Dr

Dimitri

Chekulaev

Journal articles

• Nisar L, Appleby MV, Hassan A, Smith BJ, Chekulaev D, Ba Q, Pourkashanian M, Ismail MS & Chauvet AAP (2026) Enhanced polaron delocalization in phytic acid-doped polyaniline nanofibers. Chemistry of Materials, 38(16), 8157-8166. View this article in WRRO
• Wang S, Sutherland GA, Pidgeon JP, Šmitran M, Swainsbury DJK, Martin EC, Vasilev C, Hitchcock A, Gillard DJ, Kumar Venkatraman R , Chekulaev D et al (2026) Singlet fission mediates carotenoid-to-bacteriochlorophyll energy transfer in purple photosynthetic bacteria. Nature Chemistry, 18(9), 1611-1619. View this article in WRRO
• Auty AJ, Mansouriboroujeni N, Nagaraja T, Chekulaev D, Martsinovich N, Das SR & Chauvet AAP (2026) Impact of Morphology and Composition of Graphene Aerosol–Gel Particles in Thin Films on Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics Studied via Transient Absorption Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
• Fernández-Terán RJ, Ivalo II, Chekulaev D & Weinstein JA (2026) Proton-coupled electron transfer from the hydride perspective: resolving metal oxidation and protonation in a hydridocarbonyl complex by 2D-IR spectroelectrochemistry. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 17(10), 3008-3012. View this article in WRRO
• Penty SE, Appleby MV, Zwijnenburg MA, Black DJ, Hartmann D, Chekulaev D, Weinstein J, Pal R & Barendt TA (2025) Circular dichroism and multiphoton circularly polarized luminescence switching using a bis‐perylene diimide macrocycle. Chemistry – A European Journal. View this article in WRRO
• Dowhyj M, Kousar K, Lydiatt FP, Chekulaev D, Walczak MS, Temperton R, N.O’Shea J, Walters WS, Thomas AG & Lindsay R (2025) Complexity at a humid interface: throwing fresh light on atmospheric corrosion. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17(18), 27323-27330. View this article in WRRO
• Guo J, Appleby MV, Ding K, Shan T, Shipp J, Sazanovich IV, Chekulaev D, Qiao Z, Fernández‐Terán RJ, Crespo Otero R , Gasparini N et al (2025) Anion localization on termini of a non‐fullerene acceptor aids charge transport. Advanced Energy Materials, 15(18). View this article in WRRO
• Polak DW, Andrews I, Salvadori E, Musser AJ, Auty A, Chekulaev D, Weinstein JA, Heeney M & Clark J (2024) Conjugation length dependence of intramolecular singlet fission in a series of regioregular oligo 3-alkyl(thienylene-vinylene)s. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(1), 662-668. View this article in WRRO
• Graczyk D, Cowin RA, Chekulaev D, Haigh MA, Scattergood PA & Quinn SJ (2024) Study of the photophysical properties and the DNA binding of enantiopure [Cr(TMP)2(dppn)]3+ Complex. Inorganic Chemistry, 63(50), 23620-23629. View this article in WRRO
• Jones RW, Cowin RA, Ivalo II, Chekulaev D, Roseveare TM, Rice CR, Weinstein JA, Elliott PIP & Scattergood PA (2024) A near-infrared luminescent Cr(III) N-heterocyclic carbene complex. Inorganic Chemistry, 63(19), 8526-8530. View this article in WRRO
• Martínez-Alonso M, Jones CG, Shipp JD, Chekulaev D, Bryant HE & Weinstein JA (2024) Phototoxicity of cyclometallated Ir(III) complexes bearing a thio-bis-benzimidazole ligand, and its monodentate analogue, as potential PDT photosensitisers in cancer cell killing. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 29(1), 113-125. View this article in WRRO
• Peralta-Arriaga SL, Fernández-Terán RJ, Shipp JD, Royle CE, Chekulaev D, Morris MJ & Weinstein JA (2024) Photophysics of Fe-Fe hydrogenase mimic complexes for hydrogen evolution. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1004. View this article in WRRO
• Wu R, Navarro-Cia M, Chekulaev D, Collins J & Kaplan A (2023) Active control of mid-wavelength infrared non-linearity in silicon photonic crystal slab. Optics Express, 31(22), 35644-35652. View this article in WRRO
• Auty AJ, Scattergood PA, Keane T, Cheng T, Wu G, Carson H, Shipp J, Sadler A, Roseveare T, Sazanovich IV , Meijer AJHM et al (2023) A stronger acceptor decreases the rates of charge transfer: ultrafast dynamics and on/off switching of charge separation in organometallic donor–bridge–acceptor systems. Chemical Science, 14(41), 11417-11428. View this article in WRRO
• Bhattacharya S, Nevonen DE, Auty AJ, Graf A, Appleby M, Chaudhri N, Chekulaev D, Brückner C, Chauvet AAP & Nemykin VN (2023) Photophysical Exploration of Two Isomers of Octaethyltrioxopyrrocorphin. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 127(37), 7694-7706.
• Long L, Medina Rivero S, Sun F, Wang D, Chekulaev D, Tonnelé C, Casanova D, Casado J & Zheng Y (2023) A Single‐Crystal Monomer to Single‐Crystal Polymer Reaction Activated by a Triplet Excimer in a Zipper Mechanism. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(38).
