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Liu Q, Li Z, Liu P, Yang X, Yu S. Resonance-state selective photodissociation dynamics of OCS + hv → CS(X1Σ+) + O(3Pj=2,1,0) via the 21Σ+ state. J Chem Phys 2023; 158:2888161. [PMID: 37139996 DOI: 10.1063/5.0150850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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Understanding vacuum ultraviolet photodissociation dynamics of Carbonyl sulfide (OCS) is of considerable importance in the study of atmospheric chemistry. Yet, photodissociation dynamics of the CS(X1Σ+) + O(3Pj=2,1,0) channels following excitation to the 21Σ+(ν1',1,0) state has not been clearly understood so far. Here, we investigate the O(3Pj=2,1,0) elimination dissociation processes in the resonance-state selective photodissociation of OCS between 147.24 and 156.48 nm by using the time-sliced velocity-mapped ion imaging technique. The total kinetic energy release spectra are found to exhibit highly structured profiles, indicative of the formation of a broad range of vibrational states of CS(1Σ+). The fitted CS(1Σ+) vibrational state distributions differ for the three 3Pj spin-orbit states, but a general trend of the inverted characteristics is observed. Additionally, the wavelength-dependent behaviors are also observed in the vibrational populations for CS(1Σ+, v). The CS(X1Σ+, v = 0) has a significantly strong population at several shorter wavelengths, and the most populated CS(X1Σ+, v) is gradually transferred to a higher vibrational state with the decrease in the photolysis wavelength. The measured overall β-values for the three 3Pj spin-orbit channels slightly increase and then abruptly decrease as the photolysis wavelength increases, while the vibrational dependences of β-values show an irregularly decreasing trend with increasing CS(1Σ+) vibrational excitation at all studied photolysis wavelengths. The comparison of the experimental observations for this titled channel and the S(3Pj) channel reveals that two different intersystem crossing mechanisms may be involved in the formation of the CS(X1Σ+) + O(3Pj=2,1,0) photoproducts via the 21Σ+ state.
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- Qian Liu
- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, 1108 Gengwen Road, Hangzhou 311231, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, 1108 Gengwen Road, Hangzhou 311231, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, 1108 Gengwen Road, Hangzhou 311231, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, 1108 Gengwen Road, Hangzhou 311231, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People's Republic of China
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, 1108 Gengwen Road, Hangzhou 311231, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
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Orientation of Chiral Molecules by External Electric Fields: Focus on Photodissociation Dynamics. Symmetry (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/sym14102152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Molecular orientation is a fundamental requirement to study and control photoinitiated reactions. Experimental setups that make use of hexapolar electric filters combined with slice-ion imaging detectors were employed in these last years to investigate the photodissociation dynamics of chiral molecules. The final goal is the on-the-fly discrimination of oriented enantiomers, revealed by the different angular distributions in photofragment ion-imaging, as predicted from vector correlation studies. Here, we review experiments of photodissociation of oriented chiral molecules, with the aim of presenting limits emerging from these investigations and perspectives toward the achievement of the ultimate objective.
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Conformer Selection by Electrostatic Hexapoles: A Theoretical Study on 1-Chloroethanol and 2-Chloroethanol. Symmetry (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/sym14020317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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The electrostatic hexapole is a versatile device that has been used for many years in gas-phase experiments. Its inhomogeneous electric field has been employed for many purposes such as the selection of rotational states, the selection of clusters, the focusing of molecular beams, and molecular alignment as a precursor for molecular orientation. In the last few years, the hexapolar electric field has been demonstrated to be able to control the conformer composition of molecular beams. The key point is that conformers, where the component of the permanent electric dipole moment with respect to the largest of the principal axes of inertia is close to zero, require more intense hexapolar electric fields to be focused with respect to the other conformers. Here, we simulated the focusing curves of the conformers of 1-chloroethanol and 2-chloroethanol under hypothetical beam conditions, identical for all conformers, in a hypothetical and realistic experimental setup with three different hexapole lengths: 0.5, 1, and 2 m. The objective was to characterize this selection process to set up collision experiments on conformer-selected beams that provide information on the van der Waals clusters formed in collision processes.
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Chang HP, Nakamura M, Kasai T, Lin KC. Photodissociation study of spatially oriented (R)-3-bromocamphor by the hexapole state selector. Mol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2021.1985643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Hsiu-Pu Chang
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Karamatskos ET, Yarlagadda S, Patchkovskii S, Vrakking MJJ, Welsch R, Küpper J, Rouzée A. Time-resolving the UV-initiated photodissociation dynamics of OCS. Faraday Discuss 2021; 228:413-431. [PMID: 33570531 DOI: 10.1039/d0fd00119h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We present a time-resolved study of the photodissociation dynamics of OCS after UV-photoexcitation at λ = 237 nm. OCS molecules (X1Σ+) were primarily excited to the 11A'' and the 21A' Renner-Teller components of the 1Σ- and 1Δ states. Dissociation into CO and S fragments was observed through time-delayed strong-field ionisation and imaging of the kinetic energy of the resulting CO+ and S+ fragments by intense 790 nm laser pulses. Surprisingly, fast oscillations with a period of ∼100 fs were observed in the S+ channel of the UV dissociation. Based on wavepacket-dynamics simulations coupled with a simple electrostatic-interaction model, these oscillations do not correspond to the known highly-excited rotational motion of the leaving CO(X1Σ+, J ≫ 0) fragments, which has a timescale of ∼140 fs. Instead, we suggest to assign the observed oscillations to the excitation of vibrational wavepackets in the 23A'' or 21A'' states of the molecule that predissociate to form S(3PJ) photoproducts.
