Tao Wu, PhD
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Selected papers
Molecular Properties of 3d and 4f Coordination Compounds Deciphered by Raman Optical Activity Spectroscopy
ChemPlusChem 88 (9): e202300385 (2023)
Molecular properties of coordination compounds can be efficiently studied by vibrational spectroscopy. The scope of Raman spectroscopy has been greatly enhanced by the introduction of Raman optical activity (ROA) sensitive to chirality. The present review describes some of its recent applications to study the coordination compounds. 3d and 4f metal complexes often absorb the excitation light, or exhibit luminescence. Therefore, effects caused in ROA spectra by electronic circular dichroism (ECD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) must be taken into consideration. 3d metal complexes often absorb the excitation laser radiation, and ECD and circularly-polarized Raman scattering compete with the resonance ROA (RROA) signal. Pure RROA spectrum can thus be obtained by subtracting the so-called ECD-Raman component. CPL is frequently encountered in 4f systems. While it can mask the ROA spectra, it is useful to study molecular structure. These electronic effects can be reduced by…
A Raman optical activity spectrometer can sensitively detect lanthanide circularly polarized luminescence
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 24 (26): 15672–15686 (2022)
Applications of chiroptical spectroscopy to coordination compounds
Coordination Chemistry Reviews 284: 1-18 (2015)
Latest publications
Raman optical activity study of deuterated sugars: deuterium labelling as a tool for structural analysis
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 26 (32): 21568-21574 (2024)
Phosphorylation site of L-alanyl-L-glutamine identified by Raman optical activity spectroscopy
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 320: 124587 (2024)
The Stability of Hydrogen-Bonded Ion-Pair Complex Unexpectedly Increases with Increasing Solvent Polarity
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 63 (20): e202403218 (2024)
Molecular Vibrations in Chiral Europium Complexes Revealed by Near-Infrared Raman Optical Activity
Advanced Science 11 (1): 2305521 (2024)