Research

Publications

My papers cover molecular reaction dynamics and velocity-map imaging, cryogenic ion spectroscopy, laser photochemistry, and ion-mobility mass spectrometry. Each title links to the published version by DOI. My name is shown in bold. The 2026 preprint at the top is not yet peer reviewed.

23
Peer-reviewed papers
8
First-author papers
450+
Citations (Google Scholar)
10
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  1. 2026
    Heteroatom Position Controls Ultrafast Photodynamics of Oxazole and Isoxazole
    B. Downes-Ward, P. Javed, H. V. S. Lam, S. K. Saha, S. Bhattacharyya, M. Centurion, X. Cheng, R. J. England, C. Foley, S. Ganguly, P. L. Kramer, J. Lang, R. Lemons, M.-F. Lin, Y. Liu, T. T. Nguyen, J. P. F. Nunes, C. Perera, A. H. Reid, E. Ross, A. Rudenko, X. Shen, J. Searles, A. S. Venkatachalam, E. Wang, S. P. Weathersby, V. Kumarappan, A. G. Suits, C. Aikens, D. Rolles
    arXiv:2609.31875 (submitted Sept 2026) Preprint
  2. 2025
    Periodic Trends of Ions Bound in Molecular Cages: Mn+-[2.2.2]-Benzocryptand Complexes in the Gas Phase
    C. Lee, K. Au, C. D. Foley, C. D. Allen, S. B. Rempe, P. Ren, E. L. Sibert III, T. S. Zwier
    J. Phys. Chem. A 129 (16), 3630–3647
  3. 2024
    Site-Specific Photochemistry along a Protonated Peptide Scaffold
    C. D. Foley, C. Lee, A. Abou Taka, K. Au, E. Chollet, M. A. Kubasik, L. M. McCaslin, T. S. Zwier
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146 (19), 13282–13295 First author
  4. 2024
    Reaction Dynamics of S(³P) with 1,3-Butadiene and Isoprene: Crossed-Beam Scattering, Low-Temperature Flow Experiments, and High-Level Electronic Structure Calculations
    J. Lang, C. D. Foley, S. Thawoos, A. Behzadfar, Y. Liu, J. Zádor, A. G. Suits
    Faraday Discuss. 251, 550–572
  5. 2023
    Sulfur (³P) Reaction with Conjugated Dienes Gives Cyclization to Thiophenes under Single Collision Conditions
    H. Li, J. Lang, C. D. Foley, J. Zádor, A. G. Suits
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 14 (34), 7611–7617
  6. 2023
    Molecular Cage Reports on Its Contents: Spectroscopic Signatures of Cryo-Cooled K⁺- and Ba²⁺-Benzocryptand Complexes
    C. D. Foley, C. D. Allen, K. Au, C. Lee, S. B. Rempe, P. Ren, E. L. Sibert III, T. S. Zwier
    J. Phys. Chem. A 127 (30), 6227–6240 First author
  7. 2022
    Quantum Resonances and Roaming Dynamics in Formaldehyde Photodissociation
    C. D. Foley, C. Xie, H. Guo, A. G. Suits
    Faraday Discuss. 238, 249–265 First author
  8. 2021
    Orbiting Resonances in Formaldehyde Reveal Coupling of Roaming, Radical, and Molecular Channels
    C. D. Foley, C. Xie, H. Guo, A. G. Suits
    Science 374 (6571), 1122–1127 First author
  9. 2021
    HDCO Radical Dissociation Thresholds by Velocity Map Imaging
    C. D. Foley, G. A. Cooper, J. Tu, M. Harmata, A. G. Suits
    Mol. Phys. 119 (1–2), e1813344 First author
  10. 2021
    Resolving Isomers of Star-Branched Poly(Ethylene Glycols) by IMS-MS Using Multiply Charged Ions
    C. A. Austin, E. D. Inutan, B. C. Bohrer, J. Li, J. L. Fischer, K. Wijerathne, C. D. Foley, C. B. Lietz, D. W. Woodall, L. F. Imperial, D. E. Clemmer, S. Trimpin, B. S. Larsen
    J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 32 (1), 21–32
  11. 2021
    Comparison of Gaseous Ubiquitin Ion Structures Obtained from a Solid and Solution Matrix Using Ion Mobility Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry
    E. D. Inutan, D. R. Jarois, C. B. Lietz, T. J. El-Baba, E. A. Elia, S. Karki, A. A. S. Sampat, C. D. Foley, D. E. Clemmer, S. Trimpin
    Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 35 (S1), e8793
