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Biography
InterestsMost chemical processes follow the Born-Oppenheimer (adiabatic) approximation, in which the nuclei move on a single potential energy surface. However there are important processes where this approximation breaks down. These nonadiabatic events play an important role in essential processes in nature such as photosynthesis, vision, charge transfer and photochemistry. The focus of our group is to develop and apply theoretical methods to study nonadiabatic phenomena and their potential implications. Focus areas are: Photophysics and photochemistry of biologically relevant systems, such as DNA/RNA; Theoretical description of conical intersections and excited states; Understanding laser control of molecular dynamics.
Select PublicationsExcited State Dynamics of cis,cis-1,3-Cyclooctadiene: Non-adiabatic Trajectory Surface Hopping
Pratip Chakraborty, Yusong Liu, Thomas Weinacht, and Spiridoula Matsika J. Chem. Phys., 152, 174302 (2020) Intersystem crossing in the exit channel Hongwei Li, Alexander Kamasah, Spiridoula Matsika, Arthur G. Suits Nature Chem 11, 123–128 (2019) Comparative study of methodologies for calculating metastable states of small to medium-sized molecules Mushir Thodika, Mark Fennimore, Tolga N.V. Karsili, and Spiridoula Matsika, J. Chem. Phys., 151, 244104 (2019) Theoretical Investigation of Positional Substitution and Solvent Effects on n-Cyanoindole Fluorescent Probes Salsabil Abou-Hatab and Spiridoula Mastika J. Phys. Chem. B, 123, 7424 - 7435 (2019) Electronic Resonances of Nucleobases Using Stabilization Methods Mark A. Fennimore, and Spiridoula Matsika J. Phys. Chem. A, 122, 4048-4057, (2018) Electron-induced origins of prebiotic sugars: self-reactions of methanol anion clusters Tolga N.V. Karsili, Mark A. Fennimore, and Spiridoula Matsika, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 20, 12599 - 12607, (2018) Photochemical Formation of Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers in DNA through electron transfer from a flanking base Wook Lee and Spiridoula Matsika, ChemPhysChem, 19, 1568-1571, (2018) |
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