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Bloß, D., R. Dupuy, F. Trinter, I. Unger, N. Walsh, G. Öhrwall, N. Golchert, G. Klassen, A. Krone, Y. Terao, J.H. Viehmann, L. Wülfing, C. Richter, T. Buttersack, L.S. Cederbaum, U. Hergenhahn, O. Björneholm, A. Ehresmann and A. Hans: Site- and Energy-Selective Low-Energy Electron Emission by X-rays in the Aqueous Phase. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (25), 22115–22120 (2025).
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Bloß, D., N.V. Kryzhevoi, J. Maurmann, P. Schmidt, A. Knie, J.H. Viehmann, C. Küstner-Wetekam, S. Deinert, G. Hartmann, F. Trinter, L.S. Cederbaum, A. Ehresmann, A.I. Kuleff and A. Hans: Interplay of protection and damage through intermolecular processes in the decay of electronic core holes in microsolvated organic molecules. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 27 (18), 9329–9335 (2025).
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Brandt, V., A. Fielicke, G. Meijer and M. Green: Photoelectron Circular Dichroism in the Photodetachment of Deprotonated 1-Phenylethanol. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 16 (6), 1478–1484 (2025).
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Butnarasu, C., M. Safferthal, J. Thomas, T.L. Povolotsky, R. Diehn, K. Fentker, P. Mertins, K. Pagel and D.C. Lauster: Structural determinants of mucins in influenza virus inhibition: The role of sialylated glycans and molecular size. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 307 (4), 142357 (2025).
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Chang, C.-W., D. Wehner, G.R.D. Prabhu, E. Moon, M. Safferthal, L. Bechtella, N. Österlund, G.M. Vos and K. Pagel: Elucidating reactive sugar-intermediates by mass spectrometry. Communications Chemistry 8 (1), 67 (2025).
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Dahlmann, F., C.E. Griesbach, A.Y. Torres-Boy, G.von Helden, M.W. Peczuh, K. Pagel and K. Greis: Direct Experimental Characterization of a Sialyl Cation. Chemistry – A European Journal 31 (7), e202403724 (2025).
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Diaconescu, L., S. Schaller, A. Fielicke and G. Meijer: Analysis of Rydberg Series of Ytterbium Monofluoride, YbF. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 129 (26), 5843–5850 (2025).
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Geue, N., K. Greis, S. Omoregbee-Leichnitz, C. Kirschbaum, C.-W. Chang, G. Meijer, G.von Helden, P.H. Seeberger and K. Pagel: Influence of Levulinoyl Protecting Groups on Glycosylation Stereoselectivity and Glycosyl Cation Structure. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 28 (44), e202500732 (2025).
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Geue, N., K. Greis, S. Omoregbee-Leichnitz, C. Kirschbaum, G. Meijer, G.von Helden, P.H. Seeberger, M. Marianski and K. Pagel: Evaluating Participation Modes in Peracetylated Glycosyl Cations. Organic Letters, in press.
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Geue, N., G.R.D. Prabhu, E. Renzi, C. Walton-Doyle, G. Meijer, G.von Helden and K. Pagel: Distinguishing Isomeric Caffeine Metabolites through Protomers and Tautomers Using Cryogenic Gas-Phase Infrared Spectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry 97 (39), 21740–21747 (2025).
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Gholami, S., T. Buttersack, C. Richter, F. Trinter, R. Dupuy, L. Cablitz, Q. Zhou, C. Nicolas, A. Shavorskiy, D. Diaman, U. Hergenhahn, B. Winter and H. Bluhm: Interaction of ions and surfactants at the seawater-air interface. Environmental science: Atmospheres 5 (3), 291–299 (2025).
