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捕获紫外激发分子中电子驱动的手性动力学

Capturing electron-driven chiral dynamics in UV-excited molecules

Vincent Wanie, Etienne Bloch, Erik P. Månsson, Lorenzo Colaizzi, Sergey Ryabchuk, Krishna Saraswathula, Andres F. Ordonez, David Ayuso, Olga Smirnova, Andrea Tr… 展开作者

Vincent Wanie, Etienne Bloch, Erik P. Månsson, Lorenzo Colaizzi, Sergey Ryabchuk, Krishna Saraswathula, Andres F. Ordonez, David Ayuso, Olga Smirnova, Andrea Trabattoni, Valérie Blanchet, Nadia Ben Amor, Marie-Catherine Heitz, Yann Mairesse, Bernard Pons, Francesca Calegari

AI总结:

本研究利用时间分辨光电子圆二色性(TR-PECD)以2.9飞秒分辨率成像紫外激发中性手性分子中电子驱动的相干动力学,发现里德堡态拍频导致手性响应周期性调制和符号反转,并揭示了对映选择性过滤机制,为控制手性分子反应开辟了新途径。

摘要:

分子手性是许多技术的关键设计属性,包括生物响应成像、圆偏振光检测与发射、分子马达和开关。因此,对瞬态手性的初始步骤进行成像和操控,对于控制由手性分子响应外部刺激而产生的众多物理、化学和生物性质至关重要。迄今为止,中性分子中电子驱动的手性动力学尚未在其固有时间尺度上得到证实。在此,我们使用时间分辨光电子圆二色性(TR-PECD),其前所未有的仪器响应函数为2.9飞秒,来成像由快速紫外激发在中性手性分子中激活的相干电子运动的动力学,揭示了其对分子手性响应的影响。我们发现里德堡态之间的电子拍频导致手性光学响应在几飞秒时间尺度上的周期性调制,显示出在不到10飞秒内的符号反转。包含分子紫外激发和后续光电离的计算证实了这一解释,并进一步证明,所得到的光致手性电流与圆偏振探测脉冲的结合,在光电离时实现了分子取向的对映选择性过滤,为对映选择性电荷定向反应性开辟了途径。

英文摘要:

Molecular chirality is a key design property for many technologies including bioresponsive imaging, circularly polarized light detection and emission, molecular motors and switches. Imaging and manipulating the primary steps of transient chirality is therefore central for controlling numerous physical, chemical and biological properties that arise from chiral molecules in response to external stimuli. So far, the manifestation of electron-driven chiral dynamics in neutral molecules has not been demonstrated at their intrinsic timescale. Here, we use time-resolved photoelectron circular dichroism (TR-PECD) with an unprecedented instrument response function of 2.9 fs to image the dynamics of coherent electronic motion activated by prompt UV-excitation in neutral chiral molecules, disclosing its impact on the molecular chiral response. We find that electronic beatings between Rydberg states lead to periodic modulations of the chiroptical response on the few-femtosecond timescale, showing a sign inversion in less than 10 fs. Calculations including both the molecular UV-excitation and subsequent photoionization confirm this interpretation and provide further evidence that the combination of the resulting photoinduced chiral current with a circularly polarized probe pulse realizes an enantio-selective filter of molecular orientations upon photoionization, opening up a route towards enantio-selective charge-directed reactivity.

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