Young Ju Yun, Jussi Isokuortti, Timo Laaksonen, Nikita Durandin and A. Jean-Luc Ayitou*, Triplet-triplet Annihilation Photon-Upconversion in Hydrophilic Media with Biorelevant Cholesteryl Triplet Energy Acceptors, J. Photochem. Photobio. A 2021, 418, 113412. (link)

Jayla Morgan, Young Ju Yun, and A. Jean-Luc Ayitou*, Estimation of Singlet Oxygen Quantum Yield Using Novel Green-Absorbing Baird-type Aromatic Photosensitizers, J. Photochem. Photobio. 2021, 98(1) 57–61. (link)

Oluseye Onajole, Shichun Lun, Young Ju Yun, Damkam Y. Langue, Michelle Jaskula- Dybka, Adrian Flores, Eriel Frazier, Ashle C. Scurry, Ambernice Zavala, Karen R. Arreola, Bryce Pierzchalski, A. Jean-Luc Ayitou, William R. Bisha, Design, Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel imidazo[1,2-a] pyridinecarboxamides as potent antituberculosis agents; Chem. Biol. Drugs Des. 2020, 1362–1371. (link)
 

Young Ju Yun, Nareshbabu Kamatham, Manoj K. Manna, Jingbai Li, Gary P. Wiederrecht, David J. Gosztola, Andrey Yu. Rogachev, and A. Jean-Luc Ayitou*, Interplay Between Energy & Charge Transfers in a Polyaromatic Triplet Donor–Acceptor Dyad, J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 12205–12216. (link)

 Nareshbabu Kamatham, Jingbai Li, Siamak Shokri, Guang Yang, Andrey Yu. Rogachev and A. Jean-Luc Ayitou*, Quinoidization of Polyacene Diimides: Photophysics, Aromaticity, and Stability of the Novel Quinoidal Acenes, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2020, 917–922. (link) (Cover Page)

K. Lipinska, F. Cavallo, A. J.-L. Ayitou and C. Segre, Quencher-Free Enhanced Emission in Cluster-Free Er-doped Heavy Metal Oxide Glasses; Opt. Mat. Exp., 2019, 9 (3), 1072–1084. (link)

M. K. Manna, S. Shokri, G. P. Wiederrecht, D. J. Gosztola and A. J.-L. Ayitou*, New Perspectives for Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Photo Upconversion Using All-Organic Donors and Acceptors Chromophores; Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 5809–5818. (link)

S. Shokri, J. Li, G. P. Wiederrecht, D. J. Gosztola, A. Ugrinov, S. Jockush, A. Yu Rogachev and A. J.-L. Ayitou*, A Naphtho-p-quinodimethane Exhibiting Baird’s Anti-Aromaticity, Broken Symmetry and Attractive Photoluminescence. J. Org. Chem., 2017, 82, 10167–10173. (link)

S. Shokri, G. P. Wiederrecht, D. J. Gosztola and A. J.-L. Ayitou*, Photon Upconversion Using Baird-Type Anti-Aromatic Quinoidal Naphthalene Derivative as a Sensitizer, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 23377–23382. (link)

J. H. Park, M. Hughs, T. S. Chung, A. J.-L. Ayitou, V. Breslin, M. A. Garcia-Garibay, Generation and Reactivity Studies of Diarylmethyl Radical Pairs in Crystalline Tetraarylacetones via Laser Flash Photolysis Using Nanocrystalline Suspensions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 13312–13317. (link)

Tim S. Chung, A. J.-L. Ayitou, Jin H. Park, Vanessa M. Breslin and Miguel Garcia-Garibay, Photochemistry and Transmission Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of 2-Azidobiphenyls in Aqueous Nanocrystalline Suspensions: Simplified Kinetics in Crystalline Solids, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, (8), 1845–1850. (link)

Luca Catalano, Salvador Perez-Estrada, Hsin-Hua Wang, A. J.-L. Ayitou, Saeed I. Khan, Giancarlo Terraneo, Pierangelo Metrangolo, Stuart Brown, and Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay, Rotational Dynamics of Diazabicyclo [2.2.2]octane in Isomorphous Halogen-Bonded Co-crystals: Entropic and Enthalpic Effects. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 843–848. (link)

A. J.-L. Ayitou, Kristen Flynn; Steffen Jockush; Saeed I. Khan and Miguel Garcia-Garibay, More Efficient in the Solid State than in Solution: Transient Absorption and Kinetics Studies of Nanocrystalline α–(ortho-Tolyl)-acetophenones.  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138 (8), 2644–2648. (link)

Elango Kumarasamy, A. J.-L. Ayitou, Nandini Vallavoju , Ramya Raghunathan, Akila Iyer, Anthony Clay, Sunil Kumar Kandappa, Jayaraman Sivaguru, Tale of Twisted Molecules. Atropselective Photoreactions: Taming Light Induced Asymmetric Transformations through Non-biaryl Atropisomers, Acc. Chem. Res, 2016, 49, 2713–2724. (link)

N. Vallavoju, A. Sreenitya, A. J.-L. Ayitou, S. Jockusch, B. S. Raghavan, and J. Sivaguru, Photoreactions with a Twist: Atropisomerism-driven Divergent reactivity of Enones with UV and Visible Light. Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 11339–1138. (link)

A. Clay, E. Kumarasamy, A. J.-L. Ayitou and J. Sivaguru, Photochemistry of Atropisomers: Non-biaryls Atropisomers for Stereospecific Phototransformations. Chem. Soc. Lett., 2014, 43, 1816–1825. (link)

A. J.-L Ayitou; T. Clay, E. Kumarasamy, S. Jockusch and J. Sivaguru, Enantiospecific photochemical 6p-ring closure of a-substituted atropisomeric acrylanilides – Role of alkali metal ions. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci.,2014, 13, 141–144. (link)

A. J.-L Ayitou; Gaku Fukuhara, Elango Kumarasamy, Yoshihisa Inoue, J. Sivaguru, Enantiospecific photochemical transformation under elevated pressure. Chem. Eur. J.,2013, 19 (13), 4327–4334. (link)

A. J.-L. Ayitou; B. C. Pemberton, E. Kumarasamy, N. Vallavoju, J. Sivaguru, Selective light-induced reactions in solution and in water soluble nano-containers. Chimia, 2011, 65, 202. (link)

A. J.-L. Ayitou; N. Vallavoju, A. Ugrinov, J. Sivaguru, Enantiospecific 6p-photocyclization of atropisomeric α-substituted acrylanilides in the solid-state: Role of crystalline confinement on enantiospecificity.  Photochem. Photobiol. Sci.,2011, 10, 1380–1383. (link)

A. J.-L. Ayitou and J. Sivaguru. Reactive spin state dependent enantiospecific photocyclization of axially chiral α-substituted acrylanilides. Chem. Comm.,2011, 47, 2568–2570. (link)

A. J.-L. Ayitou, J. L. Jesuraj, N. Baroah, A. Ugrinov and J. Sivaguru. Enantiospecific Photochemical Norrish/Yang Type II Reaction of Nonbiaryl Atropchiral a-Oxoamides in Solution–Axial to Point Chirality Transfer, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2009, 131, 11314–11315. (link)

A. J.-L. Ayitou and J. Sivaguru. Light-Induced Transfer of Molecular Chirality in Solution: Eantiospecific Photocyclization of Molecularly Chiral Acrylanilides, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2009, 131, 5036–5037. (link)