Publications

[1] *Barber, V.P., Lemar, L.N., Li, Y., Zhang, J., Keutsch, F.N., Kroll, J.H., Enhanced Organic Nitrate Formation from Peroxy Radicals in the Condensed Phase. Env. Sci. Tech. Lett., 2024, 11(9) 975 

[2] Barber, V.P.*, Goss, M.B., Franco Deloya, L.J., Lemar, L.M., Li, Y., Helstrom, E., Canagaratna, M., Keutsch, F., Kroll, J.H., Indoor Air Quality Implications of Germicidal 222 nm Light. Env. Sci. Tech., 2023, 57(42) 15990 (*Corresponding author)

[3] Barber, V.P.*, Kroll, J.H., Chemistry of functionalized reactive organic intermediates in the Earth’s atmosphere: impact, challenges, and progress. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2021. 125(48) 10264 (*Corresponding author) Included in the collection: “Spectroscopy, Structure, and Reactivity of Stabilized Criegee Intermediates”

[4] Barber, V.P.,* Green, W., Kroll, J.H. Screening for New Pathways in Atmospheric Oxidation Chemistry with Automated Mechanism Generation. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2021. 125(31) 6772
(*Corresponding author) Included in virtual issue on Atmospheric Aerosol Research

[5] Ye, Q., Krechmer, J., Shutter, J., Barber, V.P., Li, Y., Helstrom, E., Franco, L., Cox, J., Hrdina, A., Goss, M., Tahsini, N., Canagarata, M., Keutsch, F., Kroll, J.H., Real time measurements of VOC emissions, removal rates, and byproduct formation from consumer-grade oxidation-based air cleaners. Env. Sci. Tech. Letters, 2021. 8(12) 1020

[6] Barber, V.P., Esposito, V.J., Trabelsi, T., †McHenry, T., Francisco, J., Lester, M.I., Experimental and computational investigation of vinoxy and 1-methylvinoxy radicals from the unimolecular decay of alkyl-substituted Criegee intermediates. Chem. Phys. Lett., 2020. 751, 137478 (†Undergraduate Coauthor)

[7] Barber, V.P., Hansen, A.S., Klippenstein, S.J., Lester, M.I., Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Doubly Substituted Methyl-Ethyl Criegee Intermediate: Infrared Action Spectroscopy and Unimolecular Decay to OH Radical Products. J. Chem Phys., 2020. 152(9), 094301 Featured as “Editor’s Pick” in J. Chem. Phys.

[8] Barber, V.P., Pandit, S., Esposito, V.J., McCoy, A.B., Lester, M.I., IR Action Spectroscopy of the Syn-CH3CHOO Criegee Intermediate in the Fundamental CH Stretch Region: Deep Tunneling to Hydroxyl Radical Products. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2019. 123(13), 2559

[9] Barber, V.P., Pandit, S., Green, A.M., Trongsiriwat, N., Walsh, P.J., Klippenstein, S.J., Lester, M.I., Four Carbon Criegee Intermediate from Isoprene Ozonolysis: Methyl Vinyl Ketone Oxide Synthesis, Infrared Spectrum, and OH Production. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018. 140(34), 10866

[10] *Green, A.M., *Barber, V.P., Fang, Y., Klippenstein, S.J., Lester, M.I. Selective Deuteration illuminates the importance of tunneling in the unimolecular decay of Criegee intermediates to hydroxyl radical products. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2017. 114(47), 12372 (*Equal contributions)

[11] Fang, Y., Barber, V.P., Klippenstein, S.J., McCoy, A.B., Lester, M.I. Tunneling Effects in the Unimolecular Decay of (CH3)2COO Criegee Intermediates to OH Radical Products. J. Chem. Phys., 2017. 146(13), 134307. Featured as “Editor’s Pick” in J. Chem. Phys.

[12] Fang, Y., Barber, V.P., Klippenstein, S.J., McCoy, A.B., Lester, M.I. Deep Tunneling in the Unimolecular Decay of CH3CHOO Criegee Intermediates to OH Radical Products. J. Chem. Phys., 2016. 145(23), 234308

[13] Fang, Y., Liu, F., Barber, V.P., Klippenstein, S.J., McCoy, A.B., Lester, M.I. Communication: Real Time Observation of Unimolecular Decay of Criegee Intermediates to OH Radical Products. J. Chem. Phys., 2016. 114(6), 061102

[14] Barber, V.P., Newby, J.J. Jet-Cooled Fluorescence Spectroscopy of a Natural Product: Anethole. J Phys. Chem. A, 2013. 117(48), 12831-12