2021

  1. Excited state dynamics and photochemistry of nitroaromatic compounds. William Rodríguez-Cordoba, Luis Gutierrez-Arzaluz, Fernando Cortés-Guzmán and Jorge Peon*. Chem. Commun., 2021. DOI: 10.1039/d1cc04999b
  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

2020

  1. Physicochemical and computational insight of 19F NMR and emission properties of meso-(o-aryl)-BODIPYs. Mónica Farfán-Paredes, Oscar González-Antonio, Diana E. Tahuilan-Anguiano, Jorge Peon, Armando Ariza, Pascal G. Lacroix, Rosa Santillan and Norberto Farfán. New J. Chem., 2020, 44, 19459-19471. DOI: 10.1039/d0nj02576c
  1. Fluorescence of serotonin in the visible spectrum upon multiphotonic photoconversion. Guillermo A. Hernández Mendoza, Dilia Aguirre Olivas, Mario González-Gutiérrez, Héctor J. Leal, Naser Qureshi, Carlos G. Treviño-Palacios, Jorge Peón, and Francisco F. de Miguel. Biomed. Optics Expr., 2020, 11, 1432. DOI: 10.1364/BOE.380412
  1. Bisindole Caulerpin Analogues as Nature-Inspired Photoresponsive Molecules. Luis Gutiérrez-Arzaluz, Fatima López-Salazar, Bernardo Salcido-Santacruz, Beatriz Gonzalez-Cano, Rafael López-Arteaga, Rubén O. Torres-Ochoa, Nuria Esturau-Escofet, Fernando Cortés-Guzmán, Roberto Martinez and Jorge Peon*. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020,8, 6680-6688. DOI: 10.1039/c9tc05889c
  1. Ultrafast Fluorescence Signals from NADH: Resonant Energy Transfer in the Folded and Unfolded Forms. Cadena-Caicedo Andrea, Gonzalez-Cano Beatriz, López-Arteaga Rafael, Esturau-Escofet Nuria, Peon Jorge*. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2020, 124, 3, 519-530. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b10012
  1. Synthesis and Photodynamics of Stilbenyl-Azopyrroles: Two-Photon Controllable Photoswitching Systems. Leonardo Muñoz-Rugeles, David Gallardo-Rosas, Jesús Durán-Hernández, Rafael López-Arteaga, R. Alfredo Toscano, Nuria Esturau-Escofet, José G. López-Cortés, Jorge Peón, and M. Carmen Ortega-Alfaro. ChemPhotoChem, 2020, 4, 144–154. DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201900185

2019

  1. Ultrafast Photoluminescence Quenching of Initially Excited States in CdSe Quantum Dots Functionalized with a Charge Acceptor Dye. Rafael López-Arteaga, Cesar A. Guarin, Oscar Alejando Herrera Cortes, and Jorge Peón. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 22519−22528. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00949
  1. Origin of Photoinduced Geometrical Change of Copper (I) Complexes from the Quantum Chemical Topology View. Luis Gutierrez-Arzaluz, David Ignacio Ramírez-Palma, Lillian G Ramírez-Palma, José Enrique Barquera-Lozada, Jorge Peón, and Fernando Cortes-Guzman. Chem.Eur.J., 2019,25,775 –784. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804596

2018

  1. Ultrafast Photoluminescence Kinetics from Hot Excitonic States in CdSe Nanocrystals. Rafael López-Arteaga and Jorge Peón. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122, 26698−26706. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07257
  1. 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

2017

  1. Evolution of electron density towards the conical intersection of a nucleic acid purine. Luis Gutiérrez-Arzaluz, David Ramírez-Palma, Frida Buitrón-Cabrera, Tomás Rocha-Rinza, Fernando Cortés-Guzmán, Jorge Peón. Chemical Physics Letters, 683, 2017, 425-430. DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.03.021
  1. Nitrated Fluorophore Formation upon Two-Photon Excitation of an Azide with Extended Conjugation. Luis Gutiérrez-Arzaluz, Rafael López-Arteaga, Fernando Cortés-Guzmán, and Jorge Peón. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2017, 121, 9910-9919. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b09446
  1. 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

2016

  1. Transient IR Spectroscopic Observation of Singlet and Triplet States of 2‑Nitrofluorene: Revisiting the Photophysics of Nitroaromatics. Martin A. B. Larsen, Jan Thøgersen, Anne B. Stephansen, Jorge Peón, Theis I. Sølling, and Søren R. Keiding. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2016, 120, 28−35. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b09125

2015

  1. Ultrafast excited state hydrogen atom transfer in salicylideneaniline driven by changes in aromaticity. Luis Gutiérrez-Arzaluz, Fernando Cortés-Guzmán, Tomás Rocha-Rinza* and Jorge Peón. PhysChemChemPhys., 2015, 17, 31608. DOI: 10.1039/C5CP03699B

