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Babcock NS, Montes-Cabrera G, Oberhofer KE, Chergui M, Celardo GL, Kurian P. Ultraviolet Superradiance from Mega-Networks of Tryptophan in Biological Architectures. J Phys Chem B 2024; 128:4035-4046. [PMID: 38641327 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 04/21/2024]
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Networks of tryptophan (Trp)─an aromatic amino acid with strong fluorescence response─are ubiquitous in biological systems, forming diverse architectures in transmembrane proteins, cytoskeletal filaments, subneuronal elements, photoreceptor complexes, virion capsids, and other cellular structures. We analyze the cooperative effects induced by ultraviolet (UV) excitation of several biologically relevant Trp mega-networks, thus giving insights into novel mechanisms for cellular signaling and control. Our theoretical analysis in the single-excitation manifold predicts the formation of strongly superradiant states due to collective interactions among organized arrangements of up to >105 Trp UV-excited transition dipoles in microtubule architectures, which leads to an enhancement of the fluorescence quantum yield (QY) that is confirmed by our experiments. We demonstrate the observed consequences of this superradiant behavior in the fluorescence QY for hierarchically organized tubulin structures, which increases in different geometric regimes at thermal equilibrium before saturation, highlighting the effect's persistence in the presence of disorder. Our work thus showcases the many orders of magnitude across which the brightest (hundreds of femtoseconds) and darkest (tens of seconds) states can coexist in these Trp lattices.
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- N S Babcock
- Quantum Biology Laboratory, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20060, United States
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- Quantum Biology Laboratory, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20060, United States
- Institute of Physics, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72570, Mexico
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- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence 50019, Italy
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- Quantum Biology Laboratory, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20060, United States
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Longetti L, Barillot TR, Puppin M, Ojeda J, Poletto L, van Mourik F, Arrell CA, Chergui M. Ultrafast photoelectron spectroscopy of photoexcited aqueous ferrioxalate. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:25308-25316. [PMID: 34747432 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02872c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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 photochemistry of metal-organic compounds in solution is determined by both intra- and inter-molecular relaxation processes after photoexcitation. Understanding its prime mechanisms is crucial to optimise the reactive paths and control their outcome. Here we investigate the photoinduced dynamics of aqueous ferrioxalate ([FeIII(C2O4)3]3-) upon 263 nm excitation using ultrafast liquid phase photoelectron spectroscopy (PES). The initial step is found to be a ligand-to-metal electron transfer, occuring on a time scale faster than our time resolution (≲30 fs). Furthermore, we observe that about 25% of the initially formed ferrous species population are lost in ∼2 ps. Cast in the contest of previous ultrafast infrared and X-ray spectroscopic studies, we suggest that upon prompt photoreduction of the metal centre, the excited molecules dissociate in <140 fs into the pair of CO2 and [(CO2)FeII(C2O4)2]3- fragments, with unity quantum yield. About 25% of these pairs geminately recombine in ∼2 ps, due to interaction with the solvent molecules, reforming the ground state of the parent ferric molecule.
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- L Longetti
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), via Trasea 7, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Ridha Z, Guirguis J, Ouchene L, Chergui M, Litvinov IV, Netchiporouk E. Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis overlapping with toxic epidermal necrolysis successfully treated with etanercept. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021; 35:e894-e896. [PMID: 34310752 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Z Ridha
- Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
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- Division of Dermatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Dermatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Dermatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Dermatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Mariette C, Lorenc M, Cailleau H, Collet E, Guérin L, Volte A, Trzop E, Bertoni R, Dong X, Lépine B, Hernandez O, Janod E, Cario L, Ta Phuoc V, Ohkoshi S, Tokoro H, Patthey L, Babic A, Usov I, Ozerov D, Sala L, Ebner S, Böhler P, Keller A, Oggenfuss A, Zmofing T, Redford S, Vetter S, Follath R, Juranic P, Schreiber A, Beaud P, Esposito V, Deng Y, Ingold G, Chergui M, Mancini GF, Mankowsky R, Svetina C, Zerdane S, Mozzanica A, Bosak A, Wulff M, Levantino M, Lemke H, Cammarata M. Strain wave pathway to semiconductor-to-metal transition revealed by time-resolved X-ray powder diffraction. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1239. [PMID: 33623010 PMCID: PMC7902810 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21316-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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One of the main challenges in ultrafast material science is to trigger phase transitions with short pulses of light. Here we show how strain waves, launched by electronic and structural precursor phenomena, determine a coherent macroscopic transformation pathway for the semiconducting-to-metal transition in bistable Ti3O5 nanocrystals. Employing femtosecond powder X-ray diffraction, we measure the lattice deformation in the phase transition as a function of time. We monitor the early intra-cell distortion around the light absorbing metal dimer and the long range deformations governed by acoustic waves propagating from the laser-exposed Ti3O5 surface. We developed a simplified elastic model demonstrating that picosecond switching in nanocrystals happens concomitantly with the propagating acoustic wavefront, several decades faster than thermal processes governed by heat diffusion.
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- C Mariette
- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251, Rennes, France.
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251, Rennes, France.
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes)-UMR 6226, Rennes, France
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- Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel (IMN), Université de Nantes, CNRS, Nantes, France
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- Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel (IMN), Université de Nantes, CNRS, Nantes, France
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- GREMAN-UMR 7347 CNRS, Université de Tours, Tours, France
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.,Institute for Materials and Energy Science, Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Lausanne Center for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.,Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Lausanne Center for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251, Rennes, France. .,European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France.
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Gatti G, Gosálbez-Martínez D, Tsirkin SS, Fanciulli M, Puppin M, Polishchuk S, Moser S, Testa L, Martino E, Roth S, Bugnon P, Moreschini L, Bostwick A, Jozwiak C, Rotenberg E, Di Santo G, Petaccia L, Vobornik I, Fujii J, Wong J, Jariwala D, Atwater HA, Rønnow HM, Chergui M, Yazyev OV, Grioni M, Crepaldi A. Radial Spin Texture of the Weyl Fermions in Chiral Tellurium. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:216402. [PMID: 33274982 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.216402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Trigonal tellurium, a small-gap semiconductor with pronounced magneto-electric and magneto-optical responses, is among the simplest realizations of a chiral crystal. We have studied by spin- and angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy its unconventional electronic structure and unique spin texture. We identify Kramers-Weyl, composite, and accordionlike Weyl fermions, so far only predicted by theory, and show that the spin polarization is parallel to the wave vector along the lines in k space connecting high-symmetry points. Our results clarify the symmetries that enforce such spin texture in a chiral crystal, thus bringing new insight in the formation of a spin vectorial field more complex than the previously proposed hedgehog configuration. Our findings thus pave the way to a classification scheme for these exotic spin textures and their search in chiral crystals.
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- G Gatti
- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- National Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials MARVEL, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux et Surfaces, CY Cergy Paris Université, 95031 Cergy-Pontoise, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, LIDYL, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Physikalisches Institut and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Strada Statale 14 km 163.5, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Strada Statale 14 km 163.5, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- CNR-IOM, TASC Laboratory, Area Science Park-Basovizza, 34139 Trieste, Italy
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- CNR-IOM, TASC Laboratory, Area Science Park-Basovizza, 34139 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- National Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials MARVEL, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Gatti G, Crepaldi A, Puppin M, Tancogne-Dejean N, Xian L, De Giovannini U, Roth S, Polishchuk S, Bugnon P, Magrez A, Berger H, Frassetto F, Poletto L, Moreschini L, Moser S, Bostwick A, Rotenberg E, Rubio A, Chergui M, Grioni M. Light-Induced Renormalization of the Dirac Quasiparticles in the Nodal-Line Semimetal ZrSiSe. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:076401. [PMID: 32857568 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.076401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
In nodal-line semimetals, linearly dispersing states form Dirac loops in the reciprocal space with a high degree of electron-hole symmetry and a reduced density of states near the Fermi level. The result is reduced electronic screening and enhanced correlations between Dirac quasiparticles. Here we investigate the electronic structure of ZrSiSe, by combining time- and angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy with ab initio density functional theory (DFT) complemented by an extended Hubbard model (DFT+U+V) and by time-dependent DFT+U+V. We show that electronic correlations are reduced on an ultrashort timescale by optical excitation of high-energy electrons-hole pairs, which transiently screen the Coulomb interaction. Our findings demonstrate an all-optical method for engineering the band structure of a quantum material.
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- G Gatti
- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Luruper Chaussee 149, Hamburg 22761, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Luruper Chaussee 149, Hamburg 22761, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Luruper Chaussee 149, Hamburg 22761, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- National Research Council-Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), via Trasea 7, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- National Research Council-Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), via Trasea 7, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Physikalisches Institut and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg 97074, Germany
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Luruper Chaussee 149, Hamburg 22761, Germany
- Nano-Bio Spectroscopy Group, Departamento de Fisica de Materiales, Universidad del País Vasco, San Sebastian 20018, Spain
- Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, New York, New York 10010, USA
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- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Puppin M, Polishchuk S, Colonna N, Crepaldi A, Dirin DN, Nazarenko O, De Gennaro R, Gatti G, Roth S, Barillot T, Poletto L, Xian RP, Rettig L, Wolf M, Ernstorfer R, Kovalenko MV, Marzari N, Grioni M, Chergui M. Evidence of Large Polarons in Photoemission Band Mapping of the Perovskite Semiconductor CsPbBr_{3}. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:206402. [PMID: 32501104 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.206402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Lead-halide perovskite (LHP) semiconductors are emergent optoelectronic materials with outstanding transport properties which are not yet fully understood. We find signatures of large polaron formation in the electronic structure of the inorganic LHP CsPbBr_{3} by means of angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. The experimental valence band dispersion shows a hole effective mass of 0.26±0.02 m_{e}, 50% heavier than the bare mass m_{0}=0.17 m_{e} predicted by density functional theory. Calculations of the electron-phonon coupling indicate that phonon dressing of the carriers mainly occurs via distortions of the Pb-Br bond with a Fröhlich coupling parameter α=1.81. A good agreement with our experimental data is obtained within the Feynman polaron model, validating a viable theoretical method to predict the carrier effective mass of LHPs ab initio.
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- M Puppin
- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Theory and Simulations of Materials (THEOS), and National Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials (MARVEL), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Theory and Simulations of Materials (THEOS), and National Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials (MARVEL), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- National Research Council of Italy-Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), via Trasea 7, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Theory and Simulations of Materials (THEOS), and National Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials (MARVEL), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Rossi TC, Grolimund D, Cannelli O, Mancini GF, Bacellar C, Kinschel D, Rouxel JR, Ohannessian N, Pergolesi D, Chergui M. X-ray absorption linear dichroism at the Ti K-edge of rutile (001) TiO 2 single crystal. J Synchrotron Radiat 2020; 27:425-435. [PMID: 32153281 PMCID: PMC7064109 DOI: 10.1107/s160057752000051x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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X-ray absorption linear dichroism of rutile TiO2 at the Ti K-edge provides information about the electronic states involved in the pre-edge transitions. Here, linear dichroism with high energy resolution is analyzed in combination with ab initio finite difference method calculations and spherical tensor analysis. It provides an assignment of the three pre-edge peaks beyond the octahedral crystal field splitting approximation and estimates the spatial extension of the corresponding final states. It is then discussed for the first time the X-ray absorption (XAS) of pentacoordinated titanium atoms due to oxygen vacancies and it is found that, similarly to anatase TiO2, rutile is expected to exhibit a transition on the low-energy side of peak A3. Its apparent absence in the experiment is related to the degree of p-d orbital mixing which is small in rutile due to its centrosymmetric point group. A recent XAS linear dichroism study on anatase TiO2 single crystals has shown that peak A2 has an intrinsic origin and is due to a quadrupolar transition to the 3d energy levels. In rutile, due to its centrosymmetric point group, the corresponding peak A2 has a small dipole moment explaining the weak transition. The results are confronted with recent picosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy on rutile TiO2 nanoparticles.
