Publications de Marco Eli Reinhard

Photoaquation Mechanism of Hexacyanoferrate(II) Ions: Ultrafast 2D UV and Transient Visible and IR Spectroscopies

Majed Chergui, Gerald Auböck, Marco Eli Reinhard, Thomas James Penfold, Raphaël Horváth

Ferrous iron(II) hexacyanide in aqueous solutions is known to undergo photoionization and photoaquation reactions depending on the excitation wavelength. To investigate this wavelength dependence, we implemented ultrafast two-dimensional UV transient absor ...

American Chemical Society2017

NO binding kinetics in myoglobin investigated by picosecond Fe K-edge absorption spectroscopy

Majed Chergui, Camelia Borca, Frederico Alves Lima, Marco Eli Reinhard, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thomas James Penfold, Jochen Rittmann, Mahsa Silatani

Diatomic ligands in hemoproteins and the way they bind to the active center are central to the protein's function. Using picosecond Fe K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy, we probe the NO-heme recombination kinetics with direct sensitivity to the Fe-NO bi ...

National Academy of Sciences2015

Probing the electronic and geometric structure of ferric and ferrous myoglobins in physiological solutions by Fe K-edge absorption spectroscopy

Majed Chergui, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ivano Tavernelli, Frederico Alves Lima, Marco Eli Reinhard, Thomas James Penfold

We present an iron K-edge X-ray absorption study of carboxymyoglobin (MbCO), nitrosylmyoglobin (MbNO), oxymyoglobin (MbO(2)), cyanomyoglobin (MbCN), aquomet myoglobin (metMb) and unligated myoglobin (deoxyMb) in physiological media. The analysis of the XAN ...

2014

Mapping of the Photoinduced Electron Traps in TiO2 by Picosecond X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

Majed Chergui, Marco Eli Reinhard, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thomas James Penfold, Jochen Rittmann

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is the most popular material for applications in solar-energy conversion and photocatalysis, both of which rely on the creation, transport, and trapping of charges (holes and electrons). The nature and lifetime of electron traps at ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

X-ray Spectroscopic Study of Solvent Effects on the Ferrous and Ferric Hexacyanide Anions

Majed Chergui, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ivano Tavernelli, Marco Eli Reinhard, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thomas James Penfold

We present an Fe K alpha resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) and X-ray emission (XES) study of ferrous and ferric hexacyanide dissolved in water and ethylene glycol. We observe that transitions below the absorption edge show that the solvent has a d ...

2014

Characterizing the Structure and Defect Concentration of ZnO Nanoparticles in a Colloidal Solution

Majed Chergui, Camelia Borca, Marco Eli Reinhard, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thomas James Penfold, Jochen Rittmann, Thomas Charles Henry Rossi

The structure and defect concentration of colloidal solutions of ZnO nanoparticles, synthesized by a sol gel procedure (SG-NP), as well as commercially available ZnO nanoparticles (SA-NP) are investigated by UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, transmission ele ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014

The role of Hartree-Fock exchange in the simulation of X-ray absorption spectra: A study of photoexcited [Fe(bpy)(3)](2+)

Majed Chergui, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ivano Tavernelli, Marco Eli Reinhard, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thomas James Penfold, Gloria Capano

We present a theoretical analysis for the K- and L-2/3-edge static and picosecond X-ray absorption spectra of Fe(bpy)(3). Simulations of the pre-edge region at the Fe K-edge using time-dependent density functional theory demonstrate the importance of ...

Elsevier2013

Solvent Induced Luminescence Quenching: Static and Time-Resolved X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of a Copper(I) Phenanthroline Complex

Majed Chergui, Olivier Christian Bräm, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ivano Tavernelli, Frederico Alves Lima, Marco Eli Reinhard, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thomas James Penfold, Lotta Susanne Karlsson, Jochen Rittmann, Gloria Capano

We present a static and picosecond X-ray absorption study at the Cu K-edge of bis(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)copper(I) (Cu(dmp)(2); dmp = 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) dissolved in acetonitrile and dichloromethane. The steady-state photolumi ...

Amer Chemical Soc2013

Ultrafast X-Ray and 2-Dimensional UV Spectroscopic Studies of Hexacyanoferrate Ions in Solution

Marco Eli Reinhard

EPFL2013

A wavelet analysis for the X-ray absorption spectra of molecules

Majed Chergui, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ivano Tavernelli, Amal El Nahhas, Marco Eli Reinhard, Thomas James Penfold

We present a Wavelet transform analysis for the X-ray absorption spectra of molecules. In contrast to the traditionally used Fourier transform approach, this analysis yields a 2D correlation plot in both R- and k-space. As a consequence, it is possible to ...

American Institute of Physics2013

Ultrafast X-ray Absorption Studies of the Structural Dynamics of Molecular and Biological Systems in Solution

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Van Thai Pham, Renske Marjan van der Veen, Frederico Alves Lima, Marco Eli Reinhard, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thomas James Penfold, Lotta Susanne Karlsson

We review our recent studies of excited state structures and dynamics of chemical and biological systems with pico- and femtosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy in the liquid phase. ...

2011

A high-repetition rate scheme for synchrotron-based picosecond laser pump/x-ray probe experiments on chemical and biological systems in solution

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Camelia Borca, Van Thai Pham, Renske Marjan van der Veen, Frederico Alves Lima, Marco Eli Reinhard, Daniel Grollman, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Lotta Susanne Karlsson

We present the extension of time-resolved optical pump/x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) probe experiments towards data collection atMHz repetition rates. The use of a high-power picosecond laser operating at an integer fraction of the repetition rate of ...

American Institute of Physics2011

Recent Climate Change: Rethinking Drought in the Context of Forest Fire Research in Ticino, South of Switzerland

Martine Rebetez, Rodolphe Schlaepfer, Marco Eli Reinhard

2005