2014

  1. 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

2013

  1. Dynamics of the Formation of a Charge Transfer State in 1,2-bis(9-anthryl)acetylene in Polar Solvents: Symmetry Reduction with the Participation of an Intramolecular Torsional Coordinate. Luis Gutiérrez-Arzaluz, César Augusto Guarín-Durán, William Rodríguez-Córdoba, and Jorge Peón*. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2013, 117, 12175-12183. DOI: 10.1021/jp4038705
  1. The influence of push-pull states on the ultrafast intersystem crossing in nitroaromatics. Rafael López Arteaga, Anne Stephansen, César Augusto Guarín-Durán Theis Solling, and Jorge Peón*. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2013, 117, 9947–9955. DOI: 10.1021/jp403602v
  1. Dynamics of the Upper Excited States of Cyanine Dyes. An Ultrafast Fluorescence Study. César A. Guarín-Duráninter, Juan. P. Villabona-Monsalve, Rafael López, and Jorge Peón*. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2013, 117, 7352-7362. DOI: 10.1021/jp400278t
  1. Ultrafast Excited State Dynamics of Allopurinol, a Modified DNA Base.  Juan P. Villabona-Monsalve, Rosa E. Islas, William Rodríguez-Córdoba, Spiridoula Matsika, and Jorge Peón*. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2013, 117, 898–904. DOI: 10.1021/jp3107815

2012

  1. Photophysics of a Cis Axially Disubstituted Macrocycle: Rapid Intersystem Crossing in a TinIV Phthalocyanine with a Half-Domed Geometry. Elizabeth Gutiérrez-Meza, Raquel Noria, Gilma Granados, Virginia Gómez-Vidales, José Zeferino Ramírez, Hirám Isaac Beltrán, and Jorge Peón. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2012, 116, 14107–14114. DOI: 10.1021/jp3078453
  1. On the Accessibility to Conical Intersections in Purines: Hypoxanthine and its Singly Protonated and Deprotonated Forms. Juan Villabona-Monsalve, Raquel  Noria, Spiridoula Matsika, Jorge Peón. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134, 7820–7829. DOI: 10.1021/ja300546x
  1. Theoretical study of the absorption and nonradiative deactivation of 1-nitronaphthalene in the low-lying singlet and triplet excited states including methanol and ethanol solvent effects. Yoelvis Orozco-Gonzalez, Kaline Coutinho, Jorge Peón, and  Sylvio Canuto. J. Chem. Phys., 2012, 137, 054307. DOI: 10.1063/1.4738757
  1. Photoinduced Energy Transfer in Bichromophoric Pyrene-PPV Oligomer Systems: The Role of Flexible Donor-Acceptor Bridges. William Rodríguez-Córdoba, Cesar A. Sierra, Cristian Ochoa Puentes, Paul Lahti,  Jorge Peón. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2012, 116, 3490-3503. DOI: 10.1021/jp208602q

2011

  1. Ultrafast Photosensitization of Phthalocyanines through their Axial Ligands. William Rodríguez-Córdoba, Raquel Noria-Moreno, César Guarín and Jorge Peón. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2011, 133, 4698-4701. DOI:10.1021/ja1113547
  1. The Role of Upper Triplet States on the Photophysics of Nitrated Polyaromatic Compounds: The S1 Lifetimes of Singly Nitrated Pyrenes. Eddy F. Plaza-Medina, William Rodríguez-Córdoba, and Jorge Peón. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2011,  115, 9782-9789. DOI: 10.1021/jp204321h
  1. Photochemistry of Nitrated Aromatic Compounds: Excited State Dynamics and NO∙ Dissociation from 9-Nitroanthracene. Eddy F. Plaza-Medina, William Rodríguez-Córdoba, Rodrigo Morales-Cueto, Jorge Peón. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2011, 115, 577-585. DOI: 10.1021/jp109041y

2010

  1. Excited State Lifetimes and Two-Photon Absorption Cross Sections of Fluorescent Diphenyl-TinIV Derivatives with Schiff Bases: a Comparative Study of the Effect of Chelation from the Ultrafast to the Steady State Time Scale. Jimena S. Zugazagoitia, Mauricio Maya, Carlos Damián-Zea, Hiram Beltrán, Jorge Peón. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2010, 114, 704-714. DOI: 10.1021/jp904784b
  1. Photophysical studies of nitronaphthalenes with electron donating substituents: dynamics and calculations. E Collado-Fregoso, JS Zugazagoitia, J Peón. Rev. Mex.  Fís. 2010, 56 (2), 62-65. DOI: 10.1039/D1AN00770J
  1. Experimental determination of the two-photon absorption cross sections of Silicon and Tin IV compounds. JS Zugazagoitia, M Maya, J Peón, HI Beltrán. Rev. Mex. Fıs. S 2010,  6 (2), 108-111. ISSN: 0035-001X
  1. Femtosecond resolved fluorescence studies of molecular processes and ultrafast photochemistry in solution. J Peón. Rev. Mex. Fis 2010, 56, 18-23. ISSN: 0035-001X

