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Y. Xia, Y. Meng, J. Shi, and Richard N. Zare, “Unveiling Ignis Fatuus: Microlightning Between Microbubbles,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 122, e2521255122 (2025).

X. Ren, X. Song, L. Lyu,  M. W. Chen, R. N. Zare, and Y. Dai, “Anion-π Interaction-Induced Phase Separation as a Prebiotic Pathway to Oxygenation,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 122, e2508804122 (2025).

S. Bose and R. N. Zare, “Electric Field-Driven Interfacial Reduction of Metal Ions in Microdroplets: Gold, Silver, and Nickel, Chem. Sci. 16, 15455 – 15461 (2025).

Y. He, Y. Meng, and R. N. Zare, “Positively Charged Water Microdroplets Ionize Surrounding Gas Molecules,” J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 36, 1856-1859 (2025). 

F. Zhang, Y. Tian, H. Wei, T. Yue, Y. Gao, X. Li, R. N. Zare, X. Zhang, and Z. Wang, ” Interfacial Electric Fields Modulate Redox Reactions in Abiological Coacervates,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147, 27213−27218 (2025).

S. Bose, M. Mehrgardi, and R. N. Zare, “Selective Photochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Formic Acid at Gas-Water Interface of Microbubbles,” J. Am. Chem. Soc.  147, 27449−27457 (2025).

R. Wang, S. Wang, C. Zhu, Ji. Zhang, R. N. Zare, C. Zhu and X. Zhang, “Increased Acidity of Nitrogen Heterocyclic Compounds on Water Microdroplets Facilitates CO2 Capture,” Chinese Chemical Letters  37, 1115 47 (2025).  

N. Malkoti, Y. Meng, R. N. Zare, and E. Gnanamani, ” Synthesis of Benzoquinone Compounds by a Microdroplet-Accelerated Retro-Diels-Alder Reaction,” Chem. Sci. 16, 14109 –14114  (2025).

S. Bose, M. Mofidfar, R. N. Zare, and E. Gnanamani, “Cross-Coupling Between Arylboronic Acids and Terminal Alkynes in Water Microdroplets,” J. Am. Chem. Soc 147,25779−25786 (2025).

H. Liu, Y. Tian, R. Wei, Y. Meng and R. N. Zare, “Imprint Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging (IDESI-MSI) Reveals Absorption of Triclopyr-Based Herbicide in Plants and Mouse Organs,” Metabolites 15, 437 (2025).