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Saturable Absorption Of Free-Electron Laser Radiation By Graphite Near The Carbon K-Edge, Lars Hoffmann, Sasawat Jamnuch, Craig P. Schwartz, Tobias Helk, Sumana L. Raj, Hikaru Mizuno, Riccardo Mincigrucci, Laura Foglia, Emiliano Principi, Shervin Fatehi Sep 2022

Saturable Absorption Of Free-Electron Laser Radiation By Graphite Near The Carbon K-Edge, Lars Hoffmann, Sasawat Jamnuch, Craig P. Schwartz, Tobias Helk, Sumana L. Raj, Hikaru Mizuno, Riccardo Mincigrucci, Laura Foglia, Emiliano Principi, Shervin Fatehi

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

The interaction of intense light with matter gives rise to competing nonlinear responses that can dynamically change material properties. Prominent examples are saturable absorption (SA) and two-photon absorption (TPA), which dynamically increase and decrease the transmission of a sample depending on pulse intensity, respectively. The availability of intense soft X-ray pulses from free-electron lasers (FELs) has led to observations of SA and TPA in separate experiments, leaving open questions about the possible interplay between and relative strength of the two phenomena. Here, we systematically study both phenomena in one experiment by exposing graphite films to soft X-ray FEL pulses of …


Investigation On The Synthesis, Application And Structural Features Of Heteroaryl 1,2-Diketones, Robert J. Wehrle, Alexander Rosen, Thu Vu Nguyen, Kalyn Koons, Eric Jump, Mason Bullard, Natalie Wehrle, Adam Stockfish, Patrick M. Hare, Abdurrahman Atesin, Tülay A. Ateşin, Lili Ma Jul 2022

Investigation On The Synthesis, Application And Structural Features Of Heteroaryl 1,2-Diketones, Robert J. Wehrle, Alexander Rosen, Thu Vu Nguyen, Kalyn Koons, Eric Jump, Mason Bullard, Natalie Wehrle, Adam Stockfish, Patrick M. Hare, Abdurrahman Atesin, Tülay A. Ateşin, Lili Ma

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

A set of unsymmetrical heteroaryl 1,2-diketones were synthesized by a heteroarylation/oxidation sequence with up to 65% isolated yields. Palladium catalyst XPhos Pd G4 and SeO2 were the key reagents used in this methodology, and microwave irradiation was utilized to facilitate an efficient and ecofriendly process. The application of heteroaryl 1,2-diketones is demonstrated through the synthesis of an unsymmetrical 2-phenyl-3-(pyridin-3-yl)quinoxaline (5a) from 1-phenyl-2-(pyridin-3-yl)ethane-1,2-dione (4a). The lowest energy conformations of 4a and 5a were located using Density Functional Theory (DFT) at the M06-2X/def2-TZVP level of theory. Two lowest energy conformations of 4a differ with respect to the position of the N atom …


Multiple-Time Step Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Based On Two-Electron Integral Screening, Shervin Fatehi, Ryan P. Steele Jan 2015

Multiple-Time Step Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Based On Two-Electron Integral Screening, Shervin Fatehi, Ryan P. Steele

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

A multiple-timestep ab initio molecular dynamics scheme based on varying the two-electron integral screening method used in Hartree–Fock or density functional theory calculations is presented. Although screening is motivated by numerical considerations, it is also related to separations in the length- and timescales characterizing forces in a molecular system: Loose thresholds are sufficient to describe fast motions over short distances, while tight thresholds may be employed for larger length scales and longer times, leading to a practical acceleration of ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. Standard screening approaches can lead, however, to significant discontinuities in (and inconsistencies between) the energy and …