All Stories

  1. Excited-State Deactivation of Adenine by Electron-Driven Proton-Transfer Reactions in Adenine-Water Clusters: A Computational Study

    Article • ChemPhysChem, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  2. Photocatalytic water splitting with acridine dyes: Guidelines from computational chemistry

    Article • Chemical Physics, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  3. Theoretical insights into the photo-protective mechanisms of natural biological sunscreens: building blocks of eumelanin and pheomelanin

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  4. A ‘bottom up’, ab initio computational approach to understanding fundamental photophysical processes in nitrogen containing heterocycles, DNA bases and base pairs

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  5. Photocatalytic Water Splitting with the Acridine Chromophore: A Computational Study

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, August 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  6. Near ultraviolet photochemistry of 2-bromo- and 2-iodothiophene: Revealing photoinduced ring opening in the gas phase?

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, June 2015, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  7. A Multipronged Comparative Study of the Ultraviolet Photochemistry of 2-, 3-, and 4-Chlorophenol in the Gas Phase

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, June 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  8. Probing the Ultrafast Energy Dissipation Mechanism of the Sunscreen Oxybenzone after UVA Irradiation

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, April 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  9. Dynamics of the A-band ultraviolet photodissociation of methyl iodide and ethyl iodide via velocity-map imaging with ‘universal’ detection

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Claire Vallance, Dr Tolga Karsili

  10. Tuning photochemistry: substituent effects on πσ* state mediated bond fission in thioanisoles

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  11. Photoinduced water splitting via benzoquinone and semiquinone sensitisation

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Deniz Tuna, Dr Tolga Karsili

  12. Ab Initio Study of Potential Ultrafast Internal Conversion Routes in Oxybenzone, Caffeic Acid, and Ferulic Acid: Implications for Sunscreens

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, December 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  13. Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics of 2,4-Dimethylpyrrole†

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, November 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  14. Solvent induced conformer specific photochemistry of guaiacol

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, June 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  15. Towards Understanding Photodegradation Pathways in Lignins: The Role of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Excited States

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, June 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  16. Symmetry matters: photodissociation dynamics of symmetrically versus asymmetrically substituted phenols

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  17. Fragmentation dynamics of the ethyl bromide and ethyl iodide cations: a velocity-map imaging study

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Claire Vallance, Dr Tolga Karsili

  18. UV Photodissociation of Pyrroles: Symmetry and Substituent Effects

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  19. Exploring quantum phenomena and vibrational control in σ* mediated photochemistry

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  20. O–H bond fission in 4-substituted phenols: S1 state predissociation viewed in a Hammett-like framework

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Tolga Karsili

  21. Photofragmentation Dynamics in Solution Probed by Transient IR Absorption Spectroscopy: πσ*-Mediated Bond Cleavage in p-Methylthiophenol and p-Methylthioanisole

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, December 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Andrew Orr-Ewing, Dr Tolga Karsili

  22. Competing 1πσ* mediated dynamics in mequinol: O–H versus O–CH3 photodissociation pathways

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Tolga Karsili