1. Martinez-Fernandez, L.; Kohl, F.; Zhang, Y.; Ghosh, S.; Saks, A.J.; Kohler, B. Triplet Excimer Formation in a DNA Duplex with Silver Ion-Mediated Base Pairs. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 3, 1914–1925. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08793
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  3. Ghosh, S.; Pham, B.; Madhu, M.; Kohler, B. Interband- and Intraband-Induced Hot Electron Transfer in Plasmonic Gold-Cerium Oxide Core-Shell Nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. C 2023, 127, 44, 21593–21602. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c03856
  4. Wang, X.; Kinziabulatova, L.; Bortoli, M.; Manickoth, A.; Barilla, M. A.; Huang, H.; Blancafort, L.; Kohler, B.; Lumb, J.-P. Indole-5,6-Quinones Display Hallmark Properties of Eumelanin. Nat. Chem. 2023, 1–7. DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01175-4.
  5. Hanes, A. T.; Grieco, C.; Lalisse, R. F.; Hadad, C. M.; Kohler, B. Vibrational Relaxation by Methylated Xanthines in Solution: Insights from 2D IR Spectroscopy and Calculations. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2023, 158 (4), 044302. DOI: 10.1063/5.0135412.
  6. Grieco, C.; Kohl, F. R.; Kohler, B. Ultrafast Radical Photogeneration Pathways in Eumelanin†. Photochemistry and Photobiology 2023, 99 (2), 680–692. DOI: 10.1111/php.13731.
  7. Zhao, Z.; Kim, E.; Chen, C.-Y.; R. Rzasa, J.; Zhang, Q.; Li, J.; Tao, Y.; E. Bentley, W.; Lumb, J.-P.; Kohler, B.; F. Payne, G. Orthogonal Redox and Optical Stimuli Can Induce Independent Responses for Catechol-Chitosan Films. Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2022, 6 (10), 1253–1260. DOI: 10.1039/D2QM00106C.
  8. Hanes, A.; Zhang, Y.; Kohler, B. CHAPTER 5:Tracking Excited Electronic States in DNA From Formation to Deactivation. In DNA Photodamage: From Light Absorption to Cellular Responses and Skin Cancer, Eds. R. Improta and T. Douki, RSC Publishing, London, 2021 (ISBN: 978-1-83916-558-0); pp 77–104. DOI: 10.1039/9781839165580-00077.
  9. Zhang, Y.; He, C.; de La Harpe, K.; Goodwin, P. M.; Petty, J. T.; Kohler, B. A Single Nucleobase Tunes Nonradiative Decay in a DNA-Bound Silver Cluster. J. Chem. Phys. 2021, 155 (9), 094305. DOI: 10.1063/5.0056836.
  10. Empey, J. M.; Grieco, C.; Pettinger, N. W.; Kohler, B. Ultrafast Electron Injection and Recombination Dynamics of Coumarin 343-Sensitized Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125 (27), 14827–14835. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c03904.
  11. Wang, X.; Martínez-Fernández, L.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, K.; Improta, R.; Kohler, B.; Xu, J.; Chen, J. Solvent-Dependent Stabilization of a Charge Transfer State Is the Key to Ultrafast Triplet State Formation in an Epigenetic DNA Nucleoside. Chemistry – A European Journal 2021, 27 (42), 10932–10940. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100787.
  12. Zhang, Y.; Chen, H.; Petty, J. T.; Kohler, B. “Time-Resolved Vibrational Fingerprints for Two Silver Cluster-DNA Fluorophores,” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, 8958-8963. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02486.
  13. Grieco, C.; Kohl, F. R.; Hanes, A. T.; Kohler, B. “Probing the Heterogeneous Structure of Eumelanin using Ultrafast Vibrational Fingerprinting,” Nat. Commun. 2020,11, 4569 (9 pages). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18393-w.
  14. Kohl, F. R.; Zhang, Y.; Charnay, A. P.; Martínez-Fernández, L.; Kohler, B. “Ultrafast excited state dynamics of silver ion-mediated cytosine-cytosine base pairs in metallo-DNA,” J. Chem. Phys.2020, 153, 105104 (13 pages). DOI: 10.1063/5.0020463.
  15. Wu, S.; Kim, E.; Chen, C.-y.; Li, J.; VanArsdale, E.; Grieco, C.; Kohler, B.; Bentley, W. E.; Shi, X.; Payne, G. F. Catechol-Based Molecular Memory Film for Redox Linked Bioelectronics. Adv. Electron. Mater.2020, 2000452 DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202000452.
