Femtochemistry VII : fundamental ultrafast processes in chemistry, physics, and biology : VIIth International Conference on Femtochemistry, Fairmont Washington, Washington, DC, USA, July 17-22, 2005

Since the emergence of femtochemistry seventeen years ago, remarkable progress has been made and femtosecond spectroscopy devoted to Chemistry and Biology has become a well established field of research, giving rise to femtochemistry and femtobiology. The significance of the field is recognized through its impact around the world, giving rise to numerous conferences which includes the most recent conference from the Femtochemistry Conference Series, Femtochemistry VII. This title is made up of contributions made from the Femtochemistry VII conference held in Washington D.C., 17-22 July 2005. The stimulating conference was opened by Professor Ahmed Zewail (1999 Nobel Prize Winner), and as was evident by the attendees at the conference, had a very active program with the presentation of numerous talks and a large number of posters. Subjects covered include imaging, structural dynamics, and spectroscopies, fundamentals of reaction dynamics, salvation phenomenta, liquids and interfaces, aggregates/particles/surfaces, protein dynamics and photobiology, quantum control, and intense laser-matter interactions. * Contains the most recent developments in Femtochemistry from the Femtochemistry VII conference * Highlights the significance of femtochemistry today * Displays extracts from the proceedings, presentations and posters from the conference Content: Preface , Pages v-vi , A.W. Castleman Jr., Michele L. Kimble 4D Structural Dynamics , Pages 3-13 , Ahmed H. Zewail Ultrafast Wave Packet, Coherent Control and Dissociation Dynamics , Pages 14-22 , Kenneth L. Knappenberger Jr., Stefan Gilb, Vasilios G. Stavros, Eliza-Beth W. Lerch, Elva A. Torres, Daniel Strasser, Lana Lau, Stephen R. Leone Ultrafast laser-pump x-ray probe measurements of solvated transition metal complexes , Pages 23-32 , Taewoo Lee, Frank Benesch, Christian Reich, Christoph G. Rose-Petruck Electron dynamics of metal-carbon clusters , Pages 33-38 , K.L. Knappenberger Jr., C.E. Jones Jr., M.A. Sobhy, A.W. Castleman Jr. Time resolved CARS measurements of I 2 in solid Kr: Vibrational state dependent dephasing times between 2.6–32K , Pages 39-43 , Tiina Kiviniemi, Jukka Aumanen, Pasi Myllyperkiö, Mika Pettersson The Ultrafast Photofragmentation Pathway of N,N -Dimethylisopropylamine , Pages 44-48 , M.P. Minitti, J.L. Gosselin, T.I. Sølling, P.M. Weber Ultrafast photofragmentation dynamics of gas phase CH 2 BrCl , Pages 49-52 , Rebeca de Nalda, Jesús G. Izquierdo, Daniel Irimia, Maurice H.M. Janssen, Luis Bañares Determination of charge state of tungsten during ultrafast hard x-ray generation , Pages 53-56 , Fang Shan, Vernon A. Couch, William H. Fink, Ting Guo Multi-dimensional fs spectroscopy of an excitonic dimer, described by Redfield relaxation theory , Pages 57-61 , Pär Kjellberg, Tõnu Pullerits High power synchronized femtosecond Ti: Sapphire laser with sub-femtosecond timing jitter , Pages 62-65 , Jinrong Tian, Zhiyi Wei, Peng Wang, Hainian Han, Zhaohua Wang, Jie Zhang, Tao Yang, Jianwei Pan Ultrafast vibrational evolution of excited-state coumarin 153 using fs/ps CARS as a transient Raman probe , Pages 66-69 , Benjamin D. Prince, Abhijit Chakraborty, Beth M. Prince, Tse-Ming Hsin, Hans U. Stauffer Development of fs/ps CARS as a Sub-100 fs Transient Raman Probe , Pages 70-74 , Benjamin D. Prince, Abhijit Chakraborty, Beth M. Prince, Hans U. Stauffer Ultrafast fluorescence parametric amplification for femtosecond molecular dynamics research , Pages 75-79 , Shufeng Wang, Fengming Li, Hong Yang, Qihuang Gong A density-functional study of the structural, electronic, and vibrational properties of Ti 8 C 12 metallocarbohedrynes with relevance to ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy , Pages 80-84 , M.A. Sobhy, J.O. Sofo, A.W. Castleman Jr. Sub 5 fs spectroscopy of polydiacetylene , Pages 87-95 , Takayoshi Kobayashi, Mitsuhiro Ikuta, Yoshiharu Yuasa Dark intermediate states in photochemical cis-trans isomerizations and pericyclic reactions , Pages 96-104 , Werner Fuß, Sergei A. Trushin, Wolfram E. Schmid, Constantine Kosmidis, Subhasis Panja Multi-component fitting of cluster dynamics , Pages 105-108 , K.L. Knappenberger Jr., A.W. Castleman Jr. Photodissociation of SO 2 at 200 nm: Evidence of an anisotropy effect , Pages 109-112 , D.P. Hydutsky, N.J. Bianco, A.W. Castleman Jr. Energy Transfer Dynamics in Zn-Porphyrin-Appended Dendrimers , Pages 113-117 , Jane Larsen, Ben Brüggemann, Tomáš Polívka, Joseph Sly, Maxwell J. Crossley, Villy Sundström, Eva kesson Vectorial Energy Transfer: Direct Measurement of an Intermediate Transfer Step , Pages 118-122 , Evrim Atas, Zhonghua Peng, Valeria D. Kleiman Ultrafast Dynamics of Strongly Confined Water , Pages 123-127 , Adriaan M. Dokter, Sander Woutersen, Huib J. Bakker Femtosecond-Domain Dynamical Studies of Energy-Transfer Cassettes , Pages 128-131 , T.G. Kim, J.C. Castro, A. Loudet, G.-S. Jiao, K. Burgess, R.M. Hochstrasser, M.R. Topp Fluorescence of polythiophenes: The effect of intra- and interchain processes on the excited state dynamics , Pages 132-135 , Ignác Bugár, Michal sitnan, Dušan Velič, Gabriel Čík Probing and controlling ultrafast dynamics of a molecular switch , Pages 136-140 , Janne Savolainen, Riccardo Fanciulli, Niels Dijkhuizen, Jennifer L. Herek Solvation and Photochemical Funnels: Environmental Effects on Conical Intersection Structure and Dynamics , Pages 143-153 , Irene Burghardt, Riccardo Spezia, James T. Hynes Simulation of resonance Raman spectra of the solvated electron in water and methanol , Pages 154-162 , Stefanie Neumann, Wolfgang Eisfeld, Andrzej L. Sobolewski, Wolfgang Domcke Dynamics following charge-transfer to solvent in I − (water) n (n=3–38) clusters observed with photoelectron imaging , Pages 163-173 , Aster Kammrath, Jan R.R. Verlet, Graham B. Griffin, Arthur E. Bragg, Daniel M. Neumark Ultrafast Photoelectron imaging of the electronic relaxation of a molecule deposited at the surface of an argon cluster , Pages 174-182 , Lionel Poisson, Marc-André Gaveau, Eric Gloaguen, Jean-Michel Mestdagh, Benoît Soep, David H. Parker Solution Femtochemistry of Two Selected H-bonded Systems , Pages 183-188 , A. Douhal, J.A. Organero, M. Sanz, L. Tormo, L. Santos Solvent Dependent Conformational Relaxation of cis -1,3,5-Hexatriene , Pages 189-192 , D. Ahmasi Harris, Roseanne J. Sension Vibrational Echo and Pump-Probe Spectroscopic Studies of the Dynamics of Water Molecules Confined to Nanoscopic Dimensions , Pages 195-203 , Ivan R. Piletic, Howe Siang Tan, David E. Moilanen, Ben Spry, Michael D. Fayer Excited-state dynamics of the PYP chromophore in solution. Environment and structure effects , Pages 204-214 , Agathe Espagne, Pascale Changenet-Barret, Jean-Bernard Baudin, Pascal Plaza, Monique M. Martin Second Harmonic and Sum Frequency of Molecules at Aqueous Interfaces , Pages 215-224 , Eric A. mcArthur, Yi Rao, Matthew Comstock, Kenneth B. Eisenthal Solvation