2020-present

Sofferman, D.L., Konar, A., Mastron J.N., Spears, K.G., Cisneros, C., Smith, A.C., Tapavicza, E., and Sension R.J., "Probing the formation and conformational relaxation of previtamin D3 and analogs in solution and in lipid bilayers." 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125, 10085-10096. Articles on Request Link

Aldaz, C.R., Wiley, T.E., Miller, N.A., Abeyrathna. N., Liao, Y. Zimmerman, P.M. and Sension, R.J., "Experimental and theoretical characterization of ultrafast water-soluble photochromic photoacids." 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125, 4120-4131. Article on Request Link

Sofferman, D.L., Konar, A., Spears, K.G., and Sension R.J., "Ultrafast excited state dynamics of provitamin D3 and analogs in solution and in lipid bilayers.: 2021, Journal of Chemical Physics, 154, 094309. Link

Miller, N.A., Kaneshiro, A.K., Konar, A., Alonso-Mori, R., Britz, A., Deb, A., Glownia, J.M., Koralek, J.D., Mallik, L., Meadows, J.H., Michocki, L.B., van Driel, T.B., Koutmos, M., Padmanabhan, S., Elías-Arnanz, M., Marsh, E.N.G., Kubarych, K. J., Penner-Hahn, J.E. and Sension, R.J., 2020 "The photoactive excited state of the B12-based photoreceptor CarH" The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 124, 10732-10738. Article on Request Link

Sension, R.J., 2020, "Visualizing ultrafast chemical dynamics with X-rays" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 117, 26550-26552.

Salerno, E.V., Miller, N.A., Konar, A., Li, Y., Kieninger, C., Kräutler, B., and Sension, R.J. 2020, "Ultrafast excited state dynamics and fluorescence from vitamin B12 and organometallic [Co]-CC-R Cobalamins" The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, v. 124, 6651-6656. Open Access Link

Salerno, E.V., Miller, N.A., Konar, A., Salchner, R., Kieninger, C., Wurst, K., Spears, K.G., Kräutler, B., and Sension, R.J. 2020, "Exceptional Photochemical Stability of the Co-C Bond of Alkynyl Cobalamins, Potential Antivitamins B12 and Core Elements of B12-Based Biological Vectors" Inorganic Chemistry, 59, 6422-6431. Open Access Link

Miller, N.A., Michocki, L.B., Konar, A., Alonso-Mori, R., Deb, A., Glownia, J.M., Sofferman, D.L., Song, S., Kozlowski, P. M., Kubarych, K. J., Penner-Hahn, J.E. and Sension, R.J. 2020, "Ultrafast XANES Monitors Sequential Structural Evolution in Photoexcited Coenzyme B12" Journal of Physical Chemistry B., v.124, 199-209. Article on Request Link


2010-2019

Miller, N.A., Michocki, L.B., Alonso-Mori, R., Britz, A., Deb, A., DePonte, D.P., Glownia, J.M., Kaneshiro, A.K., Kieninger, C., Koralek, J., Meadows, J.H., van Driel, T.B., Kräutler, B., Kubarych, K. J., Penner-Hahn, J.E. and Sension, R.J., 2019, "Antivitamins B12 in a microdrop: The excited state structure of a precious sample using transient polarized X-ray absorption near edge structure" Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, v 10, 5484-5489. Article on Request Link

Michocki, L. B., Miller, N. A., Alonso-Mori, R., Britz, A., Deb, A., Glownia, J. M., Kaneshiro, A. K., Konar, A., Meadows, J. H., Sofferman, D. L., Song, S., Toda, M. J., van Driel, T. B., Kozlowski, P. M., Kubarych, K. J., Penner-Hahn, J. E., Sension, R. J., 2019, "Probing the excited state of methylcobalamin using polarized time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy." Journal of Physical Chemistry B, v123, 6042-6048. Article on Request Link

Sension, R. J., Miller, N.A., Deb, A., Alonso-Mori, R., Glownia, J. M., and Penner-Hahn, J. E., 2019, "Ballistic excited state dynamics revealed by polarized fs-XANES" EPJ Web of Conferences, 205, 05014. Open Access Link

Wiley, T.E., Konar, A., Miller, N.A., Spears, K. G. and Sension R. J., 2018, "Primed for Efficient Motion: Ultrafast Excited State Dynamics and Optical Manipulation of a Four Stage Rotary Molecular Motor" Journal of Physical Chemistry A, v122, 7548-7558. Article on Request Link

