The study of photochemistry can only be explored when designing novel chromophoric systems, where the optical properties of such molecules bring new insight into the field. Our group focuses on the design and synthesis of a wide range chromophores, ranging from nitroaromatics, bodipys, nanoparticles, cyanine dyes, azo compounds and chromophoric dyads. This wide range of chemical structures enables us to study the wide scope of fundamental properties of complex molecules such as intersystem crossing, internal conversion, energy , to mention a few.

Harnessing a molecule’s no linear optical properties leads us towards important applications into the life sciences.

Learn more about our work:

1. Two-photon induced isomerization through a cyaninic molecular antenna in azo compounds. Emmanuel Villatoro,a Leonardo Muñoz-Rugeles, a Jesús Durán-Hernández,  Bernardo Salcido-Santacruz, Nuria Esturau-Escofet, Jose G. López-Cortés,  M. Carmen Ortega-Alfaro and Jorge Peon*. Chem. Commun., 2021. DOI: 10.1039/d0cc08346a
2. Bichromophoric Sensors for Ratiometric Measurements of Molecular Microenvironments through the Interplay of Charge Transfer and Energy Transfer Channels. Andres Arroyo-Pieck, Daniela Araiza-Olivera, and Jorge Peon. ChemPlusChem,2018, 83, 1097–1108. DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201800333
3. Fluorophore Release from a Polymethinic Photoremovable Protecting Group Through a Nonlinear Optical Process. Jesús Rodríguez-Romero, Cesar A. Guarín, Andrés Arroyo-Pieck, Luis Gutiérrez-Arzaluz, Rafael López-Arteaga, Pedro Navarro, and Jorge Peón. ChemPhotoChem, 2017, 1, 397-407. DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201700076
4. Ultrafast Fluorescence Study of the Effect of Carboxylic and Carboxylate Substituents on the Excited State Properties of Anthracene. William Rodríguez-Córdoba, Raquel Noria-Moreno, Pedro Navarro and Jorge Peón*. Journal of Luminescence. 2014, 145, 697-707. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2013.08.046