Publications

2025
[53] F. Véliz, T. Bikku, D. Ibarra, V. Hernández, A. Garmulewicz, F. Herrera, Seaweed-Based Bioplastics: Data Mining Ingredient-Property Relations from the Scientific Literature, Data 10, 20, 2025. [PDF] + [CODE].
2024
[52] F. Herrera, W.L. Barnes, Multiple Interacting Photonic Modes in Strongly Coupled Organic Microcavities, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 3822, 0230343, 2024 [PDF]
[51] S. Paiva, R.A. Fritz, S. Raj, Y.J. Colón, F. Herrera, Efficient Generation of Polarization-Entangled Photons in Metal Organic Framework Waveguides, Optics Express 32, 29514, 2024. [PDF]
[50] K.S. Menghrajani, A.B. Vasista, W.J. Tan, P.A. Thomas, F. Herrera, W.L. Barnes, Molecular Strong Coupling and Cavity Finesse, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 15, 29, 7449–7457, 2024. [PDF]
[49] S. Raj, S. Paiva, R.A. Fritz, F. Herrera, Y.J. Colón, First-Principles Screening of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Entangled Photon Pair Generation, Mater. Quantum. Technol. 4 015404, 2024. [PDF].
[48] M. Arias, J.F. Triana, A. Delgado, F. Herrera, Coherent Anharmonicity Transfer from Matter to Light in the THz Regime, New J. Phys. 26, 013003, 2024. [PDF].
2023
[47] F. Recabal, F. Herrera, Driven-Dissipative Conductance in Nanojunction Arrays: Negative Conductance and Light-Induced Currents, arXiv:2306.16789.
[46] K. Aruachan, Y. J. Colón, D. Aravena, F. Herrera, Semi-Empirical Haken-Strobl Model for Molecular Spin Qubits, New J. Phys. 25, 093031, 2023. [PDF].
[45] D. Hidalgo, J. M. García-Garfido, J. Enríquez, R. Rojas-Aedo, R. A. Wheatley, R. A. Fritz, D. P. Singh, F. Herrera, B. Seifert, Phase-Coherent Optical Frequency Up-Conversion with Millimeter-Size Zn(3-ptz)2 Metal-Organic Framework Single Crystals, Adv. Opt. Mat. 2300142, 2023. [PDF].
[44] S. Raj, R.A. Fritz, F. Herrera, Y. Colón, Understanding Correlation Between Structure and Entangled Photon Pair Properties with Metal-Organic Frameworks, J. Phys. Chem. C 127, 10987, 2023. [PDF]. Selected for special issue “Early-Career and Emerging Researchers in Physical Chemistry vol 2".
[43] W. Ahn, J. F. Triana, F. Recabal, F. Herrera, B. Simpkins, Modification of ground state chemical reactivity via light-matter coherence in infrared cavities, Science 380, 1165, 2023. [PDF]. Featured in Phys.Org and EureKAlert.
[42] R. Wilcken, J. Nishida, J. F. Triana, A. John-Herpin, H. Altug, S. Sharma, F. Herrera, M. B. Raschke, Antenna-coupled infrared nanospectroscopy of intramolecular vibrational interaction, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 120, e2220852120, 2023. [PDF]. Featured in El Periodista.
[41] G. González, R. A. Fritz, Y. J. Colón, F. Herrera, Model reduction for molecular diffusion in nanoporous media, Phys. Rev. Materials 7, 036001, 2023. [PDF]
[40] T. Bikku, R. A. Fritz, Y. J. Colón, F. Herrera, Machine learning identification of organic compounds using visible light, J. Phys. Chem. A 127, 2407, 2023. [PDF] + [CODE]. Featured in Chemistry World and Phys Org News.
2022
[39] J. F. Triana and F. Herrera, Open quantum dynamics of strongly coupled oscillators with multi-configuration time-dependent Hartree propagation and Markovian quantum jumps, J. Chem. Phys. 157, 194104, 2022. [PDF] Selected for 2022 JCP Emerging Investigator Special Collection.
[38] I. Chi-Duran, R. Fritz, V. Olaya, R. Urzua-Leiva, G. I. Cárdenas-Jirón, D.P. Singh, F. Herrera, Anisotropic band-edge absorption of millimeter-size Zn(3-Ptz)2 single crystal metal-organic frameworks, ACS Omega 7, 24432, 2022. [PDF]
[37] V. Hernandez, D. Ibarra, J. F. Triana, B. Martínez-Soto, M. Faúndez, D. A. Vasco, L. Gordillo, F. Herrera, C. García-Herrera, A. Garmulewicz, Agar Biopolymer Films for Biodegradable Packaging A Reference Dataset for Exploring the Limits of Mechanical Performance, Materials 15, 3954, 2022. [PDF] + [DATA]. Featured in AzoM.com.
