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Wallick R, Chakrabarti S, Burke JH, Gnewkow R, Chae JB, Rossi TC, Mantouvalou I, Kanngießer B, Fondell M, Eckert S, Dykstra C, Smith LE, Vura-Weis J, Mirica LM, van der Veen RM. Excited-State Identification of a Nickel-Bipyridine Photocatalyst by Time-Resolved X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:4976-4982. [PMID: 38691639 PMCID: PMC11089568 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
Abstract
Photoassisted catalysis using Ni complexes is an emerging field for cross-coupling reactions in organic synthesis. However, the mechanism by which light enables and enhances the reactivity of these complexes often remains elusive. Although optical techniques have been widely used to study the ground and excited states of photocatalysts, they lack the specificity to interrogate the electronic and structural changes at specific atoms. Herein, we report metal-specific studies using transient Ni L- and K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy of a prototypical Ni photocatalyst, (dtbbpy)Ni(o-tol)Cl (dtb = 4,4'-di-tert-butyl, bpy = bipyridine, o-tol = ortho-tolyl), in solution. We unambiguously confirm via direct experimental evidence that the long-lived (∼5 ns) excited state is a tetrahedral metal-centered triplet state. These results demonstrate the power of ultrafast X-ray spectroscopies to unambiguously elucidate the nature of excited states in important transition-metal-based photocatalytic systems.
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- Rachel
F. Wallick
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Illinois at
Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Illinois at
Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Illinois at
Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany
- Institute
of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technische
Universität Berlin, Berlin 10623, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Illinois at
Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany
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- Department
of Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany
- Institute
of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technische
Universität Berlin, Berlin 10623, Germany
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- Department
of Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany
- Institute
of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technische
Universität Berlin, Berlin 10623, Germany
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- Department
of Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany
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- Department
of Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Illinois at
Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Illinois at
Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Illinois at
Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Illinois at
Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Illinois at
Urbana—Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department
of Atomic-Scale Dynamics in Light-Energy Conversion, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany
- Institute
of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technische
Universität Berlin, Berlin 10623, Germany
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Naumova M, Paveliuc G, Biednov M, Kubicek K, Kalinko A, Meng J, Liang M, Rahaman A, Abdellah M, Checchia S, Alves Lima F, Zalden P, Gawelda W, Bressler C, Geng H, Lin W, Liu Y, Zhao Q, Pan Q, Akter M, Kong Q, Retegan M, Gosztola DJ, Pápai M, Khakhulin D, Lawson Daku M, Zheng K, Canton SE. Nonadiabatic Charge Transfer within Photoexcited Nickel Porphyrins. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:3627-3638. [PMID: 38530393 PMCID: PMC11000243 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
Abstract
Metalloporphyrins with open d-shell ions can drive biochemical energy cycles. However, their utilization in photoconversion is hampered by rapid deactivation. Mapping the relaxation pathways is essential for elaborating strategies that can favorably alter the charge dynamics through chemical design and photoexcitation conditions. Here, we combine transient optical absorption spectroscopy and transient X-ray emission spectroscopy with femtosecond resolution to probe directly the coupled electronic and spin dynamics within a photoexcited nickel porphyrin in solution. Measurements and calculations reveal that a state with charge-transfer character mediates the formation of the thermalized excited state, thereby advancing the description of the photocycle for this important representative molecule. More generally, establishing that intramolecular charge-transfer steps play a role in the photoinduced dynamics of metalloporphyrins with open d-shell sets a conceptual ground for their development as building blocks capable of boosting nonadiabatic photoconversion in functional architectures through "hot" charge transfer down to the attosecond time scale.
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- Maria
A. Naumova
- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Département
de Chimie Physique, Université de
Genève, Quai E. Ansermet 30, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- European
XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- The
Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, University
of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee
149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Fachbereich
Physik, Universität Hamburg, Notkestraße 9-11, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
- Chemical
Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
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- Department
of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
- Chemical
Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Chemical
Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
- Department
of Chemistry, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
- Department
of Chemistry, Qena Faculty of Science, South
Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt
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- ESRF
- The European Synchrotron, 71, avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- European
XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European
XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Departamento
de Química, Universidad Autónoma
de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
- IMDEA-Nanociencia, Calle
Faraday 9, Madrid 28049, Spain
- Faculty
of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan 61-614, Poland
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- European
XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- The
Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, University
of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee
149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Fachbereich
Physik, Universität Hamburg, Notkestraße 9-11, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department
of Physics, Yantai University, 30 Qingquan Road, Yantai 264005, China
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- Chemical
Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Chemical
Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
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- Chemical
Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Chemical
Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Synchrotron Soleil, L’Orme des
Merisiers, 91190 Saint-Aubin, France
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- ESRF
- The European Synchrotron, 71, avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Center
for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National
Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- HUN-REN Wigner Research Center for Physics, P.O. Box 49, Budapest H-1525, Hungary
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- Département
de Chimie Physique, Université de
Genève, Quai E. Ansermet 30, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
- Chemical
Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- European
XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Department
of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
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Garcia-Orrit S, Vega-Mayoral V, Chen Q, Serra G, Paternò GM, Cánovas E, Narita A, Müllen K, Tommasini M, Cabanillas-González J. Nanographene-Based Decoration as a Panchromatic Antenna for Metalloporphyrin Conjugates. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2301596. [PMID: 37329205 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202301596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Porphyrins, a type of heterocyclic aromatic compounds consisting of tetrapyrroles connected by four substituted methine groups, are appealing building blocks for solar energy applications. However, their photosensitization capability is limited by their large optical energy gap, which results in a mismatch in absorption toward efficient harvesting of the solar spectrum. Porphyrin π-extension by edge-fusing with nanographenes can be employed for narrowing their optical energy gap from 2.35 to 1.08 eV, enabling the development of porphyrin-based panchromatic dyes with an optimized energy onset for solar energy conversion in dye-sensitized solar fuel and solar cell configurations. By combining time-dependent density functional theory with fs transient absorption spectroscopy, it is found that the primary singlets, which are delocalized across the entire aromatic part, are transferred into metal centred triplets in only 1.2 ps; and subsequently, relax toward ligand-delocalized triplets. This observation implies that the decoration of the porphyrin moiety with nanographenes, while having a large impact on the absorption onset of the novel dye, promotes the formation of a ligand-centred lowest triplet state of large spatial extension, potentially interesting for boosting interactions with electron scavengers. These results reveal a design strategy for broadening the applicability of porphyrin-based dyes in optoelectronics.
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- Saül Garcia-Orrit
- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, IMDEA Nanociencia, c/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, IMDEA Nanociencia, c/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano, 20133, Italy
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- Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, Milano, 20133, Italy
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- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, IMDEA Nanociencia, c/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
- Organic and Carbon Nanomaterials Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
- Institute for Physical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica "G. Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano, 20133, Italy
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- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, IMDEA Nanociencia, c/Faraday 9, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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Bogacz I, Makita H, Simon PS, Zhang M, Doyle MD, Chatterjee R, Fransson T, Weninger C, Fuller F, Gee L, Sato T, Seaberg M, Alonso-Mori R, Bergmann U, Yachandra VK, Kern J, Yano J. Room temperature X-ray absorption spectroscopy of metalloenzymes with drop-on-demand sample delivery at XFELs. PURE APPL CHEM 2023; 95:891-897. [PMID: 38013689 PMCID: PMC10505480 DOI: 10.1515/pac-2023-0213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
Abstract
X-ray crystallography and X-ray spectroscopy using X-ray free electron lasers plays an important role in understanding the interplay of structural changes in the protein and the chemical changes at the metal active site of metalloenzymes through their catalytic cycles. As a part of such an effort, we report here our recent development of methods for X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) at XFELs to study dilute biological samples, available in limited volumes. Our prime target is Photosystem II (PS II), a multi subunit membrane protein complex, that catalyzes the light-driven water oxidation reaction at the Mn4CaO5 cluster. This is an ideal system to investigate how to control multi-electron/proton chemistry, using the flexibility of metal redox states, in coordination with the protein and the water network. We describe the method that we have developed to collect XAS data using PS II samples with a Mn concentration of <1 mM, using a drop-on-demand sample delivery method.
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- Isabel Bogacz
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Theoretical chemistry and Biology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 94025, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 94025, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 94025, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 94025, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, Madison, WI, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Moitra T, Konecny L, Kadek M, Rubio A, Repisky M. Accurate Relativistic Real-Time Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory for Valence and Core Attosecond Transient Absorption Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:1714-1724. [PMID: 36757216 PMCID: PMC9940299 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
First principles theoretical modeling of out-of-equilibrium processes observed in attosecond pump-probe transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS) triggering pure electron dynamics remains a challenging task, especially for heavy elements and/or core excitations containing fingerprints of scalar and spin-orbit relativistic effects. To address this, we formulate a methodology for simulating TAS within the relativistic real-time, time-dependent density functional theory (RT-TDDFT) framework, for both the valence and core energy regimes. Especially for TAS, full four-component (4c) RT simulations are feasible but computationally demanding. Therefore, in addition to the 4c approach, we also introduce the atomic mean-field exact two-component (amfX2C) Hamiltonian accounting for one- and two-electron picture-change corrections within RT-TDDFT. amfX2C preserves the accuracy of the parent 4c method at a fraction of its computational cost. Finally, we apply the methodology to study valence and near-L2,3-edge TAS processes of experimentally relevant systems and provide additional physical insights using relativistic nonequilibrium response theory.
