Publications
- Motta, L. C., & Autschbach, J. (2023). Actinide inverse trans influence versus cooperative pushing from below and multi-center bonding. Nature Communications, 14(1), 4307.
- Motta, L. C., & Autschbach, J. (2022). Theoretical Evaluation of Metal–Ligand Bonding in Neptunium Compounds in Relation to 237Np Mössbauer Spectroscopy. Inorganic Chemistry, 61(34), 13399-13412.
- Motta, L. C., & Autschbach, J. (2022). 237Np Mössbauer Isomer Shifts: A Lesson About the Balance of Static and Dynamic Electron Correlation in Heavy Element Complexes. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 18(6), 3483-3496.
- Motta, L. C., & Autschbach, J. (2021). Theoretical Prediction and Interpretation of 237Np Mössbauer Isomer Shifts. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 17(10), 6166-6179.
- Motta, L. C., Chien, A. D., Rask, A. E., & Zimmerman, P. M. (2020). Mercury magnetic isotope effect: A plausible photochemical mechanism. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 124(19), 3711-3719.
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Motta, L. C., Blum, J. D., Popp, B. (Submitted). Photoreduction of Inorganic Mercury in Surface Seawater.
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Motta, L. C., Kritee, K., Blum, J. D., Tsz-Ki Tsui, M., & Reinfelder, J. R. (2020). Mercury isotope fractionation during the photochemical reduction of Hg (II) coordinated with organic ligands. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 124(14), 2842-2853.
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Kritee, K., Motta, L. C., Blum, J. D., Tsui, M. T. K., & Reinfelder, J. R. (2017). Photomicrobial visible light-induced magnetic mass independent fractionation of mercury in a marine microalga. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2(5), 432-440.
- Motta, L. C., Lim, S. H., Lee, Y. H., Kang, D. J., Kwon, S. Y. (Submitted). The Journey of Anthropogenic Emitted Mercury to Marine Biota.
- Umhau, B. P., Motta, L. C., Blum, J. D., Close, H. G., Drazen, J. C., Popp, B. N., & Benitez-Nelson, C. R. (2024). Particulate mercury export in the Central Pacific Ocean using 234Th:238U disequilibria. Marine Chemistry, 265, 104433.
- Lim, S. H., Kim, Y., Motta, L. C., Yang, E. J., Rhee, T. S., Hong, J. K., ... & Kwon, S. Y. (2024). Near surface oxidation of elemental mercury leads to mercury exposure in the Arctic Ocean biota. Nature Communications, 15(1), 7598.
- Yang, Y. H., Kwon, S. Y., Tsui, M. T. K., Motta, L. C., Washburn, S. J., Park, J., ... & Shin, K. H. (2022). Ecological traits of fish for mercury biomonitoring: insights from compound-specific nitrogen and stable mercury isotopes. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(15), 10808-10817.
- Li, M. L., Kwon, S. Y., Poulin, B. A., Tsui, M. T. K., Motta, L. C., & Cho, M. (2022). Internal dynamics and metabolism of mercury in biota: A review of insights from mercury stable isotopes. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(13), 9182-9195.
- Motta, L. C., Blum, J. D., Popp, B. N., Umhau, B. P., Benitez-Nelson, C. R., Close, H. G., ... & Drazen, J. C. (2022). Mercury isotopic evidence for the importance of particles as a source of mercury to marine organisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(44), e2208183119.
- Jung, S., Kwon, S. Y., Hong, Y., Yin, R., & Motta, L. C. (2021). Isotope investigation of mercury sources in a creek impacted by multiple anthropogenic activities. Chemosphere, 282, 130947.
- Lee, J. H., Kwon, S. Y., Yin, R., Motta, L. C., Kurz, A. Y., & Nam, S. I. (2021). Spatiotemporal characterization of mercury isotope baselines and anthropogenic influences in lake sediment cores. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35(10), e2020GB006904.
- Blum, J. D., Drazen, J. C., Johnson, M. W., Popp, B. N., Motta, L. C., & Jamieson, A. J. (2020). Mercury isotopes identify near-surface marine mercury in deep-sea trench biota. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(47), 29292-29298.
- Washburn, S. J., Blum, J. D., Motta, L. C., Bergquist, B. A., & Weiss-Penzias, P. (2020). Isotopic composition of Hg in fogwaters of coastal California. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 8(1), 3-8.
- Motta, L. C., Blum, J. D., Popp, B. N., Drazen, J. C., & Close, H. G. (2020). Mercury stable isotopes in flying fish as a monitor of photochemical degradation of methylmercury in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Marine Chemistry, 223, 103790.
- Umhau, B. P., Benitez-Nelson, C. R., Close, H. G., Hannides, C. C., Motta, L., Popp, B. N., ... & Drazen, J. C. (2019). Seasonal and spatial changes in carbon and nitrogen fluxes estimated using 234Th:238U disequilibria in the North Pacific tropical and subtropical gyre. Marine Chemistry, 217, 103705.
- Motta, L. C., Blum, J. D., Johnson, M. W., Umhau, B. P., Popp, B. N., Washburn, S. J., ... & Lamborg, C. H. (2019). Mercury cycling in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre as revealed by mercury stable isotope ratios. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 33(6), 777-794.
