Recent Publications
George, L.; Kalume, A.; El-Khoury, P. Z.; Tarnovsky, A. N.; Reid, S. A. “Matrix Isolation Study of CF2Br2: Observation and Characterization of Iso-difluorodibromomethane (F2C-Br-Br)” J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 132, 084503.
El-Khoury, P. Z.; Pal, S. K.; Mereshchenko, A. S.; Tarnovsky, A. N. “The Formation and Back Isomerization of Iso-H2C-Br-Br on a 100-ps Timescale Following 255-nm Excitation of CH2Br2 in Acetonitrile” Chem. Phys. Lett. 2010, 493, 61.
Kalume, A.; George, L.; El-Khoury, P. Z.; Tarnovsky, A. N.; Reid, S. A. “Spectroscopic and Computational Studies of the Laser Photolysis of Matrix Isolated 1,2-Dibromoethanes: Formation and Fate of the Bromoethyl Radicals” J. Phys. Chem. A 2010, 114, 9919.
El-Khoury, P. Z.; George, L.; Kalume, A.; Schapiro, I.; Olivucci, M.; Tarnovsky, A. N.; Reid, S. A. “Matrix Isolation and Computational Studies of the CF2I Radical” Chem. Phys. Lett. 2010, 496, 68.
Panthi, K.; El-Khoury, P. Z.; Tarnovsky, A. N.; Kinstle, T. H. “Synthesis and Computational Studies of Diphenylamine Donor-Carbazole Linker-Based Donor-Acceptor Compounds” Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 9641.
Hewa-Kasakarage, N. N.; El-Khoury, P. Z.; Kirsanova, M. Nemchinov, A.; Tarnovsky, A. N.; Zamkov, M. A. Ultrafast carrier dynamics in type II ZnSe/CdS/ZnSe nano- barbells. ACS Nano 2010, 4, 1837–1844.
El-Khoury P. Z.; George L.; Kalume A.; Reid S. A.; Ault B. S.; Tarnovsky A. N. Characterization of iso-CF2I2 in frequency and ultrafast time domains. J. Chem Phys. 2010 , 132, 124501.
Pal, S. K.; Mereshchenko, A. S.; El-Khoury, P. Z.; Tarnovsky, A. N. “Femtosecond Photolysis of CH2Br2 in Acetonitrile: Capturing the Bromomethyl Radical and Bromine-Atom Charge Transfer Complex through Deep-to-Near UV Probing” Chem. Phys. Lett. 2011, 507, 69.
Zheldakov, I. L.; Ryazantsev, M. N.; Tarnovsky, A. N. Wavepacket Motion via a Conical Intersection in the Photochemistry of Aqueous Transition-Metal Dianions J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 1540.
Khon, E.; Mereshchenko, A. S.; Tarnovsky, A. N.; Acharya K.; Klinkova A.; Hewa-Kasakarage N. N.; Nemitz, I.; Zamkov, M. Suppression of the Plasmon Resonance in Au/CdS Colloidal Nanocomposites Nano Lett., 2011, 11 (4), pp 1792–1799.
Mereshchenko, A. S.; Pal, S. K.; Karabaeva, K. E.; Khoury, P. Z.; Tarnovsky, A. N.; Photochemistry of Monochloro Complexes of Copper(II) in Methanol Probed by Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy J. Phys. Chem. A, Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable).