Larsen Lab

Check out our new preprint from our collaboration with @ElisaBiasin combining ultrafast optical and X-ray spectroscopies with ultrafast X-ray scattering to track electron localization, protonation and solvation response in a model PCET reaction. doi.org/10.48550/arXiv…

Larsen Lab PhD students Conor and Briana wowed the public and prospective students at @AucklandUni Mānawa Mai Open Day with photoactive compounds both in the kitchen and in the laboratory

New molecular design absorbs 2 photons to store 2 positive and 2 negative charges 100 ns lifetime, 3 eV energy storage, and 37% quantum yield A step toward multi-electron photochemistry Mathis Brändlin and @BjornPfund in @NatureChemistry nature.com/articles/s4155…

Bite angle optimization weakens ligand fields in cobalt(III) complexes, yet lifetimes can increase due to rigidification pi-donor ligand properties are key New insights by @PolinaYaltseva in @J_A_C_S pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Cr(III) complexes with enhanced metal–ligand covalency enable tunable NIR luminescence and endergonic red-light photoreduction. @GiacomoMorsell2 and team find signs of doublet–doublet annihilation, or excited-state disproportionation. Now in @J_A_C_S: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Check out our new preprint at ChemRxiv on a new cyclometalated cobalt(III) complex that shows 700 nm emission at low temperatures chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

Our in-depth study about how to avoid dissipation in solar-energy conversion using molecular chromophores is a HOT🔥paper @angew_chem @SolarFAU @UniFAU In collab with fantastic @LudoTroian & team under European WEAVE program

Our work with the great @CadraLab and his team was just published in ACIE! Noémie also enjoyed a two months stay at Erlangen to get hands on experience! @frsFNRS (DfG Weave project) @WELRI_asbl

We are seeking @SCSatUoA a Professional Teaching Fellow with a key role overseeing our undergrad lab programme. This will involve helping implement exciting new initiatives (e.g. digital literacy) that will elevate our teaching. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversityO…

Cyclometallated Co(III) Complexes with Lowest-Energy Charge Transfer Excited States Accessible with Visible Light | Journal of the American Chemical Society @OSU_CBC @OhioState pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

A simple guide to the design of metal complexes in luminescence and photoredox catalysis. With @GiacomoMorsell2 and @reber_christian in @J_A_C_S: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Low-Symmetry Face-Capped Fe(II) Tetrahedra Through Anisotropic Ligand Extension (Dan Preston and co-workers) @PrestonChem #openaccess 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Iron(III) complexes with luminescence lifetimes of up to 100 nanoseconds to enhance upconversion and photocatalysis Published in @J_A_C_S, Joel Wellauer and @BjornPfund in collaboration with @AKMeyer_Goe pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Microsecond Dark Excited-State Lifetime and Large Cage Escape Yield Afforded by an Iron–Anthracene Molecular Dyad! Electron and energy transfer become accessible! Check out our latest work, spearheaded by the great Felix and Simon! Out in @J_A_C_S now! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Very proud to see my first last-author paper published! We report dramatic effects of a ligand backbone modification on 3MLCT lifetimes in Cr/Mo/W complexes. Read how we disentangle potential energy well flattening, conformations and self-quenching! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

A Blessing and a Curse: Remote Ligand Functionalization Modulates 3MLCT Relaxation in Group 6 Tricarbonyl Complexes pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… @winald_kitzmann @LabHeinze and co-workers @InorgChem #chromium #molybdenum #tungsten #carbonylpyridine #3MLCT #flattening #spacer

Hot off the press! Copper(I) Photoredox Catalysts Bearing Tetradentate Phenanthroline-Based Ligands pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… #organometallics #catalysis #photoredox #inorganic #ozchem

Fresh out in @InorgChem, we examined the electronic structures of p2 ions, one with large spin-orbit (Te) and one with small (Se). The SI works out the calculations in detail. This paper was written by my CHEM 435 students as their final exam! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… @NUChemistry

Excited organic radicals in photoredox catalysis Perspective in @JACS_Au by @BjornPfund pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja… You can also follow us on the other platform if you are interested

Check out @WengerOliver and my perspective delving into the role of organic radicals in photoredox catalysis: from catalysis and mechanistic studies to (sub)-picosecond reactivity and the potential of anti-Kasha reactivity! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…