Springer Theses: Time-resolved Photoionization Studies

Brogaard, Rasmus Y.

Rasmus Brogaard's thesis digs into the fundamental issue of how the shape of a molecule relates to its photochemical reactivity. This relation is drastically different from that of ground-state chemistry, since lifetimes of excited states are often comparable to or even shorter than the time scales of conformational changes. Combining theoretical and experimental efforts in femto-second time-resolved photoionization Rasmus Brogaard finds that a requirement for an efficient photochemical reaction is the prearrangement of the constituents in a reactive conformation.
Furthermore, he is able to show that by exploiting a strong ionic interaction between two chromophores, a coherent molecular motion can be induced and probed in real-time. This way of using bichromophoric interactions provides a promising strategy for future research on conformational dynamics.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2012-05-18

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783642293801

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29381-8

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 124