The scientific objective was to investigate the dynamics of physical and chemical subsequent processes after deposition of a local excitation energy in a molecular aggregate, which could be located in different environments. In addition to magnetic resonance methods, time-resolved spectroscopy with ultrashort laser pulses was used here for the first time, with which the electron dynamics after photoexcitation could be followed with a time resolution in the femtosecond range, allowing the observation of completely new effects.

Spokesperson

Prof Dr Dietmar Stehlik

Funding

DM 37.9 m

Participating institutions

• Freie Universität Berlin: Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry
• Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
• Technical University Berlin
• Hahn Meitner Institute