Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Other Applications of Lasers in Chemistry

宾夕法尼亚大学的Robin Hochstrasser教授将与他的博士后、研究生和本科生一起，开发双频二维红外光谱方法，研究溶剂化分子、分子离子及其相关水分子的相关分子运动。这些实验的结果将揭示液态水在分子水平上的行为——这是一个重要的基本问题，在许多领域都有深远的影响，无论水是溶剂。除了上述研究的更广泛的科学影响外，与Hochstrasser教授合作的年轻研究人员还接受了尖端非线性光学方法的杰出培训，这些方法应用于从基础物理化学到生物学的广泛问题。许多Hochstrasser的校友可以在全国和世界各地的主要研究型大学找到。

In this award, funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Division of Chemistry, Professor Robin Hochstrasser of the University of Pennsylvania, together with his post-doctoral fellows, graduate, and undergraduate students, will develop dual-frequency, two-dimensional infrared spectroscopic methods to investigate the correlated molecular motions of solvated molecules, molecular ions and their associated water molecules. The results from these experiments will shed light on how liquid water behaves, at the molecular level -- an important fundamental question that has profound implications in a number of fields, wherever water is the solvent. Besides the broader scientific impact of the research outlined above, the young researchers working with Prof. Hochstrasser receive outstanding training in cutting-edge non-linear optical methods applied to a broad array of problems -- from fundamental physical chemistry to biology. Many Hochstrasser alumni may be found at major research universities across the country and around the world.