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most citedDifferentiating Three-Dimensional Molecular Structures using Laser-induced Coulomb Explosion Imaging

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physics.chem-ph2026

Heteroatom Position Controls Ultrafast Photodynamics of Oxazole and Isoxazole

Briony Downes-Ward, Paul Javed, Huynh V. S. Lam +27

The ultrafast photochemistry of heterocyclic compounds is central to photobiology and materials chemistry, yet direct experimental observation of their structural dynamics remains…

physics.chem-ph2026

Probing the structure of cyclic hydrocarbon molecules with X-ray-induced Coulomb explosion imaging

Kurtis D. Borne, Rebecca Boll, Thomas M. Baumann +27

Coulomb explosion imaging (CEI) is a powerful experimental technique that maps a molecule's geometric structure onto the momenta of ionic molecular fragments produced by rapid mult…

physics.chem-ph2025★ 1 cited

Exploiting correlations in multi-coincidence Coulomb explosion patterns for differentiating molecular structures using machine learning

Anbu Selvam Venkatachalam, Loren Greenman, Joshua Stallbaumer +3

Coulomb explosion imaging (CEI) is a powerful technique for capturing the real-time motion of individual atoms during ultrafast photochemical reactions. CEI generates high-dimensio…

physics.chem-ph2025★ 3 cited

Imaging transient molecular configurations in UV-excited diiodomethane

Anbu Selvam Venkatachalam, Huynh Van Sa Lam, Surjendu Bhattacharyya +6

Femtosecond structural dynamics of diiodomethane () triggered by ultraviolet (UV) photoabsorption at 290 nm and 330 nm are studied using time-resolved coincident…

physics.chem-ph2024★ 5 cited

Simultaneous imaging of vibrational, rotational, and electronic wave packet dynamics in a triatomic molecule

Huynh Van Sa Lam, Van-Hung Hoang, Anbu Selvam Venkatachalam +9

Light-induced molecular dynamics often involve the excitation of several electronic, vibrational, and rotational states. Since the ensuing electronic and nuclear motion determines…

physics.chem-ph2024

X-ray Coulomb explosion imaging reveals role of molecular structure in internal conversion

Till Jahnke, Sebastian Mai, Surjendu Bhattacharyya +26

Molecular photoabsorption results in an electronic excitation/ionization which couples to the rearrangement of the nuclei. The resulting intertwined change of nuclear and electroni…

physics.chem-ph2023★ 21 cited

Monitoring the evolution of relative product populations at early times during a photochemical reaction

Joao Pedro Figueira Nunes, Lea Maria Ibele, Shashank Pathak +31

Identifying multiple rival reaction products and transient species formed during ultrafast photochemical reactions and determining their time-evolving relative populations are key…

physics.chem-ph2023★ 1 cited

Time-Resolved Coulomb Explosion Imaging Unveils Ultrafast Ring Opening of Furan

Enliang Wang, Surjendu Bhattacharyya, Keyu Chen +10

Following the changes in molecular structure throughout the entirety of a chemical reaction with atomic resolution is a long-term goal in femtochemistry. Although the development o…