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Ultrafast photo-induced structural change of [Cu(dmphen)2]+ was studied by pumpprobe spectroscopy with 25-fs time-resolution. The observed nuclear wavepacket motion unveiled a new mechanism of photo-induced Jahn-Teller distortion that is a key of inorganic molecular switches.
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Iwamura, M., Watanabe, H., Ishii, K., Takeuchi, S., Tahara, T. (2009). Excited-State Nuclear Wavepacket Motion of an Ultrafast Inorganic Molecular Switch. In: Corkum, P., Silvestri, S., Nelson, K., Riedle, E., Schoenlein, R. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena XVI. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 92. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-95946-5_124
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