Ultrafast Chemical Physics
& Physical Chemistry
in the city of Glasgow
The Ultrafast Chemical Physics (UCP) grouping in the city of Glasgow was set up by Prof Klaas Wynne and Dr Neil Hunt in 2008 with the aim to support ultrafast femtosecond spectroscopy studies at the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde and beyond. The UCP grouping:
- Organises international research meetings such as UCP'08 and UCP'11 in collaboration with ultrafast spectroscopist in the UK
- Shares its equipment which has been funded by EPSRC and others in order to enhance research collaborations with academia and industry
This website describes the UCP group and its collaborators, the facilities available for carrying out femtosecond spectroscopy experiments, and the research meetings the UCP group organises.
Postdoctoral position
The Ultrafast Chemical Physics group at the University of Glasgow is offering a potential postdoctoral position for one year starting on 1 April 2012 with the aim to extend the project past the first year. This exciting pilot project involves Professors Lee Cronin (Chemistry, Glasgow University) and Miles Padgett (Physics, Glasgow University) and aims to combine confocal fluorescence microscopy (& FLIM), microfluidics, and (femtosecond) laser manipulation of chemical products. Experience with confocal fluorescence microscopy or microfluidics or femtosecond lasers is required. More details can be obtained from Prof Klaas Wynne.
Nature Chemistry
The 2011 UCP meeting in Glasgow was discussed in the March 2012 issue of Nature Chemistry: Ultrafast chemical physics: In search of molecular movies. The future is ultrafast!
Coming soon
Special issue of PCCP on femtosecond spectroscopy entitled "Ultrafast Chemical Dynamics". Topics that will be covered include: * ultrafast dynamics of reactions in proteins * ultrafast structure and dynamics of liquids and solutions * ultrafast chemical processes at interfaces * ultrafast dynamics of electronically excited states * ultrafast atomic structure and dynamics in the solid state.
Selected UCP publications
- D.A. Turton, T. Sonnleitner, A. Ortner, M. Walther, G. Hefter, K.R. Seddon, S. Stana, N.V. Plechkova, R. Buchner and K. Wynne, 'Structure and dynamics in protic ionic liquids: A combined optical Kerr-effect and dielec-tric relaxation spectroscopy study', Faraday Disc. 154, 145-153 (2012).
- D.A. Turton, C. Branca, C. Corsaro, M. Candelaresi, K.R. Seddon, F. Mallamace, and K. Wynne, ‘The structure and terahertz dynamics of water confined in nanoscale pools in salt solutions’, Faraday Disc. 150, 493-504 (2011).
- D.A. Turton, J. Hunger, A. Stoppa, G. Hefter, A. Thoman, M. Walther, R. Buchner, and K. Wynne, ‘Dynamics of Imidazolium Ionic Liquids from a Combined Dielectric Relaxation and Optical Kerr Effect Study: Evidence for Mesoscopic Aggregation’, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 11140-11146 (2009).
- 'The Role of CN and CO Ligands in the Vibrational Relaxation Dynamics of Model Compounds of the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Enzyme’ Kaziannis, S.; Wright, J. A.; Candalaresi, M.; Kania, R.; Greetham, G. M.; Parker, A. W.; Pickett, C. J.; Hunt, N. T.PhysChemChemPhys2011, 13, 10295-10305.
- 'Relationship between protein structural fluctuations and rebinding dynamics in ferric haem nitrosyls’ Hunt, N. T.; Greetham, G. M.; Towrie, M.; Parker, A. W.; Tucker, N. P.Biochemical Journal2011, 433, 459-468.
