Thomas GUSTAVSSON

Function

Directeur de Recherche Emérite CNRS au Laboratoire LIDYL (EMR 9000)

Research

I have developed and applied various laser-based picosecond and femtosecond spectroscopic setups dedicated to the study of molecular excited state dynamics.

I have in particular developed a fluorescence upconversion setup which allows measuring extremely short-lived UV fluorescence.

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Born in Stockholm, Sweden, the 28th of April 1955

Philosophical Doctorate in Physics from the University of Stockholm, 1988.
Title of the thesis: « Spectroscopic Studies of Some Diatomic Molecules »
Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches, Université Paris-Sud XI, 2001.
Title of the thesis: « Spectroscopie de fluorescence ultrarapide en phase condensée ».

Scientific Publications

2022

High-Energy Long-Lived Emitting Mixed Excitons in Homopolymeric Adenine-Thymine DNA Duplexes,
I. Vaya, T. Gustavsson, D. Markovitsi,
Molecules, 27, 3558 (2022).

Exciton Cooling in 2D Perovskite Nanoplatelets: Rationalized Carrier-Induced Stark and Phonon Bottleneck Effects,
C. Villamil-Franco, G. Trippe-Allard, B. Mahler, C. Cornaggia, J.S. Lauret, T. Gustavsson, E. Cassette,
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13, 393-399 (2022).

The Excited State Dynamics of a Mutagenic Cytidine Etheno Adduct Investigated by Combining Time-Resolved Spectroscopy and Quantum Mechanical Calculations
P. Lizondo-Aranda, L. Martinez-Fernandez, M.A. Miranda, R. Improta, T. Gustavsson, V. Lhiaubet-Vallet,
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13, 251-257 (2022).

2021

Fundamentals of the Intrinsic DNA Fluorescence,
T. Gustavsson, D. Markovitsi,
Accounts of Chemical Research, 54, 1226-1235 (2021)

Interrogating the mechanism of the solvation dynamics in BmimBF4/PC mixtures: A cooperative study employing time-resolved fluorescence and molecular dynamics
Y. Smortsova, F.-A. Miannay, T. Gustavsson, F. Sauvage, F. Ingrosso, O. Kalugin, A. Idrissi
Journal of Molecular Liquids, 340, 117163 (2021)

Auger Recombination and Multiple Exciton Generation in Colloidal Two-Dimensional Perovskite Nanoplatelets: Implications for Light- Emitting Devices
C.V. Villamil-Franco, B. Mahler, C. Cornaggia, T. Gustavsson, E. Cassette
ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4, 558-567 (2021)

Hole injection from P1 dye hot-excited states in p-type dye-sensitized films: a fluorescence study
V. Maffeis, B. Jousselme, T. Gustavsson
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 20, 1257-1271 (2021)

2020

Excited State Dynamics of 8-Vinyldeoxyguanosine in Aqueous Solution Studied by Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Quantum Mechanical Calculations
L. Martinez-Fernandez, T. Gustavsson, U. Diederichsen, R. Improta,
Molecules, 25, 824 (2020).

Excited State Lifetimes of Sulfur-Substituted DNA and RNA Monomers Probed Using the Femtosecond Fluorescence Up-Conversion Technique
M.M. Brister, T. Gustavsson, C.E. Crespo-Hernandez,
Molecules, 25, 16 (2020).

Time-resolved cathodoluminescence of DNA triggered by picosecond electron bunches
J.P. Renault, B. Lucas, T. Gustavsson, A. Huetz, T. Oksenhendler, E.-M. Staicu-Casagrande, M. Géléoc,
Scientific Reports, 10, 5071 (2020).

Introduction to Femtochemistry: Excited-State Proton Transfer from Pyranine to Water Studied by Femtosecond Transient Absorption,
P. Changenet, T. Gustavsson, I. Lampre,
Journal of Chemical Education, 97, 4482-4489 (2020).

2019

Comprehensive Study of Guanine Excited State Relaxation and Photoreactivity in G-quadruplexes
L. Martinez-Fernandez, P. Changenet, A. Banyasz, T. Gustavsson, D. Markovitsi, R. Improta,
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10, 6873-6877 (2019).

Multiscale time-resolved fluorescence study of a glycogen phosphorylase inhibitor combined with quantum chemistry calculations
V. Maffeis, K. Mavreas, F. Monti, M. Mamais, T. Gustavsson, E.D. Chrysina, D. Markovitsi, T. Gimisis, A. Venturini
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21, 7685-7696 (2019).

