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ArticleNature physics2025

Electronic dynamics created at conical intersections and its dephasing in aqueous solution.

Yi-Ping Chang, Tadas Balciunas, Zhong Yin, Marin Sapunar, Bruno N C Tenorio, Alexander C Paul, Shota Tsuru, Henrik Koch, Jean-Pierre Wolf, Sonia Coriani and 1 more

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Article in Nature physics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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  1. Ultrafast Spectroscopy with anACS physical chemistry Au · 2026
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11 authors.

Yi-Ping Chang *GAP-Biophotonics, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland.
Tadas Balciunas *GAP-Biophotonics, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland.
Zhong Yin *Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5594-9879
Marin Sapunar *Division of Physical Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.
Bruno N C Tenorio *Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-9702-998X
Alexander C Paul *Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Shota TsuruLehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0014-7873
Henrik KochDepartment of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-8367-8727
Jean-Pierre WolfGAP-Biophotonics, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3729-958X
Sonia CorianiDepartment of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-4487-897X
Hans Jakob WörnerLaboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8877-0872

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A dynamical rearrangement in the electronic structure of a molecule can be driven by different phenomena, including nuclear motion, electronic coherence or electron correlation. Recording such electronic dynamics and identifying its fate in an aqueous solution has remained a challenge. Here, we reveal the electronic dynamics induced by electronic relaxation through conical intersections in both isolated and solvated pyrazine molecules using X-ray spectroscopy. We show that the ensuing created dynamics corresponds to a cyclic rearrangement of the electronic structure around the aromatic ring. Furthermore, we found that such electronic dynamics were entirely suppressed when pyrazine was dissolved in water. Our observations confirm that conical intersections can create electronic dynamics that are not directly excited by the pump pulse and that aqueous solvation can dephase them in less than 40 fs. These results have implications for the investigation of electronic dynamics created during light-induced molecular dynamics and shed light on their susceptibility to aqueous solvation.

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Atomic and molecular interactions with photonsElectronic structure of atoms and molecules

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PMID39846007
PMCPMC11746140

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