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Folorunso AS, Mauger F, Hamer KA, Jayasinghe DD, Wahyutama IS, Ragains JR, Jones RR, DiMauro LF, Gaarde MB, Schafer KJ, Lopata K. Attochemistry Regulation of Charge Migration. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:1894-1900. [PMID: 36791088 PMCID: PMC9986869 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c00568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Charge migration (CM) is a coherent attosecond process that involves the movement of localized holes across a molecule. To determine the relationship between a molecule's structure and the CM dynamics it exhibits, we perform systematic studies of para-functionalized bromobenzene molecules (X-C6H4-R) using real-time time-dependent density functional theory. We initiate valence-electron dynamics by emulating rapid strong-field ionization leading to a localized hole on the bromine atom. The resulting CM, which takes on the order of 1 fs, occurs via an X localized → C6H4 delocalized → R localized mechanism. Interestingly, the hole contrast on the acceptor functional group increases with increasing electron-donating strength. This trend is well-described by the Hammett σ value of the group, which is a commonly used metric for quantifying the effect of functionalization on the chemical reactivity of benzene derivatives. These results suggest that simple attochemistry principles and a density-based picture can be used to predict and understand CM.
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- Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Kobayashi Y, Neumark DM, Leone SR. Theoretical analysis of the role of complex transition dipole phase in XUV transient-absorption probing of charge migration. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:5673-5682. [PMID: 35209524 DOI: 10.1364/oe.451129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We theoretically investigate the role of complex dipole phase in the attosecond probing of charge migration. The iodobromoacetylene ion (ICCBr+) is considered as an example, in which one can probe charge migration by accessing both the iodine and bromine ends of the molecule with different spectral windows of an extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) pulse. The analytical expression for transient absorption shows that the site-specific information of charge migration is encoded in the complex phase of cross dipole products for XUV transitions between the I-4d and Br-3d spectral windows. Ab-initio quantum chemistry calculations on ICCBr+ reveal that there is a constant π phase difference between the I-4d and Br-3d transient-absorption spectral windows, irrespective of the fine-structure energy splittings. Transient absorption spectra are simulated with a multistate model including the complex dipole phase, and the results correctly reconstruct the charge-migration dynamics via the quantum beats in the two element spectral windows, exhibiting out-of-phase oscillations.
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Folorunso AS, Bruner A, Mauger F, Hamer KA, Hernandez S, Jones RR, DiMauro LF, Gaarde MB, Schafer KJ, Lopata K. Molecular Modes of Attosecond Charge Migration. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:133002. [PMID: 33861123 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.133002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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First-principles calculations are employed to elucidate the modes of attosecond charge migration (CM) in halogenated hydrocarbon chains. We use constrained density functional theory (DFT) to emulate the creation of a localized hole on the halogen and follow the subsequent dynamics via time-dependent DFT. We find low-frequency CM modes (∼1 eV) that propagate across the molecule and study their dependence on length, bond order, and halogenation. We observe that the CM speed (∼4 Å/fs) is largely independent of molecule length, but is lower for triple-bonded versus double-bonded molecules. Additionally, as the halogen mass increases, the hole travels in a more particlelike manner as it moves across the molecule. These heuristics will be useful in identifying molecules and optimal CM detection methods for future experiments, especially for halogenated hydrocarbons which are promising targets for ionization-triggered CM.
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- Aderonke S Folorunso
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
- Center for Computation and Technology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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Hermann G, Pohl V, Dixit G, Tremblay JC. Probing Electronic Fluxes via Time-Resolved X-Ray Scattering. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:013002. [PMID: 31976697 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.013002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The current flux density is a vector field that can be used to describe theoretically how electrons flow in a system out of equilibrium. In this work, we unequivocally demonstrate that the signal obtained from time-resolved x-ray scattering does not only map the time evolution of the electronic charge distribution, but also encodes information about the associated electronic current flux density. We show how the electronic current flux density qualitatively maps the distribution of electronic momenta and reveals the underlying mechanism of ultrafast charge migration processes, while also providing quantitative information about the timescales of electronic coherences.
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- Gunter Hermann
- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustraße 3, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
- QoD Technologies GmbH, Altensteinstraße 40, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustraße 3, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
- QoD Technologies GmbH, Altensteinstraße 40, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustraße 3, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théoriques, CNRS-Université de Lorraine, UMR 7019, ICPM, 1 Bd Arago, 57070 Metz, France
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Hermann G, Marsoner Steinkasserer LE, Paulus B, Tremblay JC. Dipole-Induced Transition Orbitals: A Novel Tool for Investigating Optical Transitions in Extended Systems. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:6624-6630. [PMID: 30376337 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Optical absorption spectra for nanostructures and solids can be obtained from the macroscopic dielectric function within the random phase approximation. While experimental spectra can be reproduced with good accuracy, important properties, such as the charge-transfer character associated with a particular transition, are not retrievable. This contribution presents a computationally inexpensive method for the analysis of optical and excitonic properties for extended systems based on solely their electronic ground-state structure. We formulate a perturbative orbital transformation theory based on dipole-induced transition moments between orbitals, which yields correlated pairs of particle and hole functions. To demonstrate the potency of this new transformation formalism, we investigate the nature of excitations in inorganic molecular complexes and in extended systems. With our method, it is possible to extract mechanistic insights from the transitions observed in the optical spectrum, without requiring explicit calculation of the many-electron excited states.
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- Gunter Hermann
- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustraße 3 , D-14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustraße 3 , D-14195 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie , Freie Universität Berlin , Takustraße 3 , D-14195 Berlin , Germany
- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théoriques , CNRS-Université de Lorraine , UMR 7019, ICPM, 1 Bd Arago , 57070 Metz , France
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Ramasesha K, Leone SR, Neumark DM. Real-Time Probing of Electron Dynamics Using Attosecond Time-Resolved Spectroscopy. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2016; 67:41-63. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040215-112025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Krupa Ramasesha
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720;
- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720;
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720;
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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Imaging the quantum motion of electrons not only in real-time, but also in real-space is essential to understand for example bond breaking and formation in molecules, and charge migration in peptides and biological systems. Time-resolved imaging interrogates the unfolding electronic motion in such systems. We find that scattering patterns, obtained by X-ray time-resolved imaging from an electronic wavepacket, encode spatial and temporal correlations that deviate substantially from the common notion of the instantaneous electronic density as the key quantity being probed. Surprisingly, the patterns provide an unusually visual manifestation of the quantum nature of light. This quantum nature becomes central only for non-stationary electronic states and has profound consequences for time-resolved imaging.
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Sonk JA, Schlegel HB. TD-CI Simulation of the Electronic Optical Response of Molecules in Intense Fields II: Comparison of DFT Functionals and EOM-CCSD. J Phys Chem A 2011; 115:11832-40. [DOI: 10.1021/jp206437s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jason A. Sonk
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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