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a molecular description of ultrafast charge transfer reactions</font></i></b></p>
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November 13, 2012</font></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; "><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.300781); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.234375); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.234375); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The
outcome of any ultrafast photoinduced charge transfer reaction depends on the complex interplay of atomic and electronic degrees of freedom on the timescale of a molecular vibration. In this talk, I will (i) describe the role of coupled high frequency vibrations
in the ultrafast back electron transfer in a cyano-bridged mixed-valence complex [(CN)<sub>5</sub>Fe<sup>II</sup>–CN–Pt<sup>IV</sup>(NH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub>–NC–Fe<sup>II</sup>(CN)<sub>5</sub>]<sup>4–</sup> (Fe<sup>II</sup>Pt<sup>IV</sup>Fe<sup>II</sup>)
dissolved in D<sub>2</sub>O using nonlinear femtosecond spectroscopies and (ii) develop a detailed description of valence electron motion in a Ru(II) solar cell dye using transient Ru L-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy. </font></p>
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