Tero-Petri Ruoko
About me
I am an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Photochemistry. I lead the research group Spectroscopy and Light-Active Materials (SLAM), which focuses on advanced time-resolved optical spectroscopy, spectroelectrochemistry of semiconducting polymers and organic electronic devices, and high-efficiency light-emitting materials. We are a part of the Chemistry & Advanced Materials (CAM) research cluster and the PREIN Flagship on Photonics Research.
Research unit
Research fields
Photochemistry, electrochemistry, organic electronics, light-emitting materials
Funding
Latest publications
Decoupling Conductivity, Heterogeneous Electron Transfer Rate, and Diffusion in Organic Molecular Electrocatalysis: Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)
Sepat, N., Vagin, M., Carli, S., Marchini, E., Caramori, S., Zhang, Q., Braun, S., Wu, Z., Ding, P., Wijeratne, K., Petsagkourakis, I., Ail, U., Pavlopoulou, E., Ruoko, T.-P., Fabiano, S., Tybrandt, K., Fahlman, M., Crispin, R., Berggren, M. & Gueskine, V. & 1 others, , 2025, In: Small. 21, 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Defect-Mediated Crystallization of the Particulate TiO2 Photocatalyst Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition
Bhuskute, B. D., Ali-Löytty, H., Saari, J., Hiltunen, A., Ruoko, T.-P., Salminen, T. & Valden, M., 2025, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129, 1, p. 353-358Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Elucidating the Supramolecular Interaction of Positively Supercharged Fluorescent Protein with Anionic Phthalocyanines
Saarinen, S., Khan, R., Patrian, M., Fuenzalida-Werner, J. P., Costa, R. D., Zimcik, P., Novakova, V., Ruoko, T. P., Tkachenko, N. V., Anaya-Plaza, E. & Kostiainen, M. A., 2025, In: Advanced Biology. 9, 5, 2400308.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Halogen Bonding as a Tool to Control Morphology and Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors
Ruoko, T. P., Stoeckel, M. A., Puttreddy, R., Yang, C. Y., Zhang, S., Wu, Z., Candeias, N. R., Samorì, P., Woo, H. Y., Fabiano, S. & Priimagi, A., 2025, In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 64, 21, e202424979.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Stabilizing Light-Responsive Azobenzene Films in Aqueous Environment with Thin Polymer Coatings
Isomäki, M., Kääriäinen, L., Fedele, C., Lehtimäki, S., Ruoko, T.-P., Mäntylä, E., Ihalainen, T. O. & Priimagi, A., 14 Sept 2025, In: Soft Matter. 21, 34, p. 6779-6790Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Halide Engineering in Mixed Halide Perovskite-Inspired Cu2AgBiI6 for Solar Cells with Enhanced Performance
Vipinraj Sugathan, Liu, M., Pecoraro, A., Das, T. K., Ruoko, T. P., Grandhi, G. K., Manna, D., Ali-Löytty, H., Lahtonen, K., Muñoz-García, A. B., Pavone, M. & Vivo, P., 2024, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 16, 15, p. 19026-19038Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Hydrogen-Bonded Liquid Crystal Elastomers Combining Shape Memory Programming and Reversible Actuation
Guo, H., Ruoko, T.-P., Zeng, H. & Priimagi, A., 2024, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 34, 10, 2312068.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Organic Electrochemical Transistor Aptasensor for Interleukin-6 Detection
Diacci, C., Burtscher, B., Berto, M., Ruoko, T.-P., Lienemann, S., Greco, P., Berggren, M., Borsari, M., Simon, D. T., Bortolotti, C. A. & Biscarini, F., 2024, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 16, 45, p. 61467-61474Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Visualizing Noncovalent Interactions and Property Prediction of Submicron-Sized Charge-Transfer Crystals from ab-initio Determined Structures
Lv, Z. P., Srivastava, D., Conley, K., Ruoko, T. P., Xu, H., Lightowler, M., Hong, X., Cui, X., Huang, Z., Yang, T., Wang, H. Y., Karttunen, A. J. & Bergström, L., 2024, In: Small Methods. 8, 7, 10 p., 2301229.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Antimony-Bismuth Alloying: The Key to a Major Boost in the Efficiency of Lead-Free Perovskite-Inspired Photovoltaics
Al-Anesi, B., Grandhi, G. K., Pecoraro, A., Sugathan, V., Viswanath, N. S. M., Ali-Löytty, H., Liu, M., Ruoko, T.-P., Lahtonen, K., Manna, D., Toikkonen, S., Muñoz-García, A. B., Pavone, M. & Vivo, P., 15 Nov 2023, In: Small. 19, 46, 2303575.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review