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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Resonance-Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization in the X-Ray Regime (2021)

Physical Review Letters
LaForge Aaron C., Son Sang-Kil, Mishra Debadarshini, Ilchen Markus, Duncanson Stephen, Eronen Eemeli, Kukk Edwin, Wirok-Stoletow Stanislaw, Kolbasova Daria, Walter Peter, Boll Rebecca, De Fanis Alberto, Meyer Michael, Ovcharenko Yevheniy, Rivas Daniel E., Schmidt Philipp, Usenko Sergey, Santra Robin, Berrah Nora
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Suppression of thermal nanoplasma emission in clusters strongly ionized by hard x-rays (2021)

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Kumagai Yoshiaki, Jurek Zoltan, Xu Weiqing, Saxena Vikrant, Fukuzawa Hironobu, Motomura Koji, Iablonskyi Denys, Nagaya Kiyonobu, Wada Shin-ichi, Ito Yuta, Takanashi Tsukasa, Yamada Shuhei, Sakakibara Yuta, Hiraki Toshiyuki Nishiyama, Umemoto Takayuki, Patanen Minna, Bozek John D, Dancus Ioan, Cernaianu Mihail, Miron Catalin, Bauer Tobias, Mucke Melanie, Kukk Edwin, Owada Shigeki, Togashi Tadashi, Tono Kensuke, Yabashi Makina, Son San-Kil, Ziaja Beata, Santra Robin, Ueda Kiyoshi
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

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

International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC), Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Niozu A., Kumagai Y., Nishiyama T., Fukuzawa H., Motomura K., Bucher M., Ito Y., Takanashi T., Asa K., Sato Y., You D., Li Y., Ono T., Kukk E., Miron C., Neagu L., Callegari C., Fraia M.D., Rossi G., Galli D.E., 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., Nagaya K.
(O2 Muu julkaisu )

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))

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
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

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))