期刊
COMMUNICATIONS CHEMISTRY
卷 5, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s42004-022-00656-w
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资金
- EPSRC Programme [F20171078, EP/L005913/1, EP/T021675/1]
- UK EPSRC [EP/L005913/1, EP/T021675/1, EP/S028617/1]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [328961117-SFB 1319 ELCH]
- Max Planck Society
- BMBF [05K10KT2, 05K13KT2, 05K16KT3, 05K10KTB, FSP-302]
- Volkswagen Foundation within a Peter-Paul-Ewald Fellowship
- Helmholtz Initiative and Networking Fund through the Young Investigators Group Program [VH-NG-1104]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB 755]
- US National Science Foundation [PHYS1753324]
- EPSRC [EP/L005913/1, EP/T021675/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Inner-shell photoelectron spectroscopy provides element-specific information about molecular structure by measuring core-electron binding energies, which are sensitive to the chemical environment. In this study, the authors used extreme-ultraviolet pulses to investigate the ultraviolet photodissociation of a chiral molecule. They employed electron-ion partial covariance imaging to isolate elusive features in the photoelectron spectrum and successfully disentangled the electron spectra of different atomic and molecular levels. This method allows for the study of structural and chemical changes from a specific spectroscopic site.
Inner-shell photoelectron spectroscopy provides an element-specific probe of molecular structure, as core-electron binding energies are sensitive to the chemical environment. Short-wavelength femtosecond light sources, such as Free-Electron Lasers (FELs), even enable time-resolved site-specific investigations of molecular photochemistry. Here, we study the ultraviolet photodissociation of the prototypical chiral molecule 1-iodo-2-methylbutane, probed by extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) pulses from the Free-electron LASer in Hamburg (FLASH) through the ultrafast evolution of the iodine 4d binding energy. Methodologically, we employ electron-ion partial covariance imaging as a technique to isolate otherwise elusive features in a two-dimensional photoelectron spectrum arising from different photofragmentation pathways. The experimental and theoretical results for the time-resolved electron spectra of the 4d(3/2) and 4d(5/2) atomic and molecular levels that are disentangled by this method provide a key step towards studying structural and chemical changes from a specific spectator site. Coincidence experiments at free-electron lasers enable time resolved site-specific investigations of molecular photochemistry at high signal rates, but isolating individual dissociation processes still poses a considerable technical challenge. Here, the authors use electron-ion partial covariance imaging to isolate otherwise elusive chemical shifts in UV-induced photofragmentation pathways of the prototypical chiral molecule 1-iodo-2-methylbutane.
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