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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 41, 2013
XVIIIth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena
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| Article Number | 05039 | |
| Number of page(s) | 3 | |
| Section | Chemistry – Condensed Phase | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134105039 | |
| Published online | 13 March 2013 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134105039
Ballistic energy transport in PEG oligomers
Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, U.S.A.
Energy transport between the terminal groups of the azido-PEG-succinimide ester compounds with a number of repeating PEG units of 0, 4, 8, and 12 was studied using relaxation-assisted two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy. The through-bond energy transport time, evaluated as the waiting time at which the cross peak maximum is reached, Tmax, was found to be linearly dependent on the chain length for chain lengths up to 60 Å suggesting a ballistic energy transport regime. The through-bond energy transport speed is found to be ca. 500 m/s. The cross-peak amplitude at the maximum decays exponentially with the chain length with a characteristic decay distance of 15.7 ± 1 Å. Substantial mode delocalization across the PEG bridge is found, which can support the energy propagation as a wavepacket.
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