TY - JOUR
AU - Allum, Felix
AU - Music, Valerija
AU - Inhester, Ludger
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AU - Erk, Benjamin
AU - Schmidt, Philipp
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AU - Burt, Michael
AU - Demekhin, Philipp V.
AU - Dörner, Simon
AU - Ehresmann, Arno
AU - Galler, Andreas
AU - Grychtol, Patrik
AU - Heathcote, David
AU - Kargin, Denis
AU - Larsson, Mats
AU - Lee, Jason W. L.
AU - Li, Zheng
AU - Manschwetus, Bastian
AU - Marder, Lutz
AU - Mason, Robert
AU - Meyer, Michael
AU - Otto, Huda
AU - Passow, Christopher
AU - Pietschnig, Rudolf
AU - Ramm, Daniel
AU - Schubert, Kaja
AU - Schwob, Lucas
AU - Thomas, Richard D.
AU - Vallance, Claire
AU - Vidanović, Igor
AU - von Korff Schmising, Clemens
AU - Wagner, René
AU - Walter, Peter
AU - Zhaunerchyk, Vitali
AU - Rolles, Daniel
AU - Bari, Sadia
AU - Brouard, Mark
AU - Ilchen, Markus
TI - A localized view on molecular dissociation via electron-ion partial covariance
JO - Communications chemistry
VL - 5
IS - 1
SN - 2399-3669
CY - [London]
PB - Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature
M1 - PUBDB-2021-03434
SP - 42
PY - 2022
AB - Inner-shell photoelectron spectroscopy provides an element-specific probe of molecular structure, as core-electron binding energies are sensitive to the chemical environment. Short-wavelength femtosecond light sources, such as Free-Electron Lasers (FELs), even enable time-resolved site-specific investigations of molecular photochemistry. Here, we study the ultraviolet photodissociation of chiral (R/S)-1-iodo-2-methylbutane, probed by XUV pulses from the Free-electron LASer in Hamburg (FLASH) through the ultrafast evolution of the iodine 4d binding energy. Methodologically, we introduce electron-ion partial covariance imaging as a technique to isolate otherwise elusive features in a two-dimensional photoelectron spectrum arising from different photofragmentation pathways. The experimental and theoretical results for the time-resolved electron spectra of the 4d<sub>3/2</sub> and 4d<sub>5/2</sub> atomic and molecular levels that are disentangled by this method provide a key step towards studying structural and chemical changes from a specific spectator site. We thus pave the way for approaching femto-stereochemistry with FELs.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000773922700001
DO - DOI:10.1038/s42004-022-00656-w
UR - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/462475
ER -