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EPSRC Reference:	EP/D072859/1
Title:	Time Resolved Crystallography
Principal Investigator:	Raithby, Professor PR
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Department:	Chemistry
Organisation:	University of Bath
Scheme:	Senior Fellowship
Starts:	01 December 2006	Ends:	30 November 2011	Value (£):	673,215
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Chemical Structure Gas & Solution Phase Reactions Instrumentation Eng. & Dev. Materials Characterisation
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Manufacturing
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Panel History:	Panel Date Panel Name Outcome 16 Mar 2006 Chemistry Fellowships Sifting Panel 2006 Deferred 24 May 2006 Fellowships Central Allocation Panel Deferred
Summary on Grant Application Form
Single crystal X-ray diffraction is the most powerful method available for determining the three dimensional structure of molecular materials in the solid state. However, it has always been viewed as a ground state, time averaged method of analysis that does not give information on what molecules look like when they are undergoing a chemical or photochemical reaction. This project sets out to change this situation, and introduce the 4th dimension of time into diffraction experiments so that it will be possible to determine the structure of molecules as they undergo a photochemical activation and see species that have lifetimes of a few microseconds of less. Using this technique it will be possible to make a molecular movie and watch molecular geometries change, in three dimensions, as the chemical process occurs. In order to undertake a successful time resolved (photocrystallographic) experiment it is necessary to pump the crystal with a pulsed laser and probe it with an X-ray beam from a synchrotron in a synchronised fashion so that the excited state structure is obtained.This has the potential to be a very important technique for understanding the processes that occur in opto-electronic materials when they are activated, and may help in the designe of new smart materials.
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