Light-driven chemical transformations provide a compelling approach to understanding
chemical reactivity with the potential to use this understanding to advance solar energy and …

One major challenge of future sustainable photochemistry is to replace precious and rare
transition metals in applications such as energy conversion or electroluminescence by earth …

The non-equilibrium dynamics of electrons and nuclei govern the function of photoactive
materials. Disentangling these dynamics remains a critical goal for understanding …

Featured Application Femtosecond X-ray Experiments on photoexcited chemical systems
deliver a portfolio of new observables including electronic, spin and nuclear dynamics. This …

One of the most basic molecular photophysical processes is that of spin transitions and
intersystem crossing between excited states surfaces. The change in spin states affects the …

A comprehensive insight into ultrafast dynamics of photo-switchable materials is desired for
efficient control of material properties through light excitation. Here, we study a …

Structural studies using x-ray scattering methods for investigating molecules in solution are
shifting focus toward describing the role and effects of the surrounding solvent. However …

When characterizing transition metal complexes and their functionalities, the importance of
including the solvent as an active participant is becoming more and more apparent …

Appreciating that the role of the solute–solvent and other outer-sphere interactions is
essential for understanding chemistry and chemical dynamics in solution, experimental …

We propose an X-ray Raman pump–X-ray diffraction probe scheme to follow solvation
dynamics upon charge migration in a solute molecule. The X-ray Raman pump selectively …