Using X-ray free-electron lasers for spectroscopy of molecular catalysts and metalloenzymes

U Bergmann, J Kern, RW Schoenlein, P Wernet… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The metal centres in metalloenzymes and molecular catalysts are responsible for the
rearrangement of atoms and electrons during complex chemical reactions, and they enable …

Surface hopping dynamics on vibronic coupling models

JP Zobel, M Heindl, F Plasser, S Mai… - Accounts of chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The simulation of photoinduced non-adiabatic dynamics is of great relevance in
many scientific disciplines, ranging from physics and materials science to chemistry and …

Activating dynamic atomic-configuration for single-site electrocatalyst in electrochemical CO2 reduction

CS Hsu, J Wang, YC Chu, JH Chen, CY Chien… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
One challenge for realizing high-efficiency electrocatalysts for CO2 electroreduction is
lacking in comprehensive understanding of potential-driven chemical state and dynamic …

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 …

KiMoPack: A python Package for Kinetic Modeling of the Chemical Mechanism

C Müller, T Pascher, A Eriksson… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein, we present KiMoPack, an analysis tool for the ki netic mo deling of transient
spectroscopic data. KiMoPack enables a state-of-the-art analysis routine including data …

Progress in the theory of x-ray spectroscopy: From quantum chemistry to machine learning and ultrafast dynamics

CD Rankine, TJ Penfold - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2021 - ACS Publications
The development of high-brilliance third-and fourth-generation light sources such as
synchrotrons and X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs), the emergence of laboratory-based X …

Atomic-scale observation of solvent reorganization influencing photoinduced structural dynamics in a copper complex photosensitizer

T Katayama, TK Choi, D Khakhulin, AO Dohn… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photochemical reactions in solution are governed by a complex interplay between transient
intramolecular electronic and nuclear structural changes and accompanying solvent …

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 …

Resolving femtosecond solvent reorganization dynamics in an iron complex by nonadiabatic dynamics simulations

DB Zederkof, KB Møller, MM Nielsen… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The ultrafast dynamical response of solute–solvent interactions plays a key role in transition
metal complexes, where charge transfer states are ubiquitous. Nonetheless, there exist very …

Ferricyanide photo-aquation pathway revealed by combined femtosecond Kβ main line and valence-to-core x-ray emission spectroscopy

M Reinhard, A Gallo, M Guo, AT Garcia-Esparza… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Reliably identifying short-lived chemical reaction intermediates is crucial to elucidate
reaction mechanisms but becomes particularly challenging when multiple transient species …