Dynamics in Ionic Liquids, Results from ps and fs Emission Spectroscopy , Pages 225-234 , Sergei Arzhantsev, Hui Jin, Gary A. Baker, Naoki Ito, Mark Maroncelli Femtosecond relaxation dynamics of solvated electrons from liquid metal-ammonia solutions: Temperature jump versus local density jump , Pages 235-243 , Jörg Lindner, Peter Vöhringer Multiplex Electronic Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy of Dye Molecules at the Air/Water Interface , Pages 245-248 , Shoichi Yamaguchi, Kentaro Sekiguchi, Tahei Tahara Photodetachment of aqueous iodide: Variation of the excitation energy and solution temperature , Pages 249-253 , H. Iglev, A. Trifonov, I. Buchvarov, T. Fiebig, A. Laubereau A combined femtosecond fluorescence and TD-DFT study of uracil derivatives in aqueous solution , Pages 254-257 , Thomas Gustavsson, Elodie Lazzarotto, Dimitra Markovitsi, Ákos Bányász, Roberto Improta, G. Scalmani Ultrafast electronic and lattice processes of plasmonic nanoparticles of different shape , Pages 260-273 , Wei Qian, Wenyu Huang, Qusai Darugar, Mostafa A. El-Sayed Relaxation of photoexcited states in mass-selected Ag n − and Ag n O 2 − clusters , Pages 274-283 , Marco Niemietz, Markus Engelke, Young Dok Kim, Gerd Ganteför Time-Resolved Single Molecule Spectroscopy of Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles , Pages 284-294 , Young Jong Lee, Rodrigo E. Palacios, Paul F. Barbara Influence of different anchor-bridge groups on electron transfer from the molecular chromophore perylene to the wide gap semiconductor TiO 2 , Pages 295-298 , R. Ernstorfer, L. Gundlach, S. Felber, R. Eichberger, F. Willig Electron transfer from molecular chromophores to semiconductors probed with two-photon-photoemission , Pages 299-303 , Lars Gundlach, Ralph Ernstorfer, Silke Felber, Rainer Eichberger, Frank Willig Interfacial Electron Transfer or Concentration Quenching? , Pages 304-308 , Yu-Xiang Weng, Xin-Hai Chen, Lu-Chao Du Femtosecond Spectroscopy for the Study of Initial Reactions in Protein folding , Pages 311-320 , Wolfgang J. Schreier, Tobias E. Schrader, Florian O. Koller, Arne Sieg, Christian Renner, Luis Moroder, Josef Wachtveitl, Wolfgang Zinth The photochemistry of novel flavin-binding photoreceptors , Pages 321-330 , Magdalena Gauden, Wouter Laan, Jason M. Key, Ivo H.M. van Stokkum, Rienk van Grondelle, Klaas J. Hellingwerf, Peter Hegemann, John T.M. Kennis Electronic 2D Spectroscopy of Light Harvesting , Pages 331-336 , Tobias Brixner, Jens Stenger, Harsha M. Vaswani, Minhaeng Cho, Robert E. Blankenship, Graham R. Fleming Intermediates in the ultrafast repair of DNA by DNA photolyase , Pages 337-345 , Zhanjia Hou, Goutham Kodali, Madhavan Narayanan, Kongsheng Yang, Robert J. Stanley Ultrafast protein dynamics , Pages 346-356 , Dongping Zhong A Mechanism of Photo-Labile (De)-Protection in Chemical and Biological Systems Studied by Femtosecond Vibrational Spectroscopy , Pages 357-366 , Stefan Laimgruber, Wolfgang Schreier, Peter Gilch Photochemistry and Dynamics of Base Pairs , Pages 367-371 , Elena Samoylova, V.R. Smith, H.