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  • 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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    stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS) is a powerful ultrafast technique which can track photoinduced excited

  • 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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    (macromolecules) and a photoacid pyranine called HPTS (small molecule). In my early work, I used FSRS to

  • 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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    -TA) spectroscopy and femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS). Using a tunable Raman pump

  • 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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    , specifically: (1) containing alkyl- substituted imidazolium cations; (2) a series containing alkaline earth

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

    Creator:
    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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    the main experimental tool, the excited state hydrogen-bonding dynamics (ESHBD) of Coumarin 102, a

  • 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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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Chong Fang “The journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step.” – Miyamoto Musashi

  • 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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    is capable of capturing both equilibrium and non-equilibrium structural information across a broad