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  • Title: Following Metal-to-Ligand Charge-Transfer Dynamics with Ligand and Spin Specificity Using Femtosecond Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering at the Nitrogen K-Edge.
    Author: Jay RM, Eckert S, Van Kuiken BE, Ochmann M, Hantschmann M, Cordones AA, Cho H, Hong K, Ma R, Lee JH, Dakovski GL, Turner JJ, Minitti MP, Quevedo W, Pietzsch A, Beye M, Kim TK, Schoenlein RW, Wernet P, Föhlisch A, Huse N.
    Journal: J Phys Chem Lett; 2021 Jul 22; 12(28):6676-6683. PubMed ID: 34260255.
    Abstract:
    We demonstrate for the case of photoexcited [Ru(2,2'-bipyridine)3]2+ how femtosecond resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) at the ligand K-edge allows one to uniquely probe changes in the valence electronic structure following a metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) excitation. Metal-ligand hybridization is probed by nitrogen-1s resonances providing information on both the electron-accepting ligand in the MLCT state and the hole density of the metal center. By comparing to spectrum calculations based on density functional theory, we are able to distinguish the electronic structure of the electron-accepting ligand and the other ligands and determine a temporal upper limit of (250 ± 40) fs for electron localization following the charge-transfer excitation. The spin of the localized electron is deduced from the selection rules of the RIXS process establishing new experimental capabilities for probing transient charge and spin densities.
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