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Sold S, Mummaneni BC, Michenfelder NC, Peng Y, Powell AK, Unterreiner AN, Lefkidis G, Hübner W. Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Ultrafast Dynamics of a Ni 2 Dy 2 -Compound in DMF After UV/Vis Photoexcitation. ChemistryOpen 2021; 11:e202100153. [PMID: 34931474 PMCID: PMC9059312 DOI: 10.1002/open.202100153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of the ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy results of a {Ni2Dy2}‐compound in DMF, which can be considered as a prototypic molecule for single molecule magnets. We apply state‐of‐the‐art ab initio quantum chemistry to quantitatively describe the optical properties of an inorganic complex system comprising ten atoms to form the chromophoric unit, which is further stabilized by surrounding ligands. Two different basis sets are used for the calculations to specifically identify two dominant peaks in the ground state. Furthermore, we theoretically propagate the compound's correlated many‐body wavefunction under the influence of a laser pulse as well as relaxation processes and compare against the time‐resolved absorption spectra. The experimental data can be described with a time constant of several hundreds of femtoseconds attributed to vibrational relaxation and trapping into states localized within the band gap. A second time constant is ascribed to the excited state while trap states show lifetimes on a longer timescale. The theoretical propagation is performed with the density‐matrix formalism and the Lindblad superoperator, which couples the system to a thermal bath, allowing us to extract relaxation times from first principles.
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- S Sold
- Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, P.O. Box 3049, 67653, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, P.O. Box 3049, 67653, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 2, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstrasse 15, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany.,Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstrasse 15, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany.,Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 2, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, P.O. Box 3049, 67653, Kaiserslautern, Germany.,School of Mechanics, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, P.O. Box 3049, 67653, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Michenfelder NC, Ernst HA, Schweigert C, Olzmann M, Unterreiner AN. Ultrafast stimulated emission of nitrophenolates in organic and aqueous solutions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:10713-10720. [PMID: 29340390 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp07774b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Early-time dynamics of nitroaromatics and its coressponding bases can give valuable insights into photo-induced reactions relevant to atmospheric and environmental processes. In this work, femtosecond broadband absorption spectroscopy between 350 and 700 nm has been applied to explore the ultrafast dynamics of o-, p- and m-nitrophenol anions (NP-) in basic organic and aqueous solution. Excitation at 400 nm promotes these compounds into the first bright electronic singlet state, which is a charge-transfer state. A surprising finding for all nitrophenolates was a characteristic, spectrally broad stimulated emission (SE) from the electronically excited state into the ground state. The corresponding lifetime was on the order of a few hundred femtoseconds for o- and p-NP- while it was roughly ten times larger for m-NP-. In line with earlier observations, the SE is governed by an out-of-plane torsional motion of the nitro group, leading to a close energetic approach of the relevant electronically excited singlet and ground states. Subsequent dynamics can be assigned to excited state absorption and ground state relaxation due to energy dissipation of the vibrational modes to the solvent that occur for up to several tens of picoseconds. No longer-lasting transient absorption (TA) was found; instead, a complete recovery of the ground state bleaching was observed indicating that triplet state relaxation is either not significantly involved in this spectral part or shifted to other regions. In the aqueous system, time constants for all processes are much smaller than in organic solution, a fact that can be explained by the larger dipole moment of the solvent and the correspondingly stronger intermolecular coupling between NP- and the aqueous solvent.
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- N C Michenfelder
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Kaiserstr. 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Klinger M, Schenk C, Henke F, Clayborne A, Schnepf A, Unterreiner AN. UV photoexcitation of a dissolved metalloid Ge9 cluster compound and its extensive ultrafast response. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:12278-81. [PMID: 26139520 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc04513d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Femtosecond pump-probe absorption spectroscopy in tetrahydrofuran solution has been used to investigate the dynamics of a metalloid cluster compound {Ge9[Si(SiMe3)3]3}(-). Upon UV photoexcitation, the transients in the near-infrared spectral region showed signatures reminiscent of excess electrons in THF (bound or quasi-free) whereas in the visible part excited state dynamics of the cluster complex dominates.
