Ultrafast excited state dynamics of spatially confined organic molecules

V Ramamurthy, P Sen, CG Elles - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This Feature Article highlights the role of spatial confinement in controlling the fundamental
behavior of molecules. Select examples illustrate the value of using space as a tool to …

Dynamics of anthracene excimer formation within a water-soluble nanocavity at room temperature

A Das, A Danao, S Banerjee, AM Raj… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Excited anthracene is well-known to photodimerize and not to exhibit excimer emission in
isotropic organic solvents. Anthracene (AN) forms two types of supramolecular host–guest …

Ultrafast fluorescence spectroscopy via upconversion and its applications in biophysics

S Cao, H Li, Z Zhao, S Zhang, J Chen, J Xu… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this review, the experimental set-up and functional characteristics of single-wavelength
and broad-band femtosecond upconversion spectrophotofluorometers developed in our …

Multiple evidences for molecular level heterogeneity in a non-ionic biocatalytic deep eutectic solvent

T Khan, E Tarif, Y Awano, LS Lozada, N Das… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are new-generation solvents with exquisite and tuneable
properties. Molecular-level heterogeneity has been identified as an intriguing feature of such …

Inclusion complexation of biphenyl-3, 3′, 4, 4′-tetraamine and 4, 4′-diaminobiphenyl-3, 3′-diol with β-cyclodextrin for antibacterial activity

K Paramasivaganesh, V Narayanan, V Ganesan… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Inclusion complex (IC) of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) with biphenyl-3, 3′, 4, 4′-tetraamine
(BPT), and 4, 4′-diaminobiphenyl-3, 3′-diol (DABD) are prepared and investigated in both …

Vibration-assisted intersystem crossing in the ultrafast excited-state relaxation dynamics of halocoumarins

A Das, SK Ghosh, V Ramamurthy… - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Due to its numerous applications, triplet formation and resulting phosphorescence remain a
frontier area of research for over eight decades. Facile intersystem crossing (ISC) is the …

Triplet state photophysics of bis (dimethylphenanthroline) copper (I) might involve volume-changing molecular motion: Ultrafast absorption and emission studies

A Dutta, S Bhowmik, P Sen - Chemical Physics Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Study of triplet photophysics has remained a contemporary field for the last eight decades
due to its wide-ranging applications. Many recent studies deciphered the influence of …

Marcus relationship maintained during ultrafast electron transfer across a supramolecular capsular wall

A Das, N Kamatham, A Mohan Raj, P Sen… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photoinduced electron transfer across an organic capsular wall between excited donors and
ground-state acceptors is established to occur with rate constants varying in the range 0.32 …

Dynamics of preferential solvation of 5-aminoquinoline in hexane–alcohol solvent mixtures

S Das, AK Singh, DS Biswas… - The Journal of Physical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Dynamics of preferential solvation of 5-aminoquinoline (5AQ) has been studied in hexane–
alcohol solvent mixtures. Significant spectral red shift and fluorescence quenching are …

The role of hydrogen bonding in the preferential solvation of 5-aminoquinoline in binary solvent mixtures

S Das, PK Singha, AK Singh… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
5-Aminoquinoline (5AQ) has been used as a fluorescent probe of preferential solvation (PS)
in binary solvent mixtures in which the nonpolar component is diethyl ether and the polar …