Publications
After Joining Indiana University Bloomington
21. Jiang, Y.; Vázquez, R. J.; McCuskey, S. R.; Peng, B. Y. R.; Quek, G.; Ohayon, D.; Wang, X.; Bazan, G. C. “Recyclable Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels for Pseudocapacitor Fabrication ”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c13137
Before Joining Indiana University Bloomington
20. Peng, B. Y. R.; Vázquez, R. J.; McCuskey, S. R.; Jiang, Y.; Quek, G.; Ohayon, D.; Wang, X.; Bazan, G. C. “Conjugated Polyelectrolytes Thin Films for Pseudocapacitive Applications”, Adv. Mater., 2024, doi.org/10.1002/adma.202308631
19. Chae, S.; Dang-Nguyen, T.; Chatsirisupachai, J.; Yi, A.; Vázquez, R. J.; Quek, G.; Promarak, V.; Kim, H. J.; Bazan, G. C.; Nguyen, T.Q. “ Impact of Molecular Weight on the Ionic and Electronic Transport of Self‐Doped Conjugated Polyelectrolytes Relevant to Organic Electrochemical Transistors” Funct. Mater., 2024, doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202310852
18. Vázquez, R. J.; Quek, G.; Jiang, Y.; Peng, B. Y. R.; McCuskey, S. R.; Ohayon, D. Kundukad, B.; Wang, X.; Bazan, G. C. “Pseudocapacitive Gels Based on Conjugated Polyelectrolytes: Thickness and Ion Diffusion Limitations” J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 18843-18852
17. Quek, G.; Vázquez, R.J.; McCuskey, S. R.; Lopez-Garcia, F.; Bazan, G. C. “An n‐Type Conjugated Oligoelectrolyte Mimics Transmembrane Electron Transport Proteins for Enhanced Microbial Electrosynthesis” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, e202305189
16. Quek, G.; McCuskey, S. R.; Vázquez, R. J. Cox-Vázquez, S.; Bazan, G. C. “A Microbial Cell Coating Based on a Conjugated Polyelectrolyte with Broad Reduction Potential Increases Inward and Outward Extracellular Electron Transfer” Adv. Electron. Mater., 2023, 2300019.
15. Chan, W.K.; Chen, J.; Zhou, D.; Ye, J.; Vázquez, R. J.; Chen, Z.; Bazan, G. C.; Rao, A.; Yu, Z.; Tan, T.T.Y. “Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskite Superstructures for Ultrapure Green Emissions” Nanomaterials, 2023, 13(5), 815
14. Leng, X.; Vázquez, R. J.; McCuskey, S. R.; Quek, G.; Su, Y.; Costa, M. C. F.; Chen, S.; Chen, M.; Yang, K.; Zhao, J.; Lin, M.; Chen, Z.; Bazan, G. C.; Novoselov, K. S. Andreeva, D. V. “Bacteria-Loaded Graphene Bioanode for Renewable Energy Generation” Carbon, 2023, 205, 33-3
13. Zhou, C.; Cox-Vázquez, S.; Chia, G. W. N.; Vázquez, R. J. Ying, H.; Chan, S. J. W.; Limwongyut, J.; Bazan, G. C. “Water-soluble Extracellular Vesicle Probes based on Conjugated Oligoelectrolytes” Sci. Adv., 2022, eade2996
12. Vázquez, R. J.* Quek, G.*; McCuskey, S. R.; Llanes, L.; Kundukad, B.; Wang, X.; Bazan, G. C. “Increasing the Molecular Weight of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes Improves the Electrochemical Stability of their Pseudocapacitor Gels” J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 21642–21649
11. Quek, G.; Vázquez, R. J.; McCuskey, S. R.; Kundukad, B.; Bazan, G. C. “Enabling Electron Injection for Microbial Electrosynthesis with n-Type Conjugated Polyelectrolytes” Adv. Mater., 2022, p.2203480
10. Zhou, C.; Li, Z.; Zhu, Z.; Chia, G. W.; Mikhailovsky, A.; Vázquez, R. J.; Chan, S. J.; Li, K.; Liu, B.; Bazan, G. C. “Conjugated Oligoelectrolytes for Long‐Term Tumor Tracking with Incremental NIR‐II Emission” Adv. Mater., 2022, p.2201989
9. Fisher, L.; Vázquez, R.J; Howell, M.; Muthike, A.; Orr, M.; Jiang, H.; Dodgen, B.; Lee, R.; Lee, D.R.; Lee. J.Y.; Zimmerman, P.; Goodson, T. “Investigation of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence In Donor-Acceptor Organic Emitters with Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy” Chem. Mater., 2022, 34, 2161-2175
8. Vázquez, R.J. McCuskey, S.R.; Quek, G.; Su, Y. Llanes, L.; Hinks, J.; Bazan, G.C. “Conjugated Polyelectrolyte/Bacteria Living Composites in Carbon Paper for Biocurrent Generation” Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2022, 2100840
7. Quek, G.; Su, Y.; Donato, R.K.; Vázquez, R.J.; Marangoni, V.S.; Rou, N.P.; Costa, M.C.F.; Kundukad, B.; Novoselov, K.S., Neto, A.H.C; Bazan, G.C. “Pseudocapacitive Conjugated Polyelectrolyte/2D Electrolyte Hydrogels with Enhanced Physico-Electrochemical Properties” Adv. Electron. Mater., 2022, 8, 2100942
6. Su, Y.; McCuskey, S.R.; Leifert, D.; Moreland, A.S.; Zhou, L.; Llanes, L.C.; Vázquez, R.J.; Sepunaru, L.; Bazan, G.C. “A Living Biotic–Abiotic Composite that can Switch Function Between Current Generation and Electrochemical Energy Storage” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2007351
5. Vázquez, R.J.; Yun, J.H.; Muthike, A.K.; Howell, M.; Kim, H.; Madu, I.K.; Kim, T.; Zimmerman, P.; Lee, J.Y.; Goodson, T.“New Direct Approach for Determining the Reverse Intersystem Crossing Rate in Organic Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent (TADF) Emitters” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 18, 8074–8079
4. Vázquez, R. J.; Kim, H.; Zimmerman, P.; Goodson, T. “ Using Ultra-Fast Spectroscopy to Probe the Excited State Dynamics of a Reported Highly Efficient Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Chromophore” J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 4210-4221
3. Kim, H.; Keller, B.; Ho-Wu, R.; Abeyasinghe, N.; Vázquez, R.J.; Goodson, T.; Zimmerman, P. “Enacting Two-Electron Transfer from a TT State of Intramolecular Singlet Fission” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 7760-7763
2. Cai, Z.*; Vázquez, R. J.*; Zhao, D.; Li, L.; Lo, W. Y.; Zhang, N.; Wu, Q.; Keller, B.; Eshun, A.; Abeyasinghe, N.; Banaszak-Holl, H.; Goodson, T.; Yu, L. “Two-Photon Absorption Study of Low-Bandgap, Fully Conjugated Perylene Diimide-Thienoacene-Perylene Diimide Ladder-Type Molecules” Chem. Mater., 2017, 29, 6726-6732
1. Vázquez, R. J.; Kim, H.; Kobilka, B. M.; Hale, B. J.; Jeffries-El, M.; Zimmerman, P.; Goodson, T. J. “Evaluating the Effect of Heteroatoms on the Photophysical Properties of Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers Based on 2,6-Di(thiophen-2-yl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]difuran: Two-Photon Cross-Section and Ultrafast Time-Resolved Spectroscopy” J. Phys. Chem. C. 2017, 121, 14382 – 14392