41 publications

2026

Grand Challenges and Opportunities in Stimulated Dynamic and Resonant Catalysis
M. Monai, W. Albrecht, A. Alkemper, N. Artrith, A. Baldi, A. Beck, R. T. Berry, E. Bianco, F. A. Brzesowsky, Q. Dong, J. A. Faria Albanese, R. R. Frontiera, E. Galvin, E. C. Garnett, N. Gerrits, M. Grzelczak, M. Herzog, F. Hess, A. A. Kolganov, W. Koopman, N. Kosinov, S. Lander, E. Lepre, D. N. Maaskant, G. Miao, A. M. Naik, T. M. Onn, A. A. Peterson, D. Piankova, E. A. Pidko, K. Trangwachirachai, F. van den Bosch, D. Xu, B. Yilmaz, J. Zeininger, E. Alarcón Lladó, J. Meyer, P. J. Dauenhauer, S. H. C. Askes
ACS Catalysis 16, 4077–4112 (2026)
doi:10.1021/acscatal.5c07014

2025

Raman thermometry of single plasmonic nanoparticles
P. Li, M. Aghdaee, A. Sánchez Iglesias, T. I. Celaya, J. Fritzsche, F. Ariese, O. S. Ojambati, M. Grzelczak, A. Garcia-Etxarri, S. H. C. Askes, A. Baldi
ChemRxiv (preprint) (2025)
doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-6q8jg
Inverted temperature gradients in gold–palladium antenna-reactor nanoparticles
F. Stete, S. Kesarwani, C. Ruhmlieb, S. H. C. Askes, F. Schulz, M. Bargheer, H. Lange
Nature Communications 16, 8168 (2025)
doi:10.1038/s41467-025-63327-z
Engineering light-driven thermal landscapes at the nanoscale
C. Romeo, A. Baldi, S. H. C. Askes
APL Materials 13, 080601 (2025)
doi:10.1063/5.0283336
Solving the Conundrum of the Influence of Irradiation Power on Photothermal CO2 Hydrogenation
H. Szalad, Y. Peng, J. W. Gosch, A. Baldi, S. H. C. Askes, J. Albero, H. García
ACS Catalysis 15, 3836–3845 (2025)
doi:10.1021/acscatal.5c00247

2024

Polaritonic Chemistry Enabled by Non‐Local Metasurfaces
F. Verdelli, Y.-C. Wei, K. Joseph, M. S. Abdelkhalik, M. Goudarzi, S. H. C. Askes, A. Baldi, E. W. Meijer, J. Gómez Rivas
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 63, e202409528 (2024)
doi:10.1002/anie.202409528
Unveiling the Nanomorphology of HfN thin Films by Ultrafast Reciprocal Space Mapping
S. P. Zeuschner, J.-E. Pudell, M. Mattern, M. Rössle, M. Herzog, A. Baldi, S. H. C. Askes, M. Bargheer
Advanced Optical Materials 12, 2400939 (2024)
doi:10.1002/adom.202400939

2023

Disentangling Hot Carrier Decay and the Nature of Low-n to High-n Transfer Processes in Quasi-Two-Dimensional Layered Perovskites
L. M. Einhaus, X. Zhang, K. Zhu, J. P. Korterik, R. Molenaar, S. H. C. Askes, G. Mul, J. E. ten Elshof, A. Huijser
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127, 23312–23322 (2023)
doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c05415
Nanoscale Thermometry of Plasmonic Structures via Raman Shifts in Copper Phthalocyanine
P. Li, S. H. C. Askes, E. del Pino Rosendo, F. Ariese, C. Ramanan, E. von Hauff, A. Baldi
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127, 9690–9698 (2023)
doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c01561
Pulsed Photothermal Heterogeneous Catalysis
A. Baldi, S. H. C. Askes
ACS Catalysis 13, 3419–3432 (2023)
doi:10.1021/acscatal.2c05435

2021

Ultrafast Thermal Imprinting of Plasmonic Hotspots
S. H. C. Askes, E. C. Garnett
Advanced Materials 33, 2105192 (2021)
doi:10.1002/adma.202105192
Ultrafast Photoinduced Heat Generation by Plasmonic HfN Nanoparticles
D. B. O’Neill, S. K. Frehan, K. Zhu, E. Zoethout, G. Mul, E. C. Garnett, A. Huijser, S. H. C. Askes
Advanced Optical Materials 9, 2100510 (2021)
doi:10.1002/adom.202100510
Recombination and localization: Unfolding the pathways behind conductivity losses in Cs2AgBiBr6 thin films
H. J. Jöbsis, V. M. Caselli, S. H. C. Askes, E. C. Garnett, T. J. Savenije, F. T. Rabouw, E. M. Hutter
Applied Physics Letters 119, 131908 (2021)
doi:10.1063/5.0061899

