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Femtosecond Fluorescence and Intersystem Crossing in Rhenium(I) Carbonyl-Bipyridine Complexes

Majed Chergui, Andrea Cannizzo, Amal El Nahhas

Ultrafast electronic-vibrational relaxation upon excitation of the singlet charge-transfer b1A' state of [Re(L)(CO)3(bpy)]n (L = Cl, Br, I, n = 0; L = 4-Et-pyridine, n = 1+) in acetonitrile was investigated using the femtosecond fluorescence up-conversion ...

2008

Charge migration and charge transfer in molecular systems

Ursula Röthlisberger, Majed Chergui, Jacques-Edouard Moser, Joël Teuscher, Andrea Cannizzo, Christopher Alexander Arrell, Natalie Renuka Banerji, Elisa Liberatore, Pablo Lopez Tarifa

The transfer of charge at the molecular level plays a fundamental role in many areas of chemistry, physics, biology and materials science. Today, more than 60 years after the seminal work of R. A. Marcus, charge transfer is still a very active field of res ...

2017

Coherent ultrafast torsional motion and isomerization of a biomimetic dipolar photoswitch

Majed Chergui, Andrea Cannizzo, Olivier Christian Bräm, Stefan Haacke

Femtosecond fluorescence up-conversion, UV-Vis and IR transient absorption spectroscopy are used to study the photo-isomerization dynamics of a new type of zwitterionic photoswitch based on a N-alkylated indanylidene pyrroline Schiff base framework (ZW-NAI ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2010

Real-time observation of the charge transfer to solvent dynamics

Majed Chergui, Andrea Cannizzo, Olivier Christian Bräm

Intermolecular electron-transfer reactions have a crucial role in biology, solution chemistry and electrochemistry. The first step of such reactions is the expulsion of the electron to the solvent, whose mechanism is determined by the structure and dynamic ...

Nature Publishing Group2013

Origin of electronic absorption spectra of MLCT-excited and one-electron reduced 2,2 '-bipyridine and 1,10-phenanthroline complexes

Majed Chergui, Andrea Cannizzo, Amal El Nahhas, Cristina Consani

UV-Vis absorption spectra of one-electron reduction products and (MLCT)-M-3 excited states of [(ReCl)-Cl-I(CO)(3)-(N, N)] (N, N = 2,2'-bipyridine, bpy; 1,10-phenanthroline, phen) have been measured by low-temperature spectroelectrochemistry and UV-Vis tran ...

Elsevier2011

Femtosecond UV Studies of the Electronic Relaxation Processes in Cytochrome c

Majed Chergui, Andrea Cannizzo, Olivier Christian Bräm, Cristina Consani

We report on an experimental study with UV and visible ultrafast time-gated emission and transient absorption of the early photodynamics of horse heart Cytochrome c in both ferric and ferrous redox states. A clear separation in time and energy of tryptopha ...

2011

Taking a snapshot of the triplet excited state of an OLED organometallic luminophore using X-rays

Andrea Cannizzo, Giulia Fulvia Mancini, Camila Bacellar Cases Da Silveira, Victoria Kabanova

OLED technology beyond small or expensive devices requires light-emitters, luminophores, based on earth-abundant elements. Understanding and experimental verification of charge transfer in luminophores are needed for this development. An organometallic mul ...

Nature Publishing Group2020

A femtosecond fluorescence study of vibrational relaxation and cooling dynamics of UV dyes

Majed Chergui, Thomas James Penfold, Andrea Cannizzo, Olivier Christian Bräm

We present a femtosecond broad-band fluorescence up-conversion study of the vibrational relaxation dynamics of two UV chromophores, 2,5-diphenyloxazole (PPO) and para-terphenyl (pTP), pumped with a large excess of vibrational energy (>2000 cm(-1)). The ban ...

2012

Functional electric field changes in photoactivated proteins revealed by ultrafast Stark spectroscopy of the Trp residues

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Andrea Cannizzo, Erwin Portuondo Campa, Stefan Haacke

Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy of wild-type bacteriorhodopsin (WT bR) and 2 tryptophan mutants (W86F and W182F) is performed with visible light excitation (pump) and UV probe. The aim is to investigate the photoinduced change in the charge dis ...

2009

Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics of Rhenium(I) Photosensitizers [Re(Cl)(CO)(3)(N,N)] and [Re(imidazole)(CO)(3)(N,N)](+): Diimine Effects

Majed Chergui, Andrea Cannizzo, Olivier Christian Bräm, Amal El Nahhas, Cristina Consani

Femto- to picosecond excited-state dynamics of the complexes Re(L)(CO)(3)(N,N) (N,N = bpy, phen, 4,7-dimethyl-phen (dmp); L = Cl, n = 0; L = imidazole, n = 1+) were investigated using fluorescence up-conversion, transient absorption in the 650-285 nm ...