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Green, A.E., K. Chen, S. Bhattacharyya, F. Allum, S. Usenko, M.N.R. Ashfold, T.M. Baumann, K.D. Borne, M. Brouard, M. Burt, B.F.E. Curchod, B. Erk, R.J.G. Forbes, L.M. Ibele, R.A. Ingle, H. Van Sa Lam, X. Li, K. Lin, T. Mazza, J.W. McManus, M. Meyer, T. Mullins, J.P. Figueira Nunes, D.E. Rivas, A. Roerig, A. Rouzée, P. Schmidt, J. Searles, B. Senfftleben, H. Stapelfeldt, R.M.P. Tanyag, F. Trinter, A.S. Venkatachalam, E. Wang, E.M. Warne, P.M. Weber, T.J.A. Wolf, T. Jahnke, A. Rudenko, R. Boll and D. Rolles: Visualizing the Three-Dimensional Arrangement of Hydrogen Atoms in Organic Molecules by Coulomb Explosion Imaging. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (41), 37133–37143 (2025).
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Haubenreißer, D.M., N.M. Novikovskiy, N. Melzer, M. Kircher, A. Pier, L. Kaiser, J. Kruse, N. Anders, J. Stindl, L. Sommerlad, O.D. McGinnis, M. Schmidt, L. Nowak, A. Kügler, I. Dwojak, J. Drnec, F. Trinter, M.S. Schöffler, L.P.H. Schmidt, T. Jahnke, R. Dörner and P.V. Demekhin: Electron Diffraction Imaging of Carbon Monoxide via K-Shell Ionization by Compton Scattering of 20 keV Photons. Physical Review Letters 135 (3), 033203 (2025).
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Hoffmann, D. and A. Kleinert: Johannes Stark und die gescheiterte Erklärung deutscher Nobelpreisträger zur Volksabstimmung vom 19. August 1934. Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte 48 (4), 295–320 (2025).
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Horlebein, J., E. Moon, G.P. Szekeres, G.von Helden, N. Österlund and K. Pagel: Gas-phase purification enables structural studies of amyloid intermediates. Trends in Chemistry 7 (6), 317–332 (2025).
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Jahnke, T., S. Mai, S. Bhattacharyya, K. Chen, R. Boll, M.E. Castellani, S. Dold, U. Frühling, A.E. Green, M. Ilchen, R. Ingle, G. Kastirke, H.V.S. Lam, F. Lever, D. Mayer, T. Mazza, T. Mullins, Y. Ovcharenko, B. Senfftleben, F. Trinter, N. Atia Tul, S. Usenko, A.S. Venkatachalam, A. Rudenko, D. Rolles, M. Meyer, H. Ibrahim and M. Gühr: Direct observation of ultrafast symmetry reduction during internal conversion of 2-thiouracil using Coulomb explosion imaging. Nature Communications 16 (1), 2074 (2025).
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Kaur, H., S. Thürmer, S. Gholami, B. Credidio, F. Trinter, D. Vasconcelos, R. Marinho, J. Pinheiro, H. Bluhm, A.N. de Brito, G. Öhrwall, B. Winter and O. Björneholm: Boosting aerosol surface effects: strongly enhanced cooperative surface propensity of atmospherically relevant organic molecular ions in aqueous solution. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 25 (6), 3503–3518 (2025).
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Kaur, H., W. Wang, J. Pérez-Ríos, B. Martínez-Haya, B. Redlich and S. Brünken: Gas-Phase Vibrational Spectra of [C2H5O2]+ Isomers: Protonated Glycolaldehyde, Acetic Acid, and Methyl Formate. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 9 (7), 1724–1736 (2025).
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Kung, J.C.K., A. Kádek, K. Kölbel, S. Bandelow, S. Bari, J. Buck, C. Caleman, J. Commandeur, T. Damjanović, S. Dörner, K. Fahmy, L. Flacht, J. Heidemann, K. Huynh, J.-D. Kopicki, B. Krichel, J. Lockhauserbäumer, K. Lorenzen, Y. Lu, R. Pogan, J. Rehmann, K. Schamoni-Kast, L. Schwob, L. Schweikhard, S. Springer, P.H.W. Svensson, F. Simke, F. Trinter, S. Toleikis, T. Kierspel and C. Uetrecht: X-ray spectroscopy meets native mass spectrometry: probing gas-phase protein complexes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 27 (25), 13234–13242 (2025).