• Long L, Medina Rivero S, Sun F, Wang D, Chekulaev D, Tonnelé C, Casanova D, Casado J & Zheng Y (2023) A Single‐Crystal Monomer to Single‐Crystal Polymer Reaction Activated by a Triplet Excimer in a Zipper Mechanism. Angewandte Chemie, 135(38).
• Appleby MV, Cowin RA, Ivalo II, Peralta-Arriaga SL, Robertson CC, Bartlett S, Fitzpatrick A, Dent A, Karras G, Diaz-Moreno S , Chekulaev D et al (2023) Ultrafast electronic, infrared, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of Cu(i) phosphine diimine complexes. Faraday Discussions, 244, 391-410. View this article in WRRO
• Sutherland GA, Pidgeon JP, Lee HKH, Proctor MS, Hitchcock A, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Tsoi WC, Johnson MP, Hunter CN & Clark J (2023) Twisted carotenoids do not support efficient intramolecular singlet fission in the orange carotenoid protein. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14(26), 6135-6142. View this article in WRRO
• Karlsson J, Cerpentier F, Lalrempuia R, Appleby MV, Shipp J, Chekulaev DM, Woodford O, Weinstein J, Pryce M & Gibson E (2023) Ruthenium-rhenium and ruthenium-palladium supramolecular photocatalysts for photoelectrocatalytic CO2 and H+ reduction.. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 7(14), 3284-3293. View this article in WRRO
• Jones RW, Auty AJ, Wu G, Persson P, Appleby MV, Chekulaev D, Rice CR, Weinstein JA, Elliott PIP & Scattergood PA (2023) Direct determination of the rate of intersystem crossing in a near-IR luminescent Cr(III) triazolyl complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(22), 12081-12092. View this article in WRRO
• Bossanyi DG, Matthiesen M, Wang S, Smith JA, Kilbride RC, Shipp JD, Chekulaev D, Holland E, Anthony JE, Zaumseil J , Musser AJ et al (2023) Author Correction: Emissive spin-0 triplet-pairs are a direct product of triplet–triplet annihilation in pentacene single crystals and anthradithiophene films. Nature Chemistry, 15(7), 1040-1040.
• Shipp J, Parker S, Spall S, Peralta-Arriaga SL, Robertson CC, Chekulaev D, Portius P, Turega S, Buckley A, Rothman R & Weinstein JA (2022) Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO in aqueous solution under red-light irradiation by a Zn-porphyrin-sensitized Mn(I) catalyst. Inorganic Chemistry, 61(34), 13281-13292. View this article in WRRO
• Auty AJ, Mansouriboroujeni N, Nagaraja T, Chekulaev D, Sorensen CM, Das SR, Martsinovich N & Chauvet AAP (2022) Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy of inkjet-printed graphene and aerosol gel graphene films : effect of oxygen and morphology on carrier relaxation dynamics. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126(18), 7949-7955. View this article in WRRO
• Bhattacharya S, Graf A, Gomes AKMS, Chaudhri N, Chekulaev D, Brückner C, Cardozo TM & Chauvet AAP (2022) Tailoring the intersystem crossing and triplet dynamics of free-base octaalkyl-β-oxo-substituted porphyrins : competing effects of spin–vibronic and NH tautomerism relaxation channels. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 126(16), 2522-2531. View this article in WRRO
• Marin-Beloqui J, Zhang G, Guo J, Shaikh J, Wohrer T, Hosseini SM, Sun B, Shipp J, Auty AJ, Chekulaev D , Ye J et al (2022) Insight into the origin of trapping in polymer/fullerene blends with a systematic alteration of the fullerene to higher adducts. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126(5), 2708-2719. View this article in WRRO
• Bossanyi DG, Sasaki Y, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Kimizuka N, Yanai N & Clark J (2022) In optimized rubrene-based nanoparticle blends for photon upconversion, singlet energy collection outcompetes triplet-pair separation, not singlet fission. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 10(12), 4684-4696. View this article in WRRO
• Farrow GA, Quick M, Kovalenko SA, Wu G, Sadler A, Chekulaev D, Chauvet AAP, Weinstein JA & Ernsting NP (2021) On the intersystem crossing rate in a Platinum(ii) donor–bridge–acceptor triad. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23(38), 21652-21663. View this article in WRRO
• Bossanyi DG, Sasaki Y, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Kimizuka N, Yanai N & Clark J (2021) Spin Statistics for Triplet–Triplet Annihilation Upconversion: Exchange Coupling, Intermolecular Orientation, and Reverse Intersystem Crossing. JACS Au, 1(12), 2188-2201.
• Bossanyi DG, Matthiesen M, Wang S, Smith JA, Kilbride RC, Shipp JD, Chekulaev D, Holland E, Anthony JE, Zaumseil J , Musser AJ et al (2021) Emissive spin-0 triplet-pairs are a direct product of triplet–triplet annihilation in pentacene single crystals and anthradithiophene films. Nature Chemistry, 13(2), 163-171. View this article in WRRO
• Larsen CB, Farrow GA, Smith LD, Appleby MV, Chekulaev D, Weinstein JA & Wenger OS (2020) Solvent-Mediated Activation/Deactivation of Photoinduced Electron-Transfer in a Molecular Dyad. Inorganic Chemistry, 59(15), 10430-10438.