Role of Electronic Relaxation in the Injection Process of Organic Push–Pull Dyes in Complete Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells,
V. Maffeis, H. Dogan, E. Cassette, B. Jousselme, T. Gustavsson
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10, 5076-5081 (2019).

2018

Femtosecond Fluorescence Upconversion Study of a Naphthalimide–Bithiophene–Triphenylamine Push–Pull Dye in Solution
V. Maffeis, R. Brisse, V. Labet, B. Jousselme, T. Gustavsson
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 122, 5533–5544 (2018).

A red to blue series of push-pull dyes for NiO based p-DSSCs,strong>
R. Brisse, C. Praveen, V. Maffeis, T. Bourgeteau, D. Tondelier, T. Berthelot, B. Geffroy, T. Gustavsson, J.M. Raimundo, B. Jousselme
Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2, 648-654 (2018).

2017

Photophysics of Deoxycytidine and 5-Methyldeoxycytidine in Solution: A Comprehensive Picture by Quantum Mechanical Calculations and Femtosecond Fluorescence Spectroscopy,
L. Martinez-Fernandez, A.J. Pepino, J. Segarra-Marti, J. Jovaisaite, I. Vaya, A. Nenov, D. Markovitsi, T. Gustavsson, A. Banyasz, M. Garavelli, R. Improta,
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139 7780-7791 (2017).

A New Potent Inhibitor of Glycogen Phosphorylase Reveals the Basicity of the Catalytic Site
M. Mamais, A. Degli Esposti, V. Kouloumoundra, T. Gustavsson, F. Monti, A. Venturini, E.D. Chrysina, D. Markovitsi, T. Gimisis
Chemistry – A European Journal 23 8800-8805 (2017).

Ultrafast Fluorescence Dynamics in Flurbiprofen-Amino Acid Dyads and in the Supramolecular Drug/Protein Complex
I. Vaya, M.C. Jimenez, M.A. Miranda, A. Chatterjee, T. Gustavsson
Chimia 71 18-25 (2017).

2016

High-Energy Long-Lived Mixed Frenkel-Charge-Transfer Excitons: From Double Stranded (AT)(n) to Natural DNA,
I. Vaya, J. Brazard, M. Huix-Rotllant, A.K. Thazhathveetil, F.D. Lewis, T. Gustavsson, I. Burghardt, R. Improta, D. Markovitsi,
Chemistry – A European Journal, 22, 4904-4914 (2016).

Xanthines Studied via Femtosecond Fluorescence Spectroscopy,
P. Changenet-Barret, L. Kovács, D. Markovitsi, T. Gustavsson,
Molecules, 21, 1668 (2016).

Ultrafast Electron Transfer in Complexes of Doxorubicin with Human Telomeric G-Quadruplexes and GC Duplexes Probed by Femtosecond Fluorescence Spectroscopy,
P. Changenet-Barret, T. Gustavsson, D. Markovitsi, I. Manet,
ChemPhysChem, 17, 1264-1272 (2016).

Influence of the spacer on the photoreactivity of flurbiprofen-tyrosine dyads
I. Vayá, T. Gustavsson, D. Markovitsi, M.A. Miranda, M.C. Jiménez
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A, 322-323, 95-101 (2016).

2015

Ultrafast Excited-State Deactivation of 8-Hydroxy-2 ‘-deoxyguanosine Studied by Femtosecond Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Quantum-Chemical Calculations
P. Changenet-Barret, T. Gustavsson, R. Improta, D. Markovitsi,
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 119, 6131-6139 (2015).

Electronic Excitations in G-quadruplexes Formed by the Human Telomeric Sequence: A Time-Resolved Fluorescence Study
P. Changenet-Barret, Y. Hua, T. Gustavsson, D. Markovitsi,
Photochemistry and Photobiology, 91, 759-765 (2015).

2014

Drug/protein interactions studied by time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy
T. Gustavsson, D. Markovitsi, I. Vaya, P. Bonancia, M.C. Jimenez, M.A. Miranda
SPIE Proceedings, 9165, 91651E-1 (2014).

Superior Photoprotective Motifs and Mechanisms in Eumelanins Uncovered
A. Corani, A.M. Huijser, T. Gustavsson, D. Markovitsi, P.A. Malmqvist, A. Pezzella, M. d’Ischia et V. Sundstrom
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136, 11626-11635 (2014).

