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Lam HVS, Venkatachalam AS, Bhattacharyya S, Chen K, Borne K, Wang E, Boll R, Jahnke T, Kumarappan V, Rudenko A, Rolles D. Differentiating Three-Dimensional Molecular Structures Using Laser-Induced Coulomb Explosion Imaging. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:123201. [PMID: 38579208 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.123201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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Coulomb explosion imaging (CEI) with x-ray free electron lasers has recently been shown to be a powerful method for obtaining detailed structural information of gas-phase planar ring molecules [R. Boll et al., X-ray multiphoton-induced Coulomb explosion images complex single molecules, Nat. Phys. 18, 423 (2022).NPAHAX1745-247310.1038/s41567-022-01507-0]. In this Letter, we investigate the potential of CEI driven by a tabletop laser and extend this approach to differentiating three-dimensional structures. We study the static CEI patterns of planar and nonplanar organic molecules that resemble the structures of typical products formed in ring-opening reactions. Our results reveal that each molecule exhibits a well-localized and distinctive pattern in three-dimensional fragment-ion momentum space. We find that these patterns yield direct information about the molecular structures and can be qualitatively reproduced using a classical Coulomb explosion simulation. Our findings suggest that laser-induced CEI can serve as a robust method for differentiating molecular structures of organic ring and chain molecules. As such, it holds great promise as a method for following ultrafast structural changes, e.g., during ring-opening reactions, by tracking the motion of individual atoms in pump-probe experiments.
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- Huynh Van Sa Lam
- James R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- James R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- James R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- James R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- James R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- James R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- James R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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Kukk E, Pihlava L, Kooser K, Stråhlman C, Maclot S, Kivimäki A. Energy-dependent timescales in the dissociation of diiodothiophene dication. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:5795-5807. [PMID: 36744651 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05309h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Photodissociation molecular dynamics of gas-phase 2,5-diiodothiophene molecules was studied in an electron-energy-resolved electron-multi-ion coincidence experiment performed at the FinEstBeAMS beamline of MAX IV synchrotron. Following the photoionization of the iodine 4d subshell and the Auger decay, the dissociation landscape of the molecular dication was investigated as a function of the Auger electron energy. Concentrating on an major dissociation pathway, C4H2I2S2+ → C4H2S+ + I+ + I, and accessing the timescales of the process via ion momentum correlation analysis, it was revealed how this three-body process changes depending on the available internal energy. Using a generalized secondary dissociation model, the process was shown to evolve from secondary dissociation regime towards concerted dissociation as the available energy increased, with the secondary dissociation time constant changing from 1.5 ps to 129 fs. The experimental results were compared with simulations using a stochastic charge-hopping molecular mechanics model. It represented the observed trend and also gave a fair quantitative agreement with the experiment.
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- Edwin Kukk
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland. .,CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique - Matière et Rayonnement, 4 Pl. Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland. .,Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, EE-50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Materials Science and Applied Mathematics, Malmö University, SE-20506 Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Gothenburg University, Box 100, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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Schouder CA, Chatterley AS, Pickering JD, Stapelfeldt H. Laser-Induced Coulomb Explosion Imaging of Aligned Molecules and Molecular Dimers. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2022; 73:323-347. [PMID: 35081323 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-090419-053627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We discuss how Coulomb explosion imaging (CEI), triggered by intense femtosecond laser pulses and combined with laser-induced alignment and covariance analysis of the angular distributions of the recoiling fragment ions, provides new opportunities for imaging the structures of molecules and molecular complexes. First, focusing on gas phase molecules, we show how the periodic torsional motion of halogenated biphenyl molecules can be measured in real time by timed CEI, and how CEI of one-dimensionally aligned difluoroiodobenzene molecules can uniquely identify four structural isomers. Next, focusing on molecular complexes formed inside He nanodroplets, we show that the conformations of noncovalently bound dimers or trimers, aligned in one or three dimensions, can be determined by CEI. Results presented for homodimers of CS2, OCS, and bromobenzene pave the way for femtosecond time-resolved structure imaging of molecules undergoing bimolecular interactions and ultimately chemical reactions. 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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Pihlava L, Niskanen J, Kooser K, Stråhlman C, Maclot S, Kivimäki A, Kukk E. Photodissociation dynamics of halogenated aromatic molecules: the case of core-ionized tetrabromothiophene. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:21249-21261. [PMID: 34542547 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03097c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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We studied the gas-phase photodissociation of a fully halogenated aromatic molecule, tetrabromothiophene, upon core-shell ionization by using synchrotron radiation and energy-resolved multiparticle coincidence spectroscopy. Photodynamics was initiated by the selective soft X-ray ionization of three elements - C, S, and Br - leading to the formation of dicationic states by Auger decay. From a detailed study of photodissociation upon Br 3d ionization, we formulate a general fragmentation scheme, where dissociation into neutral fragments and a pair of cations prevails, but dicationic species are also produced. We conclude that dicationic tetrabromothiophene typically undergoes deferred charge separation (with one of the ions being often Br+) that may be followed by secondary dissociation steps, depending on the available internal energy of the parent dication. Observations suggest that the ejection of neutral bromine atoms as the first step of deferred charge separation is a prevailing feature in dicationic dissociation, although sometimes in this step the C-Br bonds appear to remain intact and the thiophene ring is broken instead. Ionization-site-specific effects are observed particularly in doubly charged fragments and as large differences in the yields of the intact parent dication. We interpret these effects, using first-principles calculations and molecular dynamics simulations of core-hole states, as likely caused by the geometry changes during the core-hole lifetime.
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- Lassi Pihlava
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland. .,Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, EE-50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Materials Science and Applied Mathematics, Malmö University, SE-20506 Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Gothenburg University, Box 100, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden.,Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, FI-90570 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland.
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Li X, Inhester L, Robatjazi SJ, Erk B, Boll R, Hanasaki K, Toyota K, Hao Y, Bomme C, Rudek B, Foucar L, Southworth SH, Lehmann CS, Kraessig B, Marchenko T, Simon M, Ueda K, Ferguson KR, Bucher M, Gorkhover T, Carron S, Alonso-Mori R, Koglin JE, Correa J, Williams GJ, Boutet S, Young L, Bostedt C, Son SK, Santra R, Rolles D, Rudenko A. Pulse Energy and Pulse Duration Effects in the Ionization and Fragmentation of Iodomethane by Ultraintense Hard X Rays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:093202. [PMID: 34506178 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.093202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The interaction of intense femtosecond x-ray pulses with molecules sensitively depends on the interplay between multiple photoabsorptions, Auger decay, charge rearrangement, and nuclear motion. Here, we report on a combined experimental and theoretical study of the ionization and fragmentation of iodomethane (CH_{3}I) by ultraintense (∼10^{19} W/cm^{2}) x-ray pulses at 8.3 keV, demonstrating how these dynamics depend on the x-ray pulse energy and duration. We show that the timing of multiple ionization steps leading to a particular reaction product and, thus, the product's final kinetic energy, is determined by the pulse duration rather than the pulse energy or intensity. While the overall degree of ionization is mainly defined by the pulse energy, our measurement reveals that the yield of the fragments with the highest charge states is enhanced for short pulse durations, in contrast to earlier observations for atoms and small molecules in the soft x-ray domain. We attribute this effect to a decreased charge transfer efficiency at larger internuclear separations, which are reached during longer pulses.
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- X Li
- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
- European XFEL, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Physics and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, USA
- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, USA
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, LCPMR, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, LCPMR, Paris, France
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, USA
- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
- NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton New York, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, USA
- Department of Physics and James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, USA
- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen-PSI, Villigen, Switzerland
- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Guandalini A, Cocchi C, Pittalis S, Ruini A, Rozzi CA. Nonlinear light absorption in many-electron systems excited by an instantaneous electric field: a non-perturbative approach. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:10059-10069. [PMID: 33870971 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04958a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Applications of low-cost non-perturbative approaches in real time, such as time-dependent density functional theory, for the study of nonlinear optical properties of large and complex systems are gaining increasing popularity. However, their assessment still requires the analysis and understanding of elementary dynamical processes in simple model systems. Motivated by the aim of simulating optical nonlinearities in molecules, here exemplified by the case of the quaterthiophene oligomer, we investigate light absorption in many-electron interacting systems beyond the linear regime by using a single broadband impulse of an electric field; i.e. an electrical impulse in the instantaneous limit. We determine non-pertubatively the absorption cross section from the Fourier transform of the time-dependent induced dipole moment, which can be obtained from the time evolution of the wavefunction. We discuss the dependence of the resulting cross section on the magnitude of the impulse and we highlight the advantages of this method in comparison with perturbation theory by working on a one-dimensional model system for which numerically exact solutions are accessible. Thus, we demonstrate that the considered non-pertubative approach provides us with an effective tool for investigating fluence-dependent nonlinear optical excitations.