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- M Klinger
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Physical Chemistry, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Wolf TJA, Schalk O, Radloff R, Wu G, Lang P, Stolow A, Unterreiner AN. Ultrafast photoinduced dynamics of halogenated cyclopentadienes: observation of geminate charge-transfer complexes in solution. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:6673-83. [PMID: 23443649 DOI: 10.1039/c3cp44295k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The photoinduced dynamics of the fully halogenated cyclopentadienes C5Cl6 and C5Br6 have been investigated in solution and gas phase by femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopy. Both in solution and in gas phase, homolytic dissociation into a halogen radical and a C5X5 (X = Cl, Br) radical was observed. In liquid phase, solvent-dependent formation of charge transfer complexes between geminate radicals was observed for the first time. These complexes were found to be surprisingly stable and offered the opportunity to follow the dynamics of specific radical pairs. In the case of C5Cl6 in trichloroethanol, a reaction of the chlorine radical with molecules from the solvent cage was observed.
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- T J A Wolf
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie and Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fritz-Haber-Weg 2, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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The photochemistry of perchlorinated cycloheptatriene (CHTCl(8)) has been studied by means of ultrafast pump-probe, transient anisotropy and continuous UV-irradiation experiments in various solvents as well as by DFT calculations. After UV-excitation to the 1A' '-state, two competing reactions occur--a [1,7]-sigmatropic chlorine migration via two ultrafast internal conversions and a [4,5]-electrocyclization forming octachlorobicylo[3.2.0]hepta-[2,6]-diene. The first reaction has been studied by excitation with a 263 nm femtosecond-laser pulse. Pump-probe experiments reveal a first, solvent-independent time constant, tau1(CHTCl(8)) = 140 fs, that can be associated with the electronic relaxation of the 2A'-1A' ' transition, while a second one, tau2(CHTCl(8)), ranges from 0.9 to 1.8 ps depending on the polarity of the solvent. This finding is consistent with a [1,7]-chlorine migration during the 1A'-2A' transition where the migrating chlorine atom is partly negatively charged. The charge separation has also been confirmed by DFT calculations. Transient anisotropy measurements result in a time zero value of r(0) = 0.35 after deconvolution and a decay constant of tau1(a) = 120 fs, which can be explained by vibrational motions of CHTCl(8) in the electronically excited states, 1A' ' and 2A'. After continuous UV-irradiation of CHTCl(8), octachlorobicylo[3.2.0]hepta-[2,6]-diene is primarily formed with a solvent-dependent yield. From these investigations, we suggest a relaxation mechanism for CHTCl(8) after photoexcitation that is comparable to cycloheptatriene.
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- O Schalk
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Kaiserstr. 12, 76128 Karlsruhe Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
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Brands H, Chandrasekhar N, Unterreiner AN. Ultrafast Dynamics of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids after Ultraviolet Femtosecond Excitation. J Phys Chem B 2007; 111:4830-6. [PMID: 17269818 DOI: 10.1021/jp067163f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The photochemistry and relaxation dynamics of four room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) after ultraviolet (UV) photolysis were investigated by femtosecond pump-probe absorption spectroscopy. A pulse duration-limited rise of the induced absorption in halide-containing RTILs at various probe wavelengths was attributed to the generation of solvated electrons. With continuous irradiation (static conditions), di- and trihalide ion formation became apparent especially below 1000 nm. The formation of trihalide ions was further confirmed by steady-state UV absorption spectroscopy. All RTILs showed a rich photochemistry after UV photolysis leading to the build-up of various long-lived intermediate products as evidenced from the observation that ionic liquids turn yellow upon continuous irradiation. On the other hand, exposing RTILs to the excitation pulse for a short time (rapid-scan method) significantly suppressed the formation of halides. The results suggest that the development of flow-cell systems for highly viscous ionic liquids is urgently needed to quantitatively investigate their ultrafast dynamics.
