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VIBRONIC COHERENCES

The future iron age

Nature Chemistry volume 12, pages 789–790 (2020)Cite this article

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Recent research has shown that vibronic coherences are one of the primary drivers for ultrafast light-induced processes. Now, ultrafast spectroscopy has been used to uncover vibronic coherences in the excited-state dynamics of an iron complex, leading to its redesign and the drastic prolonging of its excited-state lifetime.

Society uses light-driven applications everywhere and every day, and chemists across the world are working to understand, control and ultimately improve many of them. But the molecular response to light can be very complex, and thus so can tailoring light-driven properties.

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Fig. 1: Restricting vibrations leads to a longer excited-state lifetime.

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Weinstein, J.A. The future iron age. Nat. Chem. 12, 789–790 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-0531-3

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