• Archer SA, Raza A, Droge F, Robertson C, Auty AJ, Chekulaev D, Weinstein JA, Keane T, Meijer AJHM, Haycock JW , MacNeil S et al (2020) A dinuclear ruthenium(II) phototherapeutic that targets duplex and quadruplex DNA (vol 10, pg 3502, 2019). CHEMICAL SCIENCE, 11(9), 2566-2566.
• Saeed H, Sreedharan S, Jarman PJ, Archer SA, Fairbanks SD, Foxon SP, Auty AJ, Chekulaev D, Keane T, Meijer AJHM , Weinstein JA et al (2020) Making the right link to theranostics : the photophysical and biological properties of dinuclear Ru^II-Re^I dppz complexes depend on their tether. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(2), 1101-1111. View this article in WRRO
• Crowston B, Shipp J, Chekulaev DM, McKenzie L, Jones C, Weinstein J, Meijer AJHM, Bryant HE, Natrajan L, Woodward AW & Ward MD (2019) Heteronuclear d-d and d-f Ru(II)/M complexes [M = Gd(III), Yb(III), Nd(III), Zn(II) or Mn(II)] of ligands combining phenanthroline and aminocarboxylate binding sites: combined relaxivity, cell imaging and photophysical studies. Dalton Transactions, 48(18), 6132-6152. View this article in WRRO
• Archer S, Raza A, Dröge F, Robertson CC, Auty AJ, Chekulaev DM, Weinstein J, Keane T, Meijer AJHM, Haycock J , MacNeil S et al (2019) A dinuclear ruthenium(II) phototherapeutic that targets duplex and quadruplex DNA. Chemical Science, 10(12), 3502-3513. View this article in WRRO
• Train JS, Wragg AB, Auty AJ, Metherell AJ, Chekulaev D, Taylor CGP, Argent SP, Weinstein JA & Ward MD (2019) Photophysics of cage/guest assemblies : photoinduced electron transfer between a coordination cage containing osmium(II) luminophores, and electron-deficient bound guests in the central cavity. Inorganic Chemistry, 58(4), 2386-2396. View this article in WRRO
• Barendt TA, Rasovic I, Lebedeva MA, Farrow GA, Auty A, Chekulaev D, Sazanovich IV, Weinstein JA, Porfyrakis K & Beer PD (2018) Anion-Mediated Photophysical Behavior in a C60 Fullerene [3]Rotaxane Shuttle. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(5), 1924-1936. View this article in WRRO
• Archer S, Keane T, Delor M, Bevon E, Auty A, Chekulaev D, Sazanovich I, Towrie M, Meijer A & Weinstein J (2017) Directly coupled vs. spectator linkers on diimine Pt(II) acetylides - change the structure, keep the function?. Chemistry - A European Journal, 23(72), 18239-18251. View this article in WRRO
• Park SJ, Zakar A, Zerova VL, Chekulaev D, Canham LT & Kaplan A (2016) All-optical modulation in Mid-Wavelength Infrared using porous Si membranes. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6.
• Ahmed MHM, Lydiatt FP, Chekulaev D, Wincott PL, Vaughan DJ, Jang JH, Baldelli S, Thomas AG, Walters WS & Lindsay R (2014) Wet chemically prepared rutile TiO2(110) and TiO2(011): Substrate preparation for surface studies under non-UHV conditions. Surface Science, 630, 41-45.
• Chekulaev D, Garber V & Kaplan A (2013) Free carrier plasma optical response and dynamics in strongly pumped silicon nanopillars. Journal of Applied Physics, 113(14).
• Chekulaev D & Kaplan A (2009) Diffusion-free ultrafast carrier dynamics in silicon nano-pillars.
• Ivalo II, Wu G, Cowin RA, Scattergood PA, Cheng T, Shipp JD, Sazanovich IV, Chekulaev D & Weinstein JA () Effect of a peripheral substituent on the ultrafast dynamics and the rate of intersystem crossing in the charge-transfer states of platinum( ii ) acetylides. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 27(48), 25825-25836.
• Bossanyi DG, Sasaki Y, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Kimizuka N, Yanai N & Clark J () Correction: In optimized rubrene-based nanoparticle blends for photon upconversion, singlet energy collection outcompetes triplet-pair separation, not singlet fission. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12(47), 19307-19307.
• Polak DW, Andrews I, Farrow G, Musser AJ, Auty A, Chekulaev D, Weinstein JA, Heeney M & Clark J () Conjugation-length dependence of regioregular oligo 3-alkyl(thienylene-vinylene)s demonstrates polyene-like behaviour with weak electron–electron correlations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(16), 11205-11215.
• Shipp JD, Carson H, Spall SJP, Parker SC, Chekulaev D, Jones N, Mel'nikov MY, Robertson CC, Meijer AJHM & Weinstein JA () Sterically hindered Re- and Mn-CO₂ reduction catalysts for solar energy conversion. Dalton Transactions, 49(14), 4230-4243.
• Wu R, Collins J, Chekulaev D & Kaplan A () All-Optical Modulation and Ultrafast Switching in MWIR with Sub-Wavelength Structured Silicon. Applied Sciences, 9(9), 1808-1808.
• Zakar A, Wu R, Chekulaev D, Zerova V, He W, Canham L & Kaplan A () Carrier dynamics and surface vibration-assisted Auger recombination in porous silicon. Physical Review B, 97(15).

