Recent Publications

Balancing O₂ Consumption and Monomer Evaporation to Tune Alkene Polymerization in Protective Coatings
Zhang, Klement, J.M.B., den Besten, H., Eijsink, L.E., Hage, R.,Lynn Jr., N.S., Browne, W.R., Langmuir 2026, in press

Excited-State Branching in Optovin: Resolving the Photophysics of a Gene-Free Optopharmacological Tool
Brouwer, J.Q., Cook A, Ashworth E. K., Fatima, A., Siddiqui, K. M., Chambrier, I., Cammidge, A. N., Chakraborty, P., Browne, W. R., Meech, S. R., Bull, J. N., J.Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, in press

Late-stage electrosynthesis of sulfoxide metabolites from phenothiazine-based antipsychotic drugs
Asra, R., Browne, W. R., Male, L. L., Jones, A. M., Org. & Biomol. Chem., 2026

Electrochemically Induced Acidochromism at Poly-Spiropyran-Modified Electrodes
Kortekaas, L., Browne, W. R., ChemPhotoChem, 2026, 10(10), e70292

Competition between Oxygen Atom Transfer from a non-Heme N4-Coordinated Fe(IV)=O to styrene and water accelerated comproportionation
Zhang, Y., Di Berto Mancini, M., Meindertsma, I., Padamati, S., de Roo, C. M., Hage, R., Browne, W., Inorg. Chem. 2026, 65, 3, 2002-2011

Internal reference for determining liquid crystal orientation at alignment layers in liquid crystal cells by confocal polarised Raman microscopy 
Feringa, R., Klement, J.M.B., Sears, J.S.,  van der Zaag, P.J. Browne W.R., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2026,28, 5337-5344

Redirecting Excited-State Proton Transfer Through Supramolecular Polymerization in Nanoconfinement
Pantaleone, L.C., Hutchings, R., Reus, B., Martinelli, J., Lasorsa, A., van der Wel, P. C. A., Stuart, M.C.A., Browne, W. R., Kudernac, T., Angew. Chem. 2026, e7594145

Ligand driven heterolytic O–O bond cleavage in a non-haem phenolato-Fe(III)–OOH complex to yield a formal Fe(V)=O intermediate
Duijnstee, D.R., Di Berto Mancini, M., de Roo, C.M., Unjaroen, D., Tromp, M., Hage, R., Browne, W.R., Swart, M. Dalton, 2025, 38, 14566-14577. 

Realising the ambivalent nature of H₂O₂ in oxidation catalysis - its dual role as an oxidant and a substrate
Frontier article: de Roo, C. M., Di Berto Mancini, M., Browne, W.R. Dalton, 2025, 54, 10207-10215

Generation of [(N4Py)Fe(IV)═O]²⁺through Heterolytic O–O Bond Cleavage in [(N4Py)Fe(II)(OOH)]⁺
Chen, J., Sardjan, A.S., de Roo, C. M., Di Berto Mancini, M., Draksharapu, A., Angelone, D., Hage, R., Swart, M., Browne, W.R., Inorg. Chem. 64, 19, 9408–9417

Seeing an Unobservable Fe(III)/Fe(IV) Redox Process of the Nonheme Iron N4Py Complex by High-Speed Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroelectrochemistry
de Roo, C.M., Klement, W.J.N., Duijnstee, D.R., Staykov, A., Browne, W.R., Inorg. Chem 64, 10549–10557

Dependence of O₂Depletion on Transition Metal Catalyst in Radical Polymerization of Cross-Linking Alkene Resins
den Besten, H., Zhang, Y., Eijsink, L. E., Sardjan, A.S., Volker, A., Browne, W.R., Inorg. Chem. 2025, 64, 7716–7725

A Transient, Highly Reactive Fe(IV)═O Species Revealed Through the Interference by O² in the Activation of Organic Peracids by [(N₄Py)Fe(II)]²⁺
Di Berto Mancini, M., de Roo, M., Sardjan, A.S., Hage R., Olivo, G., Lanzalunga, O., Swart, M., Browne, W. R., ACS Catalysis, 2025, 15, 9, 7482–7495

