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Kim JG, Nozawa S, Kim H, Choi EH, Sato T, Kim TW, Kim KH, Ki H, Kim J, Choi M, Lee Y, Heo J, Oang KY, Ichiyanagi K, Fukaya R, Lee JH, Park J, Eom I, Chun SH, Kim S, Kim M, Katayama T, Togashi T, Owada S, Yabashi M, Lee SJ, Lee S, Ahn CW, Ahn DS, Moon J, Choi S, Kim J, Joo T, Kim J, Adachi SI, Ihee H. Mapping the emergence of molecular vibrations mediating bond formation. Nature 2020; 582:520-524. [PMID: 32581378 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2417-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fundamental studies of chemical reactions often consider the molecular dynamics along a reaction coordinate using a calculated or suggested potential energy surface1-5. But fully mapping such dynamics experimentally, by following all nuclear motions in a time-resolved manner-that is, the motions of wavepackets-is challenging and has not yet been realized even for the simple stereotypical bimolecular reaction6-8: A-B + C → A + B-C. Here we track the trajectories of these vibrational wavepackets during photoinduced bond formation of the gold trimer complex [Au(CN)2-]3 in an aqueous monomer solution, using femtosecond X-ray liquidography9-12 with X-ray free-electron lasers13,14. In the complex, which forms when three monomers A, B and C cluster together through non-covalent interactions15,16, the distance between A and B is shorter than that between B and C. Tracking the wavepacket in three-dimensional nuclear coordinates reveals that within the first 60 femtoseconds after photoexcitation, a covalent bond forms between A and B to give A-B + C. The second covalent bond, between B and C, subsequently forms within 360 femtoseconds to give a linear and covalently bonded trimer complex A-B-C. The trimer exhibits harmonic vibrations that we map and unambiguously assign to specific normal modes using only the experimental data. In principle, more intense X-rays could visualize the motion not only of highly scattering atoms such as gold but also of lighter atoms such as carbon and nitrogen, which will open the door to the direct tracking of the atomic motions involved in many chemical reactions.
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- Jong Goo Kim
- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Japan.,Department of Materials Structure Science, School of High Energy Accelerator Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany.,European XFEL, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Radiation Center for Ultrafast Science, Quantum Optics Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Republic of Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Republic of Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Republic of Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Republic of Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Republic of Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Republic of Korea
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo, Japan.,RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo, Japan.,RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo, Japan.,RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo, Japan.,RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Japan.,Department of Materials Structure Science, School of High Energy Accelerator Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. .,KI for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. .,Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
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Leveraging excited-state coherence for synthetic control of ultrafast dynamics. Nature 2020; 582:214-218. [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2353-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Naumova MA, Kalinko A, Wong JWL, Alvarez Gutierrez S, Meng J, Liang M, Abdellah M, Geng H, Lin W, Kubicek K, Biednov M, Lima F, Galler A, Zalden P, Checchia S, Mante PA, Zimara J, Schwarzer D, Demeshko S, Murzin V, Gosztola D, Jarenmark M, Zhang J, Bauer M, Lawson Daku ML, Khakhulin D, Gawelda W, Bressler C, Meyer F, Zheng K, Canton SE. Exploring the light-induced dynamics in solvated metallogrid complexes with femtosecond pulses across the electromagnetic spectrum. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:214301. [PMID: 32505143 DOI: 10.1063/1.5138641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Oligonuclear complexes of d4-d7 transition metal ion centers that undergo spin-switching have long been developed for their practical role in molecular electronics. Recently, they also have appeared as promising photochemical reactants demonstrating improved stability. However, the lack of knowledge about their photophysical properties in the solution phase compared to mononuclear complexes is currently hampering their inclusion into advanced light-driven reactions. In the present study, the ultrafast photoinduced dynamics in a solvated [2 × 2] iron(II) metallogrid complex are characterized by combining measurements with transient optical-infrared absorption and x-ray emission spectroscopy on the femtosecond time scale. The analysis is supported by density functional theory calculations. The photocycle can be described in terms of intra-site transitions, where the FeII centers in the low-spin state are independently photoexcited. The Franck-Condon state decays via the formation of a vibrationally hot high-spin (HS) state that displays coherent behavior within a few picoseconds and thermalizes within tens of picoseconds to yield a metastable HS state living for several hundreds of nanoseconds. Systematic comparison with the closely related mononuclear complex [Fe(terpy)2]2+ reveals that nuclearity has a profound impact on the photoinduced dynamics. More generally, this work provides guidelines for expanding the integration of oligonuclear complexes into new photoconversion schemes that may be triggered by ultrafast spin-switching.
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- Maria A Naumova
- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Universität Göttingen, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Tammannstraße 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Chemical Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- ELI-ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics ter 13, Szeged 6720, Hungary
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- Chemical Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Dynamics at Surfaces, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Dynamics at Surfaces, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Universität Göttingen, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Tammannstraße 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Hollow Fiber Membrane Materials and Processes, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Department Chemie and Center for Sustainable Systems Design (CSSD), University of Paderborn, Warburger Straße 100, D-33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Département de Chimie Physique, Université de Genève, Quai E. Ansermet 30, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland
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- Universität Göttingen, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Tammannstraße 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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Higdon NJ, Barth AT, Kozlowski PT, Hadt RG. Spin-phonon coupling and dynamic zero-field splitting contributions to spin conversion processes in iron(II) complexes. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:204306. [PMID: 32486684 DOI: 10.1063/5.0006361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Magnetization dynamics of transition metal complexes manifest in properties and phenomena of fundamental and applied interest [e.g., slow magnetic relaxation in single molecule magnets, quantum coherence in quantum bits (qubits), and intersystem crossing (ISC) rates in photophysics]. While spin-phonon coupling is recognized as an important determinant of these dynamics, additional fundamental studies are required to unravel the nature of the coupling and, thus, leverage it in molecular engineering approaches. To this end, we describe here a combined ligand field theory and multireference ab initio model to define spin-phonon coupling terms in S = 2 transition metal complexes and demonstrate how couplings originate from both the static and dynamic properties of ground and excited states. By extending concepts to spin conversion processes, ligand field dynamics manifest in the evolution of the excited state origins of zero-field splitting (ZFS) along specific normal mode potential energy surfaces. Dynamic ZFSs provide a powerful means to independently evaluate contributions from spin-allowed and/or spin-forbidden excited states to spin-phonon coupling terms. Furthermore, ratios between various intramolecular coupling terms for a given mode drive spin conversion processes in transition metal complexes and can be used to analyze the mechanisms of ISC. Variations in geometric structure strongly influence the relative intramolecular linear spin-phonon coupling terms and will define the overall spin state dynamics. While the findings of this study are of general importance for understanding magnetization dynamics, they also link the phenomenon of spin-phonon coupling across fields of single molecule magnetism, quantum materials/qubits, and transition metal photophysics.
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- Nicholas J Higdon
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Collet E. Ultrafast control of anisotropy. Nat Chem 2020; 12:429-430. [DOI: 10.1038/s41557-020-0462-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Eng J, Penfold TJ. Understanding and Designing Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters: Beyond the Energy Gap Approximation. CHEM REC 2020; 20:831-856. [PMID: 32267093 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202000013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
In this article recent progress in the development of molecules exhibiting Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) is discussed with a particular focus upon their application as emitters in highly efficient organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). The key aspects controlling the desirable functional properties, e. g. fast intersystem crossing, high radiative rate and unity quantum yield, are introduced with a particular focus upon the competition between the key requirements needed to achieve high performance OLEDs. The design rules required for organic and metal organic materials are discussed, and the correlation between them outlined. Recent progress towards understanding the influence of the interaction between a molecule and its environment are explained as is the role of the mechanism for excited state formation in OLEDs. Finally, all of these aspects are combined to discuss the ability to implement high level design rules for achieving higher quality materials for commercial applications. This article highlights the significant progress that has been made in recent years, but also outlines the significant challenges which persist to achieve a full understanding of the TADF mechanism and improve the stability and performance of these materials.