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- Evangelos T Karamatskos
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany. and Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany. and Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany. and Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany and Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Born Institute, Max-Born-Straße 2a, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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Ling C, Liao H, Yuan D, Chen W, Tan Y, Li W, Yu S, Yang X, Wang X. Vacuum ultraviolet photodissociation dynamics of OCS + hv → CO( 1Σ +) + S( 1S 0) via the E and F Rydberg states. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:5809-5816. [PMID: 33684186 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00078k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The state-resolved photodissociation of the CO(1Σ+) + S(1S0) photoproduct channel, formed by vacuum ultraviolet photoexcitation of OCS to a progression of the symmetric stretching vibration (ν1') in the E and F states, has been investigated by using the time-sliced velocity map ion imaging technique. The total kinetic energy release spectra and the vibrational state specific anisotropy parameters (β) were obtained based on the raw images of S(1S0) photoproducts detected in the wavelength ranges of 134.40-140.98 nm, respectively. Except for vibrational band origins, the CO(1Σ+) photoproducts are found to have more significant populations at highly vibrationally excited states as the symmetric stretching vibrational excitation of the E and F states increases. Furthermore, the vibrational-state specific β values for the CO(1Σ+) + S(1S0) channel via the E and F states both show a sudden change from negative to positive in the vicinity of moderately vibronic levels of the E and F states. This anomalous phenomenon suggests that multiple excited states with different symmetries are involved in the photoexcitation process at relatively short photolysis wavelengths due to the strong vibronic couplings existing in the higher vibronic levels of the E and F states, and the formation of CO(1Σ+) + S(1S0) photoproducts may proceed by different nonadiabatic interactions from the prepared excited states to the lower dissociative state 1Σ+, with strong dependence of the initially symmetric stretching excitation in the Rydberg-type transitions.
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- Caining Ling
- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, 1108 Gengwen Road, Hangzhou 311231, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
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- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, 1108 Gengwen Road, Hangzhou 311231, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
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- Center for Advanced Chemical Physics and Department of Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China.
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- Center for Advanced Chemical Physics and Department of Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China.
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- Center for Advanced Chemical Physics and Department of Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China.
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- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, 1108 Gengwen Road, Hangzhou 311231, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
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- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, 1108 Gengwen Road, Hangzhou 311231, Zhejiang, P. R. China.
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- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, 1108 Gengwen Road, Hangzhou 311231, Zhejiang, P. R. China. and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, P. R. China
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- Center for Advanced Chemical Physics and Department of Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China.
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Cheng QY, Song YZ, Meng QT. Field-free alignment of triatomic molecules controlled by a slow turn-on and rapid turn-off shaped laser pulse. Mol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2020.1859147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Qi-Yuan Cheng
- Medical Engineering Department, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- Shandong Laibo Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Jinan, People’s Republic of China
- School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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Xie T, Chen W, Yuan D, Yu S, Fu B, Yuan K, Yang X, Wang X. Photodissociation Dynamics of OCS near 150 nm: The S( 1S J=0) and S( 3P J=2,1,0) Product Channels. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:6420-6426. [PMID: 32663027 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c03823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Vacuum ultraviolet photodissociation dynamics of carbonyl sulfide (OCS) was investigated by using the time-sliced velocity map ion imaging technique. Images of the S(1SJ=0) and S(3PJ=2,1,0) photofragments formed in the OCS photodissociation were acquired at six photolysis wavelengths from 147.24 to 156.48 nm. Vibrational states of the CO coproducts were partially resolved and identified in the images. Two main dissociation product channels, namely, the spin-allowed S(1SJ=0) + CO(X1Σg+) and spin-forbidden S(3PJ=2,1,0) + CO(X1Σg+), were observed. At each photolysis wavelength, the total kinetic energy releases, the relative population of different CO vibrational states, and the anisotropic parameters were derived. Variations of the relative population were noticed between different spin-orbit states of the S(3PJ) channel. It was found that the S(1SJ=0) + CO(X1Σg+) channel is dominated by the 1Σ+ ← 1Σ+ parallel transition of OCS. Interestingly, two types of anisotropic parameters are found at different photolysis wavelengths for the spin-forbidden S(3PJ=2,1,0) + CO(X1Σg+) product channel. The anisotropic parameters at 147.24 and 150.70 nm are significantly smaller than at the other four photolysis wavelengths. This phenomenon indicates two different nonadiabatic pathways are responsible for the spin-forbidden channels, which is consistent with the barrier structure in the exit channel of one of the triplet states.
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- Ting Xie
- Hefei National Laboratory for Materials Science at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei 230026, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Materials Science at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Materials Science at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, 1108 Gengwen Road, Hangzhou 311231, Zhejiang Province, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China.,College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Materials Science at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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Bai XL, Zhao DF, Chen Y. Photodissociation dynamics of OCS at 207 nm: S( 1D 2)+CO( X1Σ +) product channel. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2020. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp1908148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Xi-lin Bai
- School of Physics and Information Engineering, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Affiliation(s)
- Sean D. S. Gordon
- Institute for Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Present address: EPFL Innovation Park, Building C, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Yachmenev A, Thesing LV, Küpper J. Laser-induced dynamics of molecules with strong nuclear quadrupole coupling. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:244118. [PMID: 31893871 DOI: 10.1063/1.5133837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We present a general variational approach for computing the laser-induced rovibrational dynamics of molecules, taking into account the hyperfine effects of the nuclear quadrupole coupling. The method combines the general variational approach TROVE (Theoretical Ro-Vibrational Energies), which provides accurate rovibrational hyperfine energies and wavefunctions for arbitrary molecules, with the variational method RichMol, designed for generalized simulations of the rovibrational dynamics in the presence of external electric fields. We investigate the effect of the nuclear quadrupole coupling on the short-pulse laser alignment of a prototypical molecule CFClBrI, which contains nuclei with large quadrupole constants. The influence of the nuclear quadrupole interactions on the postpulse molecular dynamics is negligible at early times, for the first several revivals; however, at longer time scales, the effect is entirely detrimental and strongly depends on the laser intensity. This effect can be explained by dephasing in the laser-excited rotational wavepacket due to irregular spacings between the hyperfine-split nuclear spin states across different rotational hyperfine bands.
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- Andrey Yachmenev
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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Chen W, Zhang L, Yuan D, Chang Y, Yu S, Wang S, Wang T, Jiang B, Yuan K, Yang X, Wang X. Observation of the Carbon Elimination Channel in Vacuum Ultraviolet Photodissociation of OCS. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:4783-4787. [PMID: 31378065 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The textbook mechanism for OCS photodissociation mainly involves the CO + S or CS + O product channel via a single bond fission. However, a third dissociation channel concerning the cleavage of both C-S and C-O bonds yielding SO + C products, though thermodynamically allowed, has never been verified experimentally to date. By using a tunable vacuum ultraviolet laser light and time-sliced velocity map ion imaging technique, we have clearly observed the SO(X3Σ-) + C(3PJ=0) products as the vacuum ultraviolet laser photon energy gradually exceeds its thermodynamic threshold. The corresponding SO(X3Σ-) coproducts are highly vibrationally excited and show varying angular distributions from isotropic to anisotropic as the excitation photon energy increases. Theoretical analysis suggests that a fast nonadiabatic pathway plays a dominant role in the formation of the anisotropic SO products. That isotropic products arise as the excitation photon energies approach the thermodynamic threshold can be reasonably explained by the "roaming mechanism".
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- Wentao Chen
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, Hangzhou 311231, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Nakamura M, Chang HP, Lin KC, Kasai T, Che DC, Palazzetti F, Aquilanti V. Stereodynamic Imaging of Bromine Atomic Photofragments Eliminated from 1-Bromo-2-methylbutane Oriented via Hexapole State Selector. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:6635-6644. [PMID: 31177785 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b04048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Both single-laser and two-laser experiments were conducted to look into the ion-imaging of Br*(2P1/2) and Br(2P3/2) photofragmented from 1-bromo-2-methylbutane in the range 232-240 nm via a detection scheme of (2+1) resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization. The angular analysis of these photofragment distributions yields the anisotropy parameter β = 1.88 ± 0.06 for the Br* excited state which arises from a parallel transition, while β = 0.63 ± 0.09 for the Br ground state indicates the contribution from both a perpendicular transition and a non-adiabatic transition. When a hexapole coupled with an orienting field was implemented, the parent molecules are spatially oriented to yield an orientation efficiency |⟨cos θ⟩| of 0.15. Besides the χ angle between the recoil velocity v and the transition dipole moment μ, orienting molecules allows for the evaluation of the angle α between v and the permanent molecular dipole moment d. The angular analysis of Br* photofragment distribution yields χ = 11.5° and α in the range from 160° to 180° with weak dependency. In the two-laser experiments, the angular anisotropy of Br photofragment distribution was found to be smaller (0.38 ± 0.10) when the photolysis wavelength was red-shifted to 240 nm, suggesting the increasing contributions from perpendicular transitions.
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- Masaaki Nakamura
- Department of Chemistry , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan.,Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences , Academia Sinica , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan.,Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research , Osaka University , Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science , Osaka University , Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043 , Japan
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie , Università di Perugia , 06123 Perugia , Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie , Università di Perugia , 06123 Perugia , Italy.,Istituto di Struttura della Materia , Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , 00016 Rome , Italy
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Karamatskos ET, Raabe S, Mullins T, Trabattoni A, Stammer P, Goldsztejn G, Johansen RR, Długołecki K, Stapelfeldt H, Vrakking MJJ, Trippel S, Rouzée A, Küpper J. Molecular movie of ultrafast coherent rotational dynamics of OCS. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3364. [PMID: 31358749 PMCID: PMC6662765 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11122-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Recording molecular movies on ultrafast timescales has been a longstanding goal for unravelling detailed information about molecular dynamics. Here we present the direct experimental recording of very-high-resolution and -fidelity molecular movies over more than one-and-a-half periods of the laser-induced rotational dynamics of carbonylsulfide (OCS) molecules. Utilising the combination of single quantum-state selection and an optimised two-pulse sequence to create a tailored rotational wavepacket, an unprecedented degree of field-free alignment, 〈cos2θ2D〉 = 0.96 (〈cos2θ〉 = 0.94) is achieved, exceeding the theoretical limit for single-pulse alignment. The very rich experimentally observed quantum dynamics is fully recovered by the angular probability distribution obtained from solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation with parameters refined against the experiment. The populations and phases of rotational states in the retrieved time-dependent three-dimensional wavepacket rationalises the observed very high degree of alignment.
