Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Filming ultrafast roaming-mediated isomerization of bismuth triiodide in solution

  • Eun Hyuk Choi,
  • Jong Goo Kim,
  • Jungmin Kim,
  • Hosung Ki,
  • Yunbeom Lee,
  • Seonggon Lee,
  • Kihwan Yoon,
  • Joonghan Kim,
  • Jeongho Kim,
  • Hyotcherl Ihee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25070-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The roaming reaction is a common process in the gas phase and in solution, but observation of the involved atomic movements has been challenging. The authors, using femtosecond time-resolved X-ray liquidography, resolve the detailed structural dynamics at the onset of a roaming reaction in the photoinduced isomerization of BiI3 in solution.