Marina. K. Kuimova

Monitoring the effect of ultrafast deactivation of the electronic excited states of DNA bases and polynucleotides following 267 nm laser excitation using picosecond time-resolved infrared spectroscopy.

Picosecond time-resolved infrared spectroscopic investigation into electron localisation in the excited states of Re(i) polypyridyl complexes with bridging ligands.

Monitoring the direct and indirect damage of DNA bases and polynucleotides by using time-resolved infrared spectroscopy.

Encapsulation and IR probing of cube-shaped octasilasesquioxane H8Si8O12 in carbon nanotubes.

Determination of the triplet state energies of a series of conjugated porphyrin oligomers.

Fluorescence characterisation of multiply-loaded anti-HER2 single chain Fv-photosensitizer conjugates suitable for photodynamic therapy.

Picosecond time-resolved infrared study of 2-aminopurine ionisation in solution.

Probing intraligand and charge transfer excited states of fac-[Re(R)(CO)(3)(CO(2)Et-dppz)](+) (R = py, 4-Me(2)N-py; CO(2)Et-dppz = dipyrido[3,2a:2',3'c]phenazine-11-carboxylic ethyl ester) using time-resolved infrared spectroscopy.

Molecular rotor measures viscosity of live cells via fluorescence lifetime imaging.

Stabilisation of a heptamethine cyanine dye by rotaxane encapsulation.

Probing the solvent dependent photophysics of fac-[Re(CO)3(dppz-X2)Cl] (dppz-X2 = 11,12-X2-dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine); X = CH3, H, F, Cl, CF3).

Singlet oxygen in a cell: spatially dependent lifetimes and quenching rate constants.

Chemical imaging of live cancer cells in the natural aqueous environment.

Photophysical properties and intracellular imaging of water-soluble porphyrin dimers for two-photon excited photodynamic therapy.

One- and two-photon activated phototoxicity of conjugated porphyrin dimers with high two-photon absorption cross sections.

Photosensitized production of singlet oxygen: spatially-resolved optical studies in single cells.

Intramolecular rotation in a porphyrin dimer controls singlet oxygen production.

Monitoring sol-to-gel transitions via fluorescence lifetime determination using viscosity sensitive fluorescent probes.

Infrared characterization of the guanine radical cation: finger printing DNA damage.

Novel photosensitisers derived from pyropheophorbide-a: uptake by cells and photodynamic efficiency in vitro.

Fluorescence anisotropy of molecular rotors.

Reactive oxygen species in photochemistry of the red fluorescent protein "Killer Red".

Imaging intracellular viscosity of a single cell during photoinduced cell death.

Irradiation- and sensitizer-dependent changes in the lifetime of intracellular singlet oxygen produced in a photosensitized process.