{"id":13,"date":"2025-12-22T12:44:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isrg\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-08-11T14:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:18:27","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isrg\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications at URI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wellalage, M. M.*; Fernando, M. T.*; Molino, E. M.; Ober, K.; Torres-Boy, A. Y.; Schultz, M.; Banor, N. D.; Lees, J.; Helden, G. v.; Thomas, D. A., Halide Coordination Motifs in Deep Eutectic Solvent Building Blocks Characterized by Helium Nanodroplet Infrared Action Spectroscopy. <em>J. Phys. Chem. A<\/em> <strong>2026<\/strong>, <em>Accepted.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.jpca.6c02885\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.jpca.6c02885<\/a> *Authors contributed equally<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wellalage, M. M.;&nbsp; Fernando, M. T.;&nbsp; Molino, E. M.;&nbsp; Schultz, M.;&nbsp; Banor, N. D.;&nbsp; Ellis, N. A.; Thomas, D. A., Intermolecular Interactions Governing Extraction Efficiency of Polycyclic Thiophenes by Deep Eutectic Solvents. <em>Energy Fuels <\/em><strong>2025,<\/strong> <em>39<\/em> (51), 24065-24076. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.energyfuels.5c04738\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.energyfuels.5c04738<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schultz, M.; Banor, N. D.; Ober, K.; Torres-Boy, A. Y.; Fernando, M. T.; Wellalage, M. M.; Ellis, N. A.; Helden, G. v.; Thomas, D. A. Examining the Effect of an Anion-Binding Reagent on the Structure of Deprotonated Leucine Enkephalin Using Cryogenic-Ion Infrared Action Spectroscopy. <em>J. Phys. Chem. A<\/em> <strong>2025<\/strong>, <em>129<\/em>, 8303-8311. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.jpca.5c03984\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.jpca.5c03984<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schultz, M.; Ellis, N. A.; Banor, N. D.; Thomas, D. A. Complexation of diserinol isophthalamide with phosphorylated biomolecules in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. <em>Int. J. Mass Spectrom. <\/em><strong>2025<\/strong>, <em>507<\/em>, 117364. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijms.2024.117364\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijms.2024.117364<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schultz, M.; Parker, S. L.; Fernando, M. T.; Wellalage, M. M.; Thomas, D. A., Diserinol Isophthalamide: A Novel Reagent for Complexation with Biomolecular Anions in Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. <em>J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. <\/em><strong>2023,<\/strong> <em>34<\/em> (4), 745-753. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/jasms.3c00010\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/jasms.3c00010<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications Prior to URI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Taccone, M. I.; <strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Ober, K.; Gewinner, S.; Sch\u00f6llkopf, W.; Meijer, G.; von Helden, G., Infrared action spectroscopy of the deprotonated formic acid trimer, trapped in helium nanodroplets. <em>Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. <\/em><strong>2023,<\/strong> <em>25<\/em> (15), 10907-10916. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/D2CP05409D\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/D2CP05409D<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mucha, E.; <strong>Thomas, D.<\/strong>; Lettow, M.; Meijer, G.; Pagel, K.; von Helden, G., Spectroscopy of Small and Large Biomolecular Ions in Helium-Nanodroplets. In <em>Molecules in Superfluid Helium Nanodroplets: Spectroscopy, Structure, and Dynamics<\/em>, Slenczka, A.; Toennies, J. P., Eds. Springer International Publishing: Cham, <strong>2022<\/strong>; pp. 241-280. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-94896-2_6\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-94896-2_6<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Taccone, M.; Ober, K.; Mucha, E.; Meijer, G.; von Helden, G. Helium Nanodroplet Infrared Action Spectroscopy of the Proton-Bound Dimer of Hydrogen Sulfate and Formate: Examining Nuclear Quantum Effects. <em>J. Phys. Chem. A<\/em>, <strong>2021<\/strong>, <em>125<\/em>, 9279\u20139287. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.jpca.1c05705\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.jpca.1c05705<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greis, K.; Mucha, E.; Lettow, M.; <strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Kirschbaum, C.; Moon, S.; Pardo-Vargas, A.; von Helden, G.; Meijer, G.; Gilmore, K.; Seeberger, P. H.; Pagel, K. The Impact of Leaving Group Anomericity on the Structure of Glycosyl Cations of Protected Galactosides. <em>ChemPhysChem<\/em>, <strong>2020<\/strong>, <em>21<\/em>, 1905\u20131907. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/cphc.202000473\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/cphc.202000473<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lettow, M.; Grabarics, M.; Greis, K.; Mucha, E.; <strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Chopra, P.; Boons, G.-J.; Karlsson, R.; Turnbull, J. E.; Meijer, G.; Miller, R. L.; von Helden, G.; Pagel, K. Cryogenic Infrared Spectroscopy Reveals Structural Modularity in the Vibrational Fingerprints of Heparan Sulfate Diastereomers. <em>Anal. Chem.<\/em> <strong>2020<\/strong>, <em>92<\/em>, 10228\u201310232. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.analchem.0c02048\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.analchem.0c02048<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Chang, R.; Mucha, E.; Lettow, M.; Greis, K.; Gewinner, S.; Sch\u00f6llkopf, W.; Meijer, G.; von Helden, G. Probing the Conformational Landscape and Thermochemistry of DNA Dinucleotide Anions <em>via<\/em> Helium Nanodroplet Infrared Action Spectroscopy. <em>Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.<\/em> <strong>2020<\/strong>, <em>22<\/em>, 18400\u201318413. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/D0CP02482A\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/D0CP02482A<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lettow, M.; Grabarics, M.; Mucha, E.; <strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Polewski, L.; Freyse, J.; Rademann, J.; Meijer, G.; von Helden, G.; Pagel, K. IR Action Spectroscopy of Glycosaminoglycan Oligosaccharides. <em>Anal. Bioanal. Chem.<\/em> <strong>2020<\/strong>, <em>412<\/em>, 533\u2013537. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00216-019-02327-7\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00216-019-02327-7<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marianski, M.; Mucha, E.; Greis, K.; Moon, S.; Pardo, A.; Kirschbaum, C.; <strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Meijer, G.; von Helden, G.; Gilmore, K.; Seeberger, P. H.; Pagel, K. Remote Participation during Glycosylation Reactions of Galactose Building Blocks: Direct Evidence from Cryogenic Vibrational Spectroscopy. <em>Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.<\/em> <strong>2020<\/strong>, <em>59<\/em>, 6166\u20136171. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.201916245\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.201916245<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fabijanczuk, K.; Gaspar, K.; Desai, N.; Lee, J.; <strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Beauchamp, J. L.; Gao, J. Resin and Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Free Radical Probes for Glycan Capture, Isolation, and Structural Characterization. <em>Anal. Chem.<\/em> <strong>2019<\/strong> <em>91<\/em>, 15837\u201315396. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.analchem.9b01303\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.analchem.9b01303<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Mucha, E.; Lettow, M.; Meijer, G.; Rossi, M.; von Helden, G. Characterization of a trans\u2013trans Carbonic Acid\u2013Fluoride Complex by Infrared Action Spectroscopy in Helium Nanodroplets. <em>J. Am. Chem. Soc.<\/em> <strong>2019<\/strong> <em>141<\/em>, 5815\u20135823. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/jacs.8b13542\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/jacs.8b13542<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lettow, M.; Mucha, E.; Manz, C.; <strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Marianski, M.; Meijer, G.; von Helden, G.; Pagel, K. The Role of the Mobile Proton in Fucose Migration. <em>Anal. Bioanal. Chem.<\/em> <strong>2019<\/strong>, <em>411<\/em>, 4637\u20134645. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/s00216-019-01657-w\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/s00216-019-01657-w<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marianski, M.; Seo, J.; Mucha, E.; <strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Jung, S.; Schl\u00f6gl, R.; Meijer, G.; Trunschke, A.; von Helden, G. Structural Characterization of Molybdenum Oxide Nanoclusters Using Ion Mobility Spectrometry\u2013Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Action Spectroscopy. <em>J. Phys. Chem. C<\/em> <strong>2019<\/strong>, <em>123<\/em>, 7845\u20137853. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.jpcc.8b06985\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.jpcc.8b06985<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mucha, E.; Marianski, M.; Xu, F.-F.; <strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Meijer, G..; von Helden, G.; Seeberger, P. H..; Pagel, K. Unraveling the Structure of Glycosyl Cations via Cold-Ion Infrared Spectroscopy. <em>Nat. Commun<\/em>. <strong>2018<\/strong>, <em>9<\/em>, 4174. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-018-06764-3\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-018-06764-3<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Marianski, M.; Mucha, E.; Meijer, G.; Johnson, M. A.; von Helden, G. Ground-State Structure of the Proton-Bound Formate Dimer by Cold-ion Infrared Action Spectroscopy. <em>Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.