Edwin
Kukk
Professor, Materials Research Laboratory
Professor, Head of Materials Research Laboratory

Contact

+358 29 450 4281
+358 50 339 6892
Vesilinnantie 5
20500
Turku

Areas of expertise

Synchrotron radiation
free-electron-lasers
ion mass spectroscopy
electron spectroscopy
coincidence spectroscopy
molecular dynamics
photoionization
photodissociation
ultrafast processes
femtochemistry
radiation damage
molecular structure;

Research

My research is focussed on fundamental studies of the interaction of small quantum systems (such as molecules, multimers of biomolecules, small clusters) with light -- x-rays and ionizing UV radiation.The ultrafast processes that occur in the femtosecond-scale following the absorption of energy are the key for understanding many phenomena such as radiation damage in DNA and other biomolecules, light-activated processes (such as vision or many catalytic processes) but also the action and efficiency of radiosensitizing agents in cancer therapy.

Our research is based on advanced spectroscopic methods such as multiparticle coincidence spectroscopy, actively utilizing large international infrastructures: SACLA free-electron laser in Japan,  EuXFEL in Germany, MAX-IV synchrotron in Sweden. We are also active in designing and building new instruments for these facilities. The research is carried out withing the framework of large international collaborations, closely involving also theoretical calculations and modeling.

Publications

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Opportunities for Two-Color Experiments in the Soft X-ray Regime at the European XFEL (2020)

Applied Sciences
Svitozar Serkez, Winfried Decking, Lars Froehlich, Natalia Gerasimova, Jan Grünert, Marc Guetg, Marko Huttula, Suren Karabekyan, Andreas Koch, Vitali Kocharyan, Yauhen Kot, Edwin Kukk, Joakim Laksman, Pavel Lytaev, Theophilos Maltezopoulos, Tommaso Mazza, Michael Meyer, Evgeni Saldin, Evgeny Schneidmiller, Matthias Scholz, Sergey Tomin, Maurizio Vannoni, Torsten Wohlenberg, Mikhail Yurkov, Igor Zagorodnov, Gianluca Geloni
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Multi-particle momentum correlations extracted using covariance methods on multiple-ionization of diiodomethane molecules by soft-X-ray free-electron laser pulses (2020)

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
You D, Fukuzawa H, Luo Y, Saito S, Berholts M, Gaumnitz T, Huttula M, Johnsson P, Kishimoto N, Myllynen H, Nemer A, Niozu A, Patanen M, Pelimanni E, Takanashi T, Yokono N, Wada SI, Tono K, Owada S, Nagaya K, Yabashi M, Ueda K, Kukk E
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Time-resolved dynamics of thiophene dication - probing parent molecule survival times and multi-step dissociation processes of cyclic molecules by free-electron-laser experiments combined with theoretical simulations (2020)

International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions, Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Kukk E, Fukuzawa H, Nagaya K, Niskanen J, Luo Y, Peschel J, Kooser K, Itl E, Pelimanni E, Saito S, You D, Maclot S, Nizou A, Ha DT, Myllynen H, Ueda K
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))

Characterizing crystalline defects in single nanoparticles from angular correlations of single-shot diffracted X-rays (2020)

IUCrJ
Akinobu Niozu, Yoshiaki Kumagai, Toshiyuki Nishiyama, Hironobu Fukuzawa, Koji Motomura, Maximilian Bucher, Kazuki Asa, Yuhiro Sato, Yuta Ito, Tsukasa Takanashi, Daehyun You, Taishi Ono, Yiwen Li, Edwin Kukk, Catalin Miron, Liviu Neagu, Carlo Callegari, Michele Di Fraia, Giorgio Rossi, Davide E. Galli, Tommaso Pincelli, Alessandro Colombo, Shigeki Owada, Kensuke Tono, Takashi Kameshima, Yasumasa Joti, Tetsuo Katayama, Tadashi Togashi, Makina Yabashi, Kazuhiro Matsuda, Kiyonobu Nagaya, Christoph Bostedtd, Kiyoshi Uedab
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Roadmap on photonic, electronic and atomic collision physics: I. Light-matter interaction (2019)

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Ueda K, Sokell E, Schippers S, Aumayr F, Sadeghpour H, Burgdorfer J, Lemell C, Tong XM, Pfeifer T, Calegari F, Palacios A, Martin F, Corkum P, Sansone G, Gryzlova EV, Grum-Grzhimailo AN, Piancastelli MN, Weber PM, Steinle T, Amini K, Biegert J, Berrah N, Kukk E, Santra R, Muller A, Dowek D, Lucchese RR, McCurdy CW, Bolognesi P, Avaldi L, Jahnke T, Schoffler MS, Dorner R, Mairesse Y, Nahon L, Smirnova O, Schlatholter T, Campbell EEB, Rost JM, Meyer M, Tanaka KA
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Ultrafast Structural Dynamics of Nanoparticles in Intense Laser Fields (2019)

Physical Review Letters
Nishiyama T, Kumagai Y, Niozu A, Fukuzawa H, Motomura K, Bucher M, Ito Y, Takanashi T, Asa K, Sato Y, You D, Li YW, Ono T, Kukk E, Miron C, Neagu L, Callegari C, Di Fraia M, Rossi G, Galli DE, Pincelli T, Colombo A, Kameshima T, Joti Y, Hatsui T, Owada S, Katayama T, Togashi T, Tono K, Yabashi M, Matsuda K, Bostedt C, Nagaya K, Ueda K, Ueda K
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
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