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30. Dereka B., Lewis N. H. C., Keim J. H., Snyder S. A., Tokmakoff A.:
    Characterization of Acetonitrile Isotopologues as Vibrational Probes of Electrolytes
    J. Phys. Chem. B, 2022, 126, 278-291.
     
31. Dereka B., Yu Q., Lewis N. H. C., Carpenter W., Bowman J., Tokmakoff A.:
    Crossover from Hydrogen to Chemical Bonding
    Science, 2021, 371, 160-164.
     
32. Dereka B., Rosspeintner A., Svechkarev D., Vauthey E.:
    Comment on “Theoretical Insights into the Excited State Decays of a Donor-Acceptor Dyad: Is the Twisted and Rehybridized Intramolecular Charge-Transfer State Involved?"
    J. Phys. Chem. B, 2020, 124, 10578-10581.
     
33. Carpenter W., Yu Q., Hack J., Dereka B., Bowman J., Tokmakoff A.:
    Decoding the 2D IR Spectrum of the Aqueous Proton with High-Level VSCF/VCI Calculations
    J. Chem. Phys. 2020, 153, 124506.
     
34. Lewis N. H. C., Iscen A., Felts A., Dereka B., Schatz G. C., Tokmakoff A.:
    Vibrational Probe of Aqueous Electrolytes: The Field Is Not Enough
    J. Phys. Chem. B, 2020, 124, 7013-7026.
     
35. Dereka B., Svechkarev D., Rosspeintner A., Aster A., Lunzer M., Liska R., Mohs A. M., Vauthey E.:
    Solvent Tuning of Photochemistry upon Excited-State Symmetry Breaking
    Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 1925.

     

36. Verma P., Rosspeintner A., Dereka B., Vauthey E., Kumpulainen T.:
    Broadband Fluorescence Reveals Mechanistic Differences in Excited-State Proton Transfer to Protic and Aprotic Solvents
    Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 7963-7971.

     

37. Lewis N. H. C., Zhang Y., Dereka B., Carino E., Maginn E., Tokmakoff A.:
    Signatures of Ion-Pairing and Aggregation in the Vibrational Spectroscopy of Super-Concentrated Aqueous Lithium Bistriflimide Solutions
    J. Phys. Chem. C,  2020, 124, 3470-3481.

     

38. Dereka B., Fureraj I., Rosspeintner A., Vauthey E.:
    Halogen-Bond Assisted Photoinduced Electron Transfer
    Molecules 2019, 24, 4361.

     

39. Söderberg M., Dereka B., Marrocchi A., Carlotti B., Vauthey E.:
    Ground-State Structural Disorder and Excited-State Symmetry Breaking in a Quadrupolar Molecule
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2019, 10, 2944-2948.

     

40. Dereka B., Helbing J., Vauthey E.;
    Transient Glass Formation around a Quadrupolar Photoexcited Dye in a Strongly H-Bonding Liquid Observed by Transient 2D-IR Spectroscopy
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 17014-17018;
    Angew. Chem. 2018, 130, 17260-17264 (Link)

     

17. Bouilloux J., Yuschenko O., Dereka B., Boso G., Babič A., Zbinden H., Vauthey E., Lange N.:
    Cyclopeptidic Photosensitizer Prodrugs as Proteolytically Triggered Drug Delivery Systems of Pheophorbide A: Part II – Co-loading of Pheophorbide A and Black Hole Quencher
    Photochem. Photobiol. Sci,. 2018, 17, 1739-1748.

     

18. Bouilloux J., Yuschenko O., Dereka B., Boso G., Zbinden H., Vauthey E., Babič A., Lange N.:
    Cyclopeptidic Photosensitizer Prodrugs as Proteolytically Triggered Drug Delivery Systems of Pheophorbide A: Part I – Self-Quenched Prodrugs
    Correction: Cyclopeptidic Photosensitizer Prodrugs as Proteolytically Triggered Drug Delivery Systems of Pheophorbide A: Part I – Self-Quenched Prodrugs
    Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2018, 17, 1728-1738.
     
