Dr. Vasilios G. Stavros

BSc, PhD London

Research Summary

Application of time-resolved mass and velocity map ion imaging spectroscopies in understanding the photoresistive mechanisms occurring in biologically important molecules such as the DNA bases. Developing new experimental techniques to identify these mechanisms based on femtosecond lasers and molecular beam methodologies.

Selected Publications

Direct observation of hydrogen tunneling dynamics in photoexcited phenol, G.M. Roberts, A.S. Chatterley, J.D. Young and V.G. Stavros, JPC Lett., 2012, 3, 348.

Comparing the ultraviolet photostability of azole chromophores, G.M. Roberts, C.A. Williams, M.J. Paterson, S. Ullrich and V.G. Stavros, Chem. Sci., 2012, 3, 1192.

Exploring ultrafast H-atom elimination versus photofragmentation pathways in pyrazole following 200 nm excitation, C.A. Williams, G.M. Roberts, H. Yu, N.L. Evans, S. Ullrich and V.G. Stavros, JPCA, 2012, 116, 2600.

Time resolved velocity map imaging of H-atom elimination from photoexcited imidazole and its methyl substituted derivatives, D.J. Hadden, K.L. Wells, G.M. Roberts, L.T. Bergendahl, M.J. Paterson and V.G. Stavros, PCCP, 2011, 13, 10342.

Time resolved velocity map imaging of methyl elimination from photoexcited anisole, D.J. Hadden, C.A. Williams, G.M. Roberts and V.G. Stavros, PCCP, 2011, 13, 4494.