TY - JOUR AU - Amini, Kasra AU - Savelyev, Evgeny AU - Brauße, Felix AU - Berrah, Nora AU - Bomme, Cedric AU - Brouard, Mark AU - Burt, Michael AU - Christensen, Lauge AU - Düsterer, Stefan AU - Erk, Benjamin AU - Höppner, Hauke AU - Kierspel, Thomas AU - Krecinic, Faruk AU - Lauer, Alexandra AU - Lee, Jason W. L. AU - Müller, Maria AU - Mueller, Erland AU - Mullins, Terence AU - Redlin, Harald AU - Schirmel, Nora AU - Thøgersen, Jan AU - Techert, Simone AU - Toleikis, Sven AU - Treusch, Rolf AU - Trippel, Sebastian AU - Ulmer, Anatoli AU - Vallance, Claire AU - Wiese, Joss AU - Johnsson, Per AU - Küpper, Jochen AU - Rudenko, Artem AU - Rouzée, Arnaud AU - Stapelfeldt, Henrik AU - Rolles, Daniel AU - Boll, Rebecca TI - Photodissociation of Aligned CH<sub>3</sub>I and C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>F<sub>2</sub>I Molecules Probed with Time-Resolved Coulomb Explosion Imaging by Site-Selective XUV Ionization JO - Structural dynamics VL - 5 IS - 1 SN - 2329-7778 CY - Melville, NY PB - AIP Publishing LLC M1 - PUBDB-2018-00199 SP - 014301 - PY - 2018 AB - We explore time-resolved Coulomb explosion induced by intense, extreme ultraviolet (XUV) femtosecond pulses from a free-electron laser as a method to image photo-induced molecular dynamics in two molecules, iodomethane and 2,6-difluoroiodobenzene. At an excitation wavelength of 267 nm, the dominant reaction pathway in both molecules is neutral dissociation via cleavage of the carbon–iodine bond. This allows investigating the influence of the molecular environment on the absorption of an intense, femtosecond XUV pulse and the subsequent Coulomb explosion process. We find that the XUV probe pulse induces local inner-shell ionization of atomic iodine in dissociating iodomethane, in contrast to non-selective ionization of all photofragments in difluoroiodobenzene. The results reveal evidence of electron transfer from methyl and phenyl moieties to a multiply charged iodine ion. In addition, indications for ultrafast charge rearrangement on the phenyl radical are found, suggesting that time-resolved Coulomb explosion imaging is sensitive to the localization of charge in extended molecules. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:29430482 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000426844700001 DO - DOI:10.1063/1.4998648 UR - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/398834 ER -