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SUBMITTER: Inkinen J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4644965 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Inkinen Juho J Niskanen Johannes J Talka Tuomas T Sahle Christoph J CJ Müller Harald H Khriachtchev Leonid L Hashemi Javad J Akbari Ali A Hakala Mikko M Huotari Simo S
Scientific reports 20151116
A classic example of solid-state topochemical reactions is the ultraviolet-light induced photodimerization of α-trans-cinnamic acid (CA). Here, we report the first observation of an X-ray-induced dimerization of CA and monitor it in situ using nonresonant inelastic X-ray scattering spectroscopy (NRIXS). The time-evolution of the carbon core-electron excitation spectra shows the effects of two X-ray induced reactions: dimerization on a short time-scale and disintegration on a long time-scale. We ...[more]