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- T. C. Rossi
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne SB-ISIC-LSU and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Femtochemistry – MicroXAS Beamline Project, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne SB-ISIC-LSU and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne SB-ISIC-LSU and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne SB-ISIC-LSU and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne SB-ISIC-LSU and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne SB-ISIC-LSU and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne SB-ISIC-LSU and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Longetti L, Randulová M, Ojeda J, Mewes L, Miseikis L, Grilj J, Sanchez-Gonzalez A, Witting T, Siegel T, Diveki Z, van Mourik F, Chapman R, Cacho C, Yap S, Tisch JWG, Springate E, Marangos JP, Slavíček P, Arrell CA, Chergui M. Photoemission from non-polar aromatic molecules in the gas and liquid phase. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:3965-3974. [PMID: 32022040 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp06799j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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 photoelectron spectra of both liquid and gas phase aromatic molecules are reported. The spectra were obtained using a 34.1 eV source produced by high harmonic generation and analysed with the help of high-level ab initio simulations using the reflection principle combined with path integral molecular dynamics simulations accounting for nuclear quantum effects for the gas phase. We demonstrate the suitability of three trimethylbenzenes (1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene) as a solvent for liquid photoelectron spectroscopy of solute species. We also discuss the electrokinetic charging of a non-polar liquid jet.
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- L Longetti
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. and Laboratory for Advanced Photonics, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, 5232, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Cannelli O, Bacellar C, Ingle RA, Bohinc R, Kinschel D, Bauer B, Ferreira DS, Grolimund D, Mancini GF, Chergui M. Toward time-resolved laser T-jump/X-ray probe spectroscopy in aqueous solutions. Struct Dyn 2019; 6:064303. [PMID: 31832487 PMCID: PMC6906120 DOI: 10.1063/1.5129626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Most chemical and biochemical reactions in nature and in industrial processes are driven by thermal effects that bring the reactants above the energy barrier for reaction. In aqueous solutions, this process can also be triggered by the laser driven temperature jump (T-jump) method, in which the water vibrational (stretch, bend, or combination) modes are excited by a short laser pulse, leading to a temperature increase in the irradiated volume within a few picoseconds. The combination of the laser T-jump with X-ray spectroscopic probes would add element-specificity as well as sensitivity to the structure, the oxidation state, and the spin state of the intermediates of reactions. Here, we present preliminary results of a near infrared pump/X-ray absorption spectroscopy probe to study the ligand exchange of an octahedral aqueous Cobalt complex, which is known to pass through intermediate steps yielding tetrahedral chlorinated as final species. The structural changes of the chemical reaction are monitored with great sensitivity, even in the presence of a mild local increase in temperature. This work opens perspectives for the study of non-light-driven reactions using time-resolved X-ray spectroscopic methods.
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- O Cannelli
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Lausanne Center for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Lausanne Center for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Lausanne Center for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Femtochemistry-MicroXAS, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 PSI Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Lausanne Center for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Lausanne Center for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Femtochemistry-MicroXAS, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 PSI Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Femtochemistry-MicroXAS, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 PSI Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Lausanne Center for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Lausanne Center for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Svetina C, Mankowsky R, Knopp G, Koch F, Seniutinas G, Rösner B, Kubec A, Lebugle M, Mochi I, Beck M, Cirelli C, Krempasky J, Pradervand C, Rouxel J, Mancini GF, Zerdane S, Pedrini B, Esposito V, Ingold G, Wagner U, Flechsig U, Follath R, Chergui M, Milne C, Lemke HT, David C, Beaud P. Towards X-ray transient grating spectroscopy. Opt Lett 2019; 44:574-577. [PMID: 30702682 DOI: 10.1364/ol.44.000574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The extension of transient grating spectroscopy to the x-ray regime will create numerous opportunities, ranging from the study of thermal transport in the ballistic regime to charge, spin, and energy transfer processes with atomic spatial and femtosecond temporal resolution. Studies involving complicated split-and-delay lines have not yet been successful in achieving this goal. Here we propose a novel, simple method based on the Talbot effect for converging beams, which can easily be implemented at current x-ray free electron lasers. We validate our proposal by analyzing printed interference patterns on polymethyl methacrylate and gold samples using ∼3 keV X-ray pulses.
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Gallmann L, Jordan I, Wörner HJ, Castiglioni L, Hengsberger M, Osterwalder J, Arrell CA, Chergui M, Liberatore E, Rothlisberger U, Keller U. Photoemission and photoionization time delays and rates. Struct Dyn 2017; 4:061502. [PMID: 29308414 PMCID: PMC5732014 DOI: 10.1063/1.4997175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Ionization and, in particular, ionization through the interaction with light play an important role in fundamental processes in physics, chemistry, and biology. In recent years, we have seen tremendous advances in our ability to measure the dynamics of photo-induced ionization in various systems in the gas, liquid, or solid phase. In this review, we will define the parameters used for quantifying these dynamics. We give a brief overview of some of the most important ionization processes and how to resolve the associated time delays and rates. With regard to time delays, we ask the question: how long does it take to remove an electron from an atom, molecule, or solid? With regard to rates, we ask the question: how many electrons are emitted in a given unit of time? We present state-of-the-art results on ionization and photoemission time delays and rates. Our review starts with the simplest physical systems: the attosecond dynamics of single-photon and tunnel ionization of atoms in the gas phase. We then extend the discussion to molecular gases and ionization of liquid targets. Finally, we present the measurements of ionization delays in femto- and attosecond photoemission from the solid-vacuum interface.
