Femtochemistry and Femtobiology. Ultrafast Events in Molecular Science VIth International Conference on Femtochemistry Maison de la Chimie, Paris, France July 6–10, 2003

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Preface, Pages v-vii, Monique M. Martin, James T. Hynes
Chapter 1 - Ultrafast Electron Diffraction and Transient Complex Structures—From Gas Phase to Crystallography, Pages 3-17, Ahmed H. Zewail
Chapter 2 - Experimental and theoretical studies of pump-probe electron diffraction: time-dependent and state-specific signatures in small cyclic molecules, Pages 19-24, P.M. Weber, R.C. Dudek, S. Ryu, R.M. Stratt
Chapter 3 - Cluster size effects on bound excited states of SO2, Pages 25-28, T.E. Dermota, D.P. Hydutsky, N.J. Bianco, A.W. Castleman Jr.
Chapter 4 - Micro solvation dynamics at the passage of conical intersections observed in argon clusters of excited tetrakis(dimethylamino) ethylene, Pages 29-32, S. Sorgues, J-M. Mestdagh, E. Gloaguen, J-P. Visticot, B. Soep
Chapter 5 - Femtosecond photon echo measurements of electronic coherence relaxation of I2 in the presence of He, Ar, N2, O2, C3H8, Pages 33-36, V.V. Lozovoy, M. Comstock, I. Pastirk, M. Dantus
Chapter 6 - Probing reaction dynamics with Rydberg states: The ring opening reaction of 1,3-cyclohexadiene, Pages 37-40, N. Kuthirummal, P.M. Weber
Chapter 7 - Femtosecond photoelectron spectroscopy of trans-Stilbene, Pages 41-44, C. Dietl, E. Papastathopoulos, G. Gerber
Chapter 8 - Azobenzene photoisomerization: Two states and two relaxation pathways explain the violation of Kasha's rule, Pages 45-48, T. Schultz, S. Ullrich, J. Quenneville, T.J. Martinez, M.Z. Zgierski, A. Stolow
Chapter 9 - Comparison of ultrafast photoinduced processes in indole(NH3)n and indole(H2O)n clusters, Pages 49-52, H. Lippert, V. Stert, C.P. Schulz, I.V. Hertel, W. Radloff
Chapter 10 - How to disentangle evaporation and picosecond excited state dynamics in molecular clusters, Pages 53-56, S. Martrenchard, C. Dedonder-Lardeux, C. Jouvet
Chapter 11 - Vibrational relaxation of photoexcited Na3F, Pages 57-60, V. Blanchet, J.M. L'Hermite, A. Le Padellec, B. Lamory, P. Labastie
Chapter 12 - Femtosecond infrared strong field ionisation of metal clusters produced by kHz laser ablation, Pages 61-64, Marc Smits, C.A. de Lange, Adrian Pegoraro, D.M. Rayner, Albert Stolow
Chapter 13 - The structure of carboxylic acid dimers: results by time—resolved femtosecond degenerate four-wave mixing spectroscopy, Pages 65-68, V.V. Matylitsky, M.F. Gelin, C. Riehn, B. Brutschy
Chapter 14 - Collision induced rotational energy transfer. A new scaling law probed by fs CARS, Pages 69-72, G. Knopp, P. Beaud, P. Radi, M. Tulej, T. Gerber
Chapter 15 - Different schemes and recent results for high-resolution rotational coherence spectroscopy with picosecond and femtosecond laser pulses, Pages 73-76, C. Riehn, V.V. Matylitsky, A. Weichert, M.F. Gelin, W. Jarzba, B. Brutschy
Chapter 16 - Shaped laser pulses acting as photonic reagents, Pages 79-90, H. Rabitz
Chapter 17 - Energy flow in photosynthetic light harvesting: spectroscopy and control, Pages 91-94, W. Wohlleben, T. Buckup, J.L. Herek, H. Hashimoto, R.J. Cogdell, M. Motzkus
Chapter 18 - Control of nonlinear optical excitation with multiphoton intrapulse interference, Pages 95-101, J.M. Dela Cruz, I. Pastirk, V.V. Lozovoy, K.A. Walowicz, M. Dantus
