Tabletop imaging using 266nm femtosecond laser pulses, for characterization of structural evolution in, single molecule, chemical reactions. (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ibrahim, Heide; Wales, Benji; Beaulieu, Samuel; Schmidt, Bruno E; Thiré, Nicolas; Bisson, Éric; Hebeisen, Christoph T; Wanie, Vincent; Giguére, Mathieu; Kieffer, Jean-Claude; Spanner, Michael; Bandrauk, André D; Schuurman, Michael S; Sanderson, Joseph; Légaré, François
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Number 635(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/635/11/112128
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Synopsis: We have demonstrated a generally applicable tabletop approach utilizing a 266nm femtosecond laser pulse pump, 800nm pulse probe, coupled with Coulomb explosion imaging (CEI). We have investigated two simple chemical reactions in C2 H2 + simultaneously: proton transfer and C=C bond-breaking, triggered by multiphoton ionization to excited states. Too and fro proton migration results are in excellent agreement with new ab initio trajectory simulations which predict isomerization timescales and pathways.