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- L Gallmann
- Department of Physics, Institute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Zurich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Zurich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Zurich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide (LSU), and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), ISIC-FSB, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide (LSU), and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), ISIC-FSB, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Institute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Capano G, Penfold TJ, Chergui M, Tavernelli I. Photophysics of a copper phenanthroline elucidated by trajectory and wavepacket-based quantum dynamics: a synergetic approach. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:19590-19600. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp00436b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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On-the-fly excited state molecular dynamics is a valuable method for studying non-equilibrium processes in excited states and is beginning to emerge as a mature approach much like its ground state counterparts.
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- G. Capano
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS)
- ISIC, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
- 1014 Lausanne
- Switzerland
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- School of Chemistry
- Newcastle University
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- UK
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS)
- ISIC, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
- 1014 Lausanne
- Switzerland
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Arrell CA, Ojeda J, Mewes L, Grilj J, Frassetto F, Poletto L, van Mourik F, Chergui M. Laser-Assisted Photoelectric Effect from Liquids. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:143001. [PMID: 27740777 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.143001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The laser-assisted photoelectric effect from liquid surfaces is reported for the first time. Photoelectrons generated by 35.6 eV radiation from a liquid microjet of water under vacuum are dressed with a ℏω=1.55 eV laser field. The subsequent redistribution of the photoelectron energies consists in the appearance of sidebands shifted by energies equivalent to ℏω, 2ℏω, and 3ℏω. The response has been modeled to the third order and combined with energy-resolved measurements. This result opens the possibility to investigate the dynamics at surfaces of liquid solutions and provide information about the electron emission process from a liquid.
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- C A Arrell
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Station 6, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Station 6, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Station 6, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Station 6, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- National Research Council of Italy-Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), via Trasea 7, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy-Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), via Trasea 7, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Station 6, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, ISIC, Station 6, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Ojeda J, Arrell CA, Grilj J, Frassetto F, Mewes L, Zhang H, van Mourik F, Poletto L, Chergui M. Harmonium: A pulse preserving source of monochromatic extreme ultraviolet (30-110 eV) radiation for ultrafast photoelectron spectroscopy of liquids. Struct Dyn 2016; 3:023602. [PMID: 26798833 PMCID: PMC4711517 DOI: 10.1063/1.4933008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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A tuneable repetition rate extreme ultraviolet source (Harmonium) for time resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of liquids is presented. High harmonic generation produces 30-110 eV photons, with fluxes ranging from ∼2 × 10(11) photons/s at 36 eV to ∼2 × 10(8) photons/s at 100 eV. Four different gratings in a time-preserving grating monochromator provide either high energy resolution (0.2 eV) or high temporal resolution (40 fs) between 30 and 110 eV. Laser assisted photoemission was used to measure the temporal response of the system. Vibrational progressions in gas phase water were measured demonstrating the ∼0.2 eV energy resolution.
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- J Ojeda
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS) , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS) , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS) , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN) , via Trasea 7, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS) , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS) , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS) , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN) , via Trasea 7, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS) , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Al Haddad A, Chauvet A, Ojeda J, Arrell C, van Mourik F, Auböck G, Chergui M. Set-up for broadband Fourier-transform multidimensional electronic spectroscopy. Opt Lett 2015; 40:312-315. [PMID: 25680035 DOI: 10.1364/ol.40.000312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We present a compact passively phase-stabilized ultra-broadband 2D Fourier transform setup. A gas (argon)-filled hollow core fiber pumped by an amplified Ti:Al2O3 laser is used as a light source providing spectral range spanning from 420 to 900 nm. Sub-10-fs pulses were obtained using a deformable mirror-based pulse shaper. We probe the nonlinear response of Rhodamine 101 using 90 nm bandwidth and resolve vibrational coherences of 150 fs period in the ground state.
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Capano G, Chergui M, Rothlisberger U, Tavernelli I, Penfold TJ. A quantum dynamics study of the ultrafast relaxation in a prototypical Cu(I)-phenanthroline. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:9861-9. [PMID: 25275666 DOI: 10.1021/jp509728m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The ultrafast nonadiabatic dynamics of a prototypical Cu(I)-phenanthroline complex, [Cu(dmp)2](+) (dmp = 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline), initiated after photoexcitation into the optically bright metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) state (S3) is investigated using quantum nuclear dynamics. In agreement with recent experimental conclusions, we find that the system undergoes rapid (∼100 fs) internal conversion from S3 into the S2 and S1 states at or near the Franck-Condon (FC) geometry. This is preceded by a dynamic component with a time constant of ∼400 fs, which corresponds to the flattening of the ligands associated with the pseudo Jahn-Teller distortion. Importantly, our simulations demonstrate that this latter aspect is in competition with subpicosecond intersystem crossing (ISC). The mechanism for ISC is shown to be a dynamic effect, in the sense that it arises from the system traversing the pseudo Jahn-Teller coordinate where the singlet and triplet states become degenerate, leading to efficient crossing. These first-principles quantum dynamics simulations, in conjunction with recent experiments, allow us to clearly resolve the mechanistic details of the ultrafast dynamics within [Cu(dmp)2](+), which have been disputed in the literature.
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- G Capano
- Laboratoire de spectroscopie ultrarapide, ISIC, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , FSB Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Arrell CA, Ojeda J, Sabbar M, Okell WA, Witting T, Siegel T, Diveki Z, Hutchinson S, Gallmann L, Keller U, van Mourik F, Chapman RT, Cacho C, Rodrigues N, Turcu ICE, Tisch JWG, Springate E, Marangos JP, Chergui M. A simple electron time-of-flight spectrometer for ultrafast vacuum ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of liquid solutions. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:103117. [PMID: 25362381 DOI: 10.1063/1.4899062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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We present a simple electron time of flight spectrometer for time resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of liquid samples using a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) source produced by high-harmonic generation. The field free spectrometer coupled with the time-preserving monochromator for the VUV at the Artemis facility of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory achieves an energy resolution of 0.65 eV at 40 eV with a sub 100 fs temporal resolution. A key feature of the design is a differentially pumped drift tube allowing a microliquid jet to be aligned and started at ambient atmosphere while preserving a pressure of 10(-1) mbar at the micro channel plate detector. The pumping requirements for photoelectron (PE) spectroscopy in vacuum are presented, while the instrument performance is demonstrated with PE spectra of salt solutions in water. The capability of the instrument for time resolved measurements is demonstrated by observing the ultrafast (50 fs) vibrational excitation of water leading to temporary proton transfer.
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- C A Arrell
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, Station 6, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, Station 6, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Physics Department, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, Station 6, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, Station 6, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Penfold TJ, Reinhard M, Rittmann-Frank MH, Tavernelli I, Rothlisberger U, Milne CJ, Glatzel P, Chergui M. X-ray Spectroscopic Study of Solvent Effects on the Ferrous and Ferric Hexacyanide Anions. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:9411-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jp5055588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- T. J. Penfold
- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Boı̂te Postale 220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Reinhard M, Penfold TJ, Lima FA, Rittmann J, Rittmann-Frank MH, Abela R, Tavernelli I, Rothlisberger U, Milne CJ, Chergui M. Photooxidation and photoaquation of iron hexacyanide in aqueous solution: A picosecond X-ray absorption study. Struct Dyn 2014; 1:024901. [PMID: 26798775 PMCID: PMC4711601 DOI: 10.1063/1.4871751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2013] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We present a picosecond Fe K-edge absorption study of photoexcited ferrous and ferric hexacyanide in water under 355 and 266 nm excitation. Following 355 nm excitation, the transient spectra for the ferrous and ferric complexes exhibit a red shift of the edge reflecting an increased electron density at the Fe atom. For the former, an enhanced pre-edge transition is also observed. These observations are attributed to the aquated [Fe(CN)5OH2](3-) species, based on quantum chemical calculations which also provide structural parameters. Upon 266 nm excitation of the ferric complex, a transient reminiscent of the aquated species is observed (appearance of a pre-edge feature and red shift of the edge) but it is different from that obtained under 355 nm excitation. This points to a new reaction channel occurring through an intermediate state lying between these two excitation energies. Finally, 266 nm excitation of the ferrous species is dominated by the photooxidation channel with formation of the ferric complex as main photoproduct. However, we observe an additional minor photoproduct, which is identical to the 266 nm generated photoproduct of the ferric species, suggesting that under our experimental conditions, the pump pulse photooxidises the ferrous complex and re-excites the primary ferric photoproduct.
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- M Reinhard
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide , ISIC, FSB, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide , ISIC, FSB, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide , ISIC, FSB, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide , ISIC, FSB, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Inst , CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Computationnelles , ISIC, FSB, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Computationnelles , ISIC, FSB, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide , ISIC, FSB, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Chergui M. Editorial: Welcome to Structural Dynamics-A new open-access journal co-published by AIP Publishing and the American Crystallographic Association. Struct Dyn 2014; 1:010401. [PMID: 26798769 PMCID: PMC4711591 DOI: 10.1063/1.4867056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- M Chergui
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, ISIC-FSB , Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Penfold TJ, Tavernelli I, Milne CJ, Reinhard M, El Nahhas A, Abela R, Rothlisberger U, Chergui M. A wavelet analysis for the X-ray absorption spectra of molecules. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:014104. [PMID: 23298025 DOI: 10.1063/1.4772766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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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We present a Wavelet transform analysis for the X-ray absorption spectra of molecules. In contrast to the traditionally used Fourier transform approach, this analysis yields a 2D correlation plot in both R- and k-space. As a consequence, it is possible to distinguish between different scattering pathways at the same distance from the absorbing atom and between the contributions of single and multiple scattering events, making an unambiguous assignment of the fine structure oscillations for complex systems possible. We apply this to two previously studied transition metal complexes, namely iron hexacyanide in both its ferric and ferrous form, and a rhenium diimine complex, [ReX(CO)(3)(bpy)], where X = Br, Cl, or ethyl pyridine (Etpy). Our results demonstrate the potential advantages of using this approach and they highlight the importance of multiple scattering, and specifically the focusing phenomenon to the extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra of these complexes. We also shed light on the low sensitivity of the EXAFS spectrum to the Re-X scattering pathway.
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- T J Penfold
- Ecole polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratoire de spectroscopie ultrarapide, ISIC, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Penfold TJ, Karlsson S, Capano G, Lima FA, Rittmann J, Reinhard M, Rittmann-Frank MH, Braem O, Baranoff E, Abela R, Tavernelli I, Rothlisberger U, Milne CJ, Chergui M. Solvent-induced luminescence quenching: static and time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy of a copper(I) phenanthroline complex. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:4591-601. [PMID: 23617226 DOI: 10.1021/jp403751m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We present a static and picosecond X-ray absorption study at the Cu K-edge of bis(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)copper(I) ([Cu(dmp)2](+); dmp = 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) dissolved in acetonitrile and dichloromethane. The steady-state photoluminescence spectra in dichloromethane and acetonitrile are also presented and show a shift to longer wavelengths for the latter, which points to a stronger stabilization of the excited complex. The fine structure features of the static and transient X-ray spectra allow an unambiguous assignment of the electronic and geometric structure of the molecule in both its ground and excited (3)MLCT states. Importantly, the transient spectra are remarkably similar for both solvents, and the spectral changes can be rationalized using the optimized ground- and excited-state structures of the complex. The proposed assignment of the lifetime shortening of the excited state in donor solvents (acetonitrile) to a metal-centered exciplex is not corroborated here. Molecular dynamics simulations confirm the lack of complexation; however, in both solvents the molecules come close to the metal but undergo rapid exchange with the bulk. The shortening of the lifetime of the title complex and nine additional related complexes can be rationalized by the decrease in the (3)MLCT energy. Deviations from this trend may be explained by means of the effects of the dihedral angle between the ligand planes, the solvent, and the (3)MLCT-(1)MLCT energy gap.