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- Julien Eng
- Chemistry, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- Chemistry, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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Jiang Y, Liu LC, Sarracini A, Krawczyk KM, Wentzell JS, Lu C, Field RL, Matar SF, Gawelda W, Müller-Werkmeister HM, Miller RJD. Direct observation of nuclear reorganization driven by ultrafast spin transitions. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1530. [PMID: 32251278 PMCID: PMC7090058 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15187-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
One of the most basic molecular photophysical processes is that of spin transitions and intersystem crossing between excited states surfaces. The change in spin states affects the spatial distribution of electron density through the spin orbit coupling interaction. The subsequent nuclear reorganization reports on the full extent of the spin induced change in electron distribution, which can be treated similarly to intramolecular charge transfer with effective reaction coordinates depicting the spin transition. Here, single-crystal [FeII(bpy)3](PF6)2, a prototypical system for spin crossover (SCO) dynamics, is studied using ultrafast electron diffraction in the single-photon excitation regime. The photoinduced SCO dynamics are resolved, revealing two distinct processes with a (450 ± 20)-fs fast component and a (2.4 ± 0.4)-ps slow component. Using principal component analysis, we uncover the key structural modes, ultrafast Fe–N bond elongations coupled with ligand motions, that define the effective reaction coordinate to fully capture the relevant molecular reorganization. Electron spin is a fundamental property of molecules, and changes in spin state affect both molecular structure and dynamics. Here, the authors resolve, by ultrafast electron diffraction, the nuclear reorganization stabilizing spin transitions in a [FeII(bpy)3](PF6)2 crystal.
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- Yifeng Jiang
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany.,European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St., Toronto, M5S 3H6, ON, Canada.,Uncharted Software, 600-2 Berkeley St., Toronto, M5A 4J5, ON, Canada
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St., Toronto, M5S 3H6, ON, Canada
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St., Toronto, M5S 3H6, ON, Canada
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St., Toronto, M5S 3H6, ON, Canada
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St., Toronto, M5S 3H6, ON, Canada
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St., Toronto, M5S 3H6, ON, Canada
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- Lebanese German University, LGU, Sahel-Alma, P.O. Box 206, Jounieh, Lebanon
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 2, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany. .,Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St., Toronto, M5S 3H6, ON, Canada.
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Naumova MA, Kalinko A, Wong JWL, Abdellah M, Geng H, Domenichini E, Meng J, Gutierrez SA, Mante PA, Lin W, Zalden P, Galler A, Lima F, Kubicek K, Biednov M, Britz A, Checchia S, Kabanova V, Wulff M, Zimara J, Schwarzer D, Demeshko S, Murzin V, Gosztola D, Jarenmark M, Zhang J, Bauer M, Lawson Daku ML, Gawelda W, Khakhulin D, Bressler C, Meyer F, Zheng K, Canton SE. Revealing Hot and Long-Lived Metastable Spin States in the Photoinduced Switching of Solvated Metallogrid Complexes with Femtosecond Optical and X-ray Spectroscopies. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:2133-2141. [PMID: 32069410 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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An atomistic understanding of the photoinduced spin-state switching (PSS) within polynuclear systems of d4-d7 transition metal ion complexes is required for their rational integration into light-driven reactions of chemical and biological interest. However, in contrast to mononuclear systems, the multidimensional dynamics of the PSS in solvated molecular arrays have not yet been elucidated due to the expected complications associated with the connectivity between the metal centers and the strong interactions with the surroundings. In this work, the PSS in a solvated triiron(II) metallogrid complex is characterized using transient optical absorption and X-ray emission spectroscopies on the femtosecond time scale. The complementary measurements reveal the photoinduced creation of energy-rich (hot) and long-lived quintet states, whose dynamics differ critically from their mononuclear congeners. This finding opens major prospects for developing novel schemes in solution-phase spin chemistry that are driven by the dynamic PSS process in compact oligometallic arrays.
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- Maria A Naumova
- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Department Chemie and Center for Sustainable Systems Design (CSSD), University of Paderborn, Warburger Straße 100, D-33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Chemical Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry, Qena Faculty of Science, South Valley University, 83523 Qena, Egypt
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- ELI-ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics ter 13, Szeged 6720, Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Chemical Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
- Department of Applied Physics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Chemical Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 38000 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 38000 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Dynamics at Surfaces, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Dynamics at Surfaces, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstraße 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Hollow Fiber Membrane Materials and Processes, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Department Chemie and Center for Sustainable Systems Design (CSSD), University of Paderborn, Warburger Straße 100, D-33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Département de Chimie Physique, Université de Genève, Quai E. Ansermet 30, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 2, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Chemical Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
- ELI-ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics ter 13, Szeged 6720, Hungary
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Liedy F, Eng J, McNab R, Inglis R, Penfold TJ, Brechin EK, Johansson JO. Vibrational coherences in manganese single-molecule magnets after ultrafast photoexcitation. Nat Chem 2020; 12:452-458. [PMID: 32123341 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-020-0431-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Magnetic recording using femtosecond laser pulses has recently been achieved in some dielectric media, showing potential for ultrafast data storage applications. Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) are metal complexes with two degenerate magnetic ground states and are promising for increasing storage density, but remain unexplored using ultrafast techniques. Here we have explored the dynamics occurring after photoexcitation of a trinuclear µ3-oxo-bridged Mn(III)-based SMM, whose magnetic anisotropy is closely related to the Jahn-Teller distortion. Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy in solution reveals oscillations superimposed on the decay traces due to a vibrational wavepacket. Based on complementary measurements and calculations on the monomer Mn(acac)3, we conclude that the wavepacket motion in the trinuclear SMM is constrained along the Jahn-Teller axis due to the µ3-oxo and µ-oxime bridges. Our results provide new possibilities for optical control of the magnetization in SMMs on femtosecond timescales and open up new molecular-design challenges to control the wavepacket motion in the excited state of polynuclear transition-metal complexes.
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- Florian Liedy
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Chemistry, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Chemistry, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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Koide A, Uemura Y, Kido D, Wakisaka Y, Takakusagi S, Ohtani B, Niwa Y, Nozawa S, Ichiyanagi K, Fukaya R, Adachi SI, Katayama T, Togashi T, Owada S, Yabashi M, Yamamoto Y, Katayama M, Hatada K, Yokoyama T, Asakura K. Photoinduced anisotropic distortion as the electron trapping site of tungsten trioxide by ultrafast W L 1-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy with full potential multiple scattering calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:2615-2621. [PMID: 30989154 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01332f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Understanding the excited state of photocatalysts is significant to improve their activity for water splitting reaction. X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy in X-ray free electron lasers (XFEL) is a powerful method to address dynamic changes in electronic states and structures of photocatalysts in the excited state in ultrafast short time scales. The ultrafast atomic-scale local structural change in photoexcited WO3 was observed by W L1 edge XAFS spectroscopy using an XFEL. An anisotropic local distortion around the W atom could reproduce well the spectral features at a delay time of 100 ps after photoexcitation based on full potential multiple scattering calculations. The distortion involved the movement of W to shrink the shortest W-O bonds and elongate the longest one. The movement of the W atom could be explained by the filling of the dxy and dzx orbitals, which were originally located at the bottom of the conduction band with photoexcited electrons.
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- Akihiro Koide
- Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan. and Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan. and Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitslaan 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Institute for Catalysis Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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- Institute for Catalysis Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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- Institute for Catalysis Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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- Institute for Catalysis Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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- Photon Factory, Institute for Materials Structure Sciene, KEK, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute for Materials Structure Sciene, KEK, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute for Materials Structure Sciene, KEK, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute for Materials Structure Sciene, KEK, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Photon Factory, Institute for Materials Structure Sciene, KEK, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Kouto Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Kouto Sayo-cho, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
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- Institute for Catalysis Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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Ultrafast X-ray Photochemistry at European XFEL: Capabilities of the Femtosecond X-ray Experiments (FXE) Instrument. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/app10030995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Time-resolved X-ray methods are widely used for monitoring transient intermediates over the course of photochemical reactions. Ultrafast X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopies as well as elastic X-ray scattering deliver detailed electronic and structural information on chemical dynamics in the solution phase. In this work, we describe the opportunities at the Femtosecond X-ray Experiments (FXE) instrument of European XFEL. Guided by the idea of combining spectroscopic and scattering techniques in one experiment, the FXE instrument has completed the initial commissioning phase for most of its components and performed first successful experiments within the baseline capabilities. This is demonstrated by its currently 115 fs (FWHM) temporal resolution to acquire ultrafast X-ray emission spectra by simultaneously recording iron Kα and Kβ lines, next to wide angle X-ray scattering patterns on a photoexcited aqueous solution of [Fe(bpy)3]2+, a transition metal model compound.