19. Nançoz C., Licari G., Beckwith J., Söderberg M., Dereka B., Rosspeintner A., Yushchenko O., Letrun R., Richert S., Lang B., Vauthey E.:
    Influence of the Hydrogen-Bond Interactions on the Excited-State Dynamics of a Push-Pull Azobenzene Dye: the Case of Methyl Orange
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 7254-7264.

     

20. Dereka B., Rosspeintner A., Stężycki R., Ruckebusch C., Gryko D. T., Vauthey E.:
    Excited-State Symmetry Breaking in a Quadrupolar Molecule Visualized in Time and Space
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 6029-6034.

     

21. Dereka B., Svechkarev D., Rosspeintner A., Tromayer M., Liska R., Mohs A. M., Vauthey E.:
    Direct Observation of a Photochemical Alkyne-Allene Reaction and of a Twisted and Rehybridized Intramolecular Charge-Transfer State in a Donor-Acceptor Dyad
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 16885-16893.
     
22. Kumpulainen T., Rosspeintner A., Dereka B., Vauthey E.:
    Influence of Solvent Relaxation on Ultrafast Excited-State Proton Transfer to Solvent
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 4516-4521.

     

23. Dereka B., Vauthey E.:
    Solute-Solvent Interactions and Excited-State Symmetry Breaking: Beyond the Dipole-Dipole and Hydrogen-Bond Interactions
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 3927-3932.
     
24. Dereka B., Vauthey E.:
    Direct Local Solvent Probing by Transient Infrared Spectroscopy Reveals the Mechanism of Hydrogen-Bond Induced Nonradiative Deactivation
    Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 5057-5066.
     
25. Ivanov A. I., Dereka B., Vauthey E.: A
    Simple Model of Solvent-Induced Symmetry-Breaking Charge Transfer in Excited Quadrupolar Molecules
    J. Chem. Phys., 2017, 146, 164306.
     
26. Dereka B., Koch M., Vauthey E.:
    Looking at Photoinduced Charge Transfer Processes in the IR: Answers to Several Long-Standing Questions
    Acc. Chem. Res., 2017, 50, 426-434.
     
27. Q. Sun, Dereka B., Vauthey E., Lawson Daku L. M., Hauser A.:
    Ultrafast Transient IR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations of Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes
    Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 223-230.
     
28. Dereka B., Rosspeintner A., Krzeszewski M., Gryko D. T., Vauthey E.:
    Symmetry Breaking Charge Transfer and Hydrogen Bonding: Toward Asymmetrical Photochemistry
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 15624-15628;
    Angew. Chem., 2016, 128, 15853-15857 (Link)

     

29. Dereka B., Rosspeintner A., Li Z., Liska R., Vauthey E.:
    Direct Visualization of Excited-State Symmetry Breaking Using Ultrafast Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 4643-4649.

     

30. Dereka B., Letrun R., Svechkarev D., Rosspeintner A., Vauthey E.:
    Excited-State Dynamics of 3-Hydroxyflavone Anion in Alcohols
    J. Phys. Chem. B, 2015, 119, 2434-2443.

3. Dereka B., Svechkarev D., Doroshenko A. O.:
   Facile Ultrasensitive Monitoring of Mercury Ions in Water by Fluorescent Ratiometric Detection
   Centr. Eur. J. Chem., 2013, 11, 584-593.
    
4. Svechkarev D., Dereka B., Doroshenko A. O.:
   Mercuty Ions Complexation with a Series of Heterocyclic Derivatives of 3-Hydroxychromone: Spectral Effects and Prospects for Ultrasensitive Hg²⁺ Probing
   J. Phys. Chem. A., 2011, 115, 4223-4230.
    
5. Svechkarev D., Doroshenko A. O., Baumer V., Dereka B.:
   Nature of Dual Fluorescence in 2-(Quinolin-2-yl)-3-Hydroxychromone: Tuning between Concurrent H-Bond Directions and ESIPT Pathways
   J. Lumin., 2011, 131, 253-261.

1. Dereka B.:
   Excited-State Symmetry Breaking: from Fundamental Photophysics to Asymmetrical Photochemistry.
   In Photochemistry, Vol. 49; Crespi S., Protti S., Ed.; Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022, 308 (invited review chapter).