawakami, R. K.; Baker, L. R

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2022, 126, 2669-2678.

15. Small Polarons and Surface Defects in Metal Oxide Photocatalysts Studied Using XUV Reflection-Absorption Spectroscopy

Wallentine, S; Bandaranayake, S; Biswas, S. ; Baker, L. R.

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2020, 11, 8307-8313.

12. Ultrafast Spin Crossover in a Room-Temperature Ferrimagnet: Element-Specific Spin Dynamics in Photoexcited Cobalt Ferrite

Londo,S.;  Biswas, S.; Husek,J.;  Pinchuk, I.; Newburger, M.; Boyadzhiev, A.;  Trout, A.;  McComb, D.;  Kawakami, R.;  Baker, L.R.

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020, 124, 11368-11375

9. Iron(III) Speciation Observed at Aqueous and Glycerol Surfaces: Vibrational Sum Frequency and X-Ray

Lin, L; Husek, J.;  Biswas, S. ; Baumler, S; Adel, T; Chon Ng, K; Baker, L. R.; Allen, H.C;  

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 13525-13535

8. Identifying the Acceptor State in NiO Hole Collection Layers: Direct Observation of Exciton Dissociation and Interfacial Hole Transfer Across a Fe2O3/NiO Heterojunction 

Biswas, S.; Husek, J.; Londo, E Fugate S; Baker, L. R.  

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018, 20, 24545-24552

*Cover article, Featured in the 2018 PCCP Hot Articles Collection

*DOE Highlight  

6. Hole Thermalization Dynamics Facilitate Ultrafast Spatial Charge Separation in CuFeO2 Solar Photocathodes

Husek, J.; Cirri, A.; Biswas, S.; Asthagiri, A.; Baker, L. R. 

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 122, 11310-11314

5. Elucidating Ultrafast Electron Dynamics at Surfaces Using Extreme Ultraviolet (XUV) Reflection-Absorption Spectroscopy

Biswas, S.; Husek, J.; Baker, L. R. 

Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 4216-4230

4. Highly Localized Charge Transfer Excitons in Metal Oxide Semiconductors

Biswas, S.; Husek, J.; Londo, S; Baker, L. R. 

Nano Letters, 2018, 18, 1228-1233

*Highlighted in Advances in Engineering. Read the highlight here. 

3. Surface Electron Dynamics in Hematite (Fe2O3): Correlation Between Ultrafast Surface Electron Trapping and Small Polaron Formation

Husek. J.; Cirri, A.; Biswas, S.; Baker, L. R. 

Chemical Science, 2017, 8, 8170-8178

2. Achieving Surface Sensitivity in Ultrafast XUV Spectroscopy: M2,3-Edge Refection-Absorption of Transition Metal Oxides

Cirri, A.; Husek. J.; Biswas, S.; Baker, L. R. 

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017,121, 15861-15869

1. Real Time Quantification of Ultrafast Photoinduced Bi-molecular Electron Transfer Rate: Direct Probing of the Transient Intermediate, 

Mukherjee, P.; Biswas, S.; Sen, P 

Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2015, 119, 11253-11261