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Kunnus K, Vacher M, Harlang TCB, Kjær KS, Haldrup K, Biasin E, van Driel TB, Pápai M, Chabera P, Liu Y, Tatsuno H, Timm C, Källman E, Delcey M, Hartsock RW, Reinhard ME, Koroidov S, Laursen MG, Hansen FB, Vester P, Christensen M, Sandberg L, Németh Z, Szemes DS, Bajnóczi É, Alonso-Mori R, Glownia JM, Nelson S, Sikorski M, Sokaras D, Lemke HT, Canton SE, Møller KB, Nielsen MM, Vankó G, Wärnmark K, Sundström V, Persson P, Lundberg M, Uhlig J, Gaffney KJ. Vibrational wavepacket dynamics in Fe carbene photosensitizer determined with femtosecond X-ray emission and scattering. Nat Commun 2020; 11:634. [PMID: 32005815 PMCID: PMC6994595 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14468-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The non-equilibrium dynamics of electrons and nuclei govern the function of photoactive materials. Disentangling these dynamics remains a critical goal for understanding photoactive materials. Here we investigate the photoinduced dynamics of the [Fe(bmip)2]2+ photosensitizer, where bmip = 2,6-bis(3-methyl-imidazole-1-ylidine)-pyridine, with simultaneous femtosecond-resolution Fe Kα and Kβ X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) and X-ray solution scattering (XSS). This measurement shows temporal oscillations in the XES and XSS difference signals with the same 278 fs period oscillation. These oscillations originate from an Fe-ligand stretching vibrational wavepacket on a triplet metal-centered (3MC) excited state surface. This 3MC state is populated with a 110 fs time constant by 40% of the excited molecules while the rest relax to a 3MLCT excited state. The sensitivity of the Kα XES to molecular structure results from a 0.7% average Fe-ligand bond length shift between the 1 s and 2p core-ionized states surfaces.
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- Kristjan Kunnus
- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, 75121, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, DK-2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, 75121, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, 75121, Uppsala, Sweden
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
- University of Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 49, H-1525, Budapest, Hungary
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 49, H-1525, Budapest, Hungary
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 49, H-1525, Budapest, Hungary
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- ELI-ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics ter 13, Szeged, 6720, Hungary
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, D-22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, DK-2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 49, H-1525, Budapest, Hungary
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- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Theoretical Chemistry Division, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - Ångström laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, 75121, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 12 4, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
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Ismail ASM, Uemura Y, Park SH, Kwon S, Kim M, Elnaggar H, Frati F, Niwa Y, Wadati H, Hirata Y, Zhang Y, Yamagami K, Yamamoto S, Matsuda I, Halisdemir U, Koster G, Weckhuysen BM, de Groot FMF. Direct observation of the electronic states of photoexcited hematite with ultrafast 2p3d X-ray absorption spectroscopy and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:2685-2692. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03374b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Ultrafast Fe L3 XAS and 2p3d RIXS elucidate the photoexcitation process of hematite.
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Mirzoyan R, Hadt RG. The dynamic ligand field of a molecular qubit: decoherence through spin–phonon coupling. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:11249-11265. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00852d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A ligand field model highlights chemical design principles for the development of room temperature coherent materials for quantum information processing.
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- Ruben Mirzoyan
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics
- California Institute of Technology
- Pasadena
- USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics
- California Institute of Technology
- Pasadena
- USA
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Lawson Daku LM. Spin-state dependence of the structural and vibrational properties of solvated iron( ii) polypyridyl complexes from AIMD simulations: III. [Fe(tpen)]Cl 2 in acetonitrile. RSC Adv 2020; 10:43343-43357. [PMID: 35519674 PMCID: PMC9058091 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra09499d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In order to achieve an in-depth understanding of the role played by the solvent in the photoinduced low-spin (LS) → high-spin (HS) transition in solvated Fe(ii) complexes, an accurate description of the solvated complexes in the two spin states is required. To this end, we are applying state-of-the-art ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations to the study of the structural and vibrational properties of iron(ii) polypyridyl complexes. Two aqueous LS complexes were investigated in this framework, namely, [Fe(bpy)3]2+ (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine) [Lawson Daku and Hauser, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1, 1830; Lawson Daku, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 6236] and [Fe(tpy)2]2+ (tpy = 2,2′:6′,2′′-ter-pyridine) [Lawson Daku, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 650]. For aqueous [Fe(bpy)3]2+, combining the results of forefront wide-angle X-ray scattering experiments with those of the AIMD simulations allowed the visualization of the interlaced coordination and solvation spheres of the photoinduced HS state [Khakhulin et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 9277]. In this paper, we report the extension of our AIMD studies to the spin-crossover complex [Fe(tpen)]2+ (tpen = N,N,N′,N′-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine) in acetonitrile (ACN). The determined LS and HS solution structures of the complex are in excellent agreement with the experimental results obtained by high-resolution transient X-ray absorption spectroscopy [Zhang et al., ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 6375]. The first solvation shell of [Fe(tpen)]2+ consists of ACN molecules located in the grooves defined by the chelating coordination motif of the tpen ligand. Upon the LS → HS change of states, the solvation number of the complex is found to increase from ≈9.2 to ≈11.9 and an inner solvation shell is formed. This inner solvation shell originates from the occupancy by about one ACN molecule of the internal cavity which results from the arrangement of the 4 pyridine rings of the tpen ligand, and which becomes accessible to the solvent molecules in the HS state only thanks to the structural changes undergone by the complex. The presence of this inner solvation shell for the solvated HS complex probably plays a key role in the spin-state dependent reactivity of [Fe(tpen)]2+ in liquid solutions. AIMD study of the SCO [Fe(tpen)]2+ complex in acetonitrile: radial distribution functions and running coordination numbers characterizing its solvation structure in the HS state.![]()
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Vibronic coherence evolution in multidimensional ultrafast photochemical processes. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5621. [PMID: 31819052 PMCID: PMC6901526 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13503-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The complex choreography of electronic, vibrational, and vibronic couplings used by photoexcited molecules to transfer energy efficiently is remarkable, but an unambiguous description of the temporally evolving vibronic states governing these processes has proven experimentally elusive. We use multidimensional electronic-vibrational spectroscopy to identify specific time-dependent excited state vibronic couplings involving multiple electronic states, high-frequency vibrations, and low-frequency vibrations which participate in ultrafast intersystem crossing and subsequent relaxation of a photoexcited transition metal complex. We discover an excited state vibronic mechanism driving long-lived charge separation consisting of an initial electronically-localized vibrational wavepacket which triggers delocalization onto two charge transfer states after propagating for ~600 femtoseconds. Electronic delocalization consequently occurs through nonadiabatic internal conversion driven by a 50 cm-1 coupling resulting in vibronic coherence transfer lasting for ~1 picosecond. This study showcases the power of multidimensional electronic-vibrational spectroscopy to elucidate complex, non-equilibrium energy and charge transfer mechanisms involving multiple molecular coordinates.
