Matthew Reuter

  • Program Years: 2007-2011
  • Academic Institution: Northwestern University
  • Field of Study: Theoretical Chemistry
  • Academic Advisor: Mark Ratner
  • Practicum(s):
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2009)
  • Degree(s):
    Ph.D. Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2011
    B.S. Chemistry, Mathematics, Michigan Technological University, 2006

Current Status

Publications

Selected publications since finishing in the CSGF Program:

N. M. Boffi, J. C. Hill, M. G. Reuter, “Characterizing the Inverses of Block Tridiagonal, Block Toeplitz Matrices,” Comput. Sci. Disc. 8, 015001 (2015).

M. G. Reuter, R. J. Harrison, "Rethinking First-Principles Electron Transport Theories with Projection Operators: The Problems Caused by Partitioning the Basis Set," J. Chem. Phys. 139, 114104 (2013).

P. D. Williams, M. G. Reuter, "Level Alignments and Coupling Strengths in Conductance Histograms: The Information Content of a Single Channel Peak," J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 5937-5942 (2013).

From my graduate studies at Northwestern while in the CSGF Program:

M. G. Reuter, N. M. Boffi, M. A. Ratner, T. Seideman, "The Role of Dimensionality in the Decay of Surface Effects," J. Chem. Phys. 138, 084707 (2013).

M. G. Reuter, M. A. Ratner, T. Seideman, "Laser Alignment as a Route to Ultrafast Control of Electron Transport through Junctions," Phys. Rev. A 86, 013426 (2012).

M. G. Reuter, M. C. Hersam, T. Seideman, M. A. Ratner, "Signatures of Cooperative Effects and Transport Mechanisms in Conductance Histograms," Nano Lett. 12, 2243-2248 (2012).

A. J. Morris-Cohen, V. Vasilenko, V. A. Amin, M. G. Reuter, E. A. Weiss, "Model for Adsorption of Ligands to Colloidal Quantum Dots with Concentration-Dependent Surface Structure," ACS Nano 6, 557-565 (2012).

M. G. Reuter, J. C. Hill, R. J. Harrison, "Solving PDEs in Irregular Geometries with Multiresolution Methods I: Embedded Dirichlet Boundary Conditions," Comput. Phys. Commun. 183, 1-7 (2012).

M. G. Reuter, T. Seideman, M. A. Ratner, "Molecular Conduction through Adlayers: Cooperative Effects Can Help or Hamper Electron Transport," Nano Lett. 11, 4693-4696 (2011).

M. G. Reuter, G. C. Solomon, T. Hansen, T. Seideman, M. A. Ratner, "Understanding and Controlling Crosstalk between Parallel Molecular Wires," J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2, 1667-1671 (2011).

M. G. Reuter, T. Seideman, M. A. Ratner, "Guidelines for Choosing Molecular 'Alligator Clip' Binding Motifs for Electron Transport Devices," J. Chem. Phys. 134, 154708 (2011).

M. G. Reuter, T. Seideman, M. A. Ratner, "Probing the Surface-to-Bulk Transition: A Closed-Form, Constant-Scaling Algorithm for Computing Subsurface Green Functions," Phys. Rev. B 83, 085412 (2011).

M. G. Reuter, "Closed-Form Green Functions, Surface Effects, and the Importance of Dimensionality in Tight-Binding Metals," J. Chem. Phys. 133, 034703 (2010).

M. G. Reuter, M. A. Ratner, T. Seideman, "A Fast Method for Solving Both the Time-Dependent Schroedinger Equation in Angular Coordinates and its Associated 'm-mixing' Problem," J. Chem. Phys. 131, 094108 (2009).

A. M. Spokoyny, M. G. Reuter, C. L. Stern, M. A. Ratner, T. Seideman, C. A. Mirkin, "Carborane-Based Pincers: Synthesis and Structure Reactivity of SeBSe and SBS Pd(II) Complexes," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 9482 (2009).

M. G. Reuter, T. Hansen, T. Seideman, M. A. Ratner, "Molecular Transport Junctions with Semiconductor Electrodes: Analytical Forms for One-Dimensional Self-Energies," J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 4665-4676 (2009).

M. G. Reuter, M. Sukharev, T. Seideman, "Laser Field Alignment of Organic Molecules on Semiconductor Surfaces: Toward Ultrafast Molecular Switches," Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 208303 (2008).

Awards

Frederick Howes Scholar, 2012.
Eugene P. Wigner Fellowship, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2011 - 2013.
Edmund W. Gelewitz Award for Excellence in Research and Service, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2010.
Northwestern University/Weizmann Institute of Science Student Exchange Scholarship, 2009.
Donald E. Smith Award for Excellence in Graduate-Level Teaching, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2008.
Department of Chemistry Excellence Award, Michigan Technological University, 2006.
Department of Chemistry Outstanding Senior Award, Michigan Technological University, 2006.
Charles Knoblach Mathematics Scholarship Award, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 2006.
Norman E. Scholz Award as the Outstanding Mathematics Senior, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 2006.
Leslie Leifer Award in Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, 2005.