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Ultrafast (bio)physical and (bio)chemical dynamics.

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¹Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide, ISIC-FSB, station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne.

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Area of Science:

Physical Chemistry
Biophysics
Materials Science

Background:

Ultrafast dynamics govern molecular processes in chemistry and biology.
Understanding these dynamics is crucial for designing new materials and therapeutics.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide an overview of recent research on ultrafast dynamics.
To investigate liquid-phase systems including chemical and biological molecules.
To showcase the application of diverse ultrafast optical spectroscopy techniques.

Main Methods:

Utilizing a range of ultrafast optical techniques.
Spectroscopic analysis spanning infrared to ultraviolet wavelengths.
Studying systems in their native liquid phase.

Main Results:

Detailed insights into the transient states of organic dyes.
Characterization of ultrafast processes in metal-complexes.
Understanding photoinduced phenomena in colloidal quantum dots.
Elucidation of dynamics in biological molecules like retinal and haem proteins.

Conclusions:

Ultrafast optical techniques provide powerful tools for studying molecular motion.
The research highlights the versatility of these methods across different systems.
This work contributes to fundamental understanding of light-matter interactions in condensed phases.