Capturing transient electronic and molecular structures in liquids by picosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Gawelda, W.Pham, V. T.El Nahhas, A.Kaiser, M.Zaushitsyn, Y.Johnson, S. L.Grolimund, D.Abela, R.Hauser, A.Bressler, C.Chergui, M.2007-05-312007-05-312007-05-31200710.1063/1.2644425https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/7512WOS:000245805900006We describe an advanced setup for time-resolved x-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy with picosecond temporal resoln. It combines an intense femtosecond laser source synchronized to the x-ray pulses delivered into the microXAS beamline of the Swiss Light Source (SLS). The setup is applied to measure the short-lived high-spin geometric structure of photoexcited aq. Fe(bpy)3 at room temp. [on SciFinder (R)]Capturing transient electronic and molecular structures in liquids by picosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopytext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper