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Miteva T, Kryzhevoi NV, Sisourat N, Nicolas C, Pokapanich W, Saisopa T, Songsiriritthigul P, Rattanachai Y, Dreuw A, Wenzel J, Palaudoux J, Öhrwall G, Püttner R, Cederbaum LS, Rueff JP, Céolin D. The All-Seeing Eye of Resonant Auger Electron Spectroscopy: A Study on Aqueous Solution Using Tender X-rays. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:4457-4462. [PMID: 30020787 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
X-ray absorption and Auger electron spectroscopies are demonstrated to be powerful tools to unravel the electronic structure of solvated ions. In this work for the first time, we use a combination of these methods in the tender X-ray regime. This allowed us to address electronic transitions from deep core levels, to probe environmental effects, specifically in the bulk of the solution since the created energetic Auger electrons possess large mean free paths, and moreover, to obtain dynamical information about the ultrafast delocalization of the core-excited electron. In the considered exemplary aqueous KCl solution, the solvated isoelectronic K+ and Cl- ions exhibit notably different Auger electron spectra as a function of the photon energy. Differences appear due to dipole-forbidden transitions in aqueous K+ whose occurrence, according to the performed ab initio calculations, becomes possible only in the presence of solvent water molecules.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tsveta Miteva
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS , Laboratoire de Chimie Physique - Matière et Rayonnement, UMR 7614 , F-75005 Paris , France
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- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut , Heidelberg University , Im Neuenheimer Feld 229 , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS , Laboratoire de Chimie Physique - Matière et Rayonnement, UMR 7614 , F-75005 Paris , France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL , l'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, F-91192 Cedex Gif-sur-Yvette , France
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- Faculty of Science , Nakhon Phanom University , Nakhon Phanom 48000 , Thailand
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- School of Physics , Suranaree University of Technology , Nakhon Ratchasima 30000 , Thailand
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- Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Liberal Arts , Rajamangala University of Technology Isan , Nakhon Ratchasima 30000 , Thailand
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing , Heidelberg University , Im Neuenheimer Feld 205A , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing , Heidelberg University , Im Neuenheimer Feld 205A , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS , Laboratoire de Chimie Physique - Matière et Rayonnement, UMR 7614 , F-75005 Paris , France
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- MAX IV Laboratory , Lund University , P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund , Sweden
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- Fachbereich Physik , Freie Universität Berlin , Arnimallee 14 , D-14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut , Heidelberg University , Im Neuenheimer Feld 229 , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS , Laboratoire de Chimie Physique - Matière et Rayonnement, UMR 7614 , F-75005 Paris , France
- Synchrotron SOLEIL , l'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, F-91192 Cedex Gif-sur-Yvette , France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL , l'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, F-91192 Cedex Gif-sur-Yvette , France
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Norman P, Dreuw A. Simulating X-ray Spectroscopies and Calculating Core-Excited States of Molecules. Chem Rev 2018; 118:7208-7248. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Patrick Norman
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Ruprecht-Karls University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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