@article{KalliesKochMitzner1997, author = {Kallies, Bernd and Koch, Andreas and Mitzner, Rolf}, title = {Competitive resonance at the carbonyl group as visualized by the natural bond orbital analysis}, year = {1997}, language = {en} } @article{KalliesMitzner1998, author = {Kallies, Bernd and Mitzner, Rolf}, title = {Models of water-assisted hydrolyses of methyl formate, formamide, and urea from combined DFT-SCRF calculations}, year = {1998}, abstract = {In this work we present theoretical studies of the hydrolytic reaction of methyl formate, formamide and urea with one water molecule. The studied systems contain two additional water molecules which can act as bifunctional acid- base catalysts. These water molecules catalyze proton transfers between the primary reacting species. Our models describe the concerted transfer of two protons in every reaction step. The calculations have been carried out with the Becke3LYP/6-31G* method. Unspecific solvation effects have been included by means of a polarizable continuum model. Substrate reactivity differences as well as preferences for different reaction pathways can be discussed with the aid of these molecular systems. The studied alternative mechanisms include the common addition-elimination mechanism via a tetrahedral intermediate, and a concerted SN-like mechanism without a reaction intermediate. Our results suggest that the proved decreasing substrate reactivity in the order ester, amide, urea is caused by a rising resonance stabilization of the reaction centre, and not by a different positive partial charge of the carbonyl carbon. It is also concluded, that the probability of a concerted addition of a nucleophile and elimination of a leaving group without a tetrahedral intermediate rises in the order ester, amide, urea. The ordering of reactivity is not influenced by this behaviour.}, language = {en} } @article{BeitzBechmannMitzner1998, author = {Beitz, Toralf and Bechmann, Wolfgang and Mitzner, Rolf}, title = {Investigations of reactions of selected Azaarenes with radicals in water, 2. Chlorine and Bromine radicals}, year = {1998}, language = {en} } @article{KalliesMitzner1998, author = {Kallies, Bernd and Mitzner, Rolf}, title = {Structural Properties of Protonated Acyl Derivatives as Studied by Quantum Mechanics}, year = {1998}, abstract = {Basicities of 16 acyl compounds including selected aldehydes, ketones, esters, amides and ureas in the gas phase and in water were calculated with the Becke3LYP/6-31G* method. Solvent effects were modeled using a polarizable electrostatic continuum representation of the solvent. The properties of the electron densities of protonated molecules were described by localized bond orbitals. Our results suggest that the carbonyl oxygen is the preferred site of protonation for all molecules studied. Calculated pKa values in water range from -12 for aldehydes to + 1.5 for ureas. They agree well with published experimental data. We found that a high basicity of acyl compounds at the carbonyl oxygen is coupled with a large amount of additional resonance stabilization at the carbonyl group. The protonation of the leaving group of eaters, amides and ureas is less preferred, but the basicity difference between C=O and -OR or -NR2 decreases from esters to ureas. Calculated pKa values for this site range from -18 for esters to + 3 for ureas. These values are often not accessible by experiment. The structure of carboxylic acid derivatives protonated at the leaving group is determined by prefragmentation of the molecules into an acylium ion or positively charged isocyanate and an alcohol or amine. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.}, language = {en} } @article{BeitzBechmannMitzner1998, author = {Beitz, Toralf and Bechmann, Wolfgang and Mitzner, Rolf}, title = {Investigations of reactions of selected Azaarenes with radicals in water, 1. Hydroxyl and sulfate radicals}, year = {1998}, language = {en} } @article{TessmannBeitzBechmannetal.1999, author = {Tessmann, Joachim and Beitz, Toralf and Bechmann, Wolfgang and Mitzner, Rolf}, title = {Untersuchungen zu Toxizit{\"a}ts{\"a}nderungen in Photoreaktionen von Azaarenen}, year = {1999}, language = {de} } @article{BeitzBechmannMitzner1999, author = {Beitz, Toralf and Bechmann, Wolfgang and Mitzner, Rolf}, title = {Investigation on the photoreactions of Nitrate and Nitrite ions with selected