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Title: Determination of excited state molecular structures from time-resolved gas-phase X-ray scattering

Abstract

We present a comprehensive investigation of a recently introduced method to determine transient structures of molecules in excited electronic states with sub-ångstrom resolution from time-resolved gas-phase scattering signals.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)
  2. Western Connecticut State Univ., Danbury, CT (United States)
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  4. Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States); Univ. of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1773828
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1766091; OSTI ID: 1778939
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0017995; SC0020276; AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Faraday Discussions
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2021; Journal Issue: 228; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-6640
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; x-ray scattering; excited state molecular structures

Citation Formats

Yong, Haiwang, Carrascosa, Andrés Moreno, Ma, Lingyu, Stankus, Brian, Minitti, Michael P., Kirrander, Adam, and Weber, Peter M. Determination of excited state molecular structures from time-resolved gas-phase X-ray scattering. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1039/d0fd00118j.
Yong, Haiwang, Carrascosa, Andrés Moreno, Ma, Lingyu, Stankus, Brian, Minitti, Michael P., Kirrander, Adam, & Weber, Peter M. Determination of excited state molecular structures from time-resolved gas-phase X-ray scattering. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0fd00118j
Yong, Haiwang, Carrascosa, Andrés Moreno, Ma, Lingyu, Stankus, Brian, Minitti, Michael P., Kirrander, Adam, and Weber, Peter M. Wed . "Determination of excited state molecular structures from time-resolved gas-phase X-ray scattering". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0fd00118j. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1773828.
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author = {Yong, Haiwang and Carrascosa, Andrés Moreno and Ma, Lingyu and Stankus, Brian and Minitti, Michael P. and Kirrander, Adam and Weber, Peter M.},
abstractNote = {We present a comprehensive investigation of a recently introduced method to determine transient structures of molecules in excited electronic states with sub-ångstrom resolution from time-resolved gas-phase scattering signals.},
doi = {10.1039/d0fd00118j},
journal = {Faraday Discussions},
number = 228,
volume = 2021,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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