title: On the interplay between charge, spin and structural dynamics in transition metal complexes.
abstract: This perspective presents some recent results concerning ultrafast intramolecular relaxation processes in metal-based molecular complexes. Ultrafast electronic/vibrational relaxation at sub-vibrational time scales, ultrafast intersystem crossing processes and ultrafast structure changes are discussed, stressing the questions that still need to be solved in order to arrive at a rationale that describes these processes. We will also discuss some new techniques, based on core-level spectroscopies that can provide new insights into the ultrafast intramolecular relaxation in these systems.
authors.affiliation: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Faculté des Sciences de Base, ISIC, Station Lausanne, Switzerland. Majed.chergui@epfl.ch
authors.forename: Majed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chergui