Capturing photochemical and photophysical transformations in iron complexes with ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy and scattering

KJ Gaffney - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Light-driven chemical transformations provide a compelling approach to understanding
chemical reactivity with the potential to use this understanding to advance solar energy and …

Reaction dynamics studied via femtosecond X-ray liquidography at X-ray free-electron lasers

EH Choi, Y Lee, J Heo, H Ihee - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) provide femtosecond X-ray pulses suitable for pump–
probe time-resolved studies with a femtosecond time resolution. Since the advent of the first …

Direct observation of coherent femtosecond solvent reorganization coupled to intramolecular electron transfer

E Biasin, ZW Fox, A Andersen, K Ledbetter, KS Kjær… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
It is well known that the solvent plays a critical role in ultrafast electron-transfer reactions.
However, solvent reorganization occurs on multiple length scales, and selectively …

Vibrational wavepacket dynamics in Fe carbene photosensitizer determined with femtosecond X-ray emission and scattering

K Kunnus, M Vacher, TCB Harlang, KS Kjær… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The non-equilibrium dynamics of electrons and nuclei govern the function of photoactive
materials. Disentangling these dynamics remains a critical goal for understanding …

Finding intersections between electronic excited state potential energy surfaces with simultaneous ultrafast X-ray scattering and spectroscopy

KS Kjær, TB Van Driel, TCB Harlang, K Kunnus… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Light-driven molecular reactions are dictated by the excited state potential energy
landscape, depending critically on the location of conical intersections and intersystem …

Solvent-dependent structural dynamics in the ultrafast photodissociation reaction of triiodide observed with time-resolved x-ray solution scattering

A Nimmrich, MR Panman, O Berntsson… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Resolving the structural dynamics of bond breaking, bond formation, and solvation is
required for a deeper understanding of solution-phase chemical reactions. In this work, we …

Ultrafast X-ray scattering measurements of coherent structural dynamics on the ground-state potential energy surface of a diplatinum molecule

K Haldrup, G Levi, E Biasin, P Vester, MG Laursen… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We report x-ray free electron laser experiments addressing ground-state structural dynamics
of the diplatinum anion Pt 2 POP 4 following photoexcitation. The structural dynamics are …

Tracking structural solvent reorganization and recombination dynamics following e− photoabstraction from aqueous I− with femtosecond x-ray spectroscopy and …

P Vester, K Kubicek, R Alonso-Mori, T Assefa… - The Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We present a sub-picosecond resolved investigation of the structural solvent reorganization
and geminate recombination dynamics following 400 nm two-photon excitation and …

Observing the structural evolution in the photodissociation of diiodomethane with femtosecond solution X-ray scattering

MR Panman, E Biasin, O Berntsson, M Hermann… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Resolving the structural dynamics of the initial steps of chemical reactions is challenging.
We report the femtosecond time-resolved wide-angle x-ray scattering of the …

Solution structure and ultrafast vibrational relaxation of the PtPOP complex revealed by ΔSCF-QM/MM direct dynamics simulations

G Levi, M Pápai, NE Henriksen, AO Dohn… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Recent ultrafast experiments have unveiled the time scales of vibrational cooling and
decoherence upon photoexcitation of the diplatinum complex [Pt2 (P2O5H2) 4] 4–in …