31. S. Dhamija, M. Son, Mapping the Dynamics of Energy Relaxation in Exciton-Polaritons Using Ultrafast Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy, Chem. Phys. Rev., 5, 041309 (2024).

30. A. Lee, M. Son, M. Deegbey, M. D. Woodhouse, S. M. Hart, H. F. Beissel, P. T. Cesana, E. Jakubikova, J. K. McCusker, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, Observation of Parallel Intersystem Crossing and Charge Transfer-State Dynamics in [Fe(bpy)3]2+ from Ultrafast 2D Electronic Spectroscopy, Chem. Sci., 14, 13140−13150 (2023).

Prior to BU

29. N. Yang, M. J. Ryan, M. Son, A. Mavrič, M. T. Zanni, Voltage-Dependent FTIR and 2D Infrared Spectroscopies within the Electric Double Layer Using a Plasmonic and Conductive Electrode, J. Phys. Chem. B, 127, 2083−2091 (2023).

28. M. Son*, Z. T. Armstrong*, R. T. Allen, A. Dhavamani, M. S. Arnold, M. T. Zanni, Energy Cascades in Donor-Acceptor Exciton-Polaritons Observed by Ultrafast Two-Dimensional White-Light Spectroscopy, Nat. Commun., 13, 7305 (2022).

27. R. T. Allen, A. Dhavamani, M. Son, S. Kéna-Cohen, M. T. Zanni, M. S. Arnold, Population of Subradiant States in Carbon Nanotube Microcavities in the Ultrastrong Light-Matter Coupling Regime, J. Phys. Chem. C, 126, 8417−8424 (2022).

26. P. T. Cesana, B. X. Li, S. G. Shepard, S. I. Ting, S. M. Hart, C. M. Olson, J. I. Martinez-Alvarado, M. Son, T. J. Steiman, F. N. Castellano, A. G. Doyle, D. W. C. MacMillan, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, A Biohybrid Strategy for Enabling Photoredox Catalysis with Low-Energy Light, Chem, 8, 174−185 (2022).

25. M. Son, R. Moya, A. Pinnola, R. Bassi, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, Protein-Protein Interactions Induce pH-Dependent and Zeaxanthin-Independent Photoprotection in the Plant Light-Harvesting Complex, LHCII, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 17577−17586 (2021).

24. A. M. Hancock*, M. Son*, M. Nairat, T. Wei, L. J. C. Jeuken, C. D. P. Duffy, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, P. G. Adams, Ultrafast Energy Transfer between Lipid-Linked Chromophores and Plant Light-Harvesting Complex II, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 23, 19511−19524 (2021).

23. M. Son, S. M. Hart, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, Investigating Carotenoid Photophysics in Photosynthesis with 2D Electronic Spectroscopy, Trends Chem., 3, 733−746 (2021).

22. H. J. Sayre, L. Tian, M. Son, S. M. Hart, X. Liu, D. M. Arias-Rotondo, B. P. Rand, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, G. D. Scholes, Solar Fuels and Feedstocks: The Quest for Renewable Black Gold, Energy Environ. Sci., 14, 1402−1419 (2021).

21. M. Son, A. Pinnola, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, Zeaxanthin Independence of Photophysics in Light-Harvesting Complex II in a Membrane Environment, Biochim. Biophys. Acta −Bioenerg., 1861, 148115 (2020).

20. M. Son, A. Pinnola, S. C. Gordon, R. Bassi, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, Observation of Dissipative Chlorophyll-to-Carotenoid Energy Transfer in Light-Harvesting Complex II in Membrane Nanodiscs, Nat. Commun., 11, 1295 (2020).

19. M. Son, A. Pinnola, R. Bassi, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, The Electronic Structure of Lutein 2 Is Optimized for Light Harvesting in Plants, Chem, 5, 575−584 (2019).

18. M. Son, S. Mosquera-Vázquez, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, Ultrabroadband 2D Electronic Spectroscopy with High-Speed, Shot-to-Shot Detection, Opt. Express, 25, 18950−18962 (2017).

17. Y. Ni, S. Lee, M. Son, N. Aratani, M. Ishida, A. Samanta, H. Yamada, Y.-T. Chang, H. Furuta, D. Kim, J. Wu, A Diradical Approach Towards BODIPY-Based Dyes with Intense Near-Infrared Absorption around λ = 1100 nm, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 55, 2815−2819 (2016).

16. A. Nowak-Król, B. Fimmel, M. Son, D. Kim, F. Würthner, Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) Versus Excimer Formation in Supramolecular p/n-Heterojunctions of Perylene Bisimide Dyes and Implications for Organic Photovoltaics, Faraday Discuss., 185, 507−527 (2015)

15. D. Schmidt*, M. Son*, J. M. Lim, M.-J. Lin, I. Krummenacher, H. Braunschweig, D. Kim, F. Würthner, Perylene Bisimide Radicals and Biradicals: Synthesis and Molecular Properties, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 13980−13984 (2015).

