Recent advances in multidimensional ultrafast spectroscopy

TAA Oliver - Royal Society open science, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Multidimensional ultrafast spectroscopies are one of the premier tools to investigate
condensed phase dynamics of biological, chemical and functional nanomaterial systems. As …

Following coupled electronic-nuclear motion through conical intersections in the ultrafast relaxation of β-Apo-8′-carotenal

TAA Oliver, GR Fleming - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2015 - ACS Publications
Ultrafast transient electronic absorption, one-and two-dimensional electronic-vibrational
spectroscopies were used to study the nonradiative relaxation dynamics of β-apo-8 …

One-and two-photon pump–probe optical spectroscopic measurements reveal the S1 and intramolecular charge transfer states are distinct in fucoxanthin

D Kosumi, T Kusumoto, R Fujii, M Sugisaki… - Chemical Physics …, 2009 - Elsevier
The ultrafast relaxation kinetics of fucoxanthin in polar and non-polar solvents have been
studied by femtosecond dispersed one-and two-photon pump–probe spectroscopies …

On the nature of the “Dark S*” excited state of β-Carotene

EE Ostroumov, MGMM Reus… - The Journal of Physical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy has been applied to the isolated carotenoid
β-carotene under a large variety of experimental conditions regarding solvent, temperature …

Environmental effects on vibrational properties of carotenoids: experiments and calculations on peridinin

D Bovi, A Mezzetti, R Vuilleumier, MP Gaigeot… - Physical Chemistry …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Carotenoids are employed in light-harvesting complexes of dinoflagellates with the two-fold
aim to extend the spectral range of the antenna and to protect it from radiation damage. We …

Ultrafast excited state dynamics of fucoxanthin: excitation energy dependent intramolecular charge transfer dynamics

D Kosumi, T Kusumoto, R Fujii, M Sugisaki… - Physical Chemistry …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Carotenoids containing a carbonyl group in conjugation with their polyene backbone are
naturally-occurring pigments in marine organisms and are essential to the photosynthetic …

Using sulfur bridge oxidation to control electronic coupling and photochemistry in covalent anthracene dimers

CD Cruz, J Yuan, C Climent, NT Tierce… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Covalently tethered bichromophores provide an ideal proving ground to develop strategies
for controlling excited state behavior in chromophore assemblies. In this work, optical …

Metal-enhanced fluorescence and excited state dynamics of carotenoids in thin polymer films

J Lee, J Song, D Lee, Y Pang - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Metal-enhanced fluorescence of carotenoids, all-trans-β-carotene and 8′-apo-β-carotene-
8′-al dispersed in thin layers of polystyrene and polyethylene glycol were investigated by …

Wavelength-modulated femtosecond stimulated raman spectroscopy—approach towards automatic data processing

M Kloz, R van Grondelle, JTM Kennis - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
A new wavelength modulator based on a custom-made chopper blade and a slit placed in
the Fourier plane of a pulse shaper was used to detect explicitly the first derivative of the …

Ultrafast relaxation kinetics of the dark S1 state in all-trans-β-carotene explored by one-and two-photon pump–probe spectroscopy

D Kosumi, K Abe, H Karasawa, M Fujiwara, RJ Cogdell… - Chemical Physics, 2010 - Elsevier
Femtosecond one-and two-photon pump–probe dispersive spectroscopic measurements
have been applied to the investigation of the vibrational relaxation kinetics of the dark S1 …