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Stroscio GD, Ribson RD, Hadt RG. Quantifying Entatic States in Photophysical Processes: Applications to Copper Photosensitizers. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:16800-16817. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Gautam D. Stroscio
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Zerdane S, Cammarata M, Iasco O, Boillot ML, Collet E. Photoselective MLCT to d-d pathways for light-induced excited spin state trapping. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:171101. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5127507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- S. Zerdane
- Univ. Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes), UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ. Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes), UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ. Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay, UMR 8182, Orsay, France
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- Univ. Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay, UMR 8182, Orsay, France
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- Univ. Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes), UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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Tatsuno H, Kjær KS, Kunnus K, Harlang TCB, Timm C, Guo M, Chàbera P, Fredin LA, Hartsock RW, Reinhard ME, Koroidov S, Li L, Cordones AA, Gordivska O, Prakash O, Liu Y, Laursen MG, Biasin E, Hansen FB, Vester P, Christensen M, Haldrup K, Németh Z, Sárosiné Szemes D, Bajnóczi É, Vankó G, Van Driel TB, Alonso‐Mori R, Glownia JM, Nelson S, Sikorski M, Lemke HT, Sokaras D, Canton SE, Dohn AO, Møller KB, Nielsen MM, Gaffney KJ, Wärnmark K, Sundström V, Persson P, Uhlig J. Hot Branching Dynamics in a Light‐Harvesting Iron Carbene Complex Revealed by Ultrafast X‐ray Emission Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 59:364-372. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Tatsuno H, Kjær KS, Kunnus K, Harlang TCB, Timm C, Guo M, Chàbera P, Fredin LA, Hartsock RW, Reinhard ME, Koroidov S, Li L, Cordones AA, Gordivska O, Prakash O, Liu Y, Laursen MG, Biasin E, Hansen FB, Vester P, Christensen M, Haldrup K, Németh Z, Sárosiné Szemes D, Bajnóczi É, Vankó G, Van Driel TB, Alonso‐Mori R, Glownia JM, Nelson S, Sikorski M, Lemke HT, Sokaras D, Canton SE, Dohn AO, Møller KB, Nielsen MM, Gaffney KJ, Wärnmark K, Sundström V, Persson P, Uhlig J. Hot Branching Dynamics in a Light‐Harvesting Iron Carbene Complex Revealed by Ultrafast X‐ray Emission Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201908065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Zhang K, Ash R, Girolami GS, Vura-Weis J. Tracking the Metal-Centered Triplet in Photoinduced Spin Crossover of Fe(phen) 32+ with Tabletop Femtosecond M-Edge X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:17180-17188. [PMID: 31587557 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b07332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Fe(II) coordination complexes are promising alternatives to Ru(II) and Ir(III) chromophores for photoredox chemistry and solar energy conversion, but rapid deactivation of the initial metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) state to low-lying (d,d) states limits their performance. Relaxation to a long-lived quintet state is postulated to occur via a metal-centered triplet state, but this mechanism remains controversial. We use femtosecond extreme ultraviolet (XUV) transient absorption spectroscopy to measure the excited-state relaxation of Fe(phen)32+ and conclusively identify a 3T intermediate that forms in 170 fs and decays to a vibrationally hot 5T2g state in 39 fs. A coherent vibrational wavepacket with a period of 249 fs and damping time of 0.63 ps is observed on the 5T2g surface, and the spectrum of this oscillation serves as a fingerprint for the Fe-N symmetric stretch. The results show that the shape of the M2,3-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectrum is sensitive to the electronic structure of the metal center, and the high-spin sensitivity, fast time resolution, and tabletop convenience of XUV transient absorption make it a powerful tool for studying the complex photophysics of transition metal complexes.
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- Kaili Zhang
- Department of Chemistry , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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Ould Hamouda A, Dutin F, Degert J, Tondusson M, Naim A, Rosa P, Freysz E. Study of the Photoswitching of a Fe(II) Chiral Complex through Linear and Nonlinear Ultrafast Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:5975-5982. [PMID: 31536709 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Photoswitching the physical properties of molecular systems opens large possibilities for driving materials far from equilibrium toward new states. Moreover, ultrashort pulses of light make it possible to induce and to record photoswitching on a very short time scale, opening the way to fascinating new functionalities. Among molecular materials, Fe(II) complexes exhibit an ultrafast spin-state transition during which the spin state of the complex switches from a low spin state (LS, S = 0) to a high spin state (HS, S = 2). The latter process is remarkable: It takes place within ∼100 fs with a quantum efficiency of ∼100%. Moreover, the spin-state switching induces an important shift of the broad metal-to-ligand absorption band of the complex, and it results in large modifications of the physical and chemical properties of the compounds. But because most of the Fe(II) complexes crystallize in centrosymmetric space groups, this prevents them from exhibiting piezoelectric, ferroelectric, as well as second-order nonlinear optical properties such as second-harmonic generation (SHG). This considerably limits their potential applications. We have recently synthesized [Fe(phen)3] [Δ-As2(tartrate)2] chiral complexes that crystallize in a noncentrosymmetric 32 space group. Hereafter, upon the excitation of a thin film of these complexes by a femtosecond laser pulse and performing simultaneously transient absorption (TRA) and time-resolved SHG (TRSH) measurements, we have recorded the ultrafast LS to HS switching. Whereas a single TRA measurement gives only partial information, we demonstrate that TRSH readily reveals the different mechanisms in play during the HS-to-LS state relaxation. Moreover, a simple model makes it possible to evaluate the relaxation times as well as the hyperpolarizabilities of the different excited states through which the system travels during the spin-state transition.
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- Amine Ould Hamouda
- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, LOMA UMR 5798 , 351 Cours de la Libération , 33405 Talence , France
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- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, LOMA UMR 5798 , 351 Cours de la Libération , 33405 Talence , France
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- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, LOMA UMR 5798 , 351 Cours de la Libération , 33405 Talence , France
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- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, LOMA UMR 5798 , 351 Cours de la Libération , 33405 Talence , France
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- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026 , F-33600 Pessac , France
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- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026 , F-33600 Pessac , France
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- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, LOMA UMR 5798 , 351 Cours de la Libération , 33405 Talence , France
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Miller NA, Michocki LB, Alonso-Mori R, Britz A, Deb A, DePonte DP, Glownia JM, Kaneshiro AK, Kieninger C, Koralek J, Meadows JH, van Driel TB, Kräutler B, Kubarych KJ, Penner-Hahn JE, Sension RJ. Antivitamins B 12 in a Microdrop: The Excited-State Structure of a Precious Sample Using Transient Polarized X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:5484-5489. [PMID: 31483136 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Polarized transient X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) was used to probe the excited-state structure of a photostable B12 antivitamin (Coβ-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-ethynylcobalamin, F2PhEtyCbl). A drop-on-demand delivery system synchronized to the LCLS X-ray free electron laser pulses was implemented and used to measure the XANES difference spectrum 12 ps following excitation, exposing only ∼45 μL of sample. Unlike cyanocobalamin (CNCbl), where the Co-C bond expands 15-20%, the excited state of F2PhEtyCbl is characterized by little change in the Co-C bond, suggesting that the acetylide linkage raises the barrier for expansion of the Co-C bond. In contrast, the lower axial Co-NDMB bond is elongated in the excited state of F2PhEtyCbl by ca. 10% or more, comparable to the 10% elongation observed for Co-NDMB in CNCbl.
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- Nicholas A Miller
- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
- Stanford PULSE Institute , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
- Biophysics , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry , 1150 West Medical Center Drive , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-0600 , United States
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry & Center for Molecular Biosciences , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 80/82 , A-6020 Innsbruck , Austria
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry & Center for Molecular Biosciences , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 80/82 , A-6020 Innsbruck , Austria
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
- Biophysics , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
- Biophysics , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
- Biophysics , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1055 , United States
- Department of Physics , University of Michigan , 450 Church Street , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-1040 , United States
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Ash R, Zhang K, Vura-Weis J. Photoinduced valence tautomerism of a cobalt-dioxolene complex revealed with femtosecond M-edge XANES. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:104201. [PMID: 31521068 DOI: 10.1063/1.5115227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Cobalt complexes that undergo charge-transfer induced spin-transitions or valence tautomerism from low spin CoIII to high spin (HS) CoII are potential candidates for magneto-optical switches. We use M2,3-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy with 40 fs time resolution to measure the excited-state dynamics of CoIII(Cat-N-SQ)(Cat-N-BQ), where Cat-N-BQ and Cat-N-SQ are the singly and doubly reduced forms of the 2-(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl-imino)-4,6-di-tert-butylcyclohexa-3,5-dienone ligand. The extreme ultraviolet probe pulses, produced using a tabletop high-harmonic generation light source, measure 3p → 3d transitions and are sensitive to the spin and oxidation state of the Co center. Photoexcitation at 525 nm produces a low-spin CoII ligand-to-metal charge transfer state which undergoes intersystem crossing to high-spin CoII in 67 fs. Vibrational cooling from this hot HS CoII state competes on the hundreds-of-fs time scale with back-intersystem crossing to the ground state, with 60% of the population trapped in a cold HS CoII state for 24 ps. Ligand field multiplet simulations accurately reproduce the ground-state spectra and support the excited-state assignments. This work demonstrates the ability of M2,3-edge XANES to measure ultrafast photophysics of molecular Co complexes.
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- Ryan Ash
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3028, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3028, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3028, USA
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Katayama T, Nozawa S, Umena Y, Lee S, Togashi T, Owada S, Yabashi M. A versatile experimental system for tracking ultrafast chemical reactions with X-ray free-electron lasers. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2019; 6:054302. [PMID: 31531388 PMCID: PMC6742500 DOI: 10.1063/1.5111795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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An experimental system, SPINETT (SACLA Pump-probe INstrumEnt for Tracking Transient dynamics), dedicated for ultrafast pump-probe experiments using X-ray free-electron lasers has been developed. SPINETT consists of a chamber operated under 1 atm helium pressure, two Von Hamos spectrometers, and a large two-dimensional detector having a short work distance. This platform covers complementary X-ray techniques; one can perform time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy, time-resolved X-ray emission spectroscopy, and time-resolved X-ray diffuse scattering. Two types of liquid injectors have been prepared for low-viscosity chemical solutions and for protein microcrystals embedded in a matrix. We performed a test experiment at SPring-8 Angstrom Compact free-electron LAser and demonstrated the capability of SPINETT to obtain the local electronic structure and geometrical information simultaneously.
