Non-adiabatic dissociation observed
Femtosecond laser pump-probe Coulomb explosion imaging directly reveals the non-adiabatic coupling between C-C double bond breakage and enhanced C-H bond elimination via conical intersections in ethylene dissociation.
Jin, Wuwei · Wang, Chuncheng · Xiaoge, Zhao · Yang, Yizhang · Ren, Dianxiang · Zejin, Liu · Li, Xiaokai · Luo, Sizuo · Ding, Dajun
Chinese Physics Letters 2024
pump-probe with coincidence measurements
significant rise in C-H bond breakage yield