Publications by Cristina Consani

A cascade through spin states in the ultrafast haem relaxation of met-myoglobin

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Cristina Consani, Gerald Auböck, Olivier Christian Bräm

We report on a study of the early relaxation processes of met-Myoglobin in aqueous solution, using a combination of ultrafast broadband fluorescence detection and transient absorption with a broad UV-visible continuum probe at different pump energies. Reco ...

American Institute of Physics2014

Ultrafast Tryptophan-to-Heme Electron Transfer in Myoglobins Revealed by UV 2D Spectroscopy

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Cristina Consani, Gerald Auböck

Tryptophan is commonly used to study protein structure and dynamics, such as protein folding, as a donor in fluorescence resonant energy transfer (FRET) studies. By using ultra-broadband ultrafast two-dimensional (2D) spectroscopy in the ultraviolet (UV) a ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science2013

Ultraviolet transient absorption, transient grating and photon echo studies of aqueous tryptophan

Majed Chergui, Andrea Cannizzo, Cristina Consani, Ahmad Ajdar Zadeh Oskouei, Olivier Christian Bräm

We compare UV transient grating (TG) experiments of aqueous tryptophan with transient absorption (TA) and fluorescence up-conversion measurements. The TG and TA signals show a bi-exponential rise with sub-ps and ps time constants, which are consistent with ...

Elsevier2013

Energy transfer and relaxation mechanisms in Cytochrome c

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Andrea Cannizzo, Cristina Consani, Olivier Christian Bräm

Using broadband UV-vis femtosecond transient absorption and fluorescence up-conversion, we investigate the interaction between the haem moiety of ferric and ferrous Horse heart Cytochrome c and its single Tryptophan (Trp) residue and the energy dissipation ...

Elsevier2012

Ultrabroadband femtosecond two-dimensional ultraviolet transient absorption

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Cristina Consani, Gerald Auböck

We present a broadband two-dimensional transient absorption setup for the UV around 300 nm with a time resolution of 150 fs. A narrowband, frequency tunable pump pulse and a broadband probe pulse are generated from the output of a noncollinear optical para ...

Optical Society of America2012

Ultrafast One- and Two-Dimensional UV Transient Absorption Spectroscopy of Haem Proteins

Cristina Consani

Proteins are dynamic macromolecules, which accomplish biological function driven by long-range interactions and global motions. While their biological function is often clear, little is known about the collective interactions which make these systems real ...

EPFL2012

Femtosecond pump/supercontinuum-probe setup with 20 kHz repetition rate

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Andrea Cannizzo, Cristina Consani, Gerald Auböck, Roberto Monni

We developed a fast multichannel detection system for pump-probe spectroscopy, capable of detecting single shot super-continuum spectra at the repetition rate (10-50 kHz) of an amplified femtosecond laser system. By tandem pumping the amplifier with three ...

Amer Inst Physics2012

Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics of Rhenium(I) Photosensitizers [Re(Cl)(CO)(3)(N,N)] and [Re(imidazole)(CO)(3)(N,N)](+): Diimine Effects

Majed Chergui, Andrea Cannizzo, Amal El Nahhas, Cristina Consani, Olivier Christian Bräm

Femto- to picosecond excited-state dynamics of the complexes Re(L)(CO)(3)(N,N) (N,N = bpy, phen, 4,7-dimethyl-phen (dmp); L = Cl, n = 0; L = imidazole, n = 1+) were investigated using fluorescence up-conversion, transient absorption in the 650-285 nm ...

2011

Origin of electronic absorption spectra of MLCT-excited and one-electron reduced 2,2 '-bipyridine and 1,10-phenanthroline complexes

Majed Chergui, Andrea Cannizzo, Amal El Nahhas, Cristina Consani

UV-Vis absorption spectra of one-electron reduction products and (MLCT)-M-3 excited states of [(ReCl)-Cl-I(CO)(3)-(N, N)] (N, N = 2,2'-bipyridine, bpy; 1,10-phenanthroline, phen) have been measured by low-temperature spectroelectrochemistry and UV-Vis tran ...

Elsevier2011

Femtosecond UV Studies of the Electronic Relaxation Processes in Cytochrome c

Majed Chergui, Andrea Cannizzo, Cristina Consani, Olivier Christian Bräm

We report on an experimental study with UV and visible ultrafast time-gated emission and transient absorption of the early photodynamics of horse heart Cytochrome c in both ferric and ferrous redox states. A clear separation in time and energy of tryptopha ...

2011