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- Evangelos T Karamatskos
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Born Institute, Max-Born-Straße 2a, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Born Institute, Max-Born-Straße 2a, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Born Institute, Max-Born-Straße 2a, 12489, Berlin, Germany.
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.
- Department of Physics, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany.
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany.
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Nakamura M, Palazzetti F, Tsai PY, Yang SJ, Lin KC, Kasai T, Che DC, Lombardi A, Aquilanti V. Vectorial imaging of the photodissociation of 2-bromobutane oriented via hexapolar state selection. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:14164-14172. [PMID: 30350830 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp04270e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Molecular orientation techniques are becoming available in the study of elementary chemical processes, in order to highlight those structural and dynamical properties that would be concealed by random rotational motions. Recently successful orientation was achieved for asymmetric-top and chiral molecules of much larger complexity than hitherto. In this work, we report and discuss the correlation between the vectors' photofragment recoil velocity v, transition dipole moment μ, and permanent dipole moment d in a dissociation experiment on hexapole oriented 2-bromobutane, photoinitiated by a linearly polarized laser. The sliced ion images of the Br*(2P1/2) and Br(2P3/2) photofragments were acquired at 234.0 and 254.1 nm, respectively, by a (2 + 1) resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization technique. A detailed analysis of the sliced ion images obtained at a tilting angle 45° of laser polarization provides information on the correlation of the three vectors, which are confined by two polar angles α and χ and one azimuthal angle φμd in the recoil frame. The sliced ion images of Br fragments eliminated individually from the enantiomers at 254.1 nm yield an asymmetric factor close to zero; for this reason the photofragment angular distributions do not show significant differences. The elimination of the Br* fragment at 234.0 nm is mainly correlated with a parallel transition, giving rise to a large anisotropy parameter of 1.85, and thus can be considered as a single state excitation. The resulting recoil frame angles are optimized to 163° ± 8° and 164° ± 1° for α and χ, respectively, whereas φμd is approaching 0° for the best fit. Since for the present molecule, the three vectors have an only slight spatial arrangement, the photofragment angular distributions of the two enantiomers do not show appreciable differences. Theoretical and computational simulations provide us the basis to state that oriented enantiomers can be discriminated on-the-fly in photodissociation processes even initiated by non-circularly polarized light, provided that the three vectors encountered above have specific three-dimensional arrangements. The fact that Br fragment elimination involves a multi-potential dissociation carries uncertainties in theoretical estimates of the vector direction. Therefore, this work represents a preliminary but significant step on the road to chiral discrimination on-the-fly, which is shown to be best propitiated in molecules where vectors are far from having degenerate mutual angular directions.
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- Masaaki Nakamura
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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Magann A, Chen L, Ho TS, Rabitz H. Quantum optimal control of multiple weakly interacting molecular rotors in the time-dependent Hartree approximation. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:164303. [PMID: 31042879 DOI: 10.1063/1.5091520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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We perform quantum optimal control simulations, based on the Time-Dependent Hartree (TDH) approximation, for systems of three to five dipole-dipole coupled OCS rotors. A control electric field is used to steer all of the individual rotors, arranged in chains and regular polygons in a plane, toward either identical or unique objectives. The goal is to explore the utility of the TDH approximation to model the field-induced dynamics of multiple interacting rotors in the weak dipole-dipole coupling regime. A stochastic hill climbing approach is employed to seek an optimal control field that achieves the desired objectives at a specified target time. We first show that multiple rotors in chain and polygon geometries can be identically oriented in the same direction; these cases do not significantly depend on the presence of the dipole-dipole interaction. Additionally, in particular geometrical arrangements, we demonstrate that individual rotors can be uniquely manipulated toward different objectives with the same field. Specifically, it is shown that for a three rotor chain, the two end rotors can be identically oriented in a specific direction while keeping the middle rotor in its ground state, and for an equilateral triangle, two rotors can be identically oriented in a specific direction while the third rotor is oriented in the opposite direction. These multirotor unique objective cases exploit the shape of the field in coordination with dipole-dipole coupling between the rotors. Comparisons to numerically exact calculations, utilizing the TDH-determined fields, are given for all optimal control studies involving systems of three rotors.
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- Alicia Magann
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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Yong H, Zotev N, Stankus B, Ruddock JM, Bellshaw D, Boutet S, Lane TJ, Liang M, Carbajo S, Robinson JS, Du W, Goff N, Chang Y, Koglin JE, Waters MDJ, Sølling TI, Minitti MP, Kirrander A, Weber PM. Determining Orientations of Optical Transition Dipole Moments Using Ultrafast X-ray Scattering. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:6556-6562. [PMID: 30380873 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Identification of the initially prepared, optically active state remains a challenging problem in many studies of ultrafast photoinduced processes. We show that the initially excited electronic state can be determined using the anisotropic component of ultrafast time-resolved X-ray scattering signals. The concept is demonstrated using the time-dependent X-ray scattering of N-methyl morpholine in the gas phase upon excitation by a 200 nm linearly polarized optical pulse. Analysis of the angular dependence of the scattering signal near time zero renders the orientation of the transition dipole moment in the molecular frame and identifies the initially excited state as the 3p z Rydberg state, thus bypassing the need for further experimental studies to determine the starting point of the photoinduced dynamics and clarifying inconsistent computational results.
