Photoinduced bond cleavage and reaction of complex molecules in solution and confined environment (B05)

• Subject Area: Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry ; Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
• Term: from 2007 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 27112786

Carbocations with new leaving groups are suggested to lead to improved precursors that allow the unambiguous elucidation of ultrafast bimolecular reactions without diffusion. Photo-sensitizers will allow the study of UV sensitive reactants, while hydride transfer will yield an access to the question of concerted two-center reactions. The unexplained photo-physics and even constitution of melanines is suggested to be unraveled through the ultrafast characterization of increasingly complex oligomers. Hemithioindigo and hemiindigo photo-switches will be used to study the influence of conjugation on the switching behavior and efficiency.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 749: Dynamics and Intermediates of Molecular Transformations
• Applicant Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Eberhard Riedle