  16. Pettinger, N. W.; Empey, J. M.; Kohler, B. “Photoreductive Dissolution of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Size Dependent Absorption Properties” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2020, 22, 5756-5764
  17. Kohl, F. R.; Grieco, C.; Kohler. B. “Ultrafast spectral hole burning reveals the distinct chromophores in eumelanin and their common photoresponse” Chem. Sci. 2019, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C9sC04527A.
  18. Snyder, J. A.; Charnay, A. P.; Kohl F. R.; Zhang, Y.; Kohler, B. “DNA-like Photophysics in Self-Assembled Silver(I)-Nucleobase Nanofibers,” J. Phys. Chem. C 2019
  19. Kohler, B. “Ultrafast Photoinduced Energy and Charge Transfer: Concluding Remarks,” Faraday Discuss.2019, 216, 564-573. DOI: 10.1039/c9fd90030f.
  20. Grieco, C.; Hanes, A. T.; Blancafort, L.; Kohler, B. “Effects of Intra- and Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding on O-H Bond Photodissociation Pathways of a Catechol Derivative,” J. Phys. Chem. A2019, 123, 5356-5366. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b04573.
  21. Zhang, Y.; de La Harpe, K.; Kohl, F. R.; Kohler, B. “Isotopic substitution affects excited state branching in a DNA duplex in aqueous solution,“ Chem. Comm. 2019, 123, 28, 5985-5994 DOI: 10.1039/C9CC01105F.
  22. Remington, J. M.; McCullagh, M.; Kohler, B. “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of 2-Aminopurine-Labeled Dinucleoside Monophosphates Reveal Multiscale Stacking Kinetics,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2019, 123, 2291-2304. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b12172.
  23. Grieco, C., Empey, J. M.; Kohl, F. R.; Kohler, B. “Probing eumelanin photoprotection using a catechol:quinone heterodimer model system,” Faraday Discuss. 2019, in press. DOI: 10.1039/C8FD00231B.
  24. Grieco, C., Kohl, F. R.; Zhang, Y.; Natarajan, S.; Blancafort, L.; Kohler, B. “Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding Modulates O-H Photodissociation in Molecular Aggregates of a Catechol Derivative,” Photochem. Photobiol. 2019, 95, 163-175. DOI: 10.1111/php.13035.
  25. Pilles, B. M.; Maerz, B.; Chen, J.; Bucher, D. B.; Gilch P.; Kohler, B.; Fingerhut, B. P.; Zinth, W.; Schreier, W. J. “Decay Pathways of Thymine Revisited,” J. Phys. Chem. A 2018, 122, 4819-4828. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b02050.
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  27. Zhang, Y.; de La Harpe, K.; Hariharan, M., Kohler, B. “Excited-State Dynamics of Mononucleotides and DNA Strands in a Deep Eutectic Solvent,” Faraday Discuss. 2018, 207, 267-282. DOI: 10.1039/C7FD00205J.
  28. Mikhaylov, A.; de Reguardati, S.; Pahapill, J.; Callis, P.; Kohler, B.; Rebane, A. “Two-photon absorption spectra of fluorescent isomorphic DNA base analogs,” Biomed. Opt. Express 2018, 9, 447-452. DOI: 10.1364/BOE.9.000447.
  29. Beckstead, A., A.; Zhang, Y.; Hilmer, J. K.; Smith, Heidi; Bermel, E.; Foreman, C.; Kohler, B., “Ultrafast Excited-State Deactivation of the Bacterial Pigment Violacein,” J. Phys. Chem. B 2017, 121, 7855-7861. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05769.
  30. Danforth, R.; Kohler, B. “Ultrafast photochemical dynamics of the hexaaquairon(III) ion,” Chem. Phys. Lett. 2017, 683, 315-321. DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.02.048.
  31. Pettinger, N. W.; Williams, R. E. A.; Chen, J.; Kohler, B. “Crystallization kinetics of cerium oxide nanoparticles formed by spontaneous, room-temperature hydrolysis of cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate in light and heavy water,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 3523-3531. DOI: 10.1039/C6CP08227K.
  32. Mikhaylov, A.; Lindquist, J. R.; Callis, P. R.; Kohler, B.; Pahapill, J.; de Reguardati, S.; Rammo, M.; Uudsemaa, M.; Trummal, A.; Rebane, A. “Femtosecond Two-Photon Absorption Spectra and Permanent Electric Dipole Moment Change of Tryptophan, 2-Aminopurine and Related Intrinsic and Synthetic Fluorophores” in Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVII, Periasamy, A.; So, P. T. C.; Konig, K.; Xie, X. S., Eds. SPIE-Int Soc Optical Engineering: Bellingham, 2017; Vol. 10069.