Time-resolved fluorescence methods
H. Lemmetyinen, N.V. Tkachenko, B. Valeur, J.-i. Hotta, M. Ameloot, N.P. Ernsting, T. Gustavsson, N. Boens
Pure & Applied Chemistry, 86, 1969–1998 (2014).

2013

A joint experimental/theoretical study of the ultrafast excited state deactivation of deoxyadenosine and 9-methyladenine in water and acetonitrile
T. Gustavsson, N. Sarkar, I. Vayá, M.C. Jiménez, D. Markovitsi et R. Improta
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 12, 1375-1386 (2013).

The effect of size on the optical properties of guanine nanostructures: a femtosecond to nanosecond study
Y. Hua, P. Changenet-Barret, T. Gustavsson et D. Markovitsi
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15, 7396-7402 (2013).

Electronic excited states of guanine-cytosine hairpins and duplexes studied by fluorescence spectroscopy
J. Brazard, A.K. Thazhathveetil, I. Vayá, F.D. Lewis, T. Gustavsson et D. Markovitsi
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 12, 1453-1459 (2013).

Excited state proton transfer processes of DHICA resolved – from sub-ps to nanoseconds
A. Corani, A. Pezzella, T. Pascher, T. Gustavsson, D. Markovitsi, A.M. Huijser, M. d’Ischia et V. Sundström
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 4, 1383-1388 (2013).

Excited state interactions between flurbiprofen and tryptophan in drug/protein complexes and in model dyads. Fluorescence studies from the femtosecond to the nanosecond time domains
I. Vayá, P. Bonancía, M.C. Jiménez, D. Markovitsi, T. Gustavsson et M.A. Miranda
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15, 4727-4734 (2013).

Unravelling molecular mechanisms in the fluorescence spectra of Doxorubicin in aqueous solution by femtosecond fluorescence spectroscopy
P. Changenet-Barret, T. Gustavsson, D. Markovitsi, I. Manet et S. Monti
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15, 2937-2944 (2013).

Stereodifferentiation in the Intramolecular Singlet Excited State Quenching of Hydroxybiphenyl/Tryptophan Dyads
P. Bonancía, I. Vayá, D. Markovitsi, T. Gustavsson, M.C. Jiménez et M.A. Miranda
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 11, 1958-1963 (2013).

2012

The effect of methylation on the excited state dynamics of aminouracils
T. Gustavsson, R. Improta, A. Bányász, I. Vaya et D. Markovitsi
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 234, 37-43 (2012).

Excited-State Interactions in Diastereomeric Flurbiprofen-Thymine Dyads
P. Bonancía, I. Vayá, M. J. Climent, T. Gustavsson, D. Markovitsi, M. C. Jiménez et M. A. Miranda
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116, 8807–8814 (2012).

Electronic Excitation Energy Transfer between Nucleobases of Natural DNA,
I. Vayá, T. Gustavsson, T. Douki, Y. Berlin, D. Markovitsi,
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134, 11366–11368 (2012).

Cation Effect on the Electronic Excited States of Guanine Nanostructures Studied by Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy,
Y. Hua, P. Changenet-Barret, R. Improta, I. Vayá, T. Gustavsson, A.B. Kotlyar, D. Zikich, P. Šket, J. Plavec, D. Markovitsi,
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, 14682−14689 (2012).

Electronic Excited States Responsible for Dimer Formation upon UV Absorption Directly by Thymine Strands: Joint Experimental and Theoretical Study,
A. Banyasz, T. Douki, R. Improta, T. Gustavsson, D. Onidas, I. Vaya, M. Perron, D. Markovitsi,
Journal of the American Chemical Society,134, 14834-14845 (2012).

2011

Femtosecond fluorescence studies of DNA/RNA constituents
T. Gustavsson, A. Banyasz, R. Improta et D. Markovitsi
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 26 012009, 1-13 (2011).

Intramolecular charge transfer and dual fluorescence of 4-(dimethylamino)benzonitrile: ultrafast branching followed by a two-fold decay mechanism
P.B. Coto, L. Serrano-Andres, T. Gustavsson, T. Fujiwara et E.C. Lim
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 13 15182-15188 (2011)

Base Pairing Enhances Fluorescence and Favors Cyclobutane Dimer Formation Induced upon Absorption of UVA Radiation by DNA,
A. Banyasz, I. Vaya, P. Changenet-Barret, T. Gustavsson, T. Douki, D. Markovitsi,
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133, 5163-5165 (2011).

