Proceedings of "Optical Probes of Dynamics in Complex Environments"

Conference · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008

OSTI ID:1062182

Sension, R; Tokmakoff, A

This document contains the proceedings from the symposium on Optical Probes of Dynamics in Complex Environments, which organized as part of the 235th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans, LA from April 6 to 10, 2008. The study of molecular dynamics in chemical reaction and biological processes using time ƒresolved spectroscopy plays an important role in our understanding of energy conversion, storage, and utilization problems. Fundamental studies of chemical reactivity, molecular rearrangements, and charge transport are broadly supported by the DOE Office of Science because of their role in the development of alternative energy sources, the understanding of biological energy conversion processes, the efficient utilization of existing energy resources, and the mitigation of reactive intermediates in radiation chemistry. In addition, time resolved spectroscopy is central to all of DOEs grand challenges for fundamental energy science. This symposium brought together leaders in the field of ultrafast spectroscopy, including experimentalists, theoretical chemists, and simulators, to discuss the most recent scientific and technological advances. DOE support for this conference was used to help young US and international scientists travel to the meeting. The latest technology in ultrafast infrared, optical, and xray spectroscopy and the scientific advances that these methods enable were covered. Particular emphasis was placed on new experimental methods used to probe molecular dynamics in liquids, solids, interfaces, nanostructured materials, and biomolecules.

• Research Organization: ACS Division of Physical Chemistry
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-08ER15938
• OSTI ID: 1062182
• Report Number(s): DOEER15938
• Resource Relation: Conference: Symposium organized in the 235th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA. April 6 to 10, 2008
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Infrared Spectroscopy
Raman Spectroscopy
Time-Resolved X-ray Diffraction
Molecular Dynamics
Chemical Reaction Dynamics
Femtosecond processes in Chemistry
Physics and Biology.