[36] F. Herrera and M. Litinskaya, Ensembles of single-molecule picocavities as nonlinear optical metamaterials , J. Chem. Phys 156, 114702, 2022. [PDF]
[35] J. Triana, M. Arias, J. Nishida, E. Muller, R. Wilcken, S. C. Johnson, A. Delgado, M. B. Raschke, F. Herrera, Semi-empirical quantum optics for mid-infrared molecular nanophotonics , J. Chem. Phys. 156, 124110, 2022. [PDF].
[34] J. Triana and F. Herrera, Ultrafast modulation of vibrational polaritons for controlling the quantum field statistics at mid-infrared frequencies , New J. Phys. 24, 023008, 2022. [PDF]
2021
[33] V. Olaya, J. Pérez-Ríos, F. Herrera, Laser-assisted binding of ultracold polar molecules with Rydberg atoms in the van der Waals regime , arxiv:2109.06411, 2021.
[32] J. García-Garfido, J. Enríquez, I. Chi-Durán, I. Jara, L. Vivas, F.J. Hernández, F. Herrera, D.P. Singh, Millimeter-scale Zn(3-ptz)2 metal-organic framework single crystals: self-assembly mechanism and growth kinetics, ACS Omega 6, 27, 17289–17298, 2021. [PDF]
[31] R.A. Fritz, Y. Colón, F. Herrera, Engineering entangled photon pairs using metal-organic frameworks, Chem. Sci. 12, 3475-3482, 2021. [PDF]
[30] A.B. Grafton, A.D. Dunkelberger, B. S. Simpkins, J. F. Triana, F. Hernandez, F. Herrera, J.C. Owrutsky, Excited-State vibration-polariton transitions and dynamics in nitroprusside, Nature Communications 12, 214, 2021. [PDF]. Media coverage in biobiochile.cl.
2020
[29] J. F. Triana, F. Herrera, Self-dissociation of polar molecules in a confined infrared vacuum, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv.12702419.v1, 2020.
[28] J. F. Triana, F. J. Hernández, F. Herrera, The shape of the electric dipole function determines the sub-picosecond dynamics of anharmonic vibrational polaritons , J. Chem. Phys. 152, 234111, 2020. [PDF]Selected as Editor’s Pick.
[27] V. Olaya, J. Pérez-Ríos, F. Herrera, C6 coefficients for interacting Rydberg atoms and alkali-metal dimers , Phys. Rev. A 101, 032705, 2020. [PDF]
[26] F. Herrera and J. Owrutsky, Molecular polaritons for controlling chemistry with quantum optics, J.Chem. Phys. 152, 100902, 2020. [PDF] Invited Perspective Article.
[25] F. Herrera, Photochemistry with Quantum Optics from a Non-Adiabatic Quantum Trajectory Perspective , Chem 6, 5-18, 2020. [PDF]
2019
[24] M. Wersäll, B. Munkhbat, D. G. Baranov, F. Herrera, J. Cao, T. J. Antosiewicz, T. Shegai, Correlative dark-field and photoluminescence spectroscopy of individual plasmon-molecule hybrid nanostructures in strong coupling regime, ACS Photonics 6, 10, 2570-2576, 2019. [PDF]
[23] F. Hernández and F. Herrera, Multi-level quantum Rabi model for anharmonic vibrational polaritons, J. Chem. Phys. 151, 144116, 2019. [PDF]Selected as Editor’s Pick. Selected part of 2019 JCP Best Paper by an Emerging Investigator.
[22] I. Chi-Duran, Z. Setifi, F. Setifi, C. Jelsch, B. Morgenstern, A. Vega, F. Herrera, D. Pratap Singh, K. Hegetschweiler and R. Boyaala Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of tris(2,2′-bipyridine)nickel(II) bis(1,1,3,3-tetracyano-2-ethoxypropenide) dihydrate, Acta Cryst. E75, 867-871, 2019.
[21] M. J. Carreño, J. Sepúlveda, S. Tecpan, C. Hernández, F. Herrera, An Instrument-Free Demonstration of Quantum Key Distribution for High-School Students, Phys. Educ. 54, 065006, 2019. [PDF]. Media coverage in El Mostrador.