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- Torsha Moitra
- Hylleraas
Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Hylleraas
Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
- Max
Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Hylleraas
Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
- Department
of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Algorithmiq
Ltd., Kanavakatu 3C, FI-00160 Helsinki, Finland
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- Max
Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center
for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ), The Flatiron Institute, 162 Fifth Avenue, New York New York 10010, United States
- Nano-Bio
Spectroscopy Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad del País Vasco, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain
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- Hylleraas
Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
- Department
of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, 84104 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Ogawa T, Sinha N, Pfund B, Prescimone A, Wenger OS. Molecular Design Principles to Elongate the Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer Excited-State Lifetimes of Square-Planar Nickel(II) Complexes. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:21948-21960. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Tomohiro Ogawa
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, BPR 1096, Mattenstrasse 24a, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Polivanovskaia DA, Konstantinova AN, Birin KP, Sokolov VS, Batishchev OV, Gorbunova YG. Peripheral Groups of Dicationic Pyrazinoporphyrins Regulate Lipid Membrane Binding. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:membranes12090846. [PMID: 36135866 PMCID: PMC9505865 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12090846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a widely used technique for skin cancer treatment and antimicrobial therapy. An improvement in PDT efficiency requires not only an increase in quantum yield of photosensitizer (PS) molecules but also their applicability for biological systems. Recently, we demonstrated that the activity of porphyrin-based PSs in the lipid membrane environment depends on the nature of the cation in the macrocycle due to its interactions with the lipid phosphate moiety, as well as the orientation of the PS molecules inside the membrane. Here, we report the synthesis, membrane binding properties and photodynamic efficiency of novel dicationic free-base, Ni(II) and Zn(II) pyrazinoporphyrins with terminal tetraalkylammonium units (2H-1, Ni-1 and Zn-1), to show the possibility to enhance the membrane binding of PS molecules, regardless of the central cation. All of these substances adsorb at the lipid membrane, while free-base and Zn(II) porphyrins actively generate singlet oxygen (SO) in the membranes. Thus, this study reveals a new way to tune the PDT activity of PSs in biological membranes through designing the structure of the peripheral groups in the macrocyclic photosensitizer.
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- Daria A. Polivanovskaia
- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31/4 Leninskiy pr., 119071 Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31/4 Leninskiy pr., 119071 Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31/4 Leninskiy pr., 119071 Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31/4 Leninskiy pr., 119071 Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31/4 Leninskiy pr., 119071 Moscow, Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31/4 Leninskiy pr., 119071 Moscow, Russia
- Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 Leninskiy pr., 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Leshchev D, Rakitin M, Luvizotto B, Kadyrov R, Ravel B, Attenkofer K, Stavitski E. The Inner Shell Spectroscopy beamline at NSLS-II: a facility for in situ and operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy for materials research. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2022; 29:1095-1106. [PMID: 35787577 PMCID: PMC9255565 DOI: 10.1107/s160057752200460x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/01/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
The Inner Shell Spectroscopy (ISS) beamline on the 8-ID station at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), Upton, NY, USA, is a high-throughput X-ray absorption spectroscopy beamline designed for in situ, operando, and time-resolved material characterization using high monochromatic flux and scanning speed. This contribution discusses the technical specifications of the beamline in terms of optics, heat load management, monochromator motion control, and data acquisition and processing. Results of the beamline tests demonstrating the quality of the data obtainable on the instrument, possible energy scanning speeds, as well as long-term beamline stability are shown. The ability to directly control the monochromator trajectory to define the acquisition time for each spectral region is highlighted. Examples of studies performed on the beamline are presented. The paper is concluded with a brief outlook for future developments.
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- Denis Leshchev
- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
- Material Measurement Science Division, Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
- Correspondence e-mail:
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Uemura Y, Ismail ASM, Park SH, Kwon S, Kim M, Elnaggar H, Frati F, Wadati H, Hirata Y, Zhang Y, Yamagami K, Yamamoto S, Matsuda I, Halisdemir U, Koster G, Milne C, Ammann M, Weckhuysen BM, de Groot FMF. Hole Dynamics in Photoexcited Hematite Studied with Femtosecond Oxygen K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:4207-4214. [PMID: 35512383 PMCID: PMC9125685 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Hematite (α-Fe2O3) is a photoelectrode for the water splitting process because of its relatively narrow bandgap and abundance in the earth's crust. In this study, the photoexcited state of a hematite thin film was investigated with femtosecond oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) at the PAL-XFEL in order to follow the dynamics of its photoexcited states. The 200 fs decay time of the hole state in the valence band was observed via its corresponding XAS feature.
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- Yohei Uemura
- Inorganic
Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitslaan 99, Utrecht, 3584 CG, The Netherlands
- Laboratory
of Environmental Chemistry, Energy and Environment Research Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, 5232, Switzerland
- European
XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, 22869, Germany
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- Inorganic
Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitslaan 99, Utrecht, 3584 CG, The Netherlands
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- PAL-XFEL, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- PAL-XFEL, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- PAL-XFEL, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Inorganic
Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitslaan 99, Utrecht, 3584 CG, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic
Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitslaan 99, Utrecht, 3584 CG, The Netherlands
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- Institute
for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
- Graduate
School of Material Science, University of
Hyogo, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Institute
for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute
for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute
for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute
for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute
for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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- Faculty
of
Science and Technology and MESA + Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 2171, Enschede, 7500 AE, The Netherlands
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- Faculty
of
Science and Technology and MESA + Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 2171, Enschede, 7500 AE, The Netherlands
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- European
XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, 22869, Germany
- SwissFEL, Paul
Scherrer Institut, Villigen, 5232, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Environmental Chemistry, Energy and Environment Research Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, 5232, Switzerland
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- Inorganic
Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitslaan 99, Utrecht, 3584 CG, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic
Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitslaan 99, Utrecht, 3584 CG, The Netherlands
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Liekhus-Schmaltz C, Fox ZW, Andersen A, Kjaer KS, Alonso-Mori R, Biasin E, Carlstad J, Chollet M, Gaynor JD, Glownia JM, Hong K, Kroll T, Lee JH, Poulter BI, Reinhard M, Sokaras D, Zhang Y, Doumy G, March AM, Southworth SH, Mukamel S, Cordones AA, Schoenlein RW, Govind N, Khalil M. Femtosecond X-ray Spectroscopy Directly Quantifies Transient Excited-State Mixed Valency. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:378-386. [PMID: 34985900 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Quantifying charge delocalization associated with short-lived photoexcited states of molecular complexes in solution remains experimentally challenging, requiring local element specific femtosecond experimental probes of time-evolving electron transfer. In this study, we quantify the evolving valence hole charge distribution in the photoexcited charge transfer state of a prototypical mixed valence bimetallic iron-ruthenium complex, [(CN)5FeIICNRuIII(NH3)5]-, in water by combining femtosecond X-ray spectroscopy measurements with time-dependent density functional theory calculations of the excited-state dynamics. We estimate the valence hole charge that accumulated at the Fe atom to be 0.6 ± 0.2, resulting from excited-state metal-to-metal charge transfer, on an ∼60 fs time scale. Our combined experimental and computational approach provides a spectroscopic ruler for quantifying excited-state valency in solvated complexes.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Ultrafast X-ray Science Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Ultrafast X-ray Science Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 94025, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 94025, United States
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Physical Sciences Division, Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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Jay RM, Kunnus K, Wernet P, Gaffney KJ. Capturing Atom-Specific Electronic Structural Dynamics of Transition-Metal Complexes with Ultrafast Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2022; 73:187-208. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-082820-020236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The atomic specificity of X-ray spectroscopies provides a distinct perspective on molecular electronic structure. For 3 d metal coordination and organometallic complexes, the combination of metal- and ligand-specific X-ray spectroscopies directly interrogates metal–ligand covalency—the hybridization of metal and ligand electronic states. Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS), the X-ray analog of resonance Raman scattering, provides access to all classes of valence excited states in transition-metal complexes, making it a particularly powerful means of characterizing the valence electronic structure of 3 d metal complexes. Recent advances in X-ray free-electron laser sources have enabled RIXS to be extended to the ultrafast time domain. We review RIXS studies of two archetypical photochemical processes: charge-transfer excitation in ferricyanide and ligand photodissociation in iron pentacarbonyl. These studies demonstrate femtosecond-resolution RIXS can directly characterize the time-evolving electronic structure, including the evolution of the metal–ligand covalency. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, Volume 73 is April 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Raphael M. Jay
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;,
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;,
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, Menlo Park, California, USA
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Kim Y, Ma R, Lee J, Harich J, Nam D, Kim S, Kim M, Ochmann M, Eom I, Huse N, Lee JH, Kim TK. Ligand-Field Effects in a Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complex Probed by Femtosecond X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:12165-12172. [PMID: 34914396 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We employ femtosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy of [Ru(m-bpy)3]2+ (m-bpy = 6-methyl-2,2'-bipyridine) to elucidate the time evolution of the spin and charge density upon metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) excitation. The core-level transitions at the Ru L3-edge reveal a very short MLCT lifetime of 0.9 ps and relaxation to the lowest triplet metal-centered state (3MC) which exhibits a lifetime of about 300 ps. Time-dependent density functional theory relates ligand methylation to a lower ligand field strength that stabilizes the 3MC state. A quarter of the 3MLCT population appears to be trapped which may be attributed to intramolecular vibrational relaxation or further electron transfer to the solvent. Our results demonstrate that small changes in the ligand field allow control of the photophysical properties. Moreover, this study underscores the high information content of femtosecond L-edge spectroscopy as a probe of valence charge density and spin-state in 4d transition metals.
