Wybren Jan Buma
Contact
Prof. Dr. W.J. Buma
Univ. of Amsterdam
Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
Science Park 904
1098 XH Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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Expertise
Metals: No specific metals
Techniques: High-resolution laser spectroscopy, Molecular beams, Laser desorption and laser ablation, Vibrational circular dichroism, Ab initio calculations with emphasis on electronically excited states
Resources: Various high-power nanosecond laser systems covering wavelength range from 193-2500 nm, Various UV/Vis and IR femtosecond laser systems, Molecular beam spectrometer with mass-resolved ion detection and kinetic-energy-resolved electron detection, Molecular beam spectrometer with (dispersed) fluorescence detection, Time Correlated Single Photon Counting (down to 2 ps time resolution), Transient absorption on nanosecond and femtosecond timescale, Femtosecond time-resolved IR spectroscopy, VCD spectrometers, Access to Free Electron Laser facility FELIX
Recent publications
E.M.M. Tan, S. Amirjalayer, S. Smolarek, A. Vdovin, F. Zerbetto, and W.J. Buma
"Fast photodynamics of azobenzene probed by scanning excited-state potential energy surfaces using slow spectroscopy"
Nat Comms 2015, 6, 5860
[abstract]
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6860
S.R. Domingos, H.J. Sanders, F. Hartl, W.J. Buma, and S. Woutersen
"Switchable Amplification of Vibrational Circular Dichroism as a Probe of Local Chiral Structure"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 14042-14045
[abstract]
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201407376
E.M.M. Tan, M. Hilbers, and W.J. Buma
"Excited-State Dynamics of Isolated and Microsolvated Cinnamate-Based UV-B Sunscreens"
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2014, 5, 2464-2468
[abstract]
DOI: 10.1021/jz501140b
S.R. Domingos, A. Huerta-Viga, L. Baij, S. Amirjalayer, D.A.E. Dunnebier, A.J.C. Walters, M. Finger, L.A. Nafie, B. de Bruin, W.J. Buma, and S. Woutersen
"Amplified Vibrational Circular Dichroism as a Probe of Local Biomolecular Structure"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3530-3535
[abstract]
DOI: 10.1021/ja411405s
A.M. Rijs, N. Sändig, M.N. Blom, J. Oomens, J.S. Hannam, D.A. Leigh, F. Zerbetto, and W.J. Buma
"Controlled Hydrogen-Bond Breaking in a Rotaxane by Discrete Solvation"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3896-3900
[abstract]
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201001231