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- Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tshushima Naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, South Korea
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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Galler A, Gawelda W, Biednov M, Bomer C, Britz A, Brockhauser S, Choi TK, Diez M, Frankenberger P, French M, Görries D, Hart M, Hauf S, Khakhulin D, Knoll M, Korsch T, Kubicek K, Kuster M, Lang P, Alves Lima F, Otte F, Schulz S, Zalden P, Bressler C. Scientific instrument Femtosecond X-ray Experiments (FXE): instrumentation and baseline experimental capabilities. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2019; 26:1432-1447. [PMID: 31490131 PMCID: PMC6730617 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577519006647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (EuXFEL) delivers extremely intense (>1012 photons pulse-1 and up to 27000 pulses s-1), ultrashort (<100 fs) and transversely coherent X-ray radiation, at a repetition rate of up to 4.5 MHz. Its unique X-ray beam parameters enable novel and groundbreaking experiments in ultrafast photochemistry and material sciences at the Femtosecond X-ray Experiments (FXE) scientific instrument. This paper provides an overview of the currently implemented experimental baseline instrumentation and its performance during the commissioning phase, and a preview of planned improvements. FXE's versatile instrumentation combines the simultaneous application of forward X-ray scattering and X-ray spectroscopy techniques with femtosecond time resolution. These methods will eventually permit exploitation of wide-angle X-ray scattering studies and X-ray emission spectroscopy, along with X-ray absorption spectroscopy, including resonant inelastic X-ray scattering and X-ray Raman scattering. A suite of ultrafast optical lasers throughout the UV-visible and near-IR ranges (extending up to mid-IR in the near future) with pulse length down to 15 fs, synchronized to the X-ray source, serve to initiate dynamic changes in the sample. Time-delayed hard X-ray pulses in the 5-20 keV range are used to probe the ensuing dynamic processes using the suite of X-ray probe tools. FXE is equipped with a primary monochromator, a primary and secondary single-shot spectrometer, and a timing tool to correct the residual timing jitter between laser and X-ray pulses.
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- Andreas Galler
- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- Biological Research Centre (BRC), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári krt 62, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- STFC Technology, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- STFC Technology, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Femtosecond X-ray Experiments Group, European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Correspondence e-mail:
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Britz A, Abraham B, Biasin E, van Driel TB, Gallo A, Garcia-Esparza AT, Glownia J, Loukianov A, Nelson S, Reinhard M, Sokaras D, Alonso-Mori R. Resolving structures of transition metal complex reaction intermediates with femtosecond EXAFS. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 22:2660-2666. [PMID: 31441480 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03483h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Femtosecond-resolved Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) measurements of solvated transition metal complexes are successfully implemented at the X-ray Free Electron Laser LCLS. Benchmark experiments on [Fe(terpy)2]2+ in solution show a signal-to-noise ratio on the order of 500, comparable to typical 100 ps-resolution synchrotron measurements. In the few femtoseconds after photoexcitation, we observe the EXAFS fingerprints of a short-lived (∼100 fs) intermediate as well as those of a vibrationally hot long-lived (∼ns) excited state.
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- Alexander Britz
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. and Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA and SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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Katayama T, Northey T, Gawelda W, Milne CJ, Vankó G, Lima FA, Bohinc R, Németh Z, Nozawa S, Sato T, Khakhulin D, Szlachetko J, Togashi T, Owada S, Adachi SI, Bressler C, Yabashi M, Penfold TJ. Tracking multiple components of a nuclear wavepacket in photoexcited Cu(I)-phenanthroline complex using ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3606. [PMID: 31399565 PMCID: PMC6689108 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11499-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Disentangling the strong interplay between electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom is essential to achieve a full understanding of excited state processes during ultrafast nonadiabatic chemical reactions. However, the complexity of multi-dimensional potential energy surfaces means that this remains challenging. The energy flow during vibrational and electronic relaxation processes can be explored with structural sensitivity by probing a nuclear wavepacket using femtosecond time-resolved X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (TR-XANES). However, it remains unknown to what level of detail vibrational motions are observable in this X-ray technique. Herein we track the wavepacket dynamics of a prototypical [Cu(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)2]+ complex using TR-XANES. We demonstrate that sensitivity to individual wavepacket components can be modulated by the probe energy and that the bond length change associated with molecular breathing mode can be tracked with a sub-Angstrom resolution beyond optical-domain observables. Importantly, our results reveal how state-of-the-art TR-XANES provides deeper insights of ultrafast nonadiabatic chemical reactions.
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- Tetsuo Katayama
- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Kouto 1-1-1, Sayo, Hyogo, 679-5198, Japan. .,RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan.
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- Chemistry-School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1525, Budapest, Hungary
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232, Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1525, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan.,Department of Materials Structure Science, School of High Energy Accelerator Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-342, Kraków, Poland
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Kouto 1-1-1, Sayo, Hyogo, 679-5198, Japan.,RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Kouto 1-1-1, Sayo, Hyogo, 679-5198, Japan.,RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan
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- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan.,Department of Materials Structure Science, School of High Energy Accelerator Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany.,Centre for Ultrafast Imaging CUI, University of Hamburg, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan
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- Chemistry-School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.
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Michocki LB, Miller NA, Alonso-Mori R, Britz A, Deb A, Glownia JM, Kaneshiro AK, Konar A, Koralek J, Meadows JH, Sofferman DL, Song S, Toda MJ, van Driel TB, Kozlowski PM, Kubarych KJ, Penner-Hahn JE, Sension RJ. Probing the Excited State of Methylcobalamin Using Polarized Time-Resolved X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:6042-6048. [PMID: 31290669 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b05854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We use picosecond time-resolved polarized X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) measurements to probe the structure of the long-lived photoexcited state of methylcobalamin (MeCbl) and the cob(II)alamin photoproduct formed following photoexcitation of adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl, coenzyme B12). For MeCbl, we used 520 nm excitation and a time delay of 100 ps to avoid the formation of cob(II)alamin. We find only small spectral changes in the equatorial and axial directions, which we interpret as arising from small (<∼0.05 Å) changes in both the equatorial and axial distances. This confirms expectations based on prior UV-visible transient absorption measurements and theoretical simulations. We do not find evidence for the significant elongation of the Co-C bond reported by Subramanian [ J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018 , 9 , 1542 - 1546 ] following 400 nm excitation. For AdoCbl, we resolve the difference XANES contributions along three unique molecular axes by exciting with both 540 and 365 nm light, demonstrating that the spectral changes are predominantly polarized along the axial direction, consistent with the loss of axial ligation. These data suggest that the microsecond "recombination product" identified by Subramanian et al. is actually the cob(II)alamin photoproduct that is produced following bond homolysis of MeCbl with 400 nm excitation. Our results highlight the pronounced advantage of using polarization-selective transient X-ray absorption for isolating structural dynamics in systems undergoing atomic displacements that are strongly correlated to the exciting optical polarization.
