Ultrafast and Nonadiabatic Phenomena

The group interest focuses on ultrafast and nonadiabatic processes, including:

• Internal conversion
• Excited-state intramolecular proton transfer
• Vibrational relaxation

Systems of interest include:

• Conjugated molecules
• Aromatic systems
• Organometallic compounds

As an example of application, with our collaborators in Vienna and in Prague, we have recently completed a comprehensive investigation of the ultrafast processes occurring in all five nucleobases composing DNA and RNA.