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  1. Direct monitoring of the thermodynamics and kinetics of DNA and RNA dinucleotide dehybridization from gaps and overhangs

    Article • April 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Mr Brennan Ashwood

  2. Disruption of energetic and dynamic base pairing cooperativity in DNA duplexes by an abasic site

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Mr Brennan Ashwood

  3. Determining Sequence-Dependent DNA Oligonucleotide Hybridization and Dehybridization Mechanisms Using Coarse-Grained Molecular Simulation, Markov State Models, and Infrared Spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, October 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Mr Brennan Ashwood

  4. Temperature-Jump 2D IR Spectroscopy with Intensity-Modulated CW Optical Heating

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, September 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Mr Brennan Ashwood

  5. Oxidized Derivatives of 5-Methylcytosine Alter the Stability and Dehybridization Dynamics of Duplex DNA

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, February 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Mr Brennan Ashwood

  6. 5-Carboxylcytosine and Cytosine Protonation Distinctly Alter the Stability and Dehybridization Dynamics of the DNA Duplex

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, January 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Mr Brennan Ashwood

  7. Photochemical and Photodynamical Properties of Sulfur-Substituted Nucleic Acid Bases,

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, September 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Carlos E Crespo-Hernández, Mr Brennan Ashwood

  8. Photochemical relaxation pathways of S6-methylthioinosine and O6-methylguanosine in solution

    Article • Faraday Discussions, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mr Brennan Ashwood, Prof. Carlos E Crespo-Hernández

  9. Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics in Cyclometalated Ir(III) Complexes Coordinated with Perylenebisimide and Its π-Radical Anion Ligands

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, September 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Carlos E Crespo-Hernández, Mr Brennan Ashwood

  10. Excited-State Dynamics in O6-Methylguanosine: Impact of O6-Methylation on the Relaxation Mechanism of Guanine Monomers

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, August 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Mr Brennan Ashwood, Prof. Carlos E Crespo-Hernández

  11. Photochemical Reactivity of dTPT3: A Crucial Nucleobase Derivative in the Development of Semisynthetic Organisms

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, May 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Carlos E Crespo-Hernández, Mr Brennan Ashwood

  12. Solvatochromic Effects on the Absorption Spectrum of 2-Thiocytosine

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, May 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Carlos E Crespo-Hernández, Mr Brennan Ashwood

  13. Excited-State Dynamics of the Thiopurine Prodrug 6-Thioguanine: Can N9-Glycosylation Affect Its Phototoxic Activity?

    Article • Molecules, February 2017, MDPI AG

    Prof. Carlos E Crespo-Hernández, Mr Brennan Ashwood

  14. 2-Thiouracil intersystem crossing photodynamics studied by wavelength-dependent photoelectron and transient absorption spectroscopies

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mr Brennan Ashwood, Prof. Carlos E Crespo-Hernández

  15. Can a Six-Letter Alphabet Increase the Likelihood of Photochemical Assault to the Genetic Code?

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, October 2016, Wiley

    Prof. Carlos E Crespo-Hernández, Mr Brennan Ashwood

  16. Unintended Consequences of Expanding the Genetic Alphabet

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, August 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Mr Brennan Ashwood