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry , University of Michigan , 1150 W. Medical Center Dr. , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109-0600 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Louisville , 2320 South Brook Street , Louisville , Kentucky 40292 , United States
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- Linac Coherent Light Source , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , 2575 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park , California 94025 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Louisville , 2320 South Brook Street , Louisville , Kentucky 40292 , United States
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Boonprab T, Lee SJ, Telfer SG, Murray KS, Phonsri W, Chastanet G, Collet E, Trzop E, Jameson GNL, Harding P, Harding DJ. The First Observation of Hidden Hysteresis in an Iron(III) Spin‐Crossover Complex. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201907619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Theerapoom Boonprab
- Functional Materials and Nanotechnology Center of Excellence Walailak University Thasala, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160 Thailand
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- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Institute of Fundamental Sciences Massey University New Zealand
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- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Institute of Fundamental Sciences Massey University New Zealand
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- School of Chemistry Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- School of Chemistry Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- CNRS Universite de Bordeaux ICMCB 87 avenue du Dr A. Schweitzer 33608 Pessac France
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- Univ Rennes CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)—UMR 6251 35000 Rennes France
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- Univ Rennes CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)—UMR 6251 35000 Rennes France
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- School of Chemistry Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute The University of Melbourne 30 Flemington Road Parkville Victoria 3010 Australia
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- Functional Materials and Nanotechnology Center of Excellence Walailak University Thasala, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160 Thailand
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- Functional Materials and Nanotechnology Center of Excellence Walailak University Thasala, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160 Thailand
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Boonprab T, Lee SJ, Telfer SG, Murray KS, Phonsri W, Chastanet G, Collet E, Trzop E, Jameson GNL, Harding P, Harding DJ. The First Observation of Hidden Hysteresis in an Iron(III) Spin‐Crossover Complex. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:11811-11815. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201907619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Theerapoom Boonprab
- Functional Materials and Nanotechnology Center of Excellence Walailak University Thasala, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160 Thailand
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- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Institute of Fundamental Sciences Massey University New Zealand
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- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Institute of Fundamental Sciences Massey University New Zealand
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- School of Chemistry Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- School of Chemistry Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- CNRS Universite de Bordeaux ICMCB 87 avenue du Dr A. Schweitzer 33608 Pessac France
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- Univ Rennes CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)—UMR 6251 35000 Rennes France
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- Univ Rennes CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)—UMR 6251 35000 Rennes France
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- School of Chemistry Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute The University of Melbourne 30 Flemington Road Parkville Victoria 3010 Australia
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- Functional Materials and Nanotechnology Center of Excellence Walailak University Thasala, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160 Thailand
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- Functional Materials and Nanotechnology Center of Excellence Walailak University Thasala, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160 Thailand
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Khalili K, Inhester L, Arnold C, Welsch R, Andreasen JW, Santra R. Hole dynamics in a photovoltaic donor-acceptor couple revealed by simulated time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2019; 6:044102. [PMID: 31372369 PMCID: PMC6656576 DOI: 10.1063/1.5097653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Theoretical and experimental methodologies that can characterize electronic and nuclear dynamics, and the coupling between the two, are needed to understand photoinduced charge transfer in molecular building blocks used in organic photovoltaics. Ongoing developments in ultrafast pump-probe techniques such as time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy, using an X-ray free electron laser in combination with an ultraviolet femtosecond laser, present desirable probes of coupled electronic and nuclear dynamics. In this work, we investigate the charge transfer dynamics of a donor-acceptor pair, which is widely used as a building block in low bandgap block copolymers for organic photovoltaics. We simulate the dynamics of the benzothiadiazole-thiophene molecule upon photoionization with a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) pulse and study the potential of probing the subsequent charge dynamics using time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The photoinduced dynamics are calculated using on-the-fly nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulations based on Tully's Fewest Switches Surface Hopping approach. We calculate the X-ray absorption spectrum as a function of time after ionization at the Hartree-Fock level. The changes in the time-resolved X-ray absorption spectrum at the sulfur K-edge reveal the ultrafast charge carrier dynamics in the molecule occurring on a femtosecond time scale. These theoretical findings anticipate that ultrafast time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy using an X-ray probe in combination with a VUV pump offers a new approach to investigate the detailed dynamics of organic photovoltaic materials.
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- Khadijeh Khalili
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Ryland ES, Zhang K, Vura-Weis J. Sub-100 fs Intersystem Crossing to a Metal-Centered Triplet in Ni(II)OEP Observed with M-Edge XANES. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:5214-5222. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b03376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Elizabeth S. Ryland
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Ohkoshi SI, Tokoro H, Collet E. Thermally induced and photoinduced phase transitions in rubidium manganese hexacyanoferrate combining charge transfer and structural reorganization. CR CHIM 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crci.2019.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Wernet P. Chemical interactions and dynamics with femtosecond X-ray spectroscopy and the role of X-ray free-electron lasers. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2019; 377:20170464. [PMID: 30929622 PMCID: PMC6452048 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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X-ray free-electron lasers with intense, tuneable and short-pulse X-ray radiation are transformative tools for the investigation of transition-metal complexes and metalloproteins. This becomes apparent in particular when combining the experimental observables from X-ray spectroscopy with modern theoretical tools for calculations of electronic structures and X-ray spectra from first principles. The combination gives new insights into how charge and spin densities change in chemical reactions and how they determine reactivity. This is demonstrated for the investigations of structural dynamics with metal K-edge absorption spectroscopy, spin states in excited-state dynamics with metal 3p-3d exchange interactions, the frontier-orbital interactions in dissociation and substitution reactions with metal-specific X-ray spectroscopy, and studies of metal oxidation states with femtosecond pulses for 'probe-before-destroy' spectroscopy. The role of X-ray free-electron lasers is addressed with thoughts about how they enable 'bringing back together' different aspects of the same problem and this is thought to go beyond a conventional review paper where these aspects are formulated in italic font type in a prequel, an interlude and in a sequel. This article is part of the theme issue 'Measurement of ultrafast electronic and structural dynamics with X-rays'.
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Rosaleny LE, Zinovjev K, Tuñón I, Gaita-Ariño A. A first peek into sub-picosecond dynamics of spin energy levels in magnetic biomolecules. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:10908-10913. [PMID: 31080970 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01909j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We estimate the time- and temperature-evolution of spin energy levels in a metallopeptide by combining molecular dynamics with crystal field analysis. Fluctuations of tens of cm-1 for spin energy levels at fs times gradually average out at longer times. We confirm that local vibrations are key in spin dynamics.
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- Lorena E Rosaleny
- Departament de Química Física, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, Spain. and Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Universitat de València, 46980 Paterna, Spain
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- Departament de Química Física, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.
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- Departament de Química Física, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.
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Kjær KS, Van Driel TB, Harlang TCB, Kunnus K, Biasin E, Ledbetter K, Hartsock RW, Reinhard ME, Koroidov S, Li L, Laursen MG, Hansen FB, Vester P, Christensen M, Haldrup K, Nielsen MM, Dohn AO, Pápai MI, Møller KB, Chabera P, Liu Y, Tatsuno H, Timm C, Jarenmark M, Uhlig J, Sundstöm V, Wärnmark K, Persson P, Németh Z, Szemes DS, Bajnóczi É, Vankó G, Alonso-Mori R, Glownia JM, Nelson S, Sikorski M, Sokaras D, Canton SE, Lemke HT, Gaffney KJ. Finding intersections between electronic excited state potential energy surfaces with simultaneous ultrafast X-ray scattering and spectroscopy. Chem Sci 2019; 10:5749-5760. [PMID: 31293761 PMCID: PMC6568243 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc04023k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 04/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Combined X-ray free-electron laser techniques pinpoints loci of intersections between potential energy surfaces of a photo-excited 3d transition-metal centered molecule.
Light-driven molecular reactions are dictated by the excited state potential energy landscape, depending critically on the location of conical intersections and intersystem crossing points between potential surfaces where non-adiabatic effects govern transition probabilities between distinct electronic states. While ultrafast studies have provided significant insight into electronic excited state reaction dynamics, experimental approaches for identifying and characterizing intersections and seams between electronic states remain highly system dependent. Here we show that for 3d transition metal systems simultaneously recorded X-ray diffuse scattering and X-ray emission spectroscopy at sub-70 femtosecond time-resolution provide a solid experimental foundation for determining the mechanistic details of excited state reactions. In modeling the mechanistic information retrieved from such experiments, it becomes possible to identify the dominant trajectory followed during the excited state cascade and to determine the relevant loci of intersections between states. We illustrate our approach by explicitly mapping parts of the potential energy landscape dictating the light driven low-to-high spin-state transition (spin crossover) of [Fe(2,2′-bipyridine)3]2+, where the strongly coupled nuclear and electronic dynamics have been a source of interest and controversy. We anticipate that simultaneous X-ray diffuse scattering and X-ray emission spectroscopy will provide a valuable approach for mapping the reactive trajectories of light-triggered molecular systems involving 3d transition metals.