2020

Using Hot Electrons and Hot Holes for Simultaneous Cocatalyst Deposition on Plasmonic Nanostructures
E. Kontoleta, A. Tsoukala, S. H. C. Askes, E. Zoethout, E. Oksenberg, H. Agrawal, E. C. Garnett
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, 35986–35994 (2020)
doi:10.1021/acsami.0c04941

2019

Visible light-activated biocompatible photo-CORM for CO-release with colorimetric and fluorometric dual turn-on response
J. Liu, P. Hoffmann, J. Steinmetzer, S. H. C. Askes, S. Kupfer, H. Görls, S. Gräfe, U. Neugebauer, U. R. Gandra, A. Schiller
Polyhedron 172, 175–181 (2019)
doi:10.1016/j.poly.2019.04.031
Self-Optimized Catalysts: Hot-Electron Driven Photosynthesis of Catalytic Photocathodes
E. Kontoleta, S. H. C. Askes, E. C. Garnett
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11, 35713–35719 (2019)
doi:10.1021/acsami.9b10913
Tunable plasmonic HfN nanoparticles and arrays
S. H. C. Askes, N. J. Schilder, E. Zoethout, A. Polman, E. C. Garnett
Nanoscale 11, 20252–20260 (2019)
doi:10.1039/c9nr07683b
Photochemical Resolution of a Thermally Inert Cyclometalated Ru(phbpy)(N-N)(Sulfoxide)+ Complex
L. N. Lameijer, C. van de Griend, S. L. Hopkins, A. G. Volbeda, S. H. C. Askes, M. A. Siegler, S. Bonnet
Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (2019)
doi:10.1021/jacs.8b10264

2018

Localized photodeposition of catalysts using nanophotonic resonances in silicon photocathodes
E. Kontoleta, S. H. C. Askes, L.-H. Lai, E. C. Garnett
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 9, 2097–2105 (2018)
doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.198
Dynamics of dual-fluorescent polymersomes with durable integrity in living cancer cells and zebrafish embryos
S. H. C. Askes, N. Bossert, J. Bussmann, V. S. Talens, M. S. Meijer, R. E. Kieltyka, A. Kros, S. Bonnet, D. Heinrich
Biomaterials 168, 54–63 (2018)
doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.03.037
Effects of the Bidentate Ligand on the Photophysical Properties, Cellular Uptake, and (Photo)cytotoxicity of Glycoconjugates Based on the [Ru(tpy)(NN)(L)]2+ Scaffold
L. N. Lameijer, T. G. Brevé, V. H. S. van Rixel, S. H. C. Askes, M. A. Siegler, S. Bonnet
Chemistry – A European Journal 24, 2709–2717 (2018)
doi:10.1002/chem.201705388

2017

Light-responsive paper strips as CO-releasing material with a colourimetric response
U. G. Reddy, J. Liu, P. Hoffmann, J. Steinmetzer, H. Görls, S. Kupfer, S. H. C. Askes, U. Neugebauer, S. Gräfe, A. Schiller
Chemical Science 8, 6555–6560 (2017)
doi:10.1039/c7sc01692a
Fluorinated Boronic Acid-Appended Pyridinium Salts and 19F NMR Spectroscopy for Diol Sensing
J. Axthelm, S. H. C. Askes, M. Elstner, G. U. Reddy, H. Görls, P. Bellstedt, A. Schiller
Journal of the American Chemical Society 139, 11413–11420 (2017)
doi:10.1021/jacs.7b01167
Water-Dispersible Silica-Coated Upconverting Liposomes: Can a Thin Silica Layer Protect TTA-UC against Oxygen Quenching?
S. H. C. Askes, V. C. Leeuwenburgh, W. Pomp, H. Arjmandi-Tash, S. Tanase, T. Schmidt, S. Bonnet
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 3, 322–334 (2017)
doi:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00678
A Red-Light-Activated Ruthenium-Caged NAMPT Inhibitor Remains Phototoxic in Hypoxic Cancer Cells
L. N. Lameijer, D. Ernst, S. L. Hopkins, M. S. Meijer, S. H. C. Askes, S. E. le Dévédec, S. Bonnet
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56, 11549–11553 (2017)
doi:10.1002/anie.201703890
Red Light-Triggered CO Release from Mn2(CO)10 Using Triplet Sensitization in Polymer Nonwoven Fabrics
S. H. C. Askes, G. U. Reddy, R. Wyrwa, S. Bonnet, A. Schiller
Journal of the American Chemical Society 139, 15292–15295 (2017)
doi:10.1021/jacs.7b07427
Temperature Dependence of Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion in Phospholipid Membranes
S. H. C. Askes, P. Brodie, G. Bruylants, S. Bonnet
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 121, 780–786 (2017)
doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b10039

