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Ultrafast Time-resolved Near-IR Stimulated Raman Measurements of Functional π-conjugate Systems
Published on: February 10, 2020
Ultrafast 2D-IR spectroscopy of transient species
Jens Bredenbeck1, Jan Helbing, Christoph Kolano
1Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland. j.bredenbeck@pci.unizh.ch
Abstract:
Multidimensional spectroscopic experiments offer fascinating insights into molecular structure and dynamics in the field of NMR spectroscopy. With the introduction of ultrafast two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy (2D-IR), multidimensional concepts have entered the optical domain, measuring couplings and correlations between molecular vibrations with femtosecond time resolution. In the transient 2D-IR (T2D-IR) experiments described in this minireview we exploit the high time resolution of 2D-IR to study transient species during fast nonequilibrium processes in real time. Information on molecular structure and dynamics is obtained that is not available from one-dimensional spectroscopy. We discuss examples from chemistry, physics and biophysics.
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