Publications

Thesis defended:

• Alexia Ripak : Exploring the molecular interactions behind light induced reactions using transition-metal photosensitizers: a cage escape study ?

  Date defended : October 8th 2025

Articles published in peer-reviewed journals:

• F. Glaser,* G. M. Beneventi, A. Cadranel,* L. Troian-Gautier,* Beyond Simple Doublet-Triplet Energy Transfer: A Geminate Charge-Recombination Pathway Populates the Microsecond-Lived Dark State of an Iron-Anthracene Molecular Dyad, ACS Cent. Sci., 2025, 11, 1870-1881.
• P. Li, C. Bourgois, F. Glaser, S. De Kreijger, A. Cadranel, L. Troian-Gautier,* K. Hu,* Outcompeting Thermodynamics: Ion-Pairing and Coulombic Interactions to Trigger Perfluoroacetate Intra-Ionic Photo-Oxidation for Perfluoroalkylation Reactions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 12082-12091.
• F. Glaser,* S. De Kreijger,  L. Troian-Gautier,* Two Birds, One Stone: Microsecond Dark Excited-State Lifetime and Large Cage Escape Yield Afforded by an Iron-Anthracene Molecular Dyad, J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 2025, 147, 8559-8567.
• S. De Kreijger, F. Glaser, L. Troian-Gautier,* From Photons to Reactions: Key Concepts in Photoredox Catalysis, Chem Catalysis, 2024, NA, 101110.
• A. Ripak, A. K. Vega Salgado, D. Pires Valverde, S. Cristofaro, A. de Gary, Y. Olivier,* B. Elias,* L. Troian-Gautier,* Factors Controlling Cage Escape Yields of Closed- and Open-Shell Metal Complexes in Bimolecular Photoinduced Electron Transfer, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 22818-22828.
• M. J. Goodwin, J. C. Dickenson, A. Ripak; J. S. MacCarthy, A. M. Deetz, L. Troian-Gautier,* G. J. Meyer,* Factors that Impact Photochemical Cage Escape Yields, Chem. Rev., 2024, 124, 7379-7464.
• S. De Kreijger, A. Ripak, B. Elias,* L. Troian-Gautier,* Investigation of the Excited-State Electron Transfer and Cage-Escape Yields Between Halides and a Fe(III) Photosensitizer, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024,  146, 10286-10292.

Oral presentations at conferences with a scientific selection committee:

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, From Geminate Pairs to Solar Fues: Mechanistic Insights Driving Next-Generation Iron Photocatalysts, December 10th, 2025, Invited Lecture, Tongji University, China.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Inorganic Photosensitizers as Tools for Steering Photochemical Reactivity and Selectivity, November 17th, 2025, Invited Lecture, KULeuven, Belgium.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Controlling Reactivity and Product Formation of Dark and Luminescent Excited States, November 6th, 2025, Invited Lecture, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Improved Excited-State Reactivity of a Novel Iron-B(Mes)2 Photosensitizer for Solar Fuels Formation and Photoredox Catalysis, Main-Group Elements Reactivity Conference (MGERC), Namur, Belgium.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Novel Concepts to Outcompete Thermodynamic and Favor Cage Escape Yields in Bimolecular Electron Transfer Reactions, July 14th, 2025, 32nd International Conference on Photochemistry (ICP), Aachen, Germany.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Recent Progress in the Understanding and Improvement of Cage Escape Processes Using Transition Metal Photosensitizers, July 9th, 2025, 26th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds (ISPPCC), Milazzo, Italy.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Recent Advances in Controlling Excited-State Reactivity and Product Formation Using Iron-Based Photosensitizers, May 22nd, 2025, Invited Lecture, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Tuning Excited-State Reactivity of Iron-Based Photosensitizers for Solar Fuels Formation, April 23rd, 2025, Invited Lecture, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Germany.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Halide Oxidation in Aqueous Solutions Using Fe(III) and Ir(III) Photosensitizers, March 23-25, 2025, ACS Global Virtual Symposia, Invited Talk, Online ACS meeting.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Placing the Magnifying Glass on Geminate Charge Recombination and Cage Escape Processes, February 5th, 2025, Invited Lecture, Uppsala University, Sweden.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Factors Affecting Cage-Escape Processes and How to Benefit From Them, February 4th, 2025, Invited Lecture, Lund University, Sweden.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, “Two Birds, One Stone” How to Control Excited-State Lifetime and Cage Escape Yields Using Iron(III) Photosensitizers, January 22nd, 2025, Invited Lecture, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Tips and Tricks to Control Excited-State Reactivity of Iron(III) Photosensitizers, November 27th, 2024, Invited Lecture, Fudan University, China.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Mechanistic Photoredox Catalysis: Placing the Magnifying Glass on Geminate Charge Recombination and Cage Escape Processes, September 16-18, 2024, 29th Lecture Conference on Photochemistry, Mainz, Germany.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Basic Principles and Considerations in Light Induced Reactivity for Catalysis and Energy Conversion, July 12th 2024, Fudan University, China.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Time-Resolved and Steady-State Spectroscopy to the Rescue: Mechanistic Investigation of Photoredox Transformations, February 28th 2024, Physical Organic Chemistry Webinars.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Design Principles to Control the Cage-Escape Yields in Bimolecular Excited-State Reactivity of Transition Metal-Based Photosensitizers, February 19th 2024, Central European Conference on Photochemistry, Bad Hofgastein, Austria.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Key Concepts and Design Principles for Efficient Bimolecular Excited-State Reactivity Using Transition Metal-Based Photosensitizers, February 12th 2024, Semaine de la Photochimie Organique à l’UNamur, Namur, Belgium.
• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Factors Influencing the Excited-State Reactivity of Fe(III) and Other Transition-Metal Based Coordination Compounds, January 24-26th 2024, French-Italian Coordination Chemistry Days, Strasbourg, France.