Wiley, T.E., Miller, N.A., Miller, W. R., Sofferman, D., Lodowski, P., Toda, M. J., Jaworska, M., Kozlowski, P. M. and Sension, R. J., 2018, "Off to the races: Comparison of excited state dynamics in vitamin B12 derivatives hydroxocobalmin and aquocobalamin" Journal of Physical Chemistry A, v122, 6693-6703. Article on Request Link

Miller, N.A., Deb, A., Alonso-Mori, R., Glownia, J.M., Kiefer, L.M., Konar, A., Michocki, L., Sikorski, M., Sofferman, D., Song, S., Toda, M.J., Wiley, T.E., Zhu, D., Kozlowski, P.M., Kubarych, K.J., Penner-Hahn, J.E. and Sension, R.J. 2018, "Ultrafast X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Structure Reveals Ballistic Excited State Structural Dynamics" Journal of Physical Chemistry A, v122, 4963-4971. Article on Request Link

Sension, R.J., 2017 "Following photoexcited electrons in reactions" Science, 356, 31.

Miller, N.A., Deb, A., Alonso-Mori, R., Garabato, B.D., Glownia, J.M., Kiefer, L.M., Koralek, J., Sikorski, M., Spears, K.G., Wiley, T.E., Zhu, D., Kozlowski, P.M., Kubarych, K.J., Penner-Hahn, J.E. and Sension, R.J. 2017, "Polarized XANES Monitors Femtosecond Structural Evolution of Photoexcited Vitamin B12." Journal of the American Chemical Society, v139, 1894-1899. Article on Request Link

Miller, N. A., Wiley, T. E., Miller, W. R., Spears, K., and Sension, R. J., 2016 "Photochemical Radical Delivery Through Vitamin B12," in International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2016), paper UTu4A.10.

Miller, N.A., Wiley, T.E., Spears, K.G., Ruetz, M., Kieninger, C., Kräutler, B., and Sension R.J., 2016, "Toward the Design of Photoresponsive Conditional Antivitamins B12: A Transient Absorption Study of the Photochemistry of an Arylcobalamin and an Alkynylcobalamin." Journal of the American Chemical Society, v138, 14250-14256. Article on Request Link

Smith, B. D., Spears, K. G., and Sension, R. J., 2016, "Probing the Biexponential Dynamics of Ring-Opening in 7-Dehydrocholesterol." Journal of Physical Chemistry A, v120, 6575-6581. Article on Request Link

Wiley, T. E., Miller, W. R., Miller, N. A., Sension, R. J., Lodowski, P., Jaworska, M., Kozlowski, P. M., 2016, "Photostability of Hydroxocobalamin: Ultrafast Excited State Dynamics and Computational Studies" Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. v7, 143-147. Article on Request Link

Wiley, T. E., Arruda, B. C., Miller, N. A., Lenard, M., and Sension, R. J., 2015, "Excited electronic states and internal conversion in cyanocobalamin" Chinese Chemical Letters, v26, 439-443.

Rury, A.S., Wiley, T.E., and Sension R. J. 2015 "Energy cascades, excited state dynamics, and photochemistry in cob(III)alamins and ferric porphyrins." Accounts of Chemical Research, v48, 860-867. Article on Request Link

Vazquez, F. X., Talapatra, S., Sension R. J., Geva, E. 2014 "The Entropic Origin of Solvent Effects on The Single Bond cZt-tZt Isomerization Rate Constant of 1,3,5-cis-Hexatriene in Alkane and Alcohol Solvents: A Molecular Dynamics Study" Journal of Physical Chemistry B, v118, 7869-7877. Article on Request Link

Arruda, B. C. and Sension, R. J. 2014 "Ultrafast polyene dynamics: The ring opening of 1,3-Cyclohexadiene Derivatives" Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, v16, 4439 - 4455.

Anderson, C. P., Spears, K. G., Wilson, K. R. and Sension R. J., 2013 "Solvent Dependent Branching Between C-I and C-Br Bond Cleavage Following 266 nm Excitation of CH2BrI." Journal of Chemical Physics, v139, 194307.

Rury, A. S. and Sension, R. J. 2013 "Broadband Ultrafast Transient Absorption of Iron(III) Tetraphenylporphyrin Chloride in the Condensed Phase." Chemical Physics, v422, 220-228.

