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:

• J. Scriven, D. Chattapadhyay, F. Glaser, B. Elias, Q. Michaudel,* L. Troian-Gautier,* Triplet Energy Transfer as a Handle to Tune 1,2-Dialkyldiazene Fragmentation in Radical C(sp3)–C(sp2) Cross-Coupling,  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2026, 148, 8993-9005. 

• S. De Kreijger,# S. Cristofaro,# Y. Olivier,* B. Elias,* L. Troian-Gautier,* Increasing Cage Escape Yields for Halide Oxidation in Aqueous Solutions Using Ir(III) Photosensitizers with π-Extended Aromatic Ligands, Inorg. Chem., 2026, 65, 13311-13326 (with Front Cover).

• 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, Unraveling Mechanistic Pathways in Photoredox Catalysis, Edinburgh Instruments Webinar, September 24th 2026, Webinar.

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, When Molecules Meet Light: Orchestrating Energy Flow for Chemical Transformation, 30th Lecture Conference on Photochemistry, September 14th – 16th 2026, Braunschweig, Germany.

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, When Molecules Meet Light: Recent Progress in the Understanding and Improvement of Cage Escape Processes Using Transition Metal Photosensitizers, II Workshop on Molecular Materials for Energy Conversion, September 11th  2026, Granada, Spain.

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, From Geminate Pairs to Productive Chemistry: Decoding Cage Escape Across Photosensitizer Classes, August 3rd 2026, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Donor-Acceptor Interaction in Iron-Based Dyads for the Population of Long-Lived Charge Separated States and Triplet States, Gordon Research Conference (GRC), July 26th – 31st 2026, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. 

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Energy, Charge, and Spin: Design Principles for Modern Photosensitizers, 30th Photo-IUPAC, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Photo-IUPAC), July 12th – 17th 2026, Zagreb, Croatia. 

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Beyond Short-Lived Excited States: Charge and Spin Management in Iron Photosensitizers, June 28th to July 3rd, 2026, 2026, International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC 2026), Invited Lecture, Odense, Denmark.

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Time-Resolved Transient Absorption Spectroscopy to Elucidate Mechanistic Pathways in Photoredox Catalysis, SRC Young Chemists Symposium, May 29th, 2026, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, From Charge Separation to Triplets: A Cascade Strategy for Iron Photosensitizers, May 26th, 2026, Canadian Societies for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 2026 Conferences and Exhibition, Invited Lecture, Toronto, Canada.

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Harnessing Excited States: Controlling Electron and Energy Transfer in Photochemical Systems, May 4th, 2026, Invited Lecture, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Beyond Recombination: Radical Optimism in Cage Escape Yields for Photoredox Catalysis, March 25th, 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting, Invited Lecture, Atlanta, USA.

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Mechanistic Investigations in Photo-Induced Electron and Energy Transfer Catalysis, March 24th, 2026, European Chemical Society, Division of Organic Chemistry, “Highlighting Organic Chemistry in Belgium, Invited Lecture, Online meeting

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Dissection Mechanistic Pathways in Photoredox Catalysis: From Radical Cations to Energy Transfer Shuttles, March 22nd, 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting, Atlanta, USA.

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Light-Driven Electron and Energy Transfer: From Fundamental Mechanism to Reaction Design, March 13th, 2026, Invited Lecture, University of Bologna, Italy.

• 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.