Conference proceedings

• Chekulaev D, Torres Molina M, Thomas AG, Lindsay R, Collison D & Winpenny REP (2015) A new approach to elucidating the surface interaction of organic corrosion inhibitors. European Corrosion Congress Eurocorr 2015, Vol. 2 (pp 762)

Datasets

• Bossanyi D, Matthiesen M, Wang S, Smith J, Kilbride R, Shipp J, Chekulaev D, Holland E, Anthony JE, Musser A & Clark J Data for "Emissive spin-0 triplet-pairs are a direct product of triplet-triplet annihilation in pentacene single crystals and anthradithiophene films".
• Bossanyi D, Sasaki Y, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Kimizuka N, Yanai N & Clark J Data for "Spin statistics for triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion: exchange coupling, intermolecular orientation and reverse intersystem crossing".
• Bossanyi D, Sasaki Y, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Kimizuka N, Yanai N & Clark J Data for "In optimized rubrene-based nanoparticle blends for photon upconversion, singlet energy collection outcompetes triplet-pair separation, not singlet fission".
• Sutherland G, Pidgeon J, Lee HKH, Proctor M, Hitchcock A, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Tsoi WC, Johnson M, Hunter C & Clark J Data for 'Twisted Carotenoids Do Not Support Efficient Intramolecular Singlet Fission in the Orange Carotenoid Protein'.
• Polak D, Andrews IB, Salvadori E, Musser A, Auty A, Chekulaev D, Weinstein J, Heeney M & Clark J Data to accompany "Conjugation Length Dependence of Intramolecular Singlet Fission in a Series of regioregular oligo 3-alkyl(thienylene-vinylene)s".
• Wang S, Sutherland G, Pidgeon J, Smitran M, Swainsbury D, Martin E, Vasilev C, Hitchcock A, Gillard D, Venkatraman RK , Chekulaev D et al Datasets for figures and supplementary figures for 'Singlet Fission Mediates Carotenoid-to-Bacterichlorophyll Energy Transfer in Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria'.

Preprints

• Wang S, Sutherland GA, Pidgeon JP, Swainsbury DJK, Martin EC, Vasilev C, Hitchcock A, Gillard DJ, Venkatraman RK, Chekulaev D , Tartakovskii AI et al (2024) Singlet fission contributes to solar energy harvesting in photosynthesis, arXiv.
• Pidgeon JP, Sutherland GA, Proctor MS, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Bhattacharya S, Jayaprakash R, Hitchcock A, Venkatraman RK, Johnson MP , Hunter CN et al (2024) Assessment of the Role and Origin of S* in Orange Carotenoid Protein Photoconversion, arXiv.
• Sutherland GA, Pidgeon JP, Lee HKH, Proctor MS, Hitchcock A, Wang S, Chekulaev D, Tsoi WC, Johnson MP, Hunter CN & Clark J (2022) Twisted carotenoids do not support efficient intramolecular singlet fission in the orange carotenoid protein, arXiv.
• Bossanyi D, Sasaki Y, Chekulaev D, Kimizuka N, Yanai N & Clark J (2021) Spin statistics for triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion: exchange coupling, intermolecular orientation and reverse intersystem crossing, American Chemical Society (ACS).