Arruda, B. C., Peng, J., Smith, B., Spears, K. G., and Sension, R. J. 2013 "Photochemical Ring-Opening and Ground State Relaxation in a-Terpinene with Comparison to Provitamin D3" Journal of Physical Chemistry B, v117(16), 4696-4704. Article on Request Link

Arruda, B. C., Smith, B., Spears, K. G., and Sension, R. J. 2013 "Ultrafast Ring-Opening Reactions: A Comparison of a-Terpinene, a-Phellandrene, and 7-Dehydrocholesterol with 1,3-Cyclohexadiene." Faraday Discussion v163, 159-171.

Rury, A. S., Goodrich, L. E., Galinato, M. G. I., Lehnert, N. and Sension, R. J. 2012 "Ligand Recruitment and Spin Transitions in the Solid-State Photochemistry of Fe(III)TPPCl." Journal of Physical Chemistry A, v116(32) 8321-8333. Article on Request Link

Petrovic, V. S., Siano, M., White, J. L., Berrah, N., Bostedt, C., Bozek, J. D., Broege, D., Chalfin, M., Coffee, R. N., Cryan, J., Fang, L., Farrell, J. P., Frasinski, L. J., Glownia, J. M., Guehr, M., Hoener, M., Holland, D., Kim, J., Marangos, J. P., Martinez, T., McFarland, B. K., Minns, R. S., Miyabe, S., Schorb, S., Sension, R. J., Spector, L. S., Squibb, R., Tao, H., Underwood, J. G., Bucksbaum, P. H., 2012 "Transient x-ray fragmentation: Probing a prototypical photoinduced ring opening" Physical Review Letters, v108, 253006.

White, J. L., Carroll, E. C., Spears, K. G., and Sension, R. J. 2012 "Extracting information from adaptive control experiments." Israel Journal of Chemistry, v52, 397-406.

Tang, K.-C. and Sension, R. J. 2011 "The influence of the optical pulse shape on excited state dynamics in provitamin D3." Faraday Discussion, v153, 117-129.

Tang, K.-C., Rury, A. S., Orozco, M. B., Egendorf, J., Spears, K. G., and Sension, R. J. 2011 "Ultrafast electrocyclic ring-opening of 7-dehydrocholesterol in solution: The influence of solvent on excited state dynamics." Journal of Chemical Physics, v134(10), 104503.

Tang, K.-C., Rury, A., Peng, J., Spears, K. G., and Sension, R. J. 2011 "Excited State Dynamics in Provitamin D3: A New Twist for the Cyclohexadiene Chromophore." Ultrafast Phenomena XVII, eds. M. Chergui, D. M. Jonas, E. Riedle, R. Schoenlein, A. J. Taylor, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 421-423.

Peng, J. And Sension, R. J. 2011 , "Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics and Photochemistry of Base-off Alkylcobalamins." Ultrafast Phenomena XVII, eds. M. Chergui, D. M. Jonas, E. Riedle, R. Schoenlein, A. J. Taylor, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 499-501.

Peng, J., Tang, K.-C., McLoughlin, K., Yang, Y., Forgach, D., and Sension, R.J. 2010 "Ultrafast excited-state dynamics and photolysis in base-off B12 coenzymes and analogs: Absence of the trans-nitrogenous ligand opens a channel for rapid nonradiative decay." Journal of Physical Chemistry B, v114(38) 12398-12405. Article on Request Link

Tang, K.-C., Peng, J., Spears, K. G., and Sension, R. J., 2010 "Photoinitiated bond dissociation in bromoiodomethane: Comparison of one-photon and two-photon excitation and the formation of iso-CH2Br-I and iso-CH2I-Br in solution." Journal of Chemical Physics v132(14) 141101.


2000-2009

Stickrath, A., Carroll, E. C., Dai, X., Harris, D. A., Rury, A., Smith, B., Tang, K.-C., Wert, J. and Sension, R. J., 2009 "Solvent dependent cage dynamics of small nonpolar radicals: Lessons from the photodissociation and geminate recombination of alkylcobalamins." Journal of Physical Chemistry A v113 (30) 8513-8522. Article on Request Link

Florean, A. C., Cardoza, D., White, J. L., Lanyi, J. K., Sension, R. J. and Bucksbaum, P. H., 2009 "Control of retinal isomerization in bacteriorhodopsin in the high intensity regime." Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA, v106 (27) 10896-10900.