Ammoxidation of Unprotected Glycosides: A One‐Pot Conversion of Alcohols to Nitriles
Haaksma, J.J., Kaniraj, J.P., Opielak, W.M., van Egmond, J., de Roo, C. M., Browne, W. R., Minnaard, A. J., Witte, M.D., Chem. Eur. J. 2025, 31, e202500796

Photochemical Surface Degradation in Spiropyran based Films
Feringa, R, Martinelli, J., Browne, W.R., ChemPhotoChem, 2025, e202400382

Mobility of thiolates on Au(111) surfaces
Duijnstee, D.R, Tromp, M.,  Browne, W.R., Staykov, A., PCCP, 2025, 27, 4892-4904

Exploring Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Pyrazine-2-Carbonitrile for Indirect Label-Free Albumin Quantification in an In Vitro Endothelium Permeability Assay
Klement, W.J.N., Duijnstee, Telle, V., D.R, Staykov, A., Browne, W.R., Verpoorte, E., Analytical Chemistry, 2025, 97, 4075–4083

Electrochemical Flow Reactors: Mass Transport, iR Drop, and Membrane-Free Performance with In-Line Analysis
Klement, W.J.N. Savino. E., Rooijmans, S., Mulder, P.P.M.F.A., Lynn Jr., N. S., Browne, W.R., Verpoorte, E. ACS Electrochemistry, 2025, 1, 504–515

CMOS and CCD Detection in Raman Spectroscopy: A Comparison Using Spontaneous and Multiplex Coherent Anti‐Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS)
Klement,  W.J.N., Leproux, P., Browne, W. R., Kano, H. J. Raman Spec. 2025 56, 933-938

ms-Time Resolution Raman Spectroscopy Using sCMOS Cameras
Carpenter, A. P., Goulden, J., Varagnat, A., Klement, N., Browne, W. R., Kano, H. SPIE, 2025 1334807.

Systematic comparison of fluorescence imaging in the near-infrared and shortwave-infrared spectral range using clinical tumor samples containing cetuximab-IRDye800CW
Keizers, B., Nijboer, T.S., van der Fels, C.A.M., Browne, W. R., van der Zaag, P. J., J. Biomedical Optics, 2025, 30, S13708

Electronic Coupling in Triferrocenylpnictogens 
Stoian, C., Al Hussein, F., Browne, W.R., Hupf, E., Beckmann, J. ACS Organic & Inorganic Au, 2024, 4, 545–556

Substituent effects on first generation photochemical molecular motors probed by femtosecond stimulated Raman 
Roy, P., Sardjan, A. S., Danowski, W., Browne, W. R., Feringa, B. L., Meech, S. R. J. Chem. Phys. 2024 161, 074504

Exerting pulling forces in fluids by directional disassembly of microcrystalline fibres
Pantaleone, L.C., Calicchia, E., Martinelli, J., M. C. A. Stuart,  M. C. A., Lopatina, Y.Y., Browne, W.R, Portale, G., Tych, K. M., Kudernac, T.
Nature Nanotechnology, 2024, 19, 1507–1513

Role of non-redox innocent ligand units in the oxidation of alcohols with H₂O₂ catalyzed by μ-oxido-diiron(III) bis-phenolato polypyridyl complexes
Unjaroen, D., Duijnstee, D.R., Di Berto Mancini, M., Chen, J., Hage R., Swart, M., Browne, W.R. J. Inorg. Biochem., 2024, 260, 112698

In-line Raman imaging of mixing by herringbone grooves in microfluidic channels
Klement, W.J.N., Savino, E., Browne, W.R., Verpoorte, E.J.M., Lab Chip, 2024, 24, 3498-3507

Effect of monodentate heterocycle co-ligands on the μ-1,2-peroxo-diiron(III) mediated aldehyde deformylation reactions
Török, P., Lakk-Bogáth, D., Unjaroen, D., Browne, W.R., Kaizer, J. J. Inorg. Biochem., 2024, 258, 112620

