Ebook: The Non-Ergodic Nature of Internal Conversion: An Experimental and Theoretical Approach

This thesis investigates the transitions from one electronically excited state to another. Such processes - the fastest of events in chemistry - can be studied with femtosecond resolution, and Thomas S. Kuhlman approaches the question both with experimental and theoretical methods. His approach contributes to explain processes of high importance to all scientific fields concerned with the interaction between light and matter: the deactivation of the electronically excited states after excitation. Thomas S. Kuhlman concludes in this thesis that the electronic transition proceeds before the entire set of available degrees of freedom are active - 'It is as simple as that' !

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This thesis investigates the transitions from one electronically excited state to another. Such processes - the fastest of events in chemistry - can be studied with femtosecond resolution, and Thomas S. Kuhlman approaches the question both with experimental and theoretical methods. His approach contributes to explain processes of high importance to all scientific fields concerned with the interaction between light and matter: the deactivation of the electronically excited states after excitation. Thomas S. Kuhlman concludes in this thesis that the electronic transition proceeds before the entire set of available degrees of freedom are active - 'It is as simple as that' !

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This thesis investigates the transitions from one electronically excited state to another. Such processes - the fastest of events in chemistry - can be studied with femtosecond resolution, and Thomas S. Kuhlman approaches the question both with experimental and theoretical methods. His approach contributes to explain processes of high importance to all scientific fields concerned with the interaction between light and matter: the deactivation of the electronically excited states after excitation. Thomas S. Kuhlman concludes in this thesis that the electronic transition proceeds before the entire set of available degrees of freedom are active - 'It is as simple as that' !
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Experimental Setup....Pages 17-22
Fitting of Experimental Data and Cross-Correlation....Pages 23-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Nuclear Dynamics....Pages 29-46
Time-Resolved Photoelectron Spectra....Pages 47-54
Electronic Structure....Pages 55-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
The Cycloketones....Pages 61-80
The Cyclopentadienes....Pages 81-97
Dithiane....Pages 99-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Summarizing Discussion....Pages 107-109
Back Matter....Pages 111-131

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This thesis investigates the transitions from one electronically excited state to another. Such processes - the fastest of events in chemistry - can be studied with femtosecond resolution, and Thomas S. Kuhlman approaches the question both with experimental and theoretical methods. His approach contributes to explain processes of high importance to all scientific fields concerned with the interaction between light and matter: the deactivation of the electronically excited states after excitation. Thomas S. Kuhlman concludes in this thesis that the electronic transition proceeds before the entire set of available degrees of freedom are active - 'It is as simple as that' !
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Experimental Setup....Pages 17-22
Fitting of Experimental Data and Cross-Correlation....Pages 23-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Nuclear Dynamics....Pages 29-46
Time-Resolved Photoelectron Spectra....Pages 47-54
Electronic Structure....Pages 55-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
The Cycloketones....Pages 61-80
The Cyclopentadienes....Pages 81-97
Dithiane....Pages 99-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Summarizing Discussion....Pages 107-109
Back Matter....Pages 111-131
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