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  34. Zhang, Y; Beckstead, A. A.; Hu, Yuesong; Piao, X.; Bong, D.; Kohler, B. “Excited-state dynamics of melamine and its lysine derivative investigated by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy,” Molecules 2016, 21, 1645 (11 pages). DOI: 10.3390/molecules21121645.
  35. Remington, J. M.; Philip, A. M.; Hariharan, M.; Kohler, B. “On the Origin of Multiexponential Fluorescence Decays from 2-Aminopurine-Labeled Dinucleotides,” J. Chem. Phys. 2016, 145, 155101. DOI: 10.1063/1.4964718.
  36. Skowron, D. J.; Zhang, Y.; Beckstead, A. A.; Remington, J. M.; Strawn, M.; Kohler, B. “Subnanosecond Emission Dynamics of AT DNA Oligonucleotides,” ChemPhysChem 2016, 17, 3558-3569. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600566.
  37. Beckstead, A. A.; Zhang, Y.; de Vries, M. S.; Kohler, B. “Life in the Light: Nucleic Acid Photoproperties as a Legacy of Chemical Evolution,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 24228-24238. DOI: 10.1039/C6CP04230A.
  38. Martinez-Fernandez, L.; Zhang, Y.; de La Harpe, K.; Beckstead, A. A.; Kohler, B.; Improta, R. “Photoinduced long-lived charge transfer excited states in AT-DNA strands,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 21241-21245. DOI: 10.1039/C6CP04550B.
  39. Zhang, Y.; Li, X.-B.; Fleming, A. M.; Dood, J.; Beckstead, A. A.; Orendt, A. M; Burrows, C. J.; Kohler, B. “UV-Induced Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Cyclic DNA Miniduplexes,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 7395–7401. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03216. Selected for a JACS spotlight.
  40. Gilch, P.; Kohler, B.; Wachtveitl, J. “Fast Spectroscopy of Biosystems – Editorial,” ChemPhysChem 2016, 17, 1218-1219. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600328.
  41. Zhang, Y; de La Harpe, K.; Beckstead, A. A.; Martínez-Fernández, Improta, R.; Kohler, B. “Excited-State Dynamics of DNA Duplexes with Different H-Bonding Motifs,” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2016, 7, 950-954. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00074.
  42. Lu, Z.; Beckstead, A. A.; Kohler, B.; Matsika, S. “Excited State Relaxation of Neutral and Basic 8-Oxoguanine,” J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, 8293-8301 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03565); erratum see J. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120, 597-597. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b00113.
  43. Zhang, Y.; de La Harpe, K.; Beckstead, A. A.; Improta, R.; Kohler, B. “UV-induced Proton Transfer Between DNA Strands,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 7059-7062. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b03914. Selected for a JACS spotlight.
  44. Stark, C. W.; Schreier, W. J.; Lucon, J.; Edwards, E.; Douglas, T.; Kohler, B. Interligand Electron Transfer in Heteroleptic Ruthenium(II) Complexes Occurs on Multiple Time Scales, J. Phys. Chem. A 2015, 119, 4813-4824.
  45. Zhang, Y.; Dood, J.; Beckstead A. A.; Li, X.-B., Nguyen, K. V.; Burrows, C. J.; Improta, R.; Kohler, B. “Photoinduced Electron Transfer in DNA: Charge Shift Dynamics Between 8-Oxo-Guanine Anion and Adenine,” J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, 7491-7502. DOI: 10.1021/jp511220x.
  46. Henrich, J. D.; Suchyta, S., Kohler, B. “Ultrafast Hydrolysis of a Lewis Photoacid,” J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, 2737-2748.
  47. Chen, J.; Zhang, Y.; Kohler, B. “Excited States in DNA Strands Investigated by Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy,” Top. Curr. Chem. 2015, 356, 39 – 87. DOI: 10.1007/128_2014_570.
  48. Liu, R.; Dandu, N.; Chen, J.; Li, Y.; Li, Z.; Liu, S.; Wang, C.; Kilina, S.; Kohler, B.; Sun, W. “Influence of different diimine (N^N) ligands on the photophysics and reverse saturable absorption of heteroleptic cationic iridium(III) complexes bearing cyclometalating 2-{3-[7-(benzothiazol-2-yl)fluoren-2-yl]phenyl}pyridine (C^N) ligands,” J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 23233–23246.
  49. Zhang, Y.; Dood, J.; Beckstead, A. A.; Li, X.-B.; Nguyen, K. V.; Burrows, C. J.; Improta, R. “Efficient UV-induced charge separation and recombination in an 8-oxoguanine-containing dinucleotide,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2014, 111, 11612-11617. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1404411111.
  50. Chen, J.; Kohler, B. “Base Stacking in Adenosine Dimers Revealed by Femtosecond Transient Absorption Spectroscopy,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 6362-6372. Selected for a JACS spotlight.
  51. Zhang, Y.; Improta, R.; Kohler, B. “Mode-specific vibrational relaxation of photoexcited guanosine 5’-monophosphate and its acid form: A femtosecond broadband mid-IR transient absorption and theoretical study,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 1487-1499.
  52. Zhang, Y.; Dood, J.; Beckstead, A.; Chen, J.; Li, X.-B.; Burrows, C. J.; Lu, Z.; Matsika, S.; Kohler, B. “Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics and Vibrational Cooling of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2’-deoxyguanosine in D2O,” J. Phys. Chem. A 2013, 117, 12851-12857.
  53. Zhang, Y.; Chen, J.; Kohler, B. “Hydrogen Bond Donors Accelerate Vibrational Cooling of Hot Purine Derivatives in Heavy Water,” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2013, 117, 6771-6780.
  54. Chen, J.; Thazhathveetil, A. K.; Lewis, F. D.; Kohler, B. “Ultrafast excited-state dynamics in hexaethyleneglycol-linked DNA homoduplexes made of A×T base pairs,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 10290-10293.
  55. Law, Y. K.; Forties, R. A.; Liu, X.; Poirier, M. G.; Kohler, B. “Sequence-dependent thymine dimer formation and reversal rates in double-stranded DNA,” Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2013, 12, 1431-1439.
  56. Su, C.; Middleton, C. T.; Kohler, B. “Base-Stacking Disorder and Excited-State Dynamics in Single-Stranded Adenine Homo-oligonucleotides,” J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 10266-10274.
  57. Chen, J; Kohler, B. “Ultrafast nonradiative decay by hypoxanthine and several methylxanthines in aqueous and acetonitrile solution,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 10677-10682.
  58. Pan, Z.; Chen, J.; Schreier, W. J.; Kohler, B.; Lewis, F. D. “Thymine Dimer Photoreversal in Purine-containing Trinucleotides,” J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 698-704.
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  60. Su, C.; Kohler, B. “Transient Absorption Signals from Single-Stranded DNA A Tracts Reveal Base Stacking Disorder and not Exciton Delocalization,” Proceedings of the Ultrafast Phenomena Conference XVII; Eds. Chergui, M., Jonas, D. M., Riedle, E., Schoenlein, R. W., Taylor, A. J.; Oxford University Press, 2011, 520-522.
  61. de La Harpe, K.; Kohler, B. “Observation of long-lived excited states in DNA oligonucleotides with significant base sequence disorder,” J. Phys. Chem. Letters 2011, 2, 133-138.
  62. Henrich, J. D.; Zhang, H.; Dutta, P. K.; Kohler, B. “Ultrafast Electron Transfer Dynamics in Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes with a -conjugated Ligand,” J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 14679-14688.
  63. Kohler, B. “Nonradiative Decay Mechanisms in DNA Model Systems”, invited Perspective article, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 2047-2053.
  64. Holm, A.; Nielsen, L. M.; Kohler, B.; Hoffmann, S. V.; Nielsen S. B. “Electronic coupling between cytosine bases in DNA single strands and i-motifs revealed from synchrotron radiation circular dichroism experiments,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 3426-3430.
  65. Holm, A.; Kohler, B.; Hoffmann, S. V.; Nielsen S. B. “Synchrotron radiation circular dichroism of various G-quadruplex structures,” Biopolymers 2010, 93, 429-433.
  66. de La Harpe, K.; Crespo-Hernández, C. E.; Kohler, B. “Deuterium Isotope Effect on Excited-State Dynamics in an Alternating GC Oligonucleotide,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 17557-17559.
  67. Middleton, C. T.; de La Harpe, K.; Su, C.; Law, Y, K.; Crespo-Hernández, C. E.; Kohler, B. “DNA Excited-State Dynamics: From Single Bases to the Double Helix,” Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 2009, 60, 217-239.
  68. de La Harpe, K.; Crespo-Hernández, C. E.; Kohler, B. “Excited-state lifetimes in a G·C DNA duplex are nearly independent of helix conformation and base pairing motif,” ChemPhysChem 2009, 10, 1421-1425.
