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Ultrafast ring-opening dynamics of 1,2-dithiane following ultraviolet absorption (2025)
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Robertson, P. A., Merrick, J., Heathcote, D., Robinson, M. S., Butler, A., Biddick, Y., Nunes, J. F., Rankine, C., Liu, Z., Arrowsmith, S. F., Thompson, J. O., Murty, M. N., Chapman, R., Springate, E., Anderson, E. A., Kirrander, A., & Vallance, C. (2025). Ultrafast ring-opening dynamics of 1,2-dithiane following ultraviolet absorption. Chemical Physics Letters, 871, Article 142095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2025.142095

We report results from a recent laser pump–probe study into the ultrafast ring-opening dynamics of 1,2-dithiane. Following absorption of a 290 nm photon, the nuclear dynamics were probed as a function of pump–probe delay on the femtosecond timescale... Read More about Ultrafast ring-opening dynamics of 1,2-dithiane following ultraviolet absorption.

Collision Energy Dependence of the Competing Mechanisms of Reaction of Chlorine Atoms with Propene (2019)
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Cascarini, F. J. J., Hornung, B., Quinn, M. S., Robertson, P. A., & Orr-Ewing, A. J. (2019). Collision Energy Dependence of the Competing Mechanisms of Reaction of Chlorine Atoms with Propene. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 123(13), 2679-2686. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b01370

Quasi-classical trajectory simulations examine the reaction of Cl with propene across a range of collision energies, from 7 to 28 kJ mol–1. The majority (70% at 7 kJ mol–1, 86% at 14 kJ mol–1, and 93% at 28 kJ mol–1) of reactive trajectories produce... Read More about Collision Energy Dependence of the Competing Mechanisms of Reaction of Chlorine Atoms with Propene.

Thiols as Hydrogen Bond Acceptors and Donors: Spectroscopy of 2-Phenylethanethiol Complexes (2018)
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Lobo, I. A., Robertson, P. A., Villani, L., Wilson, D. J. D., & Robertson, E. G. (2018). Thiols as Hydrogen Bond Acceptors and Donors: Spectroscopy of 2-Phenylethanethiol Complexes. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 122(36), 7171-7180. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.8b06649

Evidence and understanding of sulfur-centered hydrogen bonding, especially where the donor is a thiol, lags far behind that for conventional OH interactions. To help address this deficiency, conformer specific IR spectra of 2-phenylethanethiol (PET)... Read More about Thiols as Hydrogen Bond Acceptors and Donors: Spectroscopy of 2-Phenylethanethiol Complexes.

Nitriles as directionally tolerant hydrogen bond acceptors: IR-UV ion depletion spectroscopy of benzenepropanenitrile and its hydrate clusters (2016)
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Robertson, P. A., Lobo, I. A., Wilson, D. J., & Robertson, E. G. (2016). Nitriles as directionally tolerant hydrogen bond acceptors: IR-UV ion depletion spectroscopy of benzenepropanenitrile and its hydrate clusters. Chemical Physics Letters, 660, 221-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2016.08.029

Benzenepropanenitrile (BPN) and its hydrate clusters are studied by R2PI and IR-UV ion-depletion spectroscopy in the CH/OH stretch regions, aided by theoretical calculations. A single water molecule binds to the terminal nitrile ‘lone-pair’ of the an... Read More about Nitriles as directionally tolerant hydrogen bond acceptors: IR-UV ion depletion spectroscopy of benzenepropanenitrile and its hydrate clusters.

Attempted cleaning of bloodstains and its effect on the forensic luminol test (2005)
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Creamer, J. I., Quickenden, T. I., Crichton, L. B., Robertson, P., & Ruhayel, R. A. (2005). Attempted cleaning of bloodstains and its effect on the forensic luminol test. Luminescence, 20(6), 411-413. https://doi.org/10.1002/bio.865

The forensic luminol test has long been valued for its ability to detect trace amounts of blood that are invisible to the naked eye. This is the first quantitative study to determine the effect on the luminol test when an attempt is made to clean blo... Read More about Attempted cleaning of bloodstains and its effect on the forensic luminol test.

A comprehensive experimental study of industrial, domestic and environmental interferences with the forensic luminol test for blood (2003)
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Creamer, J. I., Quickenden, T. I., Apanah, M. V., Kerr, K. A., & Robertson, P. (2003). A comprehensive experimental study of industrial, domestic and environmental interferences with the forensic luminol test for blood. Luminescence, 18(4), 193-198. https://doi.org/10.1002/bio.723

This paper presents the first comprehensive and quantitative study of substances that interfere with the forensic luminol test for blood. Two hundred and fifty substances have been selected on the basis of modern lifestyles and of contiguity with crime... Read More about A comprehensive experimental study of industrial, domestic and environmental interferences with the forensic luminol test for blood.