The research in the Turro group encompasses a wide area of chemistry - including inorganic, physical, supramolecular, and biological chemistry. There is a variety of projects that students are working on in the group. Many of these projects involve the use of optical instrumentation, such as absorption, steady-state emission, and lifetime instruments. In addition, time-resolved laser spectroscopy with optical detection is an important tool to measure rates of photo initiated reactions and to obtain spectral information on excited states and short-lived reactive intermediates. The use of transition metal complexes in these studies involve the preparation of known compounds, but new complexes are also synthesized for the biological projects.
Recent Publications
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[Ru(bpy)2(5-cyanouracil)2]2+ as a Potential Light Activated Dual-Action Therapeutic Agent
Robert N. Garner, Judith C. Gallucci, Kim R. Dunbar, and Claudia Turro Inorganic Chemistry (2011)
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Effect of Electronic Structure on the Photoinduced Ligand Exchange of Ru(II) Polypyridine Complexes
Robert N. Garner, Lauren E. Joyce, and Claudia Turro Inorganic Chemistry (2011), 50, 4384-4391
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Absence of quenching by [Fe(CN)6]4- is not proof of DNA intercalation
Scott J. Burya, Daniel A. Lutterman and Claudia Turro Chemical Communications (2011), 47(6), 1848-1850
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Effect of intraligand π-delocalization on the photophysical properties of two new Ru(II) complexes
Daniel A. Lutterman, Laurie A. Lazinski-Melanson, Yogen Asher, Dean H. Johnston, Judith C. Gallucci and Claudia Turro Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry (2011), 217, 100-107
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Electronic and Steric Effects on the Photoisomerization of Dimethylsulfoxide Complexes of Ru(II) Containing Picolinate
Daniel Lutterman, Aaron A. Rachford, Jeffrey J. Rack, and Claudia Turro The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2010), 1, 3371-3375
Contact Info
Address:
100 W. 18th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
Office Phone: (614) 292-6708
Lab Phone: (614) 292-6419
E-mail: turro@chemistry.ohio-state.edu