  69. Crespo-Hernández, C. E.; de La Harpe, K.; Kohler, B. “Ground state recovery following UV excitation is much slower in GC-DNA duplexes than in mononucleotides,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 10844-10845.
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  71. Cohen, B.; Larson, M.; Kohler, B. “Ultrafast excited-state dynamics of RNA and DNA C tracts,” Chem. Phys. 2008, 350, 165-174.
  72. Hare, P. M.; Middleton, C. T; Mertel, K. I.; Herbert, J. M.; Kohler, B. “Time-resolved infrared spectroscopy of the lowest triplet state of thymine and thymidine,” Chem. Phys. 2008, 347, 383-392.
  73. Law, Y. K.; Azadi, J.; Crespo-Hernández, C. E.; Olmon, E.; Kohler, B. “Predicting thymine dimerization yields from molecular dynamics simulations,” Biophys. J, 2008, 94, 3590-3600.
  74. Schreier, W. J.; Schrader, T. E.; Koller, F. O.; Gilch, P.; Zinth, W.; Kohler, B., Eds. “Thymine Dimer Formation Probed by Time-resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy,” Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 2007, 88 (Ultrafast Phenomena XV), 522-524.
  75. Middleton, C. T.; Cohen, B.; Kohler, B. “Solvent and Solvent Isotope Effects on the Vibrational Cooling Dynamics of a DNA Base Derivative,” J. Phys. Chem. A 2007, 111, 10460-10467.
  76. Kohler, B. “Symposium-in-Print: DNA Photodynamics. Introduction,“ Photochem. Photobiol. 2007, 83, 592-594.
  77. Schreier, W. J.; Schrader, T. E.; Koller, F. O.; Gilch, P.; Crespo-Hernández, C. E.; Swaminathan, V. N.; Carell, T.; Zinth, W.; Kohler, B. “Thymine Dimerization in DNA is an Ultrafast Photoreaction,“Science 2007, 315, 625-629. DOI: 10.1126/science.1135428.
  78. Hare, P. M.; Crespo-Hernández, C. E.; Kohler, B. “Internal conversion to the electronic ground state occurs via two distinct pathways for pyrimidine bases in aqueous solution,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2007, 104, 435-440.
  79. Hare, P. M.; Crespo-Hernández, C. E., and Kohler, B. “Solvent-dependent photophysics of 1-cyclohexyluracil: Ultrafast branching in the initial bright state leads nonradiatively to the electronic ground state and a long-lived 1n* state,” J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 18641-18650.
  80. Crespo-Hernández, C. E.; Cohen, B.; Kohler, B. “Molecular spectroscopy: Complexity of excited-state dynamics in DNA (Reply),“ Nature 2006, 441, E8.
  81. Crespo-Hernández, C. E.; Cohen, B.; Kohler, B. “Base stacking controls excited-state dynamics in A·T DNA,” Nature 2005, 436, 1141-1144. DOI: 1038/nature03933
  82. Blancafort, L.; Cohen, B.; Hare, P. M.; Kohler, B.; Robb, M. A. “Singlet Excited-State Dynamics of 5-Fluorocytosine and Cytosine: An Experimental and Computational Study”, J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109, 4431-4436.
  83. Cohen, B.; Crespo-Hernández, C. E.; Hare, P. M.; Kohler, B. “Ultrafast excited-state dynamics in DNA and RNA polymers,” In Femtochemistry and Femtobiology : Ultrafast Events in Molecular Science; Martin, M. M., Hynes, J. T., Eds.; Elsevier Science: Amsterdam, 2004, pp 463-470.
  84. Crespo-Hernández, C. E.; Kohler, B. “Influence of Secondary Structure on Electronic Energy Relaxation in Adenine Homopolymers,” J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 11182-11188.
  85. Cohen, B; Crespo-Hernández, C. E.; Kohler, B. “Strickler-Berg Analysis of Excited Singlet State Dynamics in DNA and RNA Nucleosides,” Faraday Discuss. 2004, 127, 137-147.
  86. Crespo-Hernández, C. E.; Cohen, B.; Hare, P. M.; Kohler, B. “Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics in Nucleic Acids,” Chem. Rev. 2004, 104, 1977-2019.
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  88. Cohen, B.; Hare, P.; Kohler. B. “Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics of Adenine and Monomethylated Adenines in Solution: Implications for the Nonradiative Decay Mechanism,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 13594-13601.
  89. Malone, R. J.; Miller, A. M.; Kohler, B. “Singlet Excited State Lifetimes in Cytosine Derivatives Measured by Femtosecond Transient Absorption,“ Photochem. Photobiol. 2003, 77, 158-164.