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- Alberto Guandalini
- CNR - Istituto Nanoscienze, Via Campi 213A, I-41125 Modena, Italy. .,Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Informatiche e Matematiche, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213A, I-41125 Modena, Italy
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- Physics Department and IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Zum Großen Windkanal 2, D-12489 Berlin, Germany.,Physics Department, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- CNR - Istituto Nanoscienze, Via Campi 213A, I-41125 Modena, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Informatiche e Matematiche, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213A, I-41125 Modena, Italy
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Howell RW. Advancements in the use of Auger electrons in science and medicine during the period 2015-2019. Int J Radiat Biol 2020; 99:2-27. [PMID: 33021416 PMCID: PMC8062591 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2020.1831706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Auger electrons can be highly radiotoxic when they are used to irradiate specific molecular sites. This has spurred basic science investigations of their radiobiological effects and clinical investigations of their potential for therapy. Focused symposia on the biophysical aspects of Auger processes have been held quadrennially. This 9th International Symposium on Physical, Molecular, Cellular, and Medical Aspects of Auger Processes at Oxford University brought together scientists from many different fields to review past findings, discuss the latest studies, and plot the future work to be done. This review article examines the research in this field that was published during the years 2015-2019 which corresponds to the period since the last meeting in Japan. In addition, this article points to future work yet to be done. There have been a plethora of advancements in our understanding of Auger processes. These advancements range from basic atomic and molecular physics to new ways to implement Auger electron emitters in radiopharmaceutical therapy. The highly localized doses of radiation that are deposited within a 10 nm of the decay site make them precision tools for discovery across the physical, chemical, biological, and medical sciences.
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- Roger W Howell
- Division of Radiation Research, Department of Radiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA
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Wallner M, Eland JHD, Squibb RJ, Andersson J, Roos AH, Singh R, Talaee O, Koulentianos D, Piancastelli MN, Simon M, Feifel R. Coulomb explosion of CD 3I induced by single photon deep inner-shell ionisation. Sci Rep 2020; 10:1246. [PMID: 31988321 PMCID: PMC6985119 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58251-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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L-shell ionisation and subsequent Coulomb explosion of fully deuterated methyl iodide, CD3I, irradiated with hard X-rays has been examined by a time-of-flight multi-ion coincidence technique. The core vacancies relax efficiently by Auger cascades, leading to charge states up to 16+. The dynamics of the Coulomb explosion process are investigated by calculating the ions’ flight times numerically based on a geometric model of the experimental apparatus, for comparison with the experimental data. A parametric model of the explosion, previously introduced for multi-photon induced Coulomb explosion, is applied in numerical simulations, giving good agreement with the experimental results for medium charge states. Deviations for higher charges suggest the need to include nuclear motion in a putatively more complete model. Detection efficiency corrections from the simulations are used to determine the true distributions of molecular charge states produced by initial L1, L2 and L3 ionisation.
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- M Wallner
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 58, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 58, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 58, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 58, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 58, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 58, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 58, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 58, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, F-75005, Paris, Cedex 05, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, F-75005, Paris, Cedex 05, France.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, SE-751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, F-75005, Paris, Cedex 05, France.,Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, F-91192, Gif-sur-Yvette, Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, 412 58, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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You D, Fukuzawa H, Luo Y, Saito S, Berholts M, Gaumnitz T, Huttula M, Johnsson P, Kishimoto N, Myllynen H, Nemer A, Niozu A, Patanen M, Pelimanni E, Takanashi T, Wada SI, Yokono N, Owada S, Tono K, Yabashi M, Nagaya K, Kukk E, Ueda K. Multi-particle momentum correlations extracted using covariance methods on multiple-ionization of diiodomethane molecules by soft-X-ray free-electron laser pulses. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:2648-2659. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03638e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Correlations between the ion momenta are extracted by covariance methods formulated for the use in multiparticle momentum-resolved ion time-of-flight spectroscopy.
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Yachmenev A, Thesing LV, Küpper J. Laser-induced dynamics of molecules with strong nuclear quadrupole coupling. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:244118. [PMID: 31893871 DOI: 10.1063/1.5133837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We present a general variational approach for computing the laser-induced rovibrational dynamics of molecules, taking into account the hyperfine effects of the nuclear quadrupole coupling. The method combines the general variational approach TROVE (Theoretical Ro-Vibrational Energies), which provides accurate rovibrational hyperfine energies and wavefunctions for arbitrary molecules, with the variational method RichMol, designed for generalized simulations of the rovibrational dynamics in the presence of external electric fields. We investigate the effect of the nuclear quadrupole coupling on the short-pulse laser alignment of a prototypical molecule CFClBrI, which contains nuclei with large quadrupole constants. The influence of the nuclear quadrupole interactions on the postpulse molecular dynamics is negligible at early times, for the first several revivals; however, at longer time scales, the effect is entirely detrimental and strongly depends on the laser intensity. This effect can be explained by dephasing in the laser-excited rotational wavepacket due to irregular spacings between the hyperfine-split nuclear spin states across different rotational hyperfine bands.
