Research Projects
Excited-State Dynamics of Molecular Switches
- Dynamics of the open-ring isomer (one-photon)
- Controlling the reaction path of a molecular switch (PReP)
Elles Group Highlights
- Robert Castaneda joins the group for undergraduate research. Welcome, Rob!
- Our paper with the Blakemore group "Ultrafast spectroscopy of [Mn(CO)3] complexes: Tuning the kinetics of light-driven CO release and solvent binding" is accepted for publication in Inorganic Chemistry.
- Matt Barclay successfully defends his Ph.D. dissertation. Matt will start a postdoc position with Dr. Ryan Pensack in the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group at Boise State University in January. Congratulations on the great work, and good luck in Boise!
- Dan, PJ, and Chris travel to the Advanced Photon Source with Wade and James from the Blakemore group for a week of beam time using TR-XAS to study reactions of Mn complexes. We are working with the AMO Physics group at ANL, where former grad student Chris Otolski is now a postdoc.
- Matt's paper "A benchmark study of ground-state Raman spectra in conjugated molecules" is accepted for publication in JCTC.
- Undergraduate student Jess Bair joins the group to begin a new research project. Welcome, Jess!
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