  12. 2020
    New Mass Spectrometry Concepts for Characterization of Synthetic Polymers and Additives
    E. D. Inutan, A. K. Meher, S. Karki, J. L. Fischer, L. F. Imperial, C. D. Foley, D. R. Jarois, T. J. El-Baba, C. A. Lutomski, S. Trimpin
    Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 34 (S2), e8768
  13. 2020
    Viewpoints on the 2019 Dynamics of Molecular Collisions Conference
    C. Amarasinghe, C. D. Foley, N. Dias, C. A. Perera
    J. Phys. Chem. A 124 (5), 772–780 · Conference perspective
  14. 2019
    Imaging the Infrared Multiphoton Excitation and Dissociation of Propargyl Chloride
    C. D. Foley, S. T. Alavi, B. Joalland, B. M. Broderick, N. Dias, A. G. Suits
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21 (3), 1528–1535 First author
  15. 2018
    Mixed Transitions in the UV Photodissociation of Propargyl Chloride Revealed by Slice Imaging and Multireference Ab Initio Calculations
    C. D. Foley, B. Joalland, S. T. Alavi, A. G. Suits
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20 (43), 27474–27481 First author
  16. 2018
    Unprecedented Ionization Processes in Mass Spectrometry Provide Missing Link between ESI and MALDI
    S. Trimpin, C. Lee, S. M. Weidner, T. J. El-Baba, C. A. Lutomski, E. D. Inutan, C. D. Foley, C.-K. Ni, C. N. McEwen
    ChemPhysChem 19 (5), 581–589 · Featured on the issue cover
  17. 2017
    Imaging the Photodissociation Dynamics of Nitrous Acid (HONO): The Role of Torsion
    C. Amarasinghe, A. Kamasah, C. D. Foley, J. O. F. Thompson, A. G. Suits
    J. Phys. Chem. A 121 (40), 7503–7510
  18. 2017
    Finite Slice Analysis (FINA) of Sliced and Velocity Mapped Images on a Cartesian Grid
    J. O. F. Thompson, C. Amarasinghe, C. D. Foley, N. Rombes, Z. Gao, S. N. Vogels, S. Y. T. van de Meerakker, A. G. Suits
    J. Chem. Phys. 147 (7), 074201
  19. 2017
    Finite Slice Analysis (FINA)—A General Reconstruction Method for Velocity Mapped and Time-Sliced Ion Imaging
    J. O. F. Thompson, C. Amarasinghe, C. D. Foley, A. G. Suits
    J. Chem. Phys. 147 (1), 013913
  20. 2016
    Matrix-Assisted Ionization on a Portable Mass Spectrometer: Analysis Directly from Biological and Synthetic Materials
    Z. J. Devereaux, C. A. Reynolds, J. L. Fischer, C. D. Foley, J. L. DeLeeuw, J. Wager-Miller, S. B. Narayan, K. Mackie, S. Trimpin
    Anal. Chem. 88 (22), 10831–10836
  21. 2016
    Myelin-Targeted, Texaphyrin-Based Multimodal Imaging Agent for Magnetic Resonance and Optical Imaging
    S. M. Vithanarachchi, C. D. Foley, S. Trimpin, J. R. Ewing, M. M. Ali, M. J. Allen
    Contrast Media Mol. Imaging 11 (6), 492–505
  22. 2016
    Rapid High Mass Resolution Mass Spectrometry Using Matrix-Assisted Ionization
    S. Trimpin, S. Thawoos, C. D. Foley, D. W. Woodall, J. Li, E. D. Inutan, P. M. Stemmer
    Methods 104, 63–68
  23. 2015
    Use of Ion Mobility Spectrometry–Mass Spectrometry to Elucidate Architectural Dispersity within Star Polymers
    C. D. Foley, B. Zhang, A. M. Alb, S. Trimpin, S. M. Grayson
    ACS Macro Lett. 4 (7), 778–782 First author
  24. 2015
    Magic Matrices for Ionization in Mass Spectrometry
    S. Trimpin, C. A. Lutomski, T. J. El-Baba, D. W. Woodall, C. D. Foley, C. D. Manly, B. Wang, C.-W. Liu, B. M. Harless, R. Kumar, L. F. Imperial, E. D. Inutan
    Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 377, 532–545

Dissertation

C. D. Foley, Quantum Aspects of Roaming Dynamics, PhD dissertation, University of Missouri (2020). doi:10.32469/10355/81562

Citation metrics are from Google Scholar as of October 2026. See also my Google Scholar profile and ORCID record.