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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 PublicationsCore-Excited and Shape Resonances of Uracil
Mark A. Fennimore and Spiridoula Matsika PhysChemChemPhys, 18, 30536 (2016) Photophysical Properties of Pyrrolocytosine, a Cytosine Fluorescent Base Analogue Quynh L. Nguyen, Vincent A. Spata, Spiridoula Matsika PhysChemChemPhys, 18, 20189 (2016) Coexistence of dierent electron transfer mechanisms in the DNA repair process by photolyase Wook Lee, Goutham Kodali, Robert J. Stanley, Spiridoula Matsika Chemistry-A European Journal, 22, 11371 (2016) Excimers and Exciplexes in Photoinitiated Processes of Oligonucleotides Vincent A. Spata, Wook Lee and Spiridoula Matsika J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (Invited perspective), 7, 976 (2016) Surface hopping investigation of the relaxation dynamics in radical cations Mariana Assmann, Thomas Weinacht, and Spiridoula Matsika J. Chem. Phys., 144, 034301 (2016) |
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