1. Uncovering the nature of transient and metastable nonequilibrium phases in 1T − ▫$TaS_2$ ▫Tanusree Saha, Arindam Pramanik, Barbara Ressel, Alessandra Ciavardini, Fabio Frassetto, Federico Galdenzi, Luca Poletto, Arun Ravindran, Primož Rebernik Ribič, Giovanni De Ninno, 2023, original scientific article Abstract: Complex systems are characterized by strong coupling between different microscopic degrees of freedom. Photoexcitation of such materials can drive them into new transient and metastable hidden phases that may not have any counterparts in equilibrium. By exploiting femtosecond time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we probe the photoinduced transient phase and the recovery dynamics of the ground state in a complex material: the charge density wave (CDW)–Mott insulator 1T-TaS2. We reveal striking similarities between the band structures of the transient phase and the (equilibrium) structurally undistorted metallic phase, with evidence for the coexistence of the low-temperature Mott insulating phase and high-temperature metallic phase. Following the transient phase, we find that the restorations of the Mott and CDW orders begin around the same time. This highlights that the Mott transition is tied to the CDW structural distortion, although earlier studies have shown that the collapses of Mott and CDW phases are decoupled from each other. Interestingly, as the suppressed order starts to recover, a metastable phase emerges before the material recovers to the ground state. Our results demonstrate that it is the CDW lattice order that drives the material into this metastable phase, which is indeed a commensurate CDW–Mott insulating phase but with a smaller CDW amplitude. Moreover, we find that the metastable phase emerges only under strong photoexcitation (∼3.6 mJ/cm2) and has no evidence when the photoexcitation strength is weak (∼1.2 mJ/cm2). Keywords: angle resolved photoemission, time resolved photoemission, 2D materials, charge density wave, Mott insulator Published in RUNG: 15.01.2024; Views: 1853; Downloads: 6 Full text (2,30 MB) This document has many files! More... |
2. Experimental and Theoretical Photoemission Study of Indole and Its Derivatives in the Gas PhaseO. Plekan, H. Sa'adeh, A. Ciavardini, C. Callegari, G. Cautero, C. Dri, M. Di Fraia, K.C. Prince, R. Richter, R. Sergo, L. Stebel, M. Devetta, D. Faccialà, C. Vozzi, L. Avaldi, P. Bolognesi, M.C Castrovilli, D. Catone, M. Coreno, F. Zuccaro, E. Bernes, G. Fronzoni, D. Toffoli, 2020, original scientific article Keywords: Binding energy, Calculations, Core levels, Electronic structure, Ionization of gases, Ionization potential, Molecular orbitals, Photoelectron spectroscopy, Photoelectrons, Photoemission, Photoionization, Photons, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, X rays Published in RUNG: 21.01.2022; Views: 2753; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
3. Adenosine monophosphate recognition by zinc–salophen complexes : IRMPD spectroscopy and quantum modeling studyAlessandra Ciavardini, Antonella Dalla Cort, Simonetta Fornarini, Debora Scuderi, Anna Giardini, Gianpiero Forte, Enrico Bodo, Susanna Piccirillo, 2017, original scientific article Keywords: Zn-salophen complexes, anions Published in RUNG: 20.01.2022; Views: 2522; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
4. Ultrafast relaxation of photoexcited superfluid He nanodropletsM. Mudrich, A.C. LaForge, A. Ciavardini, P. O'Keeffe, C. Callegari, M. Coreno, A. Demidovich, M. Devetta, M. Di Fraia, M. Drabbels, P. Finetti, O. Gessner, C. Grazioli, A. Hernando, D.M. Neumark, Y. Ovcharenko, P. Piseri, O. Plekan, K.C. Prince, R. Richter, M.P. Ziemkiewicz, T. Moller, J. Eloranta, M. Pi, M. Barranco, F. Stienkemeier, 2020, original scientific article Keywords: helium, helium nanodroplet, nanomaterial, density functional theory, dipole, excitation, ionization, photoelectron spectroscopy, photoexcitation, photon, simulation, ultraviolet radiation, ultrafast photoemission, free electron laser, ultrafast spectrscopy Published in RUNG: 20.01.2022; Views: 2568; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
5. Carbon and Nitrogen K-Edge NEXAFS Spectra of Indole, 2,3-Dihydro-7-azaindole, and 3-FormylindoleAurora Ponzi, Elisa Bernes, Daniele Toffoli, Giovanna Fronzoni, Carlo Callegari, Alessandra Ciavardini, Michele Di Fraia, Robert Richter, Kevin Charles Prince, Hanan Sa'adeh, Michele Devetta, Davide Faccialà, Caterina Vozzi, Lorenzo Avaldi, Paola Bolognesi, Mattea Castrovilli, Daniele Catone, Marcello Coreno, Oksana Plekan, 2021, original scientific article Keywords: Carbon and nitrogen, General description, Hybrid functional, Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectrum, Relevant features, Rydberg character, Theoretical spectra, Time dependent density functional theory Published in RUNG: 19.01.2022; Views: 2910; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
6. Hot-carrier and optical-phonon ultrafast dynamics in the topological insulator Bi2Te3 upon iron deposition on its surfaceM Weis, K Balin, T Sobol, A Ciavardini, G Vaudel, V Juvè, B Arnaud, Barbara Ressel, M Stupar, K.C. Prince, Giovanni De Ninno, P Ruello, J Szade, 2021, original scientific article Abstract: This paper presents a complete study of electronic structures and photoexcited carrier dynamics in topological insulators capped with iron and iron oxide. We combine static and time-resolved angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopies (ARPES, TR-ARPES) with time-resolved optical methods (transient optical reflectivity and transmission). Both single crystal and thin films of Bi2Te3 are studied. We show that monolayers of iron and iron oxide significantly affect the electronic band structure at the interface by shifting the Fermi level into the conduction band, which we explain by a band bending effect, and is confirmed by in situ XPS measurements Keywords: time resolved spectroscopies, topological insulators, interfaces Published in RUNG: 13.12.2021; Views: 3116; Downloads: 30 Full text (2,90 MB) |
7. Ultra-Fast-VUV Photoemission Study of UV Excited 2-NitrophenolA. Ciavardini, Marcello Coreno, Carlo Callegari, C. Spezzani, Giovanni De Ninno, Barbara Ressel, Cesare Grazioli, Monica de Simone, Antti Kivimak̈i, Paolo Miotti, Fabio Frassetto, Luca Poletto, Petra Rudolf, Simona Fornarini, Marco Pezzella, Enrico Bodo, Susanna Piccirillo, 2019, original scientific article Abstract: The initial deactivation pathways of gaseous 2-nitrophenol excited at 268 nm were investigated by time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (TRPES) with femtosecond-VUV light, produced by a monochromatized high harmonic generation source. TRPES allowed us to obtain new, valuable experimental information about the ultrafast excited-state dynamics of 2-nitrophenol in the gas phase. In accord with recent ab initio on-the-fly nonadiabatic molecular dynamic simulations, our results validate the occurrence of an ultrafast intersystem crossing leading to an intermediate state that decays on a subpicosecond time scale with a branched mechanisms. Two decay pathways are experimentally observed. One probably involves proton transfer, leading to the most stable triplet aci-form of 2-nitrophenol; the second pathway may involve OH rotation. We propose that following intersystem crossing, an ultrafast fragmentation channel leading to OH or HONO loss could also be operative. Keywords: Ultrafast photoemission, nitrophenol Published in RUNG: 12.02.2019; Views: 4449; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |