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Ruggiero Group @RugGroup

News and views from the Ruggiero #Terahertz Group at @URochesterChem, and @URChE_Dept. Follow for lots of exciting developments into #THz science!

Joined February 2018
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Ruggiero Group@RugGroup
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Applications are OPEN for our 2026 @NSF funded IRES program. Spend 10 weeks performing research on dynamic crystals in beautiful Italy, all expenses paid! Must be a US citizen/perm. resident to apply. Please share widely! @UofR @URochesterChem @LucaCataz sas.rochester.edu/chm/underg…

Collaborative Research to Yield Stimulating Transnational Activities in Lattice Dynamics

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Just posted on @ChemRxiv - a collaboration with the great @URochesterChem @MatsonLab, we use #THz spectroscopy to help reveal bonding information for heavy element (uranium) complexes. A great team effort and new direction for our group! chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.264…

Terahertz Dynamics at the Actinide Frontier: Linking Low-Frequency Vibrations, Electronic Structu...

Understanding the nature of uranium-ligand bonding in molecular complexes is a central challenge in modern actinide chemistry. Here, we introduce low-frequency vibrational spectroscopy as a powerful...

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Excited to share this recent paper on using #MachineLearning methods to generate quantum vibrational dynamics through a modified QM-ML workflow. Great work from the team, with a cameo from the anharmonicity king @davidemitoli. Now out on @ChemRxiv chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.264…

Deep Learning Approaches for Determining Solid-State Anharmonic Phonon Dynamics and Thermodynamics:...

Understanding lattice dynamics is essential for explaining and predicting the thermal, electronic, and spectroscopic behavior of crystalline materials, yet accurate simulations remain computationally...

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I agree with the highlighted. Too bad @JeffBezos doesn’t practice what his newspaper preaches. RIP @washingtonpost, you had a good run.
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Applications are OPEN for our 2026 @NSF funded IRES program. Spend 10 weeks performing research on dynamic crystals in beautiful Italy, all expenses paid! Must be a US citizen/perm. resident to apply. Please share widely! @UofR @URochesterChem @LucaCataz sas.rochester.edu/chm/underg…

Collaborative Research to Yield Stimulating Transnational Activities in Lattice Dynamics

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Check out the fun that the 2025 cohort had here: ruggedthz.com/category/ires-…
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This is a cool one! We realize that thermally-initiated solid-state reactions are driven by terahertz phonons. Love how straightforward and clean this story is - the paper basically wrote itself! Much more soon! @ItsBenPartridge @URochesterChem @ChemRxiv chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.264…

Terahertz Lattice Dynamics Govern Topochemical Click Reactions in Molecular Solids | ChemRxiv

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Training him right #lasers @rocRMSC
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Just posted @ChemRxiv - we move from MOFs to COFs, with a slew of cool techniques that explain why a modified version of COF-300 can form a closed-pore structure. Great work from a new collaboration with @aet_ice and @rigaku. @LucaCataz @URochesterChem chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…

Structure--Dynamics--Property Relationship Reveals the Origin of Porous Integrity in Covalent...

Flexibility encoded in low-frequency lattice dynamics has been shown to be effective at understanding various properties of porous materials, especially metal--organic frameworks, but remains largely...

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If you are at @Materials_MRS #MRS2025 be sure to check out group member Alejandro Alvarez from @UofR @ur_engineering MatSci program who has a poster and highlight oral presentation! @LucaCataz
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Excited about this one! We leveraged our understanding of lattice dynamics and resulting polymorphic transformations to purposefully design dynamic molecular solids. Great team effort @LucaCataz @URochesterChem @UofR @ChemRxiv chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…

Encoding Polymorphism by Incorporating Lattice Dynamics to Design Molecular Materials | ChemRxiv

Polymorphism in molecular crystals arises from the interplay between conformational strain, intramolecular forces, and collective lattice dynamics, yet its control remains largely empirical. Here, we...

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Lots of delays but made it to Japan! Excited for stimulating discussions and seeing lots of friends. But first, a midnight izakaya, kanpai! @brozeklab @KyotoU_News @MingooJin @HokkaidoUni @riken_en @DanielMarkl
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The Smart Materials Lab (SML), the Center for Smart Engineering Materials (CSEM), and the UAE Chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS) are pleased to invite you to the 4th Middle Eastern Materials Science Conference (MEMS2026). This premier materials science conference will be held at NYU Abu Dhabi from March 30 to April ​1, 2026. Join us to engage with over 40 esteemed international speakers and more than 10 editors from leading journals, including Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, JACS, Nature Reviews Physics, Angewandte Chemie, and Chem. For more information, please visit our website​ @nyuniversity @NYUAbuDhabi @NYUADInstitute nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/fa…
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Really excited to welcome Moungi Bawendi, winner of the 2023 @NobelPrize in Chemistry, to our department for the annual student-driven Rothchild Lecture at @URochesterChem. Looking forward to his seminar tomorrow! @ChemistryMIT
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This paper is very cool - might be the coolest result of my career. We bent a flexible crystal, did some low-frequency confocal spectroscopy, and directly visualized intermolecular strain spectroscopically. @UofR @ChemRxiv @LucaCataz @URochesterChem chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…

Experimentally Mapping the Molecular Pathways and Intermolecular Forces that Drive Elasticity in...

Elastically flexible molecular crystals are an emerging class of advanced materials, driving innovation in fields ranging from electronics to medicinal applications. At the fundamental level, bulk...

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Congrats to @LucaCataz on winning the Italian Crystallographic Societies “Nardelli Prize” for his “important results in a research developed by using crystallographic methods”. Very well deserved! @UNIMORE_univ @UofR
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Group members Will Stoll and Johanna Kölbel crushed their talks at #IRMMW2025 today in Helsinki. Great work team! @UofR @URochesterChem
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Check out our most recent article in @JMaterChem C, which was just featured on the journal front cover! Great work to the team, collaborative between @UofR @URochesterChem, @riken_en, and @UNIMORE_univ @LucaCataz. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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Playing with new toys in Germany @rigaku @RigakuOxfordXRD. Looking forward to seeing some cool new crystal structures! #3DED @UofR @URochesterChem
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Nice work @graeme_day @aicooper, you made it easy for me to comment on! chemistryworld.com/news/crys… @ChemistryWorld

‘CrystalGPT’ set to enhance how chemists design crystals in silico

Model for predicting molecular crystal properties is readily adaptable to specific tasks, even with limited data

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