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- Yujin Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, University of Hamburg and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Hamburg and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Hamburg and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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Stiel H, Braenzel J, Jonas A, Gnewkow R, Glöggler LT, Sommer D, Krist T, Erko A, Tümmler J, Mantouvalou I. Towards Understanding Excited-State Properties of Organic Molecules Using Time-Resolved Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:13463. [PMID: 34948258 PMCID: PMC8706469 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222413463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The extension of the pump-probe approach known from UV/VIS spectroscopy to very short wavelengths together with advanced simulation techniques allows a detailed analysis of excited-state dynamics in organic molecules or biomolecular structures on a nanosecond to femtosecond time level. Optical pump soft X-ray probe spectroscopy is a relatively new approach to detect and characterize optically dark states in organic molecules, exciton dynamics or transient ligand-to-metal charge transfer states. In this paper, we describe two experimental setups for transient soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy based on an LPP emitting picosecond and sub-nanosecond soft X-ray pulses in the photon energy range between 50 and 1500 eV. We apply these setups for near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) investigations of thin films of a metal-free porphyrin, an aggregate forming carbocyanine and a nickel oxide molecule. NEXAFS investigations have been carried out at the carbon, nitrogen and oxygen K-edge as well as on the Ni L-edge. From time-resolved NEXAFS carbon, K-edge measurements of the metal-free porphyrin first insights into a long-lived trap state are gained. Our findings are discussed and compared with density functional theory calculations.
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- Holger Stiel
- Berlin Laboratory for Innovative X-ray Technologies (BLiX), D-10623 Berlin, Germany; (J.B.); (A.J.); (R.G.); (L.T.G.); (J.T.); (I.M.)
- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, D-12489 Berlin, Germany;
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- Berlin Laboratory for Innovative X-ray Technologies (BLiX), D-10623 Berlin, Germany; (J.B.); (A.J.); (R.G.); (L.T.G.); (J.T.); (I.M.)
- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, D-12489 Berlin, Germany;
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- Berlin Laboratory for Innovative X-ray Technologies (BLiX), D-10623 Berlin, Germany; (J.B.); (A.J.); (R.G.); (L.T.G.); (J.T.); (I.M.)
- Analytical X-ray Physics, TU Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin Laboratory for Innovative X-ray Technologies (BLiX), D-10623 Berlin, Germany; (J.B.); (A.J.); (R.G.); (L.T.G.); (J.T.); (I.M.)
- Analytical X-ray Physics, TU Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
- Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin Laboratory for Innovative X-ray Technologies (BLiX), D-10623 Berlin, Germany; (J.B.); (A.J.); (R.G.); (L.T.G.); (J.T.); (I.M.)
- Analytical X-ray Physics, TU Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, D-12489 Berlin, Germany;
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- NOB Nano Optics Berlin GmbH, D-10627 Berlin, Germany;
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- Berlin Laboratory for Innovative X-ray Technologies (BLiX), D-10623 Berlin, Germany; (J.B.); (A.J.); (R.G.); (L.T.G.); (J.T.); (I.M.)
- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, D-12489 Berlin, Germany;
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- Berlin Laboratory for Innovative X-ray Technologies (BLiX), D-10623 Berlin, Germany; (J.B.); (A.J.); (R.G.); (L.T.G.); (J.T.); (I.M.)
- Analytical X-ray Physics, TU Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
- Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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Phelan BT, Mara MW, Chen LX. Excited-state structural dynamics of nickel complexes probed by optical and X-ray transient absorption spectroscopies: insights and implications. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:11904-11921. [PMID: 34695174 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc03875c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Excited states of nickel complexes undergo a variety of photochemical processes, such as charge transfer, ligation/deligation, and redox reactions, relevant to solar energy conversion and photocatalysis. The efficiencies of the aforementioned processes are closely coupled to the molecular structures in the ground and excited states. The conventional optical transient absorption spectroscopy has revealed important excited-state pathways and kinetics, but information regarding the metal center, in particular transient structural and electronic properties, remains limited. These deficiencies are addressed by X-ray transient absorption (XTA) spectroscopy, a detailed probe of 3d orbital occupancy, oxidation state and coordination geometry. The examples of excited-state structural dynamics of nickel porphyrin and nickel phthalocyanine have been described from our previous studies with highlights on the unique structural information obtained by XTA spectroscopy. We close by surveying prospective applications of XTA spectroscopy to active areas of Ni-based photocatalysis based on the knowledge gained from our previous studies.
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- Brian T Phelan
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA.
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA. .,Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA. .,Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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Shapovalova SO, Guda AA, Bubnov MP, Smolentsev G, Rusalev YV, Shapovalov VV, Zolotukhin AA, Cherkasov VK, Starikov AG, Vlasenko VG, Soldatov AV. Temperature and Time-resolved XANES Studies of Novel Valence Tautomeric Cobalt Complex. CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.210426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- S. O. Shapovalova
- The Smart Materials Research Institute, Sladkova 178/24, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- The Smart Materials Research Institute, Sladkova 178/24, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 49 Tropinina Str., GSP-445, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, 5232, Switzerland
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- The Smart Materials Research Institute, Sladkova 178/24, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- The Smart Materials Research Institute, Sladkova 178/24, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 49 Tropinina Str., GSP-445, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 49 Tropinina Str., GSP-445, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry, Southern Federal University, Stachki ave. 194/2, 344090, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Physics, Southern Federal University, Stachki Ave., 194, 344090, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- The Smart Materials Research Institute, Sladkova 178/24, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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Liekhus-Schmaltz CE, Ho PJ, Weakly RB, Aquila A, Schoenlein RW, Khalil M, Govind N. Ultrafast x-ray pump x-ray probe transient absorption spectroscopy: A computational study and proposed experiment probing core-valence electronic correlations in solvated complexes. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:214107. [PMID: 34240961 DOI: 10.1063/5.0047381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Femtosecond x-ray pump-x-ray probe experiments are currently possible at free electron lasers such as the linac coherent light source, which opens new opportunities for studying solvated transition metal complexes. In order to make the most effective use of these kinds of experiments, it is necessary to determine which chemical properties an x-ray probe pulse will measure. We have combined electron cascade calculations and excited-state time-dependent density functional theory calculations to predict the initial state prepared by an x-ray pump and the subsequent x-ray probe spectra at the Fe K-edge in the solvated model transition metal complex, K4FeII(CN)6. We find several key spectral features that report on the ligand-field splitting and the 3p and 3d electron interactions. We then show how these features could be measured in an experiment.
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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Gaffney KJ. Capturing photochemical and photophysical transformations in iron complexes with ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy and scattering. Chem Sci 2021; 12:8010-8025. [PMID: 34194691 PMCID: PMC8208315 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc01864g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Light-driven chemical transformations provide a compelling approach to understanding chemical reactivity with the potential to use this understanding to advance solar energy and catalysis applications. Capturing the non-equilibrium trajectories of electronic excited states with precision, particularly for transition metal complexes, would provide a foundation for advancing both of these objectives. Of particular importance for 3d metal compounds is characterizing the population dynamics of charge-transfer (CT) and metal-centered (MC) electronic excited states and understanding how the inner coordination sphere structural dynamics mediate the interaction between these states. Recent advances in ultrafast X-ray laser science has enabled the electronic excited state dynamics in 3d metal complexes to be followed with unprecedented detail. This review will focus on simultaneous X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) and X-ray solution scattering (XSS) studies of iron coordination and organometallic complexes. These simultaneous XES-XSS studies have provided detailed insight into the mechanism of light-induced spin crossover in iron coordination compounds, the interaction of CT and MC excited states in iron carbene photosensitizers, and the mechanism of Fe-S bond dissociation in cytochrome c.
