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87. Takaya T, Su C, Harpe KdL, Crespo-Hernández CE, Kohler B (2008) UV excitation of single
DNA and RNA strands produces high yields of exciplex states between two stacked bases. Proc
Natl Acad Sci 105:10285–10290
88. Ruzicka P, Kral T (2013) Pyrene: chemical properties, biochemistry applications and toxic effects.
Chemistry research and applications. Nova Science Publishers, New York
89. Reichardt C (1994) Solvatochromic dyes as solvent polarity indicators. Chem Rev 94(8):2319–2358
90. Kwon J, Park SK, Lee Y, Lee JS, Kim J (2017) Tailoring chemically converted graphenes using a
water-soluble pyrene derivative with a zwitterionic arm for sensitive electrochemiluminescencebased analyses. Biosens Bioelectron 87:89–95
91. Figueira-Duarte TM, Mullen K (2011) Pyrene-based materials for organic electronics. Chem Rev
111(11):7260–7314
92. Niko Y, Didier P, Mely Y, Konishi G, Klymchenko AS (2016) Bright and photostable push-pull
pyrene dye visualizes lipid order variation between plasma and intracellular membranes. Sci Rep
6:18870
93. Nenov A, Giussani A, Fingerhut BP, Rivalta I, Dumont E, Mukamel S, Garavelli M (2015) Spectral lineshape in nonlinear electronic spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 17:30925–30936
94. Petit AS, Subotnik JE (2014) How to calculate linear absorption spectra with lifetime broadening
using fewest switches surface hopping trajectories: a simple generalization of ground-state Kubo
theory. J Chem Phys 141(1):014107
95. Nemeth A, Milota F, Mancal T, Pullerits T, Sperling J, Hauer J, Kauffmann HF, Christensson N
(2010) Double-quantum two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy of a three-level system: experiments and simulations. J Chem Phys 133(9):094505
96. Butkus V, Zigmantas D, Valkunas L, Abramavicius D (2012) Vibrational vs. Electronic coherences
in 2D spectrum of molecular systems. Chem Phys Lett 545:40–43
97. Butkus V, Valkunas L, Abramavicius D (2012) Molecular vibrations-induced quantum beats in
two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 137(4):044513
98. Raytchev M, Pandurski E, Buchvarov I, Modrakowski C, Fiebig T (2003) Bichromophoric interactions and time-dependent excited state mixing in pyrene derivatives. A femtosecond broad-band
pump-probe study. J Phys Chem A 107(23):4592–4600
99. Krebs N (2013) New insights for femtosecond spectroscopy: from transient absorption to 2-dimensional spectroscopy in the UV spectral domain. PhD Dissertation, Faculty of Physics, LudwigMaximilians-University Munich
100. Zhang WM, Meier T, Chernyak V, Mukamel S (1998) Exciton-migration and three-pulse femtosecond optical spectroscopies of photosynthetic antenna complexes. J Chem Phys 108(18):7763–7774
101. Meier T, Chernyak V, Mukamel S (1997) Femtosecond photon echoes in molecular aggregates. J
Chem Phys 107(21):8759–8780
102. Neuwahl FVR, Foggi P (1999) Direct observation of s2–s1 internal conversion in pyrene by femtosecond transient absorption. Laser Chem 19(1–4):375–379
103. Foggi P, Pettini L, Santa I, Righini R, Califano S (1995) Transient absorption and vibrational
relaxation dynamics of the lowest excited singlet state of pyrene in solution. J Phys Chem
99(19):7439–7445
104. Chen J, Zhang Y, Kohler B (2015) Excited states in DNA strands investigated by ultrafast laser
spectroscopy. In: Barbatti M, Borin AC, Ullrich S (eds) Photoinduced phenomena in nucleic acids
ii. Topics in current chemistry. Springer International Publishing, Berlin, vol 356, pp 39–87. https
://doi.org/10.1007/128_2014_570
105. Bucher DB, Kufner CL, Schlueter A, Carell T, Zinth W (2016) UV-induced charge transfer states
in DNA promote sequence selective self-repair. J Am Chem Soc 138(1):186–190
106. Schreier WJ, Gilch P, Zinth W (2015) Early events of DNA photodamage. Annu Rev Phys Chem
66(1):497–519
107. Vayá I, Gustavsson T, Douki T, Berlin Y, Markovitsi D (2012) Electronic excitation energy transfer
between nucleobases of natural DNA. J Am Chem Soc 134(28):11366–11368
108. Cadet J, Grand A, Douki T (2015) Solar UV radiation-induced DNA bipyrimidine photoproducts:
Formation and mechanistic insights. In: Barbatti M, Borin AC, Ullrich S (eds) Photoinduced phenomena in nucleic acids ii. Topics in current chemistry. Springer International Publishing, Berlin,
vol 356, pp 249–275. doi:10.1007/128_2014_553
109. Cadet J, Mouret S, Ravanat J-L, Douki T (2012) Photoinduced damage to cellular DNA: direct and
photosensitized reactions†. Photochem Photobiol 88(5):1048–1065
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Top Curr Chem (Z) (2018) 376:24
87. Takaya T, Su C, Harpe KdL, Crespo-Hernández CE, Kohler B (2008) UV excitation of single
DNA and RNA strands produces high yields of exciplex states between two stacked bases. Proc