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- T J Penfold
- Laboratoire De Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne, ISIC, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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El Nahhas A, van der Veen RM, Penfold TJ, Pham VT, Lima FA, Abela R, Blanco-Rodriguez AM, Zális̆ S, Vlc̆ek A, Tavernelli I, Rothlisberger U, Milne CJ, Chergui M. X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Ground and Excited Rhenium–Carbonyl–Diimine Complexes: Evidence for a Two-Center Electron Transfer. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:361-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp3106502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- A. El Nahhas
- École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, Laboratoire de spectroscopie ultrarapide, ISIC, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, Laboratoire de spectroscopie ultrarapide, ISIC, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, Laboratoire de spectroscopie ultrarapide, ISIC, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, Laboratoire de chimie et biochimie computationnelles, ISIC, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, Laboratoire de spectroscopie ultrarapide, ISIC, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, Laboratoire de spectroscopie ultrarapide, ISIC, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- School of Biological and Chemical
Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K
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- J. Heyrovský Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolej̆skova 3, Prague, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolej̆skova 3, Prague, Czech Republic
- School of Biological and Chemical
Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, Laboratoire de chimie et biochimie computationnelles, ISIC, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, Laboratoire de chimie et biochimie computationnelles, ISIC, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, Laboratoire de spectroscopie ultrarapide, ISIC, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, Laboratoire de spectroscopie ultrarapide, ISIC, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Penfold T, Tavernelli I, Doemer M, Abela R, Röthlisberger U, Chergui M. Solvent rearrangements during the transition from hydrophilic to hydrophobic solvation. Chem Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2012.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Zamponi F, Freyer B, Juvé V, Stingl J, Woerner M, Chergui M, Elsaesser T. Ultrafast inter-ionic charge transfer of transition-metal complexes mapped by femtosecond x-ray powder diffraction. EPJ Web of Conferences 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20134105046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Carbone F, Aubock G, Cannizzo A, Van Mourik F, Nair R, Geim A, Novoselov K, Chergui M. Femtosecond carrier dynamics in bulk graphite and graphene paper. Chem Phys Lett 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2011.01.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Bräm O, Oskouei AA, Tortschanoff A, van Mourik F, Madrid M, Echave J, Cannizzo A, Chergui M. Relaxation dynamics of tryptophan in water: A UV fluorescence up-conversion and molecular dynamics study. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:9034-42. [PMID: 20698563 DOI: 10.1021/jp101778u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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We report on an ultrafast experimental and simulations study of the early relaxation events of photoexcited tryptophan in water. Experimentally, we used fluorescence up-conversion in both polychromatic and single wavelength detection modes in the 300-480 nm range with polarization dependence. We report on the time evolution of the Stokes shift, bandwidth, and anisotropy from tens of femtoseconds to picoseconds. These observables contain signatures of the simultaneous occurrence of intramolecular and solvent-molecule interactions, which we disentangle with the help of nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. We also observe a breakdown of the linear response approximation to describe our results.
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- O Bräm
- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC, SB, Switzerland
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Oskouei AA, Tortschanoff A, Bräm O, van Mourik F, Cannizzo A, Chergui M. Three pulse UV photon echo studies of molecules in solution: Effect of the chirp. J Chem Phys 2010; 133:064506. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3463448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Gawelda W, Pham VT, van der Veen RM, Grolimund D, Abela R, Chergui M, Bressler C. Structural analysis of ultrafast extended x-ray absorption fine structure with subpicometer spatial resolution: Application to spin crossover complexes. J Chem Phys 2009; 130:124520. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3081884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Al Salman A, Tortschanoff A, van der Zwan G, van Mourik F, Chergui M. A model for the multi-exponential excited-state decay of CdSe nanocrystals. Chem Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2008.10.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bressler C, Milne C, Pham VT, Elnahhas A, van der Veen RM, Gawelda W, Johnson S, Beaud P, Grolimund D, Kaiser M, Borca CN, Ingold G, Abela R, Chergui M. Femtosecond XANES study of the light-induced spin crossover dynamics in an iron(II) complex. Science 2008; 323:489-92. [PMID: 19074309 DOI: 10.1126/science.1165733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 453] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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X-ray absorption spectroscopy is a powerful probe of molecular structure, but it has previously been too slow to track the earliest dynamics after photoexcitation. We investigated the ultrafast formation of the lowest quintet state of aqueous iron(II) tris(bipyridine) upon excitation of the singlet metal-to-ligand-charge-transfer (1MLCT) state by femtosecond optical pump/x-ray probe techniques based on x-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES). By recording the intensity of a characteristic XANES feature as a function of laser pump/x-ray probe time delay, we find that the quintet state is populated in about 150 femtoseconds. The quintet state is further evidenced by its full XANES spectrum recorded at a 300-femtosecond time delay. These results resolve a long-standing issue about the population mechanism of quintet states in iron(II)-based complexes, which we identify as a simple 1MLCT-->3MLCT-->5T cascade from the initially excited state. The time scale of the 3MLCT-->5T relaxation corresponds to the period of the iron-nitrogen stretch vibration.
