STRUCTURAL FEMTOCHEMISTRY - EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY

被引:57
作者
WILLIAMSON, JC
ZEWAIL, AH
机构
[1] Arthur Amos Noyes Lab. Chem. Phys., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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10.1073/pnas.88.11.5021
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The experimental methodology for structural femtochemistry of reactions is considered. With the extension of femtosecond transition-state spectroscopy to the diffraction regime, it is possible to obtain in a general way the trajectories of chemical reactions (change of internuclear separations with time) on the femtosecond time scale. This method, considered here for simple alkali halide dissociation, promises many applications to more complex reactions and to conformational changes. Alignment on the time scale of the experiments is also discussed.
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页码:5021 / 5025
页数:5
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