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- Kasper S Kjær
- PULSE Institute , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Stanford University , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA . ; .,Department of Physics , Technical University of Denmark , DK-2800 , Lyngby , Denmark.,Department of Chemical Physics , Lund University , P.O. Box 124 , 22100 Lund , Sweden
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- LCLS , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA
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- Department of Physics , Technical University of Denmark , DK-2800 , Lyngby , Denmark.,Department of Chemical Physics , Lund University , P.O. Box 124 , 22100 Lund , Sweden
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- PULSE Institute , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Stanford University , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA . ;
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- Department of Physics , Technical University of Denmark , DK-2800 , Lyngby , Denmark
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- PULSE Institute , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Stanford University , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA . ;
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- PULSE Institute , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Stanford University , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA . ;
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- PULSE Institute , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Stanford University , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA . ;
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- PULSE Institute , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Stanford University , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA . ;
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- PULSE Institute , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Stanford University , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA . ;
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- Department of Physics , Technical University of Denmark , DK-2800 , Lyngby , Denmark
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- Department of Physics , Technical University of Denmark , DK-2800 , Lyngby , Denmark
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- Department of Physics , Technical University of Denmark , DK-2800 , Lyngby , Denmark
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- Department of Physics , Technical University of Denmark , DK-2800 , Lyngby , Denmark
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- Department of Physics , Technical University of Denmark , DK-2800 , Lyngby , Denmark
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- Department of Physics , Technical University of Denmark , DK-2800 , Lyngby , Denmark
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- Science Institute , University of Iceland , 107 Reykjavík , Iceland
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- Science Institute , University of Iceland , 107 Reykjavík , Iceland.,Wigner Research Centre for Physics , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , P.O. Box 49 , H-1525 Budapest , Hungary
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- Science Institute , University of Iceland , 107 Reykjavík , Iceland
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- Department of Chemical Physics , Lund University , P.O. Box 124 , 22100 Lund , Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics , Lund University , P.O. Box 124 , 22100 Lund , Sweden.,Centre for Analysis and Synthesis , Department of Chemistry , Lund University , P.O. Box 124 , 22100 Lund , Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics , Lund University , P.O. Box 124 , 22100 Lund , Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics , Lund University , P.O. Box 124 , 22100 Lund , Sweden
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- Department of Geology , Department of Chemistry , Lund University , 223 62 Lund , Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics , Lund University , P.O. Box 124 , 22100 Lund , Sweden
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- Department of Chemical Physics , Lund University , P.O. Box 124 , 22100 Lund , Sweden
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- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis , Department of Chemistry , Lund University , P.O. Box 124 , 22100 Lund , Sweden
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- Theoretical Chemistry Division , Department of Chemistry , Lund University , P.O. Box 124 , 22100 Lund , Sweden
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , P.O. Box 49 , H-1525 Budapest , Hungary
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , P.O. Box 49 , H-1525 Budapest , Hungary
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , P.O. Box 49 , H-1525 Budapest , Hungary
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , P.O. Box 49 , H-1525 Budapest , Hungary
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- LCLS , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA
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- LCLS , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA
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- LCLS , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA
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- LCLS , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA
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- SSRL , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA
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- ELI-ALPS , ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd. , Dugonics ter 13 , Szeged 6720 , Hungary.,FS-ATTO , Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) , Notkestrasse 85 , D-22607 Hamburg , Germany
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- LCLS , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA.,SwissFEL , Paul Scherrer Institut , Villigen PSI 5232 , Switzerland
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- PULSE Institute , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Stanford University , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA . ; .,SSRL , SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park , California 94025 , USA
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- Majed Chergui
- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide (LSU) and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC, FSB, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Haldrup K, Levi G, Biasin E, Vester P, Laursen MG, Beyer F, Kjær KS, Brandt van Driel T, Harlang T, Dohn AO, Hartsock RJ, Nelson S, Glownia JM, Lemke HT, Christensen M, Gaffney KJ, Henriksen NE, Møller KB, Nielsen MM. Ultrafast X-Ray Scattering Measurements of Coherent Structural Dynamics on the Ground-State Potential Energy Surface of a Diplatinum Molecule. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:063001. [PMID: 30822093 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.063001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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We report x-ray free electron laser experiments addressing ground-state structural dynamics of the diplatinum anion Pt_{2}POP_{4} following photoexcitation. The structural dynamics are tracked with <100 fs time resolution by x-ray scattering, utilizing the anisotropic component to suppress contributions from the bulk solvent. The x-ray data exhibit a strong oscillatory component with period 0.28 ps and decay time 2.2 ps, and structural analysis of the difference signal directly shows this as arising from ground-state dynamics along the PtPt coordinate. These results are compared with multiscale Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics simulations and demonstrate how off-resonance excitation can be used to prepare a vibrationally cold excited-state population complemented by a structure-dependent depletion of the ground-state population which subsequently evolves in time, allowing direct tracking of ground-state structural dynamics.
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- Kristoffer Haldrup
- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Physics, Fysikvej 307, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Chemistry, Kemitorvet 207, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- Current address: Science Institute of the University of Iceland, VR-III, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
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- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Physics, Fysikvej 307, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Physics, Fysikvej 307, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Physics, Fysikvej 307, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Physics, Fysikvej 307, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Physics, Fysikvej 307, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, Box 118, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Physics, Fysikvej 307, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Physics, Fysikvej 307, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, Box 118, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Chemistry, Kemitorvet 207, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- Science Institute of the University of Iceland, VR-III, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Physics, Fysikvej 307, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Chemistry, Kemitorvet 207, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Chemistry, Kemitorvet 207, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Technical University of Denmark, Department of Physics, Fysikvej 307, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Kong QY, Laursen MG, Haldrup K, Kjær KS, Khakhulin D, Biasin E, van Driel TB, Wulff M, Kabanova V, Vuilleumier R, Bratos S, Nielsen MM, Gaffney KJ, Weng TC, Koch MHJ. Initial metal-metal bond breakage detected by fs X-ray scattering in the photolysis of Ru 3(CO) 12 in cyclohexane at 400 nm. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2019; 18:319-327. [PMID: 30628601 DOI: 10.1039/c8pp00420j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Using femtosecond resolution X-ray solution scattering at a free electron laser we were able to directly observe metal-metal bond cleavage upon photolysis at 400 nm of Ru3(CO)12, a prototype for the photochemistry of transition metal carbonyls. This leads to the known single intermediate Ru3(CO)11(μ-CO)*, with a bridging ligand (μCO) and where the asterisk indicates an open Ru3-ring. This loses a CO ligand on a picosecond time scale yielding a newly observed triple bridge intermediate, Ru3(CO)8(μ-CO)3*. This loses another CO ligand to form the previously observed Ru3(CO)10, which returns to Ru3(CO)12via the known single-bridge Ru3(CO)10(μ-CO). These results indicate that contrary to long standing hypotheses, metal-metal bond breakage is the only chemical reaction immediately following the photolysis of Ru3(CO)12 at 400 nm. Combined with previous picosecond resolution X-ray scattering data and time resolved infrared spectroscopy these results yield a new mechanism for the photolysis of Ru3(CO)12.
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- Q Y Kong
- Synchrotron Soleil, L'Orme des Merisiers St Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91192, France
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej 307, Kongens Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej 307, Kongens Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej 307, Kongens Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, D-22869, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej 307, Kongens Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark.,PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA
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- LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble Cedex, BP 220 F-38043, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble Cedex, BP 220 F-38043, France
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, Département de Chimie, PASTEUR, 24 rue Lhomond, Paris, F-75005, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, ENS, CNRS, PASTEUR, Paris, F-75005, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7600, LPTMC, Paris, F-75005, France
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej 307, Kongens Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA
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- Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, 1690 Cailun Rd, Bldg. 6-408, Pudong, Shanghai, 201203, China.
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Outstation, EMBL c/o DESY, Notkestrasse 85, Hamburg, D-22603, Germany
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Bertoni R, Collet E, Cailleau H, Boillot ML, Tissot A, Laisney J, Enachescu C, Lorenc M. Temperature dependence of the cooperative out-of-equilibrium elastic switching in a spin-crossover material. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:6606-6612. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp07074a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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We explore the key parameters that influence the efficiency of the cooperative low-spin to high-spin conversion through long range elastic intermolecular interactions during the so-called elastic step, triggered by instantaneous photo-induced conversion.
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- Roman Bertoni
- Univ Rennes
- CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) – UMR 6251
- F-35000 Rennes
- France
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- Univ Rennes
- CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) – UMR 6251
- F-35000 Rennes
- France
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- Univ Rennes
- CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) – UMR 6251
- F-35000 Rennes
- France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay
- Univ. Paris Sud
- Université Paris-Saclay
- CNRS
- 91405 Orsay
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay
- Univ. Paris Sud
- Université Paris-Saclay
- CNRS
- 91405 Orsay
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay
- Univ. Paris Sud
- Université Paris-Saclay
- CNRS
- 91405 Orsay
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- Univ Rennes
- CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) – UMR 6251
- F-35000 Rennes
- France
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Field RL, Liu LC, Jiang Y, Gawelda W, Lu C, Miller RJD. Ultrafast spin crossover in a single crystal. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201920507009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Femtosecond spectroscopy and electron diffraction are used to characterize spin crossover in single crystal iron(II)-tris(bipyridine)-bis(hexafluorophosphate). The high-spin lifetime is reduced compared to in solution. Preliminary electron diffraction experiments show evidence of ultrafast Fe-N bond elongation associated with spin crossover and the subsequent molecular reorganization resulting from vibrational cooling.
