Electronic dynamics created at conical intersections and its dephasing in aqueous solution

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Autores principales: Chang, Yi-Ping, Balciunas, Tadas, Yin, Zhong, Sapunar, Marin, Tenorio, Bruno N. C., Paul, Alexander C., Tsuru, Shota, Koch, Henrik, Wolf, Jean Pierre, Coriani, Sonia, Wörner, Hans Jakob
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author Chang, Yi-Ping
Balciunas, Tadas
Yin, Zhong
Sapunar, Marin
Tenorio, Bruno N. C.
Paul, Alexander C.
Tsuru, Shota
Koch, Henrik
Wolf, Jean Pierre
Coriani, Sonia
Wörner, Hans Jakob
author_facet Chang, Yi-Ping
Balciunas, Tadas
Yin, Zhong
Sapunar, Marin
Tenorio, Bruno N. C.
Paul, Alexander C.
Tsuru, Shota
Koch, Henrik
Wolf, Jean Pierre
Coriani, Sonia
Wörner, Hans Jakob
contents A dynamical rearrangement in the electronic structure of a molecule can be driven by different phenomena, including nuclear motion, electronic coherence or electron correlation. Recording such electronic dynamics and identifying their fate in aqueous solution has remained a challenge. Here, we reveal the electronic dynamics induced by electronic relaxation through conical intersections in pyrazine molecules using X-ray spectroscopy. We show that the ensuing created dynamics corresponds to a cyclic rearrangement of the electronic structure around the aromatic ring. Furthermore, we find that such electronic dynamics are entirely suppressed when pyrazine is dissolved in water. Our observations confirm that conical intersections can create electronic dynamics that are not directly excited by the pump pulse and that aqueous solvation can dephase them in less than 40 fs. These results have implications for the investigation of electronic dynamics created during light-induced molecular dynamics and shed light on their susceptibility to aqueous solvation.
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spellingShingle Electronic dynamics created at conical intersections and its dephasing in aqueous solution
Chang, Yi-Ping
Balciunas, Tadas
Yin, Zhong
Sapunar, Marin
Tenorio, Bruno N. C.
Paul, Alexander C.
Tsuru, Shota
Koch, Henrik
Wolf, Jean Pierre
Coriani, Sonia
Wörner, Hans Jakob
Chemical Physics
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
A dynamical rearrangement in the electronic structure of a molecule can be driven by different phenomena, including nuclear motion, electronic coherence or electron correlation. Recording such electronic dynamics and identifying their fate in aqueous solution has remained a challenge. Here, we reveal the electronic dynamics induced by electronic relaxation through conical intersections in pyrazine molecules using X-ray spectroscopy. We show that the ensuing created dynamics corresponds to a cyclic rearrangement of the electronic structure around the aromatic ring. Furthermore, we find that such electronic dynamics are entirely suppressed when pyrazine is dissolved in water. Our observations confirm that conical intersections can create electronic dynamics that are not directly excited by the pump pulse and that aqueous solvation can dephase them in less than 40 fs. These results have implications for the investigation of electronic dynamics created during light-induced molecular dynamics and shed light on their susceptibility to aqueous solvation.
title Electronic dynamics created at conical intersections and its dephasing in aqueous solution
topic Chemical Physics
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.10508