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- Haiwang Yong
- Department of Chemistry , Brown University , Providence , Rhode Island 02912 , United States
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- School of Chemistry , University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh EH9 3FJ , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , Brown University , Providence , Rhode Island 02912 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Brown University , Providence , Rhode Island 02912 , United States
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- School of Chemistry , University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh EH9 3FJ , United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Brown University , Providence , Rhode Island 02912 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Brown University , Providence , Rhode Island 02912 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Brown University , Providence , Rhode Island 02912 , United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Copenhagen , Universitetsparken 5 , 2100 Copenhagen , Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Copenhagen , Universitetsparken 5 , 2100 Copenhagen , Denmark
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- School of Chemistry , University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh EH9 3FJ , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , Brown University , Providence , Rhode Island 02912 , United States
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Wu H, Yuan C, Zhang H, Yang G, Cui C, Yang M, Bian W, Fu H, Luo Z, Yao J. Ultrafast Deep-Ultraviolet Laser Ionization Mass Spectrometry Applicable To Identify Phenylenediamine Isomers. Anal Chem 2018; 90:10635-10640. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Haiming Wu
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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Thesing LV, Küpper J, González-Férez R. Time-dependent analysis of the mixed-field orientation of molecules without rotational symmetry. J Chem Phys 2018; 146:244304. [PMID: 28668039 DOI: 10.1063/1.4986954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We present a theoretical study of the mixed-field orientation of molecules without rotational symmetry. The time-dependent one-dimensional and three-dimensional orientation of a thermal ensemble of 6-chloropyridazine-3-carbonitrile molecules in combined linearly or elliptically polarized laser fields and tilted dc electric fields is computed. The results are in good agreement with recent experimental results of one-dimensional orientation for weak dc electric fields [J. L. Hansen, J. Chem. Phys. 139, 234313 (2013)]. Moreover, they predict that using elliptically polarized laser fields or strong dc fields, three-dimensional orientation is obtained. The field-dressed dynamics of excited rotational states is characterized by highly non-adiabatic effects. We analyze the sources of these non-adiabatic effects and investigate their impact on the mixed-field orientation for different field configurations in mixed-field-orientation experiments.
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- Linda V Thesing
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Instituto Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional and Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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Corrales ME, de Nalda R, Bañares L. Strong laser field control of fragment spatial distributions from a photodissociation reaction. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1345. [PMID: 29116091 PMCID: PMC5677097 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01139-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The notion that strong laser light can intervene and modify the dynamical processes of matter has been demonstrated and exploited both in gas and condensed phases. The central objective of laser control schemes has been the modification of branching ratios in chemical processes, under the philosophy that conveniently tailored light can steer the dynamics of a chemical mechanism towards desired targets. Less explored is the role that strong laser control can play on chemical stereodynamics, i.e. the angular distribution of the products of a chemical reaction in space. This work demonstrates for the case of methyl iodide that when a molecular bond breaking process takes place in the presence of an intense infrared laser field, its stereodynamics is profoundly affected, and that the intensity of this laser field can be used as an external knob to control it.
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- María E Corrales
- Departamento de Química Física (Unidad Asociada de I+D+i al CSIC), Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, CSIC, C/ Serrano 119, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física (Unidad Asociada de I+D+i al CSIC), Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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Bai XL, Liang H, Zhou ZF, Hua ZF, Zhao DF, Chen Y. Photodissociation Dynamics of OCS at 217 nm. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2017. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/30/cjcp1705092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Xi-lin Bai
- CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Chemical physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Chemical physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Chemical physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Chemical physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Chemical physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Chemical physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Nakamura M, Yang SJ, Lin KC, Kasai T, Che DC, Lombardi A, Palazzetti F, Aquilanti V. Stereodirectional images of molecules oriented by a variable-voltage hexapolar field: Fragmentation channels of 2-bromobutane electronically excited at two photolysis wavelengths. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:013917. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4981025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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- Masaaki Nakamura
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Università di Perugia, Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Università di Perugia, Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Università di Perugia, Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 00016 Rome, Italy
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Bai X, Liang H, Zhou Z, Hua Z, Jiang B, Zhao D, Chen Y. Photodissociation dynamics of OCS at ∼210 nm: The role of c(23A″) state. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:013930. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4982684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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- Xilin Bai
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People’s Republic of China
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Sofikitis D, Suarez J, Schmidt JA, Rakitzis TP, Farantos SC, Janssen MHM. Recoil Inversion in the Photodissociation of Carbonyl Sulfide near 234 nm. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:253001. [PMID: 28696737 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.253001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report the observation of recoil inversion of the CO (v=0, J_{CO}=66) state in the UV dissociation of lab-frame oriented carbonyl sulfide (OCS). This state is ejected in the opposite direction with respect to all other (>30) states and in absence of any OCS rotation, thus resulting in spatial filtering of this particular high-J rovibrational state. This inversion is caused by resonances occurring in shallow local minima of the molecular potential, which bring the sulfur closer to the oxygen than the carbon atom, and is a striking example where such subtleties severely modify the photofragment trajectories. The resonant behavior is observed only in the photofragment trajectories and not in their population, showing that stereodynamic measurements from oriented molecules offer an indispensable probe for exploring energy landscapes.
