Coordination Funds

分子结构的化学反应和修饰是由能量驱动的。通常，这种能量最初以电子激发的形式存在。因此，电子激发态的弛豫是化学和分子生物学中的一个关键问题。许多放松机制现在已经很清楚了，其中一些甚至经过了几十年的研究。例如锥形交叉点不同电子态之间的跃迁，大分子中官能团之间的电子隧穿以及通过激子的能量传递。本研究单位的主题是调查一种新颖的，最近发现的机制，为激发或电离产生的电子能量与紫外线辐射和远超，或高能粒子的转换。我们打算组建一个强有力的综合研究单位，由预测和实验证明这种效应的小组和具有阐明其与化学、化学物理和生物化学的充分相关性所必需的特殊专业知识的小组组成。

Z-ProjektChemical reactions and modifications of molecular structure are driven by energy. Often, this energy exists initially in the form of electronic excitations. The relaxation of electronically excited states is therefore a key question in chemistry and molecular biology. A number of relaxation mechanisms are now clear, some of them even after decades of research. Examples are transitions between different electronic states at conical intersections, the tunnelling of electrons between functional groups in large molecules and energy transport via excitons. The topic of this Research Unit is the investigation of a novel, recently discovered mechanism for the transformation of electronic energy created by excitation or ionization with UV radiation and far beyond, or energetic particles. We intend to form a strongly integrated Research Unit consisting both of the groups who have predicted and experimentally demonstrated this effect and groups who have a particular expertise which is necessary to elucidate its full relevance for chemistry, chemical physics and biochemistry.