Using time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy to unravel the electronic relaxation dynamics of photoexcited molecules

HH Fielding, GA Worth - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy measurements combined with quantum
chemistry and dynamics calculations allow unprecedented insight into the electronic …

The role of πσ* states in the photochemistry of heteroaromatic biomolecules and their subunits: insights from gas-phase femtosecond spectroscopy

GM Roberts, VG Stavros - Chemical Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In an effort to illuminate why nature has chosen a particular set of bio-molecular 'building-
blocks' for life, recent years have seen an up-surge of gas-phase spectroscopy experiments …

Rydberg-to-valence evolution in excited state molecular dynamics

MJ Paterson, D Townsend - International Reviews in Physical …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We present an overview of experimental and theoretical investigations exploring the
dynamical evolution of Rydberg-to-valence character in the electronically excited states of …

Role of triplet states in the photodynamics of aniline

AO Lykhin, DG Truhlar, L Gagliardi - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The dynamics of excited heteroaromatic molecules is a key to understanding the
photoprotective properties of many biologically relevant chromophores that dissipate their …

Probing ultrafast dynamics in photoexcited pyrrole: timescales for 1 πσ* mediated H-atom elimination

GM Roberts, CA Williams, H Yu, AS Chatterley… - Faraday …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The heteroaromatic ultraviolet chromophore pyrrole is found as a subunit in a number of
important biomolecules: it is present in heme, the non-protein component of hemoglobin …

Unraveling ultrafast dynamics in photoexcited aniline

GM Roberts, CA Williams, JD Young… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
A combination of ultrafast time-resolved velocity map imaging (TR-VMI) methods and
complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) ab initio calculations are implemented …

Improved insights in time-resolved photoelectron imaging

N Kotsina, D Townsend - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Time-resolved photoelectron imaging (TRPEI) is a highly differential technique for the
detailed study of non-adiabatic energy redistribution dynamics operating in the electronically …

Five isomers of monomeric cytosine and their interconversions induced by tunable UV laser light

L Lapinski, I Reva, MJ Nowak, R Fausto - Physical chemistry chemical …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoisomerization processes involving five isomers of cytosine were induced by
narrowband tunable UV irradiation of matrix-isolated monomers of the compound. Irradiation …

Synthesis of an Fe rich amorphous structure with a catalytic effect to rapidly decolorize Azo dye at room temperature

P Liu, JL Zhang, MQ Zha, CH Shek - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
In this article, an amorphous Fe rich amorphous structure designed based on a competitive
atomic cluster model was synthesized and characterized successfully. The constituent zero …

Nonprecious-Metal-Assisted Photochemical Hydrogen Production from ortho-Phenylenediamine

T Matsumoto, HC Chang, M Wakizaka… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The combination of o-phenylenediamine (opda), which possesses two proton-and electron-
pooling capability, with Fe (II) leads to the photochemical hydrogen-evolution reaction (HER) …