Publications from WCUS users
WCUS papers
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
Ultrafast Spectroelectrochemistry of the Catechol/o-Quinone Redox Couple in Aqueous Buffer Solution
Sofia Goia, Gareth W. Richings, Matthew A. P. Turner, Jack M. Woolley, Joshua J. Tully, Samuel J. Cobb, Adam Burriss, Ben R. Robinson, Julie V. Macpherson, Vasilios G. Stavros
ChemPhotoChem 8, 9 e202300325 (April 2024)
Untangling free carrier and exciton dynamics in layered hybrid perovskites using ultrafast optical and terahertz spectroscopy
Folusho Helen Balogun, Nathaniel P Gallop, Dumitru Sirbu, Jake D Hutchinson, Nathan Hill, Jack M Woolley, David Walker, Stephen York, Pablo Docampo and Rebecca L Milot
Mater. Res. Express 11 025503 (Feb 2024)
Quantifying photoluminescence variability in monolayer molybdenum disulfide films grown by chemical vapour deposition
M Healy, SL Pain, J. Lloyd-Hughes, NE Grant and JD Murphy
Materials Research Express 11 015002 (Jan 2024)
The 3237 cm−1 diamond defect: Ultrafast vibrational dynamics, concentration calibration, and relationship to the N3VH0 defect
T.J. Keat, D.J.L. Coxon, R.J. Cruddace, V.G. Stavros, M.E. Newton, J. Lloyd-Hughes
Diamond and Related Materials, 141, 2024
Terahertz Emission via Optical Rectification in a Metal-Free Perovskite Crystal
N. P. Gallop, D Sirbu, D Walker, J Lloyd-Hughes, P Docampo and R L. Milot
ACS Photonics 10 4022 (October 2023)
The Value of Different Experimental Observables: A Transient Absorption Study of the Ultraviolet Excitation Dynamics Operating in Nitrobenzene
S. W. Crane, M. Garrow, P. D. Lane, K. Robertson, A. Waugh, J. M. Woolley, V. G. Stavros
J. Phys. Chem. A 2023, 127, 31, 6425-6436
Resolving the Ultrafast Charge Carrier Dynamics of 2D and 3D Domains within a Mixed 2D/3D Lead-Tin Perovskite
J. D. Hutchinson, E. Ruggeri, J. M. Woolley, G. Delport, S. D. Stranks, R. L. Milot.
Adv. Funct. Mater, 33, 50, 2023
High-bandwidth perovskite photonic sources on silicon
A. Ren, H. Wang, L. Dai, J. Xia, X. Bai, E. Butler-Caddle, J. A. Smith, H. Lai, J. Ye, X. Li, S. Zhan, C. Yao, Z. Li, M. Tang, X. Liu, J. Bi, B. Li, S. Kai, R. Chen, H. Yan, J. Hong, L. Yuan, I.P. Marko, A. Wonfor, F. Fu, S. A. Hindmarsh, A.M. Sanchez, J.Lloyd-Hughes, S.J. Sweeney, A.Rao, N.C. Greenham, J. Wu, Y. Li, Q. Cheng, R.H. Friend, R.V. Penty, I.H. White, H.J. Snaith & W. Zhang
Nat Photonics,2023, 17, 798–805.
Ultrafast THz spectroscopy of carbon nanotube-graphene composites
M.G. Burdanova, A.P. Tsapenko, S. Ahmad, E.I. Kauppinen and J. Lloyd-Hughes
Nanotechnology 34 405203 (June 2023)
Ring buckling and C=N isomerization pathways for efficient photoprotection in two nature-inspired UVA sunscreens revealed through ultrafast dynamics and high-level calculations
A. M. Cowden, R. Losantos, A. L. Whittock, B. Peñin, D. Sampedro, V. G. Stavros.
P.Chem, P. Biol