Response of the mechanical and chiral character of ethane to ultra-fast laser pulses
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of computational chemistry. - 1984. - 45(2023), 3 vom: 30. Jan., Seite 150-158 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2024
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of computational chemistry |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article chiral electron dynamics ethane next generation quantum theory of atoms in molecules ultra-fast laser |
| Zusammenfassung: | © 2023 Wiley Periodicals LLC. A pair of simulated left and right circularly polarized ultra-fast laser pulses of duration 20 femtoseconds that induce a mixture of excited states are applied to ethane. The response of the electron dynamics is investigated within the next generation quantum theory of atoms in molecules (NG-QTAIM) using third-generation eigenvector-trajectories which are introduced in this work. This enables an analysis of the mechanical and chiral properties of the electron dynamics of ethane without needing to subject the C-C bond to external torsions as was the case for second-generation eigenvector-trajectories. The mechanical properties, in particular, the bond-flexing and bond-torsion were found to increase depending on the plane of the applied laser pulses. The bond-flexing and bond-torsion, depending on the plane of polarization, increases or decreases after the laser pulses are switched off. This is explainable in terms of directionally-dependent effects of the long-lasting superpositions of excited states. The chiral properties correspond to the ethane molecule being classified as formally achiral consistent with previous NG-QTAIM investigations. Future planned investigations using ultra-fast circularly polarized lasers are briefly discussed |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Revised 08.12.2023 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1096-987X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jcc.27225 |