Femtosecond M2,3-edge spectroscopy of transition-metal oxides: Photoinduced oxidation state change in α-Fe2O3

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 3667-3671

  Vura Weis, Josh ^a   Jiang, Chang Ming ^a   Liu, Chong ^a   Gao, Hanwei ^a   Lucas, J Matthew ^b   De Groot, Frank M F ^d   Yang, Peidong ^a,c   Alivisatos, A Paul ^c   Leone, Stephen R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

extreme ultraviolet"; hematite; high harmonic generation; ligand to metal charge transfer; transient absorption; X ray

Indexed keywords

EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPIES; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; LIGAND-TO-METAL CHARGE TRANSFERS; PHOTO-INDUCED OXIDATIONS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; HARMONIC GENERATION; HEMATITE; LIGANDS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84887661189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401997d     Document Type: Article

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