-H. Ritze, W. Radloff, I.V. Hertel, Thomas Schultz 2D Electronic Spectroscopy of the B800–B820 LH3 Light-Harvesting Complex , Pages 372-376 , Donatas Zigmantas, Elizabeth L. Read, Tomáš Mančal, Tobias Brixner, Alastair T. Gardiner, Graham R. Fleming Spectrally Resolved Femtosecond Nonlinear Spectroscopy for the Study of Vibrational Dynamics of Carotenoid Light Harvesting Molecules , Pages 377-381 , Lap Van Dao, My Thi Tra Do, Peter Hannaford, Junji Akahane, Yasushi Koyama Ultrafast Studies of the Electronic Structure and Dynamics of B 12 Cofactors , Pages 382-386 , Andrew B. Stickrath, D. Ahmasi Harris, Roseanne J. Sension A simple artificial light harvesting dyad as a mimic of nonphotochemical quenching in green plants , Pages 387-390 , Rudi Berera, Ivo H.M. van Stokkum, Christian Herrero, Mikas Vengris, Gerdenis Kodis, Rodrigo E. Palacios, Herbert van Amerongen, Rienk van Grondelle, Devens Gust, Thomas A. Moore, Ana L. Moore, John T.M. Kennis Ultrafast Dynamics of Fluorescent DNA Intercalators , Pages 391-395 , Alexandre Fürstenberg, Marc D. Julliard, Todor G. Deligeorgiev, Nikolai I. Gajev, Aleksey A. Vassilev, Eric Vauthey Two-photon excited-state and conformation dynamics of NADH binding with dehydrogenases , Pages 396-401 , Yuexin Liu, Florly S. Ariola, Hye-Ryong Kim, Qianru Yu, Walvick Ronn, Heikal Ahmed Transient IR and 2D-IR spectroscopy of thiopeptide isomerization , Pages 402-406 , Valentina Cervetto, Rolf Pfister, Jens Bredenbeck, Peter Hamm, Jan Helbing Direct observation of DNA repair by photolyase , Pages 407-410 , Chaitanya Saxena, Ya-Ting Kao, Lijuan Wang, Aziz Sancar, Dongping Zhong Ultrafast hydration dynamics in protein conformational transitions , Pages 411-414 , Weihong Qiu, Luyuan Zhang, Lijuan Wang, Dongping Zhong Intramolecular electron transfer beyond solvent control: Probing sub-100 fs photoinduced electron transfer in triarylmethane lactones , Pages 415-419 , Jerzy Karpiuk, Stefan Lochbrunner, Eberhard Riedle Fluorescence Dynamics of Coumarin on Montmorillonite Structure , Pages 420-423 , M. Zitnan, J. Bdzoch, I. Bugar, V. Szocs, T. Palszegi, M. Janek, D. Chorvat, D. Velic Fluorescence anisotropy of photoactive yellow protein (PYP) and related systems: Is the low-lying excited state of the PYP quasi-degenerate? , Pages 424-427 , Seiji Taniguchi, Haik Chosrowjan, Noboru Mataga Light-Driven Enzymatic Reaction in Thermophilic Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase , Pages 428-431 , O. Sytina, M.L. Groot, R. van Grondelle, D.J. Heyes, C.N. Hunter Converting Concepts and Dreams of Coherent Control into Applications , Pages 434-440 , Marcos Dantus, Vadim V. Lozovoy, Igor Pastirk, Johanna M. Dela Cruz Design of circularly polarized laser pulses for periodic electron circulation in Mg-porphyrin , Pages 441-454 , Ingo Barth, Jörn Manz Learning Feedback Control Analysis , Pages 455-465 , J.L. White, B.J. Pearson, E.C. Carroll, A.C. Florean, P.H. Bucksbaum, R.J. Sension Analysis and Control of Ultrafast Dynamics in Clusters , Pages 466-478 , Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký, Roland Mitrić, Jiri Pittner Controlling the dynamical pathways in the ionization processes of NaK dimers , Pages 479-489 , Albrecht Lindinger, Stefan M. Weber, Andrea Merli, Franziska Sauer, Mateusz Plewicki, Ludger Wöste Coherent Control of Isotope Selective Ionization and Fragmentation of Potassium , Pages 490-494 , Franziska Sauer, Andrea Merli, Mateusz Plewicki, Stefan M. Weber, Ludger Wöste, Albrecht Lindinger Understanding Learning Control in a Molecular Family , Pages 495-499 , David Cardoza, Mark Baertschy, Thomas Weinacht Controlling the dissociative ionization of DCl by femtosecond laser pulses , Pages 500-504 , Hans Georg Breunig, Alexandra Lauer, Karl-Michael Weitzel Spectrum Control in Femtosecond Time-Resolved Spectroscopy , Pages 505-509 , J. Konradi, A.V. Scaria, A.K. Singh, A. Materny Pulse shaping control of spatially aligned rotational wavepackets of N 2 and O 2 , Pages 510-513 , Rebeca de Nalda, Christian Horn, Marc