Chapter 19 - Infrared femtochemistry: Vibrationally induced molecular dissociation and its control employing shaped fs MIR laser pulses, Pages 103-106, T. Witte, L. Windhorn, J.S. Yeston, D. Proch, M. Motzkus, K.L. Kompa
Chapter 20 - Spectrally resolved femtosecond two-colour three-pulse photon echoes for studies of molecular dynamics: influence of pulse wavelengths and pulse sequence, Pages 107-110, Lap Van Dao, C. Lincoln, M. Lowe, P. Hannaford
Chapter 21 - Closed loop optimization of the ionization process in NaK. Learning from the optimal pulse shape, Pages 111-114, A. Lindinger, C. Lupulescu, M. Plewicki, S.M. Weber, A. Merli, F. Vetter, L. Wöste
Chapter 22 - Femtosecond dynamics of NaI and CsI aggregated with CH3CN, Pages 115-118, E. Charron, D.T. Stibbe, A. Suzor-Weiner
Chapter 23 - Control of the production of highly charged ions in femtosecond laser cluster fragmentation, Pages 119-122, S. Zamith, Y. Ni, S.A. Aseyev, E. Springate, M.J.J. Vrakking
Chapter 24 - Free phase optimization of CpMn(CO)+2 as a fragment of CpMn(CO)3 by means of shaped femtosecond laser pulses, Pages 123-126, C. Lupulescu, A. Lindinger, A. Merli, M. Plewicki, L. Wöste
Chapter 25 - Adiabatic control of bond distance in selective non Franck-Condon transitions, Pages 127-130, I.R. Sola, B.Y. Chang, V.S. Malinovsky, J. Santamaria
Chapter 26 - Adiabatic rapid passage in molecules in solution excited by an intense ultrashort chirped pulse, Pages 131-134, B.D. Fainberg, V.A. Gorbunov
Chapter 27 - Ultrafast non-franck-condon transitions: Is it possible?, Pages 135-138, N.E. Henriksen, K.B. Møller
Chapter 28 - Quantum control beyond spectral interference and population control: Can resonant intense laser pulses freeze the population?, Pages 139-142, M. Wollenhaupt, A. Assion, O. Graefe, Ch. Horn, D. Liese, C. Sarpe-Tudoran, M. Winter, T. Baumert
Chapter 29 - Ultrafast time reversal mirror at 800 nm based on photosensitive naphthalocyanine doped solids, Pages 143-146, J.-P. Galaup, S. Fraigne, J.-L. Le Gouët, J.-P. Likforman, M. Joffre
Chapter 30 - Ultrafast motion of water molecules near ions, Pages 149-156, H.J. Bakker, M.F. Kropman, A.W. Omta
Chapter 31 - Ultrafast vibrational dynamics of hydrogen-bonded dimers in solution, Pages 157-164, Thomas Elsaesser, Karsten Heyne, Nils Huse, Erik T.J. Nibbering
Chapter 32 - 2D photon-echo spectroscopy of hydrogen-bond dynamics in liquid water, Pages 165-168, M.S. Pshenichnikov, S. Yeremenko, D.A. Wiersma
Chapter 33 - Three-dimensional spectroscopy of vibrational energy relaxation in liquids, Pages 169-176, Z. Wang, A. Pakoulev, Y. Pang, D.D. Dlott
Chapter 34 - On ultrafast IR spectroscopy in water, Pages 177-180, K.B. Møller, R. Rey, J.T. Hynes
Chapter 35 - Isotope effect on the IVR dynamics after ultrafast IR excitation of the hydrogen bond in salicylaldimine, Pages 181-184, M. Petković, O. Kühn
Chapter 36 - Femtosecond solvation dynamics of hydrogen-bonding complexes, Pages 185-188, E. Pines, D. Pines, Y.-Z. Ma, G.R. Fleming
Chapter 37 - Bimodal intermolecular proton transfer in water: photoacid-base pairs studied with ultrafast infrared spectroscopy, Pages 189-192, M. Rini, O.F. Mohammed, B.-Z. Magnes, E. Pines, E.T.J. Nibbering
Chapter 38 - Symmetry breaking wavepacket motion and absence of deuterium isotope effect in ultrafast excited state proton transfer, Pages 193-196, S. Lochbrunner, K. Stock, C. Schriever, E. Riedle