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- Kelly J Gaffney
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University Menlo Park California 94025 USA
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Shakya Y, Inhester L, Arnold C, Welsch R, Santra R. Ultrafast time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy of ionized urea and its dimer through ab initio nonadiabatic dynamics. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2021; 8:034102. [PMID: 34026923 PMCID: PMC8118673 DOI: 10.1063/4.0000076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Investigating the early dynamics of chemical systems following ionization is essential for our understanding of radiation damage. However, experimental as well as theoretical investigations are very challenging due to the complex nature of these processes. Time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy on a femtosecond timescale, in combination with appropriate simulations, is able to provide crucial insights into the ultrafast processes that occur upon ionization due to its element-specific probing nature. In this theoretical study, we investigate the ultrafast dynamics of valence-ionized states of urea and its dimer employing Tully's fewest switches surface hopping approach using Koopmans' theorem to describe the ionized system. We demonstrate that following valence ionization through a pump pulse, the time-resolved x-ray absorption spectra at the carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen K-edges reveal rich insights into the dynamics. Excited states of the ionized system give rise to time-delayed blueshifts in the x-ray absorption spectra as a result of electronic relaxation dynamics through nonadiabatic transitions. Moreover, our statistical analysis reveals specific structural dynamics in the molecule that induce time-dependent changes in the spectra. For the urea monomer, we elucidate the possibility to trace effects of specific molecular vibrations in the time-resolved x-ray absorption spectra. For the urea dimer, where ionization triggers a proton transfer reaction, we show how the x-ray absorption spectra can reveal specific details on the progress of proton transfer.
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Lauenstein R, Mader SL, Derondeau H, Esezobor OZ, Block M, Römer AJ, Jandl C, Riedle E, Kaila VRI, Hauer J, Thyrhaug E, Hess CR. The central role of the metal ion for photoactivity: Zn- vs. Ni-Mabiq. Chem Sci 2021; 12:7521-7532. [PMID: 34163843 PMCID: PMC8171322 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc06096h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Photoredox catalysts are integral components of artificial photosystems, and have recently emerged as powerful tools for catalysing numerous organic reactions. However, the development of inexpensive and efficient earth-abundant photoredox catalysts remains a challenge. We here present the photochemical and photophysical properties of a Ni–Mabiq catalyst ([NiII(Mabiq)]OTf (1); Mabiq = 2-4:6-8-bis(3,3,4,4-tetramethyldihydropyrrolo)-10-15-(2,2-biquinazolino)-[15]-1,3,5,8,10,14-hexaene1,3,7,9,11,14-N6)—and of a Zn-containing analogue ([ZnII(Mabiq)OTf] (2))—using steady state and time resolved optical spectroscopy, time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations, and reactivity studies. The Ni and Zn complexes exhibit similar absorption spectra, but markedly different photochemical properties. These differences arise because the excited states of 2 are ligand-localized, whereas metal-centered states account for the photoactivity of 1. The distinct properties of the Ni and Zn complexes are manifest in their behavior in the photo-driven aza-Henry reaction and oxidative coupling of methoxybenzylamine. The development of earth-abundant photoredox catalysts remains a challenge. Studies of Ni- and Zn-Mabiq complexes demonstrate how the coordinating metal ion influences the photochemistry, photodynamics and reactivity of photocatalysts.![]()
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- Raphael Lauenstein
- Department of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technical University of Munich Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für BioMolekulare Optik, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Oettingenstr. 67 80538 Munich Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technical University of Munich Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für BioMolekulare Optik, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Oettingenstr. 67 80538 Munich Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technical University of Munich Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für BioMolekulare Optik, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Oettingenstr. 67 80538 Munich Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technical University of Munich Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technical University of Munich Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technical University of Munich Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching Germany
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Kim JG, Choi EH, Lee Y, Ihee H. Femtosecond X-ray Liquidography Visualizes Wavepacket Trajectories in Multidimensional Nuclear Coordinates for a Bimolecular Reaction. Acc Chem Res 2021; 54:1685-1698. [PMID: 33733724 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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ConspectusVibrational wavepacket motions on potential energy surfaces are one of the critical factors that determine the reaction dynamics of photoinduced reactions. The motions of vibrational wavepackets are often discussed in the interpretation of observables measured with various time-resolved vibrational or electronic spectroscopies but mostly in terms of the frequencies of wavepacket motions, which are approximated by normal modes, rather than the actual positions of the wavepacket. Although the time-dependent positions (that is, the trajectory) of wavepackets are hypothesized or drawn in imagined or calculated potential energy surfaces, it is not trivial to experimentally determine the trajectory of wavepackets, especially in multidimensional nuclear coordinates for a polyatomic molecule. Recently, we performed a femtosecond X-ray liquidography (solution scattering) experiment on a gold trimer complex (GTC), [Au(CN)2-]3, in water at X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) and elucidated the time-dependent positions of vibrational wavepackets from the Franck-Condon region to equilibrium structures on both excited and ground states in the course of the formation of covalent bonds between gold atoms.Bond making is an essential process in chemical reactions, but it is challenging to keep track of detailed atomic movements associated with bond making because of its bimolecular nature that requires slow diffusion of two reaction parties to meet each other. Bond formation in the solution phase has been elusive because the diffusion of the reactants limits the reaction rate of a bimolecular process, making it difficult to initiate and track the bond-making processes with an ultrafast time resolution. In principle, if the bimolecular encounter can be controlled to overcome the limitation caused by diffusion, the bond-making processes can be tracked in a time-resolved manner, providing valuable insight into the bimolecular reaction mechanism. In this regard, GTC offers a good model system for studying the dynamics of bond formation in solution. Au(I) atoms in GTC exhibit a noncovalent aurophilic interaction, making GTC an aggregate complex without any covalent bond. Upon photoexcitation of GTC, an electron is excited from an antibonding orbital to a bonding orbital, leading to the formation of covalent bonds among Au atoms. Since Au atoms in the ground state of GTC are located in close proximity within the same solvent cage, the formation of Au-Au covalent bonds occurs without its reaction rate being limited by diffusion through the solvent.Femtosecond time-resolved X-ray liquidography (fs-TRXL) data revealed that the ground state has an asymmetric bent structure. From the wavepacket trajectory determined in three-dimensional nuclear coordinates (two internuclear distances and one bond angle), we found that two covalent bonds are formed between three Au atoms of GTC asynchronously. Specifically, one covalent bond is formed first for the shorter Au-Au pair (of the asymmetric and bent ground-state structure) in 35 fs, and subsequently, the other covalent bond is formed for the longer Au-Au pair within 360 fs. The resultant trimer complex has a symmetric and linear geometry, implying the occurrence of bent-to-linear transformation concomitant with the formation of two equivalent covalent bonds, and exhibits vibrations that can be unambiguously assigned to specific normal modes based on the wavepacket trajectory, even without the vibrational frequencies provided by quantum calculation.
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- Jong Goo Kim
- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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Bergmann U, Kern J, Schoenlein RW, Wernet P, Yachandra VK, Yano J. Using X-ray free-electron lasers for spectroscopy of molecular catalysts and metalloenzymes. NATURE REVIEWS. PHYSICS 2021; 3:264-282. [PMID: 34212130 PMCID: PMC8245202 DOI: 10.1038/s42254-021-00289-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The metal centres in metalloenzymes and molecular catalysts are responsible for the rearrangement of atoms and electrons during complex chemical reactions, and they enable selective pathways of charge and spin transfer, bond breaking/making and the formation of new molecules. Mapping the electronic structural changes at the metal sites during the reactions gives a unique mechanistic insight that has been difficult to obtain to date. The development of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) enables powerful new probes of electronic structure dynamics to advance our understanding of metalloenzymes. The ultrashort, intense and tunable XFEL pulses enable X-ray spectroscopic studies of metalloenzymes, molecular catalysts and chemical reactions, under functional conditions and in real time. In this Technical Review, we describe the current state of the art of X-ray spectroscopy studies at XFELs and highlight some new techniques currently under development. With more XFEL facilities starting operation and more in the planning or construction phase, new capabilities are expected, including high repetition rate, better XFEL pulse control and advanced instrumentation. For the first time, it will be possible to make real-time molecular movies of metalloenzymes and catalysts in solution, while chemical reactions are taking place.