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Leroux, J., J.Y. Chesnel, C. Ortiz-Mahecha, A. Nair, B. Oostenrijk, L. Pille, F. Trinter, L. Schwob and S. Bari: Structures of Gas-Phase Hydrated Phosphotyrosine Revealed by Soft X-ray Action Spectroscopy. Chemistry – A European Journal 31 (10), e202403665 (2025).
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Leroux, J., C. Ortiz-Mahecha, K. Schubert, F. Trinter, I. Unger, L. Schwob and S. Bari: Tautomerism of a backbone protonated peptide revealed by soft X-ray action spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 27 (16), 8320–8326 (2025).
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Li, X., R. Boll, P. Vindel-Zandbergen, J. González-Vázquez, D.E. Rivas, S. Bhattacharyya, K. Borne, K. Chen, A.D. Fanis, B. Erk, R. Forbes, A.E. Green, M. Ilchen, B. Kaderiya, E. Kukk, H.V.S. Lam, T. Mazza, T. Mullins, B. Senfftleben, F. Trinter, S. Usenko, A.S. Venkatachalam, E. Wang, J.P. Cryan, M. Meyer, T. Jahnke, P.J. Ho, D. Rolles and A. Rudenko: Imaging a light-induced molecular elimination reaction with an X-ray free-electron laser. Nature Communications 16, 7006 (2025).
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Malicka, W., M. Kagelmacher, M.W. Jaworek, R. Winter, L. Bechtella, K. Pagel, B. Koksch, A. Herrmann, J. Dernedde, T. Risse, M. Ballauff and M. Pigaleva: Redox-dependent structural and thermal stability of HMGB1: A thermodynamic analysis. Biophysical Chemistry 325, 107472 (2025).
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Marder, L., C. Küstner-Wetekam, N. Kiefer, J. Viehmann, N. Golchert, E. Heikura, F. Trinter, D. Cubaynes, J. Palaudoux, F. Penent, A. Ehresmann, L.S. Cederbaum, P. Kolorenč and A. Hans: Neutralization of Multiply Charged Ground-State Ions by Collective Electron Transfer from an Environment. Physical Review Letters 135 (5), 053201 (2025).
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Möller, J., M. Caresana, A. Schottelius, F. Lehmkühler, U. Boesenberg, F. Caupin, F. Dallari, T.A. Ezquerra, J.M. Fernández, L. Gelisio, C. Goy, J. Hallmann, A. Kalinin, C. Kim, R.P. Kurta, D. Lapkin, F. Mambretti, M. Scholz, R. Shayduk, R. Steinbrügge, F. Trinter, I.A. Vartanyants, A. Zozulya, D.E. Galli, G. Grübel, A. Madsen and R.E. Grisenti: Femtosecond X-ray cross-correlation analysis of disordered crystals forming in a supercooled atomic liquid. IUCrJ 12 (4), 462–471 (2025).
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Müller, A., P.-M. Hillenbrand, S.-X. Wang, S. Schippers, I. Bray, A.S. Kheifets, E. Lindroth, S. Reinwardt, M. Martins, J. Seltmann and F. Trinter: Direct double ionization of the He-like B3+ ion by a single photon. Physical Review A 111 (2), 023115 (2025).
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Müller, A., P.M. Hillenbrand, S.X. Wang, S. Schippers, S. Reinwardt, M. Martins, J. Seltmann, F. Trinter, I. Bray, D.V. Fursa and A.S. Kheifets: Single and double photoionization of the Li-like B2+ ion: Strong ionization-excitation contributions. Physical Review A 111 (5), 053108 (2025).
