Publications from WCUS users
WCUS papers
Switching on photoreactivity in Ti4-oxo clusters by increasing the size of 1,n-alkane diolate bridging ligands
A. Chikara, A.R. Veale, S.E. Brown, J.M. Woolley, F. De Proft, S.D. Pike
Chem Sci., 2025, Advance Article.
Hot-Phonon-Induced Distortion of Diamond Defects on Ultrafast Timescales
T.J. Keat , J. Zhao , J.M. Woolley, P. Malakar, G.M. Greetham , X. Wu, J.P. Goss , R.J. Cruddace , C.B. Hartland, M.W. Dale , V.G. Stavros , M.E. Newton , J. Lloyd-Hughes
Phys. Rev. Lett., 135, 216902 (2025)
Towards elucidating the solar instability of the anti-fungal food preservative natamycin: insights from spectroscopy
N.J. Wrathall, J. Eller, J.E. Barker, N.dN. Rodrigues, R.K. O'Reilly, N.D.M. Hine, V.G. Stavros
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2025, Advance Article
Single-Step Synthesis of Cs3Bi2I9 Nanocrystals for Scalable Direct X-ray Detectors
R. Babu, J. Ghosh, N.J. Schrenker, K.R. Dudipala, Y. Huang, Y. Wang, S. Dong, D. Gaur, S. Bals, S. Gómez-Graña, X. Wei Chua, I.H.B. Braddock, M.C. Veale, M.D. Wilson, J.M. Woolley, A. Rao, R.L. Z. Hoye, L. Polavarapu.
ACS Energy Lett. 2025, 10, 6092–6103.
Simple Production of Single-Molecule White-Light Fluorophores via One-Photon Photoproduction
M. Staniforth, and L.A. Baker.
J. Phys. Chem. C., 2025, 149.
Relaxation Dynamics in Dihydroxychalcones: Insights from Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Quantum Computations
S. Roshan, M. Hymas, M. M. Mention, F. Allais, V.G. Stavros and R. Omidyan
ACS Phys, Chem Au, 2025
Interrogating the Azo-Hydrazo Proton Transfer Process in the Excited State Using a Multipronged Spectroscopic Study: Effect of Annulation and Solvent
J. Dalton, V.G. Stavros, A. Bhattacharyya
ACS Phys. Chem Au, 2025, 5, 649–659
Excited state deactivation in phytochemical flavonoids: astragalin and kaempferol
M. Hymas, J. Eller, M. Salehi, R. Omidyan, S. Poigny, V.G. Stavros.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2025, Accepted Article.
Counterintuitive Photochemistry of an Isolated Acridinyl Radical: ConPET via Preassembly, Solvated Electrons, or a Long-Lived Excited State?
S. J. Horsewill, K. M.M. Sharrock, P.P. Fehér, J.M. Woolley, I. Pápai, D.J. Scott
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2025, Accepted Article
Structural chemistry of the n=3 Dion-Jacobson phases: controlling polarity and band gap
A. Ali, V. Cascos, F. Pritchard, J.R.R. Verlet, N. Sutherland, J.M. Woolley, J. Lloyd-Hughes, M. Avdeev, A. Beeby, S. Clark, E.E. McCabe
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, 13, 23073-23086
A Tutorial on THz Pulse Analysis: Accurate Retrieval of Pulse Arrival Times, Spectral Energy Density and Absolute Spectral Phase
J. Lloyd-Hughes, N. Chopra, J. Deveikis, R. Pandya, J.M. Woolley
Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 46, 2025
Terahertz harmonic generation and nonlinear spectroscopy of metamaterial-gated/graphene resonators
R. Degl’Innocenti, Y. Lu, A. M. Zaman, J. M. Woolley, N. Chopra, W. Tadbier, W. Michailow, S. Hofmann and J. Lloyd-Hughes
APL Photonics, 10, 2025.
Molecular Heaters: A green route to boosting crop yields
J.M. Woolley, N.d. N. Rodrigues, J.M. Toldo, B. Rioux, C. Groves, X. Schrama, J. Alarcan, T.T. Abiola, M.M. Mention, M.T. do Casal, S.E. Greenough, M. Borja, W.J. Buma, M.N.R. Ashfold, A. Braeuning, T. Munnik, K.A. Franklin, F. Allais, M. Barbatti, and V.G. Stavros.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2025, 27, 7375-7382
Ultrafast Photoinduced Electron Transfer Between Donor (Eosin-Y) and Acceptor (Naphthoquinone) in a Supramolecular Array Based on a Coordination Cage Host
M. B. Tipping, J. M. Woolley, J. R. Williams, M. Ward
Chem. Eur. J. 2025, e202404647.
Nanostructure and Photovoltaic Potential of Plasmonic Nanofibrous Active Layers
R. M. Schofield, B. M. Maciejewska, K. A. Elmestekawy, J. M. Woolley, G. T. Tebbutt, M. Danaie, C. S. Allen, L M. Herz, H.l E. Assender, N. Grobert
Small 2024, 2409269
Illuminating the Devolution of Perovskite Passivation Layers
M. Giza, A. Kozikov, P.L. Lalaguna, J.D. Hutchinson, V. Verma, B. Vella, R. Kumar, N.Hill, D.Sirbu, E. Arca, N.Healy, R.L. Milot, M.Kadodwala, P. Docampo
Small Structures, 2024.
Urocanic acid as a novel scaffold for next-gen nature-inspired sunscreens: II. Time-resolved spectroscopy under solution conditions
J. Fan, J.M. Woolley, H. Sanders, V.G. Stavros, W.J. Buma.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 26, 2024.
Distinguishing carrier transport and interfacial recombination at perovskite/transport-layer interfaces using ultrafast spectroscopy and numerical simulation
E. Butler-Caddle, K.D.G.I. Jayawardena, A. Wijesekara, R.L. Milot and J. Lloyd-Hughes
Phys. Rev. Applied 22 024103 (Aug 2024)
Unlocking flavin photoacid catalysis through electrophotochemistry
S. Gary, J.M. Woolley, S. Goia, S Bloom
Chem Sci. 15, 11444, 2024.
Ultrafast Dynamics of Excitons and Charge Carriers in Van der Waals WS2 Nanotubes
M.I. Paukov, V.V. Starchenko, A.A. Melnikov, G.A. Komandin, A.E. Goldt, D.I. Yakubovsky, A.V. Syuy, P. Mishra, K.I. Zaytsev, S.V. Garnov, A.G. Nasibulin, A.V. Arsenin, V. Volkov, M.G. Burdanova
Materials Today Chemistry, 36, 2024