Hamburg Photon Science Colloquium | Conical Intersections In Bio-Molecules

by Giulio Cerullo (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Friday 5 Apr 2024, 14:00 → 15:30 Europe/Berlin

SemR I-III (CFEL, Bldg. 99)

Conical intersections (CIs) are ubiquitous features in the photochemistry of  molecules and can be considered as “doorways” through which a photoexcited wavepacket is funnelled to a lower- energy electronic state. I will show how ultrafast optical spectroscopy allows capturing CIs involved in the primary event of vision and photoprotection mechanisms in DNA. I will also discuss the potential of XFELs to visualize the electronic coherence generated during the wave packet passage through a CI.

Coffee, tea and cake will be served at 1:45 pm.

Further information can be found at:
https://www.hhps.de/colloquium/program/summer_term_2024/index_eng.html

If you prefer to participate via Zoom, please, feel free to join the colloquium via Zoom 
https://uni-hamburg.zoom.us/j/65015989339?pwd=U1IwdkF2OHQwK09senduU2FYQmVLQT09

Meeting-ID: 650 1598 9339

Kenncode: 14361263

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