[20] J. Enríquez, I. Chi-Durán, C. Manquián, F. Herrera, D. P. Singh, Controlled growth of the non-centrosymmetric Zn(3-ptz)2 and Zn(OH)(3-ptz) metal-organic frameworks, ACS Omega 4, 7411–7419, 2019. [PDF]
[19] M. Litinskaya and F. Herrera, Vacuum-enhanced optical nonlinearities with organic molecular photoswitches, Phys. Rev. B 99, 041107(R), 2019. [PDF]
[18] I. Chi-Duran, J. Enríquez, C. Manquian, R. A. Fritz, D. Serafini, F. Herrera, D. P. Singh, Azide-based high-energy metal-organic framework with enhanced thermal stability, ACS Omega DOI:10.1021/acsomega.9b01127, 2019. [PDF]
2018
[17] I. Chi-Duran, J. Enríquez, A. Vega, F. Herrera, D. P. Singh, Hexaaquazinc(II) dinitrate bis(5-(pyridinium-3-yl)tetrazol-1-ide), Acta Cryst. E74, 1231-1234, 2018. [PDF]
[16] I. Chi-Duran, J. Enriquez, C. Manquian, W. Cañon-Mancisidor, D. Venegas-Yazigi, F. Herrera, D. P. Singh, pH-controlled assembly of 3D and 2D zinc-based metal-organic frameworks with tetrazole ligands ACS Omega 3, 801, 2018. [PDF]
[15] F. Herrera and F. C. Spano, Theory of nanoscale organic cavities: The essential role of vibration-photon dressed states , ACS Photonics 5, 65, 2018. [PDF]Invited Review for Special Issue on “Strong Coupling of Molecules to Cavities”.
2017
[14] F. Herrera and F. C. Spano, Dark vibronic polaritons and the spectroscopy of organic microcavities , Phys. Rev. Lett 118, 223601, 2017. [PDF]. Selected as an Editors´ Suggestion. Also covered in USACH Press.
[13] F. Herrera and F. C. Spano, Absorption and photoluminescence in organic cavity QED , Phys. Rev. A 95, 053867, 2017. [PDF]. Selected as APS Editor’s Suggestion.
2016
[12] F. Herrera and F. C. Spano, Cavity-controlled chemistry in molecular ensembles, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 238301, 2016. [PDF]. Selected as APS Editor’s Suggestion and Featured in APS PhysicsSynopsis. Media coverage inUSACH Press, Pro-Physik, and Spektrum.
[11] M. Moebius, F. Herrera, S. Griesse-Nascimento, O. Reshef, C. Evans, G. G. Guerreschi, Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Eric Mazur, Efficient photon triplet generation in integrated nanophotonic waveguides , Opt. Express 24, 9932, 2016. [PDF]
2015
[10] B. Zhu, J. Schachenmayer, M. Xu, F. Herrera, J. G. Restrepo, M. J. Holland, A. M. Rey, Synchronization of interacting quantum dipoles, New J. Phys. 17, 083063, 2015. [PDF]
2014 and Earlier
[9] F. Herrera, B. Peropadre, L. A. Pachon, S. Saikin, A. Aspuru-Guzik, Quantum nonlinear optics with polar J-aggregates in microcavities , J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, 3708, 2014. [PDF]
[8] F. Herrera, Y. Cao, S. Kais, K. B. Whaley, Infrared-dressed entanglement of cold open-shell polar molecules for universal matchgate quantum computing , New J. Phys. 16, 075001, 2014. [PDF]
[7] A.A. Kocherzhenko, J. Dawlaty, B. P. Abolins, F. Herrera, D. B. Abraham, K. B. Whaley, Collective effects in linear spectroscopy of dipole-coupled molecular arrays , Phys. Rev. A 90, 062502, 2014. [PDF]
[6] F. Herrera, S. Kais, K. B. Whaley, Entanglement creation in cold molecular gases using strong laser pulses, arXiv:1302.6444.
[5] F. Herrera, K. W. Madison, R. V. Krems, M. Berciu, Investigating polaron transitions with polar molecules , Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 223002, 2013. [PDF]
[4] F. Herrera and R. V. Krems, Tunable Holstein model with cold polar molecules , Phys. Rev. A 84, 051401(R), 2011. [PDF]
[3] J. Perez-Rıos, F. Herrera, R. V. Krems, External field control of collective spin excitations in an optical lattice of 2Σ molecules, New. J. Phys. 12, 103007, 2010. [PDF]
[2] F. Herrera, M. Litinskaya, R. V. Krems, Tunable disorder in a crystal of cold polar molecules T, Phys. Rev. A 82, 033428, 2010. [PDF]
[1] F. Herrera, Magnetic field-induced interference of scattering states in ultracold collisions , Phys. Rev. A 78, 054702, 2008. [PDF]