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@ARTICLE{Li:636675,
      author       = {Li, Xiang and Boll, Rebecca and Vindel-Zandbergen, Patricia
                      and González-Vázquez, Jesús and Rivas, Daniel and
                      Bhattacharyya, Surjendu and Borne, Kurtis and Chen, Keyu and
                      De Fanis, Alberto and Erk, Benjamin and Forbes, Ruaridh and
                      Green, Alice and Ilchen, Markus and Kaderiya, Balram and
                      Kukk, Edwin and Lam, Huynh and Mazza, Tommaso and Mullins,
                      Terence and Senfftleben, Bjoern and Trinter, Florian and
                      Usenko, Sergey and Venkatachalam, Anbu and Wang, Enliang and
                      Cryan, James and Meyer, Michael and Jahnke, Till and Ho,
                      Phay and Rolles, Daniel and Rudenko, Artem},
      title        = {{I}maging a light-induced molecular elimination reaction
                      with an {X}-ray free-electron laser},
      journal      = {Nature Communications},
      volume       = {16},
      number       = {1},
      issn         = {2041-1723},
      address      = {[London]},
      publisher    = {Springer Nature},
      reportid     = {PUBDB-2025-03713},
      pages        = {7006},
      year         = {2025},
      abstract     = {Tracking the motion of individual atoms during chemical
                      reactions represents a severe experimental challenge,
                      especially if several competing reaction pathways exist or
                      if the reaction is governed by the correlated motion of more
                      than two molecular constituents. Here we demonstrate how
                      ultrashort X-ray pulses combined with coincident ion imaging
                      can be used to trace molecular iodine elimination from
                      laser-irradiated diiodomethane (CH2I2), a reaction channel
                      of fundamental importance but small relative yield that
                      involves the breaking of two molecular bonds and the
                      formation of a new one. We map bending vibrations of the
                      bound molecule, disentangle different dissociation pathways,
                      image the correlated motion of the iodine atoms and the
                      methylene group leading to molecular iodine ejection, and
                      trace the vibrational motion of the formed product. Our
                      results provide a quantitative mechanistic picture behind
                      previously suggested reaction mechanisms and prove that a
                      variety of geometries are involved in the molecular bond
                      formation.},
      cin          = {XFEL-User / $XFEL_E2_SQS$ / FS-FLASH-D / FS-FLASH-O /
                      FS-ATTO},
      ddc          = {500},
      cid          = {I:(DE-H253)XFEL-User-20170713 /
                      $I:(DE-H253)XFEL_E2_SQS-20210408$ /
                      I:(DE-H253)FS-FLASH-D-20160930 /
                      I:(DE-H253)FS-FLASH-O-20160930 /
                      I:(DE-H253)FS-ATTO-20170403},
      pnm          = {631 - Matter – Dynamics, Mechanisms and Control
                      (POF4-631) / DFG project G:(GEPRIS)509471550 - Dynamik
                      photoionisations-induzierter Prozesse in laser-präparierten
                      Molekülen in der Gasphase und der wässrigen Phase
                      (509471550) / AIM, DFG project G:(GEPRIS)390715994 - EXC
                      2056: CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter (390715994)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-631 / G:(GEPRIS)509471550 /
                      G:(GEPRIS)390715994},
      experiment   = {EXP:(DE-H253)XFEL-SQS-20150101},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:40739097},
      doi          = {10.1038/s41467-025-62274-z},
      url          = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/636675},
}