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Padilla, E., J. Cai, P. Agarwal, P. Kukreja, R. Thomas, B.G. Sartakov, S. Truppe, G. Meijer and S. Wright: Magneto-Optical Trapping of Aluminum Monofluoride. Physical Review Letters 135 (24), 243401 (2025).
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Padilla-Castillo, J.E., S. Hofsäss, L. Palánki, J. Cai, C.J.H. Rich, R. Thomas, S. Kray, G. Meijer, S. Wright and S. Truppe: A Large Magneto-Optical Trap of Cadmium Atoms Loaded From a Cryogenic Buffer Gas Beam. Natural Science 5 (4), e70023 (2025).
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Polewski, L., D. Dymnikova, W. Malicka, M. Lettow, G.von Helden, C. Teutloff, M. Ballauff, M. Taupitz, R. Bittl and K. Pagel: Glycan-Induced Transchelation of Gadolinium from Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent-Complexes. Analytical Chemistry 97 (22), 11436–11442 (2025).
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Prabhu, G.R.D., M. Götze, K. Greis, A.Y. Torres-Boy, M. Safferthal, D. Strzelecka, C. Kirschbaum, N.D. Deshpande, N. Geue, G. Meijer, G.von Helden and K. Pagel: Cryogenic Gas-Phase Infrared Ion Spectroscopy of Ultraviolet-Induced Nucleotide Photoproducts. Analytical Chemistry 97 (48), 26868–26876 (2025).
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Richard, B., R. Boll, S. Banerjee, J.M. Schäfer, Z. Jurek, G. Kastirke, K. Fehre, M.S. Schöffler, N. Anders, T.M. Baumann, S. Eckart, B. Erk, A. De Fanis, R. Dörner, S. Grundmann, P. Grychtol, M. Hofmann, M. Ilchen, M. Kircher, K. Kubicek, M. Kunitski, X. Li, T. Mazza, S. Meister, N. Melzer, J. Montano, V. Music, Y. Ovcharenko, C. Passow, A. Pier, N. Rennhack, J. Rist, D.E. Rivas, D. Rolles, I. Schlichting, L.P.H. Schmidt, P. Schmidt, D. Trabert, F. Trinter, R. Wagner, P. Walter, P. Ziolkowski, A. Rudenko, M. Meyer, R. Santra, L. Inhester and T. Jahnke: Imaging collective quantum fluctuations of the structure of a complex molecule. Science 389 (6760), 650–654 (2025).
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Schultz, M., N.D. Banor, K. Ober, A.Y. Torres-Boy, M.T. Fernando, M.M. Wellalage, N.A. Ellis, G.von Helden and D.A. Thomas: Examining the Effect of an Anion-Binding Reagent on the Structure of Deprotonated Leucine Enkephalin Using Cryogenic-Ion Infrared Action Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 129 (36), 8303–8311 (2025).
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Schwedland, W., T. Penna, H. Windeck, F. Müller, S. Leach, J. Sauer, X.R. Advincula, F. Berger, N. Ishida, K. Ohshimo, F. Misaizu, Y. Li, A. Chakraborty, F. Horn and K. Asmis: Unexpected structural isomers of AlFe2O4+ and AlCo2O4+: vibrational spectroscopy and ion mobility combined with quantum chemistry. Chemical Science 16 (26), 11999–12011 (2025).
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Seo, J., D. Kim, S. Gewinner, W. Schöllkopf, M.T. Bowers, K. Pagel and G.von Helden: Infrared multiple photon dissociation spectroscopy of protonated amino acid clusters with non-interacting side chains in the gas phase. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 508, 117394 (2025).
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Söderström, J., L.M. Cornetta, V. Ekholm, V. Carravetta, A.N.de Brito, R. Marinho, M. Agåker, T. Tokushima, C. Såthe, A. Ghosh, D. Bloß, A. Hans, F. Trinter, I. Ismail, D. Vasconcelos, J. Pinheiro, Y.-P. Chang, M. Harder, Z. Yin, J. Nordgren, G. Öhrwall, H. Ågren, J.-E. Rubensson and O. Björneholm: Non-local X-ray intermolecular radiative decay probes solvation shell of ions in water. Nature Communications 16, 10046 (2025).
