Publications from WCUS users
WCUS papers
Equipment Sharing Fund
The Equipment Sharing Fund allows researchers, PhD students and Research Technical Professionals (RTPs) to access cutting-edge research equipment, not available in their home institution. Funds cover the cost of initial analysis, helping to strengthen collaboration opportunities and ensure value for money within the UK’s research and innovation ecosystem. The fund opens for three rounds and will provide the full economic cost (fEC) or TRAC rate directly to the facility. Find out when the fund opens and more about the criteria.Link opens in a new window
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., 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
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
Synthesis and characterisation of novel composite sunscreens containing both avobenzone and octocrylene motifs
A. M. Cowden, A. L. Whittock, E. L. Holt, V. G. Stavros, M. Wills.
RSC Adv., 13, 2023, 17017
Spectroscopic insight on impact of environment on natural photoprotectants
A.L. Whittock, X. Ding, X.E. Ramirez Barker, N. Auckloo, R.A. Sellers, J.M. Woolley, K. Tamareselvy, M. Vincendet, C. Corre, E. Pickwell-MacPherson and V.G. Stavros.
Chem. Sci., 14 (2023) 6763
Synergic photoprotection of phenolic compounds present in tomato fruit cuticle: a spectroscopic investigation in solution
A.G. Moreno, J.M. Woolley, E. Domínguez, A. de Cózar, A. Heredia and V.G. Stavros
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 25 (2023) 12791
A Concerted Redox- and Light-Activated Agent for Controlled Multimodal Therapy against Hypoxic Cancer Cells
Jiangping Lieu, Andrew W. Prentice, Guy J. Clarkson, Jack M. Woolley, Vasilios G. Stavros, Martin J. Paterson, and Peter J. Sadler
Adv Mater, (2023), 2210363.
Dephasing dynamics across local vibrational modes and crystalline environments
T.J. Keat, D.J.L. Coxon, M. Staniforth, M.W. Dale, V.G. Stavros, M.E. Newton and J. Lloyd-Hughes
Phys. Rev. Lett., 129 (2022) 237401
Insight into the Photodynamics of Photostabilizer Molecules
Temitope T. Abiola, Benjamin Rioux, Sharanjit Johal, Matthieu M. Mention, Fanny Brunissen, Jack M. Woolley, Florent Allais, and Vasilios G. Stavros
JPCA, 126, 45, 2022
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.
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.
New Equipment Added
WCUS now has access to a LCS-100 Solar Simulator. This simulator will provide an equivalent of 1 sun irradiance across the UV and visible spectrum matching that of the Sun. To use this equipment in your studies please contact Jack our platform manager, to discuss about your needs.
Expanded Flurolog Capabilities
WUCS' Flurolog has received a new detector which will allow for time-resolved photoluminescence across the mid-IR range. This detector increases our ability to measure time-resolved data across the whole detectable spectrum on our Flurolog (290-1600 nm). To use this equipment in your studies please contact Jack our platform manager, to discuss about your needs.
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
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
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