2010

DNA/RNA: Building Blocks of Life Under UV Irradiation (perspective)
T. Gustavsson, R. Improta et D. Markovitsi
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 1 2025-2030 (2010).

Fluorescence of DNA Duplexes: From Model Helices to Natural DNA (perspective)
D. Markovitsi, T. Gustavsson, I. Vayá
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 1 3271-3276 (2010).

Fluorescence of natural DNA: from the femtosecond to the nanosecond time-scales
I. Vayá, T. Gustavsson, F.A. Miannay, T. Douki, D. Markovitsi
Journal of the American Chemical Society 132 11834-11840 (2010).

Excited State Dynamics of dGMP Measured by Steady-state and Femtosecond Fluorescence Spectroscopy
François-Alexandre Miannay, Thomas Gustavsson, Akos Banyasz et Dimitra Markovitsi
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 114, 3256-3263 (2010).

2009

Excited states and energy transfer in G-quadruplexes
François-Alexandre Miannay, Akos Banyasz, Thomas Gustavsson et Dimitra Markovitsi
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113, 11760-11765 (2009).

Do fluorescence and transient absorption probe the same intramolecular charge transfer state of 4-(dimethylamino)benzonitrile?
T. Gustavsson, P.B. Coto, L. Serrano-Andres, T. Fujiwara, E.C. Lim
Journal of Chemical Physics, 131, 031101 (2009)

2008

Effect of amino substitution on the excited state dynamics of uracil
Ákos Bányász, Thomas Gustavsson, Ernö Keszei, Roberto Improta et Dimitra Markovitsi
Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 7, 765-768 (2008)

Assessing Solvent effects on the singlet excited state dynamics of uracil derivatives: a femtosecond fluorescence upconversion study in alcohols and D₂O
Thomas Gustavsson, Akos Banyasz, Nilmoni Sarkar, Dimitra Markovitsi et Roberto Improta
Chemical Physics, 350, 186-192 (2008)

2007

Ultrafast excited state deactivation and energy transfer in guanine-cytosine DNA double helices
Francois-Alexandre Miannay, Akos Banyasz, Thomas Gustavsson et Dimitra Markovitsi
Journal of the American Chemical Society 129, 14574-14575 (2007)

Fluorescence of the DNA double helices (dAdT)_n^.(dAdT)_n studied by femtosecond spectroscopy
Delphine Onidas, Thomas Gustavsson, Elodie Lazzarotto et Dimitra Markovitsi
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 9, 5143-5148 (2007).

Fluorescence of the DNA double helix (dA)₂₀^.(dT)₂₀ studied by femtosecond spectroscopy – effect of the duplex size on the properties of the excited states
Delphine Onidas, Thomas Gustavsson, Elodie Lazzarotto et Dimitra Markovitsi
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, 9644-9650 (2007).

Excited states and energy transfer among DNA bases in double helices
Dimitra Markovitsi, Thomas Gustavsson et Francis Talbot
Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 6, 717-724 (2007).

Solvent effects on the steady-state absorption and emission spectra of the three pyrimidine bases uracil, thymine and 5-fluorouracil
Thomas Gustavsson, Nilmoni Sarkar, Ákos Bányász, Dimitra Markovitsi et Roberto Improta
Photochemistry and Photobiology, 83, 595-599 (2007)

2006

Solvent effect on the singlet excited state lifetimes of nucleic acid bases: a computational study of 5-fluorouracil and uracil in acetonitrile and water
Fabrizio Santoro, Vincenzo Barone, Thomas Gustavsson et Roberto Improta
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128, 16312 (2006).

Singlet excited state dynamics of uracil and thymine derivatives. A femtosecond fluorescence upconversion study in acetonitrile
Thomas Gustavsson, Nilmoni Sarkar, Elodie Lazzarotto, Dimitra Markovitsi et Roberto Improta
Chemical Physics Letters, 429, 551 (2006).

UVB/UVC induced processes in model DNA helices studied by time-resolved spectroscopy: pitfalls and tricks
Dimitra Markovitsi, Delphine Onidas, Francis Talbot, Sylvie Marguet, Thomas Gustavsson et Elodie Lazzarotto
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 183, 1 (2006).

Solvent effect on the singlet excited state dynamics of 5‑fluorouracil in acetonitrile as compared to water
Thomas Gustavsson, Nilmoni Sarkar, Elodie Lazzarotto, Dimitra Markovitsi, Vincenzo Barone et Roberto Improta
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110, 12843 (2006).

Femtosecond spectroscopic study of carminic acid-DNA interactions
R. Comanici, B. Gabel, T. Gustavsson, D. Markovitsi, C. Cornaggia, S. Pommeret, C. Rusu et C. Kryschi
Chemical Physics, 325, 509-518 (2006).

2005

Collective behavior of Franck-Condon excited states and energy transfer in DNA double helices
Dimitra Markovitsi, Delphine Onidas, Thomas Gustavsson, Francis Talbot et Elodie Lazzarotto
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127, 17130-17131 (2005).

2004

Cooperative effects in the photophysical properties of self-associated triguanosine diphosphates
Dimitra Markovitsi, Thomas Gustavsson and Alexei Sharonov
Photochemistry and Photobiology, 79, 526-530 (2004)

2003

Cytosine excited state dynamics studied by femtosecond spectroscopy
Alexei Sharonov, Thomas Gustavsson, Vincent Carré, Eric Renault et Dimitra Markovitsi
Chemical Physics Letters, 380, 173-180 (2003).

Photophysical properties of 5-methylcytosine
Alexei Sharonov, Thomas Gustavsson, Sylvie Marguet et Dimitra Markovitsi
Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 2, 362-364 (2003).

The effect of molecular organisation in DNA oligomers studied by femtosecond fluorescence spectroscopy
D. Markovitsi, A. Sharonov, D. Onidas et T. Gustavsson
ChemPhysChem, 3, 303-305 (2003).

Rotational diffusion of the 7-diethylamino-4-methylcoumarin C1 dye molecule in polar protic and aprotic solvents
T. Gustavsson, S. Marguet, L. Cassara, G. Gurzadyan, P. Van der Meulen, S. Pommeret et J. C. Mialocq
Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 2, 329-341 (2003)

2002

Fluorescence properties of DNA nucleosides and nucleotides: a refined steady-state and femtosecond investigation
D. Onidas, D. Markovitsi, S. Marguet, A. Sharonov et T. Gustavsson
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106, 11367-11374 (2002).

Adenine, deoxyadenosine and deoxyadenosine 5′-monophosphate studied by femtosecond fluorescence upconversion spectroscopy
T. Gustavsson, A. Sharonov, D. Onidas et D. Markovitsi
Chemical Physics Letters, 356, 49-54 (2002)

Thymine, thymidine and thymidine 5′-monophosphate studied by femtosecond fluorescence upconversion spectroscopy
T. Gustavsson, A. Sharonov et D. Markovitsi
Chemical Physics Letters, 351, 195-200 (2002)

Dipolar coupling between electronic transitions of DNA bases and its relevance for exciton states in double helices
B. Bouvier, T. Gustavsson, D. Markovitsi et P. Millié
Chemical Physics, 275, 75-92 (2002)

Excitation relaxation in films of dipolar N,N Dimethylaminobenzylidene 1,3 indandione (DMABI) molecules
S. Jursenas, V. Gulbinas, T. Gustavsson, S. Pommeret, J.-C. Mialocq et L. Valkunas
Chemical Physics, 275, 231-242 (2002)

2001

Electron Transfer and Solvation in 9,9′-Bianthryl and Derivatives: A sub-ps Fluorescence Upconversion Study
Martin Jurczok, Thomas Gustavsson, Jean-Claude Mialocq et Wolfgang Rettig
Chemical Physics Letters, 344, 357-366 (2001)

Excitation dynamics in solutions, films and crystals of indandione-1,3 pyridinium betaine

S. Jursenas, V. Kovalevskij, V. Gulbinas, A. Gruodis, G. Kodis, I. Muzikante, T. Gustavsson, J. C. Mialocq et L. Valkunas
Molecular Crystals Liquid Crystals, 355, 105-126 (2001)

The fluorescence properties of the phenylated fullerenes C₇₀Ph₄, C₇₀Ph₆, C₇₀Ph₈, and C₇₀Ph₁₀ in room temperature solutions

Martin Schwell, Thomas Gustavsson, Sylvie Marguet, Benoit de la Vaissière, Norbert K. Wachter, Paul R. Birkett, Jean-Claude Mialocq et Sydney Leach
Chemical Physics Letters, 350, 33-38 (2001)