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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 114, Issue 25, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.255501
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- National Science Foundation [CBET-1336105]
- European Union [FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CIG-NEWLIGHT]
- Leverhulme Trust [RPG-2013-365]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [1336105] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Structural rearrangements within single molecules occur on ultrafast time scales. Many aspects of molecular dynamics, such as the energy flow through excited states, have been studied using spectroscopic techniques, yet the goal to watch molecules evolve their geometrical structure in real time remains challenging. By mapping nuclear motions using femtosecond x-ray pulses, we have created real-space representations of the evolving dynamics during a well-known chemical reaction and show a series of time-sorted structural snapshots produced by ultrafast time-resolved hard x-ray scattering. A computational analysis optimally matches the series of scattering patterns produced by the x rays to a multitude of potential reaction paths. In so doing, we have made a critical step toward the goal of viewing chemical reactions on femtosecond time scales, opening a new direction in studies of ultrafast chemical reactions in the gas phase.
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