Triplet Excited States as a Source of Relevant (Bio)Chemical Information

Quenching of excited triplet states by dissolved natural organic matter.

Excited triplet states of aromatic ketones and quinones are used as proxies to assess the reactivity of excited triplet states of the dissolved organic matter ((3)DOM*) in natural waters. (3)DOM* are crucial transients in environmental photochemistry responsible for contaminant transformation, production of reactive oxygen species, and potentially photobleaching of DOM. In recent photochemical ...

Stabilizing triplet excited states for ultralong organic phosphorescence.

The control of the emission properties of synthetic organic molecules through molecular design has led to the development of high-performance optoelectronic devices with tunable emission colours, high quantum efficiencies and efficient energy/charge transfer processes. However, the task of generating excited states with long lifetimes has been met with limited success, owing to the ultrafast de...

Explicit Differentiation of G-Quadruplex/Ligand Interactions: Triplet Excited States as Sensitive Reporters.

We report a new transient spectral method utilizing triplet excited state as sensitive reporters to monitor and differentiate the multiplex G-quadruplex/ligand interactions in a single assay, which is a difficult task and usually requires a combination of several techniques. From a systematic study on the interactions of porphyrin (TMPyP4) with each telomeric G-quadruplex: AG3(T2AG3)3, G2T2G2TG...

A theoretical study of low-lying singlet and triplet excited states of quinazoline, quinoxaline and phthalazine: insight into triplet formation.

Quinazoline, quinoxaline and phthalazine are nitrogen containing heterocyclic aromatic molecules which belong to the class diazanaphthalenes. These isomers have low-lying nπ* and naphthalene-like ππ* states that interact via spin-orbit coupling. In this contribution, we study their structure and electronic states by means of a coupled-cluster method. The computed properties are compared to thos...

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