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Title: Double core hole valence-to-core x-ray emission spectroscopy: A theoretical exploration using time-dependent density functional theory

Abstract

With the help of newly developed X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) sources, creating double core holes (DCHs) simultaneously at the same or different atomic sites in a molecule has now become possible. DCH X-ray emission is a new form of X-ray nonlinear spectroscopy that can be studied with a XFEL. Here in this paper, we computationally explore the metal K-edge valence-to-core (VtC) X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) of metal/metal and metal/ligand DCH states in a series of transition metal complexes with time-dependent density functional theory. The simulated DCH VtC-XES signals are compared with conventional single core hole (SCH) XES signals. The energy shifts and intensity changes of the DCH emission lines with respect to the corresponding SCH-XES features are fingerprints of the coupling between the second core hole and the occupied orbitals around the DCHs that contain important chemical bonding information of the complex. The difference between delocalized/localized core hole models on DCH VtC-XES is also briefly discussed. We theoretically demonstrate that DCH XES provides subtle information on the local electronic structure around metal centers in transition metal complexes beyond conventional linear XES. In conclusion, our predicted changes from calculations between SCH-XES and DCH-XES features should be detectable with modern XFEL sources.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [5]
  1. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford PULSE Inst.
  2. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). LCLS and Stanford PULSE Inst.
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
  5. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1591640
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1570073; OSTI ID: 1608543
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-143614
Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606; TRN: US2102049
Grant/Contract Number:  
KC030105172685; SC0019277; AC05-76RL1830; AC02-76SF00515; AC02-05CH11231; AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 151; Journal Issue: 14; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Zhang, Yu, Bergmann, Uwe, Schoenlein, Robert, Khalil, Munira, and Govind, Niranjan. Double core hole valence-to-core x-ray emission spectroscopy: A theoretical exploration using time-dependent density functional theory. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5111141.
Zhang, Yu, Bergmann, Uwe, Schoenlein, Robert, Khalil, Munira, & Govind, Niranjan. Double core hole valence-to-core x-ray emission spectroscopy: A theoretical exploration using time-dependent density functional theory. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5111141
Zhang, Yu, Bergmann, Uwe, Schoenlein, Robert, Khalil, Munira, and Govind, Niranjan. Fri . "Double core hole valence-to-core x-ray emission spectroscopy: A theoretical exploration using time-dependent density functional theory". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5111141. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1591640.
@article{osti_1591640,
title = {Double core hole valence-to-core x-ray emission spectroscopy: A theoretical exploration using time-dependent density functional theory},
author = {Zhang, Yu and Bergmann, Uwe and Schoenlein, Robert and Khalil, Munira and Govind, Niranjan},
abstractNote = {With the help of newly developed X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) sources, creating double core holes (DCHs) simultaneously at the same or different atomic sites in a molecule has now become possible. DCH X-ray emission is a new form of X-ray nonlinear spectroscopy that can be studied with a XFEL. Here in this paper, we computationally explore the metal K-edge valence-to-core (VtC) X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) of metal/metal and metal/ligand DCH states in a series of transition metal complexes with time-dependent density functional theory. The simulated DCH VtC-XES signals are compared with conventional single core hole (SCH) XES signals. The energy shifts and intensity changes of the DCH emission lines with respect to the corresponding SCH-XES features are fingerprints of the coupling between the second core hole and the occupied orbitals around the DCHs that contain important chemical bonding information of the complex. The difference between delocalized/localized core hole models on DCH VtC-XES is also briefly discussed. We theoretically demonstrate that DCH XES provides subtle information on the local electronic structure around metal centers in transition metal complexes beyond conventional linear XES. In conclusion, our predicted changes from calculations between SCH-XES and DCH-XES features should be detectable with modern XFEL sources.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5111141},
journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
number = 14,
volume = 151,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Fri Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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Fig. 1 Fig. 1: Calculated SCH and DCH Fe1s VtC-XES signals of Cp2Fe(μ-C0)2 (Fe-cplx, Cp = cyclopentadienyl). All calculated spectra have not been shifted and have been Lorentzian broadened by 1.3 eV. SCH and DCH spectra are scaled differently for the convenience of plotting. Stick heights in different panels are not calibrated.more » (a) Calculated SCH Fe1s VtC-XES signals. Important features are labeled S1-7. The molecular structure is also shown. Color code: brown, Fe; red, O; dark gray, C; light gray, H. (b) Calculated two-site Fe1s/Fe1s DCH Fe1s VtC-XES signals. Important features are labeled D1-9. The calculated electron density difference between the DCH and the SCH state is also shown (pDCH - pSCH , surface isovalue = 0.005). Red and blue denote positive and negative values, respectively.« less

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