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Hot carriers in the perovskite semiconductor CsRbSnI3

Results from one of our PhD students, Maurizio Monti, have just been accepted for publication in J. Phys. Chem. C. Well done to Maurizio on his first paper, and the first paper from the optical-pump THz-probe (OPTP) spectroscopy beamline at WCUS. In this work we have used OPTP to study how rapidly the energetic carriers in a perosvkite semiconductor relax in energy within their bands.

Tue 21 Aug 2018, 09:59 | Tags: News

Unravelling the Photoprotection Properties of Mycosporine Amino Acid Motifs

Our PhD student, Jack Woolley has had his first paper accepted as first author! The work is on the photodynamics of a naturally occurring sunscreen molecule found in Algae amongst other places, and could be an important first step in developing the next generation of sunscreens. Well done Jack!

Thu 17 May 2018, 16:04 | Tags: News

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]

Tue 24 Apr 2018, 13:00 | Tags: Paper News TEAS Analytical spectroscopy

Conference presentations

WCUS members have been presenting our recent work at a few conferences so far this year.

Connor Mosley will be talking at this year's APS March Meeting in Los Angeles about our recent work on hysteresis and spin disorder in the magnetically-induced multiferroic CuO.

James Lloyd-Hughes gave an invited talk at the Max Planck Society's "Functional Interfaces in Materials and Chemistry" research school's annual workshop in Schloss Ringberg, Bavaria. This was an excellent meeting - thanks to the organisers!

James also gave an invited talk at the 2nd Terahertz and Materials Meeting at the University of Chester - thanks to Dr Bin Yang for the invitation and the exciting day of talks.

Mon 05 Mar 2018, 22:57 | Tags: Conferences News

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]

Thu 15 Feb 2018, 11:30 | Tags: Paper News TEAS Analytical spectroscopy

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]

Mon 05 Feb 2018, 12:00 | Tags: Paper Terahertz News Analytical spectroscopy

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]

Tue 02 Jan 2018, 11:30 | Tags: Paper News TEAS Analytical spectroscopy

IR beamline aces reproducibility

The IR beamline has been undergoing rigourous refining and further testing and has beautifully reproduced data from published results. See the results gallery to view this new exciting data of N-methyl pyridone in ACN excited at 267 nm.

Wed 08 Nov 2017, 16:08 | Tags: Lab development TVAS News

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]

Tue 26 Sep 2017, 08:00 | Tags: Paper Terahertz News Analytical spectroscopy

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]

Mon 10 Jul 2017, 11:00 | Tags: Paper News TEAS

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