<\/em> <strong>2018<\/strong>, <em>57<\/em>, 10615\u201310619. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.201805436\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.201805436<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mucha, E.; Lettow, M.; Marianski, M.; <strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Struwe, W. B.; Harvey, D. J.; Meijer, G..; Seeberger, P. H.; von Helden, G.; Pagel, K. Fucose Migration in Intact Protonated Glycan Ions: A Universal Phenomenon in Mass Spectrometry. <em>Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.<\/em> <strong>2018<\/strong>, <em>57<\/em>, 7440\u20137443. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.201801418\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.201801418<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Mucha, E.; Gewinner, S.; Sch\u00f6llkopf, W; Meijer, G.; von Helden, G. Vibrational Spectroscopy of Fluoroformate, FCO<sub>2<\/sub><sup>\u2212<\/sup>, Trapped in Helium Nanodroplets. <em>J. Phys. Chem. Lett.<\/em> <strong>2018<\/strong>, <em>9<\/em>, 2305\u20132310. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.jpclett.8b00664\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.jpclett.8b00664<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mucha, E.; Gonz\u00e1lez Fl\u00f3rez, A. I.; Marianski, M.; <strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Hoffmann, W.; Struwe, W. B.; Hahm, H. S.; Gewinner, S.; Sch\u00f6llkopf, W.; Seeberger, P. H.; von Helden, G.; Pagel, K. Glycan Fingerprinting via Cold-Ion Infrared Spectroscopy. <em>Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.<\/em> <strong>2017<\/strong>, <em>56<\/em>, 11248\u201311251. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.201702896\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/anie.201702896<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thomas, D. A.*<\/strong>; Coggon, M. M.*; Lignell, H.; Schilling, K. A.; Zhang, X.; Schwantes, R. H.; Flagan, R. C.; Seinfeld, J. H.; Beauchamp, J. L. Real-Time Studies of Iron Oxalate-Mediated Oxidation of Glycolaldehyde as a Model for Photochemical Aging of Aqueous Tropospheric Aerosols. <em>Environ. Sci. Technol.<\/em> <strong>2016<\/strong>, <em>22<\/em>, 12241\u201312249. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.est.6b03588%20\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.est.6b03588<\/a> *Authors contributed equally<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Desai, N.; <strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Lee, J.; Gao, J.; Beauchamp, J. L. Eradicating Mass Spectrometric Glycan Rearrangement by Utilizing Free Radicals. <em>Chem. Sci. <\/em>&nbsp;<strong>2016<\/strong>, <em>7<\/em>, 5390-5397. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1039\/C6SC01371F\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1039\/C6SC01371F<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sohn, C. H.; Gao, J.; <strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Kim, T.-Y.; Goddard III, W. A.; Beauchamp, J. L. Mechanisms and Energetics of Free Radical Initiated Disulfide Bond Cleavage in Model Peptides and Insulin by Mass Spectrometry. <em>Chem. Sci.<\/em>, <strong>2015<\/strong>, 6, 4550-4560. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1039\/C5SC01305D\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1039\/C5SC01305D<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Wang, L.; Goh, B.; Kim, E. S.; Beauchamp, J.L. Mass Spectrometric Sampling of a Liquid Surface by Nanoliter Droplet Generation from Bursting Bubbles and Focused Acoustic Pulses: Application to Studies of Interfacial Chemistry. <em>Anal. Chem.<\/em> <strong>2015<\/strong>, <em>87<\/em>, 3336-3344. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/ac504494t\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/ac504494t<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Sohn, C. H.; Gao, J.; Beauchamp, J. L. Hydrogen Bonding Constrains Free Radical Reaction Dynamics at Serine and Threonine Residues in Peptides. <em>J. Phys. Chem. A<\/em> <strong>2014<\/strong>, <em>118<\/em>, 8380-8392. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/jp501367w\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/jp501367w<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gao, J.; <strong>Thomas, D. A.<\/strong>; Sohn, C. H.; Beauchamp, J. L. Biomimetic Reagents for the Selective Free Radical and Acid\u2013Base Chemistry of Glycans: Application to Glycan Structure Determination by Mass Spectrometry. <em>J. Am. Chem. Soc.<\/em> <strong>2013<\/strong>, <em>135<\/em>, 10684-10692. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/ja402810t\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/ja402810t<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mui, W.; <strong>Thomas, D. 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