2009

  1. Excited State Dynamics of Nitrated Push-Pull Molecules: The Importance of the Relative Energy of the Singlet and Triplet Manifolds.Elisa Collado-Fregoso, Jimena S. Zugazagoitia, Eddy F. Plaza-Medina, Jorge Peón. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2009, 113, 13498-13508. DOI: 10.1021/jp905379y
  1. Rotational diffusion of dihydroxy coumarins: The effect OH groups and their relative position on solute-solvent interactions. Mariana Esquivelzeta-Rabell, Jorge Peón, Gabriel Cuevas. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2009, 113, 8599-8606. DOI: 10.1021/jp9010058
  1. Relaxation in the Triplet Manifold of 1-Nitronaphthalene Observed by Transient Absorption Spectroscopy.Jimena S. Zugazagoitia, Elisa Collado-Fregoso, Eddy F. Plaza-Medina,  Jorge Peón. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2009,  113,  805-810. DOI:
  1. Synthesis and third-order nonlinear optical studies of a novel four-coordinated organoboron derivative and a bidentate ligand.  The effect of the N→B coordinative bond. Mario Rodríguez, Rigoberto Castro-Beltrán, Gabriel Ramos-Ortíz,  José Luis Maldonado, Norberto Farfán, Oscar Domínguez, Rosa Santillán, Marco Antonio Meneses Nava, Oracio Barbosa-García, Jorge Peón. Synthetic Metals. 2009, 159, 1281-1287. DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2009.02.027

2008

  1. Polypeptides with Pendant Porphyrins of Defined Sequence of Chromophores: towards Artificial Photosynthetic Systems. Nathalie Solladié, Farid Aziat, Régis Rein, Jorge Peón, Ernesto Rivera. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. 2008, 12, 1232-1241. DOI: 10.1142/S1088424608000613
  1. Ultrafast Intersystem Crossing in 1-Nitronaphthalene. An Experimental and Computational Study. Jimena S. Zugazagoitia, César Xavier Almora-Díaz, Jorge Peón*.  J. Phys. Chem. A 2008, 112, 358-365. DOI: 10.1021/jp074809a
  • Two-dimensional chiral segregation of the bent hard needles model with Lennard Jones sites. Lizette Gonzalez-Lee, Jorge Peón, Julio C. Armas, Jacqueline Quintana. Physica A. Statistical Mechanics and its Applications.2008, 387, 145-158. DOI: 10.1063/1.2338313
  • Unraveling the mechanisms of tryptophan fluorescence quenching in the triosephosphate isomerase from Giardia lamblia. Gloria Hernández-Alcántara, Adela Rodríguez-Romero, Horacio Reyes-Vivas, Jorge Peón, Nallely Cabrera, Carmen Ortiz, Sergio Enríquez-Flores, Ignacio De la Mora-De la Mora, Gabriel López-Velázquez. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 2008, 1784, 1493-1500. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.05.016

2007

  • Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer in Schiff Bases. Decay of the Locally Excited Enol State Observed by Femtosecond Resolved Fluorescence. William Rodríguez-Córdoba, Jimena Saucedo-Zugazagoitia, Elisa Collado-Fregoso and Jorge Peón*. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2007, 111, 6241-6247. DOI: 10.1021/jp072415d
  • Singlet excited state dynamics of nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Direct measurements by femtosecond fluorescence up-conversion. Rodrigo Morales-Cueto, Mariana Esquivelzeta-Rabell, Jimena Saucedo-Zugazagoitia and Jorge Peón*. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2007, 111, 552-557. DOI: 10.1021/jp065364d
  • Disulfide bridges in the mesophilic triosephosphate isomerase from Giardia lamblia are realted to oligomerization and activity. Horacio Reyes-Vivas, Adela Rodríguez-Romero, Jorge Peón, Guillermo Mendoza-Hernández, Gloria Hernández-Alcántara, Ignacio De la Mora-De la Mora, Adelaida Díaz, Lenin Domínguez-Ramírez, Gabriel López-Velázquez. Journal of Molecular Biology 2007, 365: 752-763. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.10.053

2006

  • Two-dimensional model for liquid crystals, hard bent needles: a Monte Carlo simulation. Jorge Peón, Jimena Saucedo-Zugazagoitia, Fabián Pucheta-Méndez, Raúl A. Perusquia, Godehard Sutmann, Jacqueline Quintana. Journal of Chemical Physics 2006, 125, 104908. DOI: 10.1063/1.2338313