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- Uwe Bergmann
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Kurz H, Schötz K, Papadopoulos I, Heinemann FW, Maid H, Guldi DM, Köhler A, Hörner G, Weber B. A Fluorescence-Detected Coordination-Induced Spin State Switch. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:3466-3480. [PMID: 33636077 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The response of the spin state to in situ variation of the coordination number (CISSS) is a promising and viable approach to smart sensor materials, yet it suffers to date from insensitive detection. Herein, we present the synthetic access to a family of planar nickel(II) complexes, whose CISSS is sensitively followed by means of fluorescence detection. For this purpose, nickel(II) complexes with four phenazine-based Schiff base-like ligands were synthesized and characterized through solution-phase spectroscopy (NMR and UV-vis), solid-state structure analysis (single-crystal XRD), and extended theoretical modeling. All of them reveal CISSS in solution through axial ligating a range of N- and O-donors. CISSS correlates nicely with the basicity of the axial ligand and the substitution-dependent acidity of the nickel(II) coordination site. Remarkably, three out of the four nickel(II) complexes are fluorescent in noncoordinating solvents but are fluorescence-silent in the presence of axial ligands such as pyridine. As these complexes are rare examples of fluorescent nickel(II) complexes, the photophysical properties with a coordination number of 4 were studied in detail, including temperature-dependent lifetime and quantum yield determinations. Most importantly, fluorescence quenching upon adding axial ligands allows a "black or white", i.e. digital, sensoring of spin state alternation. Our studies of fluorescence-detected CISSS (FD-CISSS) revealed that absorption-based CISSS and FD-CISSS are super proportional with respect to the pyridine concentration: FD-CISSS features a higher sensitivity. Overall, our findings indicate a favored ligation of these nickel(II) complexes in the excited state in comparison to the ground state.
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- Hannah Kurz
- Inorganic Chemistry IV, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, NW I, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Soft Matter Optoelectronics, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, NW I, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy & Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), Physical Chemistry I, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstraße 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry II, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy & Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), Physical Chemistry I, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstraße 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Soft Matter Optoelectronics, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, NW I, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany.,Bayreuth Institute of Macromolecular Research (BIMF) and Bavarian Polymer Institute (BPI), University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, NW I, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry IV, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, NW I, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry IV, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, NW I, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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Short-lived metal-centered excited state initiates iron-methionine photodissociation in ferrous cytochrome c. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1086. [PMID: 33597529 PMCID: PMC7889893 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21423-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The dynamics of photodissociation and recombination in heme proteins represent an archetypical photochemical reaction widely used to understand the interplay between chemical dynamics and reaction environment. We report a study of the photodissociation mechanism for the Fe(II)-S bond between the heme iron and methionine sulfur of ferrous cytochrome c. This bond dissociation is an essential step in the conversion of cytochrome c from an electron transfer protein to a peroxidase enzyme. We use ultrafast X-ray solution scattering to follow the dynamics of Fe(II)-S bond dissociation and 1s3p (Kβ) X-ray emission spectroscopy to follow the dynamics of the iron charge and spin multiplicity during bond dissociation. From these measurements, we conclude that the formation of a triplet metal-centered excited state with anti-bonding Fe(II)-S interactions triggers the bond dissociation and precedes the formation of the metastable Fe high-spin quintet state.
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Moitra T, Karak P, Chakraborty S, Ruud K, Chakrabarti S. Behind the scenes of spin-forbidden decay pathways in transition metal complexes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:59-81. [PMID: 33319894 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05108j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The interpretation of the ultrafast photophysics of transition metal complexes following photo-absorption is quite involved as the heavy metal center leads to a complicated and entangled singlet-triplet manifold. This opens up multiple pathways for deactivation, often with competitive rates. As a result, intersystem crossing (ISC) and phosphorescence are commonly observed in transition metal complexes. A detailed understanding of such an excited-state structure and dynamics calls for state-of-the-art experimental and theoretical methodologies. In this review, we delve into the inability of non-relativistic quantum theory to describe spin-forbidden transitions, which can be overcome by taking into account spin-orbit coupling, whose importance grows with increasing atomic number. We present the quantum chemical theory of phosphorescence and ISC together with illustrative examples. Finally, a few applications are highlighted, bridging the gap between theoretical studies and experimental applications, such as photofunctional materials.
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- Torsha Moitra
- DTU Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet Bldg 207, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Choi J, Ahn M, Lee JH, Ahn DS, Ki H, Oh I, Ahn CW, Choi EH, Lee Y, Lee S, Kim J, Cho DW, Wee KR, Ihee H. Ultrafast excited state relaxation dynamics in a heteroleptic Ir( iii) complex, fac-Ir(ppy) 2(ppz), revealed by femtosecond X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy. Inorg Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0qi01510e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The experimental and calculation results demonstrate that the 3MLppzCT state generated by the spin-forbidden transition rapidly relaxes to 3MLppyCT through internal conversion process with a time constant of ∼450 fs.
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Kim H, Kim JG, Kim TW, Lee SJ, Nozawa S, Adachi SI, Yoon K, Kim J, Ihee H. Ultrafast structural dynamics of in-cage isomerization of diiodomethane in solution. Chem Sci 2020; 12:2114-2120. [PMID: 34163975 PMCID: PMC8179290 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05108j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Despite extensive studies on the isomer species formed by photodissociation of haloalkanes in solution, the molecular structure of the precursor of the isomer, which is often assumed to be a vibrationally hot isomer formed from the radical pair, and its in-cage isomerization mechanism remain elusive. Here, the structural dynamics of CH2I2 upon 267 nm photoexcitation in methanol were probed with femtosecond X-ray solution scattering at an X-ray free-electron laser. The determined molecular structure of the transiently formed species that converts to the CH2I–I isomer has the I–I distance of 4.17 Å, which is longer than that of the isomer (3.15 Å) by more than 1.0 Å and the mean-squared displacement of 0.45 Å2, which is about 100 times larger than those of typical regular chemical bonds. These unusual structural characteristics are consistent with either a vibrationally hot form of the CH2I–I isomer or the loosely-bound radical pair (CH2I˙⋯I˙). The structural dynamics of in-cage isomerization of CH2I2 and the unusual structure of the loosely-bound isomer precursor were unveiled with femtosecond X-ray liquidography (solution scattering).![]()
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- Hanui Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea .,KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea .,KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan.,Department of Materials Structure Science, School of High Energy Accelerator Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan.,Department of Materials Structure Science, School of High Energy Accelerator Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, The Catholic University of Korea Bucheon 14662 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, The Catholic University of Korea Bucheon 14662 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea .,KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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Miller NA, Kaneshiro AK, Konar A, Alonso-Mori R, Britz A, Deb A, Glownia JM, Koralek JD, Mallik L, Meadows JH, Michocki LB, van Driel TB, Koutmos M, Padmanabhan S, Elías-Arnanz M, Kubarych KJ, Marsh ENG, Penner-Hahn JE, Sension RJ. The Photoactive Excited State of the B 12-Based Photoreceptor CarH. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:10732-10738. [PMID: 33174757 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c09428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We have used transient absorption spectroscopy in the UV-visible and X-ray regions to characterize the excited state of CarH, a protein photoreceptor that uses a form of B12, adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl), to sense light. With visible excitation, a nanosecond-lifetime photoactive excited state is formed with unit quantum yield. The time-resolved X-ray absorption near edge structure difference spectrum of this state demonstrates that the excited state of AdoCbl in CarH undergoes only modest structural expansion around the central cobalt, a behavior similar to that observed for methylcobalamin rather than for AdoCbl free in solution. We propose a new mechanism for CarH photoreactivity involving formation of a triplet excited state. This allows the sensor to operate with high quantum efficiency and without formation of potentially dangerous side products. By stabilizing the excited electronic state, CarH controls reactivity of AdoCbl and enables slow reactions that yield nonreactive products and bypass bond homolysis and reactive radical species formation.
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- Nicholas A Miller
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0600, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States.,Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States.,Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States.,Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Instituto de Química Física "Rocasolano", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid 28006, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Área de Genética (Unidad Asociada al Instituto de Química Física "Rocasolano", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia 30100, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States.,Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States.,Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, United States.,Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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Khalili K, Inhester L, Arnold C, Gertsen AS, Andreasen JW, Santra R. Simulation of time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy of ultrafast dynamics in particle-hole-excited 4-(2-thienyl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2020; 7:044101. [PMID: 32665964 PMCID: PMC7340508 DOI: 10.1063/4.0000016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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To date, alternating co-polymers based on electron-rich and electron-poor units are the most attractive materials to control functionality of organic semiconductor layers in which ultrafast excited-state processes play a key role. We present a computational study of the photoinduced excited-state dynamics of the 4-(2-thienyl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (BT-1T) molecule, which is a common building block in the backbone of π-conjugated polymers used for organic electronics. In contrast to homo-polymer materials, such as oligothiophene, BT-1T has two non-identical units, namely, thiophene and benzothiadiazole, making it attractive for intramolecular charge transfer studies. To gain a thorough understanding of the coupling of excited-state dynamics with nuclear motion, we consider a scenario based on femtosecond time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy using an x-ray free-electron laser in combination with a synchronized ultraviolet femtosecond laser. Using Tully's fewest switches surface hopping approach in combination with excited-state calculations at the level of configuration interaction singles, we calculate the gas-phase x-ray absorption spectrum at the carbon and nitrogen K edges as a function of time after excitation to the lowest electronically excited state. The results of our time-resolved calculations exhibit the charge transfer driven by non-Born-Oppenheimer physics from the benzothiadiazole to thiophene units during relaxation to the ground state. Furthermore, our ab initio molecular dynamics simulations indicate that the excited-state relaxation processes involve bond elongation in the benzothiadiazole unit as well as thiophene ring puckering at a time scale of 100 fs. We show that these dynamical trends can be identified from the time-dependent x-ray absorption spectrum.