Azaarenes in water}, year = {1999}, language = {en} } @misc{GuentherMangelsdorfMitzneretal.2012, author = {G{\"u}nther, Oliver and Mangelsdorf, Birgit and Mitzner, Rolf and Loschelder, Wolfgang and Peter, Andreas and Eckert, Barbara and Mikelskis, Helmut and Klein, Alfred and Kirsch, B{\"a}rbel and Edelstein, Wolfgang and Thomas, Gr{\"u}newald and Thomas, P{\"o}sl and Wagner, Dieter and Winskowski, Friedrich and Schad, Martina and Frey, Anne and Bickenbach, Wulf and Madani, Roya and Olaka, Lydia}, title = {Portal alumni}, series = {Das Ehemaligen-Magazin der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, journal = {Das Ehemaligen-Magazin der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, number = {9}, organization = {Stabsstelle Studierendenmarketing/Alumniprogramm Im Auftrag der Pr{\"a}sidentin der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, issn = {1613-2343}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-44494}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-444943}, pages = {60}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Das zur{\"u}ckliegende Jahr stand an der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam auch im Zeichen des zwanzigj{\"a}hrigen Jubil{\"a}ums der Hochschule. Am 15. Juli 1991, wurde sie gegr{\"u}ndet und w{\"a}hrend einer Festwoche feierten Professorinnen und Professoren, Mitarbeiterinnen, Mitarbeiter und Studierende dieses Jubil{\"a}um geb{\"u}hrend. Seit der Gr{\"u}ndung der gr{\"o}ßten brandenburgischen Hochschule sind wissenschaftliches Renommee, Ansehen und Attraktivit{\"a}t stetig gewachsen. Gerade in den letzten Jahren hat sie ihr Profil gesch{\"a}rft. Vor allem die Kognitions-, die Geo- und Biowissenschaften sind hier zu nennen. Aber auch die Lehrerbildung besitzt einen hohen Stellenwert. International anerkannte Forschungsbereiche, Wissenschaftspreise, eine erfolgreiche Drittmittelbilanz und nicht zuletzt die bauliche Entwicklung an allen drei Standorten sind sichtbare Indikatoren f{\"u}r die erfolgreiche Entwicklung, die die Universit{\"a}t Potsdam in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten durchlaufen hat. Die drei ehemaligen Pr{\"a}sidenten sowie verschiedene andere Protagonisten werfen in dieser Ausgabe der Portal Alumni einen Blick auf unterschiedliche Aspekte der zur{\"u}ckliegenden Entwicklung der Universit{\"a}t. Vom Erfolg der Universit{\"a}t zeugt auch die wachsende Zahl der Absolventinnen und Absolventen, die die Universit{\"a}t verlassen. Portal Alumni stellt in der vorliegenden Ausgabe deshalb Absolventen und deren universit{\"a}re und berufliche Lebenswege genauer vor und l{\"a}sst damit zugleich kaleidoskopartig 20 Jahre Studium an der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam Revue passieren.}, language = {de} } @article{MitznerRehanekKernetal.2013, author = {Mitzner, Rolf and Rehanek, Jens and Kern, Jan and Gul, Sheraz and Hattne, Johan and Taguchi, Taketo and Alonso-Mori, Roberto and Tran, Rosalie and Weniger, Christian and Schr{\"o}der, Henning and Quevedo, Wilson and Laksmono, Hartawan and Sierra, Raymond G. and Han, Guangye and Lassalle-Kaiser, Benedikt and Koroidov, Sergey and Kubicek, Katharina and Schreck, Simon and Kunnus, Kristjan and Brzhezinskaya, Maria and Firsov, Alexander and Minitti, Michael P. and Turner, Joshua J. and M{\"o}ller, Stefan and Sauter, Nicholas K. and Bogan, Michael J. and Nordlund, Dennis and Schlotter, William F. and Messinger, Johannes and Borovik, Andrew S. and Techert, Simone and de Groot, Frank M. F. and F{\"o}hlisch, Alexander and Erko, Alexei and Bergmann, Uwe and Yachandra, Vittal K. and Wernet, Philippe and Yano, Junko}, title = {L-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy of dilute systems relevant to metalloproteins using an X-ray free-electron laser}, series = {The journal of physical chemistry letters}, volume = {4}, journal = {The journal of physical chemistry letters}, number = {21}, publisher = {American Chemical Society}, address = {Washington}, issn = {1948-7185}, doi = {10.1021/jz401837f}, pages = {3641 -- 3647}, year = {2013}, abstract = {L-edge spectroscopy of 3d transition metals provides important electronic structure information and has been used in many fields. However, the use of this method for studying dilute aqueous systems, such as metalloenzymes, has not been prevalent because of severe radiation damage and the lack of suitable detection systems. Here we present spectra from a dilute Mn aqueous solution using a high-transmission zone-plate spectrometer at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). The spectrometer has been optimized for discriminating the Mn L-edge signal from the overwhelming 0 K-edge background that arises from water and protein itself, and the ultrashort LCLS X-ray pulses can outrun X-ray induced damage. We show that the deviations of the partial-fluorescence yield-detected spectra from the true absorption can be well modeled using the state-dependence of the fluorescence yield, and discuss implications for the application of our concept to biological samples.}, language = {en} } @article{EschenlohrBattiatoMaldonadoetal.2013, author = {Eschenlohr, Andrea and Battiato, Marco and Maldonado, R. and Pontius, N. and Kachel, T. and Holldack, K. and Mitzner, Rolf and F{\"o}hlisch, Alexander and Oppeneer, P. M. and Stamm, C.}, title = {Ultrafast spin transport as key to femtosecond demagnetization}, series = {Nature materials}, volume = {12}, journal = {Nature materials}, number = {4}, publisher = {Nature Publ. Group}, address = {London}, issn = {1476-1122}, doi = {10.1038/NMAT3546}, pages = {332 -- 336}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Irradiating a ferromagnet with a femtosecond laser pulse is known to induce an ultrafast demagnetization within a few hundred femtoseconds. Here we demonstrate that direct laser irradiation is in fact not essential for ultrafast demagnetization, and that electron cascades caused by hot electron currents accomplish it very efficiently. We optically excite a Au/Ni layered structure in which the 30 nm Au capping layer absorbs the incident laser pump pulse and subsequently use the X-ray magnetic circular dichroism technique to probe the femtosecond demagnetization of the adjacent 15 nm Ni layer. A demagnetization effect corresponding to the scenario in which the laser directly excites the Ni film is observed, but with a slight temporal delay. We explain this unexpected observation by means of the demagnetizing effect of a superdiffusive current of non-equilibrium, non-spin-polarized electrons generated in the Au layer.}, language = {en} } @misc{EschenlohrBattiatoMaldonadoetal.2014, author = {Eschenlohr, Andrea and Battiato, Mario and Maldonado, P. and Pontius, N. and Kachel, T. and Holldack, K. and Mitzner, Rolf and F{\"o}hlisch, Alexander and Oppeneer, P. M. and Stamm, Christian}, title = {Optical excitation of thin magnetic layers in multilayer structures Reply}, series = {Nature materials}, volume = {13}, journal = {Nature materials}, number = {2}, publisher = {Nature Publ. Group}, address = {London}, issn = {1476-1122}, doi = {10.1038/nmat3851}, pages = {102 -- 103}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @article{KrollKernKubinetal.2016, author = {Kroll, Thomas and Kern, Jan and Kubin, Markus and Ratner, Daniel and Gul, Sheraz and Fuller, Franklin D. and L{\"o}chel, Heike and Krzywinski, Jacek and Lutman, Alberto and Ding, Yuantao and Dakovski, Georgi L. and Moeller, Stefan and Turner, Joshua J. and Alonso-Mori, Roberto and Nordlund, Dennis L. and Rehanek, Jens and Weniger, Christian and Firsov, Alexander and Brzhezinskaya, Maria and Chatterjee, Ruchira and Lassalle-Kaiser, Benedikt and Sierra, Raymond G. and Laksmono, Hartawan and Hill, Ethan and Borovik, Andrew S. and Erko, Alexei and F{\"o}hlisch, Alexander and Mitzner, Rolf and Yachandra, Vittal K. and Yano, Junko and Wernet, Philippe and Bergmann, Uwe}, title = {X-ray absorption spectroscopy using a self-seeded soft X-ray free-electron laser}, series = {Optics express : the international electronic journal of optics}, volume = {24}, journal = {Optics express : the international electronic journal of optics}, publisher = {Optical Society of America}, address = {Washington}, issn = {1094-4087}, doi = {10.1364/OE.24.022469}, pages = {22469 -- 22480}, year = {2016}, abstract = {X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) enable unprecedented new ways to study the electronic structure and dynamics of transition metal systems. L-edge absorption spectroscopy is a powerful technique for such studies and the feasibility of this method at XFELs for solutions and solids has been demonstrated. However, the required x-ray bandwidth is an order of magnitude narrower than that of self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE), and additional monochromatization is needed. Here we compare L-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) of a prototypical transition metal system based on monochromatizing the SASE radiation of the linac coherent light source (LCLS) with a new technique based on self-seeding of LCLS. We demonstrate how L-edge XAS can be performed using the self-seeding scheme without the need of an additional beam line monochromator. We show how the spectral shape and pulse energy depend on the undulator setup and how this affects the x-ray spectroscopy measurements. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America}, language = {en} } @article{SchickLeGuyaderPontiusetal.2016, author = {Schick, Daniel and Le Guyader, Loic and Pontius, Niko and Radu, Ilie and Kachel, Torsten and Mitzner, Rolf and Zeschke, Thomas and Schuessler-Langeheine, Christian and F{\"o}hlisch, Alexander and Holldack, Karsten}, title = {Analysis of the halo background in femtosecond slicing experiments}, series = {Journal of synchrotron radiation}, volume = {23}, journal = {Journal of synchrotron radiation}, publisher = {International Union of Crystallography}, address = {Chester}, issn = {1600-5775}, doi = {10.1107/S160057751600401X}, pages = {700 -- 711}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The slicing facility FemtoSpeX at BESSY II offers unique opportunities to study photo-induced dynamics on femtosecond time scales by means of X-ray magnetic circular dichroism, resonant and non-resonant X-ray diffraction, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy experiments in the soft X-ray regime. Besides femtosecond X-ray pulses, slicing sources inherently also produce a so-called `halo' background with a different time structure, polarization and pointing. Here a detailed experimental characterization of the halo radiation is presented, and a method is demonstrated for its correct and unambiguous removal from femtosecond time-resolved data using a special laser triggering scheme as well as analytical models. Examples are given for time-resolved measurements with corresponding halo correction, and errors of the relevant physical quantities caused by either neglecting or by applying a simplified model to describe this background are estimated.}, language = {en} } @article{SchickEckertPontiusetal.2016, author = {Schick, Daniel and Eckert, Sebastian and Pontius, Niko and Mitzner, Rolf and F{\"o}hlisch, Alexander and Holldack, Karsten and Sorgenfrei, Florian}, title = {Versatile soft X-ray-optical cross-correlator for ultrafast applications}, series = {Structural dynamics}, volume = {3}, journal = {Structural dynamics}, publisher = {American Institute of Physics}, address = {Melville}, issn = {2329-7778}, doi = {10.1063/1.4964296}, pages = {054304-1 -- 054304-8}, year = {2016}, abstract = {We present an X-ray-optical cross-correlator for the soft (> 150 eV) up to the hard X-ray regime based on a molybdenum-silicon superlattice. The cross-correlation is done by probing intensity and position changes of superlattice Bragg peaks caused by photoexcitation of coherent phonons. This approach is applicable for a wide range of X-ray photon energies as well as for a broad range of excitation wavelengths and requires no external fields or changes of temperature. Moreover, the cross-correlator can be employed on a 10 ps or 100 fs time scale featuring up to 50\% total X-ray reflectivity and transient signal changes of more than 20\%. (C) 2016 Author(s).}, language = {en} } @misc{SchickEckertPontiusetal.2016, author = {Schick, Daniel and Eckert, Sebastian and Pontius, Niko and Mitzner, Rolf and F{\"o}hlisch, Alexander and Holldack, Karsten and Sorgenfrei, Florian}, title = {Versatile soft X-ray-optical cross-correlator for ultrafast applications}, series = {Zweitver{\"o}ffentlichungen der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe}, journal = {Zweitver{\"o}ffentlichungen der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe}, number = {1331}, issn = {1866-8372}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-43696}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-436962}, pages = {054304-1 -- 054304-8}, year = {2016}, abstract = {We present an X-ray-optical cross-correlator for the soft (> 150 eV) up to the hard X-ray regime based on a molybdenum-silicon superlattice. The cross-correlation is done by probing intensity and position changes of superlattice Bragg peaks caused by photoexcitation of coherent phonons. This approach is applicable for a wide range of X-ray photon energies as well as for a broad range of excitation wavelengths and requires no external fields or changes of temperature. Moreover, the cross-correlator can be employed on a 10 ps or 100 fs time scale featuring up to 50\% total X-ray reflectivity and transient signal changes of more than 20\%. (C) 2016 Author(s).