Communications Chemistry (Mar 2022)

A localized view on molecular dissociation via electron-ion partial covariance

  • Felix Allum,
  • Valerija Music,
  • Ludger Inhester,
  • Rebecca Boll,
  • Benjamin Erk,
  • Philipp Schmidt,
  • Thomas M. Baumann,
  • Günter Brenner,
  • Michael Burt,
  • Philipp V. Demekhin,
  • Simon Dörner,
  • Arno Ehresmann,
  • Andreas Galler,
  • Patrik Grychtol,
  • David Heathcote,
  • Denis Kargin,
  • Mats Larsson,
  • Jason W. L. Lee,
  • Zheng Li,
  • Bastian Manschwetus,
  • Lutz Marder,
  • Robert Mason,
  • Michael Meyer,
  • Huda Otto,
  • Christopher Passow,
  • Rudolf Pietschnig,
  • Daniel Ramm,
  • Kaja Schubert,
  • Lucas Schwob,
  • Richard D. Thomas,
  • Claire Vallance,
  • Igor Vidanović,
  • Clemens von Korff Schmising,
  • René Wagner,
  • Peter Walter,
  • Vitali Zhaunerchyk,
  • Daniel Rolles,
  • Sadia Bari,
  • Mark Brouard,
  • Markus Ilchen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-022-00656-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Coincidence experiments at free-electron lasers enable time resolved site-specific investigations of molecular photochemistry at high signal rates, but isolating individual dissociation processes still poses a considerable technical challenge. Here, the authors use electron-ion partial covariance imaging to isolate otherwise elusive chemical shifts in UV-induced photofragmentation pathways of the prototypical chiral molecule 1-iodo-2-methylbutane.