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Ge G, Zhang JR, Wang SY, Wei M, Ji Y, Duan S, Ueda K, Hua W. Mapping Hydrogen Positions along the Proton Transfer Pathway in an Organic Crystal by Computational X-ray Spectra. J Phys Chem Lett 2024:6051-6061. [PMID: 38819966 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2024]
Abstract
Understanding proton transfer (PT) dynamics in condensed phases is crucial in chemistry. We computed a 2D map of N 1s X-ray photoelectron/absorption spectroscopy (XPS/XAS) for an organic donor-acceptor salt crystal against two varying N-H distances to track proton motions. Our results provide a continuous spectroscopic mapping of O-H···N↔O-··· H+-N processes via hydrogen bonds at both nitrogens, demonstrating the sensitivity of N 1s transient XPS/XAS to hydrogen positions and PT. By reducing the O-H length at N1 by only 0.2 Å, we achieved excellent theory-experiment agreement in both XPS and XAS. Our study highlights the challenge in refining proton positions in experimental crystal structures by periodic geometry optimizations and proposes an alternative scaled snapshot protocol as a more effective approach. This work provides valuable insights into X-ray spectra for correlated PT dynamics in complex crystals, benefiting future experimental studies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Guoyan Ge
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Microstructure and Quantum Sensing, School of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 210094 Nanjing, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Microstructure and Quantum Sensing, School of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 210094 Nanjing, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Microstructure and Quantum Sensing, School of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 210094 Nanjing, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Microstructure and Quantum Sensing, School of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 210094 Nanjing, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Department of Chemistry, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Microstructure and Quantum Sensing, School of Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 210094 Nanjing, China
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Liu J, Li Y, Hou Y, Wu J, Yuan J. Transient responses of double core-holes generation in all-attosecond pump-probe spectroscopy. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1950. [PMID: 38253674 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52197-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Double core-holes (DCHs) show remarkable and sensitive effects for understanding electron correlations and coherence. With advanced modulation of x-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) facility, we propose the forthcoming all-attosecond XFEL pump-probe spectroscopy can decipher the hidden photon-initiated dynamics of DCHs. The benchmark case of neon is investigated, and norm-nonconserving Monte-Carlo wavefunction method simulates non-Hermitian dynamics among vast states, which shows superiority in efficiency and reliability. In our scheme, population transfer to DCHs is sequentially irradiated by pump and probe laser. By varying time delay, Stark shifts and quantum path interference of resonant lines sensitively emerge at specific interval of two pulses. These ubiquitous multi-channel effects are also observed in phase-fluctuating pulses, derived from extra phases of impulsive Raman processes by pump laser. Non-perturbation absorption/emission verifies the uniquely interchangeable role of two pules in higher intensity. Our results reveal sensitive and robust responses on pulse parameters, which show potential capacity for XFEL attosecond pulse diagnosis and further attosecond-timescale chemical analysis.
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- Jianpeng Liu
- College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Extreme Matter and Applications, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China
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- College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Extreme Matter and Applications, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China
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- College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Extreme Matter and Applications, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China
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- College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China.
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Extreme Matter and Applications, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China.
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing, 100193, China.
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China.
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