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  • Revealing Ultrafast Dynamics and Functional Basis of Potential Biomedical Tools from Calcium Sensing to Optogenetics

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    Tachibana, Sean R.
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    Photoactivated biomedical tools like fluorescent biosensors and optogenetic proteins have increased in popularity due to the precision targeting and activation used for in vivo applications. In nature, the initially discovered parent proteins exhibit properties such as fluorescence quantum yield (FQY), fluorescence color, and photoswitching dynamics that are unfavorable in mammalian...
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    (P377R for short) in collaboration with the Campbell Lab at the University of Alberta, Canada

  • New luminescent materials and high-performance solution-processed oxide thin films

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    Jiang, Kai
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    Crystals of an incongruent-melting compound, Ba₃MgSi₂O₈, were grown by the flux method and its structure was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods. Ba₃MgSi₂O₈ crystallizes in trigonal space group P-3[bar]m1 with a = 5.6123(3) Å, c = 7.2667(9) Å and Z = 1. Eu²⁺ ions prefer one crystallographic Ba site...
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    = 5.6123(3) Å, c = 7.2667(9) Å and Z = 1. Eu2+ ions prefer one crystallographic Ba site in the structure

  • Excited state molecular structural evolution and chemical reactivity studied by femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy

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    Han, Fangyuan
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    In this dissertation, my research work on excited state dynamics of small organic molecules in solutions is presented. Using femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS) as the main experimental tool, the excited state hydrogen-bonding dynamics (ESHBD) of Coumarin 102, a common laser dye molecule, in ethanol solution is examined with <150...
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    spectator mode, i.e. the C=O stretching mode, is examined within a 600 ps time window. The excited state

  • New Graphite Intercalation Chemistry with Alkaline Earth Metals

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    Xu, Wei
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    Novel graphite intercalation compounds (GICs) and associated chemistry have been explored, specifically: (1) containing alkyl- substituted imidazolium cations; (2) a series containing alkaline earth metal (Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) cations with ethylenediamine (en) co-intercalates; (3) showing reversible intragallery M-M bonding and (4) via electrochemical intercalation of Mg cations with potential...
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    magnesium metal and graphite powder in en at 100 °C under an inert atmosphere. Thermal analyses indicate

  • Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Studies of Excited State Structural Events

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    Tang, Longteng
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    Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS) is an ultrafast vibrational technique which allows rapid collection of Raman spectra with simultaneously high temporal and spectral resolution. With the recent development of FSRS methodology, three FSRS techniques (conventional, tunable, and anti-Stokes) have been implemented in our laboratory to dissect the excited state structural...
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    , Campbell and co-workers developed several GECOs (genetically encoded Ca2+ sensors for optical imaging

  • Tracking Excited State Proton Transfer and Inhibition with Ultrafast Raman and Transient Absorption Spectroscopy

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    Oscar, Breland G.
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    In this dissertation, excited state proton transfer (ESPT) and its inhibition in solution and protein environments are revealed using both femtosecond transient absorption (fs-TA) spectroscopy and femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS). Using a tunable Raman pump to enhance transient vibrational features of the photoacidic chromophore HPTS in methanol and methanol...
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    Chapter 4. Dr. Yongxin Zhao and Dr. Robert Campbell at the University of Alberta, Canada, who provided

  • Tracking Photoinduced Primary Events with Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy and Calculations

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    Wang, Yanli
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    Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS) is a powerful ultrafast technique which can track photoinduced excited state structural events on femtosecond (fs) to picosecond (ps) timescales. In addition to high temporal and spectral resolutions, FSRS provides a broad spectral window from ca. 100—2000 cm-1 for detection, enabling the direct mapping of...
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    ). ........................................................................................................... 8 Figure 1.4. Multicolor imaging with GECOs. (A to C) HeLa cells transfected with the nucleus

  • Dynamics and Design of Green Fluorescent Protein-Inspired Superphotoacids and Red-Emitting Fluorophores with Transient Absorption and Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

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    Chen, Cheng
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    In the past decades, femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS) has been gaining tremendous popularity in fundamental sciences stemming from chemistry to biology. It is capable of capturing both equilibrium and non-equilibrium structural information across a broad range of timescales with simultaneously high temporal and spectral resolutions. Femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy...
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    -state FSRS signal generation of R6G on the (a, b) anti-Stokes and (c, d) Stokes sides at different

  • Bridging the Gap Between Equilibrium Properties and Ultrafast Dynamics with Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of Functional Systems

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    Krueger, Taylor D.
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    Ultrafast spectroscopy has recently gained momentum as a powerful, noninvasive characterization toolset capable of studying a diverse array of samples with applications in chemistry, physics, biology, engineering, and more. Two popular ultrafast spectroscopic techniques include femtosecond transient absorption (fs-TA) and femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS). The latter of these techniques...
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    . Seri C. Robinson, and Dr. Oksana Ostroverkhova have contributed the fungi-derived pigment samples in

  • Investigating Low-Frequency Vibrations in Condensed Matter Using Time-Resolved Third-Harmonic Generation Spectroscopy

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    Wang, Liang
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    In this thesis, I present a new method we developed to study low frequency (< 700 cm⁻¹) vibrational dynamics: Time-resolved third-harmonic generation (TRTHG) spectroscopy. Among a variety of vibrational spectroscopy techniques, TRTHG differentiates itself with robustness, versatility, and simplicity. In TRTHG experiment, that involves only two ultrashort laser pulses, the...
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    temporal profiles of the signal intensities for (a) TH±1, (b) CFWM±1, (c) CTH±1, and (d) THFP1,2 sideband