Zigzag HgTe Nanowires Modify the Electron–Phonon Interaction in Chirality-Refined Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Z. Hu, B. Breeze, R.J. Kashtiban, J. Sloan, J. Lloyd-Hughes
ACS Nano, 2022.
Publications from WCUS users
Investigating the Ultrafast Dynamics and Long-Term Photostability of an Isomer Pair, Usujirene and Palythene, from the Mycosporine-like Amino Acid Family
A.L. Whittock, J.M Woolley, N. Auckloo, C.Corre and V.G. Stavros
Molecules, 27, 2022.
Intramolecular thiomaleimide [2 + 2] photocycloadditions: stereoselective control for disulfide stapling and observation of excited state intermediates by transient absorption spectroscopy
R. Malde, M.A. Parkes, M. Staniforth, J.M. Woolley, V.G. Stavros, V. Chudasama, H.H. Fielding, J.R. Baker
Chem Sci. 13, 2022.
Ultrafast transient absorption spectroelectrochemistry: femtosecond to nanosecond excited-state relaxation dynamics of the individual components of an anthraquinone redox couple
S. Goia, M.A.P. Turner, J.M. Woolley, M.D. Horbury, A.J. Borrill, J.J Tully, S.J. Cobb, M. Staniforth, N.D.M. Hine, A. Burriss, J.V. Macpherson, B.R. Robinson, V. G. Stavros
Chem. Sci., 13, 2022
Towards developing novel and sustainable molecular light-to-heat converters
T.T. Abiola, B. Rioux, J.M. Toldo, J. Alarcan, J.M. Woolley, M.A.P. Turner, D.J.L. Coxon, M. Telles do Casal, C. Peyrot, M.M. Mention, W.J. Buma, M.N.R. Ashfold, A. Braeuning, M. Barbatti, V.G. Stavros and Florent Allais
Chem. Sci., 12, 2021
Determining the photostability of avobenzone in susncreeen formulation models using ultrafast spectroscopy
E.L. Holt, N.d.N. Rodrigues, J. Cebrian and V.G. Stavros
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 23, 2021
Effects of substituent position on aminobenzoate relaxation pathways in solution
N.d.N. Rodrigues, J.M. Woolley, K.M. Krokidi, M.A. Tesa-Serrate, M.A.P. Turner, N.D.M. Hine and V.G. Stavros.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 2021
Intertube Excitonic Coupling in Nanotube Van der Waals Heterostructures
M.G. Burdanova, M. Liu, M. Staniforth, Y. Zheng, R. Xiang, S. Chiashi, A. Anisimov, E. I. Kauppinen, S. Maruyama and J. Lloyd-Hughes.
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2104969 (Sept 2021)
The 2021 ultrafast spectroscopic probes of condensed matter roadmap
J. Lloyd-Hughes, P.M. Oppeneer, T. Pereira dos Santos, A. Schleife, S. Meng, M.A. Sentef, M. Ruggenthaler, A. Rubio, I. Radu, M. Murnane, X. Shi, H. Kapteyn, B. Stadtmüller, K.M. Dani, F.H. da Jornada, E. Prinz, M. Aeschlimann, R.L. Milot, M. Burdanova, J. Boland, T. Cocker and F. Hegmann
J. Phys.: Cond. Matt. 33 353001 (July 2021) [ pdf ] [ ref ]
Exploring the Blueprint of Photoprotection in Mycosporine-like Amino Acids
A.L. Whittock, N. Auckloo, A.M. Cowden, M.A.P. Turner, J.M. Woolley, M. Wills, C. Corre and V.G. Stavros
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 12 (2021) 3641
New Generation UV-A Filters: Understanding Their Photodynamics on a Human Skin Mimic
