{"id":417,"date":"2026-08-03T02:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/?page_id=417"},"modified":"2026-08-03T02:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:32:14","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/index.php\/home-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 50px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;\">Get Excited and Spin Around<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-425 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Untitled-897x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"897\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Untitled-897x1024.png 897w, https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Untitled-263x300.png 263w, https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Untitled-768x877.png 768w, https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Untitled-1345x1536.png 1345w, https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Untitled-1793x2048.png 1793w, https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Untitled-1140x1302.png 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are a <strong>physical chemistry research<\/strong> group dedicated to understanding and leveraging <strong>spin dynamics in photophysical and photochemical processes<\/strong>. Our research combines the <strong>development of advanced spectroscopic methods with molecular design<\/strong> to uncover how spin governs the flow of energy and charge following photoexcitation. We develop new spectroscopic techniques to probe the nonequilibrium spin dynamics of photoexcited molecules. These molecules can generate highly polarized spin states through their intrinsic photophysical pathways, even in the absence of an external magnetic field. In many systems, the resulting spin polarization is believed to approach unity at room temperature that would otherwise require the extremely strong magnetic fields found near neutron stars under thermal equilibrium. By integrating innovative instrumentation with molecules designed and synthesized in our laboratory, we seek to elucidate the molecular mechanisms responsible for spin polarization and translate these fundamental insights into design principles for the next generation of molecular qubits and molecular quantum materials. Beyond understanding spin dynamics, we are interested in coherently manipulating of spin states to control chemical reactions and direct energy flow at the molecular level, opening new opportunities in photochemistry, quantum information science, and molecular quantum technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Get Excited and Spin Around We are a physical chemistry research group dedicated to understanding and leveraging spin dynamics in photophysical and photochemical processes. Our research combines the development of advanced spectroscopic methods with molecular design to uncover how spin governs the flow of energy and charge following photoexcitation. We develop new spectroscopic techniques to probe the nonequilibrium spin dynamics of photoexcited molecules. These molecules can generate highly polarized spin states through their intrinsic photophysical pathways, even in the absence of an external magnetic field. In many systems, the resulting spin polarization is believed to approach unity at room temperature that would otherwise require the extremely strong magnetic fields found near neutron stars under thermal equilibrium. By integrating innovative instrumentation with molecules designed and synthesized in our laboratory, we seek to elucidate the molecular mechanisms responsible for spin polarization and translate these fundamental insights into design principles for the next generation of molecular qubits and molecular quantum materials. Beyond understanding spin dynamics, we are interested in coherently manipulating of spin states to control chemical reactions and direct energy flow at the molecular level, opening new opportunities in photochemistry, quantum information science, and molecular quantum technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-417","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/417\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chem.fsu.edu\/~mao\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}