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- H Brands
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Physikalische Chemie, Universität Karlsruhe, Kaiserstr. 12, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Chandrasekhar N, Krebs P, Unterreiner AN. One-photon photodetachment of I− in glycerol: Spectra and yield of solvated electrons in the temperature range 329⩽T⩽536K. J Chem Phys 2006; 125:164512. [PMID: 17092110 DOI: 10.1063/1.2362822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Solvated electrons in glycerol were generated via a resonant one-photon photodetachment of the charge-transfer-to-solvent (CTTS) band of I- in glycerol (Gl) after irradiation with a 248 nm excimer laser. Optical absorption spectra of solvated electrons (esolv-) in Gl were recorded as a function of temperature (381<or=T<or=505 K). The observed redshift of the absorption maximum, homegamax, yields a temperature coefficient d(homegamax)/dT=-(2.67+/-0.07)x10(-3) eV K-1. For solutions with a concentration c(I-) approximately 10(-3)M, the absorbance of esolv- at homegamax increases by a factor of about 65 when the temperature is raised from 329 to 536 K. This effect can be partially explained by a temperature-dependent redshift of the CTTS spectrum of I- in Gl with respect to the laser wavelength. The main contribution to the increasing yield of esolv- is determined by diffusion controlled escape dynamics of the electron in the contact pair (I:e-)solv which is formed very fast during the detachment process. At room temperature no absorption of esolv- (absorbance<1.0x10(-3)) could be observed which is probably a result of an extremely small self-diffusion coefficient of Gl (a factor of 1250 lower than that of water at 298 K). The results are compared with a previous study of I- in ethylene glycol.
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- N Chandrasekhar
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Physikalische Chemie, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Kaiserstrasse 12, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Chandrasekhar N, Endres F, Unterreiner AN. Evidence for laser-induced formation of solvated electrons in room temperature ionic liquids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2006; 8:3192-6. [PMID: 16902711 DOI: 10.1039/b606234b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The photolytic generation of solvated electrons was observed for the first time in two room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs), trihexyltetradecylphosphonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (IL) and 1-butyl-1-methyl-pyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (IL). A 70 fs UV-pulse was used to excite the RTILs, while the transient response was monitored in the visible and near-infrared spectral regions. Immediately after excitation, a pulse duration limited rise of the induced absorption indicated the formation of solvated electrons suggesting the existence of pre-formed traps in RTILs. A broad transient absorption spectrum with a full width at half maximum of about 0.9 eV, typical for solvated electrons, was reconstructed from the transient profiles. Wavelength-independent relaxation dynamics at longer delay times suggest a lifetime of solvated electrons in the ns regime in agreement with results from pulse radiolysis studies. Adding 1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium iodide to IL led to an increase of the UV absorbance and consequently, to an increase of the yield of solvated electrons. Furthermore, this solute is an efficient electron scavenger causing the transients to decay within about 40 ps.
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- N Chandrasekhar
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Physikalische Chemie, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Kaiserstr. 12, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Liau YH, Unterreiner AN, Arnett DC, Scherer NF. Femtosecond-pulse cavity-dumped solid-state oscillator design and application to ultrafast microscopy. Appl Opt 1999; 38:7386-7392. [PMID: 18324289 DOI: 10.1364/ao.38.007386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The construction, modeling, and performance characteristics of a new resonator design for ultrafast cavity-dumped oscillators are presented. An acousto-optic Bragg cell was incorporated at the end of the longer arm of a Ti:sapphire oscillator rather than in the shorter arm as in several recent studies. The new arrangement improves the pulse intensity stability of the oscillator and significantly reduces the effort required in construction. The experimental findings are supported by comparison of the stability regions of the laser cavities based on the two different designs. To demonstrate the potential of cavity-dumped oscillators for spatially resolved ultrafast spectroscopy studies, the pulse duration is characterized at the focal plane of two achromatic high-N.A. oil-immersion objectives with different amounts of flat-field correction. Transform-limited pulse widths as short as 15 fs are obtained. To our knowledge, this is the shortest pulse duration measured with true high-N.A. (N.A. > 1) focusing conditions.
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- Y H Liau
- Department of Chemistry, the James Franck Institute and Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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