T.T. Abiola, N.d.N. Rodrigues, C. Ho, D. Coxon, M. Horbury, J. Toldo, M. Casal, B. Rioux, C. Peyrot, M. Mention, P. Balaguer, M. Barbatti, F. Allais and V.G. Stavros
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 12 (2021) 337
Hot carriers in mixed Pb-Sn halide perovskite semiconductors cool slowly while retaining their electrical mobility
M. Monti, K.D.G.I. Jayawardena, E. Butler-Caddle, R.M.I. Bandara, J.M. Woolley, M. Staniforth, S.R.P. Silva and J. Lloyd-Hughes
Phys. Rev. B 102 245204 (Dec 2020) [ pdf ] [ ref ]
Efficient Artificial Light-Harvesting System Based on Supramolecular Peptide Nanotubes in Water
Q. Song, S. Goia, J. Yang, S.C.L. Hall, M. Staniforth, V.G. Stavros and S. Perrier
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143 (2021) 382
Ultrafast, high modulation depth terahertz modulators based on carbon nanotube thin films
M.G. Burdanova, G.M. Katybab, R. Kashtiban, G.A. Komandin, E. Butler-Caddle, M. Staniforth, A.A. Mkrtchyan, D.V. Krasnikov, Y.G. Gladush, J.Sloan, A.G. Nasibulin and J. Lloyd-Hughes
Carbon 173 245 (Mar 2021) [ free e-print ] [ pdf ] [ ref ]
Computational and Experimental Characterization of Novel Ultraviolet Filters
Jack M. Woolley, Raúl Losantos, Diego Sampedro and Vas G. Stavros, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics [ref]
Exploring the photochemistry of an ethyl sinapate dimer: An attempt towards a better ultraviolet filter
M.D. Horbury, M.A.P. Turner, J.S. Peters, M. Mention, A.L. Flourat, N.D.M. Hine, F. Allais and V.G. Stavros
Frontiers in Chemistry. [ref]
An Ultrafast Shakedown Reveals the Energy Landscape, Relaxation Dynamics and Concentration of the N3VH0 Defect in Diamond
D.J.L. Coxon, M. Staniforth, B.G. Breeze, S.E. Greenough, J.P. Goss, M. Monti, J. Lloyd-Hughes, V.G. Stavros and M.E. Newton J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11, XXX, 6677-6683.[ref]
Emergent Antipolar Phase in BiFeO3-La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Superlattice
W. Dong, J.J.P. Peters, D. Rusu, M. Staniforth, A. Brunier, J. Lloyd-Hughes, A.M. Sanchez and M. Alexe
Nano Lett. 20 X, XXX (July 2020) [ pdf ] [ ref ]
Conservation of ultrafast photoprotective mechanisms with increasing molecular complexity in sinapoyl malate derivatives
L.A. Baker, M. Staniforth, A.L. Flourat, F. Allais, V.G. Stavros, Chem. Phys. Chem. 21, 1-7, 2020 [ref]
Insights into the photoprotection mechanism of the UV filter homosalate
E.L. Holt, K.M. Krokidi, M.A.P. Turner, P. Mishra, T.S. Zwier, N.d.N. Rodrigues and V.G. Stavros
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 22 (2020) 15509 [ref]
Ultrafast Optoelectronic Processes in 1D Radial van der Waals Heterostructures: Carbon, Boron Nitride, and MoS2 Nanotubes with Coexisting Excitons and Highly Mobile Charges
M.G. Burdanova, R.J. Kashtiban, Y. Zheng, R. Xiang, S. Chiashi, J.M. Woolley, M. Staniforth, E. Sakamoto-Rablah, X. Xie, M. Broome, J. Sloan, A. Anisimov, E.I. Kauppinen, S. Maruyama and J. Lloyd-Hughes
Nano Lett. (Apr 2020) [ free e-print ] [ preprint pdf ] [ ref ]
UV irradiation of Cu-based complexes with aliphatic amine ligands as used in living radical polymerization