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- Dimitris Sofikitis
- LaserLaB Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit, de Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, 71110 Heraklion-Crete, Greece
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- Departamento de Qumica, Modulo 13, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, 71110 Heraklion-Crete, Greece
- Department of Physics, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion-Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, 71110 Heraklion-Crete, Greece
- Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion-Crete, Greece
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- LaserLaB Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit, de Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Di Fraia M, Finetti P, Richter R, Prince KC, Wiese J, Devetta M, Negro M, Vozzi C, Ciriolo AG, Pusala A, Demidovich A, Danailov MB, Karamatskos ET, Trippel S, Küpper J, Callegari C. Impulsive laser-induced alignment of OCS molecules at FERMI. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:19733-19739. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp01812f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OCS full rotational revival dynamics induced by impulsive NIR alignment monitored by Coulomb explosion correlated fragments after S 2p excitation.
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A
- Basovizza
- Italy
- Molecular Model Discovery Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science
- Deutsches + Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Hamburg
- Germany
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- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie-CNR
- Milan
- Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano
- Dipartimento di Fisica
- Milan
- Italy
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science
- Deutsches + Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Hamburg
- Germany
- Department of Physics
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science
- Deutsches + Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Hamburg
- Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science
- Deutsches + Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Hamburg
- Germany
- Department of Physics
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Kienitz JS, Trippel S, Mullins T, Długołęcki K, González‐Férez R, Küpper J. Adiabatic Mixed‐Field Orientation of Ground‐State‐Selected Carbonyl Sulfide Molecules. Chemphyschem 2016; 17:3740-3746. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Jens S. Kienitz
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Notkestrasse 85 22607 Hamburg Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging University of Hamburg Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Notkestrasse 85 22607 Hamburg Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging University of Hamburg Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Notkestrasse 85 22607 Hamburg Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Notkestrasse 85 22607 Hamburg Germany
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- Instituto Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional and Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear Universidad de Granada 18071 Granada Spain
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Notkestrasse 85 22607 Hamburg Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging University of Hamburg Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
- Department of Physics University of Hamburg Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
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Tsai PY. On the state selection of linear triatomic molecules by electrostatic hexapole fields. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:104311. [PMID: 27634264 DOI: 10.1063/1.4962359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Electrostatic hexapole state-selector is a versatile tool in experimental stereodynamics. The requirement of appropriate models to correctly predict the behavior of molecules in the hexapole motivated us to realize a treatment that predicts the Stark effect of linear triatomic molecules with rotational doublet states. Various perturbative approximations are conventionally adopted to obtain analytic Stark energy derivatives of a truncated Hamiltonian matrix, without utilizing numerical diagonalization of the full Hamiltonian matrix. By including both the low and high field effects, which were alternatively ignored in the analytical formulae of such approximate approaches, herein we demonstrate that the performance of hexapole state selector to linear triatomic molecules can be appropriately predicted via Van Vleck transformation. This method can provide analytic Stark energy derivatives that are acceptably in consistent with the ones obtained via numerical diagonalization of the full Hamiltonian matrix. Particularly, this work is suitable for v2 = 1 level of linear triatomic molecules, due to the following reasons: (1) the Stark energy derivative and the molecular orientation as a function of the electric field are expressed in analytical formulae, hence it is suitable for implementation without involving numerical diagonalization of the full Hamiltonian matrix; (2) a better prediction of the focusing curves with respect to conventional analytical treatments is provided, allowing a reliable determination of the selected state compositions and molecular orientation.
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- Po-Yu Tsai
- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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Nakamura M, Yang SJ, Tsai PY, Kasai T, Lin KC, Che DC, Lombardi A, Palazzetti F, Aquilanti V. Hexapole-Oriented Asymmetric-Top Molecules and Their Stereodirectional Photodissociation Dynamics. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:5389-98. [PMID: 27139246 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b02410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Molecular orientation is a fundamental requisite in the study of stereodirected dynamics of collisional and photoinitiated processes. In this past decade, variable hexapolar electric filters have been developed and employed for the rotational-state selection and the alignment of molecules of increasing complexity, for which the main difficulties are their mass, their low symmetry, and the very dense rotational manifold. In this work, for the first time, a complex molecule such as 2-bromobutane, an asymmetric top containing a heavy atom (the bromine), was successfully oriented by a weak homogeneous field placed downstream from the hexapolar filter. Efficiency of the orientation was characterized experimentally, by combining time-of-flight measurements and a slice-ion-imaging detection technique. The application is described to the photodissociation dynamics of the oriented 2-bromobutane, which was carried out at a laser wavelength of 234 nm, corresponding to the breaking of the C-Br bond. The Br photofragment is produced in both the ground Br ((2)P3/2) and the excited Br ((2)P1/2) electronic states, and both channels are studied by the slice imaging technique, revealing new features in the velocity and angular distributions with respect to previous investigations on nonoriented molecules.