Krug, Florian Ausfelder, Matthias Wollenhaupt, Luis Banares, Thomas Baumert “Radiationless” photon echo , Pages 514-517 , Boris D. Fainberg Exciton Control in the FMO Complex: Influence of Laser Pulse Polarization , Pages 518-521 , Ben Brüggemann, Tõnu Pullerits, Volkhard May Spin-orbit coupling under control , Pages 522-525 , Jesús González-Vázquez, Ignacio R. Sola, Jesus Santamaria Quantitative phase characterization and compensation by multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan (MIIPS) , Pages 526-529 , Jess M. Gunn, Bingwei Xu, Johanna M. Dela Cruz, Vadim V. Lozovoy, Marcos Dantus Ultrafast cluster electron and Coulomb explosion dynamics driven by ultraintense laser fields , Pages 532-542 , Isidore Last, Andreas Heidenreich, Joshua Jortner Nonadiabatic multielectron dynamics in (moderaterately) strong laser fields: C 60 a model case for large finite system , Pages 543-552 , Tim Laarmann, Ihar Shchatsinin, Mark L. Boyle, Gero Stibenz, Günter Steinmeyer, C.P. Schulz, Ingolf V. Hertel Chirped photoelectron attochemistry , Pages 553-562 , Andre D. Bandrauk, Szczepan Chelkowski, Gennady L. Yudin Intense Femtosecond Laser Driven Explosions of Heteronuclear Clusters , Pages 563-572 , T. Ditmire, M. Hohenberger, D.R. Symes, K.W. Madison, F. Buersgens, R. Hartke, J. Osterhoff, A. Henig, A. Edens Spectral phase and detuning effects in high-power chirped pulse excitation of a dye solution , Pages 573-577 , E.C. Carroll, A.C. Florean, K.G. Spears, P.H. Bucksbaum, R.J. Sension Squeezing Rb 2 wave packets with mixed adiabatic and dynamic strategies , Pages 578-582 , Ignacio R. Sola, Bo Y. Chang, Jesús González-Vázquez, Jesus Santamaria Ultrafast conformational changes in carbonmonoxy-myoglobin after photolysis observed by time-resolved circular dichroism , Pages 583-587 , Thibault Dartigalongue, François Hache Author index , Pages 588-591 Femtochemistry VII presents the most recent developments in femtochemistry and highlights the significance of the field today. This book contains extracts from the proceedings, presentations and posters from the Femtochemistry VII conference, held in Washington D.C., on July 17-22, 2005. The stimulating conference was opened by Professor Ahmed Zewail (1999 Nobel Prize Winner), and as was evident by the attendees at the conference, had a very active program with the presentation of numerous talks and a large number of posters. This collection of papers reflects the remarkable progress that has been made in femtosecond spectroscopy, and especially to its emergence as a field of research devoted to chemistry and biology, giving rise to femtochemistry and femtobiology. Subjects covered include imaging, structural dynamics, and spectroscopies, fundamentals of reaction dynamics, salvation phenomenta, liquids and interfaces, aggregates/particles/surfaces, protein dynamics and photobiology, quantum control, and intense laser-matter interactions. Subjects covered by this book include imaging, structural dynamics, and spectroscopies; fundamentals of reaction dynamics; salvation phenomenta; liquids and interfaces; aggregates/particles/surfaces; protein dynamics and photobiology; quantum control; and intense laser-matter interactions. This book would appeal to chemists, physicists and biologists in the fields of atomic and molecular science.• Contains the most recent developments in Femtochemistry from the Femtochemistry VII conference• Highlights the significance of femtochemistry today• Displays extracts from the proceedings, presentations and posters from the conference