}, language = {en} } @article{KubinKernGuletal.2017, author = {Kubin, Markus and Kern, Jan and Gul, Sheraz and Kroll, Thomas and Chatterjee, Ruchira and Loechel, Heike and Fuller, Franklin D. and Sierra, Raymond G. and Quevedo, Wilson and Weniger, Christian and Rehanek, Jens and Firsov, Anatoly and Laksmono, Hartawan and Weninger, Clemens and Alonso-Mori, Roberto and Nordlund, Dennis L. and Lassalle-Kaiser, Benedikt and Glownia, James M. and Krzywinski, Jacek and Moeller, Stefan and Turner, Joshua J. and Minitti, Michael P. and Dakovski, Georgi L. and Koroidov, Sergey and Kawde, Anurag and Kanady, Jacob S. and Tsui, Emily Y. and Suseno, Sandy and Han, Zhiji and Hill, Ethan and Taguchi, Taketo and Borovik, Andrew S. and Agapie, Theodor and Messinger, Johannes and Erko, Alexei and F{\"o}hlisch, Alexander and Bergmann, Uwe and Mitzner, Rolf and Yachandra, Vittal K. and Yano, Junko and Wernet, Philippe}, title = {Soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy of metalloproteins and high-valent metal-complexes at room temperature using free-electron lasers}, series = {Structural dynamics}, volume = {4}, journal = {Structural dynamics}, publisher = {American Institute of Physics}, address = {Melville}, issn = {2329-7778}, doi = {10.1063/1.4986627}, pages = {16}, year = {2017}, abstract = {X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the L-edge of 3d transition metals provides unique information on the local metal charge and spin states by directly probing 3d-derived molecular orbitals through 2p-3d transitions. However, this soft x-ray technique has been rarely used at synchrotron facilities for mechanistic studies of metalloenzymes due to the difficulties of x-ray-induced sample damage and strong background signals from light elements that can dominate the low metal signal. Here, we combine femtosecond soft x-ray pulses from a free-electron laser with a novel x-ray fluorescence-yield spectrometer to overcome these difficulties. We present L-edge absorption spectra of inorganic high-valent Mn complexes (Mn similar to 6-15 mmol/l) with no visible effects of radiation damage. We also present the first L-edge absorption spectra of the oxygen evolving complex (Mn4CaO5) in Photosystem II (Mn < 1 mmol/l) at room temperature, measured under similar conditions. Our approach opens new ways to study metalloenzymes under functional conditions. (C) 2017 Author(s).}, language = {en} } @article{ThielemannKuehnSchickPontiusetal.2017, author = {Thielemann-K{\"u}hn, Nele and Schick, Daniel and Pontius, Niko and Trabant, Christoph and Mitzner, Rolf and Holldack, Karsten and Zabel, Hartmut and F{\"o}hlisch, Alexander and Schuessler-Langeheine, Christian}, title = {Ultrafast and Energy-Efficient Quenching of Spin Order: Antiferromagnetism Beats Ferromagnetism}, series = {Physical review letters}, volume = {119}, journal = {Physical review letters}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, address = {College Park}, issn = {0031-9007}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.197202}, pages = {6}, year = {2017}, abstract = {By comparing femtosecond laser pulse induced ferro- and antiferromagnetic dynamics in one and the same material-metallic dysprosium-we show both to behave fundamentally different. Antiferromagnetic order is considerably faster and much more efficiently reduced by optical excitation than its ferromagnetic counterpart. We assign the fast and extremely efficient process in the antiferromagnet to an interatomic transfer of angular momentum within the spin system. Our findings imply that this angular momentum transfer channel is effective in other magnetic metals with nonparallel spin alignment. They also point out a possible route towards energy-efficient spin manipulation for magnetic devices.