E. Liarou, M. Staniforth, J.S. Town, A. Marathianos, M. Grypioti, Y. Li, Y. Chang, S. Efstathiou, E. Hancox, A.M. Wemyss, P. Wilson, B.A. Jones, M. Aljuaid, V.G. Stavros and D.M. Haddleton
Eur. Polym. J., 123 (2020) 109388 [ref]
Approaching the Shockley-Queisser limit for fill factors in lead–tin mixed perovskite photovoltaics
K.D.G.I. Jayawardena, R.M.I. Bandara, M. Monti, E. Butler-Caddle, T. Pichler, H. Shiozawa, Z. Wang, S. Jenatsch, S.J. Hinder, M.G. Masteghin, M. Patel, H.M. Thirimanne, W. Zhang, R.A. Sporea, J. Lloyd-Hughes and S. R. P. Silva
J. Mater. Chem. A 8 693 (Jan 2020) [ pdf ] [ ref ]
Towards symmetry driven and nature inspired UV filter design
Nature Communications volume 10, Article number: 4748 (2019) [ref]
Targeted photoredox catalysis in cancer cells
Huaiyi Huang, Samya Banerjee, Kangqiang Qiu, Pingyu Zhang, Olivier Blacque, Thomas Malcomson, Martin J. Paterson, Guy J. Clarkson, Michael Staniforth, Vasilios G. Stavros, Gilles Gasser, Hui Chao & Peter J. Sadler
Nature Chemistry (Sept. 2019) [ ref ]
Tin(IV) dopant removal through anti-solvent engineering enabling tin based perovskite solar cells with high charge carrier mobilities
R. M. I. Bandara, K. D. G. I. Jayawardena, S. O. Adeyemo, S. J. Hinder, J. A. Smith, H. M. Thirimanne, N. C. Wong, F. M. Amin, B. G. Freestone, A. J. Parnell, D. G. Lidzey, H. J. Joyce, R. A. Sporea and S. R. P. Silva
J. Mater. Chem. C, 7, 8389-8397 (2019)
Ionic liquid gated carbon nanotube saturable absorber for switchable pulse generation
Y. Gladush, A. Mkrtchyan, D. Kopylova, A. Ivanenko, B. Nyushkov, S. Kobtsev, A. Kokhanovskiy, A. Khegai, M. Melkumov, M.G. Burdanova, M. Staniforth, J. Lloyd-Hughes and A.G. Nasibulin.
Nano Letters 19 5836 (Aug 2019) [ pdf ] [ ref ]
Scalable interdigitated photoconductive emitters for the electrical modulation of terahertz beams with arbitrary linear polarization
C.D.W. Mosley, M. Staniforth, A. I. Hernandez Serrano, E. Pickwell-MacPherson and J. Lloyd-Hughes
AIP Advances 9, 045323 (Apr 2019) [ pdf ] [ ref ]
Giant negative terahertz photoconductivity in controllably doped carbon nanotube networks
M.G. Burdanova, A.P. Tsapenko, D.A. Satco, R.J. Kashtiban, C.D.W. Mosley, M. Monti, M. Staniforth, J. Sloan, Y. Gladush, A.G. Nasibulin and J. Lloyd-Hughes
ACS Photonics just accepted (Mar 2019) [ pdf ] [ ref ]
The role of symmetric functionalisation on photoisomerisation of a UV commercial chemical filter
J.M. Woolley, J.S. Peters, M.A.P. Turner, G.J. Clarkson, M.D. Horbury and V.G. Stavros
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2019) [ref]
Determination of secondary species in solution through pump-selective transient absorption spectroscopy and explicit-solvent TDDFT
M.A.P. Turner, M.D. Horbury, V.G. Stavros and N.D.M. Hine
J. Phys. Chem. A, 123 (2019) 873
Substituent position effects on sunscreen photodynamics: a closer look at methyl anthranilate
N. D. N. Rodrigues, N. Cole-Filipiak, M. A. P. Turner, K. Krokidi, G. L. Thornton, G. W. Richings, N. D. M. Hines and V. G. Stavros.