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- Masaaki Nakamura
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Chemistry, National Chung-Hsing University , Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan.,Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica , Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate School of Science, Department of Chemistry, Osaka University , Osaka, Japan
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia , Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia , Perugia, Italy.,Scuola Normale Superiore , Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia , Perugia, Italy.,Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Struttura della Materia , 00016 Roma, Italy.,Insituto de Fìsica, Universidade Federal da Bahia , Salvador, Brazil
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He L, Bulthuis J, Luo S, Wang J, Lu C, Stolte S, Ding D, Roeterdink WG. Laser induced alignment of state-selected CH3I. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:24121-8. [PMID: 26314900 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp02997j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Hexapole state selection is used to prepare CH3I molecules in the |JKM〉 = |1±1∓1〉 state. The molecules are aligned in a strong 800 nm laser field, which is linearly polarised perpendicular to the weak static extraction field E of the time of flight setup. The molecules are subsequently ionised by a second time delayed probe laser pulse. It will be shown that in this geometry at high enough laser intensities the Newton sphere has sufficient symmetry to apply the inverse Abel transformation to reconstruct the three dimensional distribution from the projected ion image. The laser induced controllable alignment was found to have the upper and lower extreme values of 〈P2(cos θ)〉 = 0.7 for the aligned molecule and -0.1 for the anti-aligned molecule, coupled to 〈P4(cos θ)〉 between 0.3 and 0.0. The method to extract the alignment parameters 〈P2(cos θ)〉 and 〈P4(cos θ)〉 directly from the velocity map ion images will be discussed.
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- Lanhai He
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China.
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Wang BB, Han YC, Cong SL. Molecular alignment effect on the photoassociation process via a pump-dump scheme. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:094303. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4929388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Bin-Bin Wang
- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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Trippel S, Mullins T, Müller NLM, Kienitz JS, González-Férez R, Küpper J. Two-state wave packet for strong field-free molecular orientation. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2015; 114:103003. [PMID: 25815928 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.103003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We demonstrate strong laser-field-free orientation of absolute-ground-state carbonyl sulfide molecules. The molecules are oriented by the combination of a 485-ps-long nonresonant laser pulse and a weak static electric field. The edges of the laser pulse create a coherent superposition of two rotational states resulting in revivals of strong transient molecular orientation after the laser pulse. The experimentally attained degree of orientation ⟨cosθ⟩≈0.6 corresponds to the theoretical maximum for mixing of the two states. Switching off the dc field would provide the same orientation completely field free.
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- Sebastian Trippel
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Instituto Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional and Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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Schmidt JA, Olsen JMH. Photodissociation of OCS: Deviations between theory and experiment, and the importance of higher order correlation effects. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:184310. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4901426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Franssen IS, Irimia D, Stefanidis GD, Stankiewicz AI. Practical challenges in the energy-based control of molecular transformations in chemical reactors. AIChE J 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.14575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Process and Energy Dept.; Delft University of Technology; Leeghwaterstraat 39 2628 CB Delft The Netherlands
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- Process and Energy Dept.; Delft University of Technology; Leeghwaterstraat 39 2628 CB Delft The Netherlands
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- Process and Energy Dept.; Delft University of Technology; Leeghwaterstraat 39 2628 CB Delft The Netherlands
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Kraus PM, Baykusheva D, Wörner HJ. Two-pulse field-free orientation reveals anisotropy of molecular shape resonance. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 113:023001. [PMID: 25062172 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.023001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We report the observation of macroscopic field-free orientation, i.e., more than 73% of CO molecules pointing in the same direction. This is achieved through an all-optical scheme operating at high particle densities (>10(17) cm(-3)) that combines one-color (ω) and two-color (ω+2ω) nonresonant femtosecond laser pulses. We show that the achieved orientation solely relies on the hyperpolarizability interaction as opposed to an ionization-depletion mechanism, thus, opening a wide range of applications. The achieved strong orientation enables us to reveal the molecular-frame anisotropies of the photorecombination amplitudes and phases caused by a shape resonance. The resonance appears as a local maximum in the even-harmonic emission around 28 eV. In contrast, the odd-harmonic emission is suppressed in this spectral region through the combined effects of an asymmetric photorecombination phase and a subcycle Stark effect, generic for polar molecules, that we experimentally identify.
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- P M Kraus
- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Zhao ZY, Han YC, Yu J, Cong SL. The influence of field-free orientation on the predissociation dynamics of the NaI molecule. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:044316. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4863176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Zhao ZY, Han YC, Huang Y, Cong SL. Field-free orientation by a single-cycle THz pulse: The NaI and IBr molecules. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:044305. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4816121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Ze-Yu Zhao
- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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McBane GC, Schmidt JA, Johnson MS, Schinke R. Ultraviolet photodissociation of OCS: Product energy and angular distributions. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:094314. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4793275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Kraus PM, Rupenyan A, Wörner HJ. High-harmonic spectroscopy of oriented OCS molecules: emission of even and odd harmonics. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:233903. [PMID: 23368204 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.233903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We study the emission of even and odd high-harmonic orders from oriented OCS molecules. We use an intense, nonresonant femtosecond laser pulse superimposed with its phase-controlled second harmonic field to impulsively align and orient a dense sample of molecules from which we subsequently generate high-order harmonics. The even harmonics appear around the full revivals of the rotational dynamics. We demonstrate perfect coherent control over their intensity through the subcycle delay of the two-color fields. The odd harmonics are insensitive to the degree of orientation, but modulate with the degree of axis alignment, in agreement with calculated photorecombination dipole moments. We further compare the shape of the even and odd harmonic spectra with our calculations and determine the degree of orientation.