  90. Peon, J.; Hoerner, J. D.; Kohler, B. “Near-Threshold Photoionization Dynamics of Indole in Water,” In Liquid Dynamics: Experiment, Simulation, and Theory; Fourkas, J. T., Ed.; American Chemical Society: Washington, D.C., 2002, pp 122-135.
  91. Xia, C.; Peon, J.; Kohler, B. “Femtosecond electron ejection in acetonitrile: Evidence for cavity electrons and solvent anions,” J. Chem. Phys. 2002, 117, 8855-8866.
  92. Ismail, N.; Blancafort, L.; Olivucci, M.; Kohler, B.; Robb, M. A. “Ultrafast Decay of Electronically Excited Singlet Cytosine via a ,* to nO,* State Switch,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 6818-6819.
  93. Peon, J.; Polshakov, D.; Kohler, B. “Solvent Reorganization Controls the Rate of Proton Transfer from Neat Alcohol Solvents to Singlet Diphenylcarbene,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 6428-6438.
  94. Kohler, B. “The Kent Wilson Group in the 1990s,” Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 2001, 66(Ultrafast Phenomena XII), 10-13.
  95. Peon, J.; Tan, X.; Hoerner, J. D.; Xia, C.; Luk, Y. F.; Kohler, B. “Excited State Dynamics of Methyl Viologen.  Ultrafast Photoreduction in Methanol and Fluorescence in Acetonitrile,” J. Phys. Chem. A 2001, 105, 5768-5777.
  96. Pecourt, J.-M. L.; Peon, J.; Kohler, B. “DNA Excited-State Dynamics:  Ultrafast Internal Conversion and Vibrational Cooling in a Series of Nucleosides,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 10370-10378.
  97. Pecourt, J.-M. L.; Peon, J.; Kohler, B. “Femtosecond Photophysics of DNA and RNA Nucleosides in Aqueous Solution,” Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 2001, 66(Ultrafast Phenomena XII), 566-568.
  98. Pecourt, J.-M. L.; Peon, J.; Kohler, B. “Ultrafast Internal Conversion of Electronically Excited RNA and DNA Nucleosides in Water,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 9348-9349; Erratum J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 5166.
  99. Hess, G. C.; Kohler, B.; Likhotvorik, I.; Peon, J.; Platz, M. S. “Ultrafast carbonylcarbene formation and spin-equilibration,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 8087-8088.
  100. Peon, J.; Hess, G. C.; Pecourt, J.-M. L.; Yuzawa, T.; Kohler, B. “Ultrafast Photoionization Dynamics of Indole in Water,” J. Phys. Chem. A 1999, 103, 2460-2466.
  101. Peon, J.; Yuzawa, T.; Kohler, B. “Aromatic Solute Photoionization Studied by Femtosecond Transient Absorption Spectroscopy,” Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 1998, 63(Ultrafast Phenomena XI), 606-608.
  102. Bardeen, C. J.; Che, J. W.; Wilson, K. R.; Yakovlev, V. V.; Apkarian, V. A.; Martens, C. C.; Zadoyan, R.; Kohler, B.; Messina, M. “Quantum control of I2 in the gas phase and in condensed phase solid Kr matrix,” J. Chem. Phys. 1997, 106, 8486-8503.
  103. Bardeen, C. J.; Che, J. W.; Wilson, K. R.; Yakovlev, V. V.; Cong, P. J.; Kohler, B.; Krause, J. L.; Messina, M. “Quantum control of NaI photodissociation reaction product states by ultrafast tailored light pulses,” J. Phys. Chem. A 1997, 101, 3815-3822.
  104. Apkarian, V. A.; Bardeen, C. J.; Che, J.; Cong, P.; Kohler, B.; Krause, J. L.; Martens, C. C.; Messina, M.; Wilson, K. R.; Yakovlev, V. V.; Zadoyan, R. “Quantum control from the gas to condensed phase,” Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 1996, 62(Ultrafast Phenomena X), 219-220.
  105. Barty, C. P. J.; Che, J.; Guo, T.; Kohler, B.; LeBlanc, C.; Messina, M.; Raksi, F.; Rose-Petruck, C.; Squier, J. A. “Seeing into matter with x-rays and controlling its evolution with light,” Femtochemistry: Ultrafast Chemical and Physical Processes in Molecular Systems, [The Lausanne Conference], Lausanne, Sept. 4-8, 1995 1996, 348-355.
  106. Tien, A. C.; Kane, S.; Squier, J.; Kohler, B.; Wilson, K. “Geometrical distortions and correction algorithm in single-shot pulse measurements: Application to frequency-resolved optical gating,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B-Opt. Phys. 1996, 13, 1160-1165.
