| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/M001644/1 |
| Title: |
Ultrafast Intra-Molecular Electron Dynamics |
| Principal Investigator: |
Greenwood, Dr JB |
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| Department: |
Sch of Mathematics and Physics |
| Organisation: |
Queen's University of Belfast |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research |
| Starts: |
01 January 2015 |
Ends: |
30 June 2016 |
Value (£): |
100,885
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Gas & Solution Phase Reactions |
Light-Matter Interactions |
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| No relevance to Underpinning Sectors |
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08 May 2014
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EPSRC Physical Sciences Physics - May 2014
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Announced
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
The study of dynamic processes in nature continues to breach new frontiers as the timescales and dimensions under investigation shrink. These advances have gone hand-in-hand with generation of ever shorter light pulses from conventional laser and accelerator based sources, which are exploited as ultrafast strobes for observing the dynamics of matter. While the motion of atoms can now be tracked with femtosecond pulses of light, the recent advent of attosecond pulses (a billion billionth of a second) has the potential to capture the movement of electrons. The ability to observe and control this quantum electronics will be essential for the future understanding and exploitation of electrical, chemical, and biological processes in natural and synthetic nano-structures.
In this project, coherent charge dynamics in some exemplar biological frameworks, amino acids and small peptides, will be generated and observed using a state-of-the-art attosecond laser. These laboratory measurements will probe the ultrafast movement of charge created by ionising radiation from which some of the remarkable electrical properties of these complex biological molecules will be discerned. Ultimately, the pathways for understanding the role of the underlying molecular structures and methods for quantum control of the electrons will be investigated.
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http://www.qub.ac.uk |