Zeke A. Piskulich’s Publications

Published Works

1. Andrew K. Gillespie, Adam D. Smith, Sean Sweeny, Makr Sweeny, Zeke A. Piskulich, Ernest Knight, Matthew Prosniewski, Samantha M. Gillespie, David Stalla, ”Biowaste-Derived Activated Carbon from Spent Coffee Grounds for Volumetric HydrogenStorage,” Cleaner Chem. Eng., 11, 100155, (2025). (From Undergrad) , Link.
2. Zeke A. Piskulich, and Qiang Cui, “Hydrogen Bonding Blues: Vibrational Spectroscopy of the TIP3P Water Model”, J. Chem. Phys., 162, 014104, (2025). (Co-Corresponding Author, Editor’s Choice, Cover Article), Link
3. Qing Xia, Harini A. Perera, Rylie Bolarinho, Zeke A. Piskulich, Zhongyue Guo, Jiaze Yin, Hongjian He, Mingsheng Li, Xiaowei Ge, Qiang Cui, Olof Ramstrom, Mingdi Yan, and Ji-Xin Cheng, ”Click-free imaging of carbohydrate trafficking in live cells using an azido photothermal probe”, Science Advances, 10, eadq0294 (2024), Link.
4. Zeke A. Piskulich, Damien Laage, and Ward H. Thompson, ”A Structure-Dynamics Relationship Enables Prediction of the Water Hydrogen Bond Exchange Activation Energy from Experimental Data”, Chem. Sci. 15, 2197-2204 (2024), Link.
5. Zeke A. Piskulich, Ashley K. Borkowski and Ward H. Thompson, ”A Maxwell Relation for Dynamical Timescales. Application to the Pressure and Temperature Dependence of Water Self-Diffusion”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 25, 12820 (2023), Link.
6. Laura Kesner, Zeke A. Piskulich, Qiang Cui, and Zeev Rosenzweig, “Untangling the Interactions between Anionic Polystyrene Nanoparticles and Lipid Membranes using Laurdan Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Molecular Simulations”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 7962-7973, (2023). (* Equal Contributions), Link.
7. Zeke A. Piskulich, and Qiang Cui, “Machine Learning Assisted Phase Transtion Temperatures from Generalized Replica Exchange Simulations of Dry Martini Lipid Bilayers”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 13, 6481-6486, (2022). Link
8. Axel Gomez, Zeke A. Piskulich, Ward H. Thompson, and Damien Laage, “Water Diffusion Proceeds via a Hydrogen-Bond Jump Exchange Mechanism”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 13, 4660-4666, (2022). Link
9. Zeke A. Piskulich, Damien Laage, and Ward H. Thompson, “Using Activation Energies to Elucidate Mechanisms of Water Dynamics”, J. Phys. Chem. A., 125,   9941-9952, (2021). Link
10. Sean Roget, Zeke A. Piskulich, Ward H. Thompson, and Michael D. Fayer, “Identical water dynamics in Acrylamide Hydrogel, Polymer, and Monomer Solutions: Ultrafast IR Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 14855-14868, (2021). Link
11. Zeke A. Piskulich, and Brian B. Laird, “Transport Properties of CO2-Expanded Electrolytes”, J. Phys. Chem. B., 125, 9341-9349, (2021). Link
12. Zeke A. Piskulich, and Ward H. Thompson, “Examining the role of different molecular interactions on activation energies and activation volumes in liquid water”, J. Chem. Theory. Comput. 17, 2659-2671, (2021). Link.
13. Zeke A. Piskulich, Damien Laage, and Ward H. Thompson, “On the role of hydrogen bond exchanges in the spectral diffusion of water”, J. Chem. Phys., 154, 064501 (2021). Link
14. Ashely K. Borkowski, Zeke A. Piskulich, and Ward H. Thompson, “Examining the Hofmeister Series through Activation Energies. Water Diffusion in Aqueous Alkali-Halide Solutions”, J. Phys. Chem. B., 125, 350-359, (2021). Link
15. Zeke A. Piskulich, and Ward H. Thompson, “Temperature Dependence of the Water Infrared Spectrum: Driving Forces, Isosbestic Points, and Predictions,” 11, 7762–7768 (2020). Link
16. Zeke A. Piskulich, Damien Laage, and Ward H. Thompson, “Activation Energies and the Extended Jump Model: How Temperature Affects Reorientation and Hydrogen-Bond Exchange Dynamics in Water,” J. Chem. Phys., 153, 074110 (2020). Link
17. Zeke A. Piskulich and Ward H. Thompson, “The Properties of Supercooled Water Can Be Predicted From Room Temperature Dynamics”, J. Chem. Phys. 152, 074505 (2020). Link
18. Zeke A. Piskulich and Ward H. Thompson, “On the temperature dependence of liquid structure”, J. Chem. Phys. 152, 011102 (2020). (Communication). Link
19. Camina H. Mendis, Zeke A. Piskulich, and Ward H. Thompson, “Tests of the Stokes-Einstein Relation through the Shear Viscosity Activation Energy of Water”, J. Phys. Chem. B. 123, 5857-5865 (2019).  Link
20. Zeke A. Piskulich, Oluwaseun O. Mesele, and Ward H. Thompson, “Activation Energies and Beyond”, J. Phys. Chem. A. 123, 7185-7194,(2019). (Invited Feature Article, ACS Editor’s Choice, ACS Weekend Read, Cover Article). Link
21.  Zeke A. Piskulich, and Ward H. Thompson, “The Activation Energy for Water Reorientation Differs Between IR Pump-Probe and NMR Measurements”, J. Chem. Phys. 149, 164504 (2018), (Editor’s Pick). Link
22. Zeke A. Piskulich, Oluwaseun O. Mesele, and Ward H. Thompson, “Expanding the Calculation of Activation Volumes: Self-Diffusion in Liquid Water”, J. Chem. Phys. 148, 134105 (2018). Link
23.  Zeke A. Piskulich, Oluwaseun O Mesele, and Ward H. Thompson, “Removing the Barrier to the Calculation of Activation Energies. Diffusion and Reorientation of Water”, J. Chem. Phys. 147, 134103 (2017), (Editor’s Pick, Editor’s Choice Collection). Link
24. G. Sreenivasulu, P. Qu, E. Piskulich, V.M. Petrov, Y.K. Fetisov, A.P. Nosov, Hongwei Qu and G. Srinivasan, “Shear Strain Mediated Magneto-Electric Effects in Composites of Piezoelectric Lanthanum Gallium Silicate or Tantalate and Ferromagnetic Alloys”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 032409 (2014). Link