  107. Kohler, B.; Krause, J. L.; Raksi, F.; Wilson, K. R.; Yakovlev, V. V.; Whitnell, R. M.; Yan, Y. J. “Controlling the Future of Matter,” Acc. Chem. Res. 1995, 28, 133-140.
  108. Kohler, B.; Yakovlev, V. V.; Wilson, K. R.; Squier, J.; Delong, K. W.; Trebino, R. “Phase and Intensity Characterization of Femtosecond Pulses from a Chirped-Pulse Amplifier by Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating,” Opt. Lett. 1995, 20, 483-485.
  109. Kohler, B.; Yakovlev, V. V.; Che, J. W.; Krause, J. L.; Messina, M.; Wilson, K. R.; Schwentner, N.; Whitnell, R. M.; Yan, Y. J. “Quantum Control of Wave-Packet Evolution with Tailored Femtosecond Pulses,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 1995, 74, 3360-3363.
  110. Delong, K. W.; Ladera, C. L.; Trebino, R.; Kohler, B.; Wilson, K. R. “Ultrashort-Pulse Measurement Using Noninstantaneous Nonlinearities –  Raman Effects in Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating,” Opt. Lett. 1995, 20, 486-488.
  111. Kohler, B.; Yakovlev, V. V.; Wilson, K. R. “Characterization of amplified femtosecond pulses for quantum control,” Proc. SPIE 1994, 2116(Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses), 360-364.
  112. Pinkos, D.; Squier, J.; Schumacher, D.; Bucksbaum, P.; Kohler, B.; Yakovlev, V. V.; Wilson, K. R. “Production of programable amplified, shaped pulses in femtosecond lasers,” Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 1994, 60(Ultrafast Phenomena IX), 180-182.
  113. Kohler, B.; Yakovlev, V. V.; Wilson, K. R.; Squier, J.; DeLong, K. W.; Trebino, R. “Intensity and phase measurements of femtosecond pulses from a chirped-pulse amplifier,” Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 1994, 60(Ultrafast Phenomena IX), 147-148.
  114. Kohler, B.; Krause, J. L.; Whitnell, R. M.; Wilson, K. R.; Yakovlev, V. V.; Yan, Y. J. “Quantum control of vibrational dynamics with tailored light pulses,” Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 1994, 60(Ultrafast Phenomena IX), 44-46.
  115. Kohler, B.; Krause, J. L.; Raksi, F.; Rose-Petruck, C.; Whitnell, R. M.; Wilson, K. R.; Yakovlev, V. V.; Yan, Y. “New approaches to solution reaction dynamics: Quantum control and ultrafast diffraction,” Jerusalem Symp. Quantum Chem. Biochem. 1994, 26, 495-507.
  116. Kohler, B.; Krause, J. L.; Raksi, F.; Rose-Petruck, C.; Whitnell, R. M.; Wilson, K. R.; Yakovlev, V. V.; Yan, Y. “Femtosecond pulse shaping for molecular control,” Proc. Royal Netherlands Acad. Arts Sci. 1994, 42(Femtosecond Reaction Dynamics), 209-217.
  117. Kohler, B.; Krause, J. L.; Raksi, F.; Rose-Petruck, C.; Whitnell, R. M.; Wilson, K. R.; Yakovlev, V. V.; Yan, Y. “Quantum control and experimental realities,” Ser. Opt. Photonics 1994, 6, 155-160.
  118. Yakovlev, V. V.; Kohler, B.; Wilson, K. R. “Broadly Tunable 30-Fs Pulses Produced by Optical Parametric Amplification,” Opt. Lett. 1994, 19, 2000-2002.
  119. Delong, K. W.; Fittinghoff, D. N.; Trebino, R.; Kohler, B.; Wilson, K. “Pulse Retrieval in Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating Based on the Method of Generalized Projections,” Opt. Lett. 1994, 19, 2152-2154.
  120. Yan, Y.; Kohler, B. E.; Gillilan, R. E.; Whitnell, R. M.; Wilson, K. R.; Mukamel, S. “Molecular control spectrometer,” Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 1993, 55(Ultrafast Phenomena VIII), 8-12.
  121. Kohler, B.; Krause, J. L.; Raksi, F.; Rosepetruck, C.; Whitnell, R. M.; Wilson, K. R.; Yakovlev, V. V.; Yan, Y. J.; Mukamel, S. “Mode-Locking Matter with Light,” J. Phys. Chem. 1993, 97, 12602-12608.
