Publications
Publications in Independent Career (2023)
[6] Decoding circular polarization with biaxially chiral fluorescence reporters
Brown, S. J.; Zhao, Savin, D. K.l Davey, B. S.; Schaack, C.*; Evans, A. M.*
Chem. Sci. 2026 accepted manuscript
[5] Photophysical properties of a highly delocalized allylic cation: acid-independent and solvent-dependent intramolecular charge transfer
Zhao, J.; Tavana, B. A.; Park, S.; Jacobsen, M.; Woodlief, N.; Locke, E.; Gracia, R. M.; Schaack, C.*; Son, M. *
Mater. Adv. 2026, 7
[4] Making fluorescent nylon, polypropylene, and polystyrene microplastics for in-vivo and in-vitro imaging
Bardawil, C.E.; Dobbins, J.; Lankford, S.; Chowdrey, S.; Shumway, J.; Balamayooran, G.; Schaack, C.; Dhupar, R*
Microplastics 2025, 4(4), 84
[3] From symmetric to asymmetric: tuning photophysical and rectifying properties in [2.2]paracyclophanes
Hernandez Gomora, K. D.; Makala, M.; Kumar, E. J.; Zhang, K.; Hadjipetkov, P.; Keith, D.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Kandada, A. R. S.; Kadaba, S.; Schaack, C.*
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2025,13, 21759-21767
[2] Allenes as Stimuli-Responsive Chromophores for Visible to Near-Infrared Optical Modulation
Zhao, J.; Jiao, L.; Kinziabulatova, L.; Williams, T. J.; Gracia, R. M.; Gartner, A.; Stich, T. A.; Ding, W.; Son, M.; Schaack, C.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 36, 32710–32716
[1] Readily Accessible, Versatile, and Adaptive Biaxially Chiral Chromophores.
Brown, S. J.; Zhao, J.; Forehand, E.; Dobrzycki, L.; Roy, R.; Hasan, A. M. M.; Ding, W.; Schaack, C.*; Evans, A. M.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 4, 3769–3775
Publications during PhD & PostDoc
Evaluating the Ability of External Electric Fields to Accelerate Reactions in Solution
Aziz, M.; Prindle, C. R.; Lee, W.; Zhang, B.; Schaack, C.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Zandkarimi, F.; Nuckolls, C.; Venkataraman, L.,
J. Phys. Chem. B 2024, 128, 39, 9553–9560
Coaxially Conductive Organic Wires Through Self-Assembly
Louie, S.; Zhong, Y.; Bao, S. T.; Schaack, C.; Montoya, A.; Jin, Z.; Orchanian, N. M.; Liu, Y.; Lei, W.; Harrison, K.; Hone, J.; Angerhofer, A.; Evans, A. M.; Nuckolls, C. P.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 9, 4940–4945
Electric fields drive bond homolysis
Zhang, B.*; Schaack, C.*; Prindle, C. R.; Vo, E. A.; Aziz, M.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Berkelbach, T. C.; Nuckolls, C.; Venkataraman, L.
Chem. Sci. 2023, 14 (7), 1769-1774
Remote Control of Dynamic Twistacene Chirality
Bao, S. T.; Jiang, H.; Schaack, C.; Louie, S.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Nuckolls, C.; Jin, Z
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (41), 18772-18777
High-Performance Organic Electronic Materials by Contorting Perylene Diimides
Schaack, C.; Evans, A. M.; Ng, F.; Steigerwald, M. L.; Nuckolls, C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (1), 42-51
Helicene Monomers and Dimers: Chiral Chromophores Featuring Strong Circularly Polarized Luminescence
Schaack, C.; Arrico, L.; Sidler, E.; Górecki, M.; Di Bari, L.
Chem. – Eur. J. 2019, 25 (34), 8003-8007
Light-Responsive Pyrazine-Based Systems: Probing Aromatic Diarylethene Photocyclization
Milić, J. V.*; Schaack, C.*; Hellou, N.; Isenrich, F.; Gershoni-Poranne, R.; Neshchadin, D.; Egloff, S.; Trapp, N.; Ruhlmann, L.; Boudon, C.; Gescheidt, G.; Crassous, J.; Diederich, F.
J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122 (33), 19100-19109
Helical Threads: Enantiomerically Pure Carbo[6]Helicene Oligomers.
Schaack, C.; Sidler, E.; Trapp, N.; Diederich, F.
Chem. – Eur. J. 2017, 23 (57), 14153-14157.
Chemoselective Acylation of Primary Amines and Amides with Potassium Acyltrifluoroborates under Acidic Conditions.
Gálvez, A. O.; Schaack, C.; Noda, H.; Bode, J. W.,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (5), 1826-1829.