Publications + presentations

Results in print and in conversation.

Peer-reviewed research and selected presentations on molecular symmetry, magneto-optical response, and ultrafast photochemistry.

Peer-reviewed research

Journal articles

  1. Inorganic Chemistry · 2024

    Electron-Withdrawing meso-Substituents Turn On Magneto-Optical Activity in Porphyrins

    Emigdio E. Turner, Trong-Nhan Pham, Samuel Peter Smith, Kaytlin N. Ward, Joel Rosenthal, and Jeffrey J. Rack. Inorganic Chemistry 2024, 63 (8), 3630–3636.

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Selected presentations

Conference posters

  1. ACS Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting · October 2025

    Changing Porphyrin Symmetry Reverses Magneto-Optical Rotation

    Smith, S. P.; Brink, J.; Rack, J. J. Presented in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

  2. Conference on Excited State Processes · June 2025

    When Does Inversion Occur in Chiral Sulfoxides?

    Smith, S. P.; Quartey, E.; Breen, D. J.; Rack, J. J. Presented in Santa Fe, New Mexico.