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Publications

The faculty of the Georgia College & State University Department of Chemistry, Physics, & Astronomy are active scholars, undertaking laboratory investigations with undergraduate student collaborators.  Often, the results of this research will be published in peer-reviewed journals.

Click on a year below to see the peer-reviewed publications from the faculty and students. Students will be noted by an *.

2026
  1. B. Demirdöğen, J. D. McAlpin, E. Uzuntiryaki-Kondakci and J. E. Lewis, Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5RP00379B
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D5RP00379B
2025

  1. Okoth, Using Kahoot! as a Formative Assessment Tool in Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Lecture Courses. Journal of Chemical Education Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c01538
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c01538

  2. Sujani Gamage, Joyce Bui, Sachin Nedungadi, Suazette Mooring, Development of the Proton NMR Concept Inventory (PNCI). Journal of Chemical Education 2025 102 (8), 3108-3120
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c00026
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c00026
  3. H. C. Busch, C. F. Busch, C. I. Sukenik. Polarization spectroscopy of the 5S –5D5/2 two-photon transition in rubidium. Am. J. Phys. 93, 824–834 (2025)
    https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article-abstract/93/10/824/3363863/Polarization-spectroscopy-of-the-5S-1-2-5D5-2-two?redirectedFrom=fulltext
  4. Sayo O. Fakayode, Peter Rosado Flores, Brinkley Bolton, Bailey Dassow, Kate Moore, Kayley Owens, Testing and analysis of footwear insole copolymers by FTIR-ATR, non-sampling Raman probe spectroscopy, and thermal gravimetric analysis, Polymer Testing, Volume 149, 2025, 108847, ISSN 0142-9418
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142941825001618
2024

  1. Wijewardena, U.K., Mani, R.G., Kriisa, A. et al. Non-equilibrium excited-state fractionally quantized Hall effects observed via current bias spectroscopy. Commun Phys 7, 267 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-024-01759-7

  2. Fakayode, S.O.; Brady, P.N.; Grant, C.; Fernand Narcisse, V.; Rosado Flores, P.; Lisse, C.H.; Bwambok, D.K. 
    Electrochemical Sensors, Biosensors, and Optical Sensors for the Detection of Opioids and Their Analogs: Pharmaceutical, Clinical, and Forensic Applications. Chemosensors 2024, 12, 58. 
    https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors12040058

  3. Josefa Wulf, Noam Lewit, Shaila Akter, David K. Bwambok, Davis Anum, Temitope Alonge, Charles Kuedukey, Brinkley Bolton, Bailey Dassow, Mohammad A. Halim & Sayo O. Fakayode (2024)
    Evaluating binding and interaction of selected pesticides with serum albumin proteins by Raman, 1H NMR, mass spectrometry and molecular dynamics simulation, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
    https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PUB9UBRBXRCZ2CRG7GS8/full?target=10.1080/07391102.2024.2302344

  4. Sayo O. Fakayode, Tsdale F. Mehari, Vivian E. Fernand Narcisse, Cidya Grant, Megan E. Taylor, Gary A. Baker, Noureen Siraj, Mujeebat Bashiru, Iris Denmark, Adeniyi Oyebade, David K. Bwambok, Charles Kuedukey, Temitope Alonge & Davis Anum (2024) 
    Microplastics: Challenges, toxicity, spectroscopic and real-time detection methods, Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, 
    DOI: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/05704928.2024.2311130

2023

  1. Sayo O. Fakayode, Catrena Lisse, Wathsala Medawala, Pamela Nicole Brady, David K. Bwambok, Davis Anum, Temitope Alonge, Megan E. Taylor, Gary A. Baker, Tsdale F. Mehari, Jason D. Rodriguez, Brianda Elzey, Noureen Siraj, Samantha Macchi, Thuy Le, Mavis Forson, Mujeebat Bashiru, Vivian E. Fernand Narcisse & Cidya Grant (2023) 
    Fluorescent chemical sensors: applications in analytical, environmental, forensic, pharmaceutical, biological, and biomedical sample measurement, and clinical diagnosis.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/05704928.2023.2177666

  2. Joy Ballard , Sujani Gamage , Leyte Winfield, and Suazette Mooring. 
    "Cognitive discourse during a group quiz activity in a blended learning organic chemistry course" Chemistry Teacher International, vol. 5, no. 3, 2023, pp. 245-261. 
    https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/cti-2023-0007/html

2022

  1. Ronald Okoth, Erison Cronan, and Peter Rosado Flores
    Synthesis of Arylpropiolic Acids via Carboxylation of Arylacetylenic Grignard Reagents
    Journal of Chemical Education 2022 99 (8), 3039-3043
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00421

  2. Chuan He, Cong Kevin Xu, Donovan Domingue, Chen Cao, Jiasheng Huang
    Close Major Merger Pairs at z=0: Bulge-to-Total Ratio and Star Formation Enhancement
    https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2205.14899

  3. Taylor & Francis. Raha, Fahmida Khanam; Hasan, Jahid; Ali, Ackas; Fakayode, Sayo O.; Halim, Mohammad A..
    Exploring the molecular level interaction of Xenoestrogen phthalate plasticisers with oestrogen receptor alpha (ERα) Y537S mutant.
    https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20361868.v1

  4. Bastola, Sujan & Dhital, Madhav & Majumdar, Shruti & Hasan, Ahmad & Lomsadze, Ramaz & Davis, Jacob & Lamichhane, Basu & Borbély, Sandor & Nagy, Ladislau & Schulz, Michael. (2022).
    Interference Effects in Fully Differential Ionization Cross Sections near the Velocity Matching in P + He Collisions. Atoms. 10. 119. 10.3390/atoms10040119.
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364683883_Interference_Effects_in_Fully_Differential_Ionization_Cross_Sections_near_the_Velocity_Matching_in_P_He_Collisions

  5. Busch, H.C. (2022) “Using “Limits to Growth” modeling software in an environmental physical science lab”, Physics Teacher 60, 190-191.
    https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/pte/article-abstract/60/3/190/2848228/Using-Limits-to-Growth-Modeling-Software-in-an?redirectedFrom=fulltext