Chapter 39 - Excited-state proton transfer dynamics of 6-hydroxyquinoline in acidic and alkaline aqueous solutions, Pages 197-200, O. Poizat, Guy Buntinx, E. Bardez, V. Alain
Chapter 40 - Ultrafast intermolecular proton transfer from 10-hydroxy-camptothecin, Pages 201-205, S. Ashkenazi, P. Leiderman, D. Huppert, K.M. Solntsev, L.M. Tolbert
Chapter 41 - Reaction dynamics of aqueous peroxynitrite and peroxynitrous acid, Pages 207-210, J. Thøgersen, D. Madsen, J. Larsen, S.J. Knak Jensen, S.R. Keiding
Chapter 42 - Dynamics of water at surface of complex systems: Study of aqueous micelles and proteins, Pages 213-220, S. Pal, S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Balasubramanian, B. Bagchi
Chapter 43 - The solvated electron in methanol. Novel time- and frequency-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy of short-lived precursors, Pages 221-224, A. Thaller, R. Laenen, A. Laubereau
Chapter 44 - Femtosecond dynamics of the solvated electron in water studied by time-resolved Raman spectroscopy, Pages 225-228, Misao Mizuno, Shoichi Yamaguchi, Tahei Tahara
Chapter 45 - Femtosecond transient spectroscopy of the photoionization of indole in water, Pages 229-232, T. Bizjak, P.B. Bisht, S. Lochbrunner, E. Riedle
Chapter 46 - Short-time water caging and transient electron-OH couplings in liquid phase, Pages 233-236, B. Brozek-Pluska, A. Hallou, D. Glijer, B. Charles, Y. Gauduel
Chapter 47 - Fluorescence dynamics of coumarin C522 in water and in cyclodextrin cavity, Pages 237-240, P. Bodis, I. Bugar, T. Palszegi, D. Velic, D. Chorvat
Chapter 48 - Solvation dynamics of electron in ethylene glycol at 300 K, Pages 241-244, B. Soroushian, I. Lampre, S. Pommeret, M. Mostafavi
Chapter 49 - Solvation dynamics of coumarin 153 in benzene-acetonitrile and benzene-methanol mixtures: A Molecular Dynamics study, Pages 245-248, M. Koziński, W. Jarzęba, R. Vuilleumier
Chapter 50 - Femtosecond dynamics of excess electrons in a molten Na−NaBr system, Pages 249-252, H. Brands, N. Chandrasekhar, H. Hippler, A.-N. Unterreiner
Chapter 51 - Electronic solvation dynamics in non-polar supercritical fluids, Pages 253-256, P. Larrégaray, A. Cavina, M. Chergui
Chapter 52 - Femtosecond photolysis of CH2I2 in supercritical fluids: Competition between photodissociation and isomerization, Pages 257-260, C. Grimm, J. Zerbs, M.F. Kling, J. Schroeder
Chapter 53 - Femtosecond degenerate four-wave mixing of cycloalkanes, Pages 261-264, H.M. Frey, D. Kummli, M. Keller, R. Leist, S. Leutwyler
Chapter 54 - Femtosecond liquid dynamics studied by two-dimensional Raman spectroscopy, Pages 265-268, K.J. Kubarych, C.J. Milne, R.J.D. Miller
Chapter 55 - The impact of different molecular environments and chemical substitution on timescales of intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution in aromatic molecul, Pages 271-278, B. Abel
Chapter 56 - Dihydroazulene molecular switches: Via ultrafast spectroscopy to the first bidirectional switch, Pages 279-282, U. Schmidhammer, V. De Waele, G. Buntinx, E. Riedle
Chapter 57 - The ultrafast dynamics of some photochromic naphthopyrans, Pages 283-286, R.G. Brown, M. Maafi, P. Foggi, L. Bussotti
Chapter 58 - Femtochemistry of organic peroxides: Ultrafast formation and decarboxylation of carbonyloxy radicals, Pages 287-290, B. Abel, M. Buback, Ch. Grimm, M. Kling, S. Schmatz, J. Schroeder
