Molecular structural dynamics probed by ultrafast X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue , 2010, Pages 263-282

  Bressler, Christian ^a   Chergui, Majed ^b  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; EXAFS; Metal complexes; Solvation dynamics; Spin dynamics; XANES

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; CHEMICAL BONDS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; PUMPING (LASER); SPIN DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; LASER PUMPS; LOCAL GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURAL; SOLVATION DYNAMICS; ULTRAFAST X-RAY ABSORPTION; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

METAL COMPLEXES;

EID: 77249134372     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.012809.103353     Document Type: Article

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