ETSU Publications
ETSU graduate and undergraduate authors indicated
Alqahtani, N. Z.; Blevins, T. G.; McCusker, C. E. Quantifying Triplet State Formation in Zinc Dipyrrin Complexes. J. Phys. Chem. A 2019 DOI:10.1021/acs.jpca.9b08682
Brown, A. M.; McCusker, C. E.; Carey, M. C.; Blanco-Rodríguez, A. M.; Towrie, M.; Clark, I. P.; Vlček, A.; McCusker, J. K. Vibrational Relaxation and Redistribution Dynamics in Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl-Based Charge-Transfer Excited States: A Combined Ultrafast Electronic and Infrared Absorption Study. J. Phys. Chem. A 2018, 122, 7941–7953.
Garakyaraghi, S.; McCusker, C. E.; Khan, S.; Koutnik, P.; Bui, A. T.; Castellano, F. N. Enhancing the Visible-Light Absorption and Excited-State Properties of Cu(I) MLCT Excited States. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 2296–2307.
Razgoniaev, A. O.; McCusker, C. E.; Castellano, F. N.; Ostrowski, A. D. Restricted Photoinduced Conformational Change in the Cu(I) Complex for Sensing Mechanical Properties. ACS Macro Lett. 2017, 6, 920–924.
Select Postdoctoral and Graduate Publications
McCusker, C. E.; Castellano, F. N. Efficient Visible to Near-UV Photochemical Upconversion Sensitized by a Long Lifetime Cu(I) MLCT Complex. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 6035–6042.
Brown, A. M.; McCusker, C. E.; McCusker, J. K. Spectroelectrochemical Identification of Charge-Transfer Excited States in Transition Metal-Based Polypyridyl Complexes. Dalt. Trans. 2014, 43, 17635–17646.
Khnayzer, R. S.; McCusker, C. E.; Olaiya, B. S.; Castellano, F. N. Robust Cuprous Phenanthroline Sensitizer for Solar Hydrogen Photocatalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 14068–14070.
McCusker, C. E.; Castellano, F. N. Design of a Long-Lifetime, Earth-Abundant, Aqueous Compatible Cu(I) Photosensitizer Using Cooperative Steric Effects. Inorg. Chem. 2013 , 52 , 8114–8120.
Yarnell, J. E.; Deaton, J. C.; McCusker, C. E.; Castellano, F. N. Bidirectional “Ping-Pong” Energy Transfer and 3000-Fold Lifetime Enhancement in a Re(I) Charge Transfer Complex. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 7820–7830.
McCusker, C. E.; McCusker, J. K. Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of CN-Substituted Bipyridyl Complexes of Ru(II). Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 1656–1669.