Molecular chirality and its monitoring by ultrafast x-ray pulses

JR Rouxel, S Mukamel - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Major advances in X-ray sources including the development of circularly polarized and
orbital angular momentum pulses make it possible to probe matter chirality at …

Ultrafast chirality: the road to efficient chiral measurements

D Ayuso, AF Ordonez, O Smirnova - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Today we are witnessing the electric–dipole revolution in chiral measurements. Here we
reflect on its lessons and outcomes, such as the perspective on chiral measurements using …

A table-top ultrashort light source in the extreme ultraviolet for circular dichroism experiments

A Ferré, C Handschin, M Dumergue, F Burgy… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Circular dichroism in the extreme ultraviolet range is broadly used as a sensitive structural
probe of matter, from the molecular photoionization of chiral species,, to the magnetic …

Circular dichroism in the photoelectron angular distributions of camphor and fenchone from multiphoton ionization with femtosecond laser pulses

C Lux, M Wollenhaupt, T Bolze, Q Liang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Chiral recognition in the gas phase using light is a challenge because of the low particle
densities involved. However, such collision free conditions offer great promise for highly …

Detecting chirality in molecules by imaging photoelectron circular dichroism

MHM Janssen, I Powis - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In this Perspective we discuss photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD), a relatively novel
technique that can detect chiral molecules with high sensitivity. PECD has an enantiomeric …

Femtosecond photoelectron circular dichroism of chemical reactions

V Svoboda, NB Ram, D Baykusheva, D Zindel… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Understanding the chirality of molecular reaction pathways is essential for a broad range of
fundamental and applied sciences. However, the current ability to probe chirality on the time …

Chiral discrimination through bielliptical high-harmonic spectroscopy

D Baykusheva, HJ Wörner - Physical Review X, 2018 - APS
Molecular chirality plays an essential role in most biochemical processes. The observation
and quantification of chirality-sensitive signals, however, remains extremely challenging …

Photoelectron Circular Dichroism with Two Overlap** Laser Pulses of Carrier Frequencies and Linearly Polarized in Two Mutually Orthogonal Directions

PV Demekhin, AN Artemyev, A Kastner, T Baumert - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Using a model methanelike chiral system, we theoretically demonstrate a possibility to
access photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) by a single experiment with two …

Real-time determination of enantiomeric and isomeric content using photoelectron elliptical dichroism

A Comby, E Bloch, CMM Bond, D Descamps… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The fast and accurate analysis of chiral chemical mixtures is crucial for many applications
but remains challenging. Here we use elliptically-polarized femtosecond laser pulses at high …

Photoionization of the aqueous phase: clusters, droplets and liquid jets

R Signorell, B Winter - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This perspective article reviews specific challenges associated with photoemission
spectroscopy of bulk liquid water, aqueous solutions, water droplets and water clusters. The …