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Overview

Piotr Skurski is affiliated with the University of Gdańsk in Poland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a notable focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Inorganic/Organometallic Compounds

Among frequent coauthors collaborating with Skurski are:

  • Iwona Anusiewicz
  • Sylwia Freza
  • Adrianna Cyraniak
  • Jakub Brzeski
  • Jack Simons

Their publications appear regularly in several scientific venues, with the most frequent including:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Chemical Physics Letters
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Skurski showcase a variety of topics and methodologies. Selected papers include:

  • "Two potential paths for OH radical formation on surfaces of pure water microdroplets," published in 2024 in The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "The Mechanism of a Retro-Diels-Alder Fragmentation of Luteolin: Theoretical Studies Supported by Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry Results," published in 2022 in Molecules
  • "Robust Photocatalytic Method Using Ethylene-Bridged Flavinium Salts for the Aerobic Oxidation of Unactivated Benzylic Substrates," published in 2021 in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • "Fate of Dipole-Bound Anion States when Hydrated," published in 2020 in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • "Retrosynthesis from transforms to predictive sustainable chemistry and nanotechnology: a brief tutorial review," published in 2023 in Green Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Mechanism for Damage to DNA by Low-Energy Electrons †

    Robyn Barrios;Piotr Skurski;Jack Simons

  • The Only Stable State of O2- Is the X 2Πg Ground State and It (Still!) Has an Adiabatic Electron Detachment Energy of 0.45 eV

    Kent M. Ervin;Iwona Anusiewicz;Piotr Skurski;Jack Simons

  • Damage to model DNA fragments from very low-energy (<1 eV) electrons.

    Joanna Berdys;Iwona Anusiewicz;Piotr Skurski;Jack Simons

  • Contribution of electron correlation to the stability of dipole-bound anionic states.

    Maciej Gutowski;Piotr Skurski;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Jack Simons

  • Electronic Structure of Dipole-Bound Anions

    Maciej Gutowski;Kenneth D. Jordan;Piotr Skurski

  • How to choose a one-electron basis set to reliably describe a dipole-bound anion

    Piotr Skurski;Piotr Skurski;Maciej Gutowski;Maciej Gutowski;Jack Simons

  • Coulomb-Assisted Dissociative Electron Attachment: Application to a Model Peptide

    Monika Sobczyk;Iwona Anusiewicz;Joanna Berdys-Kochanska;Agnieszka Sawicka

  • Low-energy tautomers and conformers of neutral and protonated arginine.

    Janusz Rak;Piotr Skurski;Jack Simons;Maciej Gutowski

  • Model Calculations Relevant to Disulfide Bond Cleavage via Electron Capture Influenced by Positively Charged Groups

    Agnieszka Sawicka;Piotr Skurski;Robert R. Hudgins;Jack Simons

  • Theoretical Search for Anions Possessing Large Electron Binding Energies

    Monika Sobczyk;Agnieszka Sawicka;Piotr Skurski

  • Damage to Model DNA Fragments by 0.25−1.0 eV Electrons Attached to a Thymine π* Orbital

    Joanna Berdys;Piotr Skurski;Jack Simons

  • Theoretical Study of Damage to DNA by 0.2-1.5 eV Electrons Attached to Cytosine†

    Joanna Berdys;Iwona Anusiewicz;Piotr Skurski;Jack Simons

  • Halogenoids as ligands in superhalogen anions.

    Sylwia Smuczyńska;Piotr Skurski

  • DISPERSION STABILIZATION OF SOLVATED ELECTRONS AND DIPOLE-BOUND ANIONS

    Maciej Gutowski;Piotr Skurski

  • An ab initio study on BeX3− superhalogen anions (X = F, Cl, Br)

    Iwona Anusiewicz;Iwona Anusiewicz;Piotr Skurski;Piotr Skurski

  • BX4- and AlX4- superhalogen anions (X = F, Cl, Br): an ab initio study.

    Celina Sikorska;Sylwia Smuczyńska;Piotr Skurski;Iwona Anusiewicz

  • ENERGIES OF DIPOLE-BOUND ANIONIC STATES

    Maciej Gutowski;Maciej Gutowski;Piotr Skurski;Kenneth D. Jordan;Jack Simons

  • An ab initio study on MgX3− and CaX3− superhalogen anions (X=F, Cl, Br)

    Iwona Anusiewicz;Iwona Anusiewicz;Monika Sobczyk;Monika Sobczyk;Iwona Dąbkowska;Piotr Skurski;Piotr Skurski

  • Enormously large (approaching 14 eV!) electron binding energies of [HnFn+1]- (n = 1–5, 7, 9, 12) anions

    Sylwia Freza;Piotr Skurski

  • The saturation of the excess electron binding energy in AlnF3n+1- (n = 1–5) anions

    Celina Sikorska;Piotr Skurski

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack Simons
Jack Simons University of Utah
Maciej Gutowski
Maciej Gutowski Heriot-Watt University
Kenneth D. Jordan
Kenneth D. Jordan University of Pittsburgh
Adam Liwo
Adam Liwo University of Gdańsk
Lai-Sheng Wang
Lai-Sheng Wang Brown University
Roman Kaliszan
Roman Kaliszan Gdańsk Medical University
Alexander I. Boldyrev
Alexander I. Boldyrev Utah State University
Kit H. Bowen
Kit H. Bowen Johns Hopkins University
Xue-Bin Wang
Xue-Bin Wang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jerzy Falandysz
Jerzy Falandysz Medical University of Lodz

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