}, language = {en} } @article{MiedemaMitznerGanschowetal.2017, author = {Miedema, P. S. and Mitzner, Rolf and Ganschow, S. and F{\"o}hlisch, Alexander and Beye, Martin}, title = {X-ray spectroscopy on the active ion in laser crystals}, series = {Physical chemistry, chemical physics : a journal of European Chemical Societies}, volume = {19}, journal = {Physical chemistry, chemical physics : a journal of European Chemical Societies}, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry}, address = {Cambridge}, issn = {1463-9076}, doi = {10.1039/c7cp03026f}, pages = {21800 -- 21806}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The active ions in typical laser crystals were studied with Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) and Partial Fluorescence Yield X-ray Absorption (PFY-XAS) spectroscopies as solid state model systems for dilute active centers. We analyzed Ti3+ and Cr3+ in alpha-Al2O3:Ti3+ and LiCaAlF6:Cr3+, respectively. The comparison of experimental data with semi-empirical multiplet calculations provides insights into the electronic structure and shows how measured crystal field energies are related across different spectroscopies.}, language = {en} } @misc{FondellEckertJayetal.2017, author = {Fondell, Mattis and Eckert, Sebastian and Jay, Raphael Martin and Weniger, Christian and Quevedo, Wilson and Niskanen, Johannes and Kennedy, Brian and Sorgenfrei, Florian and Schick, Daniel and Giangrisostomi, Erika and Ovsyannikov, Ruslan and Adamczyk, Katrin and Huse, Nils and Wernet, Philippe and Mitzner, Rolf and F{\"o}hlisch, Alexander}, title = {Time-resolved soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy in transmission mode on liquids at MHz repetition rates}, series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe}, journal = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe}, number = {780}, issn = {1866-8372}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-43752}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-437529}, pages = {12}, year = {2017}, abstract = {We present a setup combining a liquid flatjet sample delivery and a MHz laser system for time-resolved soft X-ray absorption measurements of liquid samples at the high brilliance undulator beamline UE52-SGM at Bessy II yielding unprecedented statistics in this spectral range. We demonstrate that the efficient detection of transient absorption changes in transmission mode enables the identification of photoexcited species in dilute samples. With iron(II)-trisbipyridine in aqueous solution as a benchmark system, we present absorption measurements at various edges in the soft X-ray regime. In combination with the wavelength tunability of the laser system, the set-up opens up opportunities to study the photochemistry of many systems at low concentrations, relevant to materials sciences, chemistry, and biology.}, language = {en} } @article{FondellEckertJayetal.2017, author = {Fondell, Mattis and Eckert, Sebastian and Jay, Raphael Martin and Weniger, Christian and Quevedo, Wilson and Niskanen, Johannes and Kennedy, Brian and Sorgenfrei, Florian and Schick, Daniel and Giangrisostomi, Erika and Ovsyannikov, Ruslan and Adamczyk, Katrin and Huse, Nils and Wernet, Philippe and Mitzner, Rolf and F{\"o}hlisch, Alexander}, title = {Time-resolved soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy in transmission mode on liquids at MHz repetition rates}, series = {Structural dynamics}, volume = {4}, journal = {Structural dynamics}, publisher = {American Institute of Physics}, address = {Melville}, issn = {2329-7778}, doi = {10.1063/1.4993755}, pages = {11}, year = {2017}, abstract = {We present a setup combining a liquid flatjet sample delivery and a MHz laser system for time-resolved soft X-ray absorption measurements of liquid samples at the high brilliance undulator beamline UE52-SGM at Bessy II yielding unprecedented statistics in this spectral range. We demonstrate that the efficient detection of transient absorption changes in transmission mode enables the identification of photoexcited species in dilute samples. With iron(II)-trisbipyridine in aqueous solution as a benchmark system, we present absorption measurements at various edges in the soft X-ray regime. In combination with the wavelength tunability of the laser system, the set-up opens up opportunities to study the photochemistry of many systems at low concentrations, relevant to materials sciences, chemistry, and biology. (C) 2017 Author(s).}, language = {en} }