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Measurement of Ultrafast Vibrational Coherences in Polyatomic Radical Cations with Strong-Field Adiabatic Ionization
Published on: August 6, 2018
Ultrafast spectroscopy of the uranium(IV) and thorium(IV) bis(ketimide) complexes (C5Me5)2An[-N=C(Ph)(CH2Ph)]2 (An =
David J Hilton1, Rohit P Prasankumar, Eric J Schelter
1MPA-CINT, MS K771, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA. dhilton@uab.edu
Abstract:
Ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopic studies have been performed on (C 5Me 5) 2U[- N=C(Ph)(CH 2Ph)] 2 and (C 5Me 5) 2Th[- N=C(Ph)(CH 2Ph)] 2 including, for the uranium complex, the first direct measurement of dynamics of electronic deactivation within a 5f-electron manifold. Evidence has been found for strong coupling between the electronic ground state and the f-electron manifold which dominates the dynamics of the excited states of the bis(ketimide) uranium complex. These also demonstrate strong singlet-f manifold coupling, which assists in the deactivation of the photoexcited state of the uranium complex, and provide information on intersystem crossing and internal conversion processes in both complexes.
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