2005

  • Two-dimensional model for mixtures of enantiomers, bent hard needles: a Monte Carlo simulation.  R. A. Perusquía, J. Peón, and Jacqueline Quintana. Physica A.  2005, 345, 130-143. DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.05.089

2004

  • An unusual triosephosphate isomerase from the early divergent eukaryote Giardia lamblia. G. López-Velázquez, D. Molina-Ortiz, N. Cabrera, G. Hernandez-Alcántara, J. Peón-Peralta, L.Yépez-Mulina, R. Pérez-Montfort and Horacio Reyes-Vivas. Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics 2004, 55, 824-834. DOI: 10.1002/prot.20097

2002

  • Ultrafast surface hydration dynamics and expression of protein functionality: Chymotrypsin. S. K. Pal, J. Peón and A. H. Zewail. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the US, 2002, 99, 15297-15302. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.242600399
  • Biological water: Femtosecond Dynamics of Macromolecular Hydration. S. K. Pal, J. Peón, B. Bagchi, and A. H. Zewail. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2002, 106, 12376-12395. DOI: 10.1021/jp0213506
  • Hydration at the surface of the protein Monellin: Dynamics with femtosecond resolution. J. Peón, S. K. Pal, and A. H. Zewail. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the US, 2002, 99, 10964-10969. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.162366099
  1. Femtosecond electron ejection in liquid acetonitrile: Evidence for cavity electrons and solvent anions. C. Xia, J. Peón and B. Kohler. Journal of Chemical Physics 2002, 117, 8855-8866. DOI: 10.1063/1.1513152
  1. Ultrafast decay and hydration dynamics of DNA bases and mimics. S. K. Pal, J. Peón and A. H. Zewail. Chemical Physics Letters, 2002, 363, 57-63. DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2614(02)01149-1
  1. Biological water at the protein surface: dynamical solvation probed directly with femtosecond resolution. S. K. Pal, J. Peón and A. H. Zewail. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the US, 2002, 99, 1763-1768. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.042697899
  1. Solvent reorganization controls the rate of proton transfer from neat alcohol solvents to singlet diphenylcarbene. J. Peón, D. Polshakov, and B.   Kohler. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2002, 124, 6428-6438. DOI: 10.1021/ja017485r

2001

  1. DNA/RNA nucleotides and nucleosides: direct measurement of excited-state lifetimes by femtosecond fluorescence up-conversion. J. Peón and A. H. Zewail. Chemical Physics Letters, 2001, 348, 255-262. DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2614(01)01128-9
  1. DNA excited-state dynamics: Ultrafast internal conversion and vibrational cooling in a series of nucleosides. J.-M. L. Pecourt, J. Peón and B. Kohler. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2001, 123, 10370-10378. DOI: 10.1021/ja0161453
  1. Excited state dynamics of methyl viologen. Ultrafast photoreduction in methanol and fluorescence in acetonitrile. J. Peón, X. Tan, J. D. Hoerner, C. Xia, Y. F. Luk and B. Kohler. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2001, 105, 5768-5777. DOI: 10.1021/jp010084d

2000

  • Ultrafast internal conversion of electronically excited RNA and DNA nucleosides in water. J.-M. L. Pecourt, J. Peón and B. Kohler. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000, 122, 9348-9349. DOI: 10.1021/ja0021520
  • Ultrafast carbonylcarbene formation and spin-equilibration. G. C. Hess, B. Kohler, I. Likhotvorik, J. Peón and M. S. Platz.  Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000, 122, 8087-8088. DOI: 10.1021/ja0011358
  • Femtosecond photophysics of DNA and RNA nucleosides in aqueous solution.  J.-M. L. Pecourt, J. Peón and B. Kohler. Ultrafast Phenomena XII, 2000, 12, 566-568. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56546-5_167

1999

  1. Ultrafast Photoionization Dynamics of Indole in Water. J. Peón, G. C. Hess, J.-M. L. Pecourt, T. Yuzawa and B. Kohler. J. Phys. Chem. A, 1999, 103, 2460-2466. DOI: 10.1021/jp9840782

1998

  • Aromatic solute photoionization studied by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy J. Peón, T. Yuzawa and B. Kohler. Ultrafast Phenomena XI, 1998, 11, 606-608). DOI:

1995

  • Clay-mediated cyclo-oligomerization of olefin oxides: a one-pot route to crown ethers. A. Cabrera, J. Peón, L. Velasco, R. Miranda, A. Salmón and M. Salmón. Journal of Molecular Catalysis, 1995, 104, 5-7. DOI: