title: Time-resolved molecular frame dynamics of fixed-in-space CS2 molecules.
abstract: Random orientation of molecules within a sample leads to blurred observations of chemical reactions studied from the laboratory perspective. Methods developed for the dynamic imaging of molecular structures and processes struggle with this, as measurements are optimally made in the molecular frame. We used laser alignment to transiently fix carbon disulfide molecules in space long enough to elucidate, in the molecular reference frame, details of ultrafast electronic-vibrational dynamics during a photochemical reaction. These three-dimensional photoelectron imaging results, combined with ongoing efforts in molecular alignment and orientation, presage a wide range of insights obtainable from time-resolved studies in the molecular frame.
authors.affiliation: Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada.
authors.forename: Christer Z
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Bisgaard
authors.forename: Owen J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Clarkin
authors.forename: Guorong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Anthony M D
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gessner
authors.forename: Carl C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Hayden
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stolow