Natl Acad Sci 105:10285–10290
88. Ruzicka P, Kral T (2013) Pyrene: chemical properties, biochemistry applications and toxic effects.
Chemistry research and applications. Nova Science Publishers, New York
89. Reichardt C (1994) Solvatochromic dyes as solvent polarity indicators. Chem Rev 94(8):2319–2358
90. Kwon J, Park SK, Lee Y, Lee JS, Kim J (2017) Tailoring chemically converted graphenes using a
water-soluble pyrene derivative with a zwitterionic arm for sensitive electrochemiluminescencebased analyses. Biosens Bioelectron 87:89–95
91. Figueira-Duarte TM, Mullen K (2011) Pyrene-based materials for organic electronics. Chem Rev
111(11):7260–7314
92. Niko Y, Didier P, Mely Y, Konishi G, Klymchenko AS (2016) Bright and photostable push-pull
pyrene dye visualizes lipid order variation between plasma and intracellular membranes. Sci Rep
6:18870
93. Nenov A, Giussani A, Fingerhut BP, Rivalta I, Dumont E, Mukamel S, Garavelli M (2015) Spectral lineshape in nonlinear electronic spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 17:30925–30936
94. Petit AS, Subotnik JE (2014) How to calculate linear absorption spectra with lifetime broadening
using fewest switches surface hopping trajectories: a simple generalization of ground-state Kubo
theory. J Chem Phys 141(1):014107
95. Nemeth A, Milota F, Mancal T, Pullerits T, Sperling J, Hauer J, Kauffmann HF, Christensson N
(2010) Double-quantum two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy of a three-level system: experiments and simulations. J Chem Phys 133(9):094505
96. Butkus V, Zigmantas D, Valkunas L, Abramavicius D (2012) Vibrational vs. Electronic coherences
in 2D spectrum of molecular systems. Chem Phys Lett 545:40–43
97. Butkus V, Valkunas L, Abramavicius D (2012) Molecular vibrations-induced quantum beats in
two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 137(4):044513
98. Raytchev M, Pandurski E, Buchvarov I, Modrakowski C, Fiebig T (2003) Bichromophoric interactions and time-dependent excited state mixing in pyrene derivatives. A femtosecond broad-band
pump-probe study. J Phys Chem A 107(23):4592–4600
99. Krebs N (2013) New insights for femtosecond spectroscopy: from transient absorption to 2-dimensional spectroscopy in the UV spectral domain. PhD Dissertation, Faculty of Physics, LudwigMaximilians-University Munich
100. Zhang WM, Meier T, Chernyak V, Mukamel S (1998) Exciton-migration and three-pulse femtosecond optical spectroscopies of photosynthetic antenna complexes. J Chem Phys 108(18):7763–7774
101. Meier T, Chernyak V, Mukamel S (1997) Femtosecond photon echoes in molecular aggregates. J
Chem Phys 107(21):8759–8780
102. Neuwahl FVR, Foggi P (1999) Direct observation of s2–s1 internal conversion in pyrene by femtosecond transient absorption. Laser Chem 19(1–4):375–379
103. Foggi P, Pettini L, Santa I, Righini R, Califano S (1995) Transient absorption and vibrational
relaxation dynamics of the lowest excited singlet state of pyrene in solution. J Phys Chem
99(19):7439–7445
104. Chen J, Zhang Y, Kohler B (2015) Excited states in DNA strands investigated by ultrafast laser
spectroscopy. In: Barbatti M, Borin AC, Ullrich S (eds) Photoinduced phenomena in nucleic acids
ii. Topics in current chemistry. Springer International Publishing, Berlin, vol 356, pp 39–87. https
://doi.org/10.1007/128_2014_570
105. Bucher DB, Kufner CL, Schlueter A, Carell T, Zinth W (2016) UV-induced charge transfer states
in DNA promote sequence selective self-repair. J Am Chem Soc 138(1):186–190
106. Schreier WJ, Gilch P, Zinth W (2015) Early events of DNA photodamage. Annu Rev Phys Chem
66(1):497–519
107. Vayá I, Gustavsson T, Douki T, Berlin Y, Markovitsi D (2012) Electronic excitation energy transfer
between nucleobases of natural DNA. J Am Chem Soc 134(28):11366–11368
108. Cadet J, Grand A, Douki T (2015) Solar UV radiation-induced DNA bipyrimidine photoproducts:
Formation and mechanistic insights. In: Barbatti M, Borin AC, Ullrich S (eds) Photoinduced phenomena in nucleic acids ii. Topics in current chemistry. Springer International Publishing, Berlin,
vol 356, pp 249–275. doi:10.1007/128_2014_553
109. Cadet J, Mouret S, Ravanat J-L, Douki T (2012) Photoinduced damage to cellular DNA: direct and
photosensitized reactions†. Photochem Photobiol 88(5):1048–1065
111
Reprinted from the journal