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Lawson Daku LM. Spin-state dependence of the structural and vibrational properties of solvated iron(ii) polypyridyl complexes from AIMD simulations: II. aqueous [Fe(tpy)2]Cl2. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:650-661. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06671j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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LS and HS Fe–O radial distribution functions and running coordination numbers for aqueous [Fe(tpy)2]Cl2: in both spin states, the first hydration shell of [Fe(tpy)2]2+ consists in a chain of ∼15 hydrogen-bonded water molecules wrapped around the ligands.
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Carey MC, Adelman SL, McCusker JK. Insights into the excited state dynamics of Fe(ii) polypyridyl complexes from variable-temperature ultrafast spectroscopy. Chem Sci 2018; 10:134-144. [PMID: 30746076 PMCID: PMC6335846 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc04025g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In an effort to better define the nature of the nuclear coordinate associated with excited state dynamics in first-row transition metal-based chromophores, variable-temperature ultrafast time-resolved absorption spectroscopy has been used to determine activation parameters associated with ground state recovery dynamics in a series of low-spin Fe(ii) polypyridyl complexes. Our results establish that high-spin (5T2) to low-spin (1A1) conversion in complexes of the form [Fe(4,4'-di-R-2,2'-bpy')3]2+ (R = H, CH3, or tert-butyl) is characterized by a small but nevertheless non-zero barrier in the range of 300-350 cm-1 in fluid CH3CN solution, a value that more than doubles to ∼750 cm-1 for [Fe(terpy)2]2+ (terpy = 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine). The data were analyzed in the context of semi-classical Marcus theory. Changes in the ratio of the electronic coupling to reorganization energy (specifically, H ab 4/λ) reveal an approximately two-fold difference between the [Fe(bpy')3]2+ complexes (∼1/30) and [Fe(terpy)2]2+ (∼1/14), suggesting a change in the nature of the nuclear coordinate associated with ground state recovery between these two types of complexes. These experimentally-determined ratios, along with estimates for the 5T2/1A1 energy gap, yield electronic coupling values between these two states for the [Fe(bpy')3]2+ series and [Fe(terpy)2]2+ of 4.3 ± 0.3 cm-1 and 6 ± 1 cm-1, respectively, values that are qualitatively consistent with the second-order nature of high-spin/low-spin coupling in a d6 ion. In addition to providing useful quantitative information on these prototypical Fe(ii) complexes, these results underscore the utility of variable-temperature spectroscopic measurements for characterizing ultrafast excited state dynamics in this class of compounds.
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- Monica C Carey
- Department of Chemistry , Michigan State University , 578 South Shaw Lane, East Lansing , MI 48824 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Michigan State University , 578 South Shaw Lane, East Lansing , MI 48824 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Michigan State University , 578 South Shaw Lane, East Lansing , MI 48824 , USA .
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Falahati K, Tamura H, Burghardt I, Huix-Rotllant M. Ultrafast carbon monoxide photolysis and heme spin-crossover in myoglobin via nonadiabatic quantum dynamics. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4502. [PMID: 30374057 PMCID: PMC6206034 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06615-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Light absorption of myoglobin triggers diatomic ligand photolysis and a spin crossover transition of iron(II) that initiate protein conformational change. The photolysis and spin crossover reactions happen concurrently on a femtosecond timescale. The microscopic origin of these reactions remains controversial. Here, we apply quantum wavepacket dynamics to elucidate the ultrafast photochemical mechanism for a heme-carbon monoxide (heme-CO) complex. We observe coherent oscillations of the Fe-CO bond distance with a period of 42 fs and an amplitude of ∼1 Å. These nuclear motions induce pronounced geometric reorganization, which makes the CO dissociation irreversible. The reaction is initially dominated by symmetry breaking vibrations inducing an electron transfer from porphyrin to iron. Subsequently, the wavepacket relaxes to the triplet manifold in ∼75 fs and to the quintet manifold in ∼430 fs. Our results highlight the central role of nuclear vibrations at the origin of the ultrafast photodynamics of organometallic complexes.
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- Konstantin Falahati
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, 60438, Germany
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- Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, 60438, Germany.
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, 60438, Germany.
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, Marseille, France.
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Impulsive UV-pump/X-ray probe study of vibrational dynamics in glycine. Sci Rep 2018; 8:15466. [PMID: 30337694 PMCID: PMC6193943 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33607-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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We report an ab-initio study of a pump-probe experiment on the amino-acid glycine. We consider an UV pump followed by an X-ray probe tuned to carbon K-edge and study the vibronic structure of the core transition. The simulated experiment is feasible using existing free electron laser or high harmonic generation sources and thanks to the localization of the core orbitals posseses chemical selectivity. The present theory applies to other experimental schemes, including the use of a THz probe, available with present soft X-ray free electron lasers and/or high harmonic generation sources.
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Collet E, Cammarata M. Disentangling Ultrafast Electronic and Structural Dynamics with X-Ray Lasers. Chemistry 2018; 24:15696-15705. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Eric Collet
- Univ Rennes; CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251; 35000 Rennes France
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- Univ Rennes; CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)-UMR 6251; 35000 Rennes France
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Fumanal M, Gindensperger E, Daniel C. Ultrafast Intersystem Crossing vs Internal Conversion in α-Diimine Transition Metal Complexes: Quantum Evidence. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:5189-5195. [PMID: 30145893 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Whereas third row transition metal carbonyl α-diimine complexes display luminescent properties and possess low-lying triplet metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) states efficiently accessible by a spin-vibronic mechanism, first row analogues hold low-lying metal-centered (MC) excited states that could quench these properties. Upon visible irradiation, different functions are potentially stimulated, namely, luminescence, electron transfer, or photoinduced CO release, the branching ratio of which is governed by the energetics, the character, and the early time dynamics of the photoactive excited states. Simulations of ultrafast nonadiabatic quantum dynamics, including spin-vibronic effects, of [M(imidazole)(CO)3(phenanthroline)]+ (M = Mn, Re) highlight the role of the metal atom. An ultrafast intersystem crossing process, driven by spin-orbit coupling, populates the low-lying triplet states of [Re(imidazole)(CO)3(phen)]+ within the first tens of fs. In contrast, efficient internal conversion between the two lowest 1MLCT states of [Mn(imidazole)(CO)3(phen)]+ is mediated within 50 fs by vibronic coupling with upper MC and MLCT states.
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- Maria Fumanal
- Laboratoire de Chimie Quantique, Institut de Chimie Strasbourg , UMR7177 CNRS/Université de Strasbourg , 1 Rue Blaise Pascal BP296/R8 , F-67008 Strasbourg , France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Quantique, Institut de Chimie Strasbourg , UMR7177 CNRS/Université de Strasbourg , 1 Rue Blaise Pascal BP296/R8 , F-67008 Strasbourg , France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Quantique, Institut de Chimie Strasbourg , UMR7177 CNRS/Université de Strasbourg , 1 Rue Blaise Pascal BP296/R8 , F-67008 Strasbourg , France
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Zhang K, Girolami GS, Vura-Weis J. Improved charge transfer multiplet method to simulate M- and L-edge X-ray absorption spectra of metal-centered excited states. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2018; 25:1600-1608. [PMID: 30179201 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577518009517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Charge transfer multiplet (CTM) theory is a computationally undemanding and highly mature method for simulating the soft X-ray spectra of first-row transition metal complexes. However, CTM theory has seldom been applied to the simulation of excited-state spectra. In this article, the CTM4XAS software package is extended to simulate M2,3- and L2,3-edge spectra for the excited states of first-row transition metals and also interpret CTM eigenfunctions in terms of Russell-Saunders term symbols. These new programs are used to reinterpret the recently reported excited-state M2,3-edge difference spectra of photogenerated ferrocenium cations and to propose alternative assignments for the electronic state of these cations responsible for the spectroscopic features. These new programs were also used to model the L2,3-edge spectra of FeII compounds during nuclear relaxation following photoinduced spin crossover and to propose spectroscopic signatures for their vibrationally hot states.
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- Kaili Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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