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- Ch Bressler
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, ISIC, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Chergui M, Bressler C, Milne C, Pham V, ElNahhas A, van der Veen R, Johnson S, Beaud P, Grolimund D, Kaiser M, Borca C, Ingold G, Abela R. Picosecond and femtosecond X-ray absorption studies of the photoinduced spin change in Fe complexes. Acta Crystallogr A 2008. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767308098413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Portuondo-Campa E, Tortschanoff A, van Mourik F, Chergui M. Ultrafast nonresonant response of TiO2 nanostructured films. J Chem Phys 2008; 128:244718. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2949517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Oskouei AA, Bräm O, Cannizzo A, van Mourik F, Tortschanoff A, Chergui M. Ultrafast UV photon echo peak shift and fluorescence up conversion studies of non-polar solvation dynamics. Chem Phys 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2008.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Cannizzo A, Bräm O, Zgrablic G, Tortschanoff A, Oskouei AA, van Mourik F, Chergui M. Femtosecond fluorescence upconversion setup with broadband detection in the ultraviolet. Opt Lett 2007; 32:3555-7. [PMID: 18087540 DOI: 10.1364/ol.32.003555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We show a femtosecond fluorescence upconversion setup with broadband detection to measure time-resolved emission spectra in the 300-550 nm range, upon excitation between 250 and 300 nm, with a time resolution of 100 fs. We present time-resolved fluorescence emission spectra of 2,5-diphenyloxazole in solution, which demonstrate the capabilities of the setup.
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- A Cannizzo
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, Institut des Sciences et Ingenierie Chimiques, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Gawelda W, Pham VT, El Nahhas A, Kaiser M, Zaushitsyn Y, Johnson SL, Grolimund D, Abela R, Hauser A, Bressler C, Chergui M. Capturing Transient Electronic and Molecular Structures in Liquids by Picosecond X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2644425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Tarnovsky AN, Gawelda W, Johnson M, Bressler C, Chergui M. Photexcitation of Aqueous Ruthenium(II)-tris-(2,2‘-bipyridine) with High-Intensity Femtosecond Laser Pulses. J Phys Chem B 2006; 110:26497-505. [PMID: 17181311 DOI: 10.1021/jp064696f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We report a femtosecond pump-probe study on the photochemistry of concentrated aqueous solutions of [RuII(bpy)3]2+, as a function of pump power (up to 2 TW/cm2) at 400 nm excitation. The transient absorption spectra in the 345-660 nm range up to 1 ns time delay enable the observation of the following photoproducts: the triplet 3MLCT (metal-to-ligand-charge-transfer) excited state, the reduced form [RuII(bpy)3]+, the oxidized species [RuIII(bpy)3]3+, and the solvated electron e(aq). The 3MLCT state is formed within the excitation pulse and undergoes vibrational relaxation in 3-5 ps, as evidenced by the shift of the ligand-centered (LC) absorption band below 400 nm. Even at the highest pump powers, the majority of e(aq) originates from multiphoton ionization of [RuII(bpy)3]2+ and not from the solvent, generating [RuIII(bpy)3]3+ as a byproduct. At 10 ps time delay, the total concentration of the three product species is balanced by the depleted concentration of [RuII(bpy)3]2+, even at the highest fluences used, indicating that no further reaction products significantly contribute to the overall photochemistry. On the 100 ps time scale, most probably diffusion-controlled reduction of ground-state [RuII(bpy)3]2+ by solvated electrons occurs, next to recombination between e(aq) and [RuIII(bpy)3]3+.
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- A N Tarnovsky
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
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Bonacina L, Larrégaray P, van Mourik F, Chergui M. The ultrafast structural response of solid parahydrogen: A complementary experimental/simulation investigation. J Chem Phys 2006; 125:054507. [PMID: 16942226 DOI: 10.1063/1.2217736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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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We present a complete characterization, based on femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations, of the ultrafast dynamics of electronic bubble formation in solid parahydrogen upon impulsive excitation of impurity-doped sites, which correlate with the lowest Rydberg state of the NO impurity. The high temporal resolution of the experiment allows us to identify three time scales in the structural dynamics. A first ultrafast expansion (<150 fs), associated with the release of approximately 80% of the excess energy available to the system after excitation, is accompanied by a transient narrowing of the spatial distribution of the first shell of H2 molecules around the impurity. In a subsequent stage (up to approximately 800 fs), the cavity expansion slows down, and energy starts to flow irreversibly into the crystal. Finally, the lattice undergoes a slow structural reorganization at the impurity site (5-10 ps). A weak low-frequency recurrence, probably associated with an elastic response of the crystal, is observed at approximately 10 ps. The absence of polarization dependence indicates that the dynamics is largely dominated by translational (radial) motions of the molecules surrounding NO and not by the rotational motion of the impurity. Molecular dynamics simulations with temperature corrections, to mimic zero-point fluctuations, fully support the experimental results and show that the bubble model is suited to describe the dynamics of the system. It appears that the response of the medium around the impurity at short times is typical of a liquid solvent rather than that of a solid.
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- L Bonacina
- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, ISIC, FSB-BSP, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Fernandez-Alberti S, Bacelo DE, Binning RC, Echave J, Chergui M, Lopez-Garriga J. Sulfide-binding hemoglobins: Effects of mutations on active-site flexibility. Biophys J 2006; 91:1698-709. [PMID: 16782787 PMCID: PMC1544295 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.081646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The dynamics of Hemoglobin I (HbI) from the clam Lucina pectinata, from wild-type sperm whale (SW) myoglobin, and from the L29F/H64Q/V68F triple mutant of SW, both unligated and bound to hydrogen sulfide (H2S), have been studied in molecular dynamics simulations. Features that account for differences in H2S affinity among the three have been examined. Our results verify the existence of an unusual heme rocking motion in unligated HbI that can promote the entrance of large ligands such as H2S. The FQF-mutant partially reproduces the amplitude and relative orientation of the motion of HbI's heme group. Therefore, besides introducing favorable electrostatic interactions with H2S, the three mutations in the distal pocket change the dynamic properties of the heme group. The active-site residues Gln-64(E7), Phe-43(CD1), and His-93(F8) are also shown to be more flexible in unligated HbI than in FQF-mutant and SW. Further contributions to H2S affinity come from differences in hydrogen bonding between the heme propionate groups and nearby amino acid residues.