14. X. Shi, S. Lee, M. Son, B. Zheng, J. Chang, L. Jing, K.-W. Huang, D. Kim, C. Chi, Pro-Aromatic Bisphenaleno-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene Versus Anti-Aromatic Bisindeno-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene: Different Ground-State Properties and Applications in Field-Effect Transistors, Chem. Commun., 51, 13178−13180 (2015).

13. Z. Zeng, S. Lee, M. Son, K. Fukuda, P. Burrezo, X. Zhu, Q. Qi, R.-W. Li, J. T. López-Navarrete, J. Ding, J. Casado, M. Nakano, D. Kim, J. Wu, Push-Pull Type Oligo(N-annulated perylene)quinodimethanes: Chain Length and Solvent Dependent Ground States and Physical Properties, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 8572−8583 (2015).

12. M. Son, K. H. Park, M.-C. Yoon, P. Kim, D. Kim, Excited-State Vibrational Coherence in Perylene Bisimide Probed by Femtosecond Broadband Pump-Probe Spectroscopy, J. Phys. Chem. A, 119, 6275−6282 (2015). 

11. M. Son, B. Fimmel, V. Dehm, F. Würthner, D. Kim, Folding-Induced Modulation of Excited-State Dynamics in an Oligophenylene-Ethynylene-Tethered Spiral Perylene Bisimide Aggregate, ChemPhysChem, 16, 1757−1767 (2015).

10. W. Zeng, S. Lee, M. Son, M. Ishida, K. Furukawa, P. Hu, Z. Sun, D. Kim, J. Wu, Phenalenyl-Fused Porphyrins with Different Ground States, Chem. Sci., 6, 2427−2433 (2015).

9. J. Luo, S. Lee, M. Son, B. Zheng, K.-W. Huang, Q. Qi, W. Zeng, G. Li, D. Kim, J. Wu, N-Annulated Perylene-Substituted and Fused Porphyrin Dimers with Intense Near-Infrared One-Photon and Two-Photon Absorption, Chem. Eur. J., 21, 3708−3715 (2015).

8. S. Ito, S. Hiroto, S. Lee, M. Son, I. Hisaki, T. Yoshida, D. Kim, N. Kobayashi, H. Shinokubo, Synthesis of Highly Twisted and Fully π-Conjugated Porphyrinic Oligomers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 142−145 (2015).

7. B. Fimmel, M. Son, Y. M. Sung, M. Grüne, B. Engels, D. Kim, F. Würthner, Phenylene Ethynylene-Tethered Perylene Bisimide Folda-Dimer and Folda-Trimer: Investigations on Folding Features in Ground and Excited States, Chem. Eur. J., 21, 615−630 (2015).

6. M. Son, K. H. Park, C. Shao, F. Würthner, D. Kim, Spectroscopic Demonstration of Exciton Dynamics and Excimer Formation in a Sterically Controlled Perylene Bisimide Dimer Aggregate, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 5, 3601−3607 (2014).

5. S. Das, S. Lee, M. Son, X. Zhu, W. Zhang, B. Zheng, P. Hu, Z. Zeng, Z. Sun, W. Zeng, R.-W. Li, K.-W. Huang, J. Ding, D. Kim, J. Wu, para-Quinodimethane-Bridged Perylene Dimers and Pericondensed Quaterrylenes: The Effect of the Fusion Mode on the Ground States and Physical Properties, Chem. Eur. J., 20, 11410−11420 (2014).

4. Y. M. Sung, B. Szyszko, R. Mysliborski, M. Stepien, J. Oh, M. Son, L. Latos-Grazynski, D. Kim, The Effect of π-Conjugation in the Macrocyclic Ring on the Photophysical Properties of a Series of Thiaaceneporphyrinoids, Chem. Commun., 50, 8367−8369 (2014).

3. Y.-H. Jeong, M. Son, H. Yoon, P. Kim, D.-H. Lee, D. Kim, W.-D. Jang, Guest-Induced Photophysical Property Switching of Artificial Light-Harvesting Dendrimers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53, 6925−6928 (2014).

2. R. Mishra, J. M. Lim, M. Son, P. Panini, D. Kim, J. Sankar, Tuning the Electronic Nature of Mono-Bay Alkynyl-Phenyl-Substituted Perylene Bisimides: Synthesis, Structure, and Photophysical Properties, Chem. Eur. J., 20, 5776−5786 (2014).

1. M. Son, Y. M. Sung, S. Tokuji, N. Fukui, H. Yorimitsu, A. Osuka, D. Kim, Control of the Conformational Dynamics of meso-meso Vinylene-Bridged Zn(II) Porphyrin Dimers through Diamine Coordination, Chem. Commun., 50, 3078−3080 (2014).