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- Khadijeh Khalili
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej 310, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej 310, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej 310, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Smith AD, Balčiu̅nas T, Chang YP, Schmidt C, Zinchenko K, Nunes FB, Rossi E, Svoboda V, Yin Z, Wolf JP, Wörner HJ. Femtosecond Soft-X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Liquids with a Water-Window High-Harmonic Source. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:1981-1988. [PMID: 32073862 PMCID: PMC7086398 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Femtosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a powerful method to investigate the dynamical behavior of a system after photoabsorption in real time. So far, the application of this technique has remained limited to large-scale facilities, such as femtosliced synchrotrons and free-electron lasers (FEL). In this work, we demonstrate femtosecond time-resolved soft-X-ray absorption spectroscopy of liquid samples by combining a sub-micrometer-thin flat liquid jet with a high-harmonic tabletop source covering the entire water-window range (284-538 eV). Our work represents the first extension of tabletop XAS to the oxygen edge of a chemical sample in the liquid phase. In the time domain, our measurements resolve the gradual appearance of absorption features below the carbon K-edge of ethanol and methanol during strong-field ionization and trace the valence-shell ionization dynamics of the liquid alcohols with a temporal resolution of ∼30 fs. This technique opens unique opportunities to study molecular dynamics of chemical systems in the liquid phase with elemental, orbital, and site sensitivity.
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- Adam D. Smith
- Laboratory
of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- GAP-Biophotonics, Université de Genéve, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- GAP-Biophotonics, Université de Genéve, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- GAP-Biophotonics, Université de Genéve, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- GAP-Biophotonics, Université de Genéve, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
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Ting SI, Garakyaraghi S, Taliaferro CM, Shields BJ, Scholes GD, Castellano FN, Doyle AG. 3d-d Excited States of Ni(II) Complexes Relevant to Photoredox Catalysis: Spectroscopic Identification and Mechanistic Implications. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:5800-5810. [PMID: 32150401 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c00781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Synthetic organic chemistry has seen major advances due to the merger of nickel and photoredox catalysis. A growing number of Ni-photoredox reactions are proposed to involve generation of excited nickel species, sometimes even in the absence of a photoredox catalyst. To gain insights about these excited states, two of our groups previously studied the photophysics of Ni(t-Bubpy)(o-Tol)Cl, which is representative of proposed intermediates in many Ni-photoredox reactions. This complex was found to have a long-lived excited state (τ = 4 ns), which was computationally assigned as a metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) state with an energy of 1.6 eV (38 kcal/mol). This work evaluates the computational assignment experimentally using a series of related complexes. Ultrafast UV-Vis and mid-IR transient absorption data suggest that a MLCT state is generated initially upon excitation but decays to a long-lived state that is 3d-d rather than 3MLCT in character. Dynamic cis,trans-isomerization of the square planar complexes was observed in the dark using 1H NMR techniques, supporting that this 3d-d state is tetrahedral and accessible at ambient temperature. Through a combination of transient absorption and NMR studies, the 3d-d state was determined to lie ∼0.5 eV (12 kcal/mol) above the ground state. Because the 3d-d state features a weak Ni-aryl bond, the excited Ni(II) complexes can undergo Ni homolysis to generate aryl radicals and Ni(I), both of which are supported experimentally. Thus, photoinduced Ni-aryl homolysis offers a novel mechanism of initiating catalysis by Ni(I).
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- Stephen I Ting
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Koide A, Uemura Y, Kido D, Wakisaka Y, Takakusagi S, Ohtani B, Niwa Y, Nozawa S, Ichiyanagi K, Fukaya R, Adachi SI, Katayama T, Togashi T, Owada S, Yabashi M, Yamamoto Y, Katayama M, Hatada K, Yokoyama T, Asakura K. Photoinduced anisotropic distortion as the electron trapping site of tungsten trioxide by ultrafast W L 1-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy with full potential multiple scattering calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:2615-2621. [PMID: 30989154 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01332f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Understanding the excited state of photocatalysts is significant to improve their activity for water splitting reaction. X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy in X-ray free electron lasers (XFEL) is a powerful method to address dynamic changes in electronic states and structures of photocatalysts in the excited state in ultrafast short time scales. The ultrafast atomic-scale local structural change in photoexcited WO3 was observed by W L1 edge XAFS spectroscopy using an XFEL. An anisotropic local distortion around the W atom could reproduce well the spectral features at a delay time of 100 ps after photoexcitation based on full potential multiple scattering calculations. The distortion involved the movement of W to shrink the shortest W-O bonds and elongate the longest one. The movement of the W atom could be explained by the filling of the dxy and dzx orbitals, which were originally located at the bottom of the conduction band with photoexcited electrons.
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- Akihiro Koide
- Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan. and Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan. and Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitslaan 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Institute for Catalysis Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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- Institute for Catalysis Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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- Institute for Catalysis Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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- Institute for Catalysis Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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- Photon Factory, Institute for Materials Structure Sciene, KEK, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute for Materials Structure Sciene, KEK, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute for Materials Structure Sciene, KEK, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute for Materials Structure Sciene, KEK, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute for Materials Structure Sciene, KEK, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Kouto Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Kouto Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
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- Institute for Catalysis Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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Ultrafast X-ray Photochemistry at European XFEL: Capabilities of the Femtosecond X-ray Experiments (FXE) Instrument. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/app10030995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Time-resolved X-ray methods are widely used for monitoring transient intermediates over the course of photochemical reactions. Ultrafast X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopies as well as elastic X-ray scattering deliver detailed electronic and structural information on chemical dynamics in the solution phase. In this work, we describe the opportunities at the Femtosecond X-ray Experiments (FXE) instrument of European XFEL. Guided by the idea of combining spectroscopic and scattering techniques in one experiment, the FXE instrument has completed the initial commissioning phase for most of its components and performed first successful experiments within the baseline capabilities. This is demonstrated by its currently 115 fs (FWHM) temporal resolution to acquire ultrafast X-ray emission spectra by simultaneously recording iron Kα and Kβ lines, next to wide angle X-ray scattering patterns on a photoexcited aqueous solution of [Fe(bpy)3]2+, a transition metal model compound.
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Kunnus K, Vacher M, Harlang TCB, Kjær KS, Haldrup K, Biasin E, van Driel TB, Pápai M, Chabera P, Liu Y, Tatsuno H, Timm C, Källman E, Delcey M, Hartsock RW, Reinhard ME, Koroidov S, Laursen MG, Hansen FB, Vester P, Christensen M, Sandberg L, Németh Z, Szemes DS, Bajnóczi É, Alonso-Mori R, Glownia JM, Nelson S, Sikorski M, Sokaras D, Lemke HT, Canton SE, Møller KB, Nielsen MM, Vankó G, Wärnmark K, Sundström V, Persson P, Lundberg M, Uhlig J, Gaffney KJ. Vibrational wavepacket dynamics in Fe carbene photosensitizer determined with femtosecond X-ray emission and scattering. Nat Commun 2020; 11:634. [PMID: 32005815 PMCID: PMC6994595 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14468-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The non-equilibrium dynamics of electrons and nuclei govern the function of photoactive materials. Disentangling these dynamics remains a critical goal for understanding photoactive materials. Here we investigate the photoinduced dynamics of the [Fe(bmip)2]2+ photosensitizer, where bmip = 2,6-bis(3-methyl-imidazole-1-ylidine)-pyridine, with simultaneous femtosecond-resolution Fe Kα and Kβ X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) and X-ray solution scattering (XSS). This measurement shows temporal oscillations in the XES and XSS difference signals with the same 278 fs period oscillation. These oscillations originate from an Fe-ligand stretching vibrational wavepacket on a triplet metal-centered (3MC) excited state surface. This 3MC state is populated with a 110 fs time constant by 40% of the excited molecules while the rest relax to a 3MLCT excited state. The sensitivity of the Kα XES to molecular structure results from a 0.7% average Fe-ligand bond length shift between the 1 s and 2p core-ionized states surfaces.
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- Kristjan Kunnus
- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, 75121, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, DK-2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, 75121, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, 75121, Uppsala, Sweden
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
- University of Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 49, H-1525, Budapest, Hungary
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 49, H-1525, Budapest, Hungary
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 49, H-1525, Budapest, Hungary
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- ELI-ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics ter 13, Szeged, 6720, Hungary
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, D-22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, DK-2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 49, H-1525, Budapest, Hungary
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- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Theoretical Chemistry Division, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, 75121, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
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Miller NA, Michocki LB, Konar A, Alonso-Mori R, Deb A, Glownia JM, Sofferman DL, Song S, Kozlowski PM, Kubarych KJ, Penner-Hahn JE, Sension RJ. Ultrafast XANES Monitors Femtosecond Sequential Structural Evolution in Photoexcited Coenzyme B 12. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:199-209. [PMID: 31850761 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b09286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Polarized X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) at the Co K-edge and broadband UV-vis transient absorption are used to monitor the sequential evolution of the excited-state structure of coenzyme B12 (adenosylcobalamin) over the first picosecond following excitation. The initial state is characterized by sub-100 fs sequential changes around the central cobalt. These are polarized first in the y-direction orthogonal to the transition dipole and 50 fs later in the x-direction along the transition dipole. Expansion of the axial bonds follows on a ca. 200 fs time scale as the molecule moves out of the Franck-Condon active region of the potential energy surface. On the same 200 fs time scale there are electronic changes that result in the loss of stimulated emission and the appearance of a strong absorption at 340 nm. These measurements provide a cobalt-centered movie of the excited molecule as it evolves to the local excited-state minimum.
