English
Related papers

Related papers: Photoelectron Circular Dichroism of Aqueous-Phase …

200 papers

We present a unique experimental design that enables the measurement of photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) from chiral molecules in aqueous solution. The effect is revealed from the intensity difference of photoelectron emission into a…

Photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) is a fascinating phenomenon both from a fundamental science aspect but also due to its emerging role as a highly sensitive analytic tool for chiral recognition in the gas phase. PECD has been studied…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-05-21 Alexander Kastner , Tom Ring , Hendrike Braun , Arne Senftleben , Thomas Baumert

We present an experimental X-ray photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) study of liquid fenchone at the C 1s edge. A novel setup to enable PECD measurements on a liquid microjet [Malerz et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum., 2022, 93, 015101] was…

We present the first photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) measurements of chiral alcohols, and in particular 1-Phenylethanol, using multiphoton ionization at 400 nm. Observed PECD values were rather small at $\sim2$%, but could be…

Photoelectron circular dichroism in the one-photon detachment of a model methane-like chiral anionic system is studied theoretically by the single center method. The computed chiral asymmetry, characterized by the dichroic parameter…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2022-02-02 Anton N. Artemyev , Eric Kutscher , Philipp V. Demekhin

We report on a joint experimental and theoretical study of photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) in methyloxirane. By detecting O 1s-photoelectrons in coincidence with fragment ions, we deduce the molecule's orientation and photoelectron…

In photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) it is generally difficult to trace how and when the chirality of the molecule is imprinted onto the photoelectron. We present simulations of PECD in a simple model and employ chirality measures to…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-03-04 Marec W. Heger , Daniel M. Reich

Chiral molecules exhibit enantiosensitive light-matter interactions, with photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) serving as a sensitive probe of molecular chirality through the asymmetry in the photoelectron wavepacket amplitude. Here, we…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-05-07 Zheming Zhou , Yang Li , Xu Zhang , Yueming Zhou , Peixiang Lu

Unravelling the main initial dynamics responsible for chiral recognition is a key stepin the understanding of many biological processes. However this challenging task requires a sensitive enantiospecic probe to investigate molecular…

Spectroscopic techniques that are sensitive to molecular chirality are important analytical tools to quantitatively determine enantiomeric excess and purity of chiral molecular samples. Many chiroptical processes however produce weak…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-04-02 Sebastian Hartweg , Dusan k. Bozanic , Gustavo A. Garcia-Macias , Laurent Nahon

Photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) is a method where randomly oriented chiral molecules are photoionized due to irradiation by circularly-polarized lasers, yielding large chiral signals in the photoelectron momentum distribution.…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-16 Gal Bouskila , Avner Fleischer , Ofer Neufeld

Photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) is a highly sensitive enantiospecific spectroscopy for studying chiral molecules in the gas phase using either single-photon ionization or multiphoton ionization. In the short pulse limit investigated…

Photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) is a method whereby randomly oriented chiral molecules are irradiated by circularly-polarized light, photoionizing electrons, which are measured in a momentum-resolved manner. This scheme permits…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-05-23 Ofer Neufeld

Chiral molecules are widespread in nature, playing a fundamental role in bio-chemical processes and in the origin of life itself. The observation of dynamics in chiral molecules is crucial for the understanding and control of the chiral…

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 scale of chemical reactions remains very limited.…

Chiral transition-metal complexes are of interest in many fields ranging from asymmetric catalysis and molecular materials science to optoelectronic applications or fundamental physics including parity violation effects. We present here a…

Photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) in different regimes of multiphoton ionization of fenchone is studied theoretically using the time-dependent single center method. In particular, we investigate the chiral response to the one-color…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2020-01-24 Anne D. Müller , Eric Kutscher , Anton N. Artemyev , Philipp V. Demekhin

We present an investigation of one-photon valence-shell photoelectron spectroscopy and photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) for the chiral molecule (1R,4R)-3-(heptafluorobutyryl)-(+)-camphor (HFC) and its europium complex Eu(III)…

Chiral molecules are instrumental for molecular recognition in living organisms. Distinguishing between two opposite enantiomers, the mirror twins of the same chiral molecule, is both vital and challenging. Photoelectron circular dichroism…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-12-07 Andres F. Ordonez , David Ayuso , Piero Decleva , Olga Smirnova
‹ Prev 1 2 3 10 Next ›