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- Andrey Yachmenev
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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Real-time observation of X-ray-induced intramolecular and interatomic electronic decay in CH 2I 2. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2186. [PMID: 31097703 PMCID: PMC6522627 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10060-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The increasing availability of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) has catalyzed the development of single-object structural determination and of structural dynamics tracking in real-time. Disentangling the molecular-level reactions triggered by the interaction with an XFEL pulse is a fundamental step towards developing such applications. Here we report real-time observations of XFEL-induced electronic decay via short-lived transient electronic states in the diiodomethane molecule, using a femtosecond near-infrared probe laser. We determine the lifetimes of the transient states populated during the XFEL-induced Auger cascades and find that multiply charged iodine ions are issued from short-lived (∼20 fs) transient states, whereas the singly charged ones originate from significantly longer-lived states (∼100 fs). We identify the mechanisms behind these different time scales: contrary to the short-lived transient states which relax by molecular Auger decay, the long-lived ones decay by an interatomic Coulombic decay between two iodine atoms, during the molecular fragmentation. Understanding strong X-ray induced phenomena is important for applications of X-ray free-electron laser imaging. Here, the authors show time-resolved measurements of X-ray free-electron laser induced electronic decay of CH2I2 molecule probed with NIR pulses and identify mechanisms behind different transient states lifetimes.
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Luzon I, Livshits E, Gope K, Baer R, Strasser D. Making Sense of Coulomb Explosion Imaging. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:1361-1367. [PMID: 30840457 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A multifaceted agreement between ab initio theoretical predictions and experimental measurements, including branching ratios, channel-specific kinetic energy release, and three-body momentum correlation spectra, leads to the identification of new mechanisms in Coulomb-explosion (CE) induced two- and three-body breakup processes in methanol. These identified mechanisms include direct nonadiabatic Coulomb explosion responsible for CO bond-breaking, a long-range " inverse harpooning" dominating the production of H2+ + HCOH+, a transient proton migration leading to surprising energy partitioning in three-body fragmentation and other complex dynamics forming products such as H2O+ and H3+. These mechanisms provide general concepts that should be useful for analyzing future time-resolved Coulomb explosion imaging of methanol as well as other molecular systems. These advances are enabled by a combination of recently developed experimental and computational techniques, using weak ultrafast EUV pulses to initiate the CE and a high-level quantum chemistry approach to follow the resulting field-free nonadiabatic molecular dynamics.
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- Itamar Luzon
- Institute of Chemistry , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel
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- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics and the Institute of Chemistry , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel
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- Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics and the Institute of Chemistry , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904 , Israel
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Kumagai Y, Jurek Z, Xu W, Fukuzawa H, Motomura K, Iablonskyi D, Nagaya K, Wada SI, Mondal S, Tachibana T, Ito Y, Sakai T, Matsunami K, Nishiyama T, Umemoto T, Nicolas C, Miron C, Togashi T, Ogawa K, Owada S, Tono K, Yabashi M, Son SK, Ziaja B, Santra R, Ueda K. Radiation-Induced Chemical Dynamics in Ar Clusters Exposed to Strong X-Ray Pulses. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:223201. [PMID: 29906148 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.223201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Revised: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
We show that electron and ion spectroscopy reveals the details of the oligomer formation in Ar clusters exposed to an x-ray free electron laser (XFEL) pulse, i.e., chemical dynamics triggered by x rays. With guidance from a dedicated molecular dynamics simulation tool, we find that van der Waals bonding, the oligomer formation mechanism, and charge transfer among the cluster constituents significantly affect ionization dynamics induced by an XFEL pulse of moderate fluence. Our results clearly demonstrate that XFEL pulses can be used not only to "damage and destroy" molecular assemblies but also to modify and transform their molecular structure. The accuracy of the predictions obtained makes it possible to apply the cluster spectroscopy, in connection with the respective simulations, for estimation of the XFEL pulse fluence in the fluence regime below single-atom multiple-photon absorption, which is hardly accessible with other diagnostic tools.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yoshiaki Kumagai
- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22671 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
- Department of Physical Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physical Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, FR-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, FR-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
- Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physiscs (ELI-NP), "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 30 Reactorului Street, RO-077125 Mǎgurele, Jud. Ilfov, Romania
- LIDYL, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22671 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22671 Hamburg, Germany
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, PAS, Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342, Krakow, Poland
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22671 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 9, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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Molecular Dynamics of XFEL-Induced Photo-Dissociation, Revealed by Ion-Ion Coincidence Measurements. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/app7050531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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