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- Nicholas A Miller
- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 N. University Ave. , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 N. University Ave. , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Department of Physics , University of Michigan , 450 Church Street , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1040 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 N. University Ave. , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States.,Department of Biophysics , University of Michigan , 930 N. University Ave. , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Program in Applied Physics , University of Michigan , 450 Church Street , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1040 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Louisville , 2320 South Brook Street , Louisville , Kentucky 40292 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 N. University Ave. , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States.,Department of Biophysics , University of Michigan , 930 N. University Ave. , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 N. University Ave. , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States.,Department of Biophysics , University of Michigan , 930 N. University Ave. , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 N. University Ave. , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States.,Department of Physics , University of Michigan , 450 Church Street , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1040 , United States.,Department of Biophysics , University of Michigan , 930 N. University Ave. , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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Ismail ASM, Uemura Y, Park SH, Kwon S, Kim M, Elnaggar H, Frati F, Niwa Y, Wadati H, Hirata Y, Zhang Y, Yamagami K, Yamamoto S, Matsuda I, Halisdemir U, Koster G, Weckhuysen BM, de Groot FMF. Direct observation of the electronic states of photoexcited hematite with ultrafast 2p3d X-ray absorption spectroscopy and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:2685-2692. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03374b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Ultrafast Fe L3 XAS and 2p3d RIXS elucidate the photoexcitation process of hematite.
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Miller NA, Michocki LB, Alonso-Mori R, Britz A, Deb A, DePonte DP, Glownia JM, Kaneshiro AK, Kieninger C, Koralek J, Meadows JH, van Driel TB, Kräutler B, Kubarych KJ, Penner-Hahn JE, Sension RJ. Antivitamins B 12 in a Microdrop: The Excited-State Structure of a Precious Sample Using Transient Polarized X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:5484-5489. [PMID: 31483136 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Polarized transient X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) was used to probe the excited-state structure of a photostable B12 antivitamin (Coβ-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-ethynylcobalamin, F2PhEtyCbl). A drop-on-demand delivery system synchronized to the LCLS X-ray free electron laser pulses was implemented and used to measure the XANES difference spectrum 12 ps following excitation, exposing only ∼45 μL of sample. Unlike cyanocobalamin (CNCbl), where the Co-C bond expands 15-20%, the excited state of F2PhEtyCbl is characterized by little change in the Co-C bond, suggesting that the acetylide linkage raises the barrier for expansion of the Co-C bond. In contrast, the lower axial Co-NDMB bond is elongated in the excited state of F2PhEtyCbl by ca. 10% or more, comparable to the 10% elongation observed for Co-NDMB in CNCbl.
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- Nicholas A Miller
- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
- Stanford PULSE Institute , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
- Biophysics , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry , 1150 West Medical Center Drive , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-0600 , United States
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry & Center for Molecular Biosciences , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 80/82 , A-6020 Innsbruck , Austria
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry & Center for Molecular Biosciences , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 80/82 , A-6020 Innsbruck , Austria
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
- Biophysics , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
- Biophysics , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
- Biophysics , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
- Department of Physics , University of Michigan , 450 Church Street , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1040 , United States
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Galler A, Gawelda W, Biednov M, Bomer C, Britz A, Brockhauser S, Choi TK, Diez M, Frankenberger P, French M, Görries D, Hart M, Hauf S, Khakhulin D, Knoll M, Korsch T, Kubicek K, Kuster M, Lang P, Alves Lima F, Otte F, Schulz S, Zalden P, Bressler C. Scientific instrument Femtosecond X-ray Experiments (FXE): instrumentation and baseline experimental capabilities. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2019; 26:1432-1447. [PMID: 31490131 PMCID: PMC6730617 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577519006647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (EuXFEL) delivers extremely intense (>1012 photons pulse-1 and up to 27000 pulses s-1), ultrashort (<100 fs) and transversely coherent X-ray radiation, at a repetition rate of up to 4.5 MHz. Its unique X-ray beam parameters enable novel and groundbreaking experiments in ultrafast photochemistry and material sciences at the Femtosecond X-ray Experiments (FXE) scientific instrument. This paper provides an overview of the currently implemented experimental baseline instrumentation and its performance during the commissioning phase, and a preview of planned improvements. FXE's versatile instrumentation combines the simultaneous application of forward X-ray scattering and X-ray spectroscopy techniques with femtosecond time resolution. These methods will eventually permit exploitation of wide-angle X-ray scattering studies and X-ray emission spectroscopy, along with X-ray absorption spectroscopy, including resonant inelastic X-ray scattering and X-ray Raman scattering. A suite of ultrafast optical lasers throughout the UV-visible and near-IR ranges (extending up to mid-IR in the near future) with pulse length down to 15 fs, synchronized to the X-ray source, serve to initiate dynamic changes in the sample. Time-delayed hard X-ray pulses in the 5-20 keV range are used to probe the ensuing dynamic processes using the suite of X-ray probe tools. FXE is equipped with a primary monochromator, a primary and secondary single-shot spectrometer, and a timing tool to correct the residual timing jitter between laser and X-ray pulses.
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- Andreas Galler
- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Biological Research Centre (BRC), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári krt 62, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- STFC Technology, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- STFC Technology, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Correspondence e-mail:
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Chatterjee R, Weninger C, Loukianov A, Gul S, Fuller FD, Cheah MH, Fransson T, Pham CC, Nelson S, Song S, Britz A, Messinger J, Bergmann U, Alonso-Mori R, Yachandra VK, Kern J, Yano J. XANES and EXAFS of dilute solutions of transition metals at XFELs. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2019; 26:1716-1724. [PMID: 31490163 PMCID: PMC6730626 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577519007550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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This work has demonstrated that X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), both Mn XANES and EXAFS, of solutions with millimolar concentrations of metal is possible using the femtosecond X-ray pulses from XFELs. Mn XAS data were collected using two different sample delivery methods, a Rayleigh jet and a drop-on-demand setup, with varying concentrations of Mn. Here, a new method for normalization of XAS spectra based on solvent scattering that is compatible with data collection from a highly variable pulsed source is described. The measured XANES and EXAFS spectra of such dilute solution samples are in good agreement with data collected at synchrotron sources using traditional scanning protocols. The procedures described here will enable XFEL-based XAS on dilute biological samples, especially metalloproteins, with low sample consumption. Details of the experimental setup and data analysis methods used in this XANES and EXAFS study are presented. This method will also benefit XAS performed at high-repetition-rate XFELs such as the European XFEL, LCLS-II and LCLS-II-HE.
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- Ruchira Chatterjee
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory, Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, SE 75237 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory, Molecular Biomimetics, Uppsala University, SE 75237 Uppsala, Sweden
- Institutionen för Kemi, Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum, Umeå Universitet, SE 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
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Britz A, Abraham B, Biasin E, van Driel TB, Gallo A, Garcia-Esparza AT, Glownia J, Loukianov A, Nelson S, Reinhard M, Sokaras D, Alonso-Mori R. Resolving structures of transition metal complex reaction intermediates with femtosecond EXAFS. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 22:2660-2666. [PMID: 31441480 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03483h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Femtosecond-resolved Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) measurements of solvated transition metal complexes are successfully implemented at the X-ray Free Electron Laser LCLS. Benchmark experiments on [Fe(terpy)2]2+ in solution show a signal-to-noise ratio on the order of 500, comparable to typical 100 ps-resolution synchrotron measurements. In the few femtoseconds after photoexcitation, we observe the EXAFS fingerprints of a short-lived (∼100 fs) intermediate as well as those of a vibrationally hot long-lived (∼ns) excited state.
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- Alexander Britz
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. and Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA and SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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Zieleniewska A, Guldi DM. Investigating Electronic Communications in meso-meso Ethene-Bridged Unsymmetrical Diporphyrins. Chemistry 2019; 25:9602-9607. [PMID: 31112327 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201901716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2019] [Revised: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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At the focal point of this work is the photophysical characterization of three meso-meso ethene-bridged diporphyrins featuring a diverse metallation pattern. Detailed investigations by means of cyclic voltammetry, absorption, fluorescence, and femto-/nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy revealed the impact of open-shell nickel(II) on the electronic communication in ethene-bridged heterobimetallic diporphyrins.
