Concepts of Structural Dynamics Investigations Chemical Research

The following notes cover the mathematical and analytical content covered during the course and are divided into: Introduction into theoretical concepts of structural dynamics, overview of experimental possibilities, description of experimental conditions, description of selected examples, impact on chemical research and concepts in chemical physics.

[1]  S. Techert,et al.  Development of a multipurpose vacuum chamber for serial optical and diffraction experiments with free electron laser radiation. , 2010, The Review of scientific instruments.

[2]  T. N. Hansen,et al.  Atomic-Scale Visualization of Inertial Dynamics , 2005, Science.

[3]  A. Rudenko,et al.  Diffraction properties of periodic lattices under free electron laser radiation. , 2010, Physical review letters.

[4]  S. Techert,et al.  Influence of the water structure on the acetylcholinesterase efficiency. , 2005, Biophysical journal.

[5]  Ab initio treatment of time-resolved x-ray scattering: application to the photoisomerization of stilbene. , 2006, The Journal of chemical physics.

[6]  S. Techert,et al.  Structure determination of thiacyanine dye J-aggregates in thin films: Comparison between spectroscopy and wide angle X-ray scattering , 2004 .

[7]  S. Techert,et al.  First steps towards probing chemical systems and dynamics with free-electron laser radiation-–case studies at the FLASH facility , 2010 .

[8]  S. Techert,et al.  X-ray scattering experiments with high-flux X-ray source coupled rapid mixing microchannel device and their potential for high-flux neutron scattering investigations , 2013, The European Physical Journal E.

[9]  T. N. Hansen,et al.  Clocking femtosecond X rays. , 2005, Physical review letters.

[10]  S. Techert,et al.  Experimental requirements for light-induced reactions in powders investigated by time-resolved X-ray diffraction. , 2004, Journal of synchrotron radiation.

[11]  T. Tschentscher,et al.  First investigations of the kinetics of the topochemical reaction of p-formyl-trans-cinnamic acid by time-resolved X-ray diffraction. , 2003, Faraday discussions.

[12]  S. Techert,et al.  Picosecond X-ray diffraction probed transient structural changes in organic solids. , 2001, Physical review letters.

[13]  A. Rudenko,et al.  Ultrafast time dynamics studies of periodic lattices with free electron laser radiation , 2012 .

[14]  T. Tschentscher,et al.  Femtosecond time-resolved powder diffraction experiments using hard X-ray free-electron lasers. , 2005, Journal of synchrotron radiation.

[15]  S. Techert.  First-, second- and third-order correlation function in time-resolved X-ray diffraction experiments , 2004 .

[16]  S. Techert,et al.  Photodimerization of Crystalline 9-Anthracenecarboxylic Acid: A Nontopotactic Autocatalytic Transformation , 2010 .

[17]  A. Menzel,et al.  Structural characterization of nanoscale meshworks within a nucleoporin FG hydrogel. , 2012, Biomacromolecules.

[18]  Computational studies of the x-ray scattering properties of laser aligned stilbene. , 2011, The Journal of chemical physics.

[19]  S. Techert,et al.  Structure determination of the intramolecular charge transfer state in crystalline 4-(diisopropylamino)benzonitrile from picosecond X-ray diffraction. , 2004, Journal of the American Chemical Society.

[20]  O. Bunk,et al.  Concentration effects on the dynamics of liquid crystalline self-assembly: time-resolved X-ray scattering studies. , 2011, The journal of physical chemistry. A.

[21]  S. Techert,et al.  Evidence for point transformations in photoactive molecular crystals by the photoinduced creation of diffuse diffraction patterns. , 2012, The journal of physical chemistry. B.

[22]  A. H. Walenta,et al.  Large-format, high-speed, X-ray pnCCDs combined with electron and ion imaging spectrometers in a multipurpose chamber for experiments at 4th generation light sources , 2010 .

[23]  S. Techert,et al.  Ab initio studies of ultrafast x-ray scattering of the photodissociation of iodine. , 2010, The Journal of chemical physics.

[24]  S. Techert,et al.  Limitations of high-intensity soft X-ray laser fields for the characterisation of water chemistry: Coulomb explosion of the octamer water cluster. , 2012, Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP.

[25]  S. Techert,et al.  Time-resolved X-ray diffraction of the photochromic alpha-styrylpyrylium trifluoromethanesulfonate crystal films reveals ultrafast structural switching. , 2009, Journal of the American Chemical Society.

[26]  S. Techert,et al.  Time-resolved near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy on photo-induced phase transitions using a tabletop soft-x-ray spectrometer. , 2012, The Review of scientific instruments.

[27]  S. Techert,et al.  On the mechanism of photoinduced phase transitions in ternary liquid crystal systems near thermal equilibrium. , 2008, The Journal of chemical physics.