Florean, A. C., Cardoza, D., White, J. L., Sension, R. J., and Bucksbaum, P. H. 2009 "Coherent Control of Retinal Isomerization in Bacteriorhodopsin in the High Intensity Regime" Ultrafast Phenomena XVI , eds. P. Corkum, S. De Silvestri, K. Nelson, E. Riedle, R. Schoenlein, Berlin: Springer-Verlag p. 430-432.

Carroll, E. C., White, J. L., Florean, A. C., Bucksbaum, P. H., and Sension, R. J. 2008, "Multiphoton Control of the 1,3-Cyclohexadiene Ring-Opening Reaction in the Presence of Competing Solvent Reactions" Journal of Physical Chemistry A, v112 (30) 6811-6822 (Feature Article).

Carroll, E. C., Florean, A. C., Bucksbaum, P. H., Spears, K. G., and Sension, R. J. 2008, "Phase control and the competition between electronic transitions in a solvated laser dye" Chemical Physics, v350, 75-86.

Harris, D. A., Stickrath, A. B., Carroll, E. C., and Sension, R. J., 2007, "The influence of environment on the electronic structure of cob(III)alamins: Time-resolved absorption studies of the S1 state spectrum and dynamics." Journal of the American Chemical Society, v129 (24) 7578-7585.

Sension, R. J., 2007, "Quantum path to photosynthesis" News and Views, Nature, v. 446, 740-741.

Carroll, E. C., Florean, A. C., White, J. L., Bucksbaum, P. H., and Sension, R. J., 2007, "Control of 1,3-Cyclohexadiene Ring-Opening" Ultra-fast Phenomena XV , eds. P. Corkum, D. Jonas, R.J.D. Miller, and A. Weiner, pp. 249-251, Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Sension, R. J., 2007, "Introduction of a Computational Laboratory into the Physical Chemistry Curriculum." ACS Symposium Series 973, Advances in Teaching Physical Chemistry, eds. M. Ellison, T. A. Schoolcraft, Washington DC: American Chemical Society, pp. 220-234.

Florean, A. C., Carroll, E.C. Spears, K.G., Sension, R.J. and Bucksbaum P.H., 2006, "Optical control of excited state vibrational coherences of a molecule in solution: The influence of the excitation pulse spectrum and phase in LD690." Journal of Physical Chemistry B, v110 (40) 20023-20031.

Carroll, E. C., Florean, A. C., Bucksbaum, P. H., Spears, K. G., Sension, R. J., 2006, "Spectral phase and detuning effects in high-power chirped pulse excitation of dye solution" Femtochemistry VII: Fundamental Ultrafast Processes in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology, eds. A. W. Castleman, Jr. and Michele Kimble, pp. 573-576, Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Stickrath, A. B., Harris, D. A., Sension, R. J., 2006, "Ultrafast studies of the electronic structure and dynamics of B12 cofactors" Femtochemistry VII: Fundamental Ultrafast Processes in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology, eds. A. W. Castleman, Jr. and Michele Kimble, pp. 382-385, Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Harris, D. A., Sension, R. J., 2006, "Solvent dependent conformational relaxation of cis-1,3,5-hexatriene" Femtochemistry VII: Fundamental Ultrafast Processes in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology, eds. A. W. Castleman, Jr. and Michele Kimble, pp. 189-192, Amsterdam: Elsevier.

White, J. L., Pearson, B. J., Carroll, E. C., Florean, A. C., Bucksbaum, P. H., Sension R. J., 2006, "Learning Feedback Control Analysis" Femtochemistry VII: Fundamental Ultrafast Processes in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology, eds. A. W. Castleman, Jr. and Michele Kimble, pp. 455-465, Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Harris, D. A., Orozco, M. B., and Sension, R. J., 2006, "Solvent dependent conformational relaxation of cis-1,3,5 hexatriene" Journal of Physical Chemistry A, v110 (30) 9325-9333..

Carroll, E. C., Pearson, B. J., Florean, A. C., Bucksbaum, P. H., and Sension, R. J., 2006, "Spectral phase effects on nonlinear resonant photochemistry of 1,3-cyclohexadiene in solution" The Journal of Chemical Physics, v124 (11) 114506 (10 pages).

