Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Ultrafast structural rearrangement dynamics induced by the photodetachment of phenoxide in aqueous solution

  • Tushar Debnath,
  • Muhammad Shafiq Bin Mohd Yusof,
  • Pei Jiang Low,
  • Zhi-Heng Loh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10989-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The interaction of biomolecules with ionizing radiation induces structural changes which are still largely unknown. The authors use femtosecond wave packet spectroscopy to observe ultrafast structural dynamics that follow the photodetachment of phenoxide in aqueous solution.