Katherine A. Cimatu
Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Houston-Main B.S. Chemistry,
B.S., Chemistry, University of the Philippines-Diliman

Research Interests:

Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy
   and Microscopy,
    (Sum Frequency Generation and
     Second Harmonic Generation)

 Laser spectroscopy
   (tunable/ultrafast lasers),
  
 Near- and Far-field imaging,

 Bio-physical chemistry,

 Heterogeneous catalysis,

Nanoscience,

 Surface Chemistry/Reactions
   (Air, Liquid and Solid Interfaces).

Professional Societies:

American Chemical Society

Selected Publications

1. “Chemical Microscopy of Surfaces by Sum Frequency Generation Imaging” Cimatu,Katherine and Baldelli, Steven J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 38, 16575- 16588 Feature Article.
2. “Sum Frequency Generation Imaging of -OCH3, -CH3, -C=C, -phenyl, cyclopropyl and fluoro terminated µ-CP SAMS on Au.” Cimatu, Katherine; Moore, Justin; Barriet, David; Chinwangso, Pawilai; Lee, T. Randall and Baldelli, Steven. J. Phys. Chem. C. 2008, 112, 37, 14529-14537.
3. “Chemical Imaging of Corrosion: Sum Frequency Generation Imaging Microscopy of Gold Surface in Cyanide “ Cimatu, Katherine and Baldelli, Steven J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 25, 8030-8037.
4. “Adsorption and Structure of Octadecanethiol on Zinc Surfaces As Probed by Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy, Imaging, and Electrochemical Techniques” Hedberg, Jonas; Leygraf, Christofer; Cimatu, Katherine; and Baldelli, Steven J. Phys. Chem. C. 2007, 111, 32, 11751-11755.
5. “Nanoscale Friction Varied by Isotopic Shifting of Surface Vibrational Frequencies” Cannara, Rachel J.; Brukman, Matthew J.; Cimatu, Katherine ; Sumant, Anirudha V.; Baldelli, Steven; and Carpick, Robert W. Science, 2007, 318, 780.
6. “Imaging of Microcontact Printed Monolayers Generated from Aliphatic Dithiocarboxylic Acids with Sum Frequency Generation Imaging Microscopy: Contrast Based on Terminal Group Orientation” Cimatu, Katherine; Moore, Justin; Lee, T. Randall and Baldelli, Steven J. Phys. Chem. C. 2007, 111, 32, 11751-11755.
7. “Spatially Resolved Surface Analysis of Octadecanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayer on Mild Steel Using Sum Frequency Generation Imaging Microscopy” Cimatu, Katherine and Baldelli, Steven J. Phys. Chem. C. 2007, 111, 7137-7143.
8. “Sum Frequency Generation Imaging Microscopy of CO on Platinum” Cimatu, Katherine and Baldelli, Steven J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 50, 16016-16017.
9. “Sum Frequency Generation of Microcontact-Printed Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers” Cimatu, Katherine and Baldelli, Steven J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 4, 1807-1813.