Shiang, J. J., Cole, A. G., Sension, R. J., Hang, K., Weng, Y., Trommel, J. S., Marzilli, L. G. and Lian, T., 2006, "Ultrafast Excited State Dynamics in Vitamin B12 and Related Cob(III)alamins" Journal of the American Chemical Society, v128 (3) 801-808.

Sension, R. J., Harris, D. A., and Cole, A. G., 2005 "Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Studies of B12 Coenzymes: A Comparison of the Influence of Solvent on the Primary Photolysis Mechanism and Geminate Recombination of Methyl-, Ethyl-, n-Propyl-, and 5'-Deoxyadenosylcobalamin" Journal of Physical Chemistry B, v109 (46) 21954-21962.


Sension, R. J., Harris, D. A., Stickrath, A. B., Cole, A. G., Fox, C. C., Marsh, E. N. G., 2005 "Time Resolved Measurements of the Photolysis and Recombination of Adenosylcobalamin Bound to Glutamate Mutase" Journal of Physical Chemistry B, v109 (38) 18146-18152.

Sension, R.J., Cole, A.G., Harris, A.D., Fox, C.C., Woodbury, N.W., Lin, S., and Marsh. E.N.G., 2004, "Photolysis and Recombination of Adenosylcobalamin Bound to Glutamate Mutase." Journal of the American Chemical Society, v 126 (6) 1598-1599.

Shiang, J. J., Yoder, L. M., and Sension, R. J. 2003 "Structure and Function in the Isolated Reaction Center Complex of Photosystem II. 2. Models for Energy Relaxation and Charge Separation in a Protein Matrix." Journal of Physical Chemistry B, v 107 (9) 2162-2169.


Sension, R. J., Wang, Z., Shoshana, O., Hou, B. and Ruhman, S. 2003 "Reexamining CTTS dynamics of Na- Probing the excited state and electron using multipulse pump-probe." Ultrafast Phenomena XIII , eds. R.J.D. Miller, M.M. Murnane, N.F. Scherer, and A. Weiner, pp. 462-464, Berlin: Springer-Verlag.


Yoder, L. M., Cole, A. G. and Sension, R. J. 2002 "Structure and Function in the Isolated Reaction Center Complex of Photosystem II: Energy and Charge Transfer Dynamics and Mechanism." Photosynthesis Research v 74 (3) 147-158.

Anderson, N.A., and Sension, R.J., 2002 "Solvent dependence of the Excited State Lifetime in 7-Dehydrocholesterol and Simple Polyenes." ACS Symposium Series 820, Liquid Dynamics: Experiment, Simulation, and Theory, ed. J.T. Fourkas, pp. 148-158, Washington DC: American Chemical Society.

Cole, A. G., Yoder, L. M., Shiang, J. J., Anderson, N. A., Walker II, L. A., Banaszak Holl, M. M., and Sension, R. J. 2002 "Time-resolved spectroscopic studies of B12 coenzymes: A comparison of the primary photolysis mechanism in methyl-, ethyl-, n-propyl- and 5'-deoxyadenosylcobalamin." Journal of the American Chemical Society, v 124 (3), 434-441.

Sension, R. J. 2002, "Review of Ultrafast Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy, M. D. Fayer, Editor" The Analyst.

Yoder, L. M., Cole, A. G., Walker II, L. A., and Sension, R. J. 2001 "Time-resolved spectroscopic studies of B12 coenzymes: Influence of solvent on the photolysis of adenosylcobalamin." Journal of Physical Chemistry B, v 105 (48), 12180-12188.

Sension, R.J., Cole, A.G., Anderson, N.A., and Shiang, J.J., 2001 "Direct Observation of Ultrafast Excited State Dynamics in Condensed Phase Photochemistry and Photobiology." Ultrafast Phenomena XII , eds. T. Elsaesser, S. Mukamel, M.M. Murnane and N.F. Scherer, pp. 648-650, Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Anderson, N.A., Durfee, C.G., III, Murnane, M.M., Kapteyn, H.C. and Sension, R.J., 2000 "The internal conversions of trans- and cis-1,3,5-hexatriene in cyclohexane solution studied with sub 50-fs UV pulses." Chemical Physics Letters, v 323(3-4) 365-371.

Older Publications 1986-1999

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(Older Publications 1986-1999)