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- Anna Zieleniewska
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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Michocki LB, Miller NA, Alonso-Mori R, Britz A, Deb A, Glownia JM, Kaneshiro AK, Konar A, Koralek J, Meadows JH, Sofferman DL, Song S, Toda MJ, van Driel TB, Kozlowski PM, Kubarych KJ, Penner-Hahn JE, Sension RJ. Probing the Excited State of Methylcobalamin Using Polarized Time-Resolved X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:6042-6048. [PMID: 31290669 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b05854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We use picosecond time-resolved polarized X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) measurements to probe the structure of the long-lived photoexcited state of methylcobalamin (MeCbl) and the cob(II)alamin photoproduct formed following photoexcitation of adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl, coenzyme B12). For MeCbl, we used 520 nm excitation and a time delay of 100 ps to avoid the formation of cob(II)alamin. We find only small spectral changes in the equatorial and axial directions, which we interpret as arising from small (<∼0.05 Å) changes in both the equatorial and axial distances. This confirms expectations based on prior UV-visible transient absorption measurements and theoretical simulations. We do not find evidence for the significant elongation of the Co-C bond reported by Subramanian [ J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018 , 9 , 1542 - 1546 ] following 400 nm excitation. For AdoCbl, we resolve the difference XANES contributions along three unique molecular axes by exciting with both 540 and 365 nm light, demonstrating that the spectral changes are predominantly polarized along the axial direction, consistent with the loss of axial ligation. These data suggest that the microsecond "recombination product" identified by Subramanian et al. is actually the cob(II)alamin photoproduct that is produced following bond homolysis of MeCbl with 400 nm excitation. Our results highlight the pronounced advantage of using polarization-selective transient X-ray absorption for isolating structural dynamics in systems undergoing atomic displacements that are strongly correlated to the exciting optical polarization.
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry , University of Michigan , 1150 W. Medical Center Dr. , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-0600 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Louisville , 2320 South Brook Street , Louisville , Kentucky 40292 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Louisville , 2320 South Brook Street , Louisville , Kentucky 40292 , United States
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Ryland ES, Zhang K, Vura-Weis J. Sub-100 fs Intersystem Crossing to a Metal-Centered Triplet in Ni(II)OEP Observed with M-Edge XANES. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:5214-5222. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b03376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Elizabeth S. Ryland
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Wernet P. Chemical interactions and dynamics with femtosecond X-ray spectroscopy and the role of X-ray free-electron lasers. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2019; 377:20170464. [PMID: 30929622 PMCID: PMC6452048 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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X-ray free-electron lasers with intense, tuneable and short-pulse X-ray radiation are transformative tools for the investigation of transition-metal complexes and metalloproteins. This becomes apparent in particular when combining the experimental observables from X-ray spectroscopy with modern theoretical tools for calculations of electronic structures and X-ray spectra from first principles. The combination gives new insights into how charge and spin densities change in chemical reactions and how they determine reactivity. This is demonstrated for the investigations of structural dynamics with metal K-edge absorption spectroscopy, spin states in excited-state dynamics with metal 3p-3d exchange interactions, the frontier-orbital interactions in dissociation and substitution reactions with metal-specific X-ray spectroscopy, and studies of metal oxidation states with femtosecond pulses for 'probe-before-destroy' spectroscopy. The role of X-ray free-electron lasers is addressed with thoughts about how they enable 'bringing back together' different aspects of the same problem and this is thought to go beyond a conventional review paper where these aspects are formulated in italic font type in a prequel, an interlude and in a sequel. This article is part of the theme issue 'Measurement of ultrafast electronic and structural dynamics with X-rays'.
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Abraham B, Nowak S, Weninger C, Armenta R, Defever J, Day D, Carini G, Nakahara K, Gallo A, Nelson S, Nordlund D, Kroll T, Hunter MS, van Driel T, Zhu D, Weng TC, Alonso-Mori R, Sokaras D. A high-throughput energy-dispersive tender X-ray spectrometer for shot-to-shot sulfur measurements. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2019; 26:629-634. [PMID: 31074425 PMCID: PMC6510194 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577519002431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Accepted: 02/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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An X-ray emission spectrometer that can detect the sulfur Kα emission lines with large throughput and a high energy resolution is presented. The instrument is based on a large d-spacing perfect Bragg analyzer that diffracts the sulfur Kα emission at close to backscattering angles. This facilitates the application of efficient concepts routinely employed in hard X-ray spectrometers towards the tender X-ray regime. The instrument described in this work is based on an energy-dispersive von Hamos geometry that is well suited for photon-in photon-out spectroscopy at X-ray free-electron laser and synchrotron sources. Comparison of its performance with previously used instrumentation is presented through measurements using sulfur-containing species performed at the LCLS. It is shown that the overall signal intensity is increased by a factor of ∼15. Implementation of this approach in the design of a tender X-ray spectroscopy endstation for LCLS-II is also discussed.
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- Baxter Abraham
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- Correspondence e-mail: ,
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- Correspondence e-mail: ,
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A review that summarizes the most recent technological developments in the field of ultrafast structural dynamics with focus on the use of ultrashort X-ray and electron pulses follows. Atomistic views of chemical processes and phase transformations have long been the exclusive domain of computer simulators. The advent of femtosecond (fs) hard X-ray and fs-electron diffraction techniques made it possible to bring such a level of scrutiny to the experimental area. The following review article provides a summary of the main ultrafast techniques that enabled the generation of atomically resolved movies utilizing ultrashort X-ray and electron pulses. Recent advances are discussed with emphasis on synchrotron-based methods, tabletop fs-X-ray plasma sources, ultrabright fs-electron diffractometers, and timing techniques developed to further improve the temporal resolution and fully exploit the use of intense and ultrashort X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) pulses.
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Hong J, Fauvell TJ, Helweh W, Zhang X, Chen LX. Investigation of the photoinduced axial ligation process in the excited state of nickel(II) phthalocyanine. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2018.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Bräm O, Cannizzo A, Chergui M. Ultrafast Broadband Fluorescence Up-conversion Study of the Electronic Relaxation of Metalloporphyrins. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:1461-1468. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Olivier Bräm
- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, ISIC and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, ISIC and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, ISIC and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Hong J, Kelley MS, Shelby ML, Hayes DK, Hadt RG, Rimmerman D, Zhang X, Chen LX. The Nature of the Long-Lived Excited State in a Ni II Phthalocyanine Complex Investigated by X-Ray Transient Absorption Spectroscopy. CHEMSUSCHEM 2018; 11:2421-2428. [PMID: 29851241 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201800777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Revised: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The nature of the photoexcited state of octabutoxy nickel(II) phthalocyanine (NiPcOBu8 ) with a 500 ps lifetime was investigated by X-ray transient absorption (XTA) spectroscopy. Previous optical, vibrational, and computational studies have suggested that this photoexcited state has a ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) nature. By using XTA, which provides unambiguous information on the local electronic and nuclear configuration around the Ni center, the nature of the excited state of NiPcOBu8 was reassessed. Using X-ray probe pulses from a synchrotron source, the ground- and excited-state X-ray absorption spectra of NiPcOBu8 were measured. Based on the results, we identified that the excited state exhibits spectral features that are characteristic of a Ni1, 3 (3dz2 ,3dx2-y2 ) state rather than a LMCT state with a transiently reduced Ni center. This state resembles the (d,d) state of nickel(II) tetramesitylphorphyrin. The XTA features are rationalized based on the inherent cavity sizes of the macrocycles. These results may provide useful guidance for the design of photocatalysts in the future.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jiyun Hong
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston IL, 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston IL, 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston IL, 60208, USA
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- Division of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA
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- Division of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston IL, 60208, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston IL, 60208, USA
- Division of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA
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Smolentsev G, van Vliet KM, Azzaroli N, van Bokhoven JA, Brouwer AM, de Bruin B, Nachtegaal M, Tromp M. Pump-probe XAS investigation of the triplet state of an Ir photosensitizer with chromenopyridinone ligands. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2018; 17:896-902. [PMID: 29855026 DOI: 10.1039/c8pp00065d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
The triplet excited state of a new Ir-based photosensitizer with two chromenopyridinone and one bipyridine-based ligands has been studied by pump-probe X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy coupled with DFT calculations. The excited state has a lifetime of 0.5 μs in acetonitrile and is characterized by very small changes of the local atomic structure with an average metal-ligand bond length change of less than 0.01 Å. DFT-based calculations allow the interpretation of the XANES in the energy range of ∼50 eV around the absorption edge. The observed transient XANES signal arises from an additional metal-centered Ir 5d vacancy in the excited state which appears as a result of electron transfer from the metal to the ligand. The overall energy shift of the excited state spectrum originates from the shift of 2p and unoccupied states induced by screening effects. The approach for the analysis of time-resolved spectra of 5d metal complexes is quite general and can also be used if excited and ground state structures are significantly different.
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