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Portuondo-Campa E, Schenkl S, Dolder M, Chergui M, Landau EM, Haacke S. Absorption spectroscopy of three-dimensional bacteriorhodopsin crystals at cryogenic temperatures: effects of altered hydration. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 2006; 62:368-74. [PMID: 16552137 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444906001399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2005] [Accepted: 01/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A comparative study of absorption spectroscopy at 100 K has been performed on three-dimensional crystals of bacteriorhodopsin extracted from a lipidic cubic phase and on native purple membrane. A modified microspectrophotometer has been designed which yields absorption data with a high signal-to-noise ratio and remarkable reproducibility. Excellent agreement of the absorption spectra of the three-dimensional crystals and the purple membrane is observed provided that a rigorous crystal-handling procedure is followed. This result supports the equivalence of the protein structure in both the cubic phase crystals and the native purple membrane. On the other hand, it is shown that dramatic deviations of the crystal spectrum can be induced by minor changes in the extraction method. Exposure to air at room temperature can lead within a short time to an irreversible dehydration manifested by a distinct species with an absorption maximum at 500 nm. Exposure of the crystals to a buffer with lower ionic strength than the crystallization solution produces a different spectral form with an absorption maximum at 477 nm, which was assigned to a distorted protein conformation induced by osmotic stress. The extreme sensitivity of these crystals to experimental conditions is relevant for X-ray structural studies, in particular as different experimental treatments are implemented to trap the intermediates of the protein's photocycle.
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- E Portuondo-Campa
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, ISIC, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Schenkl S, van Mourik F, Friedman N, Sheves M, Schlesinger R, Haacke S, Chergui M. Insights into excited-state and isomerization dynamics of bacteriorhodopsin from ultrafast transient UV absorption. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:4101-6. [PMID: 16537491 PMCID: PMC1449653 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0506303103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 11/18/2022] Open
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A visible-pump/UV-probe transient absorption is used to characterize the ultrafast dynamics of bacteriorhodopsin with 80-fs time resolution. We identify three spectral components in the 265- to 310-nm region, related to the all-trans retinal, tryptophan (Trp)-86 and the isomerized photoproduct, allowing us to map the dynamics from reactants to products, along with the response of Trp amino acids. The signal of the photoproduct appears with a time delay of approximately 250 fs and is characterized by a steep rise ( approximately 150 fs), followed by additional rise and decay components, with time scales characteristic of the J intermediate. The delayed onset and the steep rise point to an impulsive formation of a transition state on the way to isomerization. We argue that this impulsive formation results from a splitting of a wave packet of torsional modes on the potential surface at the branching between the all-trans and the cis forms. Parallel to these dynamics, the signal caused by Trp response rises in approximately 200 fs, because of the translocation of charge along the conjugate chain, and possible mechanisms are presented, which trigger isomerization.
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- S. Schenkl
- *Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, Institut des Sciences et Ingeniérie Chimiques, Faculté des Sciences de Base, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
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- *Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, Institut des Sciences et Ingeniérie Chimiques, Faculté des Sciences de Base, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
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- Departments of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Services, The Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Rehovot 76100, Israel; and
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- Departments of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Services, The Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Rehovot 76100, Israel; and
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- Institute for Structural Biology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- *Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, Institut des Sciences et Ingeniérie Chimiques, Faculté des Sciences de Base, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
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- *Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, Institut des Sciences et Ingeniérie Chimiques, Faculté des Sciences de Base, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
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The ultrafast evolution of the electric field within bacteriorhodopsin was measured by monitoring the absorption changes of a tryptophan residue after excitation of retinal. The Trp absorption decreases within the first 200 femtoseconds and then recovers on time scales typical for retinal isomerization and vibrational relaxation. A model of excitonic coupling between retinal and tryptophans shows that the signal reflects a gradual rise of the retinal difference dipole moment, which precedes and probably drives isomerization. The results suggest an intimate connection between the progressive dipole moment change and the retinal skeletal changes reported over the same time scale.
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- S Schenkl
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Institut de Sciences et Ingéniérie Chimiques, FSB-BSP, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
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Bonacina L, Larrégaray P, van Mourik F, Chergui M. Lattice response of quantum solids to an impulsive local perturbation. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 95:015301. [PMID: 16090627 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.015301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The lattice response of solid para-H2 to an impulsive electronic excitation was studied using femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy. The evolution of an electronic bubble in the crystal, created upon excitation of the A(3ssigma) Rydberg state of an NO impurity, was followed in real time, with a resolution of 100 fs. The experimental results, interpreted in connection with molecular dynamics simulations with quantum corrections, indicate the presence of three stages in the dynamics: a sub-100 fs "adiabatic" phase, a 0.5-1 ps phase, corresponding to the interaction of the first with the next shells driven by the bubble expansion, and a 5 ps phase, corresponding to a slow rearrangement of the environment surrounding the impurity. These findings indicate that the lattice response in solid para-H2 resembles that of a liquid.
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- L Bonacina
- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, ISIC, FSB-BSP, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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González C, Fernández-Alberti S, Echave J, Helbing J, Chergui M. Simulations of the absorption band of the D-state of Hg2 in rare gas matrices. Chem Phys Lett 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(02)01801-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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