Femtosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy of a light-driven spin-crossover process

C. Milne, V. T. Pham, W. Gawelda, A. E. Nahhas, R. M. Van Der Veen, S. L. Johnson, P. Beaud, G. Ingold, C. Borca, D. Grolimund, R. Abela, M. Chergui, Ch Bressler

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Abstract

Understanding the initial steps during ultrafast molecular reactions involving large spin state changes is a vital goal in structural dynamics research. These involve knowledge of the geometric structure of the system. Ultrafast X-ray absorption spectroscopy with 50-100 picosecond time resolution establishes the geometric structure of the short-lived (τ = 0:6 ns) high spin state. Here we focus on time-resolved X-ray absorption studies with 160-200 fs temporal resolution to monitor the structural evolution in this spin-conversion process.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)391-393
Number of pages3
JournalActa Physica Polonica A
Volume117
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2010
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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