Chem. Phys. 515, 596-602 (2018) [ref]
Efficient Intraband Hot Carrier Relaxation in the Perovskite Semiconductor Cs1-xRbxSnI3 Mediated by Strong Electron-Phonon Coupling
M. Monti, S. Tao, M. Staniforth, A. Crocker, E. Griffin, A. Wijesekara, R.A. Hatton, and J. Lloyd-Hughes
J. Phys. Chem. C 122 20669 (Aug 2018) [ pdf ] [ ref ]
Cs1−xRbxSnI3 light harvesting semiconductors for perovskite photovoltaics
K.P. Marshall, S. Tao, M. Walker, D.S. Cook, J. Lloyd-Hughes, S. Varagnolo, A. Wijesekara, D. Walker, R.I. Walton and R.A. Hatton
Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2:1515 (June 2018) [ pdf ] [ ref ]
Highly Sensitive Terahertz Thin-Film Total Internal Reflection Spectroscopy Reveals in Situ Photoinduced Structural Changes in Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskites
Q. Sun, X. Liu, J. Cao, R.I. Stantchev, Y. Zhou, X. Chen, E.P.J. Parrott, J. Lloyd-Hughes, N. Zhao, and E. Pickwell-MacPherson
J. Phys. Chem. C 122 17552 (June 2018) [ pdf ] [ ref ]
Unravelling the Photoprotection Properties of Mycosporine Amino Acid Motifs
Jack M. Woolley, Michael Staniforth, Michael D. Horbury, Gareth W. Richings, Martin Wills, and Vasilios G. Stavros
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9:3043 (May 2018) [ ref ]
Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy of the sunscreen constituent ethylhexyl triazone
L.A. Baker, S. Clark, S. Habershon and V.G. Stavros
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 8 2113-2118 (2017) [ref]
Photophysics of the sunscreen ingredient menthyl anthranilate and its precursor methyl anthranilate: a bottom-up approach to photoprotection
N. D. N. Rodrigues, N. Cole-Filipiak, M. D. Horbury, M. Staniforth, T. N. V. Karsili, Y. Peperstraete and V. G. Stavros J. Photochem. Photobio. A. 353, 376-384 (2018) [ref]
Conduction properties of thin films from a water soluble carbon nanotube/hemicellulose complex
D. Shao, P. Yotprayoonsak, V. Saunajoki, M. Ahlskog, J. Virtanen, V. Kangas, A. Volodin, C. Van Haesendonck, M. Burdanova, C. D. W. Mosley and J. Lloyd-Hughes
Nanotechnology 29 145203 (Feb 2018) [ pdf ] [ ref ]
Tracking a hysteretic and disorder-broadened phase transition via the electromagnon response in improper ferroelectrics
C. D. W. Mosely, D. Prabhakaran and J. Lloyd-Hughes
J. Phys. D: App. Phys. 51 (2018) [ref]
Investigating isomer specific photoprotection in a model plant sunscreen
M. D. Horbury, A.L. Flourat, S.E. Greenough, F. Allais and V.G. Stavros.Chem. Commun., 54, 936-939 (2018) [ref]
Terahertz spectroscopy of anisotropic materials using beams with rotatable polarization
C. D. W. Mosley, M. Failla, D. Prabhakaran and J. Lloyd-Hughes Scientific Reports 7 12337 (2017) [ref]
First Step toward a Universal Fluorescent Probe: Unravelling the Photodynamics of an Amino–Maleimide Fluorophore
Michael Staniforth, Wen-Dong Quan, Tolga N. V. Karsili, Lewis A. Baker, Rachel K. O’Reilly, and Vasilios G. Stavros
J. Phys. Chem. A, 121:6357 (August 2017)
WCUS and affiliates publish a brand new work in which we discuss fluorescence quenching in a small, single moleucle fluorophore, and how learning the mechanism of this quenching can aid us in future design of new fluorescent tags.
Elucidating nuclear motions in a plant sunscreen during photoisomerization through solvent viscosity effects
M. D. Horbury, W.-D. Quan, A. L. Flourat, F. Allais and V. G. Stavros. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2017) 19, 21127-21131 [ref]
Photoisomerization of ethyl ferulate: A solution phase transient absorption study
M. D. Horbury, L. A. Baker, N. D. N. Rodrigues, W. -D. Quan and V. G. Stavros Chem. Phys. Lett. 673, 62-67 (2017) [ref]
Colossal Terahertz Magnetoresistance at Room Temperature in Epitaxial La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Nanocomposites and Single-Phase Thin Films
J. Lloyd-Hughes, C. D. W. Mosley, S. P. P. Jones, M. R. Lees, A. Chen, Q. X. Jia, E.-M. Choi, and J. L. MacManus-Driscoll. Nano. Lett., 17, 2506-2511 (2017)