Time-Resolved Chiral X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy with Transiently Enhanced Atomic Site Selectivity: A Free-Electron Laser Investigation of Electronically Excited Fenchone Enantiomers
Davide Faccialà, Michele Devetta, Sandra Beauvarlet, Nicholas A. Besley, Francesca Calegari, Carlo Callegari, Daniele Catone, Eugenio Cinquanta, Anna G. Ciriolo, Lorenzo Colaizzi, Marcello Coreno, Gabriele Crippa, G. De Ninno, Michele Di Fraia, Mara Galli, Gustavo A. García, Y. Mairesse, M. Negro, Oksana Plekan, P. Geetha, Kevin C. Prince, Aditya Pusala, S. Stagira, Stefano Turchini, Kiyoshi Ueda, Daehyun You, N. Zema, Valérie Blanchet, Laurent Nahon, Ivan Powis, C. Vozzi
Abstract
A soft x-ray probe reveals the contribution of specific atoms in the compound fenchone to the molecule's overall chirality following photoexcitation, paving the way for broader studies of chirality during ultrafast reactions.
Topics & Concepts
Excited stateRydberg formulaPhotoionizationFemtosecondAtomic physicsSpectroscopyElectronic structureValence electronChemistryMoleculeMolecular physicsLaserMaterials scienceElectronIonizationPhysicsComputational chemistryIonOpticsQuantum mechanicsOrganic chemistryAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesSurface Chemistry and CatalysisMass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications