Publications

Professor Deal’s Google Scholar

Postdoctoral and Graduate Work

  1. Deal, A., Prophet, A. M., Warkander, S., Foreman, M. M., Kim, P., Neumark, D. M., Ahmed, M., Wilson, K. R., “X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Surfactants on Sub-Micron Aqueous Aerosols” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2025, 27, 17521.
  2. Deal, A., “Challenges in the Study of Chemistry at Air–Water Interfaces: Towards in situ Monitoring of Reaction Kinetics with Spectroscopic Techniques” J. Chem. Phys., 163, 3, Invited perspective, editor’s choice, & cover image
  3. Deal, A., Bernal, F., Siebert, A., Prophet, A., Luna, M.L., Blum, M., Saykally, R., Wilson, K., “The role of the droplet interface in controlling the multiphase oxidation of thiosulfate by ozone” Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 17, 7270–7283.
  4. Deal A., Prophet, A., Bernal, F., Saykally, R., Wilson, K., “A Detailed Reaction Mechanism for Thiosulfate Oxidation by Ozone in Aqueous Environments” Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, 58, 42, 18959-18968.
  5. Kim, P., Reynolds, R., Deal, A., Vaida, V., Ahmed, M., Wilson, K., “Accelerated Zymonic Acid Formation from Pyruvic Acid at the Interface of Aqueous Nanodroplets” J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2024, 15, 44, 11131-11138.
  6. Deal, A., “Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy (IRRAS) of Water-Soluble Surfactants: Is it Surface-Specific?” Appl. Spec. 2023, 77, 11, 1280-1288.
  7. Deal, A., Smith, A., Oyala, M., Campolo, G., Rugeley, B., Mose, T., Talley, D., Cooley, C., Rapf, R., “Infrared Reflection–Absorption Spectroscopy of α-Keto Acids at the Air–Water Interface: Effects of Chain Length and Headgroup on Environmentally Relevant Surfactant Films” J. Phys. Chem. A 2023, 127, 18, 4137-4151.
  8. Deal, A., Vaida, V., “Oxygen Effect on the Ultraviolet-C Photochemistry of Lactic Acid” J. Phys. Chem. A. 2023 127, 13, 2936-2945.
  9. Vaida, V., Deal, A., “Peptide Synthesis in Aqueous Microdroplets” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2022, 119, 44, e2216015119.
  10. Deal, A., Vaida, V., “Infrared Reflection-Absorption Spectroscopy of α-Hydroxyacids at the Water-Air Interface” J. Phys. Chem. A 2022, 126, 44, 8280–8294.
  11. Deal, A., Frandsen, B., Vaida, V., “Lactic acid photochemistry following excitation of S0 to S1 at 220 to 250 nm” J. Phys. Org. Chem, e4316.
  12. Kappes, K., Deal, A., Jespersen, M., Blair, S., Doussin, J-F., Cazaunau M., Pangui, E., Hopper, B., Johnson, M., Vaida, V., “Chemistry and photochemistry of pyruvic acid at the air–water interface” J. Phys. Chem. A 2021, 125, 4, 1036–1049.