2011

Energy transfer and relaxation mechanisms in Cytochrome c

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Andrea Cannizzo, Olivier Christian Bräm, Cristina Consani

Using broadband UV-vis femtosecond transient absorption and fluorescence up-conversion, we investigate the interaction between the haem moiety of ferric and ferrous Horse heart Cytochrome c and its single Tryptophan (Trp) residue and the energy dissipation ...

Elsevier2012

Vibrational coherences and relaxation in the high-spin state of aqueous [Fell(bpy)3]2+

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Andrea Cannizzo, Amal El Nahhas, Cristina Consani

Dizzy cooling: Femtosecond excitation of the singlet states of aqueous [FeII(bpy)3]2+ (bpy=2,2-bipyridine) leads to the formation of a vibrationally hot quintet state that exhibits wave-packet dynamics arising from a chelate-ring and bending mode. The vibr ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2009

Femtosecond carrier dynamics in bulk graphite and graphene paper

Majed Chergui, Fabrizio Carbone, Frank van Mourik, Andrea Cannizzo, Gerald Auböck

Femtosecond white-light continuum probe transient absorption and reflectivity measurements of bulk graphite and graphene paper are reported. In graphite, the relaxation of photoinduced electron–hole pairs happens through in-plane electron–electron and elec ...

Elsevier2011

Ultrafast electronic and vibrational relaxations in mixed-ligand dithione-dithiolato Ni, Pd, and Pt complexes

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Andrea Cannizzo, Ahmad Odeh

Ultrafast excited-state dynamics of planar Pt, Pd, and Ni dithione-dithiolato complexes were investigated by transient absorption spectroscopy on the femtosecond-picosecond timescale. All studied complexes show a common photobehaviour, although individual ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2014

Ultrafast Nonadiabatic Dynamics of [FeII(bpy)3]2+ in Solution

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Andrea Cannizzo, Wojciech Gawelda, Van Thai Pham

The ultrafast relaxation of aq. Fe(II)-tris(bipyridine) upon excitation into the singlet metal-to-ligand charge-transfer band (1MLCT) was characterized by femtosecond fluorescence up-conversion and transient absorption (TA) studies. The fluorescence expt. ...

2007

Ultrafast fluorescence studies of dye sensitized solar cells

Majed Chergui, Andrea Cannizzo, Olivier Christian Bräm

Time-resolved fluorescence spectra from the RuN719 dye exhibit very short lifetimes (

2012

Tailoring p-Type Behavior in ZnO Quantum Dots through Enhanced Sol–Gel Synthesis: Mechanistic Insights into Zinc Vacancies

Jacques-Edouard Moser, Andrea Cannizzo, Etienne Christophe Socie, Camila Bacellar Cases Da Silveira, Victoria Kabanova

The synthesis and control of properties of p-type ZnO is crucial for a variety of optoelectronic and spintronic applications; however, it remains challenging due to the control of intrinsic midgap (defect) states. In this study, we demonstrate a synthetic ...

2024

Ultrafast Broadband Fluorescence Up-conversion Study of the Electronic Relaxation of Metalloporphyrins

Majed Chergui, Andrea Cannizzo, Olivier Christian Bräm

We present a systematic study of the ultrafast fluorescence with broadband detection and similar to 110 fs resolution of 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphin (TPP) and 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-oc-taethylporphin (OEP), with open 3d-shell metals. We also revisit the cas ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

Broadband femtosecond fluorescence up-conversion and photon echo experiments in the UV

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Andrea Cannizzo, Olivier Christian Bräm, Ahmad Ajdar Zadeh Oskouei

The fs-time-resolved study of a small UV dye in different solvents with fluorescence up-conversion and photon-echo techniques in the UV range provides new insight in cooling relaxation and solvation dynamics of non-polar molecules in polar solvents. ...

Springer-Verlag New York, Ms Ingrid Cunningham, 175 Fifth Ave, New York, Ny 10010 Usa2009

Ultraviolet transient absorption, transient grating and photon echo studies of aqueous tryptophan

Majed Chergui, Andrea Cannizzo, Olivier Christian Bräm, Ahmad Ajdar Zadeh Oskouei, Cristina Consani

We compare UV transient grating (TG) experiments of aqueous tryptophan with transient absorption (TA) and fluorescence up-conversion measurements. The TG and TA signals show a bi-exponential rise with sub-ps and ps time constants, which are consistent with ...

Elsevier2013