Ultrafast electron dynamics in solar energy conversion

CS Ponseca Jr, P Chábera, J Uhlig, P Persson… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Electrons are the workhorses of solar energy conversion. Conversion of the energy of light to
electricity in photovoltaics, or to energy-rich molecules (solar fuel) through photocatalytic …

Photoinduced structural dynamics of molecular systems mapped by time-resolved X-ray methods

M Chergui, E Collet - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
We review the tremendous advances in ultrafast X-ray science, over the past 15 years,
making the best use of new ultrashort X-ray sources including table-top or large-scale …

Time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy with a water window high-harmonic source

Y Pertot, C Schmidt, M Matthews, A Chauvet… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy (TR-XAS) has so far practically been limited to
large-scale facilities, to subpicosecond temporal resolution, and to the condensed phase …

Microstructuring of silicon with femtosecond laser pulses

TH Her, RJ Finlay, C Wu, S Deliwala… - Applied Physics Letters, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
We report that silicon surfaces develop an array of sharp conical spikes when irradiated with
500 laser pulses of 100-fs duration, 10-kJ/m2 fluence in 500-Torr SF6 or Cl2. The spikes are …

Femtosecond XANES study of the light-induced spin crossover dynamics in an iron (II) complex

C Bressler, C Milne, VT Pham, A ElNahhas… - Science, 2009 - science.org
X-ray absorption spectroscopy is a powerful probe of molecular structure, but it has
previously been too slow to track the earliest dynamics after photoexcitation. We …

4D ultrafast electron diffraction, crystallography, and microscopy

AH Zewail - Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2006 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract In this review, we highlight the progress made in the development of 4D ultrafast
electron diffraction (UED), crystallography (UEC), and microscopy (UEM) with a focus on …

Ultrafast X-ray absorption spectroscopy

C Bressler, M Chergui - Chemical reviews, 2004 - ACS Publications
The development of femtosecond lasers brought entirely new possibilities into the practice of
timeresolved spectroscopy, for both UV-vis and IR-Raman spectroscopies. In addition, it has …

Laser-induced electron diffraction: a new tool for probing ultrafast molecular dynamics

T Zuo, AD Bandrauk, PB Corkum - Chemical physics letters, 1996 - Elsevier
Momentum angular distributions of the nonlinear multiphoton photoelectron spectra from
intense ultrashort pulse ionization of H2+ molecular ions show signatures of electron …

Femtosecond time-resolved X-ray diffraction from laser-heated organic films

C Rischel, A Rousse, I Uschmann, PA Albouy… - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
The extension of time-resolved X-ray diffraction to the subpicosecond domain is an
important challenge, as the nature of chemical reactions and phase transitions is determined …

Recent experimental and theoretical developments in time-resolved X-ray spectroscopies

CJ Milne, TJ Penfold, M Chergui - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Capturing the evolving geometric and electronic structure in the course of a chemical
reaction or biological process is the principal aim of time-resolved X-ray spectroscopies …