Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource

Speaker: Qingyu Kong, Argonne National Laboratory

Program Description

The optical pump and X-ray probe setup at ID09B ESRF and ultrafast solution scattering on small molecules will be introduced, the photofragmentation reaction of Ru₃(CO)₁₂ in solution will be used as an example to show the complementary nature of ultrafast X-ray scattering and ultrafast optical spectroscopy in the determination of transient molecular structures and chemical reaction mechanisms. Example which is expected to be studied with fs X-ray scattering will be summarized. The time-resolved XAS beamline 11-ID-D at APS and X-ray transient absorption (XTA) studies on chemical reactions in solution will be presented as the second part of the talk.