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Ultrafast chemical physics

In search of molecular movies

Nature Chemistry volume 4, pages 157–158 (2012)Cite this article

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Ultrafast chemical physics follows in the explosive wake of technological innovation, using light and radiation sources to study phenomena at timescales where the boundaries between physics and chemistry dissolve. UCP 2011, the second meeting in a series, explored the current state of the art in ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy.

The conference themes for UCP 2011 were broadly based in order to facilitate the exploration of diverse areas. The meeting began with a series of overview talks that discussed the current developments in multidimensional spectroscopy (Klug, Imperial College), ultrafast X-ray diffraction (Först, University of Hamburg), terahertz spectroscopy (Wynne, University of Glasgow) and attosecond science (Tisch, Imperial College London). It was clear that the more established areas such as multidimensional and terahertz spectroscopies are beginning to move beyond the realms of technique development towards a critical evaluation of which fields the methods can be of most benefit to. On the other hand, techniques such as those featuring femtosecond X-ray diffraction and attosecond spectroscopy are still evolving as shorter, more intense laser pulses and synchrotron radiation become available.

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Figure 1: Examples of the systems under scrutiny at the Ultrafast Chemical Physics 2011 meeting.

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  1. Julia A. Weinstein is in the Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, UK,

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  2. Neil T. Hunt is in the Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK,

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