Raphael Jay
Researcher at Department of Physics and Astronomy; X-ray Photon Science; Chemical and Bio-Molecular Physics
- E-mail:
- raphael.jay@physics.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
- Postal address:
- Box 516
751 37 UPPSALA
Researcher at Department of Physics and Astronomy; X-ray Photon Science
- E-mail:
- raphael.jay@physics.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
- Postal address:
- Box 516
751 37 UPPSALA
- ORCID:
- 0000-0001-9607-8264
Short presentation
I am a researcher in the Chemical and Bio-molecular Physics program, where I study the photochemistry of transition metal complexes. Specifically, I'm interested in understanding how the electronic structure of photochemically prepared reaction intermediates determines their catalytic activity. To this end, I use time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy to follow in time and space how transition metal catalysts mediate the formation and breaking of chemical bonds.
Biography
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 2013
Master of Science in Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 2015
PhD in Experimental Physics, Universität Potsdam and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin, Germany, 2015 - 2020, Title: “Principles of charge distribution and separation: The case of iron complexes probed by X-ray spectroscopy”
Awards:
Carl-Ramsauer-Price 2020 (awarded for outstanding doctoral thesis in physics and adjacent fields of research)

Publications
Selection of publications
Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 14000-14011, 2024
- DOI for Photochemical Formation and Electronic Structure of an Alkane σ-Complex from Time-Resolved Optical and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
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Part of Chemical Science, p. 2398-2409, 2024
- DOI for Accessing metal-specific orbital interactions in C–H activation with resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
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Tracking C–H activation with orbital resolution
Part of Science, p. 955-960, 2023
Part of Annual review of physical chemistry (Print), p. 187-208, 2022
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, p. 6676-6683, 2021
Recent publications
Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 10634-10647, 2024
- DOI for Theoretical Investigation of Transient Species Following Photodissociation of Ironpentacarbonyl in Ethanol Solution
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Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 14000-14011, 2024
- DOI for Photochemical Formation and Electronic Structure of an Alkane σ-Complex from Time-Resolved Optical and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
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Part of Chemical Science, p. 2398-2409, 2024
- DOI for Accessing metal-specific orbital interactions in C–H activation with resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
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A Δ-learning strategy for interpretation of spectroscopic observables
Part of Structural Dynamics, 2023
- DOI for A Δ-learning strategy for interpretation of spectroscopic observables
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Tracking C–H activation with orbital resolution
Part of Science, p. 955-960, 2023
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 10634-10647, 2024
- DOI for Theoretical Investigation of Transient Species Following Photodissociation of Ironpentacarbonyl in Ethanol Solution
- Download full text (pdf) of Theoretical Investigation of Transient Species Following Photodissociation of Ironpentacarbonyl in Ethanol Solution
Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 14000-14011, 2024
- DOI for Photochemical Formation and Electronic Structure of an Alkane σ-Complex from Time-Resolved Optical and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
- Download full text (pdf) of Photochemical Formation and Electronic Structure of an Alkane σ-Complex from Time-Resolved Optical and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
Part of Chemical Science, p. 2398-2409, 2024
- DOI for Accessing metal-specific orbital interactions in C–H activation with resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
- Download full text (pdf) of Accessing metal-specific orbital interactions in C–H activation with resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
A Δ-learning strategy for interpretation of spectroscopic observables
Part of Structural Dynamics, 2023
- DOI for A Δ-learning strategy for interpretation of spectroscopic observables
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Tracking C–H activation with orbital resolution
Part of Science, p. 955-960, 2023
Part of Nature Communications, 2022
- DOI for Photoinduced bond oscillations in ironpentacarbonyl give delayed synchronous bursts of carbonmonoxide release
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From the Free Ligand to the Transition Metal Complex: FeEDTA- Formation Seen at Ligand K-Edges
Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 10321-10328, 2022
- DOI for From the Free Ligand to the Transition Metal Complex: FeEDTA- Formation Seen at Ligand K-Edges
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Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022
- DOI for Cuts through the manifold of molecular H2O potential energy surfaces in liquid water at ambient conditions
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Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 27819-27826, 2022
- DOI for Metal-water covalency in the photo-aquated ferrocyanide complex as seen by multi-edge picosecond X-ray absorption
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Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, p. 6676-6683, 2021
Articles, review/survey
Part of Annual review of physical chemistry (Print), p. 187-208, 2022