Nature Communications (Jun 2017)
Probing ultrafast ππ*/nπ* internal conversion in organic chromophores via K-edge resonant absorption
- T. J. A. Wolf,
- R. H. Myhre,
- J. P. Cryan,
- S. Coriani,
- R. J. Squibb,
- A. Battistoni,
- N. Berrah,
- C. Bostedt,
- P. Bucksbaum,
- G. Coslovich,
- R. Feifel,
- K. J. Gaffney,
- J. Grilj,
- T. J. Martinez,
- S. Miyabe,
- S. P. Moeller,
- M. Mucke,
- A. Natan,
- R. Obaid,
- T. Osipov,
- O. Plekan,
- S. Wang,
- H. Koch,
- M. Gühr
Affiliations
- T. J. A. Wolf
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- R. H. Myhre
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- J. P. Cryan
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- S. Coriani
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Trieste
- R. J. Squibb
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg
- A. Battistoni
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- N. Berrah
- Department of Physics, University of Connecticut
- C. Bostedt
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- P. Bucksbaum
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- G. Coslovich
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- R. Feifel
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg
- K. J. Gaffney
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- J. Grilj
- Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne
- T. J. Martinez
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- S. Miyabe
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- S. P. Moeller
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. Mucke
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University
- A. Natan
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- R. Obaid
- Department of Physics, University of Connecticut
- T. Osipov
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- O. Plekan
- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste
- S. Wang
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- H. Koch
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. Gühr
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00069-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
Many photo-induced processes such as photosynthesis occur in organic molecules, but their femtosecond excited-state dynamics are difficult to track. Here, the authors exploit the element and site selectivity of soft X-ray absorption to sensitively follow the ultrafast ππ*/nπ* electronic relaxation of hetero-organic molecules.