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- P M Kraus
- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Yu J, Liu Y, Su QZ, Cong SL. Long-lived field-free molecular orientation driven by modulated few-cycle terahertz pulses. Chem Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2012.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Schmidt JA, Johnson MS, McBane GC, Schinke R. The ultraviolet spectrum of OCS from first principles: Electronic transitions, vibrational structure and temperature dependence. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:054313. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4739756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Fárník M, Poterya V, Kočišek J, Fedor J, Slavíček P. Short review on the acetylene photochemistry in clusters: photofragment caging and reactivity. Mol Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2012.706389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Michal Fárník
- a J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry v.v.i , Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic , Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague , Czech Republic
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- a J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry v.v.i , Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic , Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague , Czech Republic
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- a J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry v.v.i , Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic , Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague , Czech Republic
- b Faculty of Mathematics and Physics , Charles University Prague , Czech Republic
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- a J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry v.v.i , Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic , Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague , Czech Republic
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- c Department of Physical Chemistry , Institute of Chemical Technology Prague , Technická 5, 16628 Prague 6 , Czech Republic
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Nielsen JH, Stapelfeldt H, Küpper J, Friedrich B, Omiste JJ, González-Férez R. Making the best of mixed-field orientation of polar molecules: a recipe for achieving adiabatic dynamics in an electrostatic field combined with laser pulses. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:193001. [PMID: 23003030 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.193001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We have experimentally and theoretically investigated the mixed-field orientation of rotational-state-selected OCS molecules and achieved strong degrees of alignment and orientation. The applied moderately intense nanosecond laser pulses are long enough to adiabatically align molecules. However, in combination with a weak dc electric field, the same laser pulses result in nonadiabatic dynamics of the mixed-field orientation. These observations are fully explained by calculations employing both adiabatic and nonadiabatic (time-dependent) models.
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- Jens H Nielsen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Yu J, Zhang W, Yang J, Cong SL. Enhancement of molecular field-free orientation by utilizing a modulated two-color laser field. Chem Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2012.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Schmidt JA, Johnson MS, McBane GC, Schinke R. Communication: Multi-state analysis of the OCS ultraviolet absorption including vibrational structure. J Chem Phys 2012; 136:131101. [PMID: 22482532 DOI: 10.1063/1.3701699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- J A Schmidt
- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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Wu G, Hockett P, Stolow A. Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy: from wavepackets to observables. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:18447-67. [PMID: 21947027 DOI: 10.1039/c1cp22031d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (TRPES) is a powerful tool for the study of intramolecular dynamics, particularly excited state non-adiabatic dynamics in polyatomic molecules. Depending on the problem at hand, different levels of TRPES measurements can be performed: time-resolved photoelectron yield; time- and energy-resolved photoelectron yield; time-, energy-, and angle-resolved photoelectron yield. In this pedagogical overview, a conceptual framework for time-resolved photoionization measurements is presented, together with discussion of relevant theory for the different aspects of TRPES. Simple models are used to illustrate the theory, and key concepts are further amplified by experimental examples. These examples are chosen to show the application of TRPES to the investigation of a range of problems in the excited state dynamics of molecules: from the simplest vibrational wavepacket on a single potential energy surface; to disentangling intrinsically coupled electronic and nuclear motions; to identifying the electronic character of the intermediate states involved in non-adiabatic dynamics by angle-resolved measurements in the molecular frame, the most complete measurement.
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- Guorong Wu
- Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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Process intensification follows four main goals: to maximize the effectiveness of intra- and intermolecular events, to give each molecule the same processing experience, to optimize the driving forces/maximize specific interfacial areas, and to maximize the synergistic effects of partial processes. This paper shows how these goals can be reached in reaction and separation systems at all relevant time and length scales and is focused on the structuring of reactors and separation units, on the use of different energy forms to improve the reaction and separation, on combining and superimposing of different phenomena in one integrated unit or reactor, and on the application of oscillations for intensification of reaction and separation processes.
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- Andrzej Górak
- Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Laboratory of Fluid Separations, Dortmund University of Technology, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
- Department of Process and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, 90924 Lodz, Poland
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- Process and Energy Department, Intensified Reaction and Separation Systems, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CA Delft, The Netherlands
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Vredenborg A, Lehmann CS, Irimia D, Roeterdink WG, Janssen MHM. The Reaction Microscope: Imaging and Pulse Shaping Control in Photodynamics. Chemphyschem 2011; 12:1459-73. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201100107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Krasilnikov MB, Kuznetsov VV, Suits AG, Vasyutinskii OS. Vector correlations in photodissociation of polarized polyatomic molecules beyond the axial recoil limit. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:8163-74. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp01375g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lipciuc ML, Rakitzis TP, Meerts WL, Groenenboom GC, Janssen MHM. Towards the complete experiment: measurement of S(1D2) polarization in correlation with single rotational states of CO(J) from the photodissociation of oriented OCS(v2 = 1|JlM = 111). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:8549-59. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02671a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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González-Férez R, Schmelcher P. Giant enhancement of photodissociation of polar diatomic molecules in electric fields. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:18810-4. [DOI: 10.1039/c1cp21169b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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