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The Influence of Water Molecules on the π* Shape Resonances of the Thymine Anion. (2025)
Journal Article
Clarke, C. J., Burrow, E. M., & Verlet, J. R. R. (online). The Influence of Water Molecules on the π* Shape Resonances of the Thymine Anion. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.5c01948

Low-energy electrons have been shown to resonantly attach to DNA, inducing strand breakages and other damaging lesions. While computational studies have suggested that the nucleobase moieties can serve as the initial attachment site, there remains am... Read More about The Influence of Water Molecules on the π* Shape Resonances of the Thymine Anion..

The role of water molecules in the dissociation of an electron-molecule contact pair (2025)
Journal Article
Clarke, C. J., Michi Burrow, E., & Verlet, J. R. R. (2025). The role of water molecules in the dissociation of an electron-molecule contact pair. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 2113. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57403-7

The hydrated electron, e–(aq), is a potent reducing agent and a prototypical quantum solute. Reactions of e–(aq) often involve a contact pair comprised of a molecule and electron that are hydrated within a single sphere. However, a molecular-level un... Read More about The role of water molecules in the dissociation of an electron-molecule contact pair.

The valence electron affinity of uracil determined by anion cluster photoelectron spectroscopy (2024)
Journal Article
Clarke, C. J., Burrow, E. M., & Verlet, J. R. R. (2024). The valence electron affinity of uracil determined by anion cluster photoelectron spectroscopy . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26(29), 20037-20045. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cp02146k

The unoccupied π* orbitals of the nucleobases are considered to play important roles in low-energy electron attachment to DNA, inducing damage. While the lowest anionic valence state is vertically unbound in all neutral nucleobases, it remains unclea... Read More about The valence electron affinity of uracil determined by anion cluster photoelectron spectroscopy .