2016

Upconverting vesicles and uses
S. H. C. Askes, S. Bonnet
Patent WO2015059180A9 (2016)
Pivotal Role of a Pentacoordinate 3MC State on the Photocleavage Efficiency of a Thioether Ligand in Ruthenium(II) Complexes: A Theoretical Mechanistic Study
A. J. Göttle, F. Alary, M. Boggio-Pasqua, I. M. Dixon, J.-L. Heully, A. Bahreman, S. H. C. Askes, S. Bonnet
Inorganic Chemistry 55, 4448–4456 (2016)
doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00268
Green light-induced apoptosis in cancer cells by a tetrapyridyl ruthenium prodrug offering two: Trans coordination sites
V. H. S. van Rixel, B. Siewert, S. L. Hopkins, S. H. C. Askes, A. Busemann, M. A. Siegler, S. Bonnet
Chemical Science 7, 4922–4929 (2016)
doi:10.1039/c6sc00167j
Imaging Upconverting Polymersomes in Cancer Cells: Biocompatible Antioxidants Brighten Triplet–Triplet Annihilation Upconversion
S. H. C. Askes, W. Pomp, S. L. Hopkins, A. Kros, S. Wu, T. Schmidt, S. Bonnet
Small 12, 5579–5590 (2016)
doi:10.1002/smll.201601708
An in vitro cell irradiation protocol for testing photopharmaceuticals and the effect of blue, green, and red light on human cancer cell lines
S. L. Hopkins, B. Siewert, S. H. C. Askes, P. Veldhuizen, R. Zwier, M. Heger, S. Bonnet
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 15, 644–653 (2016)
doi:10.1039/c5pp00424a
Temporal Control of Membrane Fusion through Photolabile PEGylation of Liposome Membranes
L. Kong, S. H. C. Askes, S. Bonnet, A. Kros, F. Campbell
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55, 1396–1400 (2016)
doi:10.1002/anie.201509673
d- Versus l-Glucose Conjugation: Mitochondrial Targeting of a Light-Activated Dual-Mode-of-Action Ruthenium-Based Anticancer Prodrug
L. N. Lameijer, S. L. Hopkins, T. G. Brevé, S. H. C. Askes, S. Bonnet
Chemistry – A European Journal 22, 18484–18491 (2016)
doi:10.1002/chem.201603066

2015

Imaging the lipid bilayer of giant unilamellar vesicles using red-to-blue light upconversion
S. H. C. Askes, N. López Mora, R. Harkes, R. I. Koning, B. Koster, T. Schmidt, A. Kros, S. Bonnet
Chemical Communications 51, 9137–9140 (2015)
doi:10.1039/c5cc02197a
A novel coordination network of Tb(III) with 2-hydroxy-trimesic acid showing very intense photoluminescence
X. Liu, S. Akerboom, S. H. C. Askes, I. Mutikainen, E. Bouwman
Inorganic Chemistry Communications 61, 60–63 (2015)
doi:10.1016/j.inoche.2015.08.020
Triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion followed by FRET for the red light activation of a photodissociative ruthenium complex in liposomes
S. H. C. Askes, M. Kloz, G. Bruylants, J. T. M. Kennis, S. Bonnet
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17, 27380–27390 (2015)
doi:10.1039/c5cp04352b

2014

Activation of a photodissociative ruthenium complex by triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion in liposomes
S. H. C. Askes, A. Bahreman, S. Bonnet
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53, 1029–1033 (2014)
doi:10.1002/anie.201309389

2009

Coordination chemistry of 5,6,7-trimethyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine with first-row transition-metal salts: Synthesis, spectroscopy and single-crystal structures, with counter-anion dependence of the structures
J. H. Adriaanse, S. H. C. Askes, Y. van Bree, S. van Oudheusden, E. D. van den Bos, E. Günay, I. Mutikainen, U. Turpeinen, G. A. van Albada, J. G. Haasnoot, J. Reedijk
Polyhedron 28, 3143–3149 (2009)
doi:10.1016/j.poly.2009.07.001