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Stemer, D., S. Thürmer, F. Trinter, U. Hergenhahn, M. Pugini, B. Credidio, S. Malerz, I. Wilkinson, L. Nahon, G. Meijer, I. Powis and B. Winter: Photoelectron circular dichroism of aqueous-phase alanine. Chemical Science 16 (20), 8637–8647 (2025).
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Thürmer, S., D. Stemer, F. Trinter, I.Y. Kiyan, B. Winter and I. Wilkinson: Low-Energy Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Scattering from Aqueous Solutions and the Role of Solute Surface Activity. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (23), 19868–19877 (2025).
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Torres-Boy, A.Y., J. Han, G.R.D. Prabhu, M.I. Taccone, A. Ghosh, H. Buttkus, K. Ober, G. Meijer, K.R. Asmis, A.B. McCoy and G.von Helden: Cryogenic Vibrational Spectroscopy of the Deprotonated Dimer of Phosphoric Acid. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, in press.
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Torres-Boy, A.Y., M. Taccone, K. Ober, M.B.T. Osenton, G. Meijer, G.von Helden and B. Martínez-Haya: Spectroscopic investigation of proton bonding at sub-kelvin temperatures. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 27 (4), 1990–2000 (2025).
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Travnikova, O., F. Trinter, M. Agåker, G. Visentin, J. Andersson, L. Kjellsson, I. Ismail, N. Velasquez, D. Koulentianos, M. Harder, Z. Yin, J. Söderström, T. Marchenko, R. Guillemin, O.D. McGinnis, H. Ågren, S. Fritzsche, M. Simon, J.-E. Rubensson and J. Nordgren: Neutral Sulfur Atom Formation in Decay of Deep Core Holes in SF6. Physical Review Letters 134 (6), 063003 (2025).
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Wang, W., X. Liu and J. Pérez-Ríos: Temperature-driven reaction pathways of gas-phase protonated glycolaldehyde formation and dissociation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 27 (32), 16744–16755 (2025).
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Weiherer, J., N. Melzer, M. Kircher, A. Pier, L. Kaiser, J. Kruse, N. Anders, J. Stindl, L. Sommerlad, O.D. McGinnis, M. Schmidt, J. Drnec, F. Trinter, M.S. Schöffler, L.P.H. Schmidt, N. Sisourat, S. Eckart, T. Jahnke and R. Dörner: Selective Bond Breaking in CO2+2 Induced by Photoelectron Recoil. Physical Review Letters 135 (11), 113002 (2025).
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Yadav, S., J.H. Lee, G. Meijer and S. Eibenberger Arias: High-resolution UV spectroscopy of the chiral molecule 1-phenylethanol. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 27 (43), 22906–22910 (2025).
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Herschbach, D. and B. Friedrich: Nachwort zu "Otto Stern (1888-1969) und seine Jahrhundertexperimente, die die Welt der Physik revolutionierten". In: Otto Stern (1888-1969) und seine Jahrhundertexperimente, die die Welt der Physik revolutionierten. (Eds.): K. Reich and H. Schmidt-Böcking. (Wissenschaftler in Hamburg, Vol. 9). Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen, 308–312 (2025).
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McEachern, M. and B. Friedrich: The Spectrum of He+ as a Proving Ground for Bohr’s Model of the Atom: A Legacy of Williamina Fleming’s Astrophysical Discovery. In: Women in the History of Quantum Physics. (Eds.): P. Charbonneau, M. Frank, M. van der Heijden, and D. Monaldi. Cambridge Univ. Pr., Cambridge, UK, 19–55 (2025).
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Schaller, S.: Photoionization spectroscopy of metal-containing diatomics. Berlin: Technische Universität
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