  122. Kohler, B.; Bernet, S.; Renn, A.; Wild, U. P. “Storage of 2000 Holograms in a Photochemical Hole-Burning System,” Opt. Lett. 1993, 18, 2144-2146.
  123. Wild, U. P.; Bernet, S.; Kohler, B.; Renn, A. “Molecular Computing,” Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 1992, 216, 39-42.
  124. Wild, U. P.; Bernet, S.; Kohler, B.; Renn, A. “From Supramolecular Photochemistry to the Molecular Computer,” Pure Appl. Chem. 1992, 64, 1335-1342.
  125. Kohler, B.; Nelson, K. A. “Femtosecond Impulsive Stimulated Light-Scattering from Liquid Carbon-Disulfide at High-Pressure – Experiment and Computer Simulation,” J. Phys. Chem. 1992, 96, 6532-6538.
  126. Bernet, S.; Kohler, B.; Rebane, A.; Renn, A.; Wild, U. P. “Spectral Hole Burning and Holography 5. Asymmetric Diffraction from Thin Holograms,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B – Opt. Phys. 1992, 9, 987-991.
  127. Bernet, S.; Kohler, B.; Rebane, A.; Renn, A.; Wild, U. P. “Holography in Frequency Selective Media 2. Controlling the Diffraction Efficiency,“ J. Lumin. 1992, 53, 215-218.
  128. Kohler, B.; Nelson, K. A. “Ultrafast molecular dynamics of liquid carbon disulfide observed at high pressure in a diamond anvil cell,” Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 1990, 53(Ultrafast Phenomena VII), 423-425.
  129. Kohler, B.; Nelson, K. A. “Femtosecond Molecular Dynamics of Liquid Carbon Disulfide at High-Pressure,” J. Phys. Condens. Matter 1990, 2, SA109-SA113.
  130. Kohler, B.; Nelson, K. A. “Intermolecular vibration observed in liquid carbon disulfide at high pressure,” AIP Conf. Proc. 1989, 191(Adv. Laser Sci.-4), 330-332.
  131. Ruhman, S.; Kohler, B.; Joly, A. G.; Nelson, K. A. “Molecular dynamics in pure and mixed liquids probed by femtosecond time-resolved impulsive stimulated scattering,” AIP Conf. Proc. 1988, 172(Adv. Laser Sci.-3), 682-687.
  132. Joly, A. G.; Ruhman, S.; Kohler, B.; Nelson, K. A. “Phase-coherent molecular dynamics and phase-coherent chemistry: observation and manipulation of elementary molecular motion and chemical change,” Springer Ser. Chem. Phys. 1988, 48(Ultrafast Phenomena VI), 506-510.
  133. Ruhman, S.; Kohler, B.; Joly, A. G.; Nelson, K. A. “Molecular-Dynamics in Liquids from Femtosecond Time-Resolved Impulsive Stimulated Scattering,” IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 1988, 24, 470-481.
  134. Ruhman, S.; Williams, L. R.; Joly, A. G.; Kohler, B.; Nelson, K. A. “Nonrelaxational Inertial Motion in CS2 Liquid Observed by Femtosecond Time-Resolved Impulsive Stimulated Scattering,“ J. Phys. Chem. 1987, 91, 2237-2240.
  135. Ruhman, S.; Kohler, B.; Joly, A. G.; Nelson, K. A. “Intermolecular Vibrational Motion in CS2 Liquid at 165 ≤ T ≤ 300 K Observed by Femtosecond Time-Resolved Impulsive Stimulated Scattering,” Chem. Phys. Lett. 1987, 141, 16-24.
  136. Williams, L. R.; Ruhman, S.; Joly, A. G.; Kohler, B.; Nelson, K. A. “Preliminary observation of nonrelaxational inertial motion in carbon disulfide liquid by femtosecond time-resolved impulsive stimulated scattering,” AIP Conf. Proc. 1987, 160(Adv. Laser Sci.-2), 408-416.
  137. Ruhman, S.; Joly, A. G.; Kohler, B.; Williams, L. R.; Nelson, K. A. “Intramolecular and Intermolecular Dynamics in Molecular Liquids through Femtosecond Time-Resolved Impulsive Stimulated Scattering,” Rev. Phys. Appl. 1987, 22, 1717-1734.
  138. Kohler, B. E.; Bauer, H. D.; Kohler, B. E.; Güttler, W.; Schwoerer, M. “Holographic Method for Determining the Spatial Extent of Photochemistry – Room-Temperature Photopolymerization of Diacetylene TS6,” Chem. Phys. Lett. 1986, 125, 251-256.