Martin Beye, Henrik Öberg, Hongliang Xin, Georgi L. Dakovski, Alexander Föhlisch, Jorgen Gladh, Markus Hantschmann, Florian Hieke, Sarp Kaya, Danilo Kühn, Jerry LaRue, Giuseppe Mercurio, Michael P. Minitti, Ankush Mitra, Stefan P. Moeller, May Ling Ng, Anders Nilsson, Dennis Nordlund, Jens Norskov, Henrik Öström, Hirohito Ogasawara, Mats Persson, William F. Schlotter, Jonas A. Sellberg, Martin Wolf, Frank Abild-Pedersen, Lars G. M. Pettersson, Wilfried Wurth
- The concept of bonding and antibonding orbitals is fundamental in chemistry. The population of those orbitals and the energetic difference between the two reflect the strength of the bonding interaction. Weakening the bond is expected to reduce this energetic splitting, but the transient character of bond-activation has so far prohibited direct experimental access. Here we apply time-resolved soft X-ray spectroscopy at a free electron laser to directly observe the decreased bonding antibonding splitting following bond-activation using an ultrashort optical laser pulse.
Metadaten| Author details: | Martin BeyeORCiDGND, Henrik Öberg, Hongliang Xin, Georgi L. Dakovski, Alexander FöhlischORCiDGND, Jorgen Gladh, Markus HantschmannORCiDGND, Florian Hieke, Sarp Kaya, Danilo KühnGND, Jerry LaRue, Giuseppe Mercurio, Michael P. Minitti, Ankush Mitra, Stefan P. Moeller, May Ling Ng, Anders Nilsson, Dennis Nordlund, Jens Norskov, Henrik Öström, Hirohito Ogasawara, Mats Persson, William F. Schlotter, Jonas A. Sellberg, Martin Wolf, Frank Abild-Pedersen, Lars G. M. Pettersson, Wilfried Wurth |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01543 |
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| ISSN: | 1948-7185 |
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| Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27584914 |
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| Title of parent work (English): | The journal of physical chemistry letters |
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| Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
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| Place of publishing: | Washington |
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| Publication type: | Article |
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| Language: | English |
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| Year of first publication: | 2016 |
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| Publication year: | 2016 |
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| Release date: | 2020/03/22 |
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| Volume: | 7 |
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| Number of pages: | 5 |
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| First page: | 3647 |
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| Last Page: | 3651 |
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| Funding institution: | LCLS, Stanford University through the Stanford Institute for Materials Energy Sciences (SIMES); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL); University of Hamburg through the BMBF priority program [FSP 301]; Center for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL); DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences; Swedish research council (VR); Alexander von Humboldt foundation; DFG within the excellence cluster "Center for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI)"; US Department of Energy, Basic Energy Science through the SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis; US Department of Energy through the SLAG Laboratory Directed Research and Development program [DE-AC02-76SF00515]; Volkswagen-Stiftung |
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| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
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| Peer review: | Referiert |
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