Activation of alkyl hydroperoxides by manganese complexes of tmtacn for initiation of radical polymerisation of alkenes  Eijsink, L.E., Sardjan, A.S., Sinnema,  E., den Besten, H.,  Zhang, Y.,  Hage, R.,  van den Berg, K.J., Flapper,  J.,  Feringa, B.L., Browne, W.R., Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024,14, 2423-2433

Reaction of (N4Py)Fe with H₂O₂ and the relevance of its Fe(IV)=O species during and after H₂O₂ disproportionation
de Roo, C.M., Sardjan, A., Postmus, R., Swart, M., Hage, R., Browne W.R. ChemCatChem, 2024, 16, e202301594

Excited State Dynamics in Unidirectional Photochemical Molecular Motors
Roy, P., Sardjan, A.S., Browne, W.R., Feringa, B.L., Meech, S.R, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 12255–12270

Formylation boosts the performance of light-driven overcrowded alkene-derived rotary molecular motors
Sheng, J, Danowski, Wojciech, Sardjan, A. S., Hou, J., Crespi, S., Ryabchun, A. Domínguez, M. P., Buma, W.J., Browne, W. R., Feringa, B. L., Nature Chemistry, 2024, 16, 1330–1338

Ultrafast motion in a third generation photomolecular motor
Roy, P., Browne, W.R., Feringa, B.L., Meech, S.R. Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 1253

Backward multiplex coherent anti-Stokes Raman (CARS) spectroscopic imaging with electron-multiplying CCD (EM-CCD) camera, Murakami, Y., Yoshimura, M., Klement, W.J.N., Oda, A., Sakamoto, R., Yakabe, M, Matsumoto, A., Oketani, R., Leproux, P., Ikenouchi, J., Browne, W.R., Kano, Hideaki, OSA Continuum, 2023, 2, 2044 - 2054

Control of Photoconversion Yield in Unidirectional Photomolecular Motors by Push–Pull Substituents

Roy, P.; Sardjan, A.S.; Danowski, W.; Browne, W.R.; Feringa, B. L.; Meech, S. R., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 36, 19849–19855

Selective Analysis of Redox Processes at the Electrode Interface with Time-Resolved Raman Spectroscopy

Klement, W.J.N., Steen, J.D, Browne, W.R., Langmuir, 2023, 39, 10383–10394

Formation of substituted dioxanes in the oxidation of gum arabic with periodate

Siebe, H; Sardjan, A; Maßmann, S; Eisink, N; Flapper, J; van den Berg, K; Kentgens, A; Feringa, B; Kumar, A; Browne, W R., Green Chemistry, 2023, 25, 4058-4066

Reversible Deactivation of Manganese Catalysts in Alkene Oxidation and H2O2 Disproportionation

Kasper, J. B., Vicens, L., de Roo, C., Hage, R., Costas, M., Browne, W.R. ACS Catalysis, 2 2023, 13, 6403–6415

Molecular switching on surfaces

Steen, J.D., Duijnstee, D.R., Browne, W.R., Surface Science Reports, 2023, 78, 100596 

A Common Active Intermediate in the Oxidation of Alkenes, Alcohols and Alkanes with H2O2 and a Mn(II)/Pyridin-2-Carboxylato Catalyst

Kasper, J.B., Saisaha, P., de Roo, M., Groen, M.J., Vicens, L, Borrell, M., de Boer, J.W., Hage, R., Costas, M.C, Browne, W.R., ChemCatChem, 2023, e202201072

Photophysical and electrochemical properties of meso-tetrathien-2′-yl porphyrins compared to meso-tetraphenylporphyrin

O'Neill, J. S., Boyle, N. M., Thayse, M. P.; Heintz, K., Browne, W. R., Quilty, B., Pryce, M.T., J. Photochem. Photobio. A: Chem 2023, 4381, 114573

Ultrafast motion in a third generation photomolecular motor

Roy, P., Browne, W.R., Feringa, B.L., Meech, S.R. Nature Communications 2023,14, Article No. 1253

In situ EPR and Raman spectroscopy in the curing of bis-methacrylate-styrene resins
Eijsink, L. E, Sardjan, A. S., Sinnema, E. G, den Besten, H, van Den Berg, K. J., Flapper, J., Van Gemert, R., Feringa, B.L., Browne, W. R. In: RSC Advances 2022, 12, 2537-2548.

pH-Induced Changes in the SERS Spectrum of Thiophenol at Gold Electrodes during Cyclic Voltammetry
Steen, J. D., Volker, A., Duijnstee, D. R., Sardjan, A. S., Browne, W. R., J. Phys. Chem. C 126, 17, 7680-7687.

Single wavelength colour tuning of spiropyran and dithienylethene based photochromic coatings
Feringa, R., Siebe, H. S., Klement, W. J. N., Steen, J. D., Browne, W. R., Materials Advances. 3, 1, 282-289

Photoactive Fe Catalyst for Light-Triggered Alkyd Paint Curing
Bootsma, J., Browne, W. R., Flapper, J., Bruin, B. D., JACS Au. 2, 2, 531–540 

Photoswitchable architecture transformation of a DNA-hybrid assembly at the microscopic and macroscopic scale
Simeth, N. A., de Mendoza, P., Dubach, V. R. A., Stuart, M. C. A., Smith, J. W., Kudernac, T., Browne, W. R. & Feringa, B. L., 2-Mar-2022, In: Chemical Science. 13, 11, p. 3263-3272 10 p.

Dissociative Ligand Field-Based Photochemistry in Organometallic Compounds
Browne, W. R. & Chen, J., 2022, Springer Handbook of Inorganic Photochemistry. Bahnemann, D. & Patrocinio, A. O. T. (eds.). Springer, p. 447-458 12 p. (Springer Handbooks).

Light-driven molecular motors embedded in covalent organic frameworks
Staehler, C., Grunenberg, L., Terban, M. W., Browne, W. R., Doellerer, D., Kathan, M., Etter, M., Lotsch, B., Feringa, B. L., Krause, S., Chem. Sci. 2022 13, 8253-8264 13.

Cooperative light-induced breathing of soft porous crystals via azobenzene buckling
Krause, S., Evans, J. D., Bon, V., Crespi, S., Danowski, W., Browne, W. R., Ehrling, S., Walenszus, F., Wallacher, D., Grimm, N., Többens, D. M., Weiss, M. S., Kaskel, S., Feringa, B. L., Nature Commun. 13, 2022, 1951.

Stereodivergent Chirality Transfer by Noncovalent Control of Disulfide Bonds
Zhang, Q., Crespi, S., Toyoda, R., Costil, R., Browne, W. R., Qu, D-H., Tian, H., Feringa, B. L., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022 144, 4376-4382.

A nonheme peroxo-diiron(iii) complex exhibiting both nucleophilic and electrophilic oxidation of organic substrates Torok, P., Unjaroen, D., Viktoria Csendes, F., Giorgi, M., Browne, W. R., Kaizer, J., Dalton Trans. 2021 50, 7181–7185.

Electrochemical Ring-Opening and -Closing of a Spiropyran Steen, J. D., Duijnstee, D. R., Sardjan, A. S., Martinelli, J., Kortekaas, L., Jacquemin, D., Browne, W. R.,  J. Phys. Chem. A.  2021, 125, 16, 3355–3361

Engineering the Oxidative Potency of Non-Heme Iron(IV) Oxo Complexes in Water for C-H Oxidation by a cis Donor and Variation of the Second Coordination Sphere Wegeberg, C., Skavenborg, M. L., Liberato, A., McPherson, J. N., Browne, W. R., Hedegard, E. D. & McKenzie, C. J., 1-Feb-2021, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 60, 3, p. 1975-1984 10 p.

Excited State Structure Correlates with Efficient Photoconversion in Unidirectional Motors Roy, P., Sardjan, A. S., Cnossen, A., Browne, W. R., Feringa, B. L. & Meech, S. R., 8-Apr-2021, In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 12, 13, p. 3367-3372 6 p.
Filter paper based SERS substrate for the direct detection of analytes in complex matricesSiebe, H. S., Chen, Q., Li, X., Xu, Y., Browne, W. R. & Bell, S. E. J., 21-Feb-2021, In: Analyst. 146, 4, p. 1281-1288 8 p.

Iron Tetrasulfonatophthalocyanine-Catalyzed Starch Oxidation Using H2O2: Interplay between Catalyst Activity, Selectivity, and Stability Genuino, H. C., Meinds, T. G., Broekman, J. O. P., Staal, M., Brinksma, J., Wielema, T., Picchioni, F., Browne, W. R., Deuss, P. J. & Heeres, H. J., 1-Jun-2021, In: ACS Omega. 6, 21, p. 13847-13857 11 p.

Isolation of a Ru(IV) side-on peroxo intermediate in the water oxidation reaction Casadevall, C., Martin-Diaconescu, V., Browne, W. R., Fernandez, S., Franco, F., Cabello, N., Benet-Buchholz, J., Lassalle-Kaiser, B. & Lloret-Fillol, J., Aug-2021, In: Nature Chemistry. 13, p. 800-804 6 p.
Mechanisms in manganese oxidation catalysis with 1,4,7-triazacyclononane based ligands Kasper, J. B., Steen, J. D., Hage, R. & Browne, W. R., Jan-2021, Recent Highlights I. Hubbard, C. D. & van Eldik, R. (eds.). ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, p. 143-182 40 p. (Advances in Inorganic Chemistry; vol. 78).

Off-line analysis in the manganese catalysed epoxidation of ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM) with hydrogen peroxide De Roo, C. M., Kasper, J. B., Van Duin, M., Mecozzi, F. & Browne, W., 14-Sep-2021, In: RSC Advances. 11, 51, p. 32505-32512 8 p.
Photophysics of First-Generation Photomolecular Motors: Resolving Roles of Temperature, Friction, and Medium Polarity Roy, P., Sardjan, A. S., Danowski, W., Browne, W. R., Feringa, B. L. & Meech, S. R., 4-Mar-2021, In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry. A: Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment, & General Theory. 125, 8, p. 1711-1719 9 p.

Photoresponsive porous materials Danowski, W., van Leeuwen, T., Browne, W. R. & Feringa, B. L., 7-Jan-2021, In: Nanoscale advances. 3, 1, p. 24-40 17 p.

Three-State Switching of an Anthracene Extended Bis-thiaxanthylidene with a Highly Stable Diradical State Wonink, M. B. S., Corbet, B. P., Kulago, A. A., Boursalian, G. B., De Bruin, B., Otten, E., Browne, W. R. & Feringa, B. L., 3-Nov-2021, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143, 43, p. 18020-18028 9 p.

Emergence of light-driven protometabolism on recruitment of a photocatalytic cofactor by a self-replicator Monreal Santiago, G., Liu, K., Browne, W. R., Otto, S., Nature Chem. 2020 12, 7, 603-607.

Impact of binding to the multidrug resistance regulator protein LmrR on the photo-physics and -chemistry of photosensitizers Mejias, S. H., Roelfes, G., Browne, W. R., PPCP 2020, 22, 12228-12238

Noncommutative Switching of Double Spiropyrans Kortekaas, L., Steen, J. D., Duijnstee, D. R., Jacquemin, D. & Browne, W. R., J. Phys. Chem. A. 2020, 124, 32, 6458-6467.

O-2 Activation by Non-Heme Thiolate-Based Dinuclear Fe Complexes Gennari, M., Wang, L., Reinhard, F. G. C., Padamati, S. K., Philouze, C., Flot, D., Demeshko, S., Browne, W. R., Meyer, F., de Visser, S. P., Duboc, C., Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 3249-3259

Ultrafast Excited State Dynamics in a First Generation Photomolecular Motor Sardjan, A. S., Roy, P., Danowski, W., Bressan, G., Nunes dos Santos Comprido, L., Browne, W. R., Feringa, B. L., Meech, S. R., ChemPhysChem. 2020, 21, 594-599.

Visible-Light-Driven Rotation of Molecular Motors in a Dual-Function Metal-Organic Framework Enabled by Energy Transfer Danowski, W., Castiglioni, F., Sardjan, A. S., Krause, S., Pfeifer, L., Roke, D., Comotti, A., Browne, W. R., Feringa, B. L., J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 2020, 142, 19, 9048-9056.