Chapter 59 - Femto- and nanosecond photoionization of sterically hindered phenols in non-protic solvents — antithetical product formation, Pages 291-294, R. Hermann, T. Leichtner, S. Naumov, O. Brede
Chapter 60 - Coherent nuclear motion of reacting excited-state molecules in solution observed by ultrafast two color pump-probe spectroscopy, Pages 295-298, Satoshi Takeuchi, Tahei Tahara
Chapter 61 - Probing of coherent oscillations by multiphoton ionization, Pages 299-302, S.A. Trushin, W. Fuß, W.E. Schmid, T. Yatsuhashi
Chapter 62 - Coherences in the time-resolved fluorescence of the TCNE-HMB complex: Simulation versus experiment, Pages 303-306, A.V. Pisliakov, M.F. Gelin, W. Domcke
Chapter 63 - Quantum-dynamical modeling of ultrafast processes in complex molecular systems: Multiconfigurational system-bath dynamics using Gaussian wavepackets, Pages 307-310, I. Burghardt, G.A. Worth
Chapter 64 - A simple approach for the calculation of femtosecond pump-probe spectra for electronically nonadiabatic systems, Pages 311-314, M.F. Gelin, A.V. Pisliakov, W. Domcke
Chapter 65 - Ultrafast charge separation and radiationless relaxation processes from S2 excited electronic states of directly linked Zinc-porphyrin-acceptor dyads, Pages 315-318, Seiji Taniguchi, Noboru Mataga, Haik Chosrowjan, Naoya Yoshida, Atsuhiro Osuka
Chapter 66 - Femtosecond time-resolved studies on bimolecular electron transfer processes, Pages 319-322, S. Pagès, B. Lang, E. Vauthey
Chapter 67 - Ultrafast photoinduced charge transfer in fluorinated derivatives of DMABN, Pages 323-326, S. Murali, P. Changenet-Barret, C. Ley, P. Plaza, W. Rettig, M.M. Martin, A.I. Tolmachev
Chapter 68 - Influence of solute-solvent interactions on the quenching dynamics of perylene derivatives in an electron donating solvent, Pages 327-330, A. Morandeira, A. Fürstenberg, E. Vauthey
Chapter 69 - Effect of excitation wavelength on the charge recombination dynamics of excited donor acceptor complexes, Pages 331-334, O. Nicolet, A.I. Ivanov, E. Vauthey
Chapter 70 - Time-resolved x-ray diffraction from small molecules in solution, Pages 337-347, M. Wulff, M. Lorenc, A. Plech, H. Ihee, S. Bratos, F. Mirloup, R. Vuilleumier
Chapter 71 - Time-dependent x-ray scattering signal of laser heated liquids, Pages 349-352, F. Mirloup, R. Vuilleumier, S. Bratos, M. Wulff, A. Plech
Chapter 72 - Structural dynamics and electronic structure changes probed with lasers and x-rays, Pages 353-361, W. Gawelda, M. Saes, M. Kaiser, A. Tarnovsky, S.L. Johnson, D. Grolimund, R. Abela, M. Chergui, Ch. Bressler
Chapter 73 - Multidimensional and dual frequency infrared analogues of NMR: Applications to peptides and isotopomers of secondary structures, Pages 365-372, I.V. Rubtsov, J. Wang, C. Fang, M.L. Cornelio, Y.S. Kim, A.K. Charnley, A.B. Smith III, S. Decatur, Robin M. Hochstrasser
Chapter 74 - Ultrafast conformational dynamics in light triggered cyclic peptides, Pages 373-379, W. Zinth, A. Sieg, T. Schrader, S. Spörlein, P. Hamm, J. Bredenbeck, J. Helbing, C. Renner, L. Moroder, H. Carstens, P. Tavan, J. Wachtveitl
Chapter 75 - Femtosecond visible pump-midinfrared probe setup for the study of protein dynamics. Isomerization in photoactive yellow protein, Pages 381-386, M.L. Groot, L.J.G.W. van Wilderen, D.S. Larsen, M.A. van der Horst, I.H.M. van Stokkum, K.J. Hellingwerf, R. van Grondelle
Chapter 76 - Transient two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy-towards measuring ultrafast structural dynamics, Pages 387-390, Jens Bredenbeck, Jan Helbing, Peter Hamm
Chapter 77 - Reaction driven modes in carboxymyoglobin: pathway of force transduction for functionally relevant protein motions, Pages 391-394, M. Armstrong, J.P. Ogilvie, M.L. Cowan, A.M. Nagy, R.J.D. Miller
Chapter 78 - Ultrafast studies of ferric complexes of Hemoglobin I from Lucina pectinata, Pages 395-398, E. Ramirez, C. Ramos, M. Rodríguez, R. Pietri, M. Chergui, J. Lopez-Garriga
Chapter 79 - The mechanism of energy transfer and trapping in Photosystem I, Pages 401-408, H.M. Vaswani, M. Yang, A. Damjanović, G.R. Fleming
Chapter 80 - Ultrafast photoreaction dynamics in protein nanospaces (PNS) as revealed by fs fluorescence dynamics studies on photoactive yellow protein (PYP) and related s, Pages 409-416, N. Mataga, H. Chosrowjan, S. Taniguchi, N. Hamada, F. Tokunaga
Chapter 81 - Isomerization process in the native and denatured photoactive yellow protein probed by subpicosecond absorption spectroscopy, Pages 417-420, P. Changenet-Barret, A. Espagne, P. Plaza, M.M. Martin, K.J. Hellingwerf
Chapter 82 - Chemical structure effect on the excited-state relaxation dynamics of the PYP chromophore, Pages 421-424, A. Espagne, P. Changenet-Barret, S. Charier, J.-B. Baudin, L. Jullien, P. Plaza, M.M. Martin
Chapter 83 - Ultrafast excited state dynamics in the green fluorescent protein chromophore, Pages 425-432, A. Toniolo, S. Olsen, L. Manohar, T.J. Martinez
Chapter 84 - Ultrafast dynamics in the excited state of wild-type Green Fluorescent Protein, Pages 433-436, K. Winkler, J. Lindner, M. Seidel, P. Vöhringer
Chapter 85 - Excited-state dynamics in the Green Fluorescent Proteins: The cases of wild type, uv-mutant, and isolated synthetic analogues of the GFP chromophore, Pages 437-440, P. Didier, L. Guidoni, G. Schwalbach, A. Follenius-Wund, C. Pigault, M. Bourotte, J.-Y. Bigot
Chapter 86 - Fast excited-state reaction in the photoreceptor pigment-protein complex of the ciliate Blepharisma japonicum, Pages 441-444, M. Mahet, P. Plaza, M.M. Martin, G. Checcucci, F. Lenci
Chapter 87 - Excited state dynamics of the carotenoid peridinin, Pages 445-452, T. Polívka, D. Zigmantas, R.G. Hiller, V. Sundström
Chapter 88 - Pump-probe and pump-deplete-probe spectroscopy on carotenoids with N=9–15, Pages 453-456, T. Buckup, J. Savolainen, W. Wohlleben, H. Hashimoto, R.J. Cogdell, J.L. Herek, M. Motzkus
Chapter 89 - Ultrafast photophysics of the protonated Schiff base of retinal in alcohols studied by femtosecond fluorescence up-conversion, Pages 457-460, G. Zgrablić, K. Voïtchovsky, M. Kindermann, M. Chergui, S. Haacke
Chapter 90 - Ultrasfast excited-state dynamics in DNA and RNA polymers, Pages 463-470, B. Cohen, C.E. Crespo-Hernández, P.M. Hare, B. Kohler
Chapter 91 - Femtosecond fluorescence studies of DNA constitutents, Pages 471-474, T. Gustavsson, A. Sharonov, S. Marguet, D. Onidas, D. Markovitsi
Chapter 92 - Ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy on DNA, Pages 475-477, Olaf F.A. Larsen, Sander Woutersen
Chapter 93 - Ultrafast dynamics of normal and damaged DNA, Pages 479-482, Mark M. Somoza, Mark A. Berg
Chapter 94 - Sub-5-fs pulse generation from a noncollinear optical parametric amplifier and its application to ultrafast dynamics in polymers, Pages 483-489, Takayoshi Kobayashi
Chapter 95 - Unveiling electronic phase relaxation in a strongly disordered conjugated polymer, Pages 491-494, J. Sperling, F. Milota, A. Tortschanoff, V. Szöcs, L. Kuna, C. Benesch, H.F. Kauffmann
Chapter 96 - Energy transfer in light-harvesting Zn porphyrin dendrimers, Pages 495-498, Jane Larsen, Johan Andersson, Tomáš Polívka, Joseph Sly, Maxwell J. Crossley, Villy Sundström, Eva kesson
Chapter 97 - Femtosecond fluorescence upconversion studies of chiral selfassembled supramolecules in solution, Pages 499-502, P. Toele, H. Wang, H. Zhang, M. Glasbeek, J.J. van Gorp, E.W. Meijer
Chapter 98 - Energy transfer process in dendrimers containing a peryleneterrylene donor-acceptor system investigated by femtosecond multicolor transient absorption spectro, Pages 503-506, G. Schweitzer, S. Jordens, G. De Belder, M. Lor, E. Fron, K. Müllen, F.C. De Schryver
Chapter 99 - Femtosecond time-resolved studies on spectral sensitization of AgBr nanocrystals, Pages 509-516, Keitaro Yoshihara, Igor V. Rubtsov, Kojiro Ebina, Fuminori Satou, Ji-Won Oh, Shigeichi Kumazaki, Takeshi Suzumoto, Tadaaki Tani
Chapter 100 - Ultrafast scattering of electrons in TiO2, Pages 517-520, M. Bonn, F. Wang, J. Shan, T.F. Heinz, E. Hendry
Chapter 101 - Influence of molecular spacers on ultrafast heterogeneous electron transfer, Pages 521-524, R. Ernstorfer, L. Gundlach, S. Felber, C. Zimmermann, R. Eichberger, Q. Wei, E. Galoppini, F. Willig
Chapter 102 - Stepwise electron injection in the dye-sensitized nanocrystalline films of ZnO and TiO2 with novel coumarin dye, Pages 525-528, A. Furube, R. Katoh, T. Yoshihara, K. Hara, S. Murata, H. Arakawa, M. Tachiya
Chapter 103 - Heterogeneous electron transfer probed with femtosecond two-photon photoemission spectroscopy, Pages 529-532, L. Gundlach, R. Ernstorfer, C. Zimmermann, R. Eichberger, S. Felber, L. Töben, E. Galoppini, Q. Wei, F. Willig
Chapter 104 - Time resolved ultrafast energy transfer from electrons photoexcited in Pt(111) to adsorbed CO during photodesorption, Pages 533-536, F. Fournier, W. Zheng, S. Carrez, H. Dubost, B. Bourguignon
Chapter 105 - Femtosecond fluorescence up-conversion microscopy: A new method to study ultrafast dynamics in microstructures, Pages 537-540, Tatsuya Fujino, Tahei Tahara
Chapter 106 - Solvation dynamics at water-ZrO2 interfaces, Pages 541-544, A. Tortschanoff, E. Portuondo, F. van Mourik, J.E. Moser, S. Steinemann, M. Chergui
Chapter 107 - Time-resolved absorption spectroscopy of metal nanoparticles in colloidal solution, Pages 545-548, I. Bugár, I. Capek, J. Ivan, L. Chitu, E. Majková, D. Chorvát
Chapter 108 - Determination of femtosecond dephasing times of organic dyes confined in a single spherical microparticle, Pages 549-552, P. Sandeep, Prem B. Bisht
Chapter 109 - Femtosecond pump-probe investigation of primary photoinduced processes in C60/Sn nanostructures, Pages 553-556, S.V. Chekalin, V.O. Kompanets, N.F. Starodubtsev, V. Sundstrom, A.P. Yartsev
Chapter 110 - Elementary reaction steps of iodine enclosed into zeolites, Pages 557-560, A. Materny, G. Flachenecker
Chapter 111 - Nonlinear spectroscopy study of vibrational self-trapping in hydrogen bonded crystals, Pages 561-564, J. Edler, P. Hamm
Author Index, Pages 565-569