Photochemistry and Photophysics

This research field incorporates the following research projects run by our Department:

• 2D spectroscopy of astaxanthin in solution and in carotenoprotein crustacyanin
• 2D spectroscopy studies of coupling and energy transfer in light-harvesting complexes of marine organisms
• Control of chemical reactions
• Excited state and charge carrier dynamics in organic semiconductors
• Excitonic processes in molecular antennas
• Interfacial electron transfer in whole functional dye-sensitized solar cell
• Light induced processes in artificial antenna complexes
• Light induced processes in artificial reaction centers
• P3HT/PCBM solar cell blends
• Photochemistry and excited state dynamics of melanin and its building blocks
• Plasma source
• Polarisation single molecule spectroscopy of conjugated polymers
• Quantum Chemical Calculations of Photoinduced Chemical Reactions
• Sensitization of TiO2 films by various dyes
• Single molecule spectroscopy of bioobjects
• Single molecule spectroscopy of conjugated polymers
• Single polymer molecule fluorescence in electric field
• Steady-state synchrotron measurements
• Time-resolved X-ray measurements