Excited-State Nuclear Wavepacket Motion of an Ultrafast Inorganic Molecular Switch

Munetaka Iwamura, Hidekazu Watanabe, Kunihiko Ishii, Satoshi Takeuchi, Tahei Tahara*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Ultrafast photo-induced structural change of [Cu(dmphen)2]+ was studied by pumpprobe spectroscopy with 25-fs time-resolution. The observed nuclear wavepacket motion unveiled a new mechanism of photo-induced Jahn-Teller distortion that is a key of inorganic molecular switches.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpringer Series in Chemical Physics
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages382-384
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Publication series

NameSpringer Series in Chemical Physics
Volume92
ISSN (Print)0172-6218

Keywords

  • Absorption Spectral